"What did you say?"
When Qi Yuan woke up from his drunken state, he heard the housekeeper say that the princess had not returned home.
"Yesterday evening, the princess said she was going to the palace to meet the queen. I didn't think much of it at the time. The princess didn't return home that night, so I just thought the queen was staying in the palace. There have been precedents like this before, but today the palace maid came to page you and the princess."
He turned pale instantly and could not even stand steadily. He repeatedly grabbed the nanny to confirm, and it turned out that the princess really did not enter the palace.
"I dare not delay and will come to inform Your Highness immediately."
"Go find it! Go find it quickly!" Qi Yuan hurriedly got up, put on his clothes and was about to go out.
"Mobilize all forces and do our best to find the princess."
His voice trembled unconsciously, and his heart sank.
After saying this, Qi Yuan immediately reacted, "No, conceal the news of the princess's disappearance and go find her with the portrait."
He couldn't let her reputation be damaged.
"We must find the princess and bring her back unharmed."
He couldn't let anything happen to her.
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"My Lord, what on earth happened to you?"
Gu Qingfeng frowned, "We've been searching for almost half a month, and there's no sign of her. I've almost searched the capital and the surrounding cities, but no one has seen the princess. It's as if she disappeared out of thin air."
Gu Qingfeng felt strange and couldn't understand why they had become like this, since they were clearly in love with each other before.
Qi Yuan's face was extremely grim. He clenched his fists and said, "Go look for her again. You will definitely find her."
Gu Qingfeng looked at Qi Yuan's pale face. He had been observing Qi Yuan's condition during this period of time.
He was looking for Xu Lingyi day and night. Gu Qingfeng knew that he was just as worried as he was that a weak woman like her would be alone outside and meet with an accident.
"Yes, we will definitely find her. Your Highness, it's possible that she is actively hiding from us."
Gu Qingfeng looked at his pale lips and almost bloodless face, feeling uncomfortable.
"From what the housekeeper said, it seems that she left the palace on her own initiative, so she lied to the housekeeper about entering the palace."
Although Gu Qingfeng couldn't understand why she wanted to leave, he continued to analyze, "If that's the case, she's smart. If she wants to hide from us, she can still do it. She should be safe. Your Highness, don't worry too much. You also have to take care of your health."
Qi Yuan pressed his temples and said, "It's my fault."
He was filled with regret and kept repeating this sentence over and over again.
Gu Qingfeng sighed heavily again.
"Alas, Your Majesty... I don't know what's wrong with you two. Are you quarreling or..."
Qi Yuan recalled what happened that day with mixed feelings.
"It's my fault. We are husband and wife, and I should discuss everything with her, let alone such a big thing. Even if she agreed, I should confirm whether she is not saying one thing and meaning another."
"I don't know her well enough."
Qi Yuan continued talking to himself.
If he understood her, perhaps what happened that day would not have happened, and he would not have pushed Qi Yun to the throne.
Moreover, that day was the first time he saw another side of her, and he admitted that he was shocked and hurt.
Although they didn't have a big fight, sometimes silence can lead to more misunderstandings.
She was so sensitive, perhaps she mistakenly thought that he would be extremely disappointed in her and there would be no possibility for them to be together in the future.
That's why she left.
Until this moment, Qi Yuan was still making excuses for Xu Lingyi and taking all the responsibility on himself.
He doesn't care about right or wrong, he only cares about her.
"Send more people to search, mobilize all the troops we can to search!!"
Qi Yuan didn't dare to think about what he would do in the future if she encountered an accident.
The inner torment he had been going through these days had already made him regret it.
He didn't care what kind of woman she was, nor did he worry about whether she had him in her heart.
"Your Majesty, please don't blame yourself too much."
Gu Qingfeng knew that such consolation was too pale, but Qi Yuan's condition had been extremely bad these days.
Fortunately, Qi Yun has ascended the throne in the past half month, and the prince has been named regent, so he no longer needs to show up to handle state affairs.
Otherwise, the court officials would be shocked to see the prince like this, because Qi Yuan looked too haggard.
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Two months later.
Xu Lingyi hid for two months, and after coming out of the palace, she was very conflicted.
She hesitated many times and even tried to summon the immortal several times.
I want to ask the immortal, what will be the punishment if I don't complete the task...
But the immortal never responded to her once.
Xu Lingyi had no choice but to finally make up her mind.
She told herself that she couldn't be trapped by romantic things.
As for Qi Yuan, if she takes the position of queen in the future, she will have completed her mission.
If he could accept her, she would be willing to give up being the queen and be with him again.
Then Xu Lingyi sneered and discarded these ridiculous thoughts in her mind.
Qi Yuan would definitely not accept it.
She shouldn't be so hesitant. This is not like her now.
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Xu Lingyi designed an encounter.
When she was with Qi Yuan before, she knew that Qi Yun would personally go to worship his biological mother every year.
She just happened to remember the day because it was the same day as Wei Fuchi's memorial day.
Qi Yun's biological mother was just a maid. Even after he ascended the throne, he had not moved his biological mother's tomb into the imperial mausoleum.
This is also why Xu Lingyi can appear on the road that Qi Yun must pass.
"parking!"
Xu Lingyi had noticed before that when Qi Yun saw her for the first time, there was a flash of surprise in his eyes.
Her appearance now has been carefully adjusted and is much more stunning than before.
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