Chapter 460: What big thing could happen to her at this time of night?
Upon hearing this, the last bit of color on Qian Duoduo's face faded away and turned pale.
The huge feeling of helplessness instantly drowned her like a cold tide. She slumped against the cold wall, her voice dry and weak, with a barely perceptible tremor: "Then, what should I do? God, I hope Yueyue's people can be so powerful and find this place soon..." She buried her head in her knees, and for the first time felt the bone-chilling fear and slim hope.
At the same time, in the Regent's Palace, the lights were on and the atmosphere was solemn.
An Yi replied in a low but clear voice, "Princess, according to the secret guards' investigation, after you and Miss Qian separated outside the Baihua Opera House, Miss Qian first went to the Qingmingxuan teahouse for about an hour, and then had lunch at Zuixianlou. Afterwards... she brought her maid to the Baihua Opera House again to watch the afternoon show. Since entering the Baihua Opera House... Miss Qian and her personal maid Xiaohong have disappeared without a trace, and there is no trace of them."
"Baihua Theater?" Lan Xiyue stood up suddenly, and the candlelight on the table swayed violently because of the wind she brought, casting a dancing light and shadow in her cold eyes.
A chill rose from the bottom of her heart. "Duoduo must have been driven by curiosity and ran back to watch that 'magic trick'! Is there really something wrong with the 'magic trick' at the Baihua Theater? Let's go!" She said in a firm voice, "Let's go to the Baihua Theater right away!"
Lan Xiyue walked out with big strides, followed closely by An Yi.
Chuchun and Chuxia, who were guarding outside the door, looked solemn when they saw the princess coming out. Chuchun quickly stepped forward and asked with concern, "Princess, are you going out? The snow hasn't stopped outside yet, and the dew is heavy. The cold is biting!"
As she spoke, she turned around swiftly and rushed into the inner room, quickly taking out a thick silver fox fur cloak, and draped it over Lan Xiyue's shoulders gently but quickly, carefully tying the silk ribbon at the collar.
Chu Xia also said anxiously: "Princess, you still want to go out so late, but... have you found any clues about Miss Qian? Let me go with you?"
Lan Xiyue didn't stop, just turned her head to glance at Chu Xia, her eyes as calm as water, "No need, An Yi is enough, you guys stay in the mansion." Before she finished speaking, she had already walked through the corridor and went straight to the gate of the mansion.
Outside the palace gate, the black carriage of the Regent's Palace was waiting quietly.
Lan Xiyue was about to step onto the footstool when a hurried figure came jogging over. It was Nanny Li.
"Princess! Princess, please stay!" Nanny Li ran up breathlessly, not even bothering to bow, her face filled with anxiety and pleading, "Princess! You promised me that you would release the master! I've been waiting from the sun high in the sky to the moon at its zenith, my eyes almost worn out, but the master still hasn't returned... I'm so worried, I've asked this old servant to come and ask you, Princess. Your words are golden, you can't... you can't go back on your word!"
Lan Xiyue paused and her brows tightened instantly.
Lan Zhenrong? She had completely forgotten about it! Qian Duoduo's whereabouts were unknown, and his life or death was uncertain. How could she care about Lan Zhenrong's life or death?
A strong sense of irritation surged in her heart. She waved her hand impatiently and said in a cold tone: "This princess has important matters to attend to now. Let's talk about this tomorrow!" After that, she didn't even look at Li Ma Ma, and directly lifted her skirt and got on the carriage.
When Nanny Li saw Lan Xiyue was about to leave, she fell to her knees in the cold snow in a panic, opened her arms to block the carriage, and cried, "Princess! Princess, please be kind! You promised the old lady! You can't... you can't just leave like this! The old lady..."
"An Yi, let's go!" Lan Xiyue's voice came from the carriage, as if it had been tempered by ice.
"Yes!" An Yi responded and moved.
His figure was as fast as lightning, and he instantly flashed to the side of Li Ma. He stretched out his big hand and effortlessly pulled her away from the front of the carriage as if she was a chicken, and put her on the snow beside him.
With quick and decisive movements, An Yi jumped onto the shaft of the cart and shook the reins: "Go!"
The black carriage was like an arrow shot from a bow, rolling over the thin layer of snow and quickly disappearing in the dark night and flying snowflakes.
Nanny Li fell down in the cold snow and mud, looking in the direction where the carriage disappeared, tears of despair welling up in her turbid old eyes.
She raised her hand and wiped her face hard with her sleeve. She supported her numb legs and climbed up tremblingly. With her back hunched, she moved towards the Lan Mansion, slipping with every step. Her back looked particularly desolate in the wind and snow.
At the Lan Mansion, Nanny Li took a few deep breaths outside the courtyard gate, trying to calm the tears on her face and the sadness in her heart, then she pushed the door open and walked in.
Inside the house, the old lady sat under the lamp like a dead tree. The moment she saw Nanny Li come in alone, her cloudy eyes suddenly burst into a last ray of hope: "How is it? Where's Zhenrong? Did he come back with us?"
Nanny Li shook her head with difficulty. She felt very sad when she saw the old lady's face, which had lost all its brilliance in an instant and turned gray and desperate.
"She...she really has changed her mind!" The old lady's skinny hands suddenly grabbed the corner of the table, her knuckles turned white due to the force, her chest heaved violently, and her voice was as sharp as a night owl, "This heartless girl! She just wants to force an old woman like me to death! What big thing could she have done in the middle of the night? It's clearly an excuse! She just doesn't want to let Zhenrong come back!" She was so angry that she was shaking all over and could hardly breathe.
Nanny Li hurried forward, helping her calm down while whispering, "Old Madam, calm down, calm down. When I left, the princess was indeed in a hurry, as if she really had something urgent to do. She said 'let's talk about it tomorrow' herself. Maybe, maybe tomorrow the master will..."
"Tomorrow? Ha..." The old lady closed her eyes in pain, two lines of turbid tears slid down from her sunken eye sockets, her voice was filled with deep resentment, "That lowly Yun Shanshan will give birth to a disaster! If it weren't for her, if it weren't for that evil creature Lan Xiyue, our dignified Marquis' Mansion, even if it was in ruins, still had a title to support it, which is better than the situation we are in now! I, I won't even have the face to see the old Marquis even if I die..." She beat her chest and whimpered in despair.
Nanny Li looked at the old lady's crazy appearance, and felt a bitterness in her heart, but she could only pat her on the back silently and could not say any effective words of comfort. The only sounds in the room were the old lady's sad crying and the crackling sound of the burning wick.
At the Baihua Theater, a black carriage came galloping and stopped steadily in front of the closed gate.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Lan Xiyue, wrapped in a silver fox fur, stepped down from the carriage in the cold moonlight. Her face looked even more cold and solemn against the backdrop of the snow.
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