Lord Ji had a blank look on his face and was in a trance. No one knew what he was thinking …
However, that momentary absent-mindedness allowed Ji Xin to see the fleeting look in his eyes.
Lord Ji wanted to take Chang Ze away by himself, to take him away from her side.
Lord Ji instantly panicked as he frantically ran outside. "Xin'er, Xin'er …"
After calling a few times, Ji Xin didn't respond. Lord Ji's voice trembled as if he had fallen into an icehouse, "Xin'er, where did you hide Chang Ze? Xin'er, you don't know how to take care of Changze, bring me along. "Xin'er …"
"Xin'er, Chang Ze …" Lord Ji stumbled out. As soon as he entered the inner hall, he saw …
Countless women with similar statures to Ji Xin carried a four-year-old boy and left the palace.
The child looked vaguely like Chang Ze.
Lord Ji stepped forward and stopped a person. His face changed drastically. "You, you're not Ji Xin. You're also not Chang Ze?"
"This servant shall follow the orders of the empress, and lead your highness out of the palace." The palace maid gave Lord Ji an explanation, then left with the child.
"Neither are you?" Lord Ji released his grip on the other person, only to discover that this wasn't the case as well.
"What happened?" Lord Ji calmed down and realized that something was wrong. He hurriedly ran out of the palace, stopping a person who looked a bit weak. He wanted to run out to the palace as he asked sternly, "Who broke into the city?"
After all, he was once the emperor's tutor and these people were all high and mighty Master Ji. His action really scared the little palace lady, who then said with a trembling voice, "Your excellency, h-yes …. The Prince Yanbei has collapsed. Quick, run. Her Majesty ran away too. "
"Where did the Empress run off to?" Lord Ji was tugging at his opponent as he asked this question.
"No, I don't know …" Many, many of the empress dowager ran out of the palace together. " The court lady shook her head, looking confused.
The Duke and Ji Yunkai led his troops and barged into the palace. The palace was in a complete mess, and people who had not run out hugged onto their knees, trembling as they begged for mercy.
There were also greedy ones who carried bags and were unable to bring them out. In the end, they were crushed to death by the gold, silver, and jewelry. There were even those who stole from each other and killed each other …
However, Ji Yunkai didn't have the time to appreciate it. After bringing people into the palace, she had them search for the whereabouts of Ji Xin and the little crown prince, and had told them over and over again that they should not hurt the little crown prince in the slightest.
However, after searching for so long, she only managed to find countless fake ones. Seriously …
Not even a shadow could be seen, let alone a person.
Ji Yunkai was annoyed and even started to feel uneasy: "Did we come late? Is Chang Ze not in Ji Xin's hands at all? "
"Don't be afraid, we'll find it!" The Duke held onto Ji Yunkai's hand, silently giving her strength, "I couldn't find it, it's good news."
"Brother, nothing will happen to you." He was the first one to rush into the Imperial Palace, but at the same time, he couldn't find Ji Xin and Little Changze. It would be a lie to say that he didn't blame himself …
However, he did not find the person nor the corpse. This was the best news.
"Yes, little brother will be fine." Ji Yunkai looked at Little Wolf bastard's determined black eyes, and revealed a rare smile. He rubbed Little Wolf's head, and silently consoled him.
The hall fell into a strange silence in an instant. When the people in the hall saw the interaction between the Duke, Ji Yunkai and the little wolf cub, they didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
They knew that this matter … They didn't do it well.
Just then, a troop of soldiers suddenly escorted a person over. "My prince, my princess … This person was shouting the names of Ji Xin and His Highness Chang Ze everywhere, but didn't reveal his identity.
"Lord Ji?"
"Father?"
Princess and Ji Yunkai looked towards Master Ji at the same time, who was being held down by the soldiers and unable to move.
"Prince Yanbei, Yun Kai …." Senior Ji was also startled when he saw them. His gaze landed on Ji Yunkai's face and faint tears rolled down from his eyes, "You … Back. "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back …"
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he shouted crazily. "Yun Kai, quickly go find Ji Xin. She took Changze away, you quickly look for her, don't let her take Changze away."
"Chang Ze, is he my son?" When he finally found some useful information, Ji Yunkai couldn't help but get excited.
"Yes, Changze is the son of you and Prince Yanbei." Lord Ji had given him an affirmative answer.
"It's true, my Chang Ze …" Finally, he was certain that her son, her little Chang Ze, was in Ji Xin's hands.
Ji Yunkai couldn't hold it in and burst into tears …
Only the heavens knew how tormented she had been for the past half year.
God knows how worried she was when there was no confirmed news.
Although all kinds of evidence indicated that her son was in Ji Xin's hands, she couldn't feel at ease without personally confirming and witnessing him with her own eyes.
For more than half a year, she had relied on her faith and her persistence in the hands of Ji Xin to persevere to this point.
Now, with Lord Ji's words, her heart … It finally landed on the ground.
"Four years, my Chang Ze …" Ji Yunkai sobbed silently as she lay in the Duke's embrace. All her four years of worry, guilt and uneasiness all came out.
Four years … It had been four whole years since she was born, yet she had never once seen her own.
She wondered if she wouldn't be able to recognize it even if she saw it.
She was afraid, afraid. She saw that Chang Ze didn't recognize her and allowed him to slip away right under her nose. However, she was even more afraid that it was all Ji Xin doing to mystify her. Her little Chang Ze was not in Ji Xin's hands.
Looking around, afraid of the east and the west, indecisive, indecisive, indecisive... This was how she had lived for the past half year.
Every time she made a decision, she couldn't help but to doubt herself. She couldn't help but be afraid that the decision she made would delay her search for Zhang Ze. Now, she was finally sure of her Chang Ze's whereabouts. She was finally sure that her Chang Ze wasn't dead. Her heart that was hanging in midair had finally settled down to reality …