At this moment, a bird flew from afar, saw the crowd at the entrance, and immediately stopped on the eaves of the gate, shrieking in a sharp voice towards Xuexue, who was riding a horse not far away: "Master, Master, it’s not good, the bad Prince has died."
Upon hearing this, Xuexue’s body went limp, nearly falling off the horse. She steadied herself, lifted her head, and asked Xiao Jiu: "What... What are you saying?"
Xiao Jiu shouted again: "The Prince is dead."
"Ah woo woo...!"
As soon as Xiao Jiu’s words fell, cries erupted at the gate.
It turned out the commoners guarding the entrance, upon hearing Xiao Jiu say the Prince had died, could not control themselves and burst into tears. If something happened to the Prince, who would protect Moli Country in the future? Wouldn’t their safety be precarious?
Whenever the Prince fell ill before, they worried that this day would come, and unexpectedly, it has come.
The people were overwhelmed with grief, the more they cried, the sadder they became. In no time, cries filled the entrance, and the gathering crowd of commoners were increasingly surrounded by the earth-shattering news of the Prince’s passing.
The guards looked at each other, the Prince was lying fine inside, who said he died? How did this bird spread rumors?
They hadn’t fully reacted yet.
Xuexue got off the horse, staggered up the steps, fell to the ground several times, got up, and stumbled forward, swaying to the guards, her face pale, asked: "When did this happen?"
The guards were baffled by the question, what was the Princess Consort saying? They couldn’t understand.
Getting no answer, Xuexue was annoyed and sternly asked: "The Princess Consort asked you, when did the Prince pass away?"
He seemed fine outside earlier, how come as soon as she returned, he was gone? Had the spies from Wei Country drugged him too fiercely, truly poisoning the Prince to death?
Long Rui’s fragile appearance, lying motionless against the burlap sack flashed before Xuexue’s eyes, causing her great sorrow.
Long Rui treated her so well, yet she didn’t even realize he had been replaced, truly too careless.
The guards came to their senses, exclaimed: "Princess Consort, don’t listen to their nonsense, the Prince is fine, he’s inside!"
Xuexue paused, hurriedly asked: "Really? You better not lie to me!"
The guards nodded earnestly: "Really, Princess Consort, we wouldn’t dare lie to you, even if given a water tank for courage, we wouldn’t dare lie to the Princess Consort."
The entrance was still filled with cries, knowing Long Rui was fine, Xuexue found the cries piercing, frowned, and said: "Explain to the commoners, tell them to stop wailing."
Guard: "Yes."
Xuexue asked again: "Who spread the rumor just now, such audacity, dare to spread rumors about the Prince’s safety? Believe it or not, the Princess Consort will chop his head off?"
The bird on the eaves shrank its head immediately upon hearing this, oh dear! The Master’s anger was terrifying, all said, it couldn’t be blamed, it had been misled by the commoners, who gathered in droves at the gate during these extraordinary times, prone to misunderstandings.
The guards did not speak, but glanced at the bird on the eaves, the meaning was quite clear, it was this bird spreading rumors.
Xuexue understood, shouted: "Xiao Jiu, get down here."
During these extraordinary times, who would dare go down? Xiao Jiu indicated it wouldn’t dare, and smiled ingratiatingly: "Master, mind your image, where’s your ladylike demeanor?"
Xuexue rolled up her sleeves, gritting her teeth, said: "After I pluck all your feathers, I’ll talk about ladylike demeanor!"
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