Chapter 454: Chapter 454: Zhi’er Is Missing, Chaos Erupts
The palace was already in disorder.
Bai Xilie’s Imperial Study Room was filled with people.
Prince Kang raised his hand, ready to slap Bai Xingye across the face.
He was hastily pulled back by Prince Rui: "Third brother! Calm down, third brother! You have only just recovered from a serious illness, it’s not advisable to anger!"
Prince Kang, red-faced with anger: "Calm down? Zhi’er is missing! Bai Xingye, how could you be a brother? You actually let your sister run off under your nose!"
Princess Consort Kang was wiping her tears by the side: "What to do now? That forest is so vast, it’s unclear whether she got lost, ran away, or was taken."
"No matter what, Zhi’er must be so scared!"
Bai Xingye knelt before the desk, head lowered.
His fists clenched tightly, voice stifled with grief: "I’m sorry, Uncle. It’s my fault. Please give me a chance to make amends. I’ll gather people to search; if I cannot find my sister, I will not return!"
Bai Xilie’s expression was a storm of turmoil, his heart surging with fury.
His daughter was his lifeline!
Now, just one outing and she’s lost.
He hadn’t yet dealt with those from the academy, because he was forcibly maintaining his composure.
Just now, Bai Xilie had immediately sent Quanxi to the Xiuluo Guard and ordered Feng Fuce to find people.
Currently, Fang Youzhen, kneeling beside Bai Xingye, also had his head lowered.
"Emperor, it’s our fault for losing the princess. My brother and Teacher Mo Yanchi stayed in the forest to search. Surely there will be news soon."
Bai Xilie pressed his brow: "You all went out, so many people, yet you still managed to lose Zhi’er."
His hand on the table clenched into a fist.
Looking at the group in the study, he almost erupted in anger.
Princess Rui supported Princess Consort Kang and said to Bai Xilie: "Emperor, Zhi’er is a blessed child; she will surely turn peril into safety."
Bai Xilie closed his eyes, not responding.
Zhi’er being safe is best; if not...
Just imagining such a possibility, he wished he could kill everyone.
At this moment, Eunuch Quan Xi hurriedly returned to the Imperial Study Room.
"Emperor, Marquis has already set out with men and horses to search for the princess in the mountains."
Bai Xilie abruptly opened his eyes: "How many men? Is it sufficient? Dispatch two units of the Imperial Guard to assist Marquis Wan!"
Eunuch Quan Xi quickly replied: "Marquis has taken all the Xiu Luo Envoys, leaving only a few to guard prisoners. Please don’t worry, Emperor."
Bai Xilie was taken aback, then nodded heavily.
He rose and paced back and forth, the chaos of losing his daughter weighing heavily on his heart.
Until Bai Zhi’er was found, Bai Xilie could not sleep peacefully.
Closing his eyes, he would think of the day his wife and daughter parted from him.
That fear of losing them surged again.
Bai Xilie made a decisive decision: "Prepare the horses, I will go search myself!"
...
Thirty minutes later, Feng Fuce had arranged the Xiu Luo Envoys to search in four directions.
He headed straight to the spot where Bai Zhi’er was last seen and began to search from that center.
Mo Yanchi and Fang Wushen, accompanied by the other teachers, had already searched this area.
"Zhi’er! Sister Zhi’er!" Fang Wushen cupped his hands around his mouth and called out everywhere.
Feng Fuce’s cold gaze, like a blade, lightly scraped across Fang Wushen’s face.
He was too lazy to speak to Fang Wushen.
Feng Fuce walked directly into the forest.
Until, in the corner of his eye, he saw something under two tree leaves.
Feng Fuce stepped forward and bent down to pick it up.
It was a small, adorable Beaded Flower.
He slightly lowered his head and sniffed it lightly, his gaze deep and darkly cold.
Without a doubt, this was the aura of that little rascal’s luck.
Feng Fuce turned back and instructed the nearby Xiu Luo Envoy: "Follow this direction and keep searching forward."