Chapter 242 - 240. I Am Sorry (1/2)
Third-person POV
A few weeks later, Weisheng and his entourage arrived back at the Royal Palace after exploring a few other places that seemed suspicious. Unfortunately, there was still no clue of Hong er's presence anywhere.
Even the Cursed Land, the place that they thought had the highest chance of finding Hong er was also crossed out from their list. Needless to say, Weisheng was very stressed by the current situation and he was extremely worn-out every time he received the news that Hong er wasn't in the area that they were searching for.
In Weisheng's study room, Weisheng was sitting on his throne with several letters spread out on the table in front of him. The letters were sent by the people that participated in searching for Hong er and from generals that were currently engaged in war such as Di Shang and the general in Bei Zhou's border.
Weisheng became more anxious when Di Shang's letter wrote that Xu Tingfeng had safely passed the border in Xi An 2 weeks ago and would arrive at Chang An in about 3 weeks which means Xu Tingfeng would reach Chang An at the end of this week as the letter was from 2 weeks ago.
It also said that Xu Tingfeng was very furious and demanded Weisheng's presence when he arrived at the Royal Palace. Di Shang also mentioned that Bai Huiqing suffered a heavy injury in her eye and was still unconscious when Di Shang met them.
But there was a certain thing that surprised Weisheng, he lifted his eyes to Lu Ping and motioned the letter with his fingers.
”General Di, he doesn't know about Meiyun's current state?” Weisheng questioned.
Lu Ping shook his head and sighed pitifully, ”At first I thought that Meiyun would wake up in a few days but she didn't. Therefore I contacted the Di family in Dong Fang region rather than Di Shang so it wouldn't disrupt his concentration from the war in Xi An. Da Chu truly went all out to get Great General Xu and it is already hard for him to handle the war single-handedly, not to say, it is with soldiers that he never commanded before.
Coincidentally, the Di family was on the way back to Chang An to report the ice tsunami case. I asked them if I should inform General Di regarding Meiyun's condition, they also said that I don't need to because of the same reason. And…”
Weisheng narrowed his eyes in suspense, ”And?”
”She lost her child.” Lu Ping couldn't help but sigh again.
”How? Didn't Shu Zhiruo say that there was nothing wrong with Meiyun?” Weisheng slammed his hand onto the table.
”It is because there was nothing. The Di family doctor checked Meiyun and told everything that Meiyun restricted him to say. The Di family silently mourned and at that time we were in the inspection so we are not informed by this. The pregnancy pulse was gone along with the baby and maybe this is the main reason why they refused to tell General Di. It will definitely affect his performance in battle.” Lu Ping said.
Weisheng widened his eyes in disbelief and his fists trembled from too much force that he put in, 'She knew that she was pregnant and she sacrificed her child to summon the portal.'
Seeing that the complexion in Weisheng's face worsened, Lu Ping worriedly went to Weisheng's side and was about to call a physician when Weisheng's hand stopped him.
”No need, I am fine. Send the Di family condolences gifts.” Weisheng said with his trembling voice as he hid his eyes with his palm in shame.
'I killed her child. Everything is my fault, I am so powerless…useless piece of trash.' Weisheng loathed himself within his heart
Lu Ping stared at Weisheng with a visible confusion on his face, ”Yes, Your Majesty Emperor.”
The room was dead silent for a quite while before Weisheng started to ask Lu Ping question again, ”Ping An, what do you think about the Seventh Prince?”
(A/N: Lu Ping's full name is Lu Ping An.)