The princess does not have a bridal chamber

Chapter 198 Lost

In the early morning of the next day, just as Hua Rongrong got up, Yaqing's knocking sounded outside the door.

"Come in." Hua Rongrong put on a tulle coat and sat up.

"Princess, something happened in our house again." Yaqing pushed open the door, holding a pot of flower water in his hand, and said anxiously.

"Huh?" Hua Rongrong's originally confused heart instantly sobered up: "What's wrong?"

"The girl in blue who took care of the prince disappeared early this morning. I have searched the entire palace, but I have not seen her." Yaqing threw the handkerchief into the flower water, soaked it and handed it to Huarongrong Speaking of.

"Are you sure you've searched every corner?" Hua Rongrong frowned slightly, a bad premonition rose in her heart again.

"Are you sure you disappeared in the morning? If not, I'm afraid that Lanyi doesn't know whether he is dead or alive at this time." Hua Rongrong took the veil with a serious face, and said while wiping her face.

Yaqing was stunned for a moment, a trace of panic flashed across his face: "No way, our palace is so dangerous now?"

"Otherwise, how could a good living person disappear for no reason?" Hua Rongrong's heart sank, and she asked back.

"Concubine Li and the housekeeper must have done it! Lanyi is very likely to be like Ruyi, who accidentally saw something she shouldn't have seen, and was brutally silenced!" Yaqing immediately reacted and said anxiously.

"Yeah." A trace of foreboding flashed across Hua Rongrong's face.

"Now the whole palace is in panic." Hua Rongrong handed the handkerchief to Yaqing and asked.

"Yeah, who wouldn't be afraid. Someone disappears every day or so. To be honest, the slaves are also afraid. Who might be the next one to die?" Ya Qing stood beside Hua Rongrong, holding her hands tightly. Together, the tension is palpable.

"Let's go and have a look." After Hua Rongrong put on her clothes and finished her makeup, she walked out.

"Princess, something serious happened." Jacquard ran over panting and said.

"I know, the blue clothes are missing." Hua Rongrong said, gently smoothing the air on the jacquard back.

Jacquard turned around in surprise: "How does the princess know?"

"Yaqing has already told me, you just came back from the nanny, how is the situation?" Hua Rongrong walked towards the backyard while talking.

"Nurse is taking all the servants to search the backyard. The deep well where the body was found earlier has been checked, and there is no body in blue."

"What does the lord say?" Hua Rongrong frowned and asked.

"My lord has already set off for the border gate before dawn, and he specially ordered not to disturb the sweet dream of the princess." Jacquard said.

"Oh." Hua Rongrong nodded with a sore heart, and the frown was dispersed, and a touch of loneliness flashed by.

Then he asked: "Does the prince know about the disappearance of the blue clothes?"

"I probably don't know, the prince didn't ask about Lan Yi, presumably he didn't find out." Ya Qing continued.

While speaking, he had already reached the backyard.

The nanny in charge saw Hua Rongrong approaching, so she trotted over hurriedly: "Princess, Lan Yi hasn't been found yet, and Lan Yi hasn't asked for leave. She was fine yesterday, so why didn't she disappear today?"

"Where is Concubine Li?" Hua Rongrong's brows twitched. The matter seemed very simple. Lanyi most likely followed Ruyi's footsteps. It's just that Concubine Li conspired with others again and again. Shangguan Chen made a move?

"Going back to Concubine Li, Concubine Li went to the border with the prince before dawn, what does the concubine want to do with Concubine Li?" said the nurse in charge.

"What?" Huarongrong was startled suddenly, the successive bad news early in the morning had already broken down all of Huarongrong's composure.

"My lord is going to guard the frontier, what is Concubine Li going to do with me!" Hua Rongrong said angrily.

In the eyes of the nanny in charge, Hua Rongrong was jealous at such a serious moment, jealous of Concubine Li going to the border with the prince.

"Concubine Li pestered the lord for many requests, and the lord agreed to take her there." Seeing Hua Rongrong's reaction, Jacquard also thought that the princess was jealous of her, and hurriedly said.

"Keep looking, you must see the person if you are alive, and the corpse if you are dead!" Huarong Rong said anxiously.

Then he turned around and ran towards the courtyard: "You all stay here and look for someone, don't follow me."

After arriving at the side courtyard out of breath, Hua Rongrong walked through the weeds taller than a person, came under the big tree, walked around, but couldn't find any entrance.

"Stupid girl, are you looking for me?" Suddenly, two hands touched Huarongrong's shoulders from behind, and a wicked voice sounded close to Huarongrong's ears.

Huarongrong was startled, and quickly took a few steps forward, out of Huahua's control, and turned her head: "Do you have to suddenly appear in this way every time?"

"It's rare that Rongrong came to find her on her own initiative, so she's happy!" Huahua pursed her lips and said coquettishly, expressing her strong dissatisfaction with Huarongrong's strong reaction.

"Huahua, you've always been elusive, so you should be able to catch up with Shangguanchen who left this morning, right?" Huarongrong ignored the coquettish Huahua and asked with a serious face.

"Why did he go to guard the frontier and follow him?" Huahua pouted even higher, and said displeasedly.

"Can you take me to chase them? Shangguan Chen doesn't have many guards around, so I'm a little worried." Hua Rongrong looked at Hua Hua with a hint of pleading on her face and said.

"It seems that Shangguanchen still has some skills to win our Rongrong's heart again so quickly." Huahua pursed her lips and sighed in surprise.

"Is it okay? The time is urgent, and I'm afraid they will encounter accidents when it's over." Hua Rongrong stretched out her hand and grabbed Hua Hua's sleeve, and said anxiously.

Huahua nodded, without looking at Huarongrong, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, she responded, "How could I refuse Rongrong's request."

After speaking, he pinched his fingers and blew a loud whistle.

A fine horse ran over quickly from nowhere.

"Let's go!" Huahua stretched her arms around Huarongrong's slender waist, and with a little effort, she hugged Huarongrong onto the horse's back. The two rode together on a fast horse and left without a trace.

***

"My lord, come, have a bite of an apple." In the carriage, Concubine Li handed the peeled apple to Shangguan Chen's mouth, and said softly.

"Thank you, Concubine Ai." Shangguanchen opened his mouth and bit down. The warm apple was not as tasty as imagined.

After walking for a whole morning, no matter whether it is a person or a horse, they have already lost their energy in the test under the scorching sun.

"Stop the car, and let's all rest." The sun had already risen to the sky, and the short official road had already been completed. At this time, Shangguanchen and his party were walking on the Gobi Desert where the end could not be seen at a glance.

At first glance, when it is all messy, even if a small grass grows on the ground occasionally, it will be scorched yellow by the sun.

The air was also slightly distorted by the sun.

After hearing Shangguanchen's order, the leader of the guards immediately breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hands: "Stop and rest on the spot."

"My lord, let's drink some water." Concubine Li took the water bag and handed it to Shangguan Chen.

Just as Shangguan Chen stretched out his hand and hadn't received it, Li Fei let go of her hand, and the water bag fell to the ground with a sound, and the little water left immediately spilled out.

"Oh, my lord, I'm sorry, the concubine didn't do it on purpose." Concubine Li frowned, picked up the water bag in a hurry, shook it, with an apologetic expression on her face.

"There's no more water." Concubine Li frowned and said softly.

"Forget it, if you don't have one, don't. It's getting late, and there is no place to rest in a tea shed nearby. Let's eat some dry food first, and try to get out of this Gobi before dark, otherwise it will be very cold here at night." Shangguan Chen found something to eat from the luggage, handed it to Li Fei and said.

"My lord, it's all my fault. If I hadn't randomly pointed the wrong way, I probably wouldn't have become what I am now." The apology on Li Fei's face became more intense, she lowered her head and said.

"Okay, okay, you're just kind-hearted, don't blame yourself too much." Shangguanchen said perfunctorily with a flash of irritability in his heart.

Then he said: "I'll go out to see the guards, Aifei is taking a rest in the carriage first and is on her way."

"All the guards have been exposed to the sun for a whole morning, their clothes have already been drenched with sweat, and everyone's state has reached the point of exhaustion.

"My lord, everyone didn't expect to enter this Gobi desert. They didn't bring much water, and now they've been exposed to the sun for a whole morning. The situation is not optimistic." Lock said.

"Yeah, even if people can bear it now, horses need to drink water quickly. How about this, you take a few people to find water sources, and look along the grassy areas, and you should be able to find them." Shangguan Chen said.

"But..." The head of the guard hesitated a little, and looked at Shangguanchen worriedly.

Shangguan Chen knew what the guard leader was worried about, and comforted him: "Don't worry, there are no assassins in this place, and we don't even know that we will come to the Gobi Desert, how would the assassins know, maybe there are still Waiting in ambush on the official road."

Only then did the leader of the guards feel relieved, and turned to the guards and said, "Everyone put on all the tools that can hold water, and go with me to find the water source!"

The few remaining guards stepped forward to unload the horses from the carriage, so that the horses could lie on the ground and have a good rest for a while.

Concubine Li has been sitting quietly in the carriage, holding a signal flare given to her by the emperor before departure, after struggling for a long time, she finally walked out ruthlessly.

"General, wait a moment." Li Fei's originally tender voice was also a little tired at this time.

"I have a signal flare here, no matter whether I can find the water source or not, I have to come back here in an hour, otherwise this endless next door is easy to get lost, and if you get lost, you will be in danger for your life.

So after an hour, I will set off the signal flare, and you can follow the signal flare to find it with confidence. "

The leader of the guards was quite surprised to see the signal flare in Concubine Li's hand, and couldn't help asking: "How did Madam Li know that we would go to this Gobi, and she even brought the signal flare with her."

Concubine Li was startled when she heard this, she didn't expect that such a group of elders wielding knives and guns would be so thoughtful, her face flushed red: "The blue clothes were given to me before departure, and it is said that it is a long way to go. If there is any accident, set off the signal flare, so as to find help from the nearby government office."

"Hehe, Concubine Li is always so considerate." Shangguan Chen took two steps forward, standing between the leader of the guards and Concubine Li, preventing Li Concubine from seeing the general's suspicious eyes.