I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Chapter 269 The trace is hard to find

Song Moli touched his swollen neck and sneered, "It's okay. I'm looking for that girl. It's thousands of miles to the north. By the time he sends someone to look for her, I'm afraid she'll have forgotten about him before they even find her."

The Qiang were a brutal and fierce people, with many young women, often sharing one woman with all men in a family. Many women sold from the Central Plains to the north could not endure the humiliation and committed suicide. If she hadn't worried about her bodies being discovered and causing unnecessary trouble, she wouldn't have had the heart to sell them to such a cruel and distant land.

"But when I saw Prince Wei leave, it was so scary. Will something happen..."

"No..." Song Moli interrupted Jiaoli and said with a smile, "What can a woman do no matter how much she likes him? It won't affect the overall situation. At most, she'll cry for a few days. Let my brother prepare some good gifts and go see him."

"But young lady!" Jiaoli said, "I heard Prince Wei instructing his followers to prepare horses, especially fast horses, as if he was going to go look for her himself."

"What?" Song Moli glanced sideways.

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Outside the North City, all that was visible was snow. Wei Luo and his men chased for a day and a night on horseback, finally catching up with a carriage heading north through a chaotic trail of ruts.

The carriage stopped by the roadside and did not move forward.

"Nian'er!" Wei Luo dismounted, jumped onto the carriage, and hurriedly pushed open the door of the carriage. There was no one inside.

Two large men sat against a tree to rest. Yang Hao lifted the token from one of them's waist with his sword and said, "Sir, this is someone from the Duke of Song's mansion."

Wei Luo asked angrily: "Where are the people?"

"Who is it?" The two pretended to be confused.

Wei Luo chopped the two men on the head with his sword: "Speak!"

Yang Hao said, "Song Wei, the second son of Song, asked us to come. We have delayed the important matter. We will not forgive you. Tell me quickly."

The two were originally debating whether to report the truth or keep it a secret, but when they heard the Second Young Master's name, they were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy: "Sir, it's not that we weren't doing our best, we just didn't expect that girl to be so skilled in martial arts. We weren't paying attention, and she escaped. Please put in a few good words for us on behalf of the Second Young Master."

Less than a hundred miles ahead is Yancheng. Qiang people have always come to Yancheng to buy and sell human beings.

Wei Luo didn't know whether to be happy or sad, and asked: "Where did he run away?"

One of them rubbed the bump on his head and said, "It's just ahead. We've been running for more than half an hour."

"Get out!" Wei Luo looked at the vast wilderness, her heart aching. This place was far away from the capital, but close to the north. The people there were fierce and brutal, and there were many bandits. How could a little girl like her go back?

Not long after, Lu Mingyang caught up with Wei Luo.

"Cousin, how could Nian'er be abducted here?" She didn't know the reason, but when she learned that Wei Luo rode out of the city on horseback, she guessed that he knew Nian'er's whereabouts and was riding after her.

Wei Luo didn't know how to start, so he looked around and said, "Cousin, it's such a long way, and you come here alone. Aren't you afraid of danger?"

Lu Mingyang hadn't expected this pursuit to last a whole day and night. He couldn't care less about anything else and anxiously asked, "Why is Nian'er here?"

Wei Luo said nothing.

Lu Mingyang sneered: "It's related to the Duke of Song's Mansion, right?"

"No!" Wei Luo felt guilty.

"I saw the carriage from the Duke of Song's mansion. Although it had no markings, I recognized it. The two men had the accent of someone from the capital, and I even faintly heard a few words..."

"Cousin!" Wei Luo interrupted Lu Mingyang, his face pale. "The most urgent thing is to find Nian'er as soon as possible. In this place, when it gets dark, there will be wolves."

Wei Luo, fearing a potential fight with the Qiang, brought twenty men with him. Worried Nian'er wouldn't dare return, he took ten men to Yancheng ahead, and asked Yang Hao to bring ten men with Lu Mingyang to search for her.

The world is so vast with mountains, rivers and valleys, and humans are just a drop in the ocean. It is not easy to find them.

"Miss Cousin, let's go to the city and take a look." Yang Hao pointed to the city ahead, "Since Miss Nian'er has escaped, she must have gone into the city."

"it is good!"

Lu Mingyang led his men into the city, searching inns, hotels, post houses, government offices, even the market and brothels, but still couldn't find the person. The city gates had long been closed, so they could only find an inn to stay in.

But Lu Mingyang couldn't fall asleep. He stood in front of the window, praying to see the fireworks set off by Wei Luo.

Dong-dong-dong, there was a knock on the door.

"Nian'er!" Lu Mingyang hurried to open the door and saw Zhu Cong. He subconsciously looked behind him, but there was no one there except him.

"Did he ask you to come?" She hurried back to the house to pour tea.

"No!" Zhu Cong followed her in and closed the door. "Ever since the fourth lady left the capital, Your Highness has been asking me to protect her. Today, the situation is urgent, so I can only execute her first and report later."

He reported the information he had found: "I have discovered that people from the Duke of Song's Mansion are also looking for Miss Nian'er. Logically speaking, since the Song family has told Prince Wei about Miss Nian'er's whereabouts, they will not interfere, unless..."

"Unless the Song family still wants to kill Nian'er." Lu Mingyang clenched the teacup in his hand.

Zhu Cong continued, "The most urgent thing is to stop the Song family. Otherwise, if the Song family finds Miss Nian'er first, Miss Nian'er will be in danger."

Lu Mingyang asked Zhu Cong to hide and walked to the guest room next door and knocked on the door.

Yang Hao came out with his clothes on, and when he saw his cousin going back to her room, he was so scared that he didn't go in.

"Come in!" Lu Mingyang dragged Yang Hao into the room, closed the door, and asked, "Why did Concubine Song want to kill Nian'er?"

Yang Hao said: "Noble Concubine Song didn't know it was Miss Nian'er, she thought it was a maid in the mansion."

"Understood!"

"What do you understand?" Yang Hao covered his mouth belatedly and said anxiously, "Cousin, please don't say I said it."

Unless Concubine Song had been to the mansion, how could she have thought that Miss Nian'er was a maid in the mansion.

"I'm not interested in your affairs. I only care about Nian'er." Lu Mingyang opened the door and went downstairs. Yang Hao hurriedly chased after him, "Cousin, don't worry. The young master will definitely find Miss Nian'er."

"I'm afraid that before he finds her, Nian'er will have been killed by Concubine Song."

"No, Concubine Song has already agreed to it, young master."

"If she flatly denies it, what can Wei Luo do? Get lost." Lu Mingyang pushed Yang Hao away and said angrily, "You guys continue looking for her tomorrow. I'm going back to Beijing first."

"Miss Cousin, the city gates are closed. How are you going back to Beijing?"

No one answered Yang Hao, and Lu Mingyang had already left the inn. Although the city walls were high, there were people outside to help them, so Zhu Cong and Lu Mingyang left the city smoothly.

"Please help me find something to think about."

"Don't worry, Fourth Miss."

Zhu Cong handed the horse to Lu Mingyang.

Another day and night passed, and when Lu Mingyang rushed back to the capital, it was still late at night. The city gates were closed, and she could not enter.

Could he be in the clear water pool?

Holding onto a glimmer of hope, Lu Mingyang came to the mountain temple halfway up the hill behind Xiangguo Temple. Every time she ran out of ideas, she would find hope here.

The ground was still covered in snow. Lu Mingyang stood on the snow outside the mountain temple and lit a firework. It was the only firework that connected him to Wei Luo.

Fireworks blooming in the sky bring hope, but also torment the hearts of those waiting.