Princess Xiangsi - Chapter 63
Feng Xue raised an eyebrow, her voice indifferent: "It's just something I don't like."
Shuangdie bit her lip, lowered her eyes, and her eyes were filled with turbulent emotions.
After a long while, she raised her eyes, her eyes glistening with tears and shimmering with the soft light of memories. "Shuangdie and the prince have known each other for a long time! Hmm... they met in the prince's hometown, Fengcheng. That year, Shuangdie ran into the maple forest while playing, but ended up encountering a group of thieves. Fortunately, the prince risked his life to save her and beat the thieves to a pulp. Otherwise, Shuangdie would have been defiled long ago."
Feng Xue was slightly taken aback, staring at the soft light in her eyes. Her expression became very strange. "How do you know that the person you met was Xing Yun?"
“A servant came looking for the prince, and he called for Young Master Situ. The prince himself also confirmed it,” Shuangdie said, blinking her eyes.
Feng Xue lowered her eyes.
She remembered Situ Xingyun telling her that he had only ever saved one little girl when he was a child. And at that time, Situ Xingyun hadn't actually managed to defeat the thief.
Suddenly, the scene of that day's memorial service flashed into my mind. In the Situ family, only Situ Xingyun and his second brother could be addressed as "Young Master Situ." Could it be—
Her pupils constricted sharply!
Feng Xue closed her eyes, and a soft sigh escaped her lips.
Volume 1, Chapter 115: The Showdown 7 (A Noblewoman Among the People)
"From that day on, Shuangdie fell in love with the prince at first sight. She traveled all the way to the capital for him, but ended up in a brothel by mistake. Fortunately, she still met the prince!" Shuangdie smiled happily.
Feng Xue opened her eyes, her gaze falling on the happiness beneath them.
Suddenly, she felt that Shuangdie was a pitiful woman. In the end, it was all God playing tricks on mortals.
"How did the princess meet the prince?"
Feng Xue was slightly taken aback, gently fluttered her eyelashes, and replied, "It is a marriage bestowed by my father."
"Oh." Shuangdie's voice sounded somewhat disappointed. She picked up a piece of plum blossom cake, put it in her mouth, blinked, and asked, "Your Highness really won't eat it? Shuangdie really put her heart into making it."
Staring into her silver eyes, Feng Xue was immediately filled with emotion.
She nodded.
Feng Xue picked up a piece of plum blossom cake, took a small bite, and a faint fragrance of plum blossoms spread from her mouth. Suddenly, she put down the plum blossom cake.
She remembered the plum blossom cakes made by Qingyi, which were not too sweet or greasy, and tasted just right.
If Shuangdie hadn't harmed Qingyi, perhaps she could still have eaten the plum blossom cake. But there are no "what ifs" in this world...
Shuangdie was somewhat disappointed. She opened her mouth to say something when Zixing rushed in, disregarding etiquette. She swallowed hard and gasped, "Princess...Princess, we've found Qingyi! She's on White Bone Cliff!"
Feng Xue suddenly stood up.
As soon as Zixing finished speaking, Fengxue had already disappeared from the Butterfly Tower.
Feng Xue sat quietly in the carriage.
The carriage slowly made its way towards White Bone Cliff.
She knew that Shuangdie simply wanted to lure her to White Bone Cliff! If she didn't appear at White Bone Cliff, Qingyi certainly wouldn't show up either. Since that was the case, she would do as she wished!
Everything will be resolved today!
Butterfly Tower.
The plum blossom cakes on the sandalwood table were scattered, and the plum blossom cake that Feng Xue had only taken a bite of lay quietly on the edge of the sandalwood table.
Looking at the small crack in the plum blossom cake, a glint of silver light flashed in Shuangdie's silver eyes.
"Zi Xing, prepare the carriage. We're going to Bottomless Cliff. Also, inform the steward that as soon as the Prince returns from the morning court, he must tell him that Qingyi has been found at White Bone Cliff, and that the Princess Consort intends to harm the Princess Consort."
Volume 1, Chapter 116: The Truth 1
White Bone Cliff.
Everyone in Fengxi knows that no one who falls from White Bone Cliff ever survives, not even those with the highest level of lightness skill.
Feng Xue stepped down from the carriage.
She dismissed the servants and carriages who had come from the palace, walked to the top of the cliff, and stood there high up.
The wind was strong, carrying the chilling cold of the dead.
Feng Xue tilted her head slightly, waiting for Shuang Die to arrive.
Father Emperor has been in much better spirits these past few days and has even started attending the morning court sessions. The reason Shuangdie sought her out today is probably because Situ Xingyun attended the morning court session!
Suddenly, she remembered Shuangdie's plum blossom cake.
She wasn't sure if the plum blossom cake was poisoned, but Shuangdie had definitely eaten it. Regardless of whether the plum blossom cake was poisoned or not, she didn't regret eating it.
It was all because of the pitiful happiness in Shuangdie's eyes and the inexplicable guilt in her heart at that time.
Suddenly, Feng Xue pricked up her ears. She seemed to have just heard an extremely faint sound, but it was instantly covered by the sound of the wind.
The wind whistled past her ears. After tidying her disheveled hair, Feng Xue closed her eyes and listened intently.