"Greetings to Your Majesty, and to Your Highness."
The maids of Rain Palace approached Long Yurou and Long Yufei with their salutations.
"Sister, please take a seat first."
Long Yufei ushered Long Yurou to the seat of honor, then turned to one of the maids and asked, "Didn’t I ask you to take care of those two little babies? Why are you here?"
"I..."
The maid in question was previously in charge of looking after Chu Xin and Chu Chen. Hearing the question, she wanted to explain the situation but was interrupted by Long Yufei.
"Enough, go find those two little ones quickly."
Long Yufei was eager to bring the two youngsters to meet her sister. As for why the maid was there, she didn’t have time to investigate.
Hesitating, the maid replied, "Your Highness, the young miss and young master are not in Rain Palace."
"Not in Rain Palace?"
Long Yufei was stunned for a moment, frowning, "Where did they go? Did they run out to play? Or did they go outside the palace?" Discover exclusive content at freewebnovel
The maid knelt on the ground with a thud and said, "Your Highness, the young miss and young master went to the Heavenly Prison."
"Heavenly Prison?"
Long Yufei’s eyes widened, wondering if she had heard incorrectly, "You said they went to the Heavenly Prison?"
"Yes."
The maid respectfully confirmed.
"What are they doing in the Heavenly Prison?"
Long Yufei frowned and scolded, "I tasked you with taking good care of them, how could you not watch over them? What if something happened?"
"This servant begs for Your Highness’s forgiveness."
The maid bowed her head, not daring to meet Long Yufei’s gaze, and explained, "The young miss had the Golden Dragon Token, and I couldn’t stop her. After taking them near the Heavenly Prison, they sent me back."
Long Yufei wanted to speak further but was interrupted by Long Yurou.
"Enough, you can’t blame her for this. With that little one in possession of the Golden Dragon Token, no one would dare to refuse."
Long Yurou stood up and walked outside Rain Palace, "Let’s go to the Heavenly Prison."
"Okay, sister."
Long Yufei glanced at the maid before turning and following Long Yurou out.
...
Meanwhile, the sibling pair, having already left the Heavenly Prison, were racing towards the Transmission Array.
Chu Chen spoke, "Sister, where shall we go first?"
Chu Xin stopped in front of the Transmission Array, thought for a bit, and said, "Let’s split up. I’ll go to Li Huo City, and you and the little pig head to Lang City. Remember, rescue all the female prisoners, our mother is among them. If I rescue mother first, I’ll head to Lang City to meet you. If you rescue her, come find me in Li Huo City. Actually, forget it, let’s leave a Battle Body with each other. This way, we can exchange information at any time."
"Okay!"
Chu Chen nodded his head.
The siblings then each summoned their own purple-haired Battle Bodies to stand by each other’s side.
"Let’s do our best, we must find mother this time."
Chu Xin clenched her fists in encouragement.
"Yes!"
Chu Chen nodded firmly, his eyes filled with unwavering seriousness.
"You go first!"
Chu Xin let Chu Chen enter the Transmission Array first. She took out a Holy Artifact and said to the Teleportation Array Guard, "Big brother, my little brother wants to go to Lang City, but we don’t have any Spirit Stones. Can we use a Magic Artifact as a substitute?"
The guard, initially excited to see the Holy Artifact, frowned upon hearing they wanted to go to Lang City and said, "To Lang City? That won’t do. The area outside Lang City is currently engaged in battle with the Cloud State Rebel Army. Anyone who wishes to go to Lang City must have a decree issued by His Majesty. Do you have the decree?"
"No!"
Chu Xin shook her head and then took out her Golden Dragon Token, saying, "But I have this. Will it suffice?"
"Golden Dragon Token?"
The guard was startled and quickly knelt on the ground, bowing respectfully, "This humble one did not know the miss had the Golden Dragon Token, please forgive any negligence."
"It’s fine, can my brother go to Lang City now?" Chu Xin asked.
"Yes."
The guard nodded, setting the destination of the Teleportation Array to the northwestern Lang City.
Whirring!
The lights of the Teleportation Array flickered, teleporting Chu Chen and the two-headed piglet away.
Chu Xin then said, "Big brother, I want to go to Li Huo City. These two Holy Artifacts are for you."
"Miss, I can’t accept this."
The guard hurriedly waved his hands, his face filled with trepidation, then set the Teleportation Array’s destination for Li Huo City.
"Thank you, big brother."
As the lights of the Teleportation Array flickered, Chu Xin’s petite figure vanished within the array.
"This little child actually has a Golden Dragon Token, could she be His Majesty’s illegitimate daughter?"
The guard murmured to himself, feeling relieved, "Good thing I didn’t accept her Holy Artifacts, if this got back to His Majesty, I’d be dead for sure."
Meanwhile, in the Imperial Palace Heavenly Prison.
"We have seen His Majesty, we have seen Your Highness."
The guards of the Heavenly Prison saluted respectfully.
Long Yurou nodded indifferently and asked, "Have two little children been here?"
The Commander of the guards responded respectfully, "Your Majesty, not long ago, two little children did indeed visit, and the little girl even had the Golden Dragon Token with her."
"What did they come here for?"
Long Yufei asked curiously.
The Commander turned to the Heavenly Prison guard who had earlier led Chu Xin and Chu Chen, and the guard immediately stepped forward, respectfully saluting Long Yurou and Long Yufei, then said, "They mentioned it was their first visit to the Imperial Palace and expressed a wish to tour the Heavenly Prison."
"Tour the Heavenly Prison? Where are they now? Still inside the prison?"
Long Yufei was somewhat speechless; the Heavenly Prison was a place for holding criminals, what was there to tour?
"They have already left."
The Heavenly Prison guard said respectfully.
"Left? Where did they go?" Long Yufei frowned slightly.
"I don’t know."
The guard shook his head.
After a moment of contemplation, Long Yurou asked, "Did they mention anything?"
The Heavenly Prison guard reported truthfully, "Your Majesty, initially, the two children only mentioned wanting to tour the Heavenly Prison. After entering, they were inquiring about the prisoners’ matters constantly. Upon hearing that all prisoners had been formed into cannon fodder troops and sent to the front lines, they suddenly lost interest in the prison and left."
"Inquiring about the prisoners’ matters?"
Long Yufei was greatly surprised; why would those two little ones inquire about the prisoners for no reason?
The guard nodded and said, "If they weren’t so young and didn’t have the Golden Dragon Token, I would have suspected they’d come to break into the prison."
"Hmm?"
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Long Yurou turned her gaze to him, and in that moment, it felt as if the weight of the entire world bore down on him, causing him to fall to his knees, hastily saying with fear, "But it seems impossible, they’re so small, how could they break into the prison, they must have been merely curious. Right, they were interested in a female prisoner held in the Nine-story Heavenly Prison."
A female prisoner in the Nine-story Heavenly Prison?
Long Yurou and Long Yufei exchanged looks; what would those two youngsters want with that female prisoner?
Before the old Martial God left, he had mentioned to them that the female prisoner in the Nine-story Heavenly Prison was deeply connected to them. Should they encounter something insoluble, they could release her. But he also cautioned that unless absolutely necessary, they must not do so.
If not for the alarming strangeness of the Blood Puppets army, Long Yurou would not have considered releasing the female prisoner from the Nine-story Heavenly Prison.
"By the way, Your Majesty, I just remembered something."
Just then, the silent Commander of the Heavenly Prison suddenly presented a Jade Scroll, respectfully offering it with both hands, "This was left with me by the female prisoner from the Nine-story Heavenly Prison when she left, with instructions to pass it to Your Majesty after seven days. Since Your Majesty is here already, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to give it to you in advance."
Long Yurou’s brow furrowed slightly, she took the Jade Scroll and put it away without looking at it immediately. Right now, the urgent priority was to find her children; she would look at the Jade Scroll left by the female prisoner later.