Chapter 8: Return to the Wang Fu

  "Good clothes!"

  "Yī ér, nǐ zài nǎ lǐ!"

  Translation: "Clothing, where are you?"

  "Miss! Miss......"

  "Sister..."

  ……

  Qin Luo Yi sat on the back of Da Hei, and as soon as he flipped over from the top of the wall, he heard countless scorching voices coming from afar.

  Da Hei stopped and turned around, looking at her with eyes that seemed to be asking if she wanted to go over... Qin Luoyi's eyes twitched.

  Now she was back in front of the same room where she had first put on the dress.

  The man in purple said she was called Qin Luoyi, the third daughter of King Qin Lingyun of Zhen Nan Wang Fu. Her mother, Xie Ruyan, was Qin Lingyun's second wife. In the Qin family, she also had a brother and a sister. Her brother was named Qin Tian, and her sister was named Qin Luohan.

  The sound outside the forest was getting closer and closer, walking in the direction where she stood, calling out to Yī Er... Qin Luo Yi's heart moved, it seemed that she had not appeared for nearly two hours, these people should all be looking for her...

  He jumped down from Dahei's body, gesturing for Dahei to avoid people and leave, while he quickly flashed into the abandoned house where he had woken up earlier, falling down in the same posture as when he woke up.

  A moment later, the slightly ajar gate was pushed open and the fiery lanterns illuminated the interior.

  Qin Luo closed her eyes and pretended to be unconscious.

  "Ah! Third Miss is here, madam, Third Miss is here..." The high-pitched voice was sharp and terrified. A fiery red lantern swung towards her face.

  Countless panicked footsteps rushed in from all directions and surged into the house.

  "Yī ér! Yī ér, what's wrong?" A extremely pleasant voice suddenly sounded in her ear, with a visible panic in the tone, and then she was enveloped in a warm embrace, with a hand trembling as it stroked her forehead.

  The warm feeling in her hand suddenly made her let out a sigh of relief. At first, seeing the blood on her forehead, she thought... "Quick! Go tell Master Wang that Yīér has been found... Miss is seriously injured, get someone to find a doctor right away! Hurry..."

  "Yes!"

  Several people responded with reverence and then ran out quickly.

  "Yi'er, how can you be so foolish! What if something happens to you, what would mother do... Yi'er... my Yi'er..." The gentle voice held her tightly and sighed softly in her ear.

  Several voices of persuasion echoed in the house.

  "Madam! Miss must have a good destiny! This place is too dirty, and Miss has an injury on her head, she can't stay here for long. Let's send Miss back to the house first and wait for the doctor to come..."

  "Yes! Madam, don't be sad, you'll hurt your body, who will take care of Miss..."

  ……

  The woman who was holding her finally stopped sobbing quietly, and soon she was carefully placed into a very soft sedan chair.

  Very soon, the doctor arrived, and it was none other than the most famous and respected imperial physician, Huayu! The bloodstains on her head had already been mostly wiped clean and medicated, but before she returned, someone had thoughtfully washed off the medicine from her forehead, injured their own finger, and reapplied some blood to make her wound look even more gruesome.

  He generously left the ointment in the jade bottle without taking it back, and instructed her to apply it twice a day, once in the morning and once at night, saying that she would recover quickly and wouldn't be left with any scars.

  The wound was real, so even if Huayu's medical skills were excellent, she wasn't afraid of him seeing it.

  ……

  It was unclear how much time had passed when Qin Luoyi slowly woke up from her daze.

  "Mother, isn't your sister awake yet? It's been two days already. Didn't Dr. Hua say that she would be fine?" A strange yet familiar voice suddenly sounded in her ear.

  Upon hearing that voice, Qin Luo's heart skipped a beat. She called her own sister, could it be that she was actually Qin Luohan?

  After a moment of silence, another familiar voice rang out: "Yes, it's already been two days and he still hasn't woken up. The prince has already sent someone to invite Dr. Hua!"

  It was she who pretended to be unconscious, holding her frightened and crying servant woman, who also claimed to be her mother. It seems that she is indeed Xie Ruyan, the second wife of Qin Lingyun, the King of Town South.

  "Oh! That's great, Dr. Huayu is here, let him take a good look at my sister! Maybe she'll wake up..." The initial young voice was filled with excitement and laughter as it spoke.

  "I hope so!" Xie Ruyan sighed and was silent for a moment before suddenly saying: "Hanye, tell your mother what really happened that day. Why did your sister fall into the water and then go to such a remote place by herself? I heard from Qiluo that after your sister fell into the water and was rescued by the Third Prince, you went chasing after her..."

  "Mother, it's all my fault!" Qin Luohan said in a low voice, with a hint of remorse: "That day, Sanmei heard that the Third Prince was coming... and said she wanted to go take a sneak peek. You know, Sanmei has already been betrothed to the Third Prince and has always liked him. I thought it would be okay to just take a look, so we went..."

  "Who knew that as soon as we arrived, we were discovered by them. My sister was in a hurry and accidentally fell into the water... The Third Prince rescued my sister... The water washed away the veil on my sister's face... My sister... Ah, she ran off first, I chased after her for a long time before catching up to her. Thinking that my house was closer, I took my sister to my house..."

  "I had Xue'er bring my sister's clothes, and after she changed, I accompanied my sister in the house to talk, but my sister...my sister was in a bad mood! We only spoke for a few sentences before my sister left, saying she wanted to clear her head and didn't allow anyone to follow her...If only I had known my sister would think of something like that...No matter what she said, I should have followed closely behind her...and wouldn't have let my sister end up like this..."

  Xie Ruyan fell silent upon hearing this.

  That abandoned house, she had someone go check it out already, and these past two days she personally went twice, that pillar is covered in fresh blood!

  There was also a wound on Qin's forehead, she had asked the experienced imperial physician Hua, and Hua said with certainty that it was caused by a collision...

  Was it really just because her veil was blown away, and she was seen by the three princes and those sons of powerful officials... that she couldn't bear it and took her own life?

  Silly child!

  She liked the Third Prince for so long... Finally, His Majesty opened his golden mouth and granted her marriage. She was about to marry the Third Prince as his consort, how could she think of something so foolish!

  Warm hands stroked Qin Luo's face. Qin Luo slowly opened his eyes, just in time to meet a pair of phoenix eyes filled with pity.

  "Yi'er, you're awake? That's great!" Those eyes suddenly lit up, full of surprise and delight, leaning forward to gaze at her eagerly.