Miss Fortune: Is the regent ready for today?

Outside Baizhou City, in the mountains of Wanli, is the Princess's Mansion.

Yin Luo rushed all the way day and night without sleeping, and finally arrived in the early morning of the next day.

The girl in the black dress rode her horse past numerous roadblocks and stopped when she saw a villa that was simple yet somewhat gorgeous.

The building in front of me was actually built against the mountain. The front door was very low and narrower than the ordinary double-opening mahogany doors of the noble families in Shangjing. There were no servants guarding outside the door, but when the double doors were closed, there was true energy flowing, emitting a light white halo.

She dismounted and looked up. The buildings of the mansion became taller and taller as they went further back. She could see a hall that seemed to be embedded in the hillside of Wanli Mountain. There was a sloping high platform surrounded by stone railings.

If one stands on that high platform, one can have a panoramic view of the entire mountain below.

"I am Yin Helan, a descendant of the Yin family in Shangjing, and have come to request an audience with the eldest princess." She took two steps back and performed the most standard palace etiquette towards the door that was sealed by true qi.

Quiet, very quiet. She could hear the sound of the wind blowing the leaves of the forest trees, the croaking of frogs and insects, and even the gurgling sound of the spring water dripping and hitting the gravel, but no one answered for a long time.

Yin Luo frowned slightly, feeling suspicious. Did she come at the wrong time? The princess hadn't woken up yet? Or was she awake but not at home? Was she out? That's not right? It was only 7am, in this deep mountain, what was she doing out there? Morning exercise?

Even if the princess is not here, there must be servants in the house, right? Can someone respond to her?
With countless questions in mind, she raised her voice and said, "Yin Helan from the Yin family in Shangjing has come to ask to see Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

There was silence again, and she could only hear her voice echoing softly among the mountains, and no other human voices.

White true energy flowed in the gap between the two doors, and the halo was neither strong nor weak, but very stable.

She stared at it for a while and suddenly felt something was wrong.

This is the eldest princess's villa, why do we need to use true Qi to seal the door?
The method of sealing doors with true qi is usually used by people in the martial arts world when they are in seclusion. First, it is to avoid being disturbed, and second, it can also effectively prevent enemies from seeking revenge. Of course, some high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital will ask some martial arts people with strong internal strength to help them seal the doors and windows to ensure that their homes are not robbed. However, the latter usually seal the small doors of a few specific rooms and attics. Who would use true qi to seal the main door? Didn’t they expect thieves to climb over the wall?
Yin Luo slowly crossed his arms, stroked his chin and thought for a while.

They say there's a first time, a second time, but not a third time. Why don't she shout again? If no one answers, she'll climb in and take a look?
She spoke faster than her brain, and shouted at the top of her voice: "Yin Helan of the Yin family in the capital, specially came to ask to see Her Royal Highness the Princess—"

As expected, no one answered.

Impatient Yin Luo couldn't stand any longer. She muttered to herself, "Princess, you said I came all the way here for something important. Isn't it a waste of time for me to just stand here and wait? I called you three times at the door but no one answered me. It was indeed a bit rude for me to climb over the wall, but let's talk about this later. When I climb over and see you, I will apologize to you in person, okay? If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent. Then I'll go in?"

The girl in the black dress smiled cunningly. She touched the ground with her toes, used the force to climb up the high green-tiled wall, then leaped forward and landed steadily in the yard.

She was about to brush the plaster off her hands, but when she looked up, the scene she saw made her freeze in place.

There was no one in the huge courtyard. The wind blew up rotten leaves that had fallen that year and floated across the surface of her shoes.

The remaining lotus roots in the stone lotus-growing jar in the center of the courtyard were drooping and seemed to be about to fall. The withered brown-yellow color seemed to be shattered at the slightest touch. A layer of dirty blue-black moss floated on the surface of the water in the jar, and the corpses of unknown small insects floated near the moss, emitting a turbid and foul smell.

The bluestone road was overgrown with weeds, and purple and pink wild flowers bloomed among the weeds at tricky angles, their petals still covered in dust.

No one lives here?
Yin Luo frowned deeply. She looked around and felt that no one had cleaned the courtyard for three to five years. There was a circle of black ants under the cherry tree that had fallen to the ground and left traces of decay. There was also a dead bird lying on the steps in front of the main hall, surrounded by a circle of buzzing flies...

Yin Luo did not move again. She searched her mind for news about the eldest princess in recent years, but to no avail.

The last time she heard of the eldest princess's name was when she left the palace to come to Baizhou for recuperation. How many years ago was that? She couldn't remember it clearly, but she only remembered that someone seemed to say that the eldest princess came to Baizhou to learn skills?

As for what skill to learn, Yin Luo didn't know either.

She pursed her lips and thought to herself: Was she too hasty in coming? Should she have done some research before coming? But she did ask around along the way.

The lady selling candy figures, the big man chopping wood at the foot of the mountain, and the young woman picking fruit with her child in her arms, all said that "the eldest princess lives in a large villa at the foot of Wanli Mountain."

She asked every few miles, and the people she asked didn't know each other, so there was no suspicion of being cheated.

The girl in the black dress looked puzzledly at the main hall which was about ten meters away from her and had a closed door, wondering whether she should go in and take a look.

The eldest princess, the most important princess of the Daliang royal family, a person of such status and position, moving should cause a lot of noise, right? Where could she go? Where could Duanmu Yuanshi go?

Yin Luo brainstorms.

She hesitated for about half a cup of tea, and ultimately did not choose to push open the door to the main hall.

There were no signs of fighting in this courtyard, and it was obviously simply abandoned. In this case, it didn't matter whether she entered the main hall or not. After all, this courtyard was so big and there were so many rooms. If she looked for clues one by one, she would probably have to search until dark.

Yin Luo still wanted to save himself some trouble.

Besides, it was already impolite for her to climb over the wall to enter the courtyard. If she rashly entered the house, her conscience would be condemned...

Instead of searching aimlessly for vague clues in this deserted villa, it would be better to leave for Baizhou City now and find a busy restaurant or teahouse to ask if there has been any news about this Wanli Mountain Villa in the past few years.

As soon as this thought came into his mind, Yin Luo turned around quickly and left the same way he came in.

She landed gracefully again, dusted off her hands, and walked towards the horse parked in front of the tree.

Just as she jumped onto the horse, she caught a glimpse of the white Qi halo that sealed the gate of the villa again.

Turning the horse's head, she kicked her legs slightly and headed towards Baizhou City.

A new mystery swirled in her mind. Since this villa had been abandoned, who had created the true qi that sealed the door?

The princess asked someone to confer the title before they left? That's impossible, right? This doesn't make sense! (End of this chapter)