If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

The news that the two sons of Prince Zhennan were kidnapped spread throughout the capital the next day.

There was an uproar in the court.

It's hard not to think too much about what happened at this critical juncture.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan quickly captured the kidnapper.

The Prince of Zhennan went to the Pacification Office in person to interrogate the kidnappers himself.

"I heard that the two of them were refugees. There were five or six of them traveling together. It seemed that they had met Commander Lu's wife, and the Princess of Le'an even arranged jobs for them." Prince Zhennan stared at Lu Yuan fiercely.

Lu Yuan's handsome face was stern and calm. "That's right. At that time, these people pretended to be refugees and deliberately approached my wife and Princess Guangning. My wife realized that they were of unknown origin and sent people to keep an eye on them."

"The refugees who were traveling with them have been captured."

Prince of Zhennan: "Since Princess Le'an has been sending people to keep an eye on us, why didn't I know that they were going to kidnap my son?"

"Your Highness, why don't you take a look at their confessions first?" Lu Yuan said in a calm voice.

"These two men are not from Shangjing. They are from Puyang County. One is called Yang Yaohua and the other is called Yang Jinqu. They came to Shangjing two months ago. The reason they approached Princess Guangning to ask for money was because someone wanted them to do something inappropriate to the princess and the county lady.

Later, the employer changed his mind and asked them to kidnap the second son. "

Lu Yuan had a gloomy expression. The original intention of these people was to get close to Shen Sui'an, confirm that she was the person their employer was looking for, and then find an opportunity to destroy her innocence.

He has a vicious heart and wants to kill the employer behind them.

He did not write these in his confession.

Prince Zhennan looked at the confession and his face gradually turned pale.

"They said that it was the princess who wanted to kidnap and kill Shenghua? That's ridiculous!" Prince Zhennan was furious.

Lu Yuan: "Your Majesty, Yang Yaohua was talking about the second young master's mother, not the princess."

Mother can be the legal mother or a concubine.

"Why did the prince decide that it was the princess?"

Prince Zhennan sneered, "Could there be someone who would kidnap his own son?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the eldest son is also missing. It is impossible for the princess to kidnap her own son as well."

Upon hearing this, Prince Zhennan's eyes flashed with astonishment. Yes, if it was the princess, why did she kidnap Chunhua?

"I want to see these two people." Prince Zhennan said in a deep voice.

Lu Yuan did not refuse and took him to prison personally.

The interrogation of prisoners was carried out in prison, with various torture instruments. Anyone who entered the interrogation prison of the Zhenfu Division would be skinned alive if not killed.

No one can hide anything here.

Yang Yaohua and the other man were already trembling with fear and told all about the thefts they had done when they were little.

"Sir, please spare my life. We didn't hurt the Second Young Master. We just took the money and tied him up to the Huguo Temple. We don't know where he ran off to."

When they saw Lu Yuan, they immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

Even though they don't have any injuries on their bodies now, they are actually in so much pain that they feel like they are about to break. When they were tortured last night, they would rather die.

When Prince Zhennan saw that they couldn't even stand steadily, he knew what kind of torture they were suffering.

The interrogation by the Pacification Division lived up to its reputation; it didn’t involve blood, but it was more frightening than if blood had been seen.

"You said that it was the second young master's mother who asked you to kidnap him. How did you know that it was the second young master's mother?" Prince Zhennan asked in a deep voice.

“…” Yang Yaohua covered his face and wailed in pain.

"Kill me, kill me, I don't know anything."

Yang Jinqu kowtowed vigorously, "Sir, we are willing to die. Kill us, kill us."

The King of Zhennan kicked him hard, "How can you two rotten lives compare to my child?"

Yang Yaohua was kicked so hard that he spit out blood.

"Do you think that if you conceal the truth, the people you want to save can survive?" Lu Yuan asked calmly.

The two people who were originally begging for death stopped wailing when they heard Lu Yuan's words, and looked up at Lu Yuan in horror.

Lu Yuan raised his hand and let Guan Jin come in from outside. The imperial guards behind him carried two corpses and placed them in front of Yang Yaohua and the other man.

"My wife!" Yang Yaohua cried bitterly.

Guan Jin bowed and said, "Commander, Your Majesty, these two men were killed before we found them."

"Dad, Dad!" Yang Jinqu cried bitterly while hugging the dead old man.

"From the moment you agreed to work for that man, you were destined to die. Does the other party have any of your people in his hands?" Lu Yuan asked coldly.

"My son...my son has been arrested. If I don't do what she says, she will kill my son. He is only five years old, only five years old." Yang Yaohua burst into tears.

Last year's harvest was poor, and he and Yang Jinqu originally just wanted to rob some wealthy businessmen passing by, but they didn't expect to offend people who should not be offended.

Yang Yaohua said: "Yes, it was the person who came to see us who told us that. She asked us to tell the second son when he was half awake and half asleep that there was a mother who wanted to kidnap her own son. We had no idea..."

"What about your accomplices? Where are the accomplices who kidnapped the eldest son now?" Guan Jin asked.

Yang Yaohua shouted, "No, we only kidnapped the second son, not the eldest son."

"What does the person who is looking for you look like?" Prince Zhennan asked coldly.

Lu Yuan took out a portrait from the side and said, "I have already drawn the person according to their description. Your Majesty, please take a look."

Prince Zhennan frowned and looked at the person in the portrait. He felt that the person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

"There is one thing I would like to ask your Majesty."

King of Zhennan: "You ask."

"Your Highness, is there anyone in the palace who has any connection with Puyang County?" Lu Yuan asked.

Prince Zhennan was slightly startled when he heard this.

He remembered that two years ago he had agreed to let his daughter train a troop of female soldiers and station them in Puyang County.

"Go home!"

Lu Yuan followed behind the Prince of Zhennan, "What did the Prince remember?"

Prince Zhennan did not answer, nor did he stop Lu Yuan from following him.

"Go, call the princess back." As soon as he returned to the palace, Prince Zhennan ordered someone to find Feng Yuanjia.

Concubine Bai cried until her eyes were swollen. "My Lord, have you found Chunhua and Shenghua?"

She was really panicked. The monks of Huguo Temple must have found Shenghua by now, so why was there still no news?

If she hadn't restrained herself, she would have sent someone to bring Shenghua back directly.

"Have you seen these two people?" Prince Zhennan showed the portrait in his hand to Concubine Bai.

Concubine Bai covered her chest and said in a daze, "This... isn't this the princess's companion? I have seen her once before, but this Su Ma did something wrong and was driven away by the princess."

Prince Zhennan closed his eyes tightly.

The princess's dowry, Puyang County has the ability to threaten Yang Yaohua and others...

He was unwilling to believe the speculation that was about to come out.

"Commander Lu, please call Princess Le'an here. I have something to ask her." Prince Zhennan said in a cold voice.

If Feng Yuanjia wanted to kidnap Feng Shenghua in Shangjing City, she would definitely need help from someone who was familiar with Shangjing. Recently, she has only been close to Shen Suian.

Why did Shen Sui'an assign tasks to Yang Yaohua and others?

It was clearly to conceal their identities.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Concubine Bai was overjoyed. She knew that the prince must have begun to suspect Feng Yuanjia.

However, before the people sent by Prince Zhennan found Feng Yuanjia, Feng Yuanjia came back on his own.

She also brought Feng Shenghua back.