Sima Xin drank the tea in the cup, and then looked at Gong Lian Yangxun: "It is indeed not easy to find Princess Ruilin, but the Prime Minister gave me a good clue. The seaside... there are several seaside seasides.
The den of thieves and the coastal port towns that have long harassed Feng Guo. Although this is not within the scope of my responsibilities, I cannot ignore it. But do you know which of those pirates has some involvement with the imperial court? As early as the Prime Minister
Before I took office, I wrote to Emperor Zhan, requesting to encircle and suppress the pirates, but I was stopped by a large group of old men. The relationships inside were layered and difficult to understand. Emperor Zhan's mind was not here, so he wouldn't let me
I won't mention this again. But as far as I know, most of those pirates went out to rob merchant ships, and some of them returned to land to snatch women for trading. Their behavior was very bad. Maybe... this has happened in the imperial capital.
Things have happened. However, the prefect here is timid and afraid of trouble. He must have sat back and did nothing because of the pressure from the court above."
"I've heard of these things too..." Gong Lian Yangxuan sighed lightly. Although Feng Guo seemed very powerful, in fact it was already full of holes due to various corruptions. Emperor Zhan's thoughts were always on his mind.
To expand the territory, he completely ignored these things. Even if he, the prime minister, tried hard, the effect would be minimal. "General Sima, what you mean is that Princess Rilin was captured by pirates?"
"Not necessarily...but I think if there aren't too many contacts, the pirates won't let people come to monitor the Prime Minister's Mansion. I make a bold guess that they were not arranged by Queen Wenwen, but were captured by the pirates outside the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Captured."
"Why did General Sima say this..." Gong Lianyang could not help but frown. He had not dared to take another look at Xia Houranluo since entering the imperial capital, but Emperor Zhan still discovered him. He did not expect that Sima Xin would also notice it.
Does he have an ambiguous relationship with Xia Hou Ranluo?
He... wouldn't be so obvious...
Seeing Gong Lianyang's frown, Sima Xin couldn't help but laugh: "Oh, Prime Minister, don't worry. I don't know anything. I only met Princess Ruilin once at the night banquet. That
At that time, Princess Ruilin looked at your back from a distance, Prime Minister, with that look in her eyes...just like the look in Madam's eyes in the portrait you showed me, Prime Minister, more than three years ago."
Looking at the man he loved deeply with that sad look in his eyes, how could Sima Xin, a person who has been through this, not notice it?
Sparse purple...
Gong Lian Yangxun's heart trembled suddenly, and then he gritted his teeth and suppressed his emotions: "Princess Ruilin paid me wrongly because of my infatuation, and there was nothing I could do about it. But three years ago, I couldn't find my wife Shuzi.
Today, three years later, I have to find Princess Ruilin no matter what, whether it’s for Feng Guo or..."
"Okay. I can do it for anything." Feeling that Gong Lian Yangxuan had been swollen by him, Sima Xin interrupted him in time, "I guess Queen Wen's people took the princess out of the palace.
Originally, they wanted to secretly send the princess out of the imperial capital so that Gongguo's national advisor could not find the princess, but they encountered pirates near the Prime Minister's Mansion. The pirates captured the princess and thought that the princess was from the Prime Minister's Mansion, so they sent
People are here to monitor, so that we can find out more and then extort ransom. In this case... Prime Minister, why not just use the trick and directly say that an important young lady has been lost in the house, and pay the ransom so that the pirates can send the princess back. Taking this opportunity... We can still
