Chapter 123 - 121. His Tenderness II

Third person POV

The evening after the ambush and before Meiyun wake up*

The moment the entourage entered the main gate, people congratulating Hong er for the marriage and flower petals thrown to the carriage could be seen. Hong er thought that since she would be the empress of the people here, it would be better that she made her appearance to the public.

Hong er lifted up the curtain and stepped out from the carriage, the crowd was stunned when the slim woman came out from the carriage. Her white and golden hanfu made her look like a goddess descending from heaven, her gentle and dignified movement brought out the empress aura. Hong er walked towards Xiao Bai and skillfully mounted the horse, her dress fluttered in the air like wings.

The entourage continued moving after Hong er clopped to the front line while waving her hand to the citizens. The reason why Hong er was very welcomed by Da Qi local people was the Xu family has a very good reputation in Da Qi. Not to mention, Weisheng purposely spread good rumors to the commoner about Xu family especially Hong er. At first they didn't believe the rumors but soon they believed after their friends or relative that worked in Xi An proved the truth.

They crossed 2 small towns and stopped at a luxurious inn when the sun started to set. The servants from the inn quickly guided Hong er to her room and served her various of lavish dishes. They offered a warm bath when they saw how tired Hong er was which Hong er gladly accepted. Hong er turned her body to face Huayun the moment the servants retreated from her room.

Hong er: " Any news?"

Hong er asked anxiously, Huayun shook her head.

Hong er: " What should we do? Should we go find Meiyun too?"

Huayun: " Please don't, Young Miss. If Meiyun knew about this, she will definitely be enraged."

Huayun: ' Since she care more about Young Miss' safety than her own life.'

Hong er: " Then what should we do?! I can't just sit here while she is dying out there."

Huayun: " Young Miss, please calm down. I'm sure she is just fine, maybe she is still resting."

Flashback*

The group that was sent to look for Meiyun finally came back after a few hours of searching. Their face looked dejected, Hong er and Huayun almost collapsed when they saw their faces. But the group quickly reported everything that they found.

Soldier: " We found these pieces from the spot where we last saw Miss Meiyun. The way it placed looked like deliberately telling us that Miss Meiyun is alive. There is no trace nor clue about Miss Meiyun's location and we suspect that there was another group who helped Miss Meiyun."

The soldier handed Hong er the pieces that they found, Hong er inspected the pieces and found out that it were part of Meiyun's mask by a faint residue of Qi in the pieces.

Hong er: " Why is it?"

Soldier: " The number of the assassins that suddenly appear were about 10 people. Even if Miss Meiyun managed to defeat all of them, she wouldn't have enough time to erase all of the evidence in such a short time."

Hong er and Huayun felt that his statement made sense, even for a single high skilled fighter like Meiyun, at least she needed 1 hour to defeat and dispose all of the dead bodies. The time that the group required to travel back and forward with qinggong was only 20 to 25 minutes, it meant there was someone other than the assassins in there.

Hong er: " That makes sense but why are you so sure that she is helped by the other group? What if they killed Meiyun and make it look like she is still alive, we don't know the motive of this group."

Soldier: " We suspected that it was Dongfang's troops, to be specified, General Di's troops."

Since Meiyun's previous location was in west which was very near to Dongfang's border, coincidentally it was the part where Di Shang guard. Knowing that Di Shang's father was Hong er's father's best friend, she was quite sure that he would help Meiyun, plus Di Shang had a good disposition. Hong er thought for a while and nodded her head.

Hong er: " En, continue the investigation, report if you find anything."

Soldiers: " Yes!"

All of the soldiers saluted and swiftly departed to continue their search again.

Flashback*

Hong er slumped down her bed after she took a bath. Usually she would have fell asleep at this time but her heart couldn't stop worrying about Meiyun. After an hour of rolling around the bed, she sat up and opened the window, she was staring at the moon when the door suddenly opened. Huayun dashed to Hong er's side with a big smile on her face.

Huayun: " Young Miss! Meiyun sent us a signal! Green code! She is safe."

Huayun's voice was shaking when she said the last sentence. When she was guarding the door, her badge all of sudden vibrated. She instantly took out her badge from her pocket and saw a green light with Meiyun's code above the light. Huayun almost cried on the spot but she wiped off the tears that started to built up in her eyes.

Huayun was aware that it was rude to barge into someone's room in the middle of the night, in spite of that, she was sure that Hong er wouldn't mind especially when she was going to tell her a great news. Huayun showed Hong er her badge, Hong er took it and stared at the badge with bewilderment.

Hong er: " Sh-she is fine. Thank goodness."

Hong er hugged the badge and breathed heavily, she thought that she was going to lose her beloved again.

Hong er: " Don't make your master worry about you, silly Meiyun."

Hong er scolded with a smile. Hong er gave back the badge to Huayun and laid on her bed, with contended heart. Huayun retreated while gripping on her badge.

Huayun: ' You are safe, Meiyun.'