Chapter 98 Captive

  Luo Hou regained his composure from the initial panic, clenched his left fist, and found a piece of paper in his hand. He brought it to his eyes under the dim light and saw the sentence "Don't tell anyone else, unfilial son San Er is above". His heart skipped a beat, then he quickly hid his hand back and said calmly: "It's nothing, I just had a nightmare. You all can leave now."

  "Yes." The palace maids one by one blew out the candles and prepared to leave.

  "Leave one burning." Luo Hou instructed faintly.

  "Yes, Your Ladyship."

  After everyone had left, Luo got out of bed and sat down beside the candle on the table. With trembling hands, she opened the letter in her hand and scanned line after line, tears falling like broken pearls onto the paper, blurring the words.

  Luo hastily moved the letter away, using her sleeve to wipe away the tears on her face before continuing to read...

  "My wounded child, my wounded child, where are you? Why can't I see you after your mother's passing?" Luo Hou pushed open the window and looked out at the dark outside, calling out softly, "Child, child, did you hear your mother calling you..."

  It was just quiet outside, without any sound.

  That night, Luo Hou read the letter over and over again, burning every sentence into her heart before carefully burning it, then sat silently reciting its contents until dawn. She was afraid that if she fell asleep and woke up, she would forget the contents of the letter and think it was just a dream.

  Actually, when Luo Hou shouted "Baili Wujin", he was hiding in the shadow under the windowsill.

  However, reason told him that it was not suitable to meet now. Knowing that his mother had already believed the contents of the letter, Baili Wuyi did not linger in the Wan Guo Garden and ran out instead.

  Having solved a major problem in his heart, Baili ran exceptionally smoothly. However, due to his short legs, he still took a long time to go back and forth. When he returned to the Yun residence, it was already close to dawn.

  Afraid of being discovered by Yun Jingchu, Baili Wujin ran even faster, getting closer and closer, but just then a black figure suddenly appeared from the side and grabbed it.

  "Heh heh, I've finally caught this little beast. Tomorrow, I can go and ask the mistress for a reward." In the darkness, that black shadow smiled with a greedy face.

  "Woof woof......" struggled angrily without injury.

  "Wuuu......" Wu Shang's mouth was quickly covered by a dark shadow.

  That black shadow ran all the way to the south, stopping only when it reached the courtyard where the servants lived. Wu Sun was struggling desperately, but unfortunately, he didn't have enough strength.

  The black shadow sneered and took out the injured from his arms, took a few ropes, tied up its mouth and limbs, and only then was he satisfied to lock it in a cage.

  "Wooo..." Wu Shang was struggling non-stop in the cage, but it was all in vain.

  Night, slowly drifting away.

  Wu Shang became exhausted, and the ropes left her limbs with streaks of blood.

  Wan Gu Yuan, Luo Gong

  Luo Hou sat in front of the window until dawn, and when the first ray of sunlight appeared, she quickly stood up and shouted loudly, "Someone come, someone come, help me dress and make myself up, I'm going to the palace to see Emperor Yuan."

  The palace maids quickly swarmed in to help Luo Hou dress and groom herself, as the person she was about to meet was the ruler of a country. Therefore, Luo Hou wore a dragon robe.

  A bright red dragon robe with golden threads embroidered with large and small phoenixes spreading their wings, the head was also a golden phoenix spreading its wings, pearls and jade all over the head. Putting on the phoenix boots, Luo Hou led the crowd to set off in a grand manner.

  When Luo Hou reached the gate of Baili Wu Shang's residence, her footsteps paused for a moment. "Bring Third Prince along and accompany this palace into the palace."