Chapter 307: Chapter 308: An Unexpected Incident

Just as Gu Yifeng hadn’t finished feeling pleased, Li Si’s anxious voice came from outside.

“Master, there’s a message from Lieutenant Zhao, saying there’s an urgent matter.” Li Si said with a wry smile, forced to speak up.

He knew that at this moment in the room, his master certainly did not wish to be disturbed, but an incident had occurred at Lieutenant Zhao’s place. He knew that if he didn’t speak up and really delayed it, he wouldn’t have any good consequence.

After weighing the situation, Li Si stiffened his resolve to speak up.

Gu Yifeng’s face darkened upon hearing Li Si’s voice, and Lin Youning was quite surprised, seeing her big brother’s somber expression, she couldn’t help but smile, but upon hearing that it was a letter from her brother, she immediately sat up, brushing off the earlier awkwardness.

“The Eldest Prince is leaving tomorrow, and with my brother entering the city today, could it be that the Eldest Prince did something? Did something happen on my brother’s end?” Lin Youning asked worriedly.

Gu Yifeng nodded, comforting her, “We still don’t know what the matter is, don’t worry.”

He had already gotten out of bed and sat on the soft couch in the outer room, calling Li Si in.

Lin Youning also quickly got up to dress, all the while listening to the movements outside, knowing that Li Si had already come in.

Thinking about the letter sent from her brother’s side in the middle of the night, Lin Youning’s heart was also raised. She simply put on an outer robe and strode to the outer room.

Hailan, who was serving outside, hearing that they were all up inside, came in as well. Seeing her young lady dressed so lightly, Hailan went into the inner room to find a small padded jacket for her.

Gu Yifeng had already read the letter, he stood up and instructed Li Si, “Send the Hidden Guard to Zhao Mansion, and follow Lieutenant Zhao’s orders.”

Lin Youning knew that if something’s wrong, it wouldn’t be trivial.

After Li Si accepted the order and left, Lin Youning walked over quickly, “Big Brother, what’s happened after all?”

Hailan, being observant, quickly called the little maid outside the door to exit with her and closed the door.

This time it was cold at the border, although there were brazier burning, Sister Ning didn’t like it, so not many braziers were placed here, mostly near the doorway. However, the ground heater was very warm, but Gu Yifeng still worried Ning might catch cold, and pulled her into his arms to sit.

He then spoke, “Rest assured, it’s not something serious, it’s just that a servant from your brother’s mansion seems to have been taken by the Eldest Prince’s hidden guards.”

Lin Youning didn’t believe it, “It’s not an ordinary servant, is it? Is it Wang Er from my brother’s side?”

Gu Yifeng smiled wryly, “Seems I can’t keep it from you after all. Wang Er has been with your brother since young and knows much about your brother’s matters. Now the Eldest Prince’s hidden guards took him away, likely wanting to dig out some information about your brother. The Eldest Prince is here looking for someone, and although I don’t know who he is looking for, he set his sights on your brother, which is very peculiar.”

Lin Youning nodded, feeling relieved that it wasn’t something happening to her brother, but couldn’t help worrying, “Could it be the person the Eldest Prince is looking for? Does my brother know where they are?”

Thinking of her brother always having a heavy heart, Lin Youning couldn’t help but sigh. She did want to ask what exactly he was hiding from her, but her brother’s demeanor clearly showed he wouldn’t easily share.

The interruption left Gu Yifeng somewhat disappointed, but he understood how important Zhao Housheng was to Sister Ning.

“Don’t worry, this is at the border, even if the Eldest Prince wants to hide someone, it’s not so easy. Your brother mentioned in the letter that Wang Er was captured while on an errand by the Eldest Prince’s men. Though he knows it was the Eldest Prince who took him, he couldn’t act directly, so he sent the letter to me for help.” Gu Yifeng said,

“As the saying goes, there’s no smoke without fire. Clearly, your brother must know something, but the Eldest Prince is unclear about it too, so he targets Wang Er, thinking he can extract some information. Now that Wang Er’s been taken, for your brother to immediately suspect the Eldest Prince, it must be for this reason.”

“Could it be related to whether the Eldest Prince can ascend?” I can’t understand, my brother is just from an ordinary farm family, who could he know that makes the Eldest Prince so eager to find?”

Moreover, not only does the Eldest Prince want to find him, but it’s even by the Emperor’s command.

“Thinking so much about this now is useless, it’s too late and we can’t alert the Eldest Prince in the front yard. We can only wait, and when the Eldest Prince leaves tomorrow, we can call your brother over to ask what’s really happening.” Gu Yifeng was confident that this time, without needing them to press further, Zhao Housheng would explain everything.

After all, since Zhao Housheng appealed for his hidden guards, it showed the seriousness of the matter.

Lin Youning nodded, and the two of them returned to rest inside, but with the incident in mind, Lin Youning couldn’t focus, and Gu Yifeng understood, so they simply held each other and fell asleep.

In the front yard, Li Min initially received a message from the hidden guards saying they had captured someone, but who could have expected that person to be snatched away mid-route. Enraged, Li Min smashed the teacup by his side, and it was easy to guess it was the doing of Dingyuan Marquis. Apart from the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, no one else could stand against the Royal Family’s hidden guards.

Yet, on this mission to find someone, his father, the Emperor, had ordered him to keep silent without revealing any hint, so all he could do was stifle his anger without any other recourse.

“Master, calm down!” Xu Xin stepped forward to advise, “The clues we got earlier didn’t necessarily pin that person having any relation to Lieutenant Zhao, it was just a small Jade Pendant. Lieutenant Zhao comes from a peasant background, it was investigated, such an item wouldn’t typically belong to someone of a peasant background, and the servant thought it was simply something purchased to be given away.”

Li Min, with a grim face, “Enough, enough, seems it’s all for nothing this time. But having spent six months, my father won’t blame me, let’s rest, and tell them not to bother anymore, it’s just a small matter anyway. Surely the hidden guards saw our efforts, and my father won’t say much more.”

Xu Xin, seeing his master’s temper cooling, let out a sigh of relief, smiled in acknowledgment while serving his master to rest first, and then went out to deliver messages to the hidden guards.

Over at Gu Yifeng’s side, he hadn’t slept, and hearing the rhythmic tapping three times on the window frame outside, knew that the matter was handled. He finally closed his eyes.

At this moment, the sky outside had begun to lighten slightly.

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