Two days have passed, and still no one can be found!
Feng Yexuan had barely slept these past two days.
He couldn't understand it. That girl was merely a shadow of Li'er to him.
Yet, when she was gone, he couldn't eat or sleep!
Over these two days, Prince Xuan appeared as noble and aloof as ever on the surface.
But those around him knew he was not in good spirits and had a very short temper.
However, Feng Yexuan was slightly better today.
The Empress Dowager had woken up.
"I gave the Empress Dowager medicine that day. When Yu Linglong took her pulse, she thought her pulse had completely failed."
Liu Jin looked at Feng Yexuan and gently reassured him, "Your Highness, the Empress Dowager is fine. Her body is just too weak and needs more rest."
Feng Yexuan visited the Empress Dowager and, upon confirming there were no issues, left.
Meanwhile, Fu Ning had also recovered under Liu Jin's care these past few days.
It was the second night, and there was still no news of Xiao Yao.
Fu Ning knocked on Feng Yexuan's door.
"Your Highness, I have something to say, but I don't know if I should."
"If you don't want to say it, then get out!"
Fu Ning was startled. Prince Xuan was even more difficult to deal with than before!
But she wasn't intimidated. She just lowered her head and said softly, "Has Your Highness ever considered that A'Li might be right beside you?"
Feng Yexuan didn't speak, his palm clenched tightly.
Seeing this, Fu Ning didn't know what he was thinking, her voice dropping even lower.
"I... I feel that the girl named Xiao Yao and A'Li..."
Feng Yexuan suddenly stood up and walked quickly towards the door.
Fu Ning didn't even get to finish her words before he vanished from sight.
Leng Ji was outside.
When Fu Ning came out, Leng Ji was already pondering where to find the Prince.
The Prince had walked too fast, and he couldn't keep up!
"Miss Fu, please don't mind him. Our Prince these past two days..."
"I know, it's just..."
"I understand what you mean." Leng Ji nodded and then sighed silently.
"Actually, all of us feel that Xiao Yao looks very much like the Princess Consort, truly very much so. Even the Prince has been personally testing her."
Leng Ji hesitated before saying, "The Prince is more conflicted than anyone. He cannot afford to be wrong about this matter. If Xiao Yao is truly not the Princess Consort, then the Prince will... will fall into an abyss of eternal damnation, do you understand?"
Fu Ning thought for a moment, and her face suddenly turned deathly pale.
She hadn't realized the pressure the Prince was under.
If they, as his subordinates, made a mistake, and the real A'Li returned, at most they would apologize, and everyone could still get along.
But what terrible consequences would Prince Xuan, as A'Li's husband, face if he made a mistake?
What would he do if his feelings deepened, and one day the real A'Li returned?
With two A'Lis, choosing either would be a betrayal of loyalty!
The better Xiao Yao was, the more he dared not indulge his emotions. What if there was even a one-in-ten-thousand chance that she wasn't A'Li?
The crucial point was that Xiao Yao herself had no memory of Chu Qianli at all.
Other than her eyes, and the faint scent that was so similar to Chu Qianli's, she had nothing.
He couldn't be a hundred percent sure. Even with the slightest doubt, he dared not confirm.
But he hadn't expected that he would completely lose his composure now because of Xiao Yao's disappearance!
This was the most agonizing part for Prince Xuan!
He had already developed feelings for Xiao Yao!
The more Fu Ning thought about it, the more her heart ached.
Who could understand the heavy pain in Prince Xuan's heart?
Xiao Yao, was she really Li'er? Why couldn't she remember certain things herself?
Fu Ning suddenly exclaimed, "Yu Linglong knows how to use蛊术 (gu术 - a type of sorcery involving poisons and curses) to change faces. Could Xiao Yao's face also have been changed?"