How could my childhood sweetheart be the current empress?

"Xia Chan, come out."

After a while, a woman in green appeared behind Yan Jixue and said with a salutation:

"Your Majesty, I am here."

"What about him?"

"Master? He went out with a group of servants not long ago."

Xia Chan told Yan Jixue everything about the conversation she overheard this morning.

"The eldest daughter of the Xiangguo Mansion ran away from home?"

Yan Jixue raised her pretty eyebrows slightly. She had some impression of this young lady. She had instructed the servants to speak ill of her behind her back before. Her methods were no different from those of a young brat.

But later on, she took all the responsibility for her own work, which gave Yan Jixue a good impression.

I didn't expect that she actually ran away from home.

"It seems that the eldest daughter ran away from home because of the engagement with the Jia family. She didn't want to marry the second young master of the Jia family."

"The Xu family wanted to win over the wealthy Jia family, so they arranged for Xu Xiqian and Jia Erwan to get married. This is a very good plan."

Yan Jixue's expression couldn't help but turn cold. She had only just now learned about the marriage between the two families.

Before that, the matter was kept secret from the outside world.

As the empress of the wild geese, from her point of view, Yan Jixue naturally does not want to see the Xu family and the Jia family unite together.

If the two families were to marry and join forces, it would very likely threaten her rule.

This was originally the Xu family's family affair, and she didn't want to get involved. But if the Xu family was allowed to win over the Jia family, that would definitely not be the result she wanted to see.

This marriage must be ruined no matter what.

"When the famine occurred, the ancestor of the Jia family gave half a steamed bun to the Emperor Dayan. Later, in order to repay this kindness, the Emperor granted the Jia family the status of imperial merchants and allowed them to do business in the capital."

Yan Jixue said calmly that the rise of the Jia family in the capital was largely thanks to the late Emperor Dayan.

"Dayan can make the Jia family sit in this position, so naturally they can take it all back. It seems that I need to put some pressure on the Jia family to make them understand what they can do and what they cannot do."

Yan Jixue said coldly that she needed to interfere in the marriage between the two families.

"Xia Chan, go back to the palace and get the imperial edict from the imperial study. The spare seal is in the secret compartment of the imperial study. You should know where it is. Bring me my seal. I want to issue an imperial edict to the Jia family."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xia Chan bowed and nodded. Dayan actually had two jade seals. One of them was hidden in the secret compartment of the imperial study. Only His Majesty knew how to take it out.

Yan Jixue gave the method of taking out the jade seal to Xia Chan. The other party was her most trusted confidant, so there would be absolutely no problem in handing it over to her.

"Subordinates retire."

Xia Chan stepped back and prepared to leave.

"and many more."

At this time, Yan Jixue called out to Xia Chan, and her pretty face turned red. She bit her lower lip and said:

"Also, go to the Imperial Study and see if there are any techniques for sex, and bring them to me as well."

When she thought about how she was ridden by the other party last night, she suddenly felt that her dignity as an empress had been completely lost.

How could Yan Jixue tolerate the crime of riding the king?

As the saying goes, if the boy is strong, the girl will lean on the wall, and if the girl is strong, the boy will lie on the bed.

Next time, she'll be on top!

"Your Majesty, you are coming again."

Xia Chan couldn't help but cover her face and said, "Your Majesty has been aroused by his desire to win, and he wants to compete with Prime Minister Xu in bed."

As the saying goes, the authorities are confused but the bystanders are clear.

Maybe Yan Jixue herself didn't notice it, but Xia Chan, as an outsider, saw it clearly.

Your Majesty, she has slowly fallen into it.

……

"Miss, where are you?"

"Miss, please come out quickly, the master is looking for you."

On the other side, a group of servants took to the street, shouting the eldest lady's name loudly, regardless of the strange looks on passers-by's faces.

They searched the entire Xiangguo Mansion but couldn't find the eldest lady.

Since they couldn't find her inside the mansion, they began to look everywhere outside the mansion, asking passers-by if they had seen a girl with pigtails, about this tall, very thin, and wearing a blue dress.

But passers-by shook their heads, saying they had never seen the girl the servant described.

The eldest lady usually stays at home and has very few close friends she can talk to, so most people in the capital have never seen what she looks like.

The servants searched for a long time but still couldn't find the eldest lady, not even a trace of her.

They even went to a brothel, but the madams said they had never seen the girl.

I guess the eldest daughter had already planned to run away from home this time. She left at night and even erased all traces of her departure.

Finding her now is as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack.

In a blink of an eye, the sky gradually darkened, and they still hadn't found the eldest lady.

The eldest lady seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.

Chapter 55 Where are you?

In the evening, everyone searched half of the capital, but still could not find the whereabouts of the eldest lady.

Now it was already dark and many servants were hungry, so they had to return empty-handed to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Xu Chengling stood at the gate of the Xiangguo Mansion, looking at the servants who had gathered there, and asked:

"did you find it?"

"Report to the master, we have searched half of the capital, but still haven't seen the young lady."

"Yes, sir, we went to every place we could think of, but we still couldn't find anyone."

"Where did the young lady go? Why did she suddenly run away from home?"

Everyone shook their heads. They still hadn't found the young lady, not even a trace of her.

At this time, a servant in the crowd suddenly raised his hand and said:

"Master, do you think the young lady is hiding on purpose?"

"It's possible."

Xu Chengling nodded, but if she was just hiding, she should come back when she was hungry.

According to Xu Xiqian's personal maid, she did not move anything in the room and left without taking any food.

"Master, do you think it is possible that the young lady was kidnapped?"

A servant in the crowd whispered, but was quickly interrupted by another servant beside him:

"Shut up now, Missy will be fine!"

Everyone lowered their heads. Although they didn't say anything, one could roughly guess from the expressions on their faces that the situation was not optimistic.

They had searched every place they could think of, but the eldest lady seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth and could not be found at all.

If the eldest lady was kidnapped, that would seem more reasonable.

"If the young lady was kidnapped, what was the kidnapper's purpose? If it was for money, they should have sent someone to inform the Prime Minister's Mansion a long time ago. I'm afraid it's..."

While everyone was talking about it, the butler couldn't help but frown and carefully analyzed the current situation.

From his point of view, if the young lady was kidnapped, it would be safer.

After all, the robbers' only purpose is money. They will release the prisoners after receiving the money. Besides, this is the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the robbers dare not touch the young lady.

But a day had already passed and the Prime Minister's Mansion had not received any notification from the robbers.

I'm afraid it's the worst case scenario.

"You all go down, and look for it again at night with lanterns."

Xu Chengling ordered the servants in front of him to go back and rest first and look for it again at night.

After everyone left, the butler came to Xu Chengling and said to him:

"Master, I'm afraid the young lady is..."

"I know, you don't need to say anything, go down and rest."

Xu Chengling nodded, signaling the butler not to say anything more. As the master of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he knew some things very well.

Judging from the current situation, if the eldest lady was not kidnapped by the kidnappers, that would be the worst possible scenario.

You know, the Prime Minister's Mansion has made many enemies over the years. Even Xu Chengling has encountered several attacks, but they were all resolved by the masters around him.

Since they can't get rid of him, the other party may target other people in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

For example, the eldest daughter of the Xiangguo Mansion, Xu Xiqian.

The purpose of the other party kidnapping Xu Xiqian was most likely to use her as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Prime Minister's Mansion in order to gain more benefits.

If the young lady falls into the hands of these people, it will be even more dangerous.

"Master, I'm back."

At this time, a pretty figure appeared in front of Xu Chengling, wearing black, it was Tong Xin.

"Did you find it?"

Xu Chengling asked, and he sent Tongxin to the underground black market to inquire about information, and search for the whereabouts of the eldest lady from both the black and white worlds.

"No, but..."

Tongxin shook her head. She went to the black market to ask around, but no one had seen the eldest lady.

"There is one person who said that he had seen the girl in the portrait. It seemed that she went to Lingyin Temple in the west, but that was several days ago."

At that time, the eldest daughter had not yet run away from home.

This information is equivalent to nonsense.

"Anyway, let's keep looking and pay attention to the nearby inns and restaurants."

"Master, why don't we report to the authorities first?"

Tongxin suggested, but was quickly rejected by Xu Chengling.

"This won't work. Involving government officials will only make the situation more complicated."

Xu Chengling shook his head. Every extra minute he waited would put Xu Xiqian in more danger.

Thinking of this, Xu Chengling decided to go look for it himself and act separately with Tongxin.

When he came to the street, he saw people coming and going. He looked around but did not see a girl with pigtails.

"Miss, where are you? Come out quickly."

Xu Chengling was eager to find the person, and he ignored everyone's strange looks and shouted loudly as he walked.

At this time, most people in the capital knew that a young lady was missing, and the servants in the mansion were searching everywhere for her.

Xu Chengling was only wearing an ordinary cloth robe, and everyone thought he was a servant who came out to look for the eldest lady, and did not pay much attention to him.

In a blink of an eye, Xu Chengling walked out from the street and came to a river.

"Miss, where are you? It's so cold..."

Xu Chengling couldn't help but shiver. The night in the capital was a bit cold. In addition, he was close to the river bank. He was only wearing a cloth robe and shivered in the cold wind.

After searching for so long, there is still no trace of the young lady.

If I continue searching like this I would be like a headless fly. It would be better to wait until tomorrow to report to the police.

Just when Xu Chengling was about to go back home, he suddenly saw a little girl squatting not far from the river bank with two pigtails tied behind her back.