On the other hand, Shen Ruogu waited until dark early in the morning and didn't see Steward Liu come back or bring any news, and immediately realized that Steward Liu might have had an accident, so she immediately led someone to trace the past according to the marks left by Steward Liu.

However, when she finally found the underground palace, she found that it was empty, and Steward Liu had disappeared.

Seeing this, Shen Ruogu did not give up, and led people to search all the surrounding places for hundreds of miles, but there were still no clues, and in desperation, Shen Ruogu had to give up and go back to the inn to discuss with Jiang Feng first.

Jiang Feng saw the worry in Shen Ruogu's heart, so he comforted: "It seems that Steward Liu should have been discovered by those people after tracking the past, since you didn't find his body there, presumably his life should not be in danger now." ”

Hearing this, Shen Ruogu nodded, she thought the same, since the other party chose to keep Steward Liu, she would definitely use him as a bargaining chip to negotiate with her in the future, but she didn't know what the other party wanted.

At this time, Qin Lingjue also received the news that Shen Ruogu asked Gu Sheng to pass on to him, and after knowing that Steward Liu was arrested, he hurriedly sent someone to show Shen Ruogu that he would definitely help rescue Steward Liu.

Seeing this, Shen Ruogu was very grateful, of course, only grateful, because she didn't forget that the other party was going to take a concubine soon.

Ever since Shi Yao was found, the elders of the Jiang Pavilion and other ministers had hinted openly and secretly that Qin Ling Jue should accept a concubine as soon as possible, but he had been perfunctory with the imminent scientific expedition.

Now that the scientific expedition has ended, Qin Ling has no excuse, so he can only hold a concubine selection according to the wishes of Jiang Ge Lao.

Now the whole Jin Kingdom is busy because of the matter of choosing a concubine, of course, there are also many people watching the excitement, such as those ordinary people who can't participate.

Shen Ruogu naturally didn't plan to get involved, she was now busy looking for Steward Liu, and even the people from Mobei had also used it, and the capital had all been searched, and as expected, nothing was found.

However, she did not give up, since there was no one in the capital, she would send people to search for other places, and planned to search for people throughout the Jin Kingdom.

However, Liu Zhong hid very deeply, after finding that his base camp was exposed, he did not hesitate at all, and after arresting Steward Liu, he immediately left the capital with everyone, and did not go to other prosperous cities, but went back to his hometown to hide in the mountains, so it was not easy for Shen Ruogu's people to find him.

And Shen Ruohan, who was forced to give up the base camp, was naturally not happy, although Liu Zhong did not kill him, but he sent someone to put him under house arrest and did not let him step out of the door, obviously suspecting him and Shen Ruogu that they were colluding, otherwise how could Steward Liu suddenly come to the door?

At this time, he didn't know what method Shen Ruogu and they could use to find him, he just thought that someone had betrayed him and revealed the address where his base camp was located, and Shen Ruohan was currently the most suspicious.

After discovering Liu Zhong's suspicion of him, Shen Ruohan naturally wanted to defend himself, but unfortunately Liu Zhong didn't believe it at all, and kept him under house arrest, so that he didn't have any freedom, and over time, Shen Ruohan couldn't help but resent Liu Zhong.

However, he knew very well that he was not Liu Zhong's opponent, so he hid this emotion, and planned to attack Liu Zhong when the time came, striving to kill him with one blow.

………

At this time, in the palace, the selection of concubines has come to an end.

The official in charge of this matter presented all the portraits of the show girls in his hands to Qin Lingjue to see, "Your Majesty, this is the candidate for the show girl, please take a look." ”

Hearing this, Qin Lingjue frowned and took it, and then randomly selected a few people to be named concubines, and the matter came to an end.

Of course, the matter is not over yet, and there is still the position of the queen vacant, but the choice of the queen needs to be decided by the ministers and him.

Qin Ling didn't care about this, so when he went to court the next day, he directly threw the matter to the hundred officials and let them discuss it themselves.

Seeing Qin Ling's inaction, the elders of Jiang Pavilion below glanced at each other, they were all very happy, and then they started their own competition, and in the end, it was Jiang Ge Lao who was slightly better and pushed his daughter Jiang Ruoxue to the throne of the queen.

Qin Ling was not surprised by this result, he directly broke the jar and sealed Jiang Ruoxue as the queen.

On the same day, the news spread all over the capital, and Shen Ruogu naturally received the news.

Looking at Shen Ruogu, who was calm on the surface but was actually very unstable in his mind, Jiang Feng sighed: "Ruogu, why are you bothered, in fact, you can completely stop ......"

Before choosing a concubine, in fact, Shen Ruogu had a way to stop Qin Lingjue, as long as she said a word, I believe that Qin Lingjue would cancel the concubine selection even if she tried to offend the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, but now that the overall situation has been decided, it is too late to regret it.

Before Jiang Feng could finish speaking, Shen Ruogu interrupted him, "Even if I stop this time, what? Since he became the emperor, it was only a matter of time before he accepted a concubine, even if I agreed to enter the palace, could I always stop him from taking a concubine? Impossible. ”

Shen Ruogu looked very open, she chose to go back to Mobei directly, in addition to being a little disappointed in Qin Lingjue, more importantly, she absolutely couldn't accept sharing her husband with other women, so instead of suffering in the future, it was better to break off with Qin Ling from the beginning.

Hearing this, Jiang Feng also understood what Shen Ruogu was thinking, and immediately fell silent, "What are you going to do in the future?" ”

Now that Qin Lingjue has already accepted a concubine, then the capital cannot continue to stay, otherwise it will be easy to get involved in disputes in the harem.

"I've decided to leave the capital tomorrow." Although Steward Liu has not been found yet, it is useless to continue to stay in the capital, it is better to go back to Mobei and wait for news there.

After listening to Shen Ruogu's plan, Jiang Feng suddenly said, "Can I go back to Mobei with you?" ”

Hearing this, Shen Ruogu glanced at him with some surprise, not understanding why he suddenly made this decision, but she didn't ask much, and immediately agreed: "Of course, you are welcome to come to my place at any time." ”

Jiang Feng smiled, and then asked as if inadvertently, "What about Ji Han?" Are you still in contact with him? ”

Since Shen Ruogu and Ji Han are both busy these days, they haven't been in touch for a long time, and now Shen Ruogu plans to leave the capital, at least he won't come to the capital again for a short time, and he should go and say goodbye to each other before leaving.

Shen Ruogu was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "I almost forgot, Jiang Feng, thank you for the reminder." ”