C711 711 Women in Pictures

However, she was not that happy, because she knew that her master wanted to capture her as a hostage to threaten Yan Yuan.

Liu Ruo Qing wanted to escape, but at the moment, she was too weak to do so. Her right shoulder was dislocated from the attack, she could not even raise it up, she looked at Liu Qian Xun, and was just about to say something, but Liu Qian Xun's hand blade struck the back of her neck, causing her to not have the chance to retaliate, and she fainted.

It was already evening when Yan Yuan left the study after dealing with the matters in hand. Seeing that Liu Ruo Qing was not in the Duke Palaces, she found a butler and asked: "The wangfei isn't back yet?"

"Yes."

Yan Yuan raised his head and looked at the sky. He was about to use a Evening meal, why hasn't Qing Er returned yet?

He did not think too much into it, Liu Ruo Qing usually stayed at longevity palace to eat, and since he did not come back now, he must be using the Evening meal at the palace.

But when the Evening meal still did not return after more than two hours, Yan Yuan felt that something was amiss.

Suddenly, an indescribable panic flashed through his heart. He left the courtyard, rode his horse out of the estate, and headed straight for the Imperial Palace.

Inside the longevity palace, the empress dowager had already rested. When the servant of the longevity palace saw that Yan Yuan had come looking for him late at night, her face was filled with surprise.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Crown Princess Jing had already left shortly after."

"Not yet?"

Yan Yuan's heart suddenly tightened, and the uneasiness that suddenly appeared became even more intense.

He did not stay in the longevity palace for long and directly went to the palace gate. After capturing the guard at the palace gate, he asked: "When did the Crown Princess Jing leave the palace?"

Yan Yuan's current appearance was somewhat terrifying, scaring all the guards at the entrance for a few seconds before they shakily replied, "Royal Concubine … Princess, she's not out of the palace. "

"He didn't leave the palace?"

Yan Yuan was startled for a moment. This was the only way out of the palace, if Qing Er left the palace, the guards would definitely see her.

The longevity palace had said that Qing Er had left early, but the guards at the entrance of the palace said that she did not exit the palace.

In other words, Qing Er did not exit from the palace gate.

What was the reason for Qing Er not to pass by the entrance when she left the palace?

Could it be that she saw someone in the palace?

In the next second, Yan Yuan's eyes widened. He thought about something and suddenly raised his head, "Liu Qian Xun!"

Qing Er must have seen Liu Qian Xun, which was why she quietly followed him out of the palace walls.

The Imperial Palace was heavily guarded, to be able to come and go so freely in the Imperial Palace, his martial arts must be top quality, and the only one Qing Er realised without alerting the Imperial Guards was Liu Qian Xun.

After Yan Yuan understood this point, his brows furrowed even more.

He didn't know much about Liu Qian Xun, and he didn't know how Liu Qian Xun would deal with her after he took Qing Er away.

From the past, Qing Er had described to him the relationship between them as teacher and disciple. treated Qing Er well, at least for now, he would not do anything to him.

The reason she took Qing Er away was definitely to threaten him.

Yan Yuan forced himself to calm down as he stood at the entrance to the palace to organize his thoughts.

Since Liu Qian Xun entered the palace without making any noise, then he definitely wasn't here to assassinate the Kaiser. Since he wasn't here to assassinate the Kaiser, then he only had one goal in mind, and that was to see Yun Jiao Rong.

There were two possibilities for Liu Qian Xun to enter the palace to meet Yun Jiao Rong. The first was to confirm Yun Jiao Rong's situation within the palace, and the second was to borrow Yun Jiao Rong's hand to harm Kaiser.

Yan Yuan was more inclined to the second possibility. After all, with the extent of the Kaiser's protection of Yun Jiao Rong, her situation in the Imperial Palace didn't require Liu Qian Xun to worry about her or the other person from the Shen Ji Hall.

After thinking about this, he did not go back to the Kaiser. Since there was no movement from the palace, it meant that Yun Jiao Rong did not make a move. Or perhaps, she did not succeed but was concealed by the Kaiser.

Right now, he was only thinking of how to find his Qing Er. Even if she wasn't in danger in Liu Qian Xun's hands, he still couldn't just let Qing Er be.

Liu Ruo Qing felt that her neck was extremely sore. She moaned twice, and used her hands to hold onto her sore neck as she slowly sat up. In the next second, she rubbed her neck as she suddenly thought of something.

What she saw was an extremely simple small room. Other than the bed underneath her, there was only a small wooden table and a portrait of a beautiful woman on the wall.

Perhaps it was out of professional habit, but when Liu Ruo Qing saw the portrait of beauty, she naturally looked forward.

The "tomb robbing" she had cultivated since she was young allowed her to study ancient artifacts and paintings.

From the drawing, one could tell that the painter had great skill in drawing. He had paid great attention when he was drawing the picture, he had almost painted every single expression on the person's face.

The ancient paintings didn't really highlight the facial features of the ancients, but it could still be seen that the women in the paintings were extremely beautiful. Their words and gestures carried a sense of gentleness and gentleness.

If there really was such a person, then the painter must be extremely fond of the woman in the painting.

While Liu Ruo Qing was still sizing up the painting, a familiar voice that made her feel a chill came from behind her back.

"The woman in this painting is very beautiful, right?"

Hearing this, Liu Ruo Qing turned around and saw that her master's calm and emotionless eyes were filled with gentleness when facing the woman painted on the wall.

Liu Ruo Qing's heart trembled, after that, she acted the same as when she was facing the old man, playfully teasing: "Don't tell me that this is your master's beloved? Have you been single all this time to wait for her? "

If it was when she was young, she would definitely be chased down the street and beaten for making fun of the old man's feelings. But now, he was completely calm.

However, when he looked at the painting, he smiled gently and suddenly said, "I can't wait any longer."

These words were equivalent to admitting to Liu Ruo Qing that this woman was his beloved.

Liu Ruo Qing was shocked for a while, the questions that had been plaguing her mind this whole time, suddenly surfaced again.

Looking at the age of this painting, in this era, it should be at least twenty years old.

This old man had just arrived in this era, why would he fall in love with this woman?

Liu Ruo Qing felt that she could not understand many things.

There were too many questions in her mind that needed to be answered. Moreover, a shocking guess flashed through her mind.

Liu Qian Xun sat down in front of the table in front of her and looked at the woman on the painting.

"Do you know how she died?"

"Die …" "Dead?"

Liu Ruo Qing looked at the lady on the painting, then looked at Liu Qian Xun.

"Yes, he died. Twenty years ago."

Twenty years …

The old man couldn't forget a girl who had been dead for twenty years. Could it be that he had seen her twenty years ago?