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

Another five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Almost everyone in Shangjing City knew that of the two princes who were kidnapped during the Lantern Festival, only the second prince returned safely, except for catching a cold. He was fine after taking medicine for two days.

There is still no news about the eldest son.

Prince Zhennan was so angry that he went to the palace to complain, thinking that Lu Yuan was incompetent and had not been able to find his son after so many days.

The emperor called Lu Yuan into the palace and reprimanded him, and gave him another ten days. If he still couldn't find the person, he would be dismissed from his position as commander.

Lu Yuan had no choice but to send more people to expand the scope of the search.

The development of the matter has completely deviated from the expectations of Madam Lu and Concubine Bai.

This is not the situation they want at all.

To be on the safe side, Concubine Bai has not yet told Madam Lu about Song Xiuzhi's whereabouts.

He just told Mrs. Lu that she was an ordinary country girl and sent her away for a few hundred taels.

Mrs. Lu had no doubts.

But she still felt uneasy.

"Didn't you really do it?" Mrs. Lu looked at Concubine Bai suspiciously.

Concubine Bai frowned, "Why would I have someone kidnap him? Would that make the prince suspect me?"

"Now, it's not just Prince Zhennan who suspects you. All the noble families in the capital also suspect you." Mrs. Lu said lightly.

“……”This is what bothers Concubine Bai the most.

That day, Lu Yuan asked Feng Shenghua why she took Feng Chunhua to guess riddles during the Lantern Festival, and his words showed that he was suspicious of her son.

Her son was already frightened, and after Lu Yuan asked him a few questions, he told everything.

He said that he was going to become the crown prince soon, and he wanted Feng Chunhua to be with him that day so that everyone could see that he was more suitable to be the crown prince than Feng Chunhua, and he was not blind.

And the emperor was also there that day.

Feng Shenghua is still too young, he just wants to show off by stepping on Feng Chunhua.

These words were enough to make Lu Yuan doubt him.

Of course, a child who is only in his teens cannot have someone kidnap Feng Chunhua, but he has Concubine Bai behind him.

"Do you know that the prince has begun to suspect me?" Concubine Bai lowered her voice.

She no longer dared to hope that Feng Chunhua would die outside; she hoped that he would come back alive.

Otherwise, the prince would definitely think that she did it.

"Don't show your true colors." Madam Lu warned Concubine Bai.

"Just pretend that never happened."

Concubine Bai whispered, "I always feel like this isn't over yet."

Mrs. Lu glanced at her and said, "Everything that needs to be dealt with has been dealt with. What are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid that your bastard will find out. Then, even if we didn't kidnap Feng Chunhua, everyone will think it was us." Concubine Bai said.

Mrs. Lu also had this worry.

The situation was originally going well, and the people who should be suspected were Ye Liusu and her daughter, not her and Concubine Bai.

Her people had no idea who was behind all this.

Mrs. Lu separated from Concubine Bai and returned to the Lu family. She asked Mo Ju, "Has Shen Sui'an not been out recently?"

"Madam, the eldest young lady hasn't gone out these days, but Princess Yuanjia has come to visit her several times." Mo Ju said.

Mrs. Lu gently rubbed the bracelet with her fingers. She had suspected that Feng Chunhua was tied up by Shen Suian.

But what is Shen Sui'an's purpose?

If it was really Shen Suian, she couldn't be so nonchalant.

"No news about Wang Qiu yet?" asked Mrs. Lu.

Mo Ju shook his head gently, "Not yet."

Mrs. Lu felt even more uneasy. According to the route he took, Wang Qiu should have finished his work and returned by now. How come there was still no news?

……

……

Ten days passed in a flash.

It is the last minute that the Emperor gives Lu Yuan.

The Prince of Zhennan was in a rage every day.

Feng Shenghua didn't dare to appear in front of him recently, for fear that Prince Zhennan would remember that he deliberately asked Feng Chunhua to guess riddles.

If he hadn't insisted on taking Feng Chunhua along, perhaps Feng Chunhua would not have been kidnapped.

The time for him to be conferred the title of Crown Prince was repeatedly postponed.

"Lu Yuan is a waste. The emperor praised him for his ability and valued him so much, but he can't even do such a small thing. What a useless thing!" Prince Zhennan cursed.

If Feng Chunhua couldn't be found again, he was really afraid that the Princess of Yunzhou would become restless.

"You think Lu Yuan can't find Achun, but have you found him?" Feng Yuanjia had just come back from outside and heard the King of Zhennan's scolding outside the hall. She asked sarcastically with a sneer.

"Yuanjia, you...how do you talk to me like that?" Prince Zhennan scolded.

"Lu Yuan has already caught the person who was going to destroy the body. The families of the two refugees in the Zhenfu Division who were captured and threatened have also been brought back. I believe the truth will be revealed soon." Feng Yuanjia sneered.

When Concubine Bai heard this, her expression suddenly changed.

She knew what Mrs. Lu had said about sending someone to clean up the mess. Could it be that Lu Yuan had discovered it?

No, she had to tell her sister the news immediately.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" A servant's loud voice came from outside.

The Prince of Zhennan was already irritable, and he became even more angry when he heard the noisy voice. "Shut up, you have no manners at all, kick him out."

"Prince, Princess...The Princess is here!" The servant gasped outside the door.

This one sentence not only changed the expression of Prince Zhennan, but even Concubine Bai's eyes widened.

A look of joy flashed in Feng Yuanjia's eyes, and he immediately turned around and ran out the door.

Outside the Chuihua Gate, a beautiful and heroic woman in a purple silk cloud dress, with sharp eyes and an imposing aura, appeared. The servants around her could feel her noble aura just by looking at her from a distance.

"Mother!" Feng Yuanjia found his backbone in an instant, and infinite grievances surged in his heart.

The princess's pair of sharp phoenix eyes swept towards the Prince of Zhennan behind Feng Yuanjia and looked at him steadily.

Prince Zhennan strode forward, smiling gently and affectionately as usual, "Princess, why are you here?"

"If I don't come, will my children be able to return to Yunzhou alive?" The princess looked at the Prince of Zhennan with a half-smile.

"Nonsense, why would I let anything happen to them?" Prince Zhennan said immediately.

He actually felt a little uneasy. There was still no news about Feng Chunhua. No matter how many excuses he made, it would be useless because the princess would still blame him.

“Feng Nanjue, do you remember what you promised me when you took my children away from Yunzhou?” the princess asked softly.

"I... remember." Prince Zhennan looked at her beautiful face as white as jade, and became more and more flustered.

The princess curled her red lips and smiled coldly, "Then why did you hit my daughter? She did something wrong, so you slapped her."

Feng Yuanjia was stunned, and tears in his eyes fell like pearls from a broken string.

Prince Zhennan was at a loss, "Princess, I...I misunderstood Yuanjia."

"Sister, please don't blame the prince. The situation at that time was indeed easy to be misunderstood, so..."

Snapped--

The princess used the whip in her hand to hit Concubine Bai in the face.

Prince Zhennan cried out in shock and watched helplessly as bloody marks were left on Concubine Bai's cheek and shoulder.

"Concubine Bai, did you have someone kidnap my son?" The princess waved the whip in her hand, and when the Prince of Zhennan was about to take him away, she swung it hard again.

A red mark was left on the back of Prince Zhennan's hand.