When she woke up, she found the valley still empty. The valley was large and quiet, and sunlight streamed down from the lush branches, casting dappled patterns of light on the ground.
Sitting on the ground, gazing around, I realized I was all alone in the vast forest.
Looking back on all these years, whether in the Prince's Mansion or the Imperial Palace, there has always been a group of people around me, so it's inevitable that I'll feel a little uncomfortable being alone all of a sudden.
Thinking of this, Yu Qianqian suddenly gave a self-deprecating smile. Although she had gotten used to the hustle and bustle over the years, she now had to accept reality. Mu Beichen would be erased from her heart from now on, and there would be no more connection between them in this life. She had already suffered enough hardships on the road before, so compared to that, what did it matter if she spent the rest of her life alone?
She got up, patted the mud off herself, and strolled to the riverbank. Just as she was about to bend down to wash herself, she saw her pale face and dull, lifeless pupils.
Staring intently at herself, a jumble of chaotic thoughts raced through her mind. Images of Su Ruan, proudly appearing in Luo Chen Palace, and herself, writhing in pain and bleeding profusely on the ground, flashed through her mind.
Back then, thanks to Su Ruan, she was disgraced and ruined. Both of her unborn children died before they were born. Besides, how innocent were the deaths of Hua Mancheng and Mu Wange? How could she be willing to let this blood debt go unresolved?
After hastily washing her face by the river, Yu Qianqian walked along the mountain path, unknowingly entering the depths of the forest. The winding and secluded path in front of her seemed like an endless land.
She didn't remember how long she had been walking. Just as she was feeling exhausted and wanted to sit down and rest, she looked back in a daze. A stream meandered through the lush bamboo forest and flowed slowly through the mountain stream. Nearby, on a solitary cliff that had been dug up from the ground, there were six exquisitely built bamboo pavilions in a row.
Upon seeing all this, Yu Qianqian immediately perked up. She leaped with both legs, lightly darting across the bamboo forest and the stream, and finally climbed up the steep cliff. The emerald green bamboo pavilion suspended above the cloud ladder came into view.
Climbing the cloud ladder, looking around with each step, slowly ascending to the top, one sees a half-open door, seemingly empty inside.
Although this place is remote and deserted, who built such an exquisite house?
She thought for a moment, then tiptoed through the crack and peered inside. She saw a bed, an ancient zither, and several rare calligraphy and painting scrolls in the room. A very unique and elegant room with a pleasant fragrance came into view.
He looked all around, but didn't see a single person.
Yu Qianqian was only thinking about finding a place to settle down and couldn't care about anything else. She went straight to bed and fell into a deep sleep not long after.
Just after she fell asleep, a snow-white shadow flashed past the window. Behind the white shadow, which had been moving away like a gentle breeze, the doors and windows that had been half-open were simultaneously and silently closed.
At this very moment, chaos reigned both inside and outside the palace, as if boiling porridge. This was because the court was leaderless for a day, and the next day, a crowd of people knelt outside the Luochen Palace.
Since Yu Qianqian disappeared, Mu Beichen seemed to have completely changed overnight. He lost all interest in politics and frantically ordered people to search for Yu Qianqian all over the world. He searched the General's Mansion, the Prince Jing's Mansion, and every place she had been before.
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