The bead in Li Baobei's mouth is the legendary "Beauty-Preserving Bead," which prevents the deceased's body from decaying and keeps it looking exactly as it did before death, ensuring its eternal existence.
The room was quiet, without a breath. The acacia bracelet on Li Baobei's wrist slowly emitted a dazzling light, and a wisp of pale purple spiritual energy emanating from the bracelet gently flowed into her skin.
Then the light dimmed again...
Prime Minister Li's residence.
Kneeling at Li Hong's feet were the guards who had gone out to search for Li Baobei's body. One of them said dejectedly, "Prime Minister, your subordinate is incompetent and failed to find the young lady's body. Please punish me, Prime Minister."
The two of them then fell heavily to the ground.
Overnight, Li Hong's beard turned snow-white, and his hair turned gray, making him look more than ten years older.
He moved the corners of his mouth, letting out a heartbroken sigh: "Alas..."
His tone was tinged with helplessness, "Keep searching, no matter how long it takes, we must find it."
"Yes," the two answered in unison and walked out.
A moment later, a voice came from outside the door: "The First Madam is awake! The First Madam is awake!"
Upon hearing this, Li Hong immediately walked outside.
He stood by the bed, watching Wang Donghui. The girl on the bed had her eyes wide open and was whispering something: "Nannan, Nannan..."
She kept repeating the same name. Li Hong walked up to her, heartbroken, and sat down beside her.
Wang Dong looked at Li Hong sitting next to her with a look of unfamiliarity in her eyes and a pleading tone: "Can you help me find my daughter? Her name is Nan Nan, and it seems she's gone."
Li Hong felt as if his heart was being torn apart, his heart clenching with intense pain. He quickly grabbed her hand, but the person on the bed was clearly startled. She hurriedly pulled her hand back and curled up to retreat to the corner of the bed.
She was filled with fear, screaming and trembling all over.
"Quickly summon the imperial physician."
Li Hong sat on a wooden chair in Wang Donghui's room, his eyes vacant and devoid of any vitality.
The imperial physician took Li Hong's pulse, sighed helplessly, shook his head, and walked to her side, saying, "Madam must have suffered a severe blow to her vital energy due to anger, and her mind was unable to bear it, resulting in a soul-separation syndrome."
"Dissociative identity disorder?" Li Hong's eyes were filled with shock as he continued, "Is it curable?"
Zhou Xi looked troubled and slowly said, "I have practiced medicine for many years and have never seen a case where dissociation syndrome could be cured. However, there are ancient records that if dissociation syndrome is caused by a stimulus, there is still a glimmer of hope..."
Li Hong quickly replied, "Physician Zhou, please speak freely."
Zhou Xi frowned. "If we can improve the things that caused its breakdown, perhaps things can return to normal, but..."
The difficulties he spoke of have now spread throughout the capital: the third young lady of Prime Minister Li's household has drowned in the palace.
The last glimmer of hope in Li Hong's eyes vanished, his gaze became empty, and he said indifferently, "Go down!"
Zhou Xi sighed, then prescribed a few doses of calming medicine before turning and leaving.
Li Hong looked up at the trembling figure curled up on the bed, and tears streamed down his face.
I couldn't help but feel heartbroken and said, "I, Li Hong, believe that I have never done anything wrong in my life, so why is Heaven treating me like this?"
"Heaven is unjust!"
The wails seemed to permeate the chilly dawn, making it feel even colder.
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