Capítulo 1807: Chapter 1814: Juhua Has Children (4)

A day passed quickly, and by the following evening, Cai Wei was sitting in the Waterside Pavilion, gently waving a fan, listening to the reports from the Secret Guards.

“Your Highness, we have searched throughout the Capital, but there is no trace of the Shen Family’s Miss. According to our judgment, Miss Shen is either no longer in the Capital or has already died. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have vanished without a trace, alive or dead!”

“Dead!”

Cai Wei’s heart skipped a beat, and her delicate jade hand that was holding the fan suddenly tightened. Her previously serene expression abruptly turned sharp, her eyes filled with a bloodthirsty sharpness.

“Continue the search. Dig three feet deep if you have to, but find her!”

“Yes!”

The Secret Guards retreated, and Cai Wei stood up from the recliner, unable to maintain her composure. The words from the Secret Guards, “either no longer in the Capital or already dead,” kept echoing in her mind, causing an inexplicable pain. The innocent and cute doll face of Juhua appeared in her mind. If such a lovely girl had indeed been harmed, she would chase the murderer to the ends of the earth and chop them to pieces without mercy!

“Your Highness, a pigeon letter has arrived from the Xianbei for you!”

A young eunuch seemed to notice Cai Wei’s foul mood and knelt softly outside the Waterside Pavilion, trying his best to keep his voice gentle and soft, fearing that Cai Wei would take her bad mood out on him.

Cai Wei took a deep breath to calm herself down and said indifferently, “Bring it here!”

Immediately, Xiao Zhi, who was attending to Cai Wei, stepped forward, took the letter from the eunuch’s hand, and presented it to Cai Wei.

Cai Wei unfolded the letter and, as she read its contents, frowned involuntarily. Her face darkened even more.

“Your Highness, what’s wrong? Is the Xianbei being unruly?” Xiao Zhi observed Cai Wei’s expression, gently fanning her.

“No, Zhao Gui was wronged over there. She was shot off her horse by the beloved of the trusted king, nearly falling to her death. Later, she was stripped and whipped, getting beaten quite severely. She was in a coma for nearly a day when the letter was sent and hasn’t woken up yet. I’m not sure how she is now.”

Xiao Zhi asked, “Your Highness, would you like to protect her?”

“No need!”

Cai Wei answered without thinking, “Helan Hao’s beloved is so arrogant and domineering, it won’t be long before she falls out of favor. With Zhao Gui’s cunning and ability, dealing with her should be more than enough. Just send two boxes of scar removal ointment as quickly as possible.”

“Yes!”

Xiao Zhi responded and hurried to send someone to the Imperial Medical Institute for medicine. Hearing how Princess Zhao Gui was mistreated, Xiao Zhi felt very sympathetic towards the poor princess and hoped to do something to help her. But since the Empress Dowager was unwilling to step in, Xiao Zhi had no choice but to quickly send the ointment to Xianbei, hoping it could help her!

In a blink, two more days had passed, and Cai Wei’s menstruation still hadn’t subsided. She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. In those three days, she kept adding people to search for Juhua, expanding the search range from the Capital to a hundred miles outside, but still, there was no news at all.

She had never missed Brother Ying like she did now. If Brother Ying were here, it would take no time at all to find Juhua. But now, even though so much manpower and resources had been mobilized, not even a strand of Juhua’s hair had been found, which infuriated her greatly!

In the evening, Lady Du suddenly handed a card into the Palace, saying she had urgent business to see Cai Wei. Normally, it wasn’t allowed to hand in cards at this time, but Lady Du’s special status meant no guards outside the Palace dared to stop her. Seeing Lady Du in such a hurry, they quickly helped convey her message inside.

Cai Wei also knew that her mother was the most disciplined and courteous person, so for her to break palace rules to seek an audience at this time, it must be for something extremely urgent. Otherwise, she wouldn’t enter the palace at this hour.

After Lady Du entered the palace, she first gave a grand salute to Cai Wei, who helped her up. Once standing, Lady Du spoke with a heavy heart, “Wei’er, there’s news about the Shen Family’s Miss, but this group indeed kidnapped her because of you.”

While speaking, Lady Du took a letter out from her sleeve, saying, “A little beggar delivered this to the Shen Family, asking them to pass it on to you. You should take a look!”