Feng Qingyang never knew that one look could be so lethal.
His chest seemed to be stabbed by Chen Xi's eye knife, and he was instantly deprived of oxygen.
He couldn't say anything anymore. He could only stare helplessly in a daze as Chen Xi walked out of his sight step by step. Somewhere in his chest was empty!
…
The news that the Empress Dowager was injured was blocked under the order of Emperor Ling Xiao.
No one in the market knew what happened on Emperor Ling Xiao's birthday.
However, sensitive people still discovered the anomalies in Prince Gong's palace.
In the teahouse, the common people were idle and started gossiping again: "Hey, why haven't you seen the 16th Prince and the 16th Princess in the past few days? Do you think they sneaked away to play somewhere and forgot to come back?"
"Hey, you don't know this, right? The Yangxi Pavilion, which is run by the princess, will be opened tomorrow. They are probably busy with the opening, right?"
"Where is it! I think you are also an uninformed person! The prince and the princess have not returned to the palace since the day of the emperor's birthday. I heard this from Aunt Zhang who is responsible for buying groceries in Prince Gong's palace. I can't be wrong!
"
"Ah? You haven't even returned home? What's going on?"
"Who knows, but Butler Tian is looking for someone anxiously!"
"Ah? If even Butler Tian doesn't know about it, then the matter must be serious!"
…
There was a lot of discussion, from curiosity at the beginning to speculation later, and finally what version came out!
Some people said that the prince must be playful and took the princess around for a walk. Others said that the princess must have made a splash at the emperor's birthday banquet and accidentally offended some people, so she took the prince to escape right and wrong!
Some people even say that the prince and the princess are all chivalrous people. If they are not in the palace, they must know where the trouble is and they should be heroes...
In the corner of the teahouse, a man in Tsing Yi wearing a bamboo hat was quietly holding a wine glass, taking a leisurely sip of the fragrant daughter's red wine.
All kinds of speculations around him fell into his ears, but he always spoke with caution.
Two middle-aged men who were drunk actually got into an argument over whether the prince ran away with the princess or the princess ran away with the prince.
We argued for a while but couldn't come up with any results.
Then, the tough guy with a stubble slapped the man in Tsing Yi on the shoulder and said with a drunken breath: "Little brother, you come to judge us. Do you think it was the prince who disappeared while playing with the princess, right?
"
"No, no, it's definitely not right. Little brother, the princess must have taken the prince out to see the world. Don't you think so?"
Before the man in Tsing Yi could answer, the man who had been having a heated argument with the tough guy also sat over and tried to get the man in Tsing Yi to side with him.
The late spring wind blew gently, and the black veil on the bamboo hat fluttered with the wind.
The man in Tsing Yi noncommittally moved away the tough guy's hand on his shoulder, and did not respond to the person opposite him.
He stood up and walked out the door without saying a word.
"Hey, that guy is ignoring us?"
"You must have said it wrong, that's why people don't bother to pay attention to you!"
"Don't they just ignore you? What you said is wrong too!"
Behind the scenes, two drunken men began to argue again, and from time to time other leisurely guests joined in the gossip.
The man in Tsing Yi walked out of the teahouse and walked all the way outside the city gate.