Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 56

Several public security officers dropped to their knees, trembled with fear, and replied successively to the Princess. Princess Hua Jing frowned and sighed, "I heard from my chambermaid that a scoundrel has kidnaped princess Hui Guo. You have to arrange more public security officers to search for the scoundrel, and you must search everywhere in the Imperial City, especially... brothels or somewhere like this."

The leader of the public security officers nodded hurriedly, "Yes, Your Highness. We will begin our search immediately."

Hua Jing nodded and waving her hands. "Go now!"

The leader rose to his feet and led the other public security officers out of the room. As they went downstairs, the leader said to the rest, "Act quickly. I need some of you to block all the arteries through which people go in and out of the Imperial City, and one of you needs to report this to the prefect and ask him to dispatch more staff to search for the Princess."

The chambermaid brought a cup of tea to Hua Jing and said gently, "Your Highness, everything is ready. During their search, the public security officers will find Princess Hui Guo in the biggest brothel - Goulan Brothel. By that time, Princess Hui Guo would have been raped. Then you will see..."

On hearing this, the tips of Hua Jing's mouth lifted in a grim smile. She said, "By then, all people in the Imperial City would know that Princess Hui Guo was found in a brothel and was defiled by a scoundrel. I really want to know who would marry an impure woman, even though she is a Princess.

At the very thought of the miserable life Yun Shang would live, Hua Jing felt delighted. Although impatient to hear the news, she waited for what seemed like an hour. Suddenly, footsteps could be heard outside the door. A smile appeared on Hua Jing's face. She quickly replaced it with a sad and despondent look.

The door opened, and a man in an official robe hastened to salute Princess Hua Jing. He sputtered, "Your Highness, I am Bai Feifan, prefect of the Imperial City. My subordinates and I searched around the Imperial City and found a maiden in Yixiang Brothel. She claimed to have been kidnapped from here."

"Yixiang Brothel?" What kind of place is it? How is my sister, Princess Hui Guo?" Hua Jing rose to her feet with a concerned air.

The prefect added hurriedly, "The maiden we found is not Princess Hui Guo..."

"What?" Hua Jing frowned and exclaimed, "Did you say that she is not Princess Hui Guo?" She thought for a moment and realized that she had overacted. She soon calmed her emotions and said, "What's going on? Where is Princess Hui Guo?"

"We haven't found the Princess. However, the maiden we found in Yixiang Brothel claims to have been kidnapped from here while using the toilet. I asked a dozen witnesses to identify if the maiden had been at this restaurant. They confirmed her identity. She is just a daughter of a businessman. I believe Princess Hui Guo must still be in this restaurant since she hasn't been kidnapped. So I'm here to inform you that we will be searching this restaurant." said the prefect with a low voice before he kowtowed to Princess Hua Jing.

"If Princess Hui Guo is still here, how could it be that she hasn't returned in such a long while? Search this place. Find her as soon as possible." said Hua Jing unhappily, waving her hands. A moment later, she added, "Well, start your search from the upper floors. Only the powerful and influential people in the Imperial City have access to private rooms. I will come with you."

Hua Jing felt restless and confused as she wondered what went wrong with her plot. How could it not be Yun Shang? She had devised the perfect scheme! She tried to keep herself calm. It had dawned on her that if the prefect and his subordinates searched around without due care and attention, she would have to bear the consequences of their mistakes. With this in mind, she stepped out of the private room.

"Start with the last room." said Hua Jing.