Although they hadn't slept all night, no one felt sleepy. The streets of the capital were filled with officials and ordinary people, all of whom had one goal in mind, which was to find the two children missing from Prince Yu's Mansion.
Standing on the crowded street, Luo Lan felt that her heart was empty. When would this aimless search end?
Passersby looked at her with sad eyes, but no one came forward to disturb her. Everyone knew that she must be in a very bad mood at this time.
Liu Dechang stood silently beside her, not daring to leave her for a moment.
"Huaiyu, An'an, where are you? Do you know how worried I am?"
Luo Lan was muttering to herself. Perhaps only she could hear her cry, but everyone in the capital could feel it.
Another day is almost over. Have those two children really disappeared without a trace?
…
Prince Xi's Mansion.
Ever since Leng Xi knew about Concubine Li's background and realized that he had no choice in his position, he tacitly agreed to cooperate with the Chu people. Therefore, a large number of Chu people lurking in the capital moved into Prince Xi's Mansion as servants.
At this time, Leng Xi was sitting in the yard, watching his son playing with a small goldfish in the basin. This was the moment when he felt most content.
Although his relationship with Yu Qiaoqiao has eased a little in recent years, he still can't let go of Long Xiaomin who died in front of him, which also makes it impossible for him to get closer to Yu Qiaoqiao.
Yu Qiaoqiao was also very tactful and would not go looking for him. Apart from occasionally spending time with the children together, the two of them really lived a life of non-interference and mutual respect.
Yu Qiaoqiao felt uneasy about the influx of strangers into Prince Xi's Mansion in recent days. She tried many times to find Leng Xi to ask what was going on, but Leng Xi always avoided the question and told her not to mention it to Yu Shiming.
Today, Yu Qiaoqiao couldn't help but come to Leng Xi again. She sat down on the stone bench beside him, looked at the child playing with the fish, and said softly:
"Your Highness, there are new people in the palace today. Why didn't they come to greet you? The butler doesn't seem to recognize them either."
When Leng Xi heard this question, his face suddenly darkened. He glanced at Yu Qiaoqiao and warned her sternly:
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask, and don't interfere in matters you shouldn't interfere in. Just be a good Princess Xi and spend more time with the children when you have time. You don't have to worry about anything else."
His words were so cold that Yu Qiaoqiao swallowed back the words she was about to say.
At this moment, there was a shouting sound from the door, and Leng Xi's brows immediately furrowed.
The housekeeper hurried over to report, "Your Highness, there's a woman outside who claims to be the future queen and insists on seeing you."
Water spring flower?
The only person who could be so reckless and speak so without restraint was Shui Chunhua.
He clenched his fists, his teeth itching with hatred.
He really hated himself for making such an impossible promise to that stupid woman.
But he couldn't let her talk nonsense in front of the gate of Prince Xi's Mansion, otherwise if someone heard it, it would not be a good thing.
So, he waved his hand to the butler and said:
"Let her in."
After the housekeeper left, he said to Qiaoqiao:
"Take Xiaobao back to the room. I want to see a guest."
Although Yu Qiaoqiao knew that this guest must be a woman and had some kind of ulterior motive with Leng Xi, she still nodded, walked forward, picked up Xiaobao, and ran straight to the backyard.
Leng Xi was quite happy with Yu Qiaoqiao's indifference. As long as she didn't meddle in his affairs, he would be happy to let her keep the title of Princess Xi.
After a while, Shui Chunhua rushed in aggressively. She stood in front of Leng Xi, looking bitter and resentful, pointing her finger at him and questioning:
"Lord Xi, you promised me to wait for you for five years. I waited, and now I'm almost a shrew. Why haven't you come to marry me yet?"
Looking at the woman's almost distorted face, Leng Xi sneered and replied directly:
"If you're really in a hurry, just find someone to marry first."
"Who am I going to marry? Who would marry me after what happened at Lijiazhuang?"
"So, your waiting for fifty years has nothing to do with me. For the past five years, I have fully provided for your entire family's expenses. How dare you come here to question me?"
Hearing this, Shui Chunhua suddenly squatted in front of Leng Xi, hugged his thighs with both hands, and changed her tone to negotiate:
"Your Majesty, I dare not question you. I am anxious. You gave me an order not to set foot in the Xiwang Mansion for five years, and I did it, but I can't wait any longer. For the past five years, I have dreamed of you coming to marry me. How about this, you first welcome me into your Xiwang Mansion and make me a concubine. When you become the emperor in the future, you can make me a noble concubine."
“Bang!”
As soon as she finished speaking, Leng Xi suddenly raised his foot and pushed her away from him, angrily scolding her:
"What wishful thinking, Shui Chunhua! I've already told you not to talk nonsense in front of outsiders, yet you still dare to speak so arrogantly at the gate of Prince Xi's mansion. Do you know how much trouble you will bring upon me by saying such things? You're still counting on me to marry you? Don't dream on."
Although Leng Xi's kick caused Shui Chunhua's chest to hurt, she still endured the pain and got up from the ground, crying loudly:
"You didn't keep your word. In that case, I'm not afraid of losing face anymore. I'm going to go out and tell everyone what you promised me five years ago. I want to see if you're afraid."
As soon as she said this, Leng Xi suddenly stood up from the stone bench, took a step forward and squatted in front of her. He pinched her chin directly, stared at her with red eyes, and warned her word by word:
"Shui Chunhua, I'm giving you two options now. The first is that I'll give you one thousand taels of silver, and you'll get out of the capital, get out of Changliu Village, and never let me see you again. The second is that I'll kill you directly, so that you won't see the sun tomorrow."
His words were like a bomb, causing Shui Chunhua's body to tremble violently.
Her pupils suddenly gathered, and she nodded vigorously, squeezing out a word from her throat.
"I...I choose the...first one."
Hearing this, Leng Xi immediately loosened her jaw, looked at her with disgust again, and warned in a cold voice:
"I don't want to kill, otherwise you wouldn't be alive today. But I'm not incapable of killing either, so you'd better remember what I told you. Get out of here and never come back. Otherwise, you and your family will die."
After saying this, he waved to the butler not far away, and the butler trotted over to him.
He said with a cold expression:
"Give this woman one thousand taels of silver and have two people oversee her family's relocation from Changliu Village, as far away as possible. Also, warn her parents not to return if they don't want to die."
Leaving these words behind, he strode towards the backyard.
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