7 Refuse to believe this (1/2)

Yi Lan ran till she was out out of breath. Her body ached and a dull pain made her head throb. 'Damn, since when did my body grow so weak?!' She thought, letting out a warm breath.

On hearing some footsteps approaching her, she started to run again, only this time, in a much slower pace.

Just when Yi Lan thought she had got rid of the madmen behind her, she tripped and fell down flat on her face.

She let out a pained groan, as blood seeped out of her abdomen and head. Somehow, she dragged herself to a room and hid in one of its corners.

Yi Lan held her breath as the footsteps approached near the room. They paused for a second before continuing their way. Yi Lan let out a sigh of relief and stood up quickly, but her legs trembled and her eyesight blurred. Before she knew it, she fell down on the floor unconscious.

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Back in the court room

The room's atmosphere was so tensed that everyone looked nervously at the Crown Prince. The said man, had a cool look on his handsome face, but rage swirled in his emerald green eyes.

He sat on a chair beside the throne, with a leg over the other and his hand supporting his chin. When the guards came back, he asked ”Did you find her?”

The chief guard, noticeably scared, replied ”Please forgive this lowly being Your highness. This lowly being was unable to find Lady Meng.”

The Prince's lips curled up in a cold smile. ”You can't even catch a single girl. How can you perform your job!? From now on, you are demoted to a sweeper.”

The chief guard's face twisted in horror and he immediately fell to the ground on his knees. He kowtowed many times, begging for forgiveness, only to be dismissed by the Prince with a wave of his hand.

The people watching the scene gulped back their saliva. This Prince was quite different than the Prince they usually saw.

The Crown Prince then looked at the white robed man standing there. ”Find out her location using your Qi skill.”

The white robed man paled, and bowed down while saying ”Forgive me, this servant is unable to do so as Lady Meng does not possess Qi.”

The Crown Prince let out a sound of displeasure. ”Be it him or you, either one is of no use.”

The pale faced woman from earlier, who had shouted at Yi Lan stepped up. ”If you may, Your Highness, I can find where Big Sister Meng is.” Her face was now red like an apple, her coyness making men drool.

The woman was none other than Yi Meng's cousin- Yi Ruo. She was currently blushing, thinking about the reward that the Crown Prince would give her, on seeing her skills.

Her dreams were shattered when the Crown Prince snapped ”Then what were you waiting for all this time!? Do you find it fun seeing this Prince in trouble?!”

Yi Ruo was shocked and she stammered out ”N-n-no Your Higness, it's just that this skill takes a lot of energy and I had recently learnt it so I wasn-”

”Whatever, stop your blabbering. Show me where she is.” The Crown Prince said impatiently.

Yi Ruo immediately nodded and her skin glowed a little as she let the Qi flow from her Qi pool to her eyes.

She let the Qi search for Yi Lan's presence.

Had Yi Lan seen this, she would have said it was just like a GPS.

After a few minutes, Yi Ruo opened her eyes and said in a sweet tone, ”Your Higness, it seems that Big Sister Meng is in the room next to your bedroom.”

The Crown Prince's eyes glinted as he stood up from his chair and immediately rushed out of the room. Yi Ruo was left there disappointed.