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The next morning. King Qi's estate.

Princess Anyang was currently dressing under maidservant's care when a maidservant ran into the house in a hurry. Her expression was somewhat panicked as she reported:

"Princess, news came from the Liu Estate. General Liu is missing and his whereabouts are unknown. Mrs. Liu was overly worried and fell ill last night."

"What?" Hearing this news, Princess Anyang frowned, traces of unease flashing past her heart and eyes.

"Bring out a few precious medicinal ingredients from the storage room for me, pack them and then prepare the carriages and horses. I want to make a trip to General's Mansion." The princess said in an anxious but calm manner.

After driving all the way to General's Mansion, he noticed that there were already a few luxuriously decorated carriages parked at General's Mansion's entrance. A few lines of people got down from the carriage and greeted each other. It was rather lively.

Princess Anyang was not in a hurry to get off the carriage, she opened the curtains of the carriage and looked coldly at the noble ladies gathered together, she snorted lightly.

"From the looks of it, the news of General Liu's disappearance and illness must have spread throughout the entire imperial government." The maidservants accompanying them also looked outside and said.

She put down the curtain, looked at them with an unfathomable expression, and muttered to herself: "These people are very eager, and many of the people who have come today, want to inquire about the true nature of General's Mansion."

The maid also nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Princess, are we going back down?"

The princess straightened the front of her clothes: "Of course we are going. Since our Liu Family are in a difficult situation, let's go and see what we can do."

After getting off the carriage, the group of noblewomen entered the mansion.

Liu Mengdia pretended to wait on Mrs. Liu for the whole night. At this point, she could no longer hold on and was about to fall asleep. Her maid, Honglan, knew of the arrival of the noble women and immediately went into the house to wake Liu Mengdia up.

"Miss, the wives of the court ladies are here to visit the old lady. Be alert."

Hearing that, Liu Mengdia immediately opened her eyes, and anxiously asked Honglan to give him water to wipe him off quickly, then tidied up and prepared to welcome him.

"I didn't know that you ladies would be here without respect. It's my fault." After all of the noble women sat down, Liu Mengdia immediately bowed to everyone to apologize.

"Hey, how can I blame you? We didn't inform you in advance when we came. You're not an immortal, so you can't blame us. Quickly get up."

Liu Mengdia bowed and then stood respectfully by the side of Mrs. Liu's bed, looking at the weak Mrs. Liu worriedly.

At this time, the Mrs. Liu coughed twice, and slowly opened her eyes. Liu Mengdia heard and immediately got Honglan to bring water. She personally helped the Mrs. Liu up, leaned on her chest, and carefully fed the water to the Mrs. Liu to drink.

When the noble woman saw Liu Mengdia taking care of the Mrs. Liu so carefully, she laughed and praised Liu Mengdia: "Miss Liu is so considerate and capable, taking care of mother so meticulously."

She was secretly happy, but she put on a pained expression on her face. "My family has been through a lot of changes, and my mother has suddenly fallen ill. As a daughter, I can only wish I could suffer on behalf of my father and mother." Mother, you must relax and take care of your body! "

After he finished speaking, his tears gushed out. This scene caused everyone present to be moved.

Mrs. Liu waved her hand and said apologetically: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am not grateful to you all for coming to see me today. It's just that with my current appearance, I am unable to receive you all." After saying that, he coughed twice.

Seeing the current state of the Mrs. Liu, the noble madams had their own plans. They did not stay any longer and stood up to say a few words of blessings, preparing to leave.

"Mengdia, send our guest off for me." Mrs. Liu looked at Princess Anyang, the Lin Guards and General Zhang meaningfully. The three of them looked at each other for a while before sitting back down.

Liu Mengdia did not understand the actions of the three wives, but just as she was about to ask, Mrs. Liu said: "Mengdia, you worked too hard to serve me last night, after sending the guests off, you can go back to your room to rest first."

She felt that Mrs. Liu must have something important to discuss with the three wives, but it was obvious that Mrs. Liu wanted to separate her, so how could she be willing.

"Mother, your daughter isn't tired …"

"You're not tired, but your mother still feels sorry for you." Mrs. Liu's face showed some displeasure.

At this point, Liu Mengdia clenched her hands tightly and stood still for a long while, before she finally turned around and left unwillingly.

"Huan, close the door." After Huan closed the door, Mrs. Liu suddenly calmed her weak expression, tidied her clothes, and got down from the bed to pay her respects to the three madams.

The three wives stared wide-eyed at the spirited Mrs. Liu in front of them, casting doubtful gazes.

"Madam, this …"

Mrs. Liu laughed and said: "If that's not the case, how can I deceive people? All three of your wives are extremely intelligent, so it's not hard to guess the intentions of those people who just arrived. "

Although she could not understand why the Mrs. Liu was acting this way now, since the old woman's body was fine, she too, heaved a sigh of relief in her heart.

Just then, a person walked out from behind the screen behind Mrs. Liu. It was Liu Ruyan.

Seeing Concubine Hui, the three wives were shocked. They hurriedly got up from their seats and bowed, but were stopped by Mrs. Liu: "There is no need for the three of you to be so courteous."

The three of them looked at Mrs. Liu with puzzled eyes. Liu Ruyan walked in front of them, blessed her body and bowed as a junior.

"Fangyi, you can't do this!" Although Liu Ruyan was their junior, she was currently the favored consort of the emperor.

But Liu Ruyan insisted on bowing and refused to get up.

Last night, she had confessed to her mother. With just her power alone, it would be extremely difficult to find her father. Furthermore, Qin Kangtai's men might be involved in this matter, and if Liu Ruyan were to go alone, she would have to face the danger.

If he wanted to find help, he had to find someone powerful that he could trust.

Among those who were on good terms with their father, Liu Yuanzhan, were King Qi, the Lin Guards, and Prime Minister Zhang. The three of them had an objective influence in the imperial court, so if they worked together, they would be able to deal with Qin Kangtai.

If he rashly invited the three of them in, he would definitely attract their attention. If something were to happen to the General's Mansion in the future, it might even implicate the people of the Three Palaces.

Therefore, Liu Ruyan told her mother to pretend to be sick and purposely asked people to come to the imperial court to spread the news. There were already many people in the imperial court who were interested in General's Mansion, so there was no doubt that they came here before to see the true nature of General's Mansion with their own eyes.

The three noble women who were on good terms with him came at the same time as the other women, and they all used the same reason, so no one would think too much about it.

Today, Liu Ruyan would definitely convince the three of them to help. Only by doing this would they have great hopes of finding father.

"The three of you need not refuse. Please accept this bow of mine."