Prince Yu's Mansion paid a large sum of money to find An An's missing person notices, which were posted all over the streets and alleys of the capital, and some counties around the capital also began to post them.
Two more days passed, and there was still no news from An An.
It has been five days since An An disappeared. During these five days, Luo Lan's heart ached as if it had been torn out, but she could not fall, and she did not dare to fall. Leng Yu was busy at home and outside. He was so anxious that if she fell again, he wouldn't be able to hold on.
For the past five days, she forced herself to wake up and force herself to sleep every day.
In the past few days, the people in the capital knew that something had happened in Prince Yu's Mansion. Some people had severe dysentery but did not bother her. This was probably because the dysentery virus had mutated. The anti-diarrhea drugs that Luo Lan had prepared before no longer worked. This was also As a result, some people become more and more serious...
Luo Lan came to the main hall and was just about to sit down and have a sip of tea when A Gang hurried over, came to Luo Li, and said impatiently:
"Princess, I just received a letter from the medical clinic, saying... that someone died due to diarrhea."
died?
Hearing these two words, Luo Lan's heart hurt as if something had stabbed her. She looked at A Gang and asked anxiously:
"What's going on? Didn't I prepare enough medicine? How could someone still die?"
"I don't know. It's said that the medicine you prepared didn't work. This patient knew that something was going on at your home and didn't dare to disturb you. He found another doctor and couldn't afford the medicine, so...he died."
Luo Lan's heart was so painful that she stood up from the chair, held on to her shaky body, and gritted her teeth and said:
"Go and have a look."
Just as she was about to take a step forward, A Cai hurried in.
"Princess, there is an old woman coming outside. She insists on seeing you. If I ask her something, she refuses to tell me. What should I do?"
Old woman?
Luo Lan's brows knitted into a knot. Since he came to see her by name, there must be something important. There was no reason for her to disappear.
She sat on the chair again, waved her hand and said:
"Go to Huichun Hall later and invite her in."
"yes."
A Cai responded and walked out quickly.
After a while, A Cai brought a ragged old woman to the main hall of Prince Yu's Mansion. When her sunken eyes saw Luo Lan, she knelt down on her knees and began to beg.
"Princess Yu, please let me go, and punish the women. The women are guilty!"
Her inexplicable words made Luo Lan look at her with confusion.
"What are you guilty of? Who is your son?"
The old woman lowered her head and kept sobbing, but remained silent for a long time.
Seeing this, Ah Cai took two steps forward impatiently and asked loudly:
"The princess is asking you something. Please answer quickly. We have other things to do and don't have time to wait for you here."
Hearing A Cai's roar, the old woman trembled, then knocked her head on the ground and sobbed softly,
"The civilian women encouraged their sons to guard and steal herbs and cloth from the military camp..."
What?
These words made Luo Lan's face suddenly darken. A few days ago, her husband had mentioned that the military camp was stolen. She was so busy looking for An An these days that she didn't bother to ask about it.
The old lady in front of me took the initiative to mention this matter. Could it be that this old lady was the mother of the warehouse manager in the military camp?
Although she was in a hurry to go to Huichun Hall, she still asked doubtfully:
"If you have something to say, just say it. I still have a lot of things to do. If you continue to be hesitant like this, I'm leaving."
As he spoke, Luo Lan was about to get up. Seeing this, the old woman said hurriedly:
"Returning to the princess, the civilian woman's son's surname is Wu, and he is the warehouse keeper of Prince Yu's military camp. In the past few years, the civilian woman has been suffering from illnesses. In order to treat the civilian woman's illness, the family has been reduced to four walls. In order to save me, my son , he stole medicinal materials from the military supply store several times. Later, when he saw that my illness was not cured, he stole some cloth from the army in order to make a shroud for a civilian woman. Fortunately, God was merciful and the Lord of Hell did not accept me. This sick body, but...but my son's theft was discovered by the prince, and now he has been locked up. I originally planned to go to the military camp to replace my son, but...but I'm afraid that I won't get there before He died on the road in the military camp, so I thought of coming to you. Please tell the prince and let me take my son's place! He stole things just for me."
Luo Lan seemed to understand the old woman's intermittent words.
But stealing the munitions depot is not a trivial matter, and it is not something she should be concerned about.
So, she said calmly:
"The state has national laws, and the military has military regulations. Since your son stole things from the military camp, he should be punished by military law. The affairs of the military camp are not my responsibility, so you should go back!"
"Princess, you can't just ignore it? If you don't ignore it, how will I live if my son is punished by military law?"
"Your son's behavior is called stealing. He was reckless before stealing. If you indulge him this time, how will the military camp be managed in the future?"
"But...but there is a reason for his incident. I beg you, Princess, to show mercy and intercede with the prince. Let a commoner's wife suffer the punishment on his behalf!"
As she spoke, the old woman kept kowtowing on the ground, and Luo Lan's face became increasingly ugly.
It's not that she doesn't sympathize with the old woman in front of her, and it's not that she doesn't want to help her. She really can't interfere with the affairs in the military camp. As Princess Yu, she knows better than anyone else that once a woman stretches her hand too long, she will end up with nothing but Make things more and more confusing.
Thinking of the patients waiting for her in Huichun Hall, and of An An who had not yet been found, she felt powerless. In order to prevent the old woman in front of her from disturbing her peace, she could only wave her hands perfunctorily.
"You should go back first. I will find an opportunity to talk to the prince about this matter."
Seeing that she finally agreed, the old woman hurriedly continued to kowtow.
"Thank you very much, Princess Yu. Thank you very much, Princess Yu. Your great kindness will be unforgettable to all women."
Luo Lan stood up and said to the old woman kneeling on the ground:
'You go back first, I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you. '
With these words behind her, she took long strides and walked toward the main entrance of the palace with a heavy heart.
During the few days when An An was missing, Leng Yu was absent-minded and repeatedly made big mistakes when dealing with the memorials from the ministers of the DPRK. This also caused some ministers of the DPRK to go directly to the emperor to complain. Of course, these people were all talking about Leng Yu. This will only happen under Xi's instruction.
This time, the emperor rarely punished him, but expressed his understanding of his feelings. He immediately ordered an imperial list to be posted, offering a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, to find Leng Anping, the missing second lady of Prince Yu's palace.
In order to get the silver reward, the people in the city were waiting for the opportunity to get rich overnight. However, even so, An An disappeared for seven days and there was still no news.
An An fell asleep in that secluded room for seven days. Leng Xi sat by the bed and looked at her with a frown.
In these seven days, this is what he does most often. He likes to look at this familiar face and recall every moment between him and Long Xiaomin.
He knew he shouldn't do this, the girl in front of him was his niece, but he couldn't control his thoughts.
The doctor had seen her just now and said that her injury was almost healed and she would probably wake up in the next two days. In order to prevent the little girl from recognizing him when she woke up, Leng Xi had been wearing a slightly mysterious veil.
He was very aware of the fact that Leng Yu often made mistakes in handling government affairs these days. He felt that his decision to place An An here was not wrong. Even if An An woke up, he did not intend to send her back, at least to let her recover from her injuries. Living here for a while in the name of her would also mess up Prince Yu's palace, but he confirmed that from beginning to end, he never thought of harming her in the slightest.
"Who are you?"
Just as he was planning this in his mind, a voice as weak as a mosquito sounded in his ear.
He hurriedly touched his veil and made sure that the veil was intact on his face before turning to look at An An...
