She thought it was better for her to help Eighth Brother. Back then, Eighth Brother had wronged Liu Tian Xin a lot because of her, and now that Liu Tian Xin had gotten into trouble, Eighth Brother must be very upset.
Prince Lu's Mansion —
Ever since he knew that Liu Tian Xin had died, Yan Jue became depressed and wanted to go to xieqing to look for Liu Tian Xin, but he was stopped by the people from Kaiser.
He could only stay in the prince's mansion all day long. Apart from drinking wine, he did nothing. He ate nothing, did not sleep at all. The prince's mansion was filled with anxiety, but there was nothing he could do.
The King Jing Palace came personally to visit, and the Duke didn't want to see his. If this continued, the Prince's life would most likely follow Princess Tian Xin.
Inside the Jade Flower Courtyard, Yan Jue reeked of alcohol as he stared at the artificial lake in a daze.
This was the place where Liu Tian Xin had lived in for a few months as a "respectful and obedient" person. He liked to tease and bully her.
As soon as he finished teasing her, he went to Taoyang Residence to buy her her favorite food. She came back eagerly, and the anger on her face was long gone.
Yan Jue, if you continue to tease me, do you believe that I will throw you into the lake?
The sound of Liu Tian Xin's hair standing on end rang beside his ears. Yan Jue looked at the artificial lake in front of him, and suddenly, he burst out laughing.
"Xiao Tian Xin, come back and find me. You bullied me when I bullied you before, now that you want to throw me into the lake, I'll let you throw me away too, as long as you come back …"
He painfully finished the bottle of wine in one gulp.
The wine bottle in front of him was already empty. He stood up and staggered out of the pavilion. Because he had drank too much, his feet staggered and he fell to the ground.
As he struggled to stand up, he mumbled, "It's alright, you didn't come find me …" Then I … Then I'll go find you, Xiao Tian Xin, wait for me … "
He stumbled all the way out, only to run into someone who was walking in from the outside.
He raised his eyes in a daze. The moment he saw the face at the entrance, his eyes lit up and he excitedly walked a few steps forward, "Xiao Tian Xin, you're back."
He extended his hand out to pull her, but in the next second, he retracted his hand. He looked at the person in front of him with bitterness, "Ruo Qing, what are you doing here?"
Even if he was half drunk and half awake, even if the face in front of him was the same as Xiao Tian Xin, he could still tell who it was with a single glance.
However, why didn't Xiao Tian Xin come to find him? Why did it take so long, and even in her dreams, for Xiao Tian Xin not to come to find him?
This was the first time Liu Ruo Qing had seen him like this ever since she found out about Liu Tian Xin's death, and she was really shocked by his dejected look.
His face was covered in a beard, his hair was messy, and the smell of alcohol was all over his body.
"Bring This King a few bottles of wine."
He spoke unclearly to the butler who was standing beside Liu Ruo Qing.
The butler looked at Liu Ruo Qing with a troubled expression. Seeing Liu Ruo Qing waving at him, she signalled for him to go down first, then walked in front of Yan Jue and said: "Eighth brother, I came to tell you about Princess Tian Xin's matter."
Liu Ruo Qing immediately went straight to the point. She was very clear that other than Liu Tian Xin's matter, he would not listen to a single word.
Sure enough, Yan Jue's footsteps of turning around, stopped for a moment, suddenly raised his head and looked at Liu Ruo Qing, and said: "What did you want to say?"
"It's very likely that Princess Tian Xin is still alive."
This time, Yan Jue was completely stunned, he silently looked at Liu Ruo Qing for a long time without saying a word.
Even though he had used alcohol to numb himself and was unwilling to admit that Xiao Tian Xin was dead, but in his heart, he had long accepted this fact. Now, someone suddenly told him that Xiao Tian Xin was not dead, and he did not know what to do.
Many people came over to comfort him and persuade him, but no one tried to comfort him in such a way.
Looking at Liu Ruo Qing's serious expression, he suddenly let out a bitter laugh, "Ruo Qing, you still like to tease eighth brother."
No matter how upset he felt, he didn't dare deceive himself. Xiao Tian Xin was dead, she was really dead.
Liu Ruo Qing walked in front of him, but the serious and serious expression on her face still did not loosen, "I'm not joking with you, what I said was true."
Yan Jue just looked at her quietly, and after a moment of silence, he said with a smile, "You're comforting me like this, not paying attention at all."
Liu Ruo Qing raised her eyebrows, "I know how to joke around, looks like I'm not that drunk yet."
She walked forward and dragged Yan Jue to the courtyard's stone table to sit him down. Because Yan Jue had drank too much, his steps were a little unsteady.
"Yan Yuan sent someone to the xieqing to investigate some things."
Her expression was solemn, and did not have the slightest hint of a joking expression on her face, causing Yan Jue's previous dejected look to abruptly change. His turbid eyes, when he looked at Liu Ruo Qing, his expression instantly froze.
Liu Ruo Qing recounted in detail everything that she found out from the xieqing's Imperial Palace as well as her own analysis to Yan Jue from beginning to end.
Yan Jue quietly listened, and the expression on his face slightly changed, but he did not see any hint of joy.
Although Liu Ruo Qing's analysis was reasonable, it couldn't completely convince him that Liu Tian Xin wasn't dead.
"Eighth brother, I know you still can't completely accept my guess, but it's still possible, isn't it?"
Liu Ruo Qing advised sincerely: "If you keep giving up on yourself like this, if you really drink yourself to death, when Liu Tian Xin comes to find you one day, what do you want her to do?"
Yan Jue's eyes suddenly turned hot, his head lowered, he did not make a sound.
Liu Ruo Qing quietly waited for a few seconds, she did not say another word, if Yan Jue did not want to understand, no one could persuade him.
She glanced at Yan Jue, then stood up from the stone bench, "I'll be leaving first.
Yan Jue kept his head lowered and did not say a word. Sighing in his heart, he got up and left the Jade Flower Hall.
For the next half month, Yan Jue stayed in the Duke Palaces, and did not come out. The King Jing Palace was also extremely busy recently.
Qi Feng continuously stared at You Miao for half a month, as he remembered all of the movements of the snakes.
"Prince, please take a look."
Qi Feng drew all the movements of the snake, and placed them in front of Yan Yuan, there were more than 10 sheets of paper.
"Your Highness, we don't know what these movements mean. Is there any use in recording these movements?"
Qi Feng spoke out the doubts in his heart.
Yan Yuan placed the papers on the table and stood by the window with his hands behind his back. After being silent for a moment, he turned around and said, "You should go and rest, this king wants to make a trip to the palace."