After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

When she went to the palace the next day, Cheng Songan covered half of her face with a veil to hide the inconvenience of her coughing.

Before leaving, Qiangwei advised: "I can just go to the palace to hand in a leave of absence letter. Why do you need to go again?"

Cheng Songan shook his head. Handing over the note was clearly telling Prince Jin that she was avoiding him and was extremely afraid of him. He would then act recklessly and even have a secret sense of pleasure like a cat catching a mouse, which would arouse his interest even more.

And now she came to the palace in a real sick state. Before she started to teach, Rongpin had already received the news and told her: "Miss, you are not well, and I really don't deserve to teach the princess. I hope you take care of yourself and come back when you are well."

The palace maid who came to deliver the message also brought a doctor from the Imperial Medical Bureau, who took Cheng Song'an's pulse in the Jiwen Hall and diagnosed that he had a cold and needed to be recuperated for half a month.

The imperial physician went back to report, and Cheng Songan also left the palace smoothly.

Prince Jin should get the news soon, but her hiding from the emperor is different from being invited back by Concubine Rong. Besides, the imperial physician diagnosed her illness on the spot, and it was absolutely true, and no one could do anything to her.

As long as it can be delayed until the Shangsi Festival, Prince Shou's matter will surely have a result. By then, Prince Jin will be too busy to take care of himself, so how can he have the mood to care about her?

After leaving the palace, Cheng Songan felt a violent cough, his head felt a little dizzy, and he lay on Haitang's legs, gasping for breath.

Haitang patted her back gently and was about to let her lean on him to sleep for a while when she heard the hurried sound of horse hooves outside. She opened the curtain and saw that it was Taxue riding a horse galloping towards them from the direction of the villa.

This girl has always been calm and composed, and Cheng Songan dotes on her to the point of pampering her. She is always competitive and can make decisions on small matters on her own. But now she is riding her horse to meet them without caring about her life.

Haitang's heart skipped a beat, realizing something had happened, and she quickly helped Cheng Songan up.

He stepped off the horse in the snow, and before he could catch his breath, he grabbed her arm and said anxiously, "Miss, there's a report from the mansion that something happened to the third young lady!"

Cheng Songan felt dizzy and almost passed out. He struggled to sit up and asked, "What happened?"

Taxue replied, "Madam said that Li Wenbin escorted the third young lady out of the city overnight, but the carrier pigeon came back this morning and said that they encountered bandits at Cuiwei Pass. The situation is still unclear."

Cheng Song calmed his mind and had only one thought - news from Prince Jin came so quickly.

Li Wenbin escorted Cheng Jinning back to Yizhou on the official road, and the carriages and horses were also of the standard for Beijing officials. Cuiwei Mountain is so close to the capital, if the bandits there didn't even know these, they would have been wiped out by the government long ago, so how dare they rob the carriages and horses of the Grand Secretary's house so openly?

It must have been done by Prince Jin!

Cheng Songan immediately perked up and said in a deep voice, "Find Lu Qingshan. He is from the Ministry of War and has the authority to mobilize soldiers from the camp outside Beijing."

Ah Quan, the driver, had learned a lot from the last incident. He immediately drove to the government office where Lu Qingshan was. After handing over his name card, someone came out and said, "Miss, you came at an unfortunate time. Lord Lu just left the government office and I don't know where he is now."

Ah Quan asked, "Miss, are you going to the Lu Residence?"

Cheng Songan shook his head silently. Last time, Lu's mother said that Lu Qingshan left the government office early but never returned home early. No one knew where he had gone. If he was with Prince Jin now, wouldn't it be a trap to find him?

"Go to Ming's house."

When she said these three words, several possible outcomes flashed through Cheng Songan's mind in an instant, but she had no idea what to do.

The Cheng family is a civil servant family. Her father must have already gone to the government office to report the case, but it has to go through layers of approval, and the earliest troops can be dispatched will take half a day. Moreover, the government office will alert Prince Jin, so she has to get there before Prince Jin.

The Ming family was a military family, not only did they have servants to guard the house, but they also had soldiers. Most of these soldiers had returned from the northwest, and they were brave and good at fighting, and they could defeat ten enemies with one. If they followed, they would be much more capable than the runners in the government office.

After delivering the invitation to the Ming family, Ming Zhan appeared quickly, just like last time. He was wearing armor, holding a weapon in his hand, and followed by dozens of palace soldiers leading horses.

This was the first time that Cheng Songan saw Ming Zhan as a real and majestic young general, not just a shadow whose name she had only heard of in her previous life. She moved her dry lips and wanted to speak.

Ming Zhan seemed to know what she was going to say, so he interrupted her: "Miss Cheng, there's no need to thank me. I owe you this."

Cheng Songan was grateful in his heart. He broke her arm last time to help her out, it was not intentional, and he didn't owe her anything.

The result that flashed by suddenly didn't seem so scary. She didn't hesitate, asked for the horse that Treading Snow had ridden, and nodded, "Let's go."

Afterwards, dozens of horses left the city and chased towards Cuiwei Mountain. Li Wenbin and his men were in a hurry to leave the city, not to hurry on their way, so they only arrived at Cuiwei Mountain this morning. These dozens of horses were all good horses, and they were well-trained soldiers, so they were much faster than ordinary servants, so they arrived at Cuiwei Mountain in just two hours.

"General, there are carriages parked ahead. It seems to be the symbol of Cheng Daxueshi's family!" A soldier in the front shouted from a distance.

As they were talking, Cheng Songan and Ming Zhan had already seen a teahouse not far away. There were several carriages parked next to it, and a group of people were sitting in the teahouse to rest.

Dozens of horses came galloping, raising a cloud of dust. The noise was so loud that it alarmed everyone in the teahouse. They raised their swords and surrounded the women.

Cheng Jining was not afraid. She looked intently and suddenly shouted in surprise, "Elder sister! My sister is here!"

Li Wenbin took a closer look and found Cheng Songan among the group of people. He immediately put away his sword and went to meet him.

Cheng Jining called out from afar, "Sister, why are you here? Do you want to go back to Yizhou with me?"

Cheng Songan heard the shout, slowly pulled the reins, slowed down the horse, and asked in surprise: "Are you okay?"

Li Wenbin was a little surprised: "Miss, are you here to tell me something?"

Cheng Songan came up to them, and all the people who were with Ming Zhan dismounted. He looked carefully at Cheng Jining and his men, and saw no trace of them having fought with the bandits. He asked, "Didn't you send a message back saying that you had encountered bandits?"

Li Wenbin scratched his hair and told someone to take out the pigeon cage he had brought with him. He said, "We left the city gate last night before it was closed. We were not in a hurry after that. We stayed in an inn outside the city and continued on our journey at dawn. Miss San was hungry just now, so we stopped here to have a meal."

Cheng Songan and Ming Zhan looked at each other, feeling vaguely uneasy.

There was no way his father didn't recognize the Cheng family's carrier pigeon, so he was so anxious to ask Taxue to find her. But Cheng Jining was obviously fine, was she just trying to play a trick on them?

"Miss Cheng, this is not right." Ming Zhan pondered for a moment, "Someone seems to be deliberately trying to lure you out of the city. It's a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

Cheng Songan's mind moved slightly, this was not done by Prince Jin.