Romance of the Resurrected Crown Princess and the Cold-blooded Wolf King

The guards for the Longyin Hall all prostrated themselves to receive His Majesty upon seeing the royal carriage of the emperor.

Huangfu Cang got off the royal carriage and glanced at the chief guard in front, asking in a fierce voice, “Where is the intruder who broke into the Longyin Hall?”

Feeling Huangfu Cang’s disgruntlement, the chief guard started to slightly tremble, “Your Majesty, the intruder is still inside. We dare not break into the Longyin Hall.”

The Longyin Hall was the holiest place in the imperial palace of the Qinglong Empire. The guards couldn’t go inside randomly.

Huangfu Cang narrowed his black eyes and then asked further, “Did you see who broke in?”

Hearing that, the chief guard immediately broke out in a sweat with droplets of sweat rolling from his forehead to the ground, “It’s…”

“Tell me!” Huangfu Cang yelled grumpily.

“It’s a woman in white.” The guard closed his eyes despairingly. He knew that he must be doomed today.

“A woman!” Huangfu Cang screamed and shouted at the guards prostrating on the ground angrily, “There are so many of you. How can you let a woman break into the Longyin Hall? You deserve to die for this!”

“Take these useless people down and put them to the death by dismembering their body,” Huangfu Cang ordered a guard aside, angry beyond control.

Hearing that they were sentenced to death, those guards prostrating on the ground all started to shiver in fear and beg for mercy.

“Your Majesty, please spare us…”

“Your Majesty, it was someone who deliberately drew us elsewhere…”

“Your Majesty, please let go of us. We just fell into a trick to lure us away from our duty…”

“Your Majesty…” The begging sounds faded away gradually. Huangfu Cang stared at the Longyin Hall, his eyes gleaming with coldness.

“Lay siege to the Longyin Hall now.”

After giving the order, Huangfu Cang walked to the Longyin Hall.

“Your Majesty…” Eunuch Wang wanted to follow him but he recalled that he couldn’t enter the Longyin Hall.

Huangfu Cang glanced around the palace after entering the Longyin Hall and found no one here. The memorial tablets and paintings of the ancestors also didn’t seem to have been moved.

Huangfu Cang closed his eyes and released his mental strength but he couldn’t feel anyone else.

He opened his black eyes abruptly, his eyes full of confusion. What was going on? There was no one but him in the Longyin Hall.

Huangfu Cang looked around the Longyin Hall twice and didn’t walk out of the Longyin Hall until he made sure no one else was inside.

“Guard the Longyin Hall well. If anyone else breaks in, you will face the same consequences as the previous guards.”

“Yes,” the guards all replied with reverence and awe. Having taken warning from those guards’ examples, how could they not try their best to guard the Longyin Hall well?

“Greetings, Your Majesty.”

The sudden greeting made Huangfu Cang knit his eyebrows. His eyes glistened with dissatisfaction, “Why are you here?”

The leading old man immediately bowed and said, “We’ve learned that a woman broke into the Longyin Hall. We all believe that this is too serious so we come here to take a look together.”

If Duanmu Xi was here, she would recognize the old man who was talking for sure. He was Duanmu Xin, the chief elder of the Duanmu Family in modern times. And now, this man became Huangfu Xin, the chief elder of the Huangfu Family. It was fair enough to say that these people were really fated to meet again! Their fates were intertwined from modern times to ancient times.

Huangfu Cang glanced at the several old men and said casually, “No woman broke into the Longyin Hall. You’ve thought too much.”

“No woman broke in? Do you want to cover up your granddaughter?” An ugly old man looked at Huangfu Cang, saying.

“Mind your manners! How can you talk to His Majesty like this?” Huangfu Xin yelled at the old man who had just talked and meanwhile scrutinized the expression of Huangfu Cang.

At the moment, Huangfu Cang didn’t care about Third Elder’s rudeness. The words–“granddaughter” and “the woman in white” kept running through his mind.

With his pupils suddenly dilating, he started to panic and didn’t want to handle these annoying old men any more.

“It is true that no woman broke into the Longyin Hall. You can go inside and take a look yourselves.”

After saying that, Huangfu Cang just left in a hurry.

The ugly Third Elder stared at Huangfu Cang’s back in perplexity and wondered why the emperor was so easy to deal with today. At other times, if he dared to offend the emperor verbally, the emperor would not let go of him so easily.

Huangfu Xin looked at Huangfu Cang leaving in a flurry, his eyes sparkling with fierceness, “Let’s go into the hall and have a look.”

Several elders went into the Longyin Hall and searched it several times. They couldn’t find anyone in there indeed.

Huangfu Xin widened his eyes in disbelief. How was this possible? He also saw the woman in white come inside and he kept hiding in the darkness. Never did he see her go out.

Huangfu Cang rushed to the Eastern Palace even without taking his royal carriage.

“Where is Xi?” Upon seeing Huangfu Che, Huangfu Cang immediately asked.

“Father, you…” Huangfu Che was a bit surprised to see Huangfu Cang show up all of a sudden.

“Where is Xi?” Huangfu Cang grabbed Huangfu Che’s arm and asked again.

“She seems to be dragged back to the room by Mo.” Looking at Huangfu Cang’s anxious face, Huangfu Che finally came to his senses and also felt worried.

“Take me there.” Huangfu Cang directly dragged Huangfu Che inside.

“Father, what on earth has happened today?” Huangfu Che looked at Huangfu Cang acting in such a hurry and felt even more flustered.

Huangfu Cang didn’t answer because he was not sure whether Xi had entered the Longyin Hall. If she did, why couldn’t he find her in the Longyin Hall?

“Mo, I’m glad you came.” Huangfu Che was delighted to see Xuanyuan Mo, “Do you know where Xi is?”

Xuanyuan Mo took a look at Huangfu Cang standing next to Huangfu Che, “She was taken away by Phoenix Five. It seems that some princess invited her to a party.” Back then, he seemed to hear Phoenix Five say so to her in the room.

“Che, get Phoenix Five to meet me here,” Huangfu Cang stared at Huangfu Che with a frown and said.

“Okay.” Huangfu Che also got anxious now.

Xuanyuan Mo looked at their grim faces and also slightly knitted his eyebrows.

Shortly, Phoenix Five arrived. Even Duanmu Xue also learned the news and came.

Upon seeing Huangfu Cang, Phoenix Five greeted with a bow, “Greetings, Your Majesty.”

Huangfu Cang furrowed his eyebrows and glimpsed Phoenix Five, saying, “Where is Princess Qinglian?”

Princess Qinglian? Phoenix Five was a bit taken aback to hear that but shortly, she composed herself and replied, “Her Highness has been invited by Princess Yuehua to a party.”

Yuehua? A glint of rumination flashed across Huangfu Cang’s eyes, “Do you know where the party is held?”

Phoenix Five thought about it and then said, “It seems to be held in the Longyin Hall.”

Upon hearing that, Huangfu Cang immediately rose, “What did you say?”

Huangfu Che also stared at Phoenix Five in shock, asking, “How can it be the Longyin Hall?”

Seeing their reaction, Phoenix Five also started to get nervous and then tried hard to recall what the eunuch said, “It’s the Longyin Hall. I’m sure of it.”

Huangfu Cang’s mind was in a mess now. This was too weird. Maybe he had guessed the cause but the result was just unexpected by him.

“Why did Third Sister invite Xi to the Longyin Hall?” Huangfu Che put on a fierce look now rather than a gentle face at other times.

Duanmu Xue looked at the abnormal Huangfu Che and also sensed something, “Can’t Xi go to the Longyin Hall?”

Huangfu Che took a glance at Duanmu Xue and slightly restrained his killing intent, “The Longyin Hall is the place where the members of the Huangfu Family worship the ancestors. Just like the Fengming Hall, women are not allowed to enter the Longyin Hall.”

He wondered whether Xi had gone in there. If she did, it would be too bad.

“I’ll go to the Longyin Hall now,” Huangfu Che said and then walked out of the hall.

“No need. I’ve checked it and Xi is not there.” Huangfu Che’s words made Huangfu Che stop at once.

Feeling that everyone settled their gaze on him, Huangfu Cang heaved a sigh and said, “When I was in the Longxiang Palace, I was told that someone had broken into the Longyin Hall. Hence, I went to the Longyin Hall to check on my own and found no one was in there. This matter has been known by the elders of the Huangfu Family.”

“Then how did you know it was Xi who broke into the Longyin Hall?” Huangfu Che looked at Huangfu Cang in confusion.

“Those guards saw a woman in white broke into the Longyin Hall and judging from the tone of Huangfu Feng, he seems to be sure that it was Xi who broke into the Longyin Hall.” A shimmer of killing intent passed over Huangfu Cang’s black eyes. Those old men came with preparations. Xi’s matter must have something to do with them.

“It must be Xi then but why can’t Xi be found in the Longyin Hall?” Huangfu Che frowned, his black eyes full of worry.

“That’s what confuses me a lot.” Maybe Xi just found something was wrong so she got out of the Longyin Hall.

Hearing their conversation, Duanmu Xue had an idea flashing across her mind.

Xuanyuan Mo also guessed where Duanmu Xi was but upon thinking that Duanmu Xi had stayed in the Fengming Hall for three years after getting in there, he just felt like tearing down the Longyin Hall.

After pondering for a while, Huangfu Cang said, “De’an.”

Hearing the summon, Eunuch Wang immediately came inside.

“Summon Princess Yuehua into the palace to meet me.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Eunuch Wang bowed himself out of the hall.

“Somebody come here,” after Eunuch Wang left, Huangfu Cang shouted again.

A guard immediately walked inside.

“Here is my order. Close the palace gate right now and forbid all to go out.”

“Yes.” The guard took the order and left.

“Long Ri,” Huangfu Cang shouted at the air.

A man in black suddenly appeared in front of all.

“Your Majesty.” The man in black knelt before Huangfu Cang and saluted.

Huangfu Cang glimpsed Long Ri kneeling on the ground and ordered, “Dispatch all the dragon guards to look for Princess Qinglian. No matter what it takes, you must take Princess Qinglian back unscathed.”

“Yes, Your Majesty,” Long Ri replied and instantly disappeared in front of all.

Duanmu Xue also ordered Phoenix Five aside, “You also go and look for Xi with them.”

She was not sure whether her conjecture was right. If it was really the case, they couldn’t find Xi for sure.