This night was far too long for all three of them.
Because an uninvited guest had arrived at the mansion—Xie Nongyu and a troop of Imperial Guards.
The Imperial Guards used the excuse that an imperial criminal had escaped from the Northern Bastille's prison, and that an informant had reported the criminal hiding in the Jiang mansion.
The commander grandly produced a wanted poster personally signed by Emperor Zhengshi and showed it to Jiang Shaohua.
Jiang Shaohua naturally understood that hunting for an imperial criminal in his mansion was a pretense; the Emperor truly wanted to find He Lanlin for the Grand Princess of Chu and her daughter.
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