CHAPTER 244: CHAPTER 160: WERE YOU TRYING TO TOUCH ME JUST NOW?

He apprehended the soldiers guarding the city gate, but those soldiers adamantly denied having seen the Princess Consort!

With a glimmer of hope, Yelyu Erlun sought out the General Mansion.

Perhaps, that woman was just hidden away by his son, or perhaps as a weak woman, she couldn’t have the capability to escape overnight...

He ordered a search of the General Mansion without hesitation.

A fact that had been established was now shaken by his son’s outrageous attitude, causing him to start questioning himself.

This child has always been sincere and loyal. Only if he truly believed his mother was bullied and dealt with would he dare to have such an attitude.

No matter how much Yelyu Erlun explained, the one who didn’t believe him this time was his foolish son.

Stubbornly believing that the Queen, in league with concubines in the palace, bullied his mother, even implicating him as an accomplice!

Yelyu Lie caused a scene in the Royal Palace.

The King’s personal guards couldn’t search the General Mansion, but the Barbarian General, infuriated, turned the entire Royal Palace upside down.

His reckless behavior, even at the risk of treason, emphasized the need to search the Royal Palace.

It made Yelyu Erlun completely believe...

That woman’s escape was truly unknown to his foolish son.

He secretly sent people to investigate the General Mansion again.

While chaos ensued in the city, the Great Xia Princess was playing cuju with a crowd, and his foolish son, after waking up in his room, joined in the game.

Those two children never left the General Mansion’s gate from start to finish!

Reflecting on the woman’s behavior over the days, Yelyu Erlun completely dismissed his previous suspicion that his son was an accomplice.

He had initially thought the woman was colluding with her good son on how to escape under the guise of being a Western Divine Doctor.

But upon careful consideration, she wouldn’t do that, considering her character.

Even if she wanted to leave, she would never implicate her only son.

She merely... went to say goodbye...

The Barbarian General truly was barbaric, convinced that someone had harmed his mother, rejecting any explanation from others.

In his investigation, he even exposed informants long planted in the palace.

Of course, not in plain sight.

Intentionally leaving loopholes for Yelyu Erlun.

This further convinced Yelyu Erlun that this affair had nothing to do with his foolish son.

However...

He’s about to go mad!

The beloved woman has fled, and he orders searches in all directions, yet no one can find her!

Not in the city!

And he has to deal with that brat who wreaked havoc in the Royal Palace for seven days and nights!

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In the blink of an eye, ten days have passed since the prospective mother-in-law’s escape.

In these days, Yun Chunnuan hardly got to see the Barbarian General.

Despite her worries, the only thing she could do was wait quietly at home without causing any trouble for him.

Though he returned home later and later, no matter how late, he always came back.

If Yun Chunnuan was sleeping, Yelyu Lie would instruct Qiao’er to report the safety to her each day.

During this period, Yun Chunnuan had gradually cultivated the seeds from the Storage Ring.

Waiting for the prospective mother-in-law’s escape situation to be completely settled, she plans to hire workers in Lower Street.

Daily, the Blood Beads are not enough, let alone stock to save.

Moreover, the efficacy of Blood Beads is mysteriously weakening...

She assumed it was due to her frequent use, without considering other reasons.

She didn’t notice her gradually weakening body.

She simply attributed it to overwork, nothing more.

Yun Chunnuan’s focus was on another matter.

Due to the turmoil in the town these days, some people had already seen it coming from the incident on the fifteenth.

Bianliao is about to go to war with Chuqing Kingdom again, and some people, timid, wished to move their entire family.

Especially some shop owners who couldn’t earn money in Bianliao and, fearing for their lives, desired to sell their shops eagerly.

Yun Chunnuan not only wanted to open a cosmetic shop, but the variety of vegetables nurtured in the Storage Ring inspired her to open a restaurant.

Her husband was very right; in a place where war could break out at any moment, an individual’s appearance was the least of their worries.

Yet, food is the primal need of the people.

No matter how intense the warfare, people must eat.

Better to risk opening a restaurant using nurtured vegetables in the Royal City than a cosmetics shop now!

As many shop owners planned to sell their premises, Yun Chunnuan examined several places, finding either the location or condition too poor or decrepit.