Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 418 Shocking Change
"My stepmother has been released." Gu Tingye said with a grim expression.

"Ok?"

Li An was startled for a moment, but soon understood and said, "Isn't this normal? The Queen summoned officials and their wives to the palace for a banquet. Your stepmother has an imperial decree, so she naturally has to go."

"My stepmother is very powerful. This time she comes out, she will be able to contact the outside world. I'm worried that she will cause trouble." Gu Tingye frowned.

"Zhong Huai, I don't think there's anything to worry about. You already know her true identity, so just be careful. Even if she is locked up, can you be at ease?" Li An shook his head.

"I don't know why, but I always have a bad feeling." Gu Tingye said.

This thing feels very mysterious. After hearing what Gu Tingye said, Li An didn't know how to comfort him.

Fortunately, Sheng Changbai and others arrived after a while.

Sheng Changfeng and Sanlan followed.

There was always some greetings when everyone met each other. After Yu Yanran arrived, everyone separated and went out to play accompanied by their maids and attendants.

Sheng Changbai is with Rulan, while Sheng Changfeng is with Molan.

Li An, Gu Tingye, Minglan and Yu Yanran were together.

Yu Yanran felt shy and embarrassed to go out with Gu Tingye alone, so she had to drag Minglan along.

When walking, Li An and Minglan would deliberately keep a distance from Gu Tingye and the others, creating space for them so that they could talk to each other.

When they see something interesting, Minglan and Yu Yanran will go over to watch hand in hand, while Li An and Gu Tingye follow behind to act as flower protectors.

Although the city was noisy, they were not thinking about any troubles at this moment, but felt very peaceful in their hearts.

In front of a lantern stall, Minglan and Yu Yanran were looking at the lanterns hanging on the shelf, whispering something from time to time.

The two of them had smiles on their faces, and they looked even more beautiful under the illumination of colorful lanterns.

After a while, the two men came back with a lantern in each hand.

"Brother Ziqian, here you go." Minglan handed one of the lanterns to Li An.

On the other side, Yu Yanran lowered her head and handed Gu Tingye a lantern.

The four of them continued to stroll around holding lanterns, and when they came across a stall selling tempting snacks, they would sit down and taste the food.

When the four were having fun at a riddle stall, there was suddenly a loud noise coming from the street.

Li An and Gu Tingye looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the crowd that was originally strolling leisurely was in chaos, as if they were being driven away.

"Everyone, everyone, go home! Curfew is imminent!"

Just then, bursts of scolding were heard, and a group of soldiers drove the people away.

"From the City Defense Battalion!"

When Gu Tingye saw the soldiers' attire, he recognized their identities and frowned slightly.

"Zhong Huai, let's go quickly." Li An had already guessed what had happened and said calmly.

"Well, there must have been something big happening with the sudden curfew. Let's go quickly!" Gu Tingye nodded.

"Zi Qian, I'll take Miss Yu back, you take Miss Six back quickly."

He and Yu Yanran both live in the inner city, while Li An and Minglan live in the outer city, so they are not on the same route.

"Well, be careful!" Li An nodded.

"You too, after sending the Sixth Miss back, go home quickly." Gu Tingye reminded.

Li An nodded, protected Minglan, and led the way towards the outer city with Desheng and Minglan's followers.

Minglan said with some worry: "I don't know how my second brother and the others are doing."

"When they see that something is wrong, they will definitely go back. Don't worry," Li An comforted.

……

While the city of Bianjing was in chaos, the emperor on the top of the palace city had a frosty face. The officials who came with him to watch the lanterns lowered their heads and dared not even breathe.

"I am not dead yet! On the Lantern Festival, right under my nose, someone dared to kidnap people in the street. Is this a rebellion?"

The emperor said angrily, his eyes swept over the ministers and finally stopped on Prince Yong.

Prince Yong lowered his head with a guilty conscience. "Pass the order down, the city defense battalion and the five city soldiers and horses will search the entire city. Anyone who tries to stop or shirk responsibility will be punished as a thief! If no one is found before dawn, all commanders and above will be dismissed and investigated!" the official said coldly.

A eunuch bowed and hurried off to deliver the message.

"Humph!"

The official snorted coldly and walked away.

"Cough...cough..."

After getting down from the city wall, the official covered his mouth and started coughing violently.

The old eunuch who was accompanying him hurried forward to touch the emperor's back and asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

"Cough cough..."

The emperor coughed for a while and felt much better. He spread out his hands and looked at them. Then he hid his hands in his sleeves without leaving any traces. He said in a calm tone, "I am fine. Is Concubine Rong awake?"

Upon learning that Rong Feiyan had been abducted, Concubine Rong fainted in anxiety.

"Your Majesty, there is no news yet from Concubine Rong, but the imperial physician has already gone there," said the eunuch.

"Go ahead, I want to go take a look..."

The official stopped talking, was silent for a while, and said, "Go back to the palace!"

"Go back to the palace!"

Upon hearing this, the eunuch shouted loudly.

The eunuchs waiting on the side quickly brought the imperial sedan chair over.

The official got on the imperial sedan chair. Under the moonlight, his face looked even paler than usual.

……

"Niu, what happened? Why is there a curfew out of nowhere?"

After Li An sent Minglan back to the Sheng family, he hurried back home.

Upon learning that his parents had not returned yet, he and Li Ping waited anxiously at the door.

It’s not that they don’t want to go out and look for him, but the streets are in chaos now, with people from the City Defense Battalion and the Five Cities Military Department everywhere.

"Brother, I don't know either." Li An shook his head.

The two brothers stood at the door in the cold wind, but they were so anxious that they didn't feel cold at all.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but the number of people on the street who had not yet returned home decreased. Until now, his parents had not returned, and Li Ang’s heart sank.

Today is the Lantern Festival. There are so many people on the streets that it is normal for them to be trampled when being driven away.

When Li An sent Minglan back home, he saw a lot of them along the way.

Just when Li An's heart was about to sink to the bottom and he was about to go out to look for his parents, a group of soldiers came back escorting Li Nan and Liu.

"Father! Mother!"

When the Li An brothers saw their parents, they went to greet them in surprise.

"Iron Bull, Ah Bull!"

Li Nan and Liu were also quite frightened and were very excited to see their son.

"Dad and Mom, are you okay?"

Li An and Li Ping pulled their parents aside and looked them over.

"Cousin, my aunt and uncle are fine, they are just a little frightened!" Liu He said.

Because of the dim light and his concern for his parents, Li An did not recognize that the person who escorted his parents back was Liu He.

"The streets were in chaos, and the servants and us were separated. Your father and I couldn't find the way back." Liu said with a look of relief.

"Thank you, cousin!"

Li An bowed to Liu He, and Li Ping also quickly bowed to express his gratitude.

(End of this chapter)