Princess Xiangsi - Chapter 68
His heart was in such a frantic rush that he couldn't think straight, so painful he couldn't beat! A frantic cry seemed to echo within him—Smash it! Smash it!
Suddenly, everything in the detached palace flashed before his eyes. His icy blue eyes gradually returned to calm, as blue as the ocean.
Just as he was about to put down the pear-shaped mirror, the nineteen pear blossoms on the mirror suddenly burst forth with a dazzling white light. His eyes narrowed slightly.
In the smooth mirror, four lines of crooked characters slowly dissipated in the light, and two large characters gradually emerged from the mirror. As the white light faded, he could clearly see the two large characters on the pear-shaped mirror.
His icy blue eyes instantly filled with surprise and overwhelming joy. A genuine smile appeared on his lips, and his eyes, and indeed his entire face, were filled with joy.
She did not die, and she will be his rightful wife!
Dustless Valley.
There was a woman on the wooden bed.
She slept very quietly, her face pale and bloodless, as still as a dead person. If it weren't for the occasional slight furrow in her brow, he would have truly thought she was dead.
He gently twisted a tiny needle in her hair.
The woman on the bed gradually regained consciousness. She slowly opened her eyes, which were empty and blank. She blinked once, then blinked again forcefully, her eyes still empty and blank. This time, however, her expression carried a hint of fear.
He said softly, "There's a blood clot on the back of your head. You'll be able to see it once the clot dissipates."
She paused, then instinctively took a step back. "Who...who...are you?"
"I am Li Ge, and this is Juechen Valley."
She was startled again. A sentence flashed through her mind, "Qingyi, I'll take you to Juechen Valley to find Lige." The firm words made her tremble.
Tears streamed down her face from her empty eyes, falling like rain.
“Princess…Princess…” Suddenly, as if remembering something, she quickly knelt on the bed and kowtowed repeatedly, even though she couldn’t see him. “Divine Physician Li Ge, please send me back to the Pingyan Prince’s Mansion. I want to stay by the princess’s side!…The princess is all alone, very lonely…”
The hoarse voice softened towards the end.
Li Ge felt a slight pang in his heart. He seemed to see that woman living in the world with an indifferent expression and a fake smile, while her heart was painfully lonely, just like when they first met.
Qingyun...
He helped her up, his voice extremely gentle: "Once you've recovered, I'll send you back to her."
His voice had an alluring magic. She wiped away her tears and replied, "Okay."
After she fell asleep, he left the house and went into the pear blossom grove.
That day he went to White Bone Cliff but couldn't find her body, only a blue robe hanging from a tree. However, since he couldn't find it, it proved that she was still alive.
At the very bottom of White Bone Cliff lies the Immortal Valley, the residence of the reclusive Immortal Elder who has long since retired from the martial world. Before retiring, he was on good terms with the Elder of Absolute Dust, which is why his master knew the Immortal Elder lived in seclusion in Immortal Valley. However, Immortal Valley is extremely difficult to enter, as its traps contain all the knowledge and skills the Immortal Elder has acquired throughout his life.
Before retiring from the martial world, the Immortal Elder was a legendary figure. At that time, the martial world was divided into two factions: the Li Palace, led by its master, and the Qin Palace, led by its master. The Qin Palace was a major evil sect in the martial world. When the righteous factions joined forces, the Immortal Elder and the Venerable Juechen Elder annihilated the Qin Palace master, and the Qin Palace vanished without a trace. The Immortal Elder and the Venerable Juechen Elder then retired from the martial world.
He looked up at the falling pear blossoms and sighed softly.
"Woman, where are you?"
Volume Two: Fate Leads to a Separation from the Palace, a Happy Marriage is Formed, and the Awakening
"Li Ge, you can't rush me anymore! I will definitely write a sequel." Qing Yun looked at Li Ge with dissatisfaction, then glared at the snow-white spirit bird beside her, "You stinky bird, get out of here."
"Woman, why are you looking so gloomy? You're free now, no longer bound by the shackles of being a princess. You can now be whoever you want to be, Miss Qingyun." Li Ge smiled, her eyes sparkling.
"Princess... uh... no, Miss, Young Master Li Ge is doing this for your own good! Besides, Qingyi is also eager to read the sequel you wrote, Miss. Qingyi has been waiting for a long time." Qingyi smiled as she brought in two cups of ginseng tea.
"Alright! Qingyi, you're only helping Lige now, completely neglecting your young lady." Qingyun puffed out her cheeks, blinking her eyes with endless amusement.
"Oh dear! Miss, Qingyi is doing this for your own good! After you finish writing, you still have a lot of things to do! Miss, please don't forget that Young Master Jun invited you to go to the countryside to admire the flowers the day after tomorrow. Miss, let me tell you, those flowers were planted by Young Master Jun last year, and their splendor is comparable to that of Juechen Valley."
Qingyun's lips twitched slightly.
"Oh, right, Miss, you can't not go! Last time you stood up Young Master Jun, and Qingyi spent ages explaining to him until her mouth was dry before he finally left. Otherwise, given how devoted Young Master Jun is to you, he would have waited there even if the sky were to fall." Qingyi chuckled, then rattled off a long string of words.
Qingyun looked at Lige and Qingyi with a smile, her eyes shining with happiness.
But the next moment, her eyes dimmed, and she quietly looked at Li Ge and Qing Yi.
They also watched Qingyun quietly.
Qingyun spoke, "Although I desperately wish this were real, it's just too beautiful, so beautiful that it would shatter at the slightest touch." She forced a smile, reached out, and gently touched Lige and Qingyi. Before she could even touch them, they instantly shattered into pieces. The shimmering fragments reflected countless people: Situ Xingyun's, Shuangdie's, her father's, her mother's, Eunuch Lan's…
The next moment, all the fragments disappeared.
She fell into endless darkness.
Sunlight streamed in through the cracks in the window, dappling a fair face. Bathed in sunlight, that face was indescribably beautiful.
Suddenly, the long eyelashes on that face trembled slightly, and then her eyes slowly opened, as if she had just emerged from darkness and was not yet used to the sunlight. Those beautiful eyes closed again in an instant.
A woman lay on the bed; she possessed a stunningly beautiful face and a pair of clear, bright eyes.
Her face was unusually pale, and her lips were chapped. She kept her eyes tightly closed, as if reliving the dream she had just had, a dream so beautiful it seemed unreal. Finally, she sighed softly and slowly opened her eyes.
At this moment, a man appeared beside her.
The man was handsome, but the years had left their mark on his eyes, making them look weathered and worn. It was clear he possessed a knack for preserving his youth and was also highly skilled in martial arts. Otherwise, she wouldn't have failed to notice his presence.
She tried to sit up in bed, but found herself completely weak, as if she had been asleep for days. Finally, the man beside the bed helped her up. She leaned against the wall, her gaze drifting through the open door to the view outside.