Back and forth: I brought supplies to help the impoverished prince

Chapter 193 The Disappearance of the Wise King

Mu Qingchen just waved silently: "Let's go, don't come again. I need to be responsible for Mu Qinglan, and making her the virtuous princess is the only thing I can do. As for the future, she knows what I want to do, and she respects my choice."

Wen Jiu just stood there, like a clown, watching Mu Qingchen arrange everything in an orderly manner, and watching him set fire to the yard where she once lived with his own hands.

The two stood in the firelight, and Mu Qingchen finally said, "I'll have to trouble you to take care of her in the future."

"What do you think you're talking about?" This was the first time Wen Jiu was so angry at Mu Qingchen. He shouted, "I told you a long time ago that you're a coward! What on earth did she like about you?! You deserve what you have today!"

"Wen Jiu, nothing in the world is absolute. Her idea is good, but it is not completely adapted to our world. Finally, you are a smart child, remember not to be so impetuous, remember to hide your tail and restrain your sharp eyes when doing things."

"I don't need your hypocritical preaching!"

After saying this, he left angrily and never saw Mu Qingchen again.

He just saw Qiao Shinian was so calm and was afraid that something might happen to her. He compromised and showed weakness to his love rival.

"Miss Qiao, this is the account book for the past few days. Please take a look." As soon as he returned to the restaurant, Tu Tu took the account book for the past few days and showed it to Qiao Shinian.

Qiao Shinian nodded and put the account book aside: "Go and call Cao Ming and the others, we will hold a meeting to determine the future direction of Shengping."

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Thirteen or fourteen days later, Qiao Shinian met Mu Qinglan again.

Compared with before, Mu Qinglan looked haggard at this moment, but the moment she saw Qiao Shinian, she still straightened her back with a proud look in her eyes.

"Greetings to the virtuous princess. I wonder what important matter has brought the virtuous princess to meet me, a commoner?" Qiao Shinian's manners were impeccable.

Mu Qinglan looked at Yingzhu behind her, and a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes.

Seeing that Mu Qinglan was not going to speak, Qiao Shinian was not in a hurry. He just stood there with his eyes downcast.

After a cup of tea, Mu Qinglan couldn't help but ask, "Where did you hide the prince?!"

"Zang...Prince?" Qiao Shinian tilted his head in confusion, "Are you hysterical? How could you say such confusing words?"

"How dare you!" the maid behind Mu Qinglan shouted, "How dare you curse the princess! What crime should you be punished for?"

Qiao Shinian pretended to be terrified and raised her voice: "I dare not, but the virtuous princess said that I secretly hid the prince. This... this is really... unbelievable!"

Although it was afternoon and there were not many guests in the hall, everyone there pricked up their ears and listened.

"Why do you say that, Princess? Didn't the prince tell you that he was going out?" Qiao Shinian asked with pretended curiosity, "Are you looking for me to ask for someone? This is really a crime that can make me bear a serious crime!"

"I have only heard of hiding a wanted criminal. What kind of punishment do you want me to receive for hiding a wanted criminal, my Lord?"

Mu Qinglan stared at Qiao Shinian closely.

On the second day after returning home, she went to look for Mu Qingchen with lotus seed soup. She searched the entire palace but couldn't find anyone. Even the maids and servants she picked up hadn't seen Mu Qingchen either.

At noon, she sent someone to invite Mu Qingchen to have lunch, but found no one.

At night, she sent people to look for Mu Qingchen again, but still to no avail.

She thought Mu Qingchen just went out and no one saw him, but the next day, the day after that...

She gradually realized that something was wrong. Because she had been in charge of the palace for a few days, all the expenses of the palace went through her hands. When she wanted to look for Mo Yang, she found that all the people who had followed Mu Qingchen had disappeared in the entire palace.

Only then did she realize the seriousness of the matter and quickly sent someone to find Mu Qingchen.

But the new maids and servants in the mansion had no idea where Mu Qingchen was going.

In the following days, she panicked and quickly asked her brother to come.

As soon as Mu Jin entered Prince Xian’s Mansion, he saw the problem. Prince Xian’s Mansion was too new. All the people had only arrived three days before the wedding, and no one followed Mu Qingchen.

Before getting married, Mu Qingchen burned down his yard, the yard where Qiao Shinian had lived before, and the study was terribly clean.

In the entire Prince Xian’s Mansion, apart from pavilions and towers, there is absolutely no trace of Mu Qingchen.

Mu Jin realized that Mu Qingchen might not simply disappear, so he secretly sent people to various checkpoints to look for suspicious people, to find Mu Qingchen. It was very likely that he was going to leave the Zhou Kingdom, leaving behind only a Xianwang Mansion and a Xianwang Consort who was in name only.

But as far as the capital city was concerned, Mu Jin couldn't find any results.

This matter was originally kept secret, but the fact that Mu Qingchen had not attended court for a long time could not be concealed.

Now, many people from aristocratic families in the capital know that Mu Qingchen is missing.

Those who originally thought that Mu Qingchen would compromise and those who secretly envied Mu Qinglan were all laughing at Mu Qinglan at this time.

The bamboo basket was empty.

"Don't give me that. You know what I'm talking about! Where is the prince?"

Mu Qinglan looked at Qiao Shinian's expressionless face. Her already agitated emotions became even more out of control, and she raised her voice slightly.

Qiao Shinian shook her head: "I don't know. You, as the wife of the virtuous king, don't even know where the virtuous king has gone, let alone a lowly commoner like me."

"You really don't know!" Mu Qinglan's voice softened a little, and her energy and spirit disappeared in an instant. If it weren't for the maid supporting her, she would have sat down on the ground with weak legs.

Qiao Shinian shook his head, his eyes still calm: "I don't know."

"He's missing, did you know? He's missing. What if something happens to him? I'll..." Mu Qinglan's voice was a little choked up: "I thought that as long as I married him, as long as time passed, I would be able to warm his heart. I..."

"Princess, if anything happens to him, you will still be the virtuous princess, right?" Qiao Shinian's tone finally fluctuated. She looked at Mu Qinglan coldly, "I thought you would be the virtuous princess forever. His Royal Highness the virtuous prince promised you that you would be the only princess and the only mistress of the virtuous prince's mansion. He fulfilled his promise, and you also fulfilled your dream, didn't you?"

After saying that, Qiao Shinian bowed to Mu Qinglan and said, "I'll take my leave now. I really don't know where the prince is and I can't help you."

Mu Qinglan was stunned on the spot. She stared blankly at Qiao Shinian going upstairs. Finally, she seemed to have thought of something. The fatigue and anxiety accumulated over the past few days made her brain dizzy and her body could no longer stand.

He fainted amid the maid's anxious calls.

"Sister, you know where he is, right?" Wen Jiu went upstairs and sat in Qiao Shinian's room, flipping through a dictionary with one hand and marking a military book with a pen in the other.

"Yeah." Qiao Shinian responded, and at this moment her tears flowed.

"Sister, what's wrong!" Wen Jiu put down his pen and hurried towards Qiao Shinian.

Qiao Shinian hugged Wen Jiu tightly, as if she had found some support, and she just cried silently.

Mu Qingchen already had depression and a slight tendency towards self-destruction. He longed to disappear forever.

Especially after she and Wen Jiu killed Princess Yu'an, his self-destructive tendencies that had been hidden emerged again.

Until a real tragedy happens.

As they looked at each other, she saw in Mu Qingchen's eyes, "I'm sorry, I can't bear it anymore."

'I'm sorry, I can't go on with you.'

'I'm sorry I have to leave you.'

He is a gentle and kind person, but he is a prince.

He was controlled by his perverted brother and hurt by the mother he longed for most. In the end, he did not choose to die together with his brother or to hurt anyone.

He just endured everything silently, gave those who hurt him the result they wanted, and sentenced himself to death.