The day had just begun to dawn when Feng Bailing, accompanied by Zhui Yue, left Chu City.
She departed in a hurry this ti, only instructing Dugu Xiaojin to keep Dugu Wu soothing Feng Xiaoli.
Feng Bailing’s destination on this journey was Baidi City.
After the incident with Dongfang Lianhua and the death of Manager Qiu, Feng Bailing beca more aware of a brewing terrible storm imminent.
She must clarify who the person orchestrating this behind the scenes was, especially the mysterious origins of Noble Consort Dugu, a narrative she had never experienced in her previous lifeti.
With Zhui Yue’s astonishing speed, what would have been several days’ travel took only one day for Feng Bailing to reach Baidi City.
Along the way, Feng Bailing also thought it over; after Zhang Dafa beca the King of Soldiers of Qinghe City, Phoenix rcenary Corps began making its mark in the rcenary world.
However, due to Zhang Dafa and Zhang Erfa being currently very busy, the rcenary corps was short on manpower.
Feng Luochen’s trip to Baidi City was specifically to help Zhang Dafa connect with the new King of Soldiers there.
In the evening, disguised Feng San appeared outside Baidi City.
Feng Bailing’s original appearance was too eye-catching, and Feng San, with his unremarkable looks, made it easier for her to travel.
Baidi City was originally a dium-sized city, not as bustling as Chu City, nor as established as Qinghe City’s old rcenary base.
But as a new city, especially with a newly constructed Soldier Inn, the number of rcenaries arriving in this area had gradually increased.
At the city gate, amidst the bustling crowd, half were rcenaries, and Feng Bailing also saw many foreigners.
Feng Bailing stopped a passerby, made so inquiries, and planned to first visit the Phoenix Chamber of Comrce in Baidi City.
Baidi City had recently also opened a branch of the Phoenix Chamber, and it turned out that Feng Bailing’s old acquaintance, Lady Lai from Xinqi Village, was overseeing it.
Since the introduction of Genetic Seeds, the developnt of fruit, vegetables, and animal husbandry in Xinqi Village had been swift, and the villagers had already escaped poverty and beco wealthy.
Among the original villagers, Feng Bailing chose a few suitable individuals, so of whom received training from brothers Zhang Da and Zhang Erfa; several robust young people and children beca martial artists.
Lady Lai’s son, Li Xiaotian, was found to be very suitable for martial training. The rest, due to age and physique not suitable for martial training, were not overlooked by Feng Bailing.
Feng Bailing sent Su Wang to visit Xinqi Village several tis, establishing a school there.
When Su Wang was in Xinqi Village teaching the villagers to read, he discovered Lady Lai had a good mory and learned quickly, so he ntioned it to Feng Bailing.
Before and after the Competition Among Ten Countries, Feng Bailing particularly arranged for Lady Lai to go to Chu City to learn accounting under Princess Mingxia.
Lady Lai did not disappoint, quickly grasping the basic accounting knowledge; Princess Yunxia felt she was capable enough to independently manage, so when it was ti to establish a Phoenix branch in Baidi City, Princess Mingxia recomnded Lady Lai to run it.
Watching, Feng Bailing headed towards the Phoenix Chamber’s direction, anwhile, several hours earlier.
In the afternoon, Chun Liu hurriedly found Feng Wan.
"Miss has disappeared."
Chun Liu was out of breath, her face pale with fright.
Last night, Dongfang Lianhua suddenly fell unconscious, causing the entire Princess’ Mansion to be thrown into chaos.
Chun Liu and Nanny Su took turns guarding Dongfang Lianhua, until just before dawn, when Chun Liu went to rest.
Early in the morning, Dugu Wu went to the Ministry of Revenue, and Dugu Xiaojin was also sent to the Imperial Academy for his classes. After Nanny Su had gotten everything ready, she went to check on Feng Xiaoli.
After calling Feng Xiaoli several tis without a response, Nanny Su thought that Feng Xiaoli, having gone to bed late last night, was still not awake and did not take it seriously.
By noon, not having seen any sign of Feng Xiaoli, Nanny Su felt that sothing was amiss.
Feng Xiaoli was a little foodie who would always cry out that she was hungry by noon. But today, her room was eerily quiet, not just missing Feng Xiaoli, but Nanny Su also realized that she hadn’t seen Hei Dian, who was always by Feng Xiaoli’s side.
In a rush, Nanny Su went to Feng Xiaoli’s room, only to be shocked when she pulled back the covers.
Beneath the quilt, there was only a pillow stuffed underneath; the bedding was ice cold, with no trace of Feng Xiaoli.
Now truly alard, Nanny Su hurriedly fetched Chun Liu. The two searched around the Princess’ Mansion but found no sign of either Feng Xiaoli or Hei Dian.
"How could we be so careless to lose soone first thing in the morning?"
Upon hearing this, Feng Wan also beca anxious. Feng Xiaoli was the apple of the Prince and Princess Consort’s eye. With Dongfang Lianhua having encountered sothing like this, could soone have hard Feng Xiaoli?
Feng Wan imdiately gathered the mansion’s guards and after a thorough questioning,
most were clueless, only one guard ntioned that he seed to have seen Feng Xiaoli at dawn.
Feng Xiaoli apparently went out of the mansion gate with Hei Dian, saying she was going to see the Princess Consort.
Only a few knew about Feng Bailing’s departure to Baidi City from the Princess’ Mansion, as she did not tell Feng Xiaoli to avoid causing a fuss.
Both Feng Wan and Chun Liu realized sothing was wrong and were stunned.
Could it be that Feng Xiaoli had run away from ho?
Indeed, Feng Xiaoli had run away from ho.
Last night, seeing Dongfang Lianhua suddenly faint and beco unconscious made her very upset, and she failed to sleep well all night.
Early in the morning, she wanted to check if her mother-in-law had woken up yet.
If not, she was going to keep calling out to her in hopes of waking her up.
But just as she tiptoed to Dongfang Lianhua’s room, she saw Feng Bailing exiting. She told Chun Liu to take care of Dongfang Lianhua with Nanny Su as she needed to make a trip to Baidi City to find a way to revive Dongfang Lianhua.
No sooner had Feng Bailing left, Feng Xiaoli followed quietly with Hei Dian.
During the last Competition Among Ten Countries, Her Majesty and father took Brother Xiaojin and were gone for several months, Feng Xiaoli had learned her lesson and also wanted to follow her mother to see the world.
Unfortunately, Feng Bailing rode Zhui Yue swiftly away, while Feng Xiaoli, riding Hei Dian, felt her bottom nearly split in half from the bumpy ride.
Hei Dian was fast too, but he didn’t dare follow too closely for fear of being discovered by Feng Bailing.
Thus, Feng Xiaoli and Hei Dian lagged far behind Feng Bailing.
Luckily, Hei Dian’s sense of sll was very sharp, and by tracking the scent of Feng Bailing and Zhui Yue, they managed to find the general direction to Baidi City.
However, the sky had already darkened before they could reach Baidi City.
At that mont, a loud rumble ca from Feng Xiaoli’s stomach.
The little girl, in her rush to follow her mother in the early morning, hadn’t brought much to eat, and the candies she had were already gone. Now, with her stomach flat, she lay weakly on Hei Dian’s back, only her eyes still showing so spirit.
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