Quick Transmigration: The host is super good!

While the two were enjoying the delicious food contentedly, Prime Minister Li also received news that his eldest daughter had run away from home.

The one who came back to tell the truth was Chunlan. In addition to analyzing the pros and cons and thinking that the adults would most likely not punish her, she was also partly motivated by jealousy.

Why was that little bitch Xia Zhu so favored by the young lady that she only discussed such a big thing as running away from home with her and took her with her when she left?

She just wanted the adults to know as soon as possible, and catch them before they could escape far. Then Xia Zhu would be in trouble, and might even be beaten to death!

Ha ha--

As for what punishment the young lady will receive, she doesn't care at all. Since she is ruthless, don't blame herself for being ungrateful. Whether she is sent to the family temple or married to someone far away, it is what she deserves!

"You just watched her leave without trying to stop her?" Prime Minister Li was furious, his teeth nearly breaking with hatred. "Where are the others? Why did you come back alone?"

"My Lord, it's not that I don't want to stop her, it's just that Xia Zhu is too powerful. I don't know when she secretly learned martial arts. She broke a tree as big as a bowl with just one palm."

Chunlan cried miserably, with half of her face swollen. She pulled up her sleeves, revealing her arms covered in scars: "Look at the wounds on my body. They were caused by the young lady when I begged her not to leave..."

This was a pure frame-up. Chen Yuan only used some tact to get rid of her. These injuries were inflicted on her on purpose to show her loyalty.

"As for the others... Young lady gave us indentures and silver, and told us to pursue our own careers. However, I have received great kindness from you, how can I betray you for such a small profit? So I will come back to report the news as soon as my injuries have healed a little..."

This really touched Prime Minister Li's heart. Even though he was angry at his eldest daughter's rebellion, he couldn't help but look up to her and said, "You are a loyal person. This time, I will consider your merits as offsetting your faults. I will not punish you. Go down and recuperate first."

"Yes, thank you, sir." Chunlan cried with joy, thinking that she had made the right bet.

Miss, Xia Zhu, just wait...soon you won't be able to be so proud anymore, and then I'll show you what happens to you!

Prime Minister Li's subsequent actions were almost the same as Li Nanyue had speculated. After his initial rage upon hearing the bad news, he calmed down and thought about it, and was reluctant to give up the benefits he had gained by marrying his eldest daughter.

So he summoned his trusted confidants to investigate, and asked them to find the person secretly as soon as possible, and gave a death order not to let the news leak out, otherwise they would be beheaded.

With such a big incident happening, it was naturally impossible to bypass the mistress of the house. Moreover, many things also needed someone to help cover up. Prime Minister Li found Zhang and whispered something in her ear. Soon, news spread in the Li Mansion that the eldest girl was possessed by a nightmare and had gone to Changxin Temple to worship Buddha and avert the disaster.

Even the reason for rejecting the invitation from Young Master Yang of the Shangshu Mansion was explained. It was not because Zhang did not allow it, but because the eldest lady was not feeling well, so she had to break the appointment.

Because Li Nanyue left the house with great fanfare that day, surrounded by a large crowd, almost no one doubted the rumor. Only Young Master Yang and others felt that something was wrong.

But the Buddhist temple was a quiet place, so even if they had doubts, it was not easy for them to go and verify it, so the matter was pretty much concluded, and even the previous rumors about Zhang mistreating her stepdaughter were dispelled.

The Prime Minister's wife never stopped the young lady from going out. She just broke the appointment because she was sick. It was all a misunderstanding.

Young Master Yang was scolded a few times. He made a lot of noise outside the Prime Minister's Mansion without understanding anything, which damaged the reputation of Zhang family. When he got home, he was scolded by the Minister and was punished by house arrest.

However, Prime Minister Li, who had won the war of public opinion, could not be happy. He had thought that it would be easy to capture the two weak women, but who knew that they could run so fast and disappeared without a trace like a river entering the sea.

"Useless! All useless!" Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. Not to mention finding two living people, even after sending out so many spies, they didn't find a single hair. Prime Minister Li was extremely furious.

"If I can't even find two weak women, what's the point of raising you?"

Pretending to be sick is not a long-term solution. In the past two days, the son of the Shangshu and the eldest son of the Marquis's Mansion have been asking him about the news of his eldest daughter. He can only laugh it off and perfunctorily answer them. If he continues to delay, he will definitely arouse their suspicion.

If they knew that she had actually run away from home, even if these young masters did not mind, their families would not allow a woman with a lost reputation to become their principal wife.

It would be a joke if the eldest daughter of a prime minister became someone else's concubine. At that time, this chess piece would be useless.

The spies he hired did not gain nothing. Several of those who had received silver and indentures were caught. Unfortunately, these people were smart and went to the government office to change their status early on. They also spent all the silver on buying houses and land.

Prime Minister Li's position was unstable, and he didn't know how many eyes were watching him secretly. He didn't dare to kill innocent people at will, so he had to make threats and then give up.

Even their family members who sold themselves to the mansion were not dared to make things too difficult for them, for fear that if they were pushed too hard, they would fight to the death. As long as the slightest rumor got out, not to mention using the eldest daughter to find a husband, it would be difficult for the other children to get married.

Prime Minister Li was so angry that he gnashed his teeth at being constrained by a few inferior people. He cursed the rebellious girl over and over again in his heart, thinking silently that he would punish her severely when he caught her, as long as she was not killed.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard he scratched his head, he probably couldn't have imagined that the eldest daughter he cursed was not actually far away, and was still secretly following the news from the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Hearing that Zhang's reputation had been reversed and that the servants in the courtyard had not been taken back, Li Nanyue finally breathed a sigh of relief and went back with joy in her steps.

"So you chose to stay here just to see if other people were implicated?" Seeing this, Shen Yuan couldn't help but ask, "What if they are? Do you plan to show up and rescue them?"

The little girl froze in place, her expression changing from one moment to another. After a while, she said in a difficult voice, "...I don't think so. I'm not that great to sacrifice myself for others."

"Then why are you still trying to find out?" Shen Yuan was even more puzzled. "Wouldn't it be better to just pretend you don't know?"

"..." Li Nanyan rubbed his sleeves, his eyes red, "Xia Zhu, you are right, I am a hypocrite. I know that I will not come forward to save people even if something happens, but I use the excuse of having a guilty conscience to do something unnecessary..."

Then he covered his face and ran away crying...

Shen Yuan: "..."

Chen Yuan was stunned, looking at the tearful back of the little girl, and he was a little at a loss.

Why did you suddenly start crying? I was just asking casually, and there was nothing to say, right?