C327 327 Escape

"Ol'ninth."

Just as he reached the entrance of the palace, Yan Yuan was called out by Yan Jue.

He turned his head and saw Yan Jue frowning as he walked towards him.

"Did you clearly explain what happened last night to Tian Xin?"

During the palace banquet yesterday, Yan Chang was indeed a little out of place, but he was right on one point.

The marriage between the Great Emperor and his mother was not something that could be denied just by saying no.

Unless Shen Wu Yun Ai suggested for the marriage to be annulled, and insisted on it. With the position that Shen Wu Yun Ai held in the hearts of the Yan family members, it would not be difficult for her to annul the marriage.

Speaking of that, Yan Yuan's brows locked even deeper.

He frowned, his expression dark. Then, he laughed bitterly, "I always thought that there was still the most basic trust between her and me. But after so many things have happened, she didn't try to believe me."

The uneasiness in Yan Yuan's eyes was extremely obvious, and even Yan Jue had some sympathy for him.

He wasn't completely clear about what had happened between Yan Yuan and the Sky Poison Pearl, but Yan Yuan's feelings for her were obvious to all who saw her.

A cold faced prince who never smiles at all. Every time he mentions his precious princess, he would always be full of smiles. That happiness would seep out from his eyes.

For a man who wasn't good at expressing his feelings or was good at hiding them, if he could show that kind of expression, what else could it mean?

"Sometimes Tian Xin is easy to talk to, and sometimes she's also very stubborn. Moreover, you did neglect her quite a bit just to find Yun Ai a while ago, so it's reasonable that she had those thoughts in her heart. If she didn't care at all, you really would have cried."

He comforted Yan Yuan by patting him on the shoulder and said: "That day, when he grabbed me to drink, she scolded our Yan family's man as he was not a good man. At the same time, he said that you were eating and thinking of the pot in the bowl, did you really eat and think of the pot in the bowl?"

Yan Jue's tone of voice, carried a hint of schadenfreude, and attracted Yan Yuan's gaze of warning.

Then, he heard Yan Yuan say: "If I really did something, I would be so eager for her to come over and beat me up."

Yan Yuan's words contained a slight sense of powerlessness.

Seeing him so down, Yan Jue did not say anymore.

"Do you want to go out and have a few drinks with you to make you complain?"

Yan Yuan shook his head, "No, I will return to the Duke Palace first."

"Are you in a hurry to find your precious wangfei?"

Yan Jue joked, but seeing that Yan Yuan was smiling bitterly, he did not deny it. He went around Yan Jue and walked out of the palace.

Yan Jue looked at his lonely back, sighed, and then, seemed to have thought of something.

When a man touches true love, that's really killing him. He really wouldn't let such a day come!

But only when the day came when he really did meet her did Yan Jue realize that he was still too confident about what he had said today. It was truly retribution.

When Yan Yuan left the palace gates, he did not sit on the delicate child of the Duke Palaces, but directly walked back to his home.

There was an indescribable unease in his heart. His heart was beating a little too quickly.

After arriving at the King Jing Palace, he didn't even have time to enter the East Garden. He grabbed hold of a passing butler and asked: "Did the wangfei come back last night?"

"Princess?"

The steward was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "The wangfei came back early. This old servant is a little curious as to why the banquet ended so quickly …"

Before the butler finished speaking, Yan Yuan had already walked towards the East Garden.

Although he had received confirmation from the butler, he was still worried.

Upon entering the East Garden, the courtyard was abnormally quiet, causing his heart to tremble slightly. The uneasiness that lingered in his heart all the way became even more apparent at this moment.

He quickened his steps and went up to the second floor. He pushed open the bedroom door. The room was empty, devoid of any trace of human presence.

On the table in front of him, there was a set of heartlock that had been stored away by Liu Ruo Qing.

Back then, she had spent a great deal of effort to obtain this heartlock, but now she was left here. What did this mean?

Yan Yuan's heart pounded violently. He went up and took the heartlock from his, held it in his palm, and turned, rushing out of the room.

Along the way to the red house, he practically ran towards it. On the way, the heartlock was in his hands, and due to using too much strength, it became a little deformed.

"Young Master, why have you come?"

When Uncle Liu saw Yan Yuan anxiously run into the tavern, he was startled.

"Where's your boss?"

Yan Yuan didn't realize that his voice was trembling a little when he asked this question.

"Boss?"

Uncle Liu's face was at a loss, he looked around, "I don't think I came to the Dong Clan this morning, but I did go out halfway, so I might not have seen you here, Young Noble should go to the backyard and ask Miss Xiao Yue."

Yan Yuan released Liu Qing and headed straight to the backyard. At this time, Xiao Yue was chatting with a gardener.

"Master Chen, the next time you plant a flower with plant ash, you must clean up the plant ash. Last time, when my family's young miss was painting here, the plant ash blew into her eyes and she could not stop crying."

Yan Yuan's footsteps paused, and upon hearing Xiao Yue's words, he seemed to recall something.

"Alright, Miss Xiao Yue, I was careless. Is Miss Dong Fang okay?"

"En, it's nothing. It's just that my eyes were a bit swollen and red. Next time, remember to be careful."

"Yes, yes, I'll remember."

Master Chen packed up the flower planting equipment and left the backyard.

Xiao Yue was about to walk towards the hall, but seeing that Yan Yuan was staring at the gardener, he was surprised.

Why did the prince come here so early in the morning?

She hastily tidied up and quickly stepped forward to pay her respects. "This servant greets …"

"Forget it."

Yan Yuan anxiously cut off Xiao Yue's voice. When their gazes swept across the entire backyard, not a single trace of Liu Ruo Qing could be seen, the panic in their hearts became even more obvious.

"Where's your princess?"

"Princess?"

Xiao Yue was startled, a perplexed look appeared in her eyes. "After the princess went to attend the banquet yesterday, she hasn't been here since."

Xiao Yue's words caused Yan Yuan's heart to instantly turn cold. It was as if someone poured a bucket of ice water over his head and poured it into his bones.

Did she really leave just like that?

He lowered his eyebrows, and looked at the heartlock that she left behind in his hand, his eyes somewhat bitter.

Seeing Yan Yuan like this, Xiao Yue's heart started to worry.

Isn't the heartlock left behind by the princess? Why is it in the hands of the prince again?

Could it be …

When she thought about the strange relationship between Liu Ruo Qing and herself in the past few days, she seemed to have thought of something.

Just as he was about to say something, Yan Yuan had already turned around and quickly left the backyard.

On that day, Yan Yuan sent out all of his army and army, all to search for Liu Ruo Qing's whereabouts in the city.

They searched outside the city walls for an entire day, but there was no news from Liu Ruo Qing at all.