Chongfei Manual

Chapter 139

Around noon and after Wei Luo finished lunch, she had said she wanted to go to the rear courtyard to walk around. Jin Lu and Bai Lan had wanted to go with her, but she stopped them. She had said, "I'm just going to walk around for a little bit in the rear courtyard. I'll come back soon. You don't need to follow. The villa isn't big. I won't get lost. I just want to be alone for a while."

At that time, the snow wasn't falling as heavy as now. Jin Lu and Bai Lan couldn't persuade her to change her mind, so they could only obediently agree.

They had originally thought Wei Luo would return soon. Unexpectedly, she still hadn't come back after an hour. Jin Lu and Bai Lan felt anxious. Seeing that the snowstorm was getting worse, they brought umbrellas with them as they searched the rear courtyard. But, they still couldn't find Wei Luo and they started sweating despite the cold temperature.

They asked the servants in the rear courtyard and one of the servants said he saw Wei Luo heading towards the backside of the mountain. The servant had originally wanted to call out to stop her, but she had disappeared in a blink of an eye.

It was only at this moment that Jin Lu and Bai Lan realized the seriousness of the situation.

If Wei Luo really went to the backside of the mountain, based on the current weather, it was extremely likely for her to have an accident... Seriously?! Why did she go to the backside of the mountain at this time?

Just as the two of them wanted to tell the steward to send people to the backside of the mountain to look for her, Zhao Jie returned.

Jin Lu and Bai Lan were both kneeling on the ground. Although they knew that they had made a mistake, they were more worried about Wei Luo's safety.

"Your Highness, please send people to the backside of the mountain to look for the princess consort. It'll be dark soon. The princess consort might meet danger... Everything is this servant's fault. This servant failed to watch over the princess consort and is willing to suffer punishment.

Zhao Jie eyebrows were furrowed. He clenched his hand around a rosewood chair's armrest. "When did Ah Luo leave?"

Jin Lu said, "It's been two hours."

It had been that long! Zhao Jie stood up and ordered Zhu Geng to summon the steward and all of the servants in the villa. After the situation was explained, most of the people were sent to look for Wei Luo in the backside of the mountain. When the servants found out that the princess consort was lost, they didn't dare to view this lightly. Each of them rallied their spirits and methodically set out to the backside of the mountain.

As for Zhao Jie, he said these words one by one, "Lock these two people and the other servant girls that serve the princess consort into the woodshed. If anything happens to the princess consort, they'll all be flogged to death."

Jin Lu and Bai Lan's face paled and their bodies felt weak.

But knowing that they had made a mistake first, they didn't struggle as they were brought to the woodshed.

Zhao Jie walked out of the inner room. His face looked frosty as he took the umbrella that Zhu Geng handed to him. Although he tried to calm himself down, he couldn't conceal the anxiousness in his behavior. "This prince will personally go the backside of the mountain to look. If there's any news, inform this prince immediately."

Shocked, Zhu Geng blurted out, "Your Highness, how can the respectable you go there? What if something happens? Let this subordinate go instead..."

Zhao Jie didn't allow Zhu Geng to offer his opinion and interrupted him, "This prince told you to stay here. Do you not understand my words?"