The scumbag was secretly having an affair, while I was openly having an affair with the prince.

Chapter 228 I Have a Way to Find the Crown Princess

"what!"

"Your Highness, spare my life!"

"Your Highness, please understand, we did nothing!"

Madam Fan, Fan Yunru, and Fan Yunying, the three generations of the family, knelt down before Yuchi Ling in great fear.

Seeing that Wen Yan and Wen Mo had accepted the order and gone to carry it out, Old Madam Fan pleaded with Ye Gengxin, "Gengxin! Your aunt has done nothing, please plead with His Highness the Crown Prince so that he won't take his anger out on us!"

His daughter had vanished into thin air, and Ye Gengxin was furious. Hearing her pleading, he glared at her hatefully but ignored her. He then ordered his eldest son, "Shi Ting! Go and inform the garrison outside the city to guard all the city gates!"

"Yes!" Ye Shiting did not hesitate and flew towards the east gate at top speed.

"Gengxin..." Old Madam Fan still wanted to plead with her stepmother.

Ye Gengxin's eyes were like sharp swords, and he had never gnashed his teeth at her with such hatred. "I respect you as an elder and have tolerated you many times. Even though your granddaughter has repeatedly done those despicable things in the General's Mansion, I haven't punished her for your sake. Letting you move out of the General's Mansion was already an extraordinary favor. But what about you? Have you reflected on your actions, have you been grateful, have you been wary? This is the capital city, under the Emperor's nose. Do you know what the consequences would be if the Crown Princess disappeared? You're innocent! If anything happens to the Crown Princess, everyone here will be held accountable. What are you innocuous about?"

"I...I..." Old Madam Fan had never seen him so angry before. She didn't know if she was frightened by him or for some other reason, but she started trembling and couldn't even finish her sentence.

"General, let's take the people from the manor to search the surrounding area first." You Jianchuan and Madam Ma also disregarded their son and began to make arrangements.

"Hmm." Ye Gengxin didn't waste any more time on Old Madam Fan and turned to make arrangements for people.

Yu Chi Ling walked into the room where Ye Shi Shu had stayed again. The room was extremely simple, with no place to hide and no signs of a struggle.

On the table, there was still some tea left in the teacup.

He picked up the teacup, first smelled it under his nose, then took a small sip, but found nothing.

"Your Highness." Ye Shijun and Gu Simo entered from outside, sharply scanning everything in the room as they said, "My younger sister asked Ninth Aunt to keep an eye on them. Ninth Aunt has been in the courtyard the whole time. She can guarantee that my younger sister has never left this room!"

“There’s definitely something wrong with this room!” Gu Simo said with certainty.

The couple began to carefully inspect the house.

I touched every corner, every piece of furniture, every wall—everywhere I could reach.

Yu Chi Ling stood in the center of the room, his eyes narrowed as he sharply searched for any objects that appeared to be mechanisms. Suddenly, he inadvertently lowered his gaze and paused, startled when he saw the floor near the corner of the table.

He then squatted down and began to kowtow on the ground.

Right at the corner of the table, the sound was noticeably different. He narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Smash this place!"

Ye Shijun and Gu Simo turned around and couldn't contain their excitement. They quickly ran out to call for help to grab weapons.

Before long, a huge pit appeared in the floor of the house.

There was nothing or no one in the deep pit, but there was a dark secret passage!

With a livid face, Yu Chi Ling entered the secret passage without a second thought.

Ye Shijun quickly followed him inside.

Gu Simo wanted to follow, but remembering that her father-in-law and elder brother were unaware of the situation, she flew out of the pit and ran outside.

"Ninth Aunt! My little sister might have been kidnapped through the secret passage! I'll stay here and guard her. You go and inform Father and Eldest Brother immediately!"

"Okay!" Ninth Aunt left the house excitedly.

Looking at Old Madam Fan, Fan Yunru, and Fan Yunying still kneeling on the ground, Gu Simo took in their terrified expressions and stood in front of them with a cold smile, "Don't tell me you didn't know there was a secret passage here!"

Madam Fan waved her hands tremblingly, "We...we really didn't know there was a secret passage in this room..."

Gu Simo squinted and glanced at the Fan siblings.

Fan Yunru and Fan Yunying kept their heads down from the beginning and didn't say a word.

She snorted coldly, "My Huaxiang Pavilion has strict rules and will never tolerate disciples who disregard human life and actively harm others. But this time, the person you offended gave me special privileges. Let's see how I deal with you!"

Upon hearing this, Fan Yunru and Fan Yunying finally raised their heads, their eyes filled with tension and wariness.

With her hands behind her back, Gu Simo suddenly raised one hand and threw a handful of gray powder at them.

The three generations of the family stared wide-eyed, not having time to react, and then collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Gu Simo stepped forward and kicked each of them as if venting her anger.

"You're all bad!"

"Xin'er, they're all unconscious, hitting them won't hurt them." Li Yao suddenly appeared out of nowhere and quickly ran over to persuade her after seeing her kicking someone.

"Yao'er, you stay here and watch over them. I'm going to find my older brother and the others..."

“No need to go.” Li Yao grabbed her hand and chuckled, “I have a way to find the Crown Princess.”

"Huh? You have a way? What way do you have?" Gu Simo kept looking her up and down. It wasn't that she didn't believe her, but all this time, Li Yao's greatest strengths were eating and being a little stronger than average. What way could she possibly come up with to find someone?

Li Yao looked up at the sky. "It's not dark yet, we can't get it done."

Gu Simo was sweating, “…”

However, she had no other choice but to stay here and keep watch so that the various groups could receive messages at any time.

……

Ye Shishu woke up to the sound of water.

However, when she opened her eyes and saw her surroundings, her face turned pale.

Just a foot away was a cliff, below which was a waterfall and the lake formed by the waterfall. Behind her was a dark, deep cave, the contents of which she could not see clearly for the time being.

At this moment, she was chained to her hands and feet, with the other end of the chain attached to the stone wall above her head.

Most importantly, she couldn't muster any strength, including her internal energy.

She can't even jump off a cliff now!