C17 Part2

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In a violent storm, Murong Ci ran towards the Qingyuan Hall...

The Emperor Father lay on the dragon couch with a peaceful face.

No matter how she called, the Emperor Father would not wake up and would not open his eyes, as if he had gone to another world.

She yelled anxiously, and suddenly saw a dozen Blood Jade next to the Emperor Father.

The Blood Jade suddenly shed blood, and more and more blood filled the dragon couch.

The Emperor Father seemed to be lying in a sea of blood.

She shouted hoarsely

"Emperor Father! Emperor Father!!"

,shaking in horror, but her Emperor Father was still asleep.

The blood continuously flowed out of the Blood Jade and flowed onto the palace bricks.

As if it were going to spread across the entire Palace, the blood filled Qingyuan Hall...

She wanted to go through the sea of blood to save the Emperor Father!

But no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't move forward.

'Father...Father...'

Murong Ci panted violently, her chest rising and falling severely, and suddenly, she opened her eyes, with her eyes widening.

Ruyi heard the yelling, and rushed in, softly soothing:

"Your Royal Highness, have you had a nightmare?"

Murong Ci was panting badly.

Her mouth was dry, and she couldn't speak.

Ruyi wiped the sweat on her forehead with a cloth towel,

"It's alright, it's just a nightmare, not real. Your Highness, have a cup of tea."

With that, Ruyi brought a tea cup and waited for her to drink the tea.

After drinking tea, Murong Ci went to the outer hall.

At this time, the sky was thinning, and the setting sun painted the Palace walls with a golden and bloody color.

The evening breeze came slowly, and a little coolness was blowing on the her, which was very refreshing.

"Your Royal Highness, Lord Shen has already arrived and is cooking in the dining room."

Ruyi smiled.

"Oh? I'm going to check it out then."

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Murong Ci came outside the dining room, and saw that the cook and the Palace people had been driven outside by Shen Zhiyan, and he was the only one busy in the dining room.

She waved back the cook and Palace man, and asked,

"What did the Dali Temple find out?"

He put two pieces of beef into the smoky pot, and a squeaky sound suddenly rang,

"I asked, but they didn't find any useful clues."

She sat on a small stool and sighed helplessly...

'No clue! No way to find out!'

Although the person who committed the crime may be from the Palace, there are so many people in the Palace...

How could we find out?

Are we supposed to search the whole Palace one by one?'

"Your Royal Highness, don't be too discouraged.

This matter hasn't harmed anyone yet, so let's stop overthinking."

Shen Zhiyan asked the attendants to pay attention to the heat, and said something.

Murong Ci knew that there was nothing terrifying about this incident for the time being.

But it had been spread throughout the Palace, and many Palace people were secretly discussing about the blood jade from heaven.

Thinking of the nightmare she had just had, she was nervous, always feeling that something was just about to happen...

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END of CHAPTER 17 PART 2

.....................to be continued