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Xiao Qingqian was similarly worried, as he held Wei Qing's hand with slight force.

Wei Qing turned her head and looked at him, continuing to listen to Old Emperor's story.

It was said that the Emperor was opposed to Prince Rui marrying Ruo Fu back then because the majority of the women in the seedling border were extremely evil and evil. Adding to that, the Emperor held high hopes for the Prince Rui and thought that Ruo Fu had bewitched the Prince Rui with his bewitching arts.

Wei Qing frowned, her face full of thought.

After the Old Emperor finished speaking, he said to the two of them, "The two of you, follow me to the forbidden grounds."

Wei Qing suddenly thought back to the palace feast, the ghostly shadow with the smell of daisies, as if it was trying to arouse her curiosity.

Thinking about how Eunuch Gui had a twin brother, if the "Eunuch Gui" swaggered his way into the palace, no one should be able to tell either.

Therefore, it was very likely that the Ghost Shadow of the Heavenly palace feast was the twin older brother of the Eunuch Gui.

Xiao Qingqian had once sent guards to investigate the forbidden grounds, but because of the tight security inside, the guards couldn't enter the place successfully no matter what.

From the looks of it, even the well-trained hidden guards could not successfully infiltrate, and Ruo Fu's group might not be able to successfully approach.

"Ouch!"

Old Emperor suddenly stopped, but Wei Qing's mind was still far away, and accidentally bumped into Old Emperor.

Wei Qing was startled, she was about to kneel down and apologize, but Old Emperor waved his hand, "Forget it."

Hearing the sound, the dark guards that were guarding the forbidden area suddenly appeared.

Old Emperor raised his hand.

The hidden guard's eyes quickly swept across the jade ring on Old Emperor's hand that was made of good ink jade and quickly concealed his figure again.

Wei Qing thoughtfully looked at Old Emperor's hand, and thought, could it be that this is the keepsake to command the hidden guards?

Xiao Qingqian held onto Wei Qing's hand tightly and reminded him softly, "Don't get distracted anymore."

Wei Qing nodded.

The heavy door of the palace slowly opened, and suddenly shot out a candle light, causing Wei Qing to raise her hand to block it uncomfortably.

By the time the light had adjusted, the door of the hall had already closed once more.

It was only then that Wei Qing realized why the candles were lit but no one could see the reason behind the light.

All the windows were covered by a thick black cloth, so people outside could not see what was going on inside.

"Royal brother." Old Emperor's voice was slightly choked.

Prince Rui was currently drawing and the lady on the painting was very young. Her pair of eyes were like stars in the sky, looking very radiant.

Seeing that Prince Rui did not reply, he frowned.

"Royal brother?"

Wei Qing lightly pulled on the corner of Xiao Qingqian's sleeve, and said very quietly: "I feel like he's mentally ill."

Wei Qing had told Xiao Qingqian about mental illness before.

Xiao Qingqian frowned as he looked over, "Perhaps I was just too focused."

Old Emperor walked up and looked at the painting, "Royal brother, stop painting."

Prince Rui acted as if he didn't hear it.

The space between Old Emperor's eyebrows tightened, and the gaze she looked at him with was filled with pain.

Back then, before Emperor Xian passed away, he warned me repeatedly not to let Prince Rui out of the forbidden grounds, or else the world would be thrown into chaos.

He kept his filial piety and wasted his brotherly feelings. Now that he had broken his own arm, it could be considered the retribution of the heavens.

However, would the world really fall into chaos?

Wei Qing took a deep breath, the only person who could resolve the knot in Ruo Fu's heart was Prince Rui.

Otherwise, she had a feeling that the Northern Kingdom would be thrown into chaos.

Now, Long Xiaotian's ambitions were clear, and he had joined hands with the Southern Kingdom to fight against the East Mausoleum. Once the East Mausoleum breaks down and the Northern Kingdom becomes restless, then the world would truly be split into two, and from now on, the Southern Kingdom and the Xie Jing would be at war, where the citizens of the world would not be able to live peacefully.

Thinking of this, Wei Qing couldn't help but shiver.

Xiao Qingqian cast a glance at her, and once again forcefully held her hand.

"Father, why don't you try? I'll give it a try."

Old Emperor lowered his eyes and acquiesced.

Wei Qing slowly walked forward, and looked at the woman on the painting very seriously, "Who is this woman?"

Prince Rui looked up at her, and his eyes glazed over for a moment, "Fu Er."

"Is your name Ruo Fu?" Wei Qing blinked her eyes, "So beautiful."

"Yes, Fu Er is the most beautiful and kindest girl, yet there are also some who are blind, always saying that she is a seedling border's girl with malicious thoughts."

Through her conversation with the Prince Rui, Wei Qing felt that he was probably just immersed in her own thoughts about Ruo Fu, and wasn't really a serious mental illness.

Wei Qing was silent for a moment, then raised her eyes to look at the Old Emperor, "Royal father, I have a bold idea."

They were in the light while Ruo Fu and the others were in the dark.

Ruo Fu and the others could control their movements in detail, but they had to search for something in every possible way.

Why don't we invite him to join us?

Old Emperor muttered to himself for a moment, "We trust you, you can do as you please."

"Then, if there's anything wrong with this humble one, royal father won't do it until this humble one dies, right?" Wei Qing craftily blinked her eyes at Old Emperor.

Although Old Emperor's heart was heavy, but he was still amused by Wei Qing's crafty and quick-witted look, "I did not take back your Death-Free Token, I left them with mother."

Hearing that, Wei Qing was overjoyed.

"Then I have confidence."

Xiao Qingqian shot a warning glance at Wei Qing.

Wei Qing curled her lips, and the look in her eyes seemed to say: Since royal father already said it, and wants me to do it bravely, why are you so worried?

Xiao Qingqian's gaze darkened. Did this damned girl really not know what 'companion Jun like a tiger' meant? Or was it a newborn calf that was not afraid of a tiger?

Wei Qing no longer bothered with Xiao Qingqian, and once again walked in front of Prince Rui.

Everyone said that time was a butcher's knife, but time did not leave too deep of a scar on Prince Rui's face.

Compared to the Old Emperor, he only had white hair at the temples. Besides that, he looked a lot younger.

"If you have the chance to reunite with Ruo Fu, would you be willing?"

Hearing this, Prince Rui's hand that was drawing froze in midair. A drop of thick ink dripped down from the brush dipped in ink and splashed onto the xuan paper, creating a huge black dot.

"What did you just say?" Prince Rui stared at Wei Qing with blazing eyes, as if he had been injected with a strong heart.

If it was an ordinary woman, she would naturally feel fear from his gaze. However, Wei Qing did not feel the slightest bit of fear.

"I said, if there's a chance, to let you and Ruo Fu meet again, to let you two live the life you want, are you willing?"

These words were said very slowly, each word was like raging waves in Prince Rui's heart.

Even when her last word fell, the Prince Rui still did not react in the slightest.

However, just by looking at his flickering eyes, Wei Qing was able to guess that the answer he was about to give, was definitely willing.

"Is that true?" Prince Rui suddenly grabbed Wei Qing's wrist. Because he was too agitated, he had too much strength.

Wei Qing gasped from the pain. It hurt so much that she wanted to pull Prince Rui's hand away, but Prince Rui stopped him.