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

Lu Heng found Guangning's carriage at the foot of the mountain. The two horses in front were gone and there was no one in the carriage. A few hundred meters away from the carriage, he found two maids who had been raped and silenced.

problem occurs!

Seeing the two maids half-naked, Lu Heng's face changed and he felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.

The guards following Lu Heng were all sent by the Second Prince. When they saw this scene, they all looked heavy.

"Prince Consort, is this...Princess Guangning's entourage?"

Lu Heng nodded solemnly.

"Don't make any noise. Look for clues around first. The two of you go back and report to the Second Prince immediately. You go find the commander of the Pacification Division." The leading guard ordered quickly.

"Why do we have to go to the Pacification Office first?" Lu Heng asked in a deep voice.

"Son-in-law, this matter is of great importance. We cannot find the princess on our own, and if we alarm Jingzhao, the news will leak out more easily. The Pacification Division is directly under the command of the emperor, and Commander Lu will restrain his subordinates and will not easily ruin the princess's reputation." The guard said in a calm voice.

Lu Heng was still somewhat dissatisfied, and he didn't want Lu Yuan to interfere in this matter.

But the second prince's guards had already left.

In less than half an hour, Lu Yuan and the second prince arrived one after another.

According to the investigation by the Zhenfu Siqi, Princess Guangning was tracked at the Shilipo intersection after leaving the city. She drove all the way to here, and her carriage hit a rock that rolled down the mountain and overturned.

"There is only one carriage mark on the ground. Look, it's obviously a horse hoof print, but it was deliberately erased by someone," said Guan Jin.

"This mountain road is usually deserted. Apart from the herbal farmers who go up the mountain to collect herbs, there are almost no people."

"Under the feet of the emperor, there are actually thieves who kidnapped the princess and killed the princess's maid. They have absolutely no respect for the law." Lu Heng cursed coldly.

Lu Yuan glanced at him calmly, "Prince Consort, how long have you not seen the princess?"

"It's been four or five days." Lu Heng said expressionlessly, "I couldn't find the princess three days ago."

If he hadn't gone to the palace to find Guangning, who knows how long it would have taken.

Lu Yuan looked at the Second Prince, "The princess has been missing for many days, and no one has asked the Duke's Mansion to pay a ransom, and the Prince Consort should not have received any threats."

"No." Lu Heng frowned.

This means that the thieves were not targeting the Lu family, but only Princess Guangning.

"Has Princess Guangning made any enemies?" Lu Yuan asked.

The second prince couldn't tell how many enemies Guangning had.

That's too much.

Guangning has a bad temper and his words offend people, but it is not to the point where he needs to kill people to silence them.

No matter what, Guangning is a princess. Even if she really has an enemy with someone, if someone dares to kidnap the princess in this way, this person must have the intention of rebelling.

"Commander Lu, what kind of hatred would require this extent? Who in the city do you think dares to do this?" asked the second prince.

Lu Yuan looked at the two maids who had been carried aside and covered with white cloth.

"No citizen of the Yong Dynasty would dare to do that. However, some people might be lucky enough to think that no one would know if they did it," said Lu Yuan.

The Tiqi who went to investigate the surrounding area have returned.

"Second Prince, Commander Lu, we found... some fragments of women's clothing in the cave ahead." Zheng Wuqing said in a deep voice.

Lu Heng immediately said, "Where is it? Take me there."

They all came to a cave covered by trees. There were obvious signs of a struggle inside, and on the ground were the clothes that Guangning had worn that day.

"There are bloodstains." Lu Yuan said, pointing to the dried marks on the ground.

The second prince's expression became increasingly ugly.

He raised his eyes and looked at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan: "Whatever you saw today must not be spread to anyone else."

"Zheng Wuqing, block the mountain road, leave the elite cavalry behind, and retreat the rest."

"Why do we have to withdraw? Don't we have to find the princess as soon as possible?" Lu Heng asked dissatisfiedly.

Before Lu Yuan could answer, the Second Prince said in a deep voice, "For the dignity of the royal family and the princess, Commander Lu just doesn't want more people to know."

"The Elite Cavalry is the most elite and rigorous unit of the Pacification Division. They will not reveal any secrets."

After hearing this, Lu Heng was speechless.

Lu Yuan led the Ti cavalry to expand the scope and conduct a carpet search. Lu Heng wanted to go back and ask the Lu family guards to come, but was rejected by the Second Prince.

He was feeling a sense of useless frustration here.

"Second Prince!" Suddenly, halfway up the mountain, Lu Yuan stopped and called out to the Second Prince who was walking in front of him.

"What..." The second prince turned around and his expression suddenly changed.

"Everyone stand still and don't move!" Lu Yuan shouted.

The second prince gasped, suddenly took off his outer robe and threw it to Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan took the robe, closed his eyes, and wrapped it around the woman in the grass.

All they saw was a bloodless face, messy hair, and face covered in dirt and blood.

It was Princess Guangning.

"What's wrong with Guangning?" Lu Heng hurried over and looked at Guangning in Lu Yuan's arms in disbelief.

Lu Yuan's eyes were cold and he handed Guangning in his arms to him.

"Go back first."

With just one glance, he was able to determine what Guangning had encountered.

I'm afraid she won't be much better than those two maids. The only lucky thing is that she is still alive.

"Send her back to the palace." The second prince's voice was as cold as if it was mixed with ice chips.

They returned to the palace as quickly as possible. When Concubine Yao saw Guangning in Lu Heng's arms, her eyes turned black and she almost lost her balance.

"Mother, let the palace maid clean up Guangning first." The second prince said in a hoarse voice.

Imperial Concubine Yao suppressed her grief and said, "I will clean it up for her myself and go get some water."

She only left two trusted palace maids by her side. When the robe covering Guangning was lifted, Concubine Yao covered her mouth tightly with her hands to prevent herself from crying out loud.

Guangning's fair and delicate skin was almost entirely intact, and was covered with blue and purple pinch marks. Under his torn underpants, his thighs were stained with blood, and the flesh in the middle of his legs was almost ulcerated.

There are things left by men everywhere on her body.

Imperial Concubine Yao sobbed and cried. Her daughter... her daughter, whom she had raised with love, was actually being treated like this.

"Pass on my order and have the Pacification Office do its best to capture the criminal. I want to leave him alive!" The usually gentle Concubine Yao had a fierce look in her eyes.

She wants to hurt everyone in Guangning and make their life worse than death.

"Your Majesty, please go out first and let me wipe the princess clean." Qinghe said in a low voice.

"No need." Imperial Concubine Yao said, "Have the imperial physician wait outside until Guangning is clean and comes in to take his pulse."

She wanted to watch carefully to see what those beasts did to Guangning!

Qinghe and Chuzhi brought some hot water and helped to wipe it.

Their tears kept flowing down.

Even if Princess Guangning was spoiled on a daily basis, she would not have committed such a crime.

The person who hurt her was so vicious.

Those people must be cut into pieces!

They could all see that Princess Guangning had been abused by more than one man, and Concubine Yao must have seen it as well.

Which mother would not feel heartbroken to see her daughter being humiliated like this?