Chapter 1689: At a Time Like This

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Qu Xiao seemed to be a little frightened from the attack. He did not speak and only stayed in the room. The imperial physician who followed him examined him and said that he would be fine after he recovered from the shock. Then, he made a calming soup and handed it to Qu Xiao with both hands.

Qu Xiao felt better after drinking it.

The Cloud Guards stood guard outside Qu Xiao’s room.

Qu Xiao was still a little sleepy, probably because he had drunk the calming soup. The chamberlain helped him sleep, and then they all retreated and stood guard outside the room.

It wasn’t until nighttime that a servant carried a rather large food box in to serve the Dongxiao Emperor dinner.

Not long after, the guards heard a scream from inside that the Emperor had disappeared.

The Cloud Guards were shocked and rushed in. They searched every corner of the huge room, but they couldn’t find any traces of Qu Xiao.

Liao Xiaodong and the others were also shocked. They brought people to investigate not only in this room but also everywhere in the inn. They all said that they did not see Qu Xiao go out, but they also did not see any traces of the secret chamber. Qu Xiao seemed to have disappeared into thin air.

The chamberlains were all crying in despair.

The officials of the diplomatic team couldn’t find their Emperor and were all anxious. They even suspected that it was Da Ling who did it. They said that Da Ling’s army was guarding outside their Emperor’s door. This was also Da Ling’s territory. The kidnapper has to be someone who knows this place well! Da Ling must have done something.

Some officials even sent people back to Dongxiao to report the matter. The disappearance of an Emperor, with no one knowing whether he was dead or alive, was no small matter.

He even threatened that if Da Ling didn’t give Dongxiao a satisfactory explanation, Dongxiao would have to destroy the entire country to avenge their Emperor and seek justice.

However, Liao Xiaodong and the others couldn’t care less about what these people were saying. They continued to search for Qu Xiao’s whereabouts while sending a Cloud Guard to report to their Emperor Xue Yan.

The Cloud Guard had already planned to go, so he was already packed and ready to go.

He rode a fast horse.

Xue Yan lived in Locust Village under Pingan Town of Xinyuan County in the Yiran area. It wasn’t particularly far away, and he arrived in four hours without taking any breaks.

Today was the 3rd of March. The family only started to make garlic bread in the evening. At night, the family only ate garlic bread and did not cook anything else. However, because the family wanted to make more garlic bread to give away, they did not finish making garlic bread until 11 in the morning. Anyway, they had steamed many baskets of garlic bread.

Jiang Yue had to take care of her baby. Her baby was still young, so she couldn’t help in the kitchen. Xue Yan, on the other hand, helped to make rice cake for a while. Seeing that there was no need for his help, he went to the central room.

There was also a rocking bed in the central room. When Xue Yan arrived at the central room, Jiang Yue happened to put the baby back into the rocking bed and let her roll around in the rocking bed.

The baby was more than seven months old. Not only could she sit and turn over, but she could also roll around.

She seemed to be quite strong based on how strong she was rocking herself. However, when she was hugged, she still felt very soft. She was so small that he did not dare to hug her too hard.

It was as if he could break her if his grip was a little tighter.

She was probably tired from rolling around. Seeing that her father was here, she stopped rolling. The baby lay there with her two little feet propped up. Her fair and tender little face turned around to look at her mother, then turned back again. Her two black, grape-like, bright eyes looked at her father again.

The older she grew, the more delicate and adorable she became.

“You’re such a calm child.” Xue Yan says smilingly.

Jiang Yue also smiled.

Indeed.

When she was awake, her baby was so obedient that she could play on her own. However, when she was sleeping, she was not obedient. Sometimes, she would cry a few times in the middle of the night. The parents had to hold her and coax her for a long time before she went back to sleep.

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