The Prince Consort's Beloved

Xiao Luobai wiped away the tears from the corners of Li Yuanrou's eyes with his fingertips, and Li Yuanrou realized that she was actually crying.

Xiao Luobai's eyes were filled with worry and anxiety, and his voice was full of pity: "What did you dream about? Why are you crying?"

Li Yuanrou put one hand on her eyes and rubbed them, her voice muffled: "Nothing, I just dreamed about some past events."

Xiao Luobai touched her head soothingly. Li Yuanrou looked at him with red eyes and smiled: "I'm fine."

She was puzzled as to why she dreamed of those things. Could it be that whatever she thought about during the day she would dream about at night?

Thinking back to when her elder sister asked her if she would feel sorry for killing Prince Yun, she swore that she would not, but now she actually felt a little reluctant.

She sighed. It would have been fine when she didn't remember it, but now that she remembered it all, the dream had deepened her impression. How could she pretend that the warmth she had truly felt had never happened?

Since her mother was unhappy and her father was busy, she had hardly felt the love from her parents in her two lives. Although she had only spoken a few words to King Yun when she was young, but...

Forget it, don’t think about it anymore. People who are not on the same path are destined to be unable to travel together. They are enemies of King Yun.

Soon, Li Yuanrou regained her composure and felt a big hand stroking her head. She raised her head and saw Xiao Luobai looking at her with a worried look on his face.

Li Yuanrou smiled and asked, "How is your injury? Does it still hurt? Don't move for a few days and take good care of yourself..."

Xiao Luobai smiled gently, but before he could say anything, Li Yuanrou said as if she had suddenly remembered something: "Oh, by the way, I have to go to Qingning Garden. I haven't finished talking to He Lin yesterday."

As she spoke, she pretended to get out of bed.

Xiao Luobai was startled when he heard this, and stretched out his long arm to hold Li Yuanrou's hand, and said with a little grievance: "Rou'er, you care so much about that He Lin, and you don't care about your husband at all?"

Li Yuanrou turned to look at him: "Aren't you here? Just take good care of your injuries."

Li Yuanrou patted his hands: "I'll be back soon."

After saying this, he quickly left the Green Plum Garden.

Xiao Luobai took a deep breath and shouted outside: "Qingfeng."

No one answered, and he suddenly remembered that Qingfeng had been driven away by him.

He took another deep breath and shouted to the outside: "Kunpeng... Bifang Chongming."

Still no one answered. There was no one outside, and no sign of life.

Xiao Luobai frowned. Normally, there should be at least one person guarding outside the Qingmei Garden. Now that the princess's mansion was surrounded and there were no missions for them to carry out, where did those people go?

At this time, Kunpeng was wandering on the road that Qingluan in the mansion must take to go to Qingmei Garden, preparing for an encounter, while Bifang, Chongming, Jinghong and others were hiding in the dark and watching.

Seeing Qingluan approaching from afar, Kunpeng began to immerse himself in the play.

Today, at the bad advice of Chongming and Bifang, he put a bandage on his arm and hung it around his neck, pretending that his arm was seriously injured, hoping to arouse Qingluan's sympathy.

In fact, he was indeed seriously injured. Bifang said that the injury was in the abdomen. Normally, he wore clothes to cover Qingluan and it couldn't be seen. If he hung his arm, wouldn't it be more obvious and would remind him of Chicheng's true love that he was willing to sacrifice his life for Qingluan.

Kunpeng looked at Qingluan as he came over with a silly smile, while Qingluan walked past Kunpeng without even looking at him.

Kunpeng was startled, and immediately turned back to block Qingluan: "Qingluan, why don't you even say hello when you see me?"

Qingluan ignored him, looked at Li Yuanrou who was walking towards him quickly, and called out, "Princess."

Li Yuanrou came over, looked at the two of them with interest, and said to Qingluan, "Sister Qingluan, I don't have anything to do here. You and Kunpeng can talk first."

Qing Luan said calmly: "I have nothing to say to him."

Kunpeng said anxiously: "Qingluan, I almost died saving you."

Qing Luan said coldly: "Aren't you not dead?"

Kunpeng moved his bandaged arm forward: "But I'm also seriously injured."

Qing Luan saw through his tricks at a glance and said coldly: "I didn't ask you to save me. As a secret guard, I have already put life and death aside."

She glanced at Kunpeng's hanging arm again and said, "Your arm was fine yesterday. Was it broken while you were sleeping at night?"

Kunpeng choked and stopped pretending. He threw away the bandage, stopped Qingluan who was about to leave, and bravely confessed again: "Qingluan, I really like you, give me a chance."

Qing Luan looked straight ahead with a firm expression: "I said I have no interest in you, so don't bother me anymore."

Kunpeng shouted urgently: "If I really die, will you feel sad?"

Qingluan chuckled disdainfully: "You think too much."

After Qingluan finished speaking, she left heartlessly.

Kunpeng looked at Li Yuanrou sadly. Li Yuanrou looked at him and shook her head: "You usually have a pretty good brain, how come you came up with such a stupid idea?"

Kunpeng looked at his brothers hiding in the dark and said gloomily, "Zhongming and the others came up with this idea for me."

Li Yuanrou couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "They are all bachelors. Has any of them ever liked a girl? How can they understand the relationship between men and women? How can they give you any good advice?"

Li Yuanrou shook her head again and walked towards Qingning Garden.

Kunpeng stood there in a daze, and was surprised to find that what Li Yuanrou said made sense. He couldn't help but feel annoyed, and punched a big tree on the roadside. The leaves rustled, and he punched it again, and the trunk tended to tilt. Several people hiding in the dark hurried out and held Kunpeng down.

…………

In Qingning Garden.

He Lin took out the jade pendant again and showed it to Li Yuanrou. He explained, "This pendant is a family heirloom of my He family. It has always been hung around my younger brother's neck. My younger brother got lost when he was young, and I have been looking for him for many years but have not been able to find him. My younger brother was already able to remember things when he got lost. He should have remembered his name, where he lived, and so on..."

He Lin suddenly became excited and said, "This pendant appeared in my pawnshop a few days ago. The shopkeeper said that it was pawned by someone in your mansion, so I suspect my brother is in this mansion. He was probably cheated by a beggar and then sold to the princess's mansion. Is there a servant named He Ling in your mansion?"

He Lin stared at Li Yuanrou with burning eyes, waiting for her answer.

Li Yuanrou said seriously: "If this princess helps you find your brother..."

He Lin immediately assured her, "Don't worry, Princess. I came here only to find my brother. If I can find him, I will do my best to help him."

Li Yuanrou chuckled: "Now we are all trapped in this mansion, what can you do?"

He Lin: "Princess, you don't know that His Majesty has trapped you and everyone else in this palace, not me. I am His Majesty's man now, and those guards outside the gate will not restrict my freedom."

Li Yuanrou was shocked. They had lost their freedom and were cut off from information, but He Lin could come and go freely. She could use him to find out what was happening outside.

Li Yuanrou pretended to be calm. She looked at He Lin with interest and said, "Oh? Your Majesty's people?"

He Lin smiled helplessly, "An uncle of my clan accidentally beat someone to death due to a business dispute and was thrown into prison. His Majesty promised me that if I accepted the imperial decree and entered the princess's mansion, he would release my uncle without guilt. My parents died when I was young, and it was my uncle who raised me, so I had no choice... I came to the princess's mansion for a purpose."

He promised solemnly: "But don't worry, Princess. My uncle has returned home safely now. I will never bother you with anything. If you can help me find my brother again..."

He knew very well that since he was asking for help from others, he could not hide anything, so he told the truth.

Li Yuanrou nodded, thinking that He Lin was quite sincere. She asked tentatively, "What if you can't find it?"