Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 1066 - 1064_1

Chapter 1066: Chapter 1064_1

Seeing blood? Would she be able to keep the baby? Upon hearing these words, all the color drained from Shangguan Wanru’s face.

Seeing her reaction, Shangguan Ruixi comforted her, "No need to worry, Xiao’er is a very fortunate person. Both she and her baby will be fine."

Shangguan Wanru didn’t take Shangguan Ruixi’s words to heart, she vaguely nodded, "I have some matters to attend to. I’ll go back to my room first."

Knowing her close relationship with Xiao’er, Shangguan Ruixi thought she wanted to send someone to check on Xiao’er. Recalling Guan Xuanyi’s expression earlier, he worried that she would hit a wall, and thus suggested, "Xiao’er needs rest now. If you want to see her, you should wait a few days."

Even a visit is inconvenient? Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wanru became even more anxious. She nodded and hastily ran back to her courtyard.

She must find out if this was their plot! Three small lives! How dare they do such a thing!

And they only wanted Xiao’er’s blood, why involve innocent people?

Upon returning to her courtyard, she locked herself in her room. Two hours later, the sound of a flute rang out.

After playing the song three times, Shangguan Wanru finally stopped.

She anxiously awaited the reply from the flute in her room.

She waited until dusk when the lanterns were first lit before she heard the flute again.

When Shangguan Wanru deciphered the message in the flute sound, she was utterly furious! This was outrageous! They indeed planned to get Xiao’er’s blood by doing this!

Moreover, they accused her of neglecting the bigger picture, no longer seeking revenge for the Crown Prince, and instead, focusing on matchmaking. If she refused to seek revenge, let them do it!

If she didn’t help them get Princess Rui’s blood, they would find other ways!

With the deciphered message in front of her, Shangguan Wanru was both anxious and furious.

What should she do?

She knew that what they said was true! In order to get Xiao’er’s blood, they would try anything!

What should she do? She didn’t want anything to happen to Xiao’er, but she didn’t know what to do!

There were still six months, such a long time. If they wanted to harm Xiao’er, they would definitely find a way!

And the bigger the baby, the greater the harm to Xiao’er!

At this thought, Shangguan Wanru covered her face in desperation. What should she do?!

If the Crown Prince’s revenge isn’t sought, and if she gives up Zhuan’er’s belongings, will that work?

But even then, Gong Qinghua would not let them go!

How could she bear to see Zhuan’er live a lifetime of fear, constantly hiding and fretting!

He was born noble, destined to be respected by all people at birth!

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Thus, Shangguan Wanru lay on the bed, thinking about these matters as she drifted into a hazy sleep.

And then, in the middle of the night, she had numerous chaotic dreams. She dreamed of Gong Zixuan’s goodness towards her, of Gong Zixuan’s death, and of Zhuan’er being poisoned, assassinated. Finally, she woke up from a dream in which Zhuan’er was stabbed through the body by an assassin.

When Shangguan Wanru woke up and realized it was only a nightmare, she heaved a sigh of relief but her worry also deepened.

The night-time maid, hearing the movement, came in, "Princess, what’s wrong?"

"Nothing, just a nightmare." Shangguan Wanru snapped back to her senses and realized the back of her clothes was soaked in sweat. The autumn night’s temperature was a bit low, and she felt a chill on her back when she sat up. She asked the maid, "Bring me a set of clothes to change."

This wasn’t the first time Shangguan Wanru woke up in the middle of the night drenched in cold sweat from a nightmare, so the maid didn’t ask further and fetched the clothes.

After Shangguan Wanru had changed and lay back down in bed, she couldn’t fall asleep anymore!

The stars in the sky were blinking, and in a study room in the Courtyard of Marquis Shengping, Shangguan Xuanyi, listened to a report from a man dressed in black, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"You mean to say that during this period, the Princess hasn’t gone out, hasn’t sent anyone out, and has not had contact with any suspicious persons?"

"Yes, Master. The Princess has just been at home looking after her child and playing the flute."

"Isn’t there any abnormality in that?" This couldn’t be possible!

"What was her reaction when the Crown Prince and his wife returned?"

"The Princess seemed very heartbroken and then she locked herself in her room."

"That’s it?"

"She also played the flute for a while. I just remembered, if there was anything different about the Princess, it would be the flute playing!"

Flute playing? She still had the mood for that?!

"However, the Princess’s flute playing is not very pleasant. She must have been making up her own tunes, sometimes playing them with lots of breaks. Compared to another person’s flute playing, it is just like day and night."

"Is there someone else playing the flute with her?" Shangguan Wanru had just learned to play the flute not long ago. Why didn’t she play the standard tunes, but create her own instead?

"Yes, that person’s flute playing is like heavenly music. Even though it’s always new tunes, they sound far better than Princess Wanru’s."

New tunes again? Each time they play it’s different?

"Do they play flute at the same time?"" Shangguan Xuanyi had a hunch about something.

"Not at the same time. However, it is rather strange. Each time one of them plays the flute, you could hear the other one playing a few hours later. Both of them play the same new tune, repeating it three or four times."

Shangguan Wanru played the unpleasant tune three or four times. Every time he heard it, he had the urge to move houses.

Upon hearing these words, Shangguan Xuanyi could almost confirm his suspicion. He sneered, "Maybe what they play isn’t a flute! They might be disguising their real intentions with the sound of the flute, their actual aim might be exchanging information."

Upon hearing this, the man dressed in black tilted his head and thought it was very likely.

When they write secret messages, they avoid divulging important information in the same way. They also use symbols instead.

So, each time one of them plays the flute, the other one would follow suit. The only difference would be the timing.

Because they need to translate the flute sound into information, and convert what they want to say into a tune to play.

"Find a way to get their sheet music comparison table." After saying this, Shangguan Xuanyi waved his hand to dismiss him.

The man dressed in black looked depressed listening to this. How was he supposed to find that?! Such important thing would surely be memorized by everyone who receives it, then it would be destroyed.

Shangguan Xuanyi didn’t pay him any heed. He had been busy all day. They hadn’t found the old woman yet, but he decided to lay out a trap and lure the snake out of its hole.

The night was long. Shangguan Wanru didn’t sleep the entire night. Dawn came and she was still uncertain on what to do.

Perhaps the person playing the flute was aware of Shangguan Wanru’s dilemma. The flute sound rang out again.

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