Chapter 557: Put away your cowardly look!
Poor Tianyi, who was in the study of Prince Rui's Mansion in the capital, had no news about the princess for a long time. It was midnight now, and it was very lively outside, but he felt like he was in an ice cave.
The candlelight stretched Mo Liyuan's figure extremely long, casting it on the wall, like a silent iceberg.
He sat behind his desk, his knuckles unconsciously tapping on the cold tabletop, making a monotonous and suppressed "thump thump" sound, and each sound struck Tianyi's heart.
"No news yet?" Mo Liyuan's voice finally rang out, colder than the cold night outside the window. Every word sounded like ice beads hitting the bluestone slabs.
Tianyi lowered his head, wishing he could shrink into the crack of the ground.
The air in the study seemed to be frozen, so heavy that it was suffocating. He even breathed carefully, and the cold sweat on his back had soaked through his underwear.
"Waste!" A suppressed roar suddenly exploded! Mo Liyuan suddenly grabbed a nearby celadon teacup and, accompanied by a sharp gust of wind and scalding tea, hurled it fiercely at Tianyi!
"Crack!" The teacup shattered at Tianyi's feet, the scalding hot tea splashed on the corner of his robe and the top of his boots, and broken pieces of porcelain flew everywhere.
Tianyi's body trembled violently, but he seemed to be nailed to the spot, even his instinct to dodge was frozen, and he didn't move at all.
"Get out! Keep searching! Send more people! Even if we have to dig three feet underground, we must find the person!" Mo Liyuan's voice was like the cold wind from the underworld, with unquestionable brutality.
"Yes! I obey your command!" Tian Yi acted as if he had heard an amnesty. He suppressed his palpitations, bowed his head, and quickly backed out of the study, closing the heavy door tightly behind him.
Only when he leaned against the cold door did he dare to breathe heavily, his chest heaving violently, as if he had just walked through the gates of hell.
He raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead, his heart filled with sorrow: "My princess, where on earth are you having fun? Please come back soon! If you don't come back, I'm afraid your wrath will burn you to ashes!"
Tianyi raised his head and looked at the dark sky.
He clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning white, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes: "An Yi! You stinky boy! When I find you, I'll hang you up and beat you for three days and three nights! I have to let out this pent-up anger!"
Tianyi was almost certain that the reason he couldn't find any trace of the princess for such a long time must be that An Yi was interfering!
As a former elite secret guard, An Yi knew very well the strongholds of the palace's secret agents in various places.
He must have secretly reminded the princess and deliberately avoided all routes and places where they might be tracked.
Otherwise, with so many spies in the palace, how could they not find even a single useful clue?
The warm winter sun lazily climbed up the window lattice, and it was almost noon.
Lan Xiyue slowly woke up. The soreness from the hangover made her frown slightly. She quickly and swiftly slipped into the space.
As soon as she entered the space, she saw a white shadow coming like the wind, rubbing her legs affectionately.
"Dabai!" Lan Xiyue smiled and rubbed its big furry head. The thick and warm touch came from her fingertips. "Be good, go play by yourself. After a while, I will let you go out and run wild."
The big white tiger purred with satisfaction from its throat, rubbed her palm, then turned around, and its agile figure disappeared into the misty spiritual fog deep in the space.
Lan Xiyue walked straight to the spiritual spring water flowing in the stream, took off her clothes, and immersed her body in the slightly cool but refreshing spring water.
The spiritual spring water seeped into her skin along the texture of her skin, dispelling the last trace of fatigue and discomfort. When she came out again, she was refreshed, her eyes as bright as cold stars.
After getting dressed neatly and pushing open the door, I saw the two girls, Chuxia and Chuchun, leaning against the corridor pillars, with their heads drooping and dark circles under their eyes. It was obvious that the aftereffects of last night's indulgence had not yet dissipated.
Lan Xiyue looked at him with amusement, and took out two small and exquisite jade bottles from her wide sleeve pocket. "Here, drink it."
Chu Xia took it doubtfully, uncorked the bottle, and a clear and pure breath instantly overflowed: "Master, what is this...?"
"This is a hangover elixir," Lan Xiyue said with a slight smile, "Drink it and I guarantee you'll feel a hundred times more energetic."
Upon hearing this, Chu Xia raised her head and drank it all without hesitation. A stream of cool and sweet liquid slid into her throat, as if a clear spring instantly cleansed her chaotic mind. The bloating and heaviness of the hangover receded like a tide, and her whole body felt light.
Her eyes widened in surprise: "Oh my God! Master, what kind of magic water is this? It's amazing!"
Chuchun also drank it quickly and felt the same immediate comfort. He looked at Lan Xiyue with eyes full of amazement and admiration.
Lan Xiyue ignored their sparkling looks and walked straight downstairs: "Okay, let's go downstairs for lunch. I'm hungry."
As the master and his two servants settled themselves down in a corner of the inn's lobby, An Yi approached silently, shadow-like. He lowered his voice, his expression grave, and said, "Master, I've heard that Jinling City's undercover agents... are secretly searching for you."
Lan Xiyue paused holding her chopsticks, her eyebrows raised slightly: "You found Jinling so soon?"
An Yi shook his head: "I'm afraid that the prince has issued a strict order, and the secret guards in various places have already been mobilized. Master, in my opinion, why not..." He tried to speak, and the rest of the words were self-evident.
Lan Xiyue refused without a second thought, "No! What's the point of going back?" A trace of annoyance flashed in her eyes. "Going back to see the faces of that old queen mother and that Princess Ya? They'll come to annoy me from time to time? How can I be as free and easy as I am now? I'm living a happy life outside. I won't go back and make trouble for myself."
When An Yi heard this, his face suddenly fell and he looked gloomy.
He seemed to have seen his own prince's face, frozen in time and filled with thunderous wrath, and he was the first to bear the brunt of it...
"Master..." He said with a bitter face, his voice trembling, "If the prince really finds you and wants to use me as a scapegoat... you must save my life..."
Lan Xiyue rolled her eyes at him in displeasure, her eyes seeming to say, "Look at you, you've reached such a low point!" "Put away your cowardly look! Remember this: you belong to me now! If Mo Liyuan dares to touch a hair on my person, I'll be the first to turn against him! Enjoy your meal!"
After receiving this assurance, An Yi felt a sense of relief.
At this moment, the waiters came in with steaming hot dishes and placed them one by one: "Enjoy your meal, sir!"
Lan Xiyue looked at the three people standing nearby and said helplessly, "Why don't you all sit down and eat? Why are you just daydreaming? We still have to go out for a walk in the afternoon after we're full."
Chuchun, Chuxia and Anyi then sat down as they were told. It had become a habit for them to eat at the same table recently. However, they still tacitly avoided touching the dishes that Lan Xiyue liked.
Lan Xiyue had said it several times but it was ineffective, so she just let them go.
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