It's almost time to wear it. The soft beauty relies on the child-bearing system to favor her

All the An families in Luzhou gathered in the front yard, setting up incense and altars to respectfully welcome the imperial edict.

The masters changed into official robes, and the ladies who had been granted imperial edicts wore a phoenix crown and clothes for women of official rank.

Masters and ladies who had no official positions put on the most formal clothes and attire.

The group of people lowered their heads and looked respectful and solemn.

The envoy announced the imperial decree, promoting the head of the An family to the rank of fifth-rank co-magistrate, in charge of Luzhou's river defense and water conservancy affairs.

The An family received the imperial edict and expressed their gratitude. They invited the envoy into the hall and treated him well.

The messenger declined politely, and then asked the eldest master of the An family to go into the inner room alone, saying that he had something to say to An Tongzhi.

The two men entered the inner room and closed the door tightly. There were officials guarding the door.

The messenger gave An Tongzhi a secret decree, and An Tongzhi knelt down to receive it. After reading the secret decree, he said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will do my best to complete your trust."

The messenger nodded.

The news of the eldest prince being attacked and missing was quickly sent back to the capital. The emperor and empress were horrified and furious.

Two days later, Shang Xingjian sent a secret letter into the palace through the secret guards, and the emperor and empress learned that the eldest prince had been rescued safely.

Emperor Ning thought about it carefully and felt that there was something fishy about this matter. The assassination happened in Luzhou, and the eldest prince said in a secret letter not to announce that he had been rescued...

I'm afraid there's something seriously wrong with this Luzhou prefect.

It seems that the eldest prince wants to use his own strength to find out what is happening in Luzhou.

He wanted to give his son this opportunity to gain experience, and at the same time, he wanted to provide him with protection.

Being the head master of the An family is this guarantee.

The messenger did not stop, and after delivering the secret message, he rode away.

Everyone in the An family felt completely at peace.

----

Su Wanti was worried about her family, so she walked out of the small building, found Mrs. An, and asked her to send someone to deliver a message to her family.

He told his family that he still had to prescribe medicine for Mrs. An's illness and that he would be staying at the An family for the next few days, so they didn't have to worry.

But a quarter of an hour later, the servant of the An family came running back panting, saying, "Miss Su, is the address you gave wrong? No one lives in that house!"

Su Wanti's heart sank suddenly. Her eyes turned and she turned back to the small building in the backyard.

She knew Shang Xingjian was in An Jing's room, so she pushed the door open and went in.

The two people in the room looked up in surprise and met Su Wanti's angry gaze.

"Miss Su, who offended you? If the servants fail to serve you well, I will ask my mother to replace them." An Jing said.

Su Wanti did not respond to him, but just looked at Shang Xingjian and walked straight up to him.

Shang Xingjian saw her reaction and guessed why she came. He asked, "Miss Su, are you going to ask about your family?"

"Where did you hide my family?" The woman raised her chin, her eyes sparking, her chest heaving rapidly, and her hands clenched into fists.

Shang Xingjian remained calm and said in a slow voice, "Something happened, so we have to ask your family to move somewhere else."

"Where did you move to?"

Shang Xingjian shook his head. "I don't know the exact address now, but it's a very safe place anyway."

"You, you are so despicable. You kidnapped my family and threatened me to surrender?" Su Wanti said gritting her teeth.

"Huh?" An Jing heard something wrong and his eyes widened.

It turns out that the relationship between the two was not consensual, but that the eldest prince fell in love with Miss Su and forced her to give herself to him?

His eyes widened even further and he looked at Shang Xingjian in surprise.

Wow, I didn't expect that the eldest prince, who always presented himself as a gentleman and had good conduct, would do such a robbery behind his back...

Facing Su Wanti's questioning, Shang Xingjian looked calm and said slowly, "Your family is in danger, and my people can only act immediately, so I didn't have time to tell you."

"You are the one who is in danger for my family, right?" Su Wanti frowned.

Shang Xingjian said, "I left people to secretly guard the house, and found that people from the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion came to find us. Not only that, my people also found that there were several other unidentified people wandering around the house. I'm afraid these people are coming for me."

"Whether they are from the Loyal and Brave Marquis' Mansion or those who come after me, they will bring danger to your family. For the safety of your family, I can only transfer them to another place."

"Everything you said is true. You didn't lie to me?" Su Wanti frowned.

Shang Xingjian looked calm and sincere, "There's no need for me to lie to you. If Miss Su really doesn't want to, I can send someone to send your family back to that house. But, in this way, your family may be in danger, you see..."

His eyes were gentle as he looked at Su Wanti, as if waiting for her answer.

Su Wanti's eyes turned slightly, and she clenched her fists and then released them. After a moment, she said coldly, "Then I'll trouble you, sir. I just hope my family can be safe. Also, can I see my family?"

"When we are safe, you will be able to see your family." Shang Xingjian said in a deep voice.

Su Wanti lowered her eyes, bit her lips with her pearly teeth, and sighed silently, "Okay."

After saying that, she turned and walked out of the room. Her back was thin, but revealed a sense of tenacity, like a blade of grass growing in the wind on a cliff.

An Jing looked at Shang Xingjian with a probing look in his eyes, "Sir, has someone really followed us to the house where we are temporarily staying?"

Shang Xingjian nodded, "Yes, they are all people with great martial arts skills. I asked Chang Liu to investigate, hoping to find out who their master is."

An Jing just felt a headache, the situation was becoming more and more complicated.

Su Wanti returned to the room, locked the door, then lay on the bed and looked at the information searched by the system.

[Host, it's a good thing you didn't agree to him directly before, otherwise why would he spend so much time on you? Although these thoughts are a bit shameless...]

Su Wanti looked at the system screen and said, "What he said just now is most likely true."

"I left a prop in the house. That prop can scan the whereabouts of people approaching the house."

"An hour after we left, several people came to the vicinity of the house. They have been active outside the house and there is no sign of them leaving."