Children of Loulan

Chapter 167 Rich Woman

After returning to the palace in a state of despair, Edir locked himself in the study like a walking corpse, as if he were isolated from the outside world. He knew clearly in his heart that this was the only chance for Xilin to escape from the palace, but now, everything has come to nothing. He can no longer be with her openly, and his heart is filled with sadness and despair.

Just as he was immersed in endless grief, a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. The butler carefully pushed open the door of the study. Edir was in a very bad mood at the moment and shouted impatiently: "Didn't I ask someone to guard here and not let anyone in? What are you doing here?"

Seeing his impatient face, the butler quickly explained, "Your Highness, a letter was sent from the palace, so I..." Before he finished speaking, Edir couldn't wait to snatch the letter and asked anxiously, "When was the letter sent?"

The housekeeper said respectfully, "Because of the Xuanwang wedding yesterday, the palace was under martial law, so this letter was delivered early this morning. When it was delivered, I wanted to deliver it to Your Highness, but Your Highness had already gone out! So..."

He frowned slightly, stared at the butler sharply, and asked in an unhappy tone: "Why did you send it now?"

The butler was so frightened that he trembled all over and hurriedly explained: "I know I was wrong, please forgive me, Your Highness!"

He waved his hand impatiently, "Forget it, go down."

The housekeeper felt relieved, so he bowed and left, closing the door behind him. He sighed, shook his head, and left helplessly.

After the butler left, he picked up the envelope and carefully examined the familiar handwriting on it. He couldn't help but feel excited. He was eager to know what was written inside.

So he could not wait to tear open the envelope, take out the letter, and read every word on it carefully. His eyes were focused and serious, as if he wanted to engrave these words into his heart.

However, after he finished reading it for the first time, he found that he did not seem to fully understand the meaning. He frowned and read it again in confusion.

After repeating this several times, he finally put down the letter slowly, a faint smile appeared on his face. Then, he gently placed the letter on the candle and watched it gradually burn to ashes.

Watching the flickering flames, he suddenly felt unbalanced and collapsed to the ground. Recalling the contents of the letter, he shed silent tears!

He thought about the contents of the letter over and over again. Xilin said that their relationship was discovered by others. She also talked about how that person ruined their plan and how he implemented the substitution plan. She also said that they would never meet again. Even if they occasionally met in the palace, they could only pretend not to know each other. Moreover, she had to return to her father to be his concubine. She had to find out who was the person who ruined their plan and forget her!

Whenever he thought of these words appearing before his eyes, he felt as if his heart was hollowed out. It hurt so much that he couldn't breathe. It hurt so much that he felt like he was about to suffocate to death!

"How could this happen? Why would someone find out about what we did? Who did it?" He muttered to himself, his voice filled with pain and unwillingness.

He tried to recall the details of the letter, but every word was like a sharp sword, piercing his heart. He thought of the time they had spent together, and those sweet memories now became the cruelest torture.

"I will never forget you, Celine, ever," he whispered, tears streaming down his cheeks.

However, the pressure of reality made him feel powerless. But he knew that if their relationship was exposed, the consequences would be disastrous. By then, not only would he die, but Xilin would also die in a very ugly way. It didn't matter if he died, but Xilin couldn't die.

He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. Although he was still in great pain, he had to face reality.

"I will definitely help you find the person who ruined our plan, and make him pay the price." He made up his mind secretly.

At the same time, he also understood that no matter how much reluctance and nostalgia he had in his heart, he had to let go of this relationship, because only in this way could he protect Xilin and give Xilin more time to investigate the truth.

Finally, he stood up, walked to the window, stared at the scenery outside, and fell into deep thought.

In Cuihua Courtyard, Dar led several newly selected maids of Hanguli to the storeroom to re-count and register all the dowry. She took the book into the bedroom and handed it to Hanguli: "Miss, all the items have been counted!"

Hanguli casually flipped through the book in her hand, and saw that it was densely packed with the names and quantities of various treasures. Pearls, agates, jade, gold ornaments, emeralds, corals and the like were all recorded in the book. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly, secretly sighing in her heart that she didn't expect there were so many.

At this time, Bayer, who was standing beside her, also came over curiously to take a look. When she saw the valuable treasures written on the booklet, she was so surprised that her mouth opened wide: "Oh my God, they are all treasures! Any one of them is enough for us to eat in Yuexiju for several years!"

When Daer heard this, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes at her and scolded her in a low voice: "Don't always mention Yue Xiju. We are now married into the palace and are the legitimate Xuan Wangfei. Don't mention Yue Xiju anymore!"

Bayer was glared at by Dahl and quickly shut his mouth, but he couldn't help but muttered softly: "Oh! Then I won't mention it again in the future!"

Hanguli listened to the conversation between the two, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and a smile flashed in her eyes: "Yue Xiju, it is really not appropriate to mention it in the future!"

Bayer nodded, but soon frowned again, looking confused: "But we don't have a particularly close relationship with those concubines, why would they give us such expensive things?"

Hanguli gently closed the book in her hand and smiled: "I guess there may be two reasons. First, since the Queen Mother and the Queen have already added dowries, the other concubines naturally want to follow suit to please the Queen Mother and the Queen. Second, the man I married is King Xuan, the eldest son of Loulan. If he can recover, these concubines can take this opportunity to get close to King Xuan, either for their own children or for unmarried girls."

Bayer's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise, "Girl? What do you mean?"

Dar explained, "Young lady, what else can it mean? Our young lady was originally the beloved wife of the king, but now she has entered the palace. According to common sense, this is equivalent to a second marriage. In this case, the king may not despise her. If someone else sends a few young and beautiful girls at this time, I am afraid that the king will be easily fascinated by them!"

"Humph, I thought they had consciences before. Our young lady has to bear the infamy, and it's nothing for them to bleed a little. But now it seems that they are still thinking about interfering in Prince Xuan's Palace. It's really abominable!" Bayer stomped his feet in anger.

Hanguli looked at Bayer's cute look of defending her and chuckled, "Okay, don't be angry, we didn't lose anything, we even made a lot of money!" After that, she picked up the booklet and shook it in front of Bayer, saying proudly, "Look, there's so much money. I'm a rich woman now, I don't care about that."