Quick Wear: Oh no, the lady is running away with the ball again

Qi Huan's secret guards were dispatched to various locations to carry out search missions... Most of them had accompanied Qi Huan to the Xia capital and knew about the legendary princess...

But only a few of them have actually seen the eldest princess... There is too little information, so we can only say that we are looking for her without any clue. The world is so big, how easy is it to find someone?

The princess left no trace, and sometimes even they wondered if such a person really existed in the world... But they didn't dare to think or ask. They could all see how important this woman was to the emperor...

They were willing to send everyone to search for her, they were obsessed with her even when they were in a high fever, they would rush over a distance of three thousand miles in just seven days... No one dared to question Qi Huan's decision, but sometimes they would even secretly pray that one of them would have the luck to find this lady soon...

As time went by, the ministers in the court also knew about Yun Qian's existence. After all, Qi Huan was looking for someone so publicly, so it would be difficult for them not to know... They knew that it was the eldest daughter of the former Xia King who had bewitched Qi Huan...

His Majesty is leaving at will in Xiazhou, thousands of miles away... I don't know whether to cry or laugh when I meet such a king with extraordinary ability but a terrible temper.

A senior official presented Qi Huan with a petition begging him to select concubines for his harem, only to be forced to return home the next day. He wept bitterly as he departed, muttering about the late king. No one dared to plead for him. After this incident, the court officials temporarily quieted down. Once Qi Huan made up his mind, no one could stop him...

The Xia family has become completely numb. It would be best if their daughter was still alive. If she really died of illness, she would never have peace even after death.

He sent his last feathered guards to protect his daughter. He thought they could keep her safe, but he didn't expect that they would be separated by death in the end.

Empress Chen prayed to Buddha and chanted sutras every day, hoping that her daughter would pass away early and be reborn into a good family...

There wasn't even a corpse left. Whenever Queen Chen thought of this, she couldn't help but shed tears. She was afraid that her daughter would become a ghost and be bullied... She knelt on a palm-leaf fan every day, begging for mercy from all kinds of gods, but she never believed in these things before.

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In less than ten days, Qi Huan rushed back to Xiazhou and went directly to the Duke of Qi's Mansion with a group of majestic black-armored soldiers.

Since the fall of the Xia Kingdom, the former Duke of Qi has lost his title and is now just an ordinary family. Because he has not been liquidated, his former family can still barely maintain... However, it is no longer in good shape...

Seeing Qi Huan coming, Wen Qi's elderly father asked tremblingly, "What is the important matter that has brought the king of the world here?"

"Wen Qi's study, take me there."

...Qi Huan found a lot, and the first thing that caught his eye was the figure of a woman standing under a peach blossom forest with a sweet smile...

The emperor stood there, stunned, staring silently at the woman in the painting. She was still the young and beautiful woman he had dreamed of, with a charming smile and longing eyes. She wasn't the woman she had cried in his arms later. Qi Huan's breath caught in his throat... He couldn't help but touch the woman in the painting, wanting to see her again...

Wen Qi's father had been accompanying him all along, and suddenly heard the man, who had been silent for a long time, ask,

"Are there any more portraits of the princess like this?"

He seemed to suddenly understand the purpose of the emperor's visit... and then began to take out the paintings that were treasured by Wen Qi for him.

Their son died on the battlefield at a young age, and the whole family was grief-stricken, so they put away all of their son's things... and this study has also been maintained in its original state.

He took all the portraits of Yun Qian. Among the portraits that Duke Qi had brought out, Qi Huan happened to catch a glimpse of Wen Qi... His pupils shrank for a moment, and his eyes became deeper. With just one glance, he could tell the man's identity...

Of the Qin State, Commander Xia, General Xia Li.

Qi Huan took one last glance at the elderly Duke Qi, said nothing, and strode away...

A sea of soldiers followed Qi Huan away, and the deserted Qiguo Mansion returned to its former state. The dead were dead, but the living had to carry on with their memories...

Qi Huan's heart was not as calm as it appeared on the surface. Turbulent waves swept through, leaving a mess on the ground...

So, she left her "deceased" fiancé to look after her, and she had already known Xia Li's true identity.

Suddenly she sneered. No wonder, no wonder she rushed to ask him about Xia Li's identity the first time she saw him... Little Princess, you really think I'm a fool... And yet I can't let you go, you liar...

The young and tall emperor reached out his hand and gently stroked the woman in the painting, a gentleness completely different from what he had imagined. He couldn't bear to damage the portrait of the woman that he had worked so hard to obtain, so he dared only touch it lightly, a little bit at a time, stroked her smiling eyes, and then withdrew his hand.

Qi Huan felt numb in his heart, and his complex expression made it hard to tell whether it was hatred or love, or hate born from love?

Finally, he was speechless. He raised his hand and pressed the painful temples. He closed his eyes and stopped looking at the smiling woman in the painting.

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The palace painters were re-employed... a once-in-a-century task, and everyone was trembling with trepidation. But when they arrived before the Emperor, they learned the Emperor's decree was to copy. The skilled painters were stunned. "You called us here just for this?"

Everyone responded with complicated expressions but did not dare to say much.

Inside a spacious palace, numerous painters sat in an arc, their eyes constantly glancing at the painting in the center. Their hands were painted with extreme caution, for someone in the know had claimed that this was the emperor's most cherished possession. The woman in the painting was so beautiful, with fair skin and a beautiful face, it was no wonder that she constantly concerned the emperor, with his harem empty...

Qi Huan stood quietly behind the crowd, his body erect, his eyes indifferent as he looked at the woman in the painting. He couldn't help but think about her, her innocent smile in his dream, her tears as she tried to escape, her graceful dance with her flowing clothes, her veiled face standing amidst the lights, her tears in her eyes as she said she was willing to be with him... Liar

He said this almost through gritted teeth.

Qi Huan turned and left, but he no longer had the same upright stride as before. Every step he took felt so heavy that people were speechless.

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Time flies, Yun Qian is now six months pregnant. That night, Yun Qian rarely dreams of Qi Huan...

The man in the dream kept coughing up blood and had lost a lot of weight. His complexion was pale and sickly... His well-defined jawline was also frightening. This seemed to be Qi Huan's bedroom. The magnificent and lofty palace seemed to have an indescribable dullness... Yun Qian frowned subconsciously, stopped her forward exploration, and wanted to retreat.

Unexpectedly, the man in the dream seemed to see her suddenly...