Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 1071 - 1069_1

Chapter 1071: Chapter 1069_1

King Anqing, Crown Princess, Shangguan Ruixi, and Du Yijin were all awakened, and they arrived at the courtyard where Shangguan Wanru resided.

"What happened?" Prince An asked in a deep voice.

It was quite early in the morning, so why all the ruckus?

"Prince, the young master died suddenly from vomiting blood."

"What!" Prince An’s face turned pale on hearing this, he strode into the room.

The Crown Princess looked shocked, "How is this possible? She was fine just last evening!"

Hearing this, Du Yijin felt a chill in her heart. She unconsciously grabbed Shangguan Ruixi’s hand and moved forward, "Husband, let’s quickly go check what happened."

Shangguan Ruixi was also in disbelief. Hearing Du Yijin’s words, he came to his senses and held back Du Yijin as she moved forward, "Yijin, you can’t go in! I’ll go to check. You two bring back the Crown Princess to her room, take good care of her. If anything goes wrong, beware of your heads."

Although Du Yijin wanted to go and check, she knew at this moment she shouldn’t cause trouble for Shangguan Ruixi. She looked worriedly at the room and then returned to her courtyard with the help of the maids.

After crying over Zhuan’er for a while, Shangguan Wanru suddenly remembered something and dashed out.

Seeing this, Prince An quickly spoke to the two maids by her side, "Quickly go and keep an eye on the princess. Don’t let her do anything foolish!"

The two maids hurried after her.

The Crown Princess was incessantly wiping her tears while looking at Zhuan’er: how could her Zhuan’er suffer such a fate?

Prince An turned to Shangguan Ruixi who had just entered, "Someone should call the imperial doctor and the coroner. We can’t let Zhuan’er leave so unjustly..." The last two words hung in the air unsaid.

Shangguan Ruixi nodded. He uttered instructions to a maid by his side, who then rushed out.

Shangguan Wanru returned to her courtyard, took out some paper, and began rapidly composing a musical score.

The two maids entered as well, looking at each other in confusion: why was the princess occupied with writing scores at a time like this?

After Shangguan Wanru finished writing the score, she took out a flute and began playing it. She repeated the tune several times, but received no response from the other side.

Unable to hold back, she broke down weeping on the table.

...

The incident at Prince An’s Mansion was quickly conveyed to Prince Rui’s Mansion.

At this time, Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi were having breakfast. Xiao’er was still immersed in the joy of her Worry-Free Space being unsealed. The moment the space was unsealed, she felt a great weight being lifted off her shoulders.

When she woke up in the morning, Shangguan Xuanyi informed her of the news. She went into the space to look around. Not much had changed, except the aura inside the space was somewhat weaker.

It didn’t matter. Bai Tian had said if she waited for a few days, the five elements in the space and those inside her body would harmonize, and the aura would increase in the space.

With the space unsealed, everything Xiao’er ate tasted better.

Shangguan Xuanyi had already eaten to his heart’s content. Seeing her enjoyment, he kept adding food to her bowl, "Eat more. You are too thin!"

This was Shangguan Xuanyi comparing Xiao’er’s physique with Du Yijin and Zhu Yan. Among the three pregnant women, indeed Xiao’er was the thinnest.

"Are you raising me like a pig?"

"Well, yes, let’s fatten you up. You’ll be more delicious when plump and round!" Shangguan Xuanyi leaned over and kissed her soft, fair face to imply something.

Unconsciously, Xiao’er’s face turned red. She pretended she did not understand and continued eating seriously.

At this moment, Yang Mei walked in hurriedly.

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at her with displeasure.

Seeing that Xiao’er was still having her breakfast, Yang Mei did not want to upset Xiao’er and was about to retreat.

However, Xiao’er had noticed that Yang Mei had urgent news to report.

Having finished eating, she put down her chopsticks and said, "Wait, Yang Mei, I am full. What’s the matter?"

Yang Mei saw that the dishes on the table were all finished, so Xiao’er must be satiated. She then reported the news of Zhuan’er’s death.

"How is that possible? Why?" Xiao’er could not hide her surprise.

Shangguan Wanru practically depended on Zhuan’er for her survival. She wondered if Shangguan Wanru could bear this sudden blow.

"The imperial doctor said he suddenly died. They are still investigating the cause of death."

Something occurred to Xiao’er, and she looked at Shangguan Xuanyi, who also seemed lost in thought. She suggested, "Brother Shangguan, why don’t you send someone to look into Zhuan’er’s death?"

"No need. Prince An’s Mansion should be able to handle this on their own." Shangguan Xuanyi came back to his senses. He had been wondering whether there was a connection between the unsealing of Xiao’er’s space and Zhuan’er’s death. Otherwise, why did Xiao’er’s space suddenly unseal itself?

Something occurred to Xiao’er, and she too felt it would be better not to get involved in this matter.

"Zhuan’er was just a child, how could he have suddenly dropped dead?" Xiao’er murmured.

At this moment, Bai Tian spoke, "Master, what is Zhuan’er’s birth information?"

After a moment’s thought, Xiao’er quoted a string of numbers.

"That’s it!"

"What do you mean?" Xiao’er asked mentally.

"Owning the Worry-Free Space is not something anyone can do simply by shedding some blood. At least three Yang or Yin elements should be present in one’s birth information, and the time of their birth should be either Yang time or Yin time. You, my master, were born under a Yang year, month, and time, while Prince Rui was born under a normal year, Yang month, day and time. However, Zhuan’er was born under a Yin year, month, day, and time, making him a full Yin person. That makes him even stronger than you. Moreover, he had entered the space before. If someone knows the method, he could easily take over your space. Fortunately, the blood you shed last time was not much, otherwise, I would have had to change masters. Even though you always boss me around, I still quite like you as my master!" It was only at this moment that Bai Tian remembered this significant matter.

Ignoing the part where Bai Tian said she always bossed him around, Xiao’er asked, "So, Zhuan’er’s death was because of a failed attempt to steal my Worry-Free Space?"

"You could say that."

"Wait, if we go by your logic, there must be many individuals in this world born on the same day and at the same time as Zhuan’er. Won’t they all be used to steal my Worry-Free Space? Does this mean I would be busy in the future?" Xiao’er visualized this scenario and felt she would be living her entire life in fear to protect her Worry-Free Space.

Could she continue to live a peaceful life? This wasn’t a Worry-Free Space at all! It was more like a Constant-Worry Space!

Unable to hold back his laughter, Bai Tian responded, "Master, don’t worry. There won’t be many such individuals. The Yang and Yin times are fleeting, disappearing in a blink. They represent the brief moment of transition between day and night - a discrepancy of less than a second. Yang days are Yang, Yin days are Yin. This time is beyond the 24 hours, and does not occur every day, because the sun and moon usually transition seamlessly, leaving no gap."

Hearing Bai Tian’s theory, Xiao’er found it too abstract. This was unheard of!

But who might be using Zhuan’er to steal her Worry-Free Space? Gong Zixuan or Gong Qinghua? Or were there others?

And how could Zhuan’er have died so suddenly?