Chapter 49: The Disappearance of Ruo Xue

  "Then I'll tell you, if you still decide to stay in the East Palace after hearing me out, I think the Crown Prince won't object either!" Looking at the little girl in front of me, all sorts of questions arose in my mind. Why did she want to move into the East Palace? Had something happened? Was yesterday's disappearance of Princess Yuhua related to her moving into the East Palace?

  Wait until Xuan Yuan is a dead man, and the kind of dead man who was dissected. After finishing telling the story about the East Palace being haunted, he looked at the surprised Princess Ruoyun and asked: "This place is not suitable for the princess, so please return to your own palace."

  "No... I want to stay here, my royal brother died so miserably, without harming you, and I believe he wouldn't harm me either!"

  I was thoroughly defeated, and I lost to this little girl. Although there was some fear in her eyes, she refused to leave. These past few days, Xuan Yuan has been busy running around, but he can't let him scare his own sister in the middle of the night, right?

  Anyway, there are many rooms in the East Palace, so just live here! As for why she moved here, she doesn't want to say now, but one day she will.

  Back in the room, Xuan Yuan Mu was meditating with his eyes closed. Seeing me come in, he opened his mouth and said: "Come over!"

  I walked up to him, reached out and smoothed his furrowed brow. He stretched out his arms and pulled me into a hug: "If only I could take you with me and hide in a small room forever!"

  "Are you very tired?"

  Xuanyuan didn't acknowledge me, but instead nestled in my arms and whispered an apology: "In a few days, those 'women' they gave will move into the East Palace. I'll definitely handle this matter well and not let them bully you!"

  "Hmm, I believe you!" In this regard, I really believe Xuan Yuan Wu, just like he said, his 'woman', he can bully, others cannot. Otherwise, the two concubines of the East Palace would not have died or gone mad.

  In the middle of the night, someone softly called out: "Young lady, young lady?"

  I took a look at Xuan Yuan Mu beside me and got down from the 'bed' to stand in front of the 'door'. "Zhang Mama, what's wrong?"

  "If Princess Qing is crying in the room, she looks very sad and doesn't know what happened. The slaves don't know what to do either, so they came over to inform you!"

  "I'll go take a look!" I put on my coat and followed Zhang Mama to the front of Princess Ruoxin's room.

  The lights in the house were shining brightly, and many of the palace's eunuchs and maids were standing outside. From inside came the sound of the princess wailing in tears!

  "What's going on?" I asked the maid who was attending to the princess in surprise.

  "The princess has been having nightmares for the past few days, and when she wakes up, she cries nonstop. We've consulted with the imperial physician and had her take medicine, but it just doesn't seem to work." The princess's personal maid replied.

  "What's your name?" I asked, looking at this palace 'girl' who seemed extremely clever.

  "Just call me Little Li!"

  I nodded "You guys stay here first, Little Li, you come with me!"

  Xiao Li has followed Princess Ruoyun for many years and is very familiar with her temperament. She must also understand the reason why Princess Ruoyun moved to the East Palace.

  I intimidated and coaxed her, and finally learned from her that after Princess Yohua went missing, Princess Yoqing became terrified and restless, having nightmares at night and not sleeping all night. Afterwards, she moved to the East Palace, saying before she left: "Even if the East Palace is haunted, it's better than being dead."

  Princess Yo certainly felt some danger that could threaten her life, so she came to the East Palace to seek refuge.

  Four princesses in the harem, Ruolan, Ruhua, Ruoxi and Ruqing. Princess Ruolan went missing three years ago and was found dead at the bottom of the water under the Wind and Moon Pavilion. Now Princess Ruhua has suddenly gone missing, will she end up like her sister three years ago?

  "Are you really unaware of anything else? For instance, has anyone threatened your princess or does she know where Princess Yifeng is?" I asked Little Li again.

  She shook her head: "Has anyone threatened the princess? As for whether the princess knows or not about Princess Yifeng's whereabouts, it's hard to say."

  Back at Princess Ruohuang's room, she had stopped crying, but wouldn't allow anyone to enter.

  I pushed open the door. With a "get out", a teacup flew over, fortunately I dodged it, otherwise my head would have been smashed.

  "Princess, I am Mei Lingxue!" I stood still, looking at the disheveled Ruo Qing princess in the corner.

  "I'm fine, you can go now!" She had lost the elegance of daytime, and instead, her childish face had added a hint of vicissitude.

  I closed the door and walked in slowly: "Is it because of Princess Yohua? Did you see someone take away Princess Yohua? Or do you know the cause of Princess Yolan's death?"

  "I don't know, I don't know anything!" Princess Ruò Qíng cried again, covering her ears tightly and refusing to listen to me.

  I crouched in front of her, looking at her and said in a low voice: "Three years ago, Princess Yulan suddenly disappeared. The emperor secretly sent people to search for her, but unexpectedly, she was killed by the crown prince and sank under the Fengyue Water Pavilion. Later, King Qi often dreamed of Princess Yulan and went to check under the pavilion, and indeed saw the unblinking eyes of Yulan. He took her out of the palace and raised her in his own mansion. After a thousand days and nights, Princess Yulan's body underwent a strange transformation and identified the murderer. But what was unexpected was that the National Master actually brought Princess Yulan's body back to the Fengyue Water Pavilion again."

  Princess Yo Qing covered her ears tightly, but I knew she could hear what I was saying. She shook her head, tears streaming out continuously.

  "After that, the area around Fengyue Shui Ge often had people drowning. A few years later, when the Emperor went out of the palace, the Crown Prince, in order to prevent more innocent deaths, retrieved Princess Ruo Lan from the bottom of the water pavilion, cleared her body of evil spirits and gave her a proper burial. However, during those few short days, Princess Ruo Hua also went missing. Was she really missing or was she murdered? Nobody knew."

  "Don't say it anymore... don't say it..." Princess Yuqin shook her head repeatedly, tears streaming down.

  I stretched out my arms and held her in my bosom: "Don't be afraid, I'm here!"

  "I don't know anything, don't force me..." Ruoyan princess said while crying in my arms.

  "Fengyue Shui Xie! Perhaps Ruo Hua Gongzhu is also there!" I know I'm being extremely cruel now, clearly seeing that she's on the verge of collapse, yet still provoking her.

  "No, it won't work, sister ran away, really ran away, just...just..." Princess Yo Qing looked up at me "Just, if she did run away, then it will be our turn..."

  Her eyes were filled with terror, helplessly staring at me.

  "What's your turn?" I asked her hastily, fearing that she would say nothing in the next moment.

  "Water, water! I'm afraid of water, I'm really very afraid of water!"

  "Who is it? Who wants to 'drown' you in the water, and why do they want to do this?" My heart was racing, watching as the answer was about to be revealed, but my heart couldn't calm down.

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