Chapter 1435: Chapter 1434: The So-Called Tacit Understanding
Chu Qianli put away half of the jade pendant and immediately quickened her pace toward Chu Jiangnan’s Longyang Hall.
The more she walked, the more excited she became, with a hint of inexplicable tension.
She didn’t know if she was too absorbed in her thoughts to notice, but the aura behind her took on a slight peculiarity.
By the time she sensed something was wrong, that chill had already reached her back.
Chu Qianli’s heart tightened, and she immediately struck out with her palm.
Unfortunately, she was still recovering from her injuries. Her strike to the opponent was as if a stone had sunk into the sea, not stirring the slightest ripple!
But the person’s palm power had already completely enveloped her.
Her body was completely controlled by his palm wind, and when he gathered it in, Chu Qianli felt her breath stop for a moment, with no fresh air entering her chest.
Everything before her eyes gradually became blurry.
Around her, there seemed to be someone calling, "Princess..."
But those calling voices quickly faded.
In her ears, there was only the whistling wind.
And the man’s deep laughter, "Little thing, you finally fell into my hands."
...
At this moment, Longyang Hall remained serene and quiet.
"The Little Princess has been missing for more than ten years. For the past three years, I have been searching all along but haven’t found the slightest trace."
Chu Wang was making tea personally.
At this moment, even Little Shunzi had been dismissed; in the entire side hall, there were only him and Chu Jiangnan.
"Loyal Brother, have you ever thought that perhaps in this lifetime, the Little Princess might truly never be found again?"
It wasn’t that he wanted to say something discouraging, but it had been three years!
For three whole years, nearly the entire Cangqiong Continent had been traversed.
Back then, Mingyue seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace whatsoever of her existence.
Not to mention Mingyue, even their senior sister Mu Hua, who was expelled from the sect, was also without any news.
Master Wugou’s three disciples never used their real names.
No one knew each other’s identities.
Chu Wang just hadn’t expected that even the two who loved each other dearly would not have confided in each other.
Chu Jiangnan didn’t speak, looking at the tea in the pot, his expression seemingly cold, but Chu Wang still detected a trace of unrest.
He cared about Mingyue just as much as he cared about the Little Princess.
Things had happened over ten years ago. Others would have long forgotten.
But Loyal Brother was not an ordinary person.
For the woman he loved at the time, he hadn’t had a single concubine in the harem for more than a decade.
This is not something an average emperor could do.
"Why were you unwilling to tell her the truth back then?"
"I wasn’t unwilling, but it was our tacit understanding; neither would pry into the other’s secrets."
At that moment, Chu Jiangnan, with Chu Wang, still appeared as he did back then.
He wasn’t an Emperor, didn’t need to refer to himself as ’Zhen,’ feeling relaxed and free.
Only in front of his younger brother Chu Wang could he be like that.
Chu Wang felt a bit helpless.
Tacit understanding.
What was supposed to be the most beautiful thing unexpectedly caused such a huge trouble.
"Actually, I was originally thinking of coming back once. When Father Emperor’s health improved, I planned to bid farewell to him and tell him I wouldn’t return to the palace anymore."
"Was Loyal Brother planning to live freely with Mingyue, even abandoning the Imperial Family and Jiangshan?" Chu Wang was quite taken aback.
However, he quickly came to terms with it.
Loyal Brother, indeed, was not an average emperor.
His love for Mingyue was truly profound.
Sadly, destiny played a trick on them.
The two couldn’t be together, and after so many years, they couldn’t even meet!
