freenovelworld Chapter 198 She Must Live
Chapter 198 She Must Live
The princess remained expressionless. Once the man behind her had stepped back, she lifted the hem of her dress, which had fallen to her shoulders, and turned to walk barefoot on the ground.
She walked to the back window of the room, pushed the window a crack open, and let the cool air in.
Then he picked up the glass wine bottle on the table, poured a glass of wine into the matching glass, tilted his head back, and gulped it down.
The emperor, his robes disheveled, walked over and sat down opposite her. Looking at the wine pot and cups on the table, he casually asked, "Do you like this wine?"
The princess said calmly, "There's not much left, after all, the person who brewed the wine died long ago."
The emperor poured himself a cup, leaned back against the cushion behind him, and scoffed, "Our Great Zhao is full of talented people. What's so difficult about brewing some wine?"
The princess stared blankly at the unopened window, silently drinking her wine. This spacious and bright room, this bustling and noisy capital city, was perhaps a kind of cage.
……
Lu Yangyang left the Princess's courtyard and quickly went to the garden to find Lin Shuang. Although she had been to the Princess's residence many times, the people inside the residence were the most familiar with her.
Ritsu isn't the type to hide; if she can't find him anywhere she can look, then something must have happened.
Lu Yangyang walked hurriedly, and Lin Shuang ran towards her, panting, and handed her what she was holding: "Miss Lu, this is, this is the county princess's earring. It was found, it was found near the plum grove in the West Garden."
Lu Yangyang took the small, dazzling gemstone earrings and looked at them. "Take me there!"
Lin Shuang quickly led Lu Yangyang back to where they found the earring.
The Princess's residence is very large, but because there are too few masters, many courtyards in the West Garden are empty and uninhabited year-round, and few people come here.
Passing through a vast plum grove in full bloom, you'll find rows of empty courtyards.
"Here, right here, we found it." Lin Shuang pointed to the ground of a covered walkway next to the plum grove.
Lu Yangyang held her earring and stood on the corridor, looking around. There were some shallow, messy footprints on the ground. She walked towards the plum grove. The footprints were more numerous in some places and fewer in others. She squatted down and carefully examined the ground.
Lin Shuang saw through her intention and felt somewhat guilty: "It's all my fault. I didn't think too much. I just led people around looking for things and made a mess of this place. Miss Lu, what should we do now? Has something happened to the county princess?"
Lu Yangyang didn't answer. She stood up, turned around, and looked at the corridor diagonally opposite.
She walked down the corridor with her head down, and suddenly noticed a slightly noticeable deep footprint on the side of the steps.
The corridor was paved with wooden planks, and the steps were made of bluestone, but in the plum grove, apart from some paths paved with small pebbles, most of the ground was still dirt.
Because they were stepped on so many times, the footprints were not very obvious, but the footprint next to the steps was much deeper than the others.
why?
It is highly likely that the person moved a heavy object, which is why one of the footprints was so clearly visible.
Lu Yangyang quickly used her eyes to measure the distance between where the earring had fallen in the corridor and the steps. If, if Li Duan walked to the steps and overheard something, there was nowhere to hide in this position. If she was discovered, the person chased after her, knocked her unconscious, and then turned around and took her away, and when they reached the steps, the other person stepped on them hard in their haste.
If that's the case, then firstly, the other party must be a man who knows kung fu; secondly, this is the Princess's residence, and if something happens to Li Duan here, then all the guests who come and go today will be investigated, making it too easy to expose her.
So it's impossible to make a move here. What will the other side do then?
Find an opportunity to take Li Duan out immediately. Before anyone can react, take her out of the capital. As long as no one can be found in the capital, there will be no clues after a while.
At that time, Li Duan's fate will be uncertain.
Lu Yangyang suddenly snapped back to reality and grabbed Lin Shuang's arm: "I suspect that Li Duan was knocked unconscious and taken out of the capital. I'll go out and chase after her now. Have Lin Feng take some men to follow and meet me. Then immediately go and inform the Princess to seal off the entire Princess's residence and search every place to see if we can find her. If we can't find her, we'll search the capital. Do you understand?"
Lin Shuang was terrified and looked at Lu Yangyang in disbelief, but still nodded instinctively: "I, I remember!"
Lu Yangyang let go of her and ran outside.
Every minute later means an extra minute of danger.
……
Lu Yangyang left the Princess's residence, mounted her horse, and rode off towards the outskirts of the city.
About half an hour after she left, the entire Princess's residence was in an uproar.
Princess Li Duan's unexplained disappearance from her own home is simply outrageous.
With a stern face, the eldest princess calmly ordered all the guards of the Duke's mansion to be mobilized, and then sent someone to mobilize the Imperial Guards to search the entire city.
As darkness fell, it became late at night.
In a carriage dozens of miles outside the city, Princess Liduan, whose hands and feet were bound, finally woke up slowly. Her neck was in excruciating pain, and her vision was blurry. All the discomfort seemed to attack her in that instant, and the pain brought tears to her eyes.
After a while, once she had adjusted to the situation, her mind was finally able to function normally. Brother Sheng, someone wants to harm you!
We must tell him this as soon as possible, immediately!
Princess Li Duan shook her head. Wait, where is she?
She suddenly remembered that when she heard the news, she was furious and terrified. She turned to run away, but was knocked unconscious. And then...
She's in the carriage! How could she be in the carriage!
Li Duanxian moved her body and tried to stick her head out of the things that wrapped her up, only to find that the empty carriage was completely dark.
Is it dark yet?
Is it already dark?
So where is she now that so much time has passed?
By the way, Xue Wanning, and that strange man, they're the ones who kidnapped her. What do they want to do to her? Kill her to silence her?
Princess Liduan was jolted awake. For the first time in her life, she became intelligent. She gritted her teeth and warned herself again and again, "Stay calm, you must stay calm."
We need to find a way to escape so we can inform Brother Sheng.
Her mind was racing with chaotic thoughts, but no matter how calm she tried to be, her body couldn't stop trembling. Could she really be dead? No way? No, she couldn't die. She had to live. She still had to go and tell Brother Sheng. She absolutely, absolutely couldn't die.
Princess Liduan silently repeated this to herself over and over again. After an unknown amount of time, her panicked heart finally calmed down a little.
At that moment, the carriage suddenly stopped.