Chapter 212 - Lin Zhou: The Ce Feis Story (3) (1/2)

”Yes... she successfully ran away,” Tao Gu Gu answered.

”How?” Yao Ling asked full of curiosity.

”After the full-month celebration of Han Xiang's birth, the prince thought that the Ce Fei had already loved the baby and wouldn't dare to do anything, so he didn't let the guard continue to spy on her anymore,” Tao Gu Gu explained.

”But didn't you say that the Ce Fei didn't especially show her love to Han Xiang?” Yao Ling asked.

Tao Gu Gu nodded. ”Yes, but the prince was too busy enjoying her time with the new concubines to care about the Ce Fei's feelings or conditions. How could he notice the Ce Fei's change of behavior? After all, the Ce Fei was also always cold toward him, so it might hinder the prince from noticing her change.”

Yao Ling nodded in understanding. The more she listened to Tao Gu Gu's story, the more she felt disgusted by the current Emperor's conduct!

”And then?” Yao Ling asked the continuation of the story.

”I made her change into a servant cloth. Sending her out was actually quite easy because we had planned this for a long time and I already took note of the prince's manor daily activities. At the gate, she was received by my sister-in-law. My sister-in-law used to be a clever young miss of a notable family too, so it was easy for her to deal with everything in a short time,” Tao Gu Gu said.

Yao Ling bobbed her head up and down, feeling that Tao Gu Gu's explanation was making sense. ”So... the Ce Fei should have been survived the ordeal, right?”

Tao Gu Gu shook her head. ”We don't know that...”

”What? Why?” Yao Ling asked.

Tao Gu Gu explained the condition at that time clearly to Yao Ling. Tao Gu Gu couldn't hold out the news of the Ce Fei's disappearance for too long, so she stayed behind and dealt with the aftermath. Tao Gu Gu pretended that she didn't know anything and spend her time taking care of the baby. She told her sister-in-law to wear a male disguise, so no one would recognize her, and sent the Ce Fei to a place where it wasn't easy to find her in a short time or the place where people wouldn't think to search for.

”What place?” Yao Ling asked curiously. It wasn't that easy to find a place like that.

Tao Gu Gu looked down embarrassedly, but still told Yao Ling about that place, ”She made the Ce Fei change her clothes and turn her into a beggar including the messy and dirty appearance. She told her to hide among the beggars and true enough, no one had ever checked on that spot.”

Yao Ling's jaw dropped so wide. ”The beggar's place?!” It was a brilliant idea, but the Ce Fei... she used to live in a luxurious place... Yao Ling couldn't help but ask, ”Was... she okay?”

Tao Gu Gu laughed. ”There was nothing else that we could do. I also couldn't meet her, but my sister-in-law deliberately tried to pass by the place a few time and she seemed to be better than when she was at the prince's manor. She was able to smile heartily despite the poor atmosphere.”

Yao Ling was speechless, but hey... as long as the woman was happy. ”Did she stay there for a long time?”

Tao Gu Gu shook her head. ”Of course not!” Tao Gu Gu explained that she only lived there for a few days, but Tao Gu Gu's sister-in-law asked for a person to 'take care' of the Ce Fei by giving them money. She also prepared a quite big sum of money to the Ce Fei when she followed those people.

Yao Ling was shocked by their decision. ”Was it safe for her to bring a lot of money?”

”It's fine. Even though she was in a depression, the Ce Fei was actually a clever person. It was just she couldn't shine in the prince's manor because she lost the will to live. She could take care of herself,” Tao Gu Gu explained.

”What kind of people that the Ce Fei followed? Was it that easy to escape the prince's rage and also to avoid the search party?” Yao Ling asked.