"You useless slaves have done such a poor job. If anything happens to the Sixth Prince, you'll lose your heads!"
When Mei Qingxue walked past a rockery, an angry voice reached her ears. Subconsciously, she dodged into the rockery. After she got in, she despised her guilty conscience. She seemed to have done nothing shameful, right?
"Yes, yes. Your slave didn't expect the Sixth Prince to disappear in a blink of an eye. Your slave deserves to die, deserves to die!"
"Don't make a fuss about this for now."
"Yes, yes. Your slave understands."
"What are you still standing here for! Go and look for him quickly!"
"Yes, yes."
Then there was a chaotic sound of footsteps. Gradually, the surroundings returned to their usual tranquility.
Mei Qingxue walked out of the rockery. Although she was curious about why the Sixth Prince had disappeared, what she had to do at the moment was to leave this place quickly. Otherwise, if she was discovered, people might become suspicious. As for that "little eunuch", she could only hope that he could fend for himself. That was all she could do.
When she returned to the banquet, the emperor and the empress had already left. Because of this, many officials were more relaxed and didn't seem so restrained.
"Xue'er, where did you go? It took you so long to come back?" As soon as she sat down, Madam Mei asked with concern on her face.
"Mother, Xue'er just went outside to get some fresh air."
Mei Zhenguo looked at the hourglass for timing, drank up the clear wine in his cup, and then stood up. Since the host had left, it was okay for them guests to leave too.
After leaving the palace, Mei Qingxue let out a sigh of relief. She didn't like this place. It made people feel extremely depressed. She had to be cautious in everything she did. People lived here without any freedom. Even if they enjoyed all the glory and wealth in the world, what was the use? In the end, they were just like ornamental birds trapped in a golden cage.
Moreover, numerous time - travel novels tell us that "time - travel is for falling in love, not for changing history"! Adhering to this principle, in the previous days, she had always planned how to be a carefree "parasite". Her days were very comfortable. She thought it would be a good thing to live in the mansion of the prime minister for the rest of her life.
However, when she saw the bustling and prosperous scene on the street today, her originally peaceful heart suddenly became restless. She began to miss the free life she had in modern times. She wanted to go out and breathe the fresh air under another sky. She didn't want to be trapped in one place anymore! She wanted to go out and see the world! She didn't believe that she would be so unlucky!
Back in the prime minister's mansion, Mei Qingxue tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep.
She was a time - traveler with the memories of nine lives, but in those nine lives, she had never been in love! In each of the previous lives, she was an out - and - out good person. She always believed that good people would surely be rewarded, but what was the reality? The reality was that in her ninth life, in order to save a child, she was hit to death by a TV set thrown down from a building by a quarreling couple! Once again, she died young. It was a total of nine lives, but the total time she had lived was less than one hundred and fifty years!
She made a big fuss in the Palace of the King of Hell. The King of Hell also thought she was really unlucky, so he gave her a tenth life and promised that this life would be full of good fortune.
It was indeed the case. Although she was a bit younger when she time - traveled, compared with the previous situations, she was really much luckier in this life. She hoped that this good luck was not just an appearance. Forget it. Why think so much? It's better to go to sleep. Think about how to go out tomorrow!
At this time, in the Green Water Pond in the palace, the "little eunuch" in the pond slowly opened his eyes. The pond was filled with mist, but even so, those dark and deep eyes couldn't be ignored. It seemed that if you looked at them for one more second, you would be deeply attracted by them.
The black eyes gently turned. When he saw the eunuch's uniform discarded on the ground, a flash of light appeared at the bottom of his eyes. Could it be...
He lowered his head and looked at his body, which was only left with a pair of underwear. There was a faint blush on his cheeks covered by black and yellow substances. He still vaguely remembered that clear voice like a warbler coming out of the valley. A call of "little eunuch" made the corner of his mouth unconsciously bring out a nice smile. Even though his whole face looked so ordinary, this smile couldn't be ignored.
"She actually thought I was a little eunuch?" He murmured to himself like this. His eyes unconsciously fell on the removed eunuch's uniform again, and the smile at the bottom of his eyes became stronger. The image of that fluttering purple butterfly flashed through his mind.
"Sixth Prince, Sixth Prince..."
"Sixth Prince, Sixth Prince, where are you..."
Not long after, a series of louder and louder calls came from outside the Green Water Pond. Du Gu Qing, the Sixth Prince of the Feng Kingdom, restrained the smile at the bottom of his eyes and the corner of his mouth. After coughing lightly twice, his face showed a look of weakness and paleness.
Du Gu Qing leaned his body against the edge of the pond. If his father knew about what happened tonight, he would surely blame him. He never expected that his cold illness would suddenly attack tonight. According to the usual situation, there should be no problem at this time. He thought it was because of the cold weather that the cold illness in his body was triggered. Fortunately, that person saved him. Otherwise...
He hid the figure in his heart well. He used all his strength to sweep the cups and saucers on the table beside the pond to the ground, making a crashing sound, so as to attract the palace servants who were looking for him. Although his body had recovered some strength, it was still quite difficult for him to walk back to his own palace by himself.
"It seems that there is a sound from the Green Water Pond..."
"I heard it too... Do you think the Sixth Prince will be inside?"
After hearing the noise inside, several palace servants who were looking for him outside hesitated one after another.
"This Green Water Pond is the pool where the emperor's favorite concubine takes a bath. How could the Sixth Prince be inside?" This pool was not a place where anyone could go in casually. Even if they suspected that Du Gu Qing was inside, they didn't dare to break in rashly.
"Everyone knows that the Sixth Prince has suffered from a cold illness since he was a child. This pool can also be used when the Sixth Prince has an attack..."
"Why aren't you looking for the Sixth Prince? What are you doing here?" Just when several palace servants were hesitating whether to go in and take a look, a clear male voice sounded behind them.
"Guard Mei." The frightened palace servants kowtowed and greeted when they saw that the person coming was Mei Haoxuan, a favorite of the emperor.
Mei Haoxuan was wearing a dark red guard's uniform. His sword - shaped eyebrows frowned slightly as he looked at the palace servants in front of him and asked, "Why aren't you looking for the Sixth Prince? What are you doing here?" As soon as the emperor's birthday banquet ended, a palace servant came to report that the Sixth Prince, who had been in poor health and was the emperor's favorite, was missing. The emperor immediately sent him to look for him. Just now, with his excellent hearing, he heard what these palace servants said, so he stepped forward to inquire.
"To Guard Mei, just now we heard a sound coming from the Green Water Pond. Seeing that there was no light inside, we hesitated whether to go in and take a look." A slightly tall and thin eunuch bowed and said.
Hearing this, Mei Haoxuan looked in the direction of the Green Water Pond. Seeing that there was no light inside and the whole yard was dark and quiet, there was no sound at all. He suspected that these palace servants had misheard.
"Okay, you still..."
"Crash!" Before Mei Haoxuan could finish his words and was about to leave to look for Du Gu Qing elsewhere, the sound of a heavy object falling came from the Green Water Pond again.
Mei Haoxuan frowned slightly. Without hesitation, he took a big step forward and suddenly pushed open the door of the pond.