The next morning, as soon as Hua Rongrong got up, there was a knock on Yaqing's door.

"Come in." Hua Rongrong put on a gauze coat and sat up.

"Princess, something happened in our house again." Yaqing opened the door and said urgently, holding a pot of flower water in her hand.

"Huh?" Hua Rongrong's originally confused mind suddenly sobered up: "What's wrong?"

"The girl in blue who took care of the prince disappeared early this morning. We searched the entire palace, but she was nowhere to be found." Yaqing put the handkerchief into the flower water, soaked it and handed it to Hua Rongrong.

Speaking of.

"Are you sure you have searched every corner?" Huarong frowned slightly, and a bad premonition rose in her heart again.

"Are you sure he just disappeared in the morning? If not, I'm afraid Lan Yi doesn't know whether he is dead or alive at this time." Hua Rongrong took the handkerchief with a serious face and said while wiping her face.

Yaqing was stunned for a moment, and a trace of panic flashed across her face: "No way, why is our palace so dangerous now?"

"Otherwise, how could a good living person disappear for no reason?" Hua Rongrong's heart sank, and then she asked.

"It must have been Li Fei and the housekeeper who did it! It's very possible that Lan Yi, like Ru Yi, accidentally saw something he shouldn't have seen and was brutally silenced!" Ya Qing reacted immediately and said urgently.

"Yeah." A hint of solemnity flashed across Hua Rongrong's face.

"Now the whole palace is in panic, right?" Hua Rongrong handed the handkerchief to Yaqing and asked.

"Yeah, who wouldn't be afraid? Someone goes missing every three days. To be honest, I'm afraid too. I don't know who will die next." Yaqing stood next to Huarong Rong, holding her hands tightly.

Together, the tension is palpable.

"Let's go and take a look." Hua Rongrong put on her clothes, finished dressing up, and walked out.

"Princess, something big happened." Jacquard ran over panting and said.

"I know, Lan Yi is missing." Hua Rongrong said, gently breathing on the jacquard's back.

Jacquard turned around in surprise: "How does the princess know?"

"Yaqing has already told me, you just came back from grandma's place, how is the situation?" Hua Rongrong said as she walked towards the backyard.

"Mammy is searching the backyard with all the servants. The deep well where the body was found previously has been checked, and there is no body in Lan Yi."

"What did the prince say?" Hua Rongrong frowned and asked.

"Your Majesty has already set off for the border before dawn, and he specifically ordered not to disturb the Princess's sweet dream," Jacquard said.

"Oh." Hua Rongrong nodded with sadness in her heart, and then her frown dispersed, and a hint of loneliness flashed past.

Then he asked: "Does the prince know about Lan Yi's disappearance?"

"You probably don't know. The prince didn't ask about Lan Yi. I guess he didn't find out." Yaqing continued.

While he was talking, he had already reached the backyard.

When the nun in charge saw Huarong approaching, she hurried over and said, "Princess, I haven't found Lan Yi yet. Lan Yi has never asked for leave. She was fine yesterday. Why is she missing today?"

"Where's Concubine Li?" Hua Rongrong's eyebrows trembled. The matter seemed very simple. Lan Yi most likely followed Ruyi's footsteps, but Concubine Li conspired with others again and again. Was she going to deal with it?

Shangguan Chen took action?

"Back to the princess, Concubine Li went to the border with the prince before dawn. What does the princess have to do with Concubine Li?" said the lady in charge.

"What?" Hua Rong was shocked. The continuous bad news early in the morning had already caused all Hua Rong's composure to collapse.

"The prince is going to guard the border, why is Concubine Li going with him?" Hua Rongrong said angrily.

In the eyes of the nun in charge, Huarong was jealous at such a serious moment, and she was jealous that Concubine Li followed the prince to the border.

"Concubine Li pestered the prince to ask for it many times, and the prince agreed to take her there." Seeing Hua Rongrong's reaction, Jacquard thought that the princess was jealous of Concubine Li, so she hurriedly said.

"You keep looking, you must see the person alive, and the corpse if dead!" Hua Rongrong said urgently.

Then he turned around and ran towards the side courtyard: "You all stay here to find someone, you don't have to follow me."

After arriving at the side yard out of breath, Hua Rongrong walked through the weeds as tall as a person and came to the foot of the big tree. She circled around but couldn't find any entrance.

"Stupid girl, are you looking for me?" Suddenly two hands touched Huarongrong's shoulders from behind, and an evil voice sounded close to Huarongrong's ears.

Huarong was immediately startled. She quickly took a few steps forward, escaped from Huahua's control, and turned around: "Do you have to appear suddenly in this way every time?"

"It's rare for Rongrong to take the initiative to come to see me. She's so happy!" Huahua pouted and said coquettishly, expressing her strong dissatisfaction with Hua Rongrong's strong reaction.

"Huahua, you are always elusive, you should be able to catch up with Shangguanchen who left in the morning, right?" Hua Rongrong ignored the coquettish Huahua and asked with a serious face.

"Why are you following him when he goes to guard the border?" Huahua pouted even higher and said displeasedly.

"Can you take me to chase them? Shangguan Chen doesn't have many guards with him, so I'm a little worried." Hua Rongrong looked at Huahua with a hint of pleading on her face and said.

"It seems that Shangguan Chen still has some skills, and he has won our Rongrong's heart again so quickly." Huahua sighed with a sigh of surprise.

"Is that okay? Time is urgent. I'm afraid they will encounter something unexpected." Hua Rongrong reached out and grabbed Huahua's sleeves and said urgently.

Huahua nodded, not looking at Hua Rongrong, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, and responded: "How could I refuse Rongrong's request?"

After saying that, he pinched his fingers and blew a loud whistle.

A horse ran over quickly from nowhere.

"Let's go!" Huahua put her arms around Huarongrong's thin waist, and with a little effort, she lifted Huarongrong onto the horse's back. The two rode a fast horse together and drove away.

***

"Your Highness, come and take a bite of the apple." In the carriage, Concubine Li handed the peeled apple to Shangguan Chen's mouth and said softly.

"Thank you, concubine." Shangguan Chen opened his mouth and bit into it. The hot apple was not as delicious as expected.

After walking all morning, both people and horses have been exhausted by the scorching sun.

"Stop the car and let's all take a rest." The sun has risen to high in the sky, and the short official road has already been completed. At this time, Shangguanchen and his party are walking on the Gobi Desert with no end in sight.

At first glance, it was full of chaos. Even if a small piece of grass occasionally grew on the ground, it would be burnt yellow by the sun.

The air was also distorted by the sun.

After hearing Shangguan Chen's order, the leader of the guards breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand: "Stop and rest where you are."

"Your Majesty, come and drink some water." Concubine Li took the water bag and handed it to Shangguan Chen.

Shangguan Chen just stretched out his hand and before he could catch it, Li Fei let go of her hand. The water bag fell to the ground with a sound, and the little water that was left immediately spilled out.

"Oh, my lord, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Concubine Li frowned, hurriedly picked up the water bag, shook it, and looked apologetic.

"There is no water." Li Fei frowned and said softly.

"Forget it, it's okay if you don't have it. It's getting late, and there's no resting place in the tea tent nearby. Let's eat some dry food first and try to get out of this Gobi before dark, otherwise it will be very cold here at night." Shangguan said.

Chen found something to eat from his luggage, handed it to Li Fei and said.

"Your Majesty, it's all my fault. If I hadn't pointed the wrong way randomly, I wouldn't be like this." The apology on Li Fei's face became even more serious, and she lowered her head and said.

"Okay, okay, you just have good intentions, don't blame yourself too much." Shangguan Chen said perfunctorily with a flash of irritation in his heart.

Then he said: "I'm going out to see the guards. My beloved is taking a short rest in the carriage before she is on her way."

"All the guards have been exposed to the sun all morning, their clothes are soaked with sweat, and everyone is in a state of exhaustion.

"Your Majesty, no one expected to enter the Gobi Desert. We didn't bring much water with us. Now we have been exposed to the sun all morning. The situation is not optimistic." The leader of the guards followed Shangguan Chen with a deep brow.

Locked said.

"Yes, even if people can still bear it, horses still need to drink water quickly. Let's take a few people with you and go look for water sources. You should be able to find them along the grassy areas," Shangguan Chen said.

"But..." The guard leader hesitated slightly and looked at Shangguan Chen worriedly.

Shangguan Chen knew what the leader of the guards was worried about and comforted him: "Don't worry, there is no chance of assassins appearing in this place. Besides, we ourselves don't even know that we are coming to this Gobi Desert. How could the assassins know? He might still be here."

We are waiting in ambush on the official road."

The leader of the guards felt a little relieved. He turned back to the guards and said, "Everyone put on all the tools that can hold water and come with me to find the source of water!"

The few remaining guards stepped forward and unloaded the horses from the carriage so that the horses could lie on the ground and rest for a while.

Li Fei had been sitting quietly in the carriage, holding a flare in her hand that the emperor had given her before setting off. After struggling for a long time, she finally walked out resolutely.

"General, wait a minute." Li Fei's originally delicate voice also sounded a little tired at this time.

"I have a signal flare here. No matter whether we can find the water source or not, we have to return here in an hour. Otherwise, it is easy for people to get lost in this endless next door. If they get separated, their lives will always be in danger.

So after an hour, I will set off the signal flare, and you can follow the signal to find it safely."

The leader of the guards was quite surprised when he saw the signal flare in Concubine Li's hand, and couldn't help asking: "How did Concubine Li know that we would go into the desert, and she even brought the signal bomb with us."

Li Fei was shocked when she heard this. She didn't expect that such a group of big men wielding swords and guns could be so thoughtful. Her face turned red: "Before departure, Lan Yi gave this to me. He said it was a long way to go. If

If something unexpected happens, set off a flare so that we can get help from the nearby government office."
Chapter completed!