Wei Hai shook his head. "No, but if there is, I'll tell A Ning."
Xue Zining nodded, believing Feng Yuan would be fine. She was convinced.
Lying on the bed, she wondered if Yan Zhao was worried sick, but she couldn't send him any news right now.
"Your Highness, the doctor who was seeing patients at Ming Hui Hall has been found," Xue Feng said.
"Bring him in," Xue Jingyun commanded coldly.
Xue Feng escorted a man in. The man immediately dropped to his knees, pleading, "Your Highness, spare me, Your Highness, spare me."
The man, Liu Yong, had originally been a storyteller. Someone had approached him, given him a lot of money, and told him to impersonate a doctor at Ming Hui Hall and prescribe medicine as instructed.
"Your Highness, I truly knew nothing. I was merely following his plan," Liu Yong cursed himself for his foolishness, for doing anything and everything. Now he had offended the former Crown Prince of Xue, and he deserved his fate.
"Do you remember what that person looked like?" Xue Jingyun suddenly asked.
Liu Yong was startled. "I don't remember very clearly, but I have a general idea." Da Feng Novel Network
"Tell me, and I will draw," Xue Jingyun said indifferently.
Liu Yong dared not hide anything. "His build was similar to yours, and his hair seemed to be yellowish..."
Half an hour later, Xue Jingyun stood up and walked to Liu Yong, holding up the drawing. "Is it like him?"
Liu Yong looked up and was stunned. He hadn't expected anyone to be able to draw so accurately.
"My Prince is asking you a question," Xue Feng said coldly.
Liu Yong nodded. "It's so lifelike, so lifelike..."
"Take him away and keep him under strict guard," Xue Jingyun commanded coldly.
Xue Feng led Liu Yong away.
Xue Jingyun sat back down in his chair. He was very familiar with the person in the portrait; it was Han Xi Chen.
He clutched the portrait, his fingers slowly tightening, until the drawing turned to ash in his hand.
"Xue Li..." he whispered.
Xue Li appeared before him, bowing. "Your Highness."
"Go and prepare. Starting today, we depart for the Han Kingdom."
Xue Li faltered. "Your Highness, you..."
"Go!" Xue Jingyun said faintly.
Xue Li looked at his Prince, who had been working tirelessly since the Empress of Chang Ning disappeared. He couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, you should rest. If you don't find the Empress, you won't be able to bear it."
"I can hold on until I see A Ning." A Ning was waiting for him; he couldn't stop.
Xue Li was about to say more when Xue Song entered and persuaded him, "Hurry up and do as you're told. Even if His Highness sleeps, he won't be able to rest."
He hadn't understood before, but since having Xue Yan, he understood His Highness's feelings.
Xue Li nodded and left.
Xue Song stepped forward. "Your Highness, Prince Yuan Zhao requests an audience!"
Xue Jingyun paused for a moment. "Let him in!"
Xue Yuan Zhao hadn't wanted to come, but Duke Anguo cried to him every day. This was his only daughter, and he truly had no other recourse. After all, Duke Anguo had helped him when he returned to the palace alone.
He could not forget this kindness.
Moreover, with the disappearance of the Empress of Chang Ning, Xue Ling had merely been used. Now that the matter was clear, Xue Ling should be released.
However, when Xue Yuan Zhao entered and saw the once elegant and peerless man reduced to a tired and haggard state, he still felt a sense of unease.
Especially his eyes, which were red from lack of sleep.
This was due to staying up day and night.
With the Empress of Chang Ning missing, he should have been the most anxious.
Thinking of this, the words he intended to say caught in his throat.
"Does brother have something to say?" Xue Jingyun asked faintly, his tone however was cold and distant.
Xue Yuan Zhao looked up. "Shouldn't Xue Ling be released now? Duke Anguo is very worried..."
"I said, as long as A Ning is safe, she will be fine. If something happens to A Ning, she won't survive."
"Yan Zhao, I know the disappearance of the Empress of Chang Ning has thrown you into disarray, but you cannot kill the innocent."
"Am I killing the innocent? She is alive and well, but where is my A Ning? I don't even know where A Ning is..." Xue Jingyun roared, his eyes flashing with a bloodthirsty glint.
Xue Yuan Zhao trembled all over and took a step back, unable to believe that the elegant and composed Xue Jingyun, who always had a plan, could be like this today.
Xue Jingyun looked coldly at Xue Yuan Zhao. "Brother, please go back. I will not release her, no matter who comes."
Xue Yuan Zhao lowered his eyes and left.
Xue Song watched Xue Yuan Zhao's lonely figure from outside the door. "Prince Yuan Zhao, please do not blame him. His Highness has been enduring this since the Empress disappeared."
Xue Yuan Zhao looked up at the sky, which was gradually turning white. "I know."
Therefore, he could not win Xue Zining's heart because he could not reach Xue Jingyun's level.
"Xue Song," Xue Jingyun's voice called from inside.
Xue Song bowed. "I will not escort Prince Yuan Zhao."
Xue Yuan Zhao said, "No need, I can return on my own."
An hour later, a carriage left the secluded west gate of Xue Palace.
Inside the carriage, Xue Yan said, "Your Highness, please rest for a while. Even traveling day and night, it will take three days and three nights to reach the Han Kingdom."
Xue Jingyun nodded. "Alright."
Xue Song gave Xue Yan a thumbs-up.
Xue Yan's mind was heavy. The Empress must not be harmed, or she would be unforgivably guilty, even to death.
Xue Song knew the pressure Xue Yan was under, otherwise, he wouldn't have insisted on bringing them out with His Highness. He wanted to atone for Xue Yan's sins, although His Highness had never blamed them.
However, like Xue Yan, he was uneasy.
After three days and three nights of non-stop travel, they finally arrived at the Han Kingdom as the sky began to lighten on the fourth day.
The carriage stopped, and Xue Jingyun alighted directly, heading towards the Han Kingdom's imperial palace.
Xue Song said to Xue Yan, who was getting out of the carriage behind him, "Go and book an inn. His Highness might need to rest when he returns."
Xue Yan knew His Highness was going to settle accounts with the King of Han, so it was fine for her not to go. She nodded. "Alright, protect His Highness."
Xue Song nodded and followed in Xue Jingyun's direction.
Han Xi Xia was awakened by a chill wind. Just as he was about to call out, he felt the cold air approaching.
He opened his eyes and saw a pair of eyes, red as blood, in the dim light.
"Who... who are you?" Han Xi Xia asked coldly, word by word.
"King Han, don't you recognize this Prince?" As the words fell, the sleeping chambers were suddenly illuminated.
Han Xi Xia rose and looked at the person before him, momentarily stunned.
It wasn't until his guards rushed in that he regained his senses and couldn't help but laugh heartily. "Xue Jingyun, what have you done to yourself? Is it..."
Before he could finish, his words were swallowed by a pair of icy eyes.
"I haven't seen this King in a long time, and I find you rather curious..."
The King of Han suppressed his laughter. Upon seeing the people who had barged in, he roared, "Get out! This is the Crown Prince of Xue City."