"And, I will send someone to manage this cruise ship, and I will also help you send the news back to Master Zhou at the seaside base..."
"Well, thank you, Zhao. Then let's go."
The two held hands and walked happily to Prince Zhao's palace.
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Three Princes' Mansion.
After leaving Qingyin Valley, Nangongze had rushed back to the Third Prince Tianzhuo Mansion without stopping.
He urgently needed to know if the Shadow Guards had caught the woman.
So, the first time he came back, he summoned the leader of the Shadow Guards, Shadow Xuan...
At this time, Yingxuan was wearing an iron mask, his eyes were somewhat sad because of the failure of the mission, and he looked at Nangongze with shame.
"Have you found that woman?"
Nangongze said coldly, his voice as cold as frost.
"Reporting to the Third Prince, we...have tried our best, but still haven't found Miss Ye.
“Her whereabouts were finally traced to a shipbuilding station set up by Jinfu on the seaside.
"I heard from Master Zhou there that she and the Ninth Prince asked for a small boat to go back to Tianzhuo along the river...
"So, we also got a small boat and went after her with all our strength...
"We punted the boat and caught up with the person who was going to Tianzhuo, but it was not Miss Ye.
"It's a shipbuilder from the Jin family...he's looking for Qian Bao.
"We pressed him to ask him about Miss Ye's whereabouts, but he didn't know anything about it.
"So, some of us continued to chase Miss Ye along the waterway, and the other part of us rushed back to Xingcheng to investigate...
"We also tortured Zhou Qing to extract a confession, but he swore that Miss Ye left in a small boat...
"We also asked other workers and their confessions were the same."
"Then aren't you waiting for them to come ashore on the Tianzhuo River? Taking the water route is more tortuous than the land route. The people at the Three Princes' Mansion will definitely receive your news in advance, and they can also fly eagles to deliver messages."
"We have thought of all this, Your Highness."
Shadow Xuan continued, "Our people are indeed waiting on the river bank.
"But after waiting for three days and three nights, there was no sign of them.
"Until you come back.
"Moreover, our people also set up sentries at various entrances to the city, but they were not detected."