It was snowing unusually heavily tonight. Song Qingxue stood under the eaves, looking at the snow falling like goose feathers, feeling inexplicably nervous.

"Why haven't you come back yet?" Song Qingxue stretched her neck to look at the closed courtyard door, and raised her voice again: "Liu Huan Pin'er, come with me to take a look."

In fact, it was normal for Xiahou Chongyuan to go out early and come back late, but today she was really panicked. She always felt that something would happen, and she just couldn't let it go.

Liu Huan came out with a cloak and put it on her, but said disapprovingly: "My lady, the wind and snow are too strong, you'd better not go out."

After gathering the hem of her cloak, Song Qingxue walked down the stairs.

As he walked, he said, "I have been feeling uneasy today. I cannot rest until I see the prince."

"Liu Huan, let's go with the queen to look for the prince." Zhu Pin'er covered the fur collar around her neck, frowned slightly and looked at Xue Tian and said, "I have an indescribable feeling in my heart today. Lin Xian is with the prince, and I am worried about him too."

Liu Huan naturally couldn't argue with the two of them, so even though he was worried and unwilling, he could only nod and compromise.

They went back to the house, took out an umbrella, opened it, and held it for Song Qingxue. Then the three of them walked out of the yard quickly.

"Princess, why are you going out so late? Where are you going?"

When she reached the front door, she saw Su Ruqian coming towards her. She brushed off the snowflakes on her clothes and tilted her head to look at Song Qingxue.

Song Qingxue didn't expect to meet her at the gate in the middle of the night.

But she was anxious now and didn't want to waste time arguing with Su Ruqian, so she just glanced at her and walked out the door without saying a word.

Xiahou Chongyuan went to court as usual today, and has not returned since then. Song Qingxue didn't know if he had any other plans today, so she could only head towards the palace.

Today's snow and wind seemed to be deliberately trying to provide cover for someone.

Not long after Song Qingxue and the other two walked out, the snow fell even harder.

The bone-chilling wind and heavy snow made it difficult for the three people to open their eyes.

Liu Huan was shivering from the cold. She tightly grasped the umbrella in her hand and leaned against Song Qingxue and said, "My Lady, the wind and snow are really too strong. It won't stop for a while. Let's go back first!"

Song Qingxue ignored him and just kept moving forward with her frozen legs.

"Your Highness!" Liu Huan was very anxious. She shouted, "The snow has piled up to the height of our calves. We should go back first! The prince may have stayed in the palace because of the heavy snow and wind!"

"No." Song Qingxue looked extremely serious.

The ominous feeling in her heart was really strong, and she would not feel at ease unless she saw Xiahou Chongyuan.

"Madam!" Liu Huan was so anxious that she was about to cry. She said, "Pin'er, please try to persuade the Madam!"

Hearing her words, Zhu Pin'er raised her eyes and wanted to say something, but she saw a person in front of her, holding his chest and falling to the ground, running towards her in the strong wind and heavy snow.

"Lin Xian!" Zhu Pin'er shouted and ran forward quickly.

"Lin Xian, Lin Xian!"

She ran to Lin Xian, shouting, threw her umbrella and supported Lin Xian, who was already struggling.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhu Pin'er, who had been quiet all the way, suddenly became anxious and her eyes turned red.

"Pin'er, Princess..." Lin Xian knelt in the snow with soft legs.

Through the dim light of a few sparse lanterns on both sides of the street, Zhu Pin'er saw Lin Xian covered in blood.

After hearing her shout, Song Qingxue also ran over, not caring about Zhu Pin'er's red eyes, and asked hurriedly: "Lin Xian, what's going on? Where is the prince?"

"The prince is still at Shilipo, Princess, please go and save him!" Because the weather was too cold and he was seriously injured, Lin Xian had difficulty breathing at this time.

"Pin'er Liuhuan, take Lin Xian back to the mansion first. I'll go find the prince!"

After listening to this, Song Qingxue didn't care about anything else and ran forward quickly after giving the instructions.

"Princess!" Liu Huan reacted and hurriedly chased after her.

Song Qingxue heard her movements and quickly turned around and shouted: "Liu Huan! Go back!"

"It's dangerous outside! Just let me follow you!" Liu Huan didn't listen to her this time and insisted on following her.

Song Qingxue didn't dare to stay here for too long, so she had to let her follow.

Song Qingxue ran all the way to Shilipo, but she did not see any trace of Xiahou Chongyuan.

"Xiahou Chongyuan!"

"Where are you! Xiahou Chongyuan——"

Song Qingxue shouted his name as she walked, but she searched the area for a long time and couldn't find any trace of Xiahou Chongyuan.

She thought that it was no use going on like this, so she said, "Liu Huan, you and I should go look for him separately!"

"But Your Majesty..." Liu Huan was worried about her safety and was unwilling to listen to her.

Song Qingxue did not let it go as usual at this time, but shouted sternly: "No buts! This is an order!"

"My queen!"

"If you keep on wasting time, you'll go back!"

After Song Qingxue finished speaking, she continued to walk forward to look for someone.

Although Liu Huan was extremely worried about her, he had no choice but to give the umbrella in his hand to Song Qingxue and then go in the opposite direction to look for her.

Song Qingxue searched and shouted all the way for nearly an hour before finally seeing Xiahou Chongyuan's carriage in front of a cliff.

The horses in the carriage had disappeared, leaving only the broken carriage half hanging on the cliff, swaying in the cold winter night wind.

"Xiahou Chongyuan?" Song Qingxue ran to the car body and looked down at the cliff.

The sky was originally pitch black, and looking down the cliff at this moment, nothing could be seen except endless darkness.

"Xiahou Chongyuan!"

…

She shouted more than ten times in a row, but there was no other sound except the echo coming from the cliff.

Song Qingxue stood beside the carriage, feeling completely at a loss.

She didn't know whether Xiahou Chongyuan had fallen down.

When I look up, there is endless darkness; when I look down, there is also endless darkness.

Perhaps it was because the carriage was covered with a thick layer of snow, which reached a weight that the soil and rocks beside the cliff could not bear. Song Qingxue could only hear the sound of stones rolling down in the wind and snow.

The next moment, the carriage rolled down the cliff along with the earth and rocks, and the "bang bang bang" sound seemed particularly abrupt in the night.

Song Qingxue finally remembered that she was afraid, and suddenly took a few steps back, but she immediately ran out of strength and knelt down in the snow.

She held tightly the umbrella Liu Huan gave her, but her eyes were fixed on the direction of the cliff.

It’s really cold today. I’m frozen all over.

She thought it was all Xiahou Chongyuan's fault.

If he hadn't been away from home so late at night, she wouldn't have run out in such a heavy snowstorm.

Song Qingxue's mind was blank. Apart from blaming Xiahou Chongyuan, she had no idea what to do next.

"Are you still alive?"

She murmured something, and suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves approaching.

Song Qingxue hurriedly looked in the direction where the sound of horse hooves came from. After looking for a long time, she saw a horse's head appear.

Song Qingxue quickly stood up with the help of her umbrella, then ran towards the horse.

The horse stopped in front of her, and she recognized that it was Xiahou Chongyuan's horse.

"Where is your master?" Song Qingxue asked the horse anxiously.

But the horse couldn't talk, so it could only stamp its hooves, turn around, and wag its tail to urge her to ride on it quickly.

Song Qingxue immediately understood what the horse meant. Without caring whether she could ride it or not, she just picked it up and rode on it.

"Let's go!" Song Qingxue reached out and patted the horse's back. The horse raised its front two hooves and galloped away with her.

Because they were tied to a horse-drawn carriage and there was no saddle on the horse, Song Qingxue was shaken so much that she could not sit steadily. She could only lie on the horse's back and hold it tightly.