C18 Part2

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East Palace.

Murong Ci was very thoughtful, and was awakened by the rain in the early morning, so she couldn't sleep anymore.

The hurried footsteps were very low, but she still heard them.

She sat up and held her aching head,

"What's the matter?"

Ruyi used the lotus gold hook to hold the jade-colored yarn tent, and said in a calm tone as much as possible:

"The attendant in the Qingyuan Hall is here to report..."

"Father had an accident?"

Murong Ci's heart instantly jerked up!

She immediately went out of bed, pulled the robe from the hanger, and said,

"Help me get changed."

"Your Highness, don't panic.

His Majesty is okay."

Ruyi quickly calmed her down,

"Yuan Shun and other servants have witnessed it with their own eyes...

Your Highness, actually, it was raining this morning in the sky over the Qingyuan Hall...

And it was BLOOD rain!"

Murong Ci's heart fell back to where she was, but her eyebrows frowned.

'The second part in that song really came true....

It's just that it's raining blood.

Oh my god! ...Isn't it weird?'

When she came outside, the wind and water breeze rushed in.

She looked at the gray sky, at the continuous Palaces shrouded in rain and at the scenery that was blurred and covered by the rain of early summer.

Suddenly, there was panic in her heart...

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Many Palace people stood in front of the Qingyuan Hall, panicking.

Master Liu An was standing under the hallway with his whisk in his arm.

Looking at the bloody rain below, his shrewd face was a little worried and sad.

Seeing the Prince coming, he saluted through the rain curtain,

"Your Royal Highness, this subordinate dare not step on the bloody scene, so I will greet you from here."

Ruyi was holding an umbrella for His Highness, and Murong Ci stood one foot in front of the palace, with light red rain under her feet.

Murong Ci looked over, and the rainwater under the steps of the hallway was relatively red, like a murder scene washed by rainwater.

And the rain falling from the eaves of the Palace has returned to its original transparency, but occasionally with a trace of blood.

She moved forward and stepped on the steps of the Palace, under the rain.

Ruyi quickly followed her with the umbrella painted with lotus.

"Your Royal Highness, when the sky was getting bright, Yuan Shun got up and saw scarlet rain flowing from the eaves of the palace."

Liu An said with a heavy face,

"This is true, and I have witnessed all of these with my own eyes."

"Have you sent someone to the roof to check it?"

Murong Ci felt depressed.

"The rain is getting lighter now so this humble subordinate will send a few people to the roof to have a look."

Liu An said.

"Is the Emperor Father awake?"

She looked at Yuan shun and walked into the hall.

"Your Majesty is awake, but it's still early, and he hasn't gotten up yet."

Yuan Shun led the way and entered the bedroom.

On the long couch, Murong Cheng had his eyes closed, as if asleep, with a serene face.

Murong Ci didn't want to disturb her father, and asked Yuan Shun in a low voice,

"Is what Liu An said true?"

Yuan Shun nodded,

"This servant dare not hide it."

From outside the windows, there was the voice of Liu An commanding the guards to go up to the roof to inspect.

She came to the outer steps of the hall, waiting for the result.

At this time, Concubine Xiao hurried over and saw the light red rain on the ground.

She was taken aback and glanced at Murong Ci coldly, and went into the sleeping hall to visit His Majesty.

Three wooden ladders were erected on the eaves of the Palace.

Because of the slippery rain, the guards could only look up from the top of the wooden ladders, saying that the roof was not unusual.

Not long after hearing the news, the Regent Murong Yu, Dali Temple Master Gu Huai, and Master Shen Zhiyan arrived at the same time.

Murong Yu looked at the pale red blood all over the floor, with a gloomy face.

The rain wetted his black python robe, and the hem of the robe was soaked wet.

It was obvious that his journey to the Qingyuan Hall was in a hurry.

It had been raining for more than half an hour, and the rainwater accumulated on the ground was still light red, which shows the amount of blood.

His gentle gaze involuntarily swept to the Crown Prince standing aside.

Murong Ci was originally waiting for Shen Zhiyan to report to him.

But suddenly she noticed that a gaze was watching her, and she turned to look.

The eyes of the two collided, and she subconsciously turned away from his eyes.

Her mind was slightly confused and a little uncomfortable.

She didn't know why this happened.

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END of CHAPTER 18 PART 2

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