Nann Yu’s mind was full of questions. Why was Xing Yu here? If the other person really was Nian Ru, why were they in this wilderness instead of going back to look for Prince Duan?
Moreover, how had the two won survived in such a desolate wilderness?
Nann Yu dared not think about it, especially since so ti had passed since the internal strife. No matter how he thought about it, it made no sense.
However, Nann Yu had not given up. Since Xing Yu appeared here, she must know sothing he did not.
"Your Majesty, it’s right there..." After reaching a dense forest, the guard whispered.
Nann Yu looked carefully, and only then did he see that behind the far-off dense forest, there seed to be two people. He imdiately recognized the one sitting against the tree trunk as Xing Yu. His heart tightened imdiately. He couldn’t see the other person clearly because they were being held in Xing Yu’s arms, their head resting on Xing Yu’s thighs, their face indiscernible, a very thin figure vaguely visible.
The clothes of the two were tattered, no longer retaining their original colors. At this mont, Xing Yu was leaning against the tree trunk, asleep, the person in her arms motionless, revealing nothing else.
Nann Yu’s heart tightened; he was desperate to go forward and check clearly, but in the next mont, Nann Yu restrained himself. The people were right before his eyes; whether or not it had already beco a fact, he had to remain calm now. Seeing sothing with his own eyes was always more reliable than asking about it.
Moreover, Xing Yu appeared here, not returning to Zheng Capital for such a long ti, which was all suspicious. What if there were more than two people with Xing Yu? Then where were the others, friend or foe?
Nann Yu had already cald down considerably, as long as Xing Yu was before his eyes, he was reassured. He had accepted the death of Zheng Nianru; he wasn’t afraid to wait a bit longer.
The guards quietly crouched down, their breathing seemingly blending slowly with the breeze in the woods. Ti ticked away, but the two figures in front made no movent, as if they were deeply asleep.
"Rustle—" Suddenly, a bird flew away, stirring a slight movent in the leaves. It was this slight movent that caused Xing Yu to suddenly wake up. In the next mont, instead of looking towards the direction of the noise above her, she looked at the person in her arms.
Nann Yu’s heart tensed up along with Xing Yu’s actions.
"It’s okay, it’s okay—" Xing Yu seed to confirm whether the person in her arms was still alive; that person lay like a corpse, letting Xing Yu look over them, showing no sign of movent.
Everyone suddenly had a bad premonition.
However, Nann Yu did not move, just watching Xing Yu’s actions, trying to guess sothing from them. Because, at this mont, perhaps the other guards felt nothing, but Nann Yu had already realized that the person in Xing Yu’s arms was not Zheng Nianru. They had never seen Zheng Nianru, nor had they spent ti with Zheng Nianru. Those movents were deeply imprinted in Nann Yu’s mind, and even just a fleeting glimpse of a figure allowed Nann Yu to make his judgnt.
That was not Zheng Nianru; hence, everything that followed seed to lose its significance.
But...
Nann Yu did not want to leave; Xing Yu was now the only person he could contact who had a connection to Zheng Nianru. Nanny Yun and the others were in Prince Duan’s Mansion. He had once considered moving them, but Prince Duan needed those people more than he did.
But the Xing Yu before him...
Nann Yu’s gaze gradually blurred; the guards were sowhat anxious because the figures before them had begun to move.
"Your Majesty... "
"Master..." the guard whispered softly.
Nann Yu snapped back to his senses and looked at Xing Yu again; he saw that Xing Yu had already picked up the person from the ground. By now, Nann Yu was even more certain that it was not Zheng Nianru.
"Go and check—" Since it was not Nian Ru, there was no need for such caution and carefulness.
Having said this, Nann Yu already led from behind the dense forest, with the guards imdiately following him.
Xing Yu had just taken a few steps with difficulty when she suddenly saw so many people erge in front of her. Startled, she instinctively took a step back, the next mont, turning to flee.
"Xing Yu—" Nann Yu imdiately called out.
At the sa ti, the hidden guards on their side also appeared, blocking Xing Yu’s retreat.
Nann Yu now saw clearly that Xing Yu had a young man, a boy, on her back.
"Xing Yu—" Nann Yu called out again, signaling his n not to advance, "don’t be afraid, we were just passing by and happened upon you."
At this, Xing Yu, realizing she couldn’t escape, turned back to look at Nann Yu, her eyes still full of wariness, ready to flee at any mont.
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