Chapter 589 I know I will have a smooth journey
After returning from Dongchu, Li Suining had a lot of fun every day. She would either play with cats and dogs with Xiaoba and Xiaojiu, or go up the mountains and down the sea with her brothers. Sometimes she would also chat with her two mothers and learn needlework.
She even began to get used to not having to look at the stars on purpose at night, because it seemed like every day was beautiful and nothing bad would happen.
Everything was still busy in the palace, but there were always rumors that the Empress was fighting with the Second Prince and Concubine Jing, but the Empress usually didn't get any advantage. Everyone said that the Crown Prince might be deposed, but the Emperor of Jin never mentioned a word.
That day, Yuan Huaihong came to visit the Zhenbei Palace. After lunch, he took Li Suining to stroll around the palace with him.
"How has Sister Suining been doing recently?" he asked gently.
"Very good." Li Suining had grown a little taller, jumping around and happily telling Yuan Huaihong about his recent interesting stories.
Yuan Huaihong listened attentively, smiling from time to time, his eyes curved with laughter, his gaze always on the little guy, full of reluctance to leave.
"Brother Crown Prince, what have you been busy with recently?" Li Suining talked to himself for a long time, and then asked Yuan Huaihong curiously, "Did the Queen give you any trouble?"
"It's not so bad." Yuan Huaihong seemed to be in a better mood when he mentioned this matter. "She seems to have gradually accepted my idea and is too lazy to bother me anymore."
"Congratulations, Prince!" Li Suining suddenly looked mysterious, looked around, and when he saw that no one was eavesdropping, he walked forward and asked, "When are you going to leave, Prince?"
Yuan Huaihong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously lowered his voice, "Leaving what?"
"Leave the palace and live a free life." When saying this, the little dumpling's eyes were bright and he was obviously very happy.
Yuan Huaihong was struck by her expression, and a feeling of joy rose from the bottom of his heart, as if he was really free.
But soon, he came to his senses and said unhappily, "You are stargazing again."
Li Suining quickly shook his head and said, "No, I've seen this before. Prince, you can definitely leave and see the outside world."
Yuan Huaihong breathed a sigh of relief. He had already reminded several brothers of the Bai family to let Xiaotuanzi start to reduce the frequency of stargazing. If possible, he would let the child never watch the stars again.
Fuxing’s death actually serves as a reminder to everyone that stargazing is a good skill, but it may bring many dangers.
He smiled and squatted in front of Li Suining, "If brother is gone, will you miss him?"
"Of course." Li Suining nodded vigorously, her nose even feeling a little sore, but she was still very happy for Yuan Huaihong. "However, it is most important for the Crown Prince to live the life he wants. But if possible, I also hope to go and see the Crown Prince."
"Good boy!" Yuan Huaihong was obviously satisfied with the answer.
He thought about it and decided to tell Li Suining that he was leaving. Li Suining was the only person he told.
"Tomorrow, tomorrow night my brother will be leaving."
Li Suining's tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, so the prince came to say goodbye to her today.
"Don't cry! Sister Suining also said that this is a good thing, isn't it?" How could Yuan Huaihong be reluctant to leave this little sister?
"Yeah." Li Suining tried hard to hold back her tears, but she was still a little sad.
Yuan Huaihong continued, "Be good, if nothing unexpected happens, the prince plans to go to Dongchu to take a look. At that time, I will contact the Bai family army. You should also go to Dongchu to see me, okay?"
"Okay!" Xiao Suining was finally a little happy and answered very loudly.
"Besides, in a few years, when the second-in-command's position is stable and everyone has forgotten me, the crown prince," Yuan Huaihong gently wiped away the little guy's tears and promised formally, "I will still come back. But by then, I might be a poor carpenter. Sister Suining, are you willing to help me?"
Li Suining couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. She remembered the game she played with Yuan Baoyu before, and said in a serious tone, "By then, Suining might be selling buns on the roadside. Then, Prince Brother can have as much of Suining's buns as he wants."
"Okay!" Yuan Huaihong couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
The two of them just looked at each other and laughed for a long time. They knew that, at least for a short time, they would not see each other again.
Sure enough, the next night, shortly after midnight, something happened in the palace.
It was already the hour of Yin when the Zhenbei Palace received the news.
Bai Yunfeng was so frightened that his face turned pale and his legs went limp. He quickly sent someone to wake up the children and prepare to enter the palace.
"What's wrong?" Wei Ranzhu asked worriedly when she saw that his face looked strange.
"The East Palace... There's a fire in the East Palace." Bai Yunfeng's hands were still shaking, even his whole body was shaking.
Wei Ranzhu was also frightened and lost all sleepiness. "Prince...Prince, are you okay?"
Bai Yunfeng looked at her, speechless for a long time, tears streaming down his face. "It is said that... the prince has not been found yet."
"This...what should I do?" Wei Ranzhu was also at a loss.
"At this point, let's just leave it to fate." Bai Yunfeng took a deep breath and whispered to comfort his wife, "Okay, get some more sleep. I'm afraid this will take a few days."
"Well, then when you enter the palace...be careful." When Bai Yunfeng went out, he saw Bai Qing'an and others had changed into official uniforms and were waiting at the door.
They all had solemn expressions. Bai Shi'an was holding Li Suining, who was lying on the ground crying.
"Be good, it's okay. Let's go into the palace first and take a look." Bai Yunfeng stepped forward and took his daughter.
The group from the Zhenbei Palace quickly entered the palace. The fire in the East Palace was burning very fiercely. After it was extinguished, almost everything was burned to ashes.
They did not find the prince, but they found several incomplete corpses, and it was basically certain that the prince was among them.
In the Yangxin Palace, Yuan Tianchen, Shangguan Jinglan, and all the concubines and princes in the harem were crying quietly.
When Li Suining and others entered, they happened to see Shangguan Jinglan standing up from her seat.
"Why are you crying?" Shangguan Jinglan pulled the corners of her mouth, but tears were clearly on her face. "I tell you, my Hong'er will not die. He..."
She stumbled to the entrance of the Yangxin Palace and looked at the slightly bright sky. "My Hong'er just doesn't like the life in this palace. He must have flown out of the palace. He must have."
At this time, Li Suining ran over and gently tugged at the corner of Shangguan Jinglan's clothes.
"Empress, Sui Ning also believes that the Crown Prince must have turned into a wooden bird and flown away." She said in a baby voice.
Shangguan Jinglan lowered her head to look at the little girl beside her legs. For the first time, she looked directly into the child's eyes and seemed to see the answer she wanted.
She slowly squatted down and asked seriously, "You also think that my Hong'er is still alive, but he just flew away to live the life he wanted to live."
"Yes!" Li Suining nodded vigorously.
"Good boy, good boy!" An inexplicable emotion surged in Shangguan Jinglan's heart. She hugged Li Suining and burst into tears.
Perhaps, she was really wrong. If she had not forced Yuan Huaihong, then... the fire would not have happened, and her Hong'er would not have turned into a wooden bird and flown away.
Following the fire in the Eastern Palace, Yuan Huaihong disappeared. In order to prevent turmoil in the Jin Dynasty, a month later, Yuan Xiaonian was named the crown prince, the Eastern Palace was rebuilt, and Concubine Jing became Concubine Jing.
After Yuan Huaihong left, Shangguan Jinglan entered the Buddhist temple and worshipped Buddha all day long without asking about the affairs of the harem.
Li Suining also completely calmed down and followed Bai Ruian to school obediently. She stargazed less and less frequently, and sometimes she wouldn't even ask the stars what happened for a month.
Bai Yu'an told her, "If you miss someone, go see him, don't ask the stars."
Most of the time, she treated the stars as good friends with whom she could whisper.
"Stars, stars," she said, sitting in the yard again that night, talking to the stars. "Tomorrow I'm going to Dongchu to meet a brother. I know I'll have a safe journey!"
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