Ni Rong came back and told Murong Jie that he had found the woman that Liang Shulin liked. She was imprisoned in a villa outside the city by the noble concubine and was under special guard.
"Your Highness, should we take her away?" Ni Rong asked.
Murong Jie was not in a hurry. "First, investigate her background and how she met Liang Shulin."
"She is a girl from Chunxiang Tower. Liang Shulin must have met her when he went to Chunxiang Tower, right?" Ni Rong guessed.
"Liang Shulin is not that kind of place." Murong Jie said lightly.
"That's right," Ni Rong thought of Liang Shulin, who was a very law-abiding person. He would not go to such a brothel. "Your Majesty, do you suspect that Ziwei has other intentions in approaching Liang Shulin?"
"What's so strange?" Murong Jie knocked on the table with his hand. "Go investigate first. If it is confirmed that someone secretly instructed her, find out who instructed her."
Ni Rong wanted to ask if this needed to be investigated? If she really approached Liang Shulin on purpose, then the person behind it must be the noble concubine.
Murong Jie actually knew in his heart that if someone was instructing Ziwei, that person must be the noble concubine.
But he doesn't want to be vague, he wants to get things clear, he wants everything to be clear.
Ni Rong's investigation revealed just as he had expected. The two of them met outside the city. Ziwei's carriage broke down at that time, and there was a narrow official road leading into the city. Her carriage was parked in the middle of the road, blocking the way. It happened that Liang Shulin came back from an errand that day, and seeing that the official road was badly congested, he went to help Ziwei fix her carriage. To repay her, Ziwei treated him to a dinner, and as a result, they met each other.
"However, this Miss Ziwei seems to have fallen in love with Liang Shulin. When my subordinates were monitoring her, they saw her painting in a depressed mood. The person in the painting was Liang Shulin." Ni Rong said.
Murong Jie said nothing, just remained in deep thought.
After a long while, he said, "For the time being, you should find a way to rescue her and settle her down."
"What are your plans, Your Majesty?" Ni Rong asked.
Murong Jie said calmly: "It will be useful when the time comes."
Liang Shulin is a very good chess piece. He is from the Liang family and has advantages that others do not have.
There have been many happy events recently. The King of Liang has not yet recovered, so he asked Murong Jie to come to the palace to ask for his permission to marry Yi'er.
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Moreover, the sooner the wedding date, the better, and it would be best to get married with Xiao Tuo.
It's naturally not so quick for a prince to get married. It takes about three months just to prepare for the wedding. However, I don't know if flash marriages have become popular among people recently, so they all have this idea.
However, King Liang had his own ideas, because the Crown Prince of Liang was going to return to his country, and he wanted to take Liu Yue back with him. If Yi'er had not married, she would have to go back with him.
However, Song Ruiyang had no intention of letting King Liang get his wish. Although he was very satisfied with King Liang, he had gone through so much trouble to get his wife and daughter back. It was impossible for him to let her marry hastily without taking her home.
Taking Yi'er away would be tantamount to asking for King Liang's life, but fortunately Yi'er comforted him and told King Liang that she also wanted to go back and see her hometown. As for marriage, she would go for a marriage between the two countries.
Prince Liang also felt that marrying Yi'er hastily would be unfair to her, so he agreed to let her go, but only after she drank Xiao Tuo's wedding wine.
A few days before his wedding, Xiao Tuo always went to Chen's house. Later, the old lady said that they could not meet before the wedding and asked Xiao Tuo not to come again. Xiao Tuo was very depressed because if he came to Chen's house, he could fight with the Chen brothers and Liu Liu.
He began to like the people of the Chen family, including Liu Liu of course.
They used to see each other every day, but suddenly they couldn't see each other anymore. Xiao Tuo and Liu Liu were not used to it, so the day before the wedding, Liu Liu sneaked out to see Xiao Tuo.
However, he did not return until evening.
The old lady asked Chen Long and Chen Shu to bring her back. The two went to the Marquis' Mansion. The people from the Xiao family said that Xiao Tuo was in the Prince's Mansion. The two brothers from the Chen family had to go to the Prince's Mansion again. It was true that Xiao Tuo was in the Prince's Mansion, but he said that Liu Liu had never been there.
Xiao Tuo said: "I came to the palace early this morning, but I didn't see Liu Liu. Did she go to look for me but didn't see me, so she went back?"
"He hasn't come back yet. He went out this afternoon and hasn't come back yet." Chen Long said.
"Could he have gone to the princess's mansion? Or did he go to Rouyao?" Xiao Tuo asked.
Zi'an was a little worried and said, "Let's go out and look for him."
So the troops were divided into three groups and went to the Princess's Mansion, Prince Liang's Mansion and Dingfenghao respectively. Finally, they went to find Rouyao, but they all said that they had never seen Liuliu coming.
Now everyone was very anxious, and Murong Jie mobilized the city patrol guards to look for him.
Mrs. Chen was extremely anxious. She suddenly remembered that Liu Liu's birthday was approaching, her nineteenth birthday.
She was very panicked and sent all the people in the Chen family out to look for him.
Around midnight, I finally heard a servant come in and hurriedly report, "Madam, the young lady is back."
"This girl, I'm going to break her legs!" Chen Taijun slammed the table and walked out quickly, but saw Chen Liuliu being carried back.
She was covered in blood and her face was pale. From a distance, it looked like she had stopped breathing.
"Oh my God, how could this happen?" Chen Taijun's legs went weak and she held on to the column.
The people who sent Liu Liu back were actually Madam Linglong and Xia Wan'er. These two had disappeared from everyone's sight for a long time, and everyone had almost forgotten about them, mother and daughter.
"Quick, call the princess!" Seeing that Lady Chen no longer knew how to react, the butler immediately gave the order.
Everyone in the mansion was in chaos because the servants and guards had all gone out to look for someone. Only the old women and maids were left at home. The old lady personally helped to lift Liu Liu onto the bed.
Chen Linglong said, "Old Madam, the person has been sent back, and it's time for us mother and daughter to leave."
Chen Taijun raised her head quickly, her eyes ferocious enough to make people tremble with fear, "Why is she injured?"
Chen Linglong shook her head. "I don't know. She collapsed at the door of our house. I saw her when I came out to lock the door. I recognized her as Miss Chen Liuliu, so I asked someone to send her back."
The old lady had seen countless people and could tell that Chen Linglong was not lying.
"You go back first. I will thank you another day!" Chen Taijun didn't want to pay attention to the two of them and sent them away.
Chen Linglong hesitated for a moment, "Well, we spent money to hire someone..."
"Come here, go to the accounting office and get fifty taels of silver for her."
Chen Linglong bowed and expressed her gratitude profusely, which was completely different from the smug Madam Linglong of the past.
Xia Wan'er hadn't said much and had no expression. Only when she heard the old lady talking about giving silver did she smile and go down with Chen Linglong.
After seeing off Chen Linglong and her daughter, Chen Taijun immediately checked Liu Liu's injuries.
Liu Liu was stabbed eight times, each of which penetrated the bone. There were two stab wounds on the chest, four on the back, and two on the legs. The wounds were very large and were not caused by a sword or an ordinary knife.
Her breathing was weak and she had fainted. Her lips were so pale that they were completely bloodless. Chen Taijun immediately gave her some medicine to stop the bleeding.
After she had dealt with the situation initially, Zi'an and others arrived.
When Xiao Tuo saw Liu Liu, who looked pale and lifeless, he was so frightened that even his breathing stopped. A few days ago, she was still full of energy and fighting with him, but after not seeing her for only two days, she became like this.
"Who did it?" he said through gritted teeth.
(End of this chapter)