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“Your Majesty, spare our lives!” The maids and attendants suddenly kneeled in complete disarray.

As if fearing that if he remained there any longer he might lose control of his anger and actually kill someone, the Red King ordered his servant to continue with the search and turned his head and left the Residence. He didn’t bother to take any of his attendants with him, and made his way through the intricate passageways alone, brushing off anyone who happened to bump into him.

After a long while, by the time he emerged again, suddenly the backyard of the White King’s Palace opened up into his view.

“Elder brother Red, I have been waiting for you for a long time.” In the depths of the ward there was one person already seated in attendance; it was the White King himself who had been waiting for him there, rolling up the letter in his hand, “I have good news for you: the Grand Master has just obtained a decree from the Emperor, giving permission for Shi Ying to resign from his divine duties.”

“Is that so? That’s really an impressive feat.” The Red King responded gruffly, “But even if that kid doesn’t become a Divine Priest anymore, he might not be willing to come back and become the Emperor, right? So, what’s the point?”

“Why is Brother Red so anxious today?” The White King was slightly perplexed.

“My daughter went missing!” The Red King gritted his teeth, “I’ve been searching for her all these days and she’s nowhere to be found, wouldn’t you say this is an emergency?”

“So this is all about the little Princess again? Brother Red is really lacking in heroic spirit,” the White King sighed and had to put aside his business first to comfort his fellow ruler with kind words, “Your young daughter is not an ordinary woman, she is highly skilled in magic and no ordinary person can do her harm; she also has no long-standing enemies or rivals – she is probably just having some fun now that she escaped. Don’t worry too much, Brother Red. I’ll have my son Fenglin personally send someone out to properly search for her.” The Red King sighed, “I appreciate the gesture. Thank you.”

“No need to thank me,” the White King smiled briefly, “it is only a matter of time before we become one family.”

“Alas, let’s not talk about this at the moment,” however the Red King was annoyed as soon as he heard that sentence, “I am worried that the girl has learned of the agreement of the marriage between the two clans, so she might have left home in a fit of anger – last time she ran away from the marriage, and if she feels forced to marry Bai Fenglin this time around, I am afraid that she will do it again…”

Hearing these words, the White King’s face could not help but turn a little displeased, and his tone faded: “Although my son Fenglin may be a bit simple-minded, he is at least the eldest son of the White Clan, and now the governor of Yecheng… Being paired with him is not an insult, is it?”

“It does not, really, of course not.” The Red King had a brash personality and did not pay attention to the small details of his statement, only now did he understand that his fellow ruler was irritated before he hurriedly exclaimed, “It’s just that my daughter is naughty and stubborn, how could she be willing to listen to my words? If she runs away from home again in a fit of anger and meets with any misfortune out there…”

“Do not worry,” the White King reassured his peer, “the Princess is most likely trying to sneak out for a quick ride, and will naturally return home in a couple of days when she had enough fun…”

“But it’s different now, the Restoration Army has revolted and there are killings everywhere,” the Red King became agitated again. “You see, even the Crown Prince has disappeared in this turmoil, and his whereabouts are still unknown! There are so many rumors out there that even you and I have been entangled.”

Just as he uttered these words, the Red King paused again and glanced at the White King with suspicion.

Not long ago, the pleasure-loving Crown Prince Shi Yu sneaked out of the Imperial Palace and took Princess Xueying with him on a secret trip to Yecheng, but unfortunately, they came across the Restoration Army in turmoil. In the confusion, Princess Xueying and the Crown Prince got separated from one another, and while the Princess stumbled back to the Governor’s residence in Yecheng, however, the Crown Prince never appeared again.

Rumors were running rampant within the Palace, including one which suggested that the White King was behind all this, and that the Red King, who had recently become close to the White King, was also involved. The Red King was extremely restless and felt wronged, but the White King was so calm and collected that he didn’t even seem to care about the whispers.

“The cannons don’t have eyes, and since Yecheng was so chaotic at the time, and the Crown Prince didn’t have any attendants with him, it is only possible that something happened.” The White King sighed, his eyes suddenly changing subtly, “Maybe, the Green King and his people will never be able to find the Crown Prince again.”

“What?” The Red King gasped, “What the hell did you… don’t tell me you already know something about this?”

“I don’t know anything.” The White King smirked, “But I have a hunch.”

“A hunch?” The Red King was speechless for a moment, “Could it be that you…”

“I’m not that bold.” The White King immediately shook his head in denial.

“That’s good then… that’s good.” The Red King breathed a sigh of relief and secretly wiped his cold sweat, “If you really went straight for the Crown Prince, that would be a bit too bold. In the unlikely event that…”

“In the unlikely event?” The White King glanced at his peer, his eyes however were as sharp as a blade, “If I were to actually do this, would Brother Red back out from the fight?”

The words were so powerful that the Red King hesitated for a moment and shook his head, “There is no turning back from the firing of the bow, now that we are in the same boat, how can there be any turning back? It’s just that it would be too dangerous to act in this way, taking out Shi Yu directly and forcing the Green King siblings to the brink, there is no telling what the outcome would be.”

The White King grinned, his tone profound: “Then, let’s push it and see what happens?”

The Red King remained silent only to remark after a while, “But what about Princess Xueying, she is so fond of the Crown Prince…”

“So what? I have more than one daughter.” The White King’s voice was calm as he coldly spoke, “Originally she was to be married to Shi Yu as Empress of Kongsang, but now that Shi Yu is gone, I will find her another husband. I heard that the Purple King’s brother-in-law is newly widowed and has not yet reappointed a new wife.”

“The Princess Xueying and the Crown Prince have been childhood sweethearts since they were young, how could she be willing to marry another?” When the Red King heard of this arrangement, he could not help but shake his head and shudder bitterly, “Marrying the Purple King’s brother-in-law? He’s almost fifty, isn’t he?… If it were me, I wouldn’t want to subject my daughter to such a fate.”

“Brother Red has only one daughter, no wonder his heroic spirit is so weak…” the White King laughed, but his tone was rather dismissive, “As a Royal child, one should be aware of being a pawn in his parent’s hands. Even in the case of you and me, did we have the right to make our own decisions about our marriage?”

The Red King was dumbfounded for a moment: when he was young, he had to let Zhu Yan’s birth mother suffer for many years for the sake of his parents’ orders, until the death of his main Consort, so that he could put his beloved woman back on his right side. Thinking of this, he could not help but sigh and said, “Just because we ourselves suffered such hardships back then, all the more reason why we cannot let our children today suffer such grievances…”

“Is that so?” Hearing such a tone from his fellow ruler, the White King couldn’t help but break into laughter, “I didn’t expect that such an imposing and dignified man like Brother Red would have such a delicate heart? How many blessings did Princess Zhu Yan accumulate before she was reborn into your family…”

The two kings were whispering inside the inner courtroom, while a young girl, who was just about to enter, was listening outside the door, and gradually started to shiver all over, covering her mouth with her handkerchief and turning around to go back. Within a few steps of the door, tears sprang from her eyes as she burst into uncontrolled sobs.

A maiden was looking around to find her, and at this moment when she saw the young girl who had collapsed in tears under the rosebush shrubbery, she hurriedly came up and said, “Princess Xueying, you have just returned from the turmoil, you are not recovered yet, why are you getting up and walking around? The ground is so cold, get up quickly – don’t let the King and Royal Consort to get worried.”

“Worried? They don’t care if I live or die!” She walked inside without looking back, wiping the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief and choking back a sob, “I’m going to die one way or another, so I may as well just die today!”

“Please don’t cry, Princess, please don’t cry, you won’t be so pretty if your eyes are swollen.” Without knowing what has happened again, the nurse could only hasten to put on a smile and speak what she knew that the Princess would usually like to hear, “Look, the jewelers from Middle Kingdom are here again today, and it is said that they have some excellent mutton charm jade, including a bangle that would match the one on the Princess’ wrist – would you like to go and have a look?”

Whenever she was in a bad mood, the White King would send his daughter a pile of jades and precious jewels to make her smile. When she heard the nurse saying this, she gradually stopped crying. However, when the elder maid thought that the Princess was in a better mood, she suddenly stomped her foot, took off the bracelet on her wrist and smashed it fiercely to the ground, weeping, “What matching pair? Who cares! Just go and die!”

“Ahiya!” The elder maid was shocked and rushed over at once, trying to grasp it, “This bangle is worth tens of thousands of golden baht!” However, she reached too late. Only a ding could be heard, and the delicate bangle broke instantly.

She was so heartbroken that she shouted to the heavens, while Princess Xueying stood still in the courtyard, thinking of her father’s words about her lover’s whereabouts, holding her handkerchief and crying so hard that she could barely catch her breath; She thought of running away but she couldn’t escape from the palace immediately – she was not as capable as Zhu Yan, being surrounded by high walls, and without wings, how could she fly out?

It was no longer for her to decide what to do now. Would she… rather be broken into pieces like the jade on the ground? Or should she sacrifice herself for the sake of the family?

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