Chapter Seventeen: The Prince from the Border

  The building in front of me is a loft-style building, and there are rows of desks next to the door. The desks lean against the windows, and sunlight shines on them, very bright and beautiful.

  On the right side, there was a young man, wearing a dark blue long gown and a dark blue headscarf. The young man saw me coming and immediately stood up: "I have seen Madame Huguo."

  "No need for courtesy, I...I'd like to ask about mythological books, where are they?" Since the Linglong Baodian is something from the Tianji Sect, it's probably some kind of treasure, maybe there will be some clues in mythological books.

  The young man pointed to the second floor: "Second floor, fourth row of bookshelves, let me lead the way for you, madam."

  "It's okay, I'll do it myself." I'm not that stupid...

  Without much effort, I found the bookshelf that the young man mentioned. However, the vast array of books in front of me left me bewildered. I randomly pulled out a volume, and the small characters on it made me even more perplexed. The books were already unreadable to me, let alone the bamboo slips.

  "What is the Lady of the Protectorate looking for?" A clear and gentle voice came from beside me, I turned my head to look over, the person was backlit, I only saw his outline, a slender man with long hair shining like golden threads in the sunlight.

  He took a step forward, completely blocking out the sunlight, and I was finally able to see his face clearly. It was very clean, with exceptionally clear eyebrows and eyes that gave a deep impression. A white long robe fluttered slightly. His long hair was wrapped around by a long white ribbon, hanging down on the left side of his chest, and several shorter strands of hair fell down beside his face. A... very distant man.

  The man wore a benevolent smile, but for some reason that smile didn't make me feel warm, instead it sent shivers down my spine, as if he belonged to another world, one where there was no sunlight, only endless white. Unconsciously, my gaze revealed sympathy, did he have a sorrowful past?

  His eyes flickered with a hint of puzzlement, but quickly returned to calmness, and he asked again: "What is the Empress seeking?"

  "Oh, I want to find the book 'Ling Long Ba Jian'."

  "Linglong Treasure Mirror?" He smiled and shook his head, just a slight shake, like a kindergarten teacher telling a child "no", "It's not here."

  "Nothing? How come?"

  "It seems that Madame Huguo has really lost her memory, and the Lingluo Treasure Mirror is not an ancient divine object."

  "Divine object?"

  He pointed at the book in my hand: "The lady is holding 'Legend of Ancient Gods', and... it's upside down."

  "Oh, oh, hehe......" I awkwardly put the book back in its original place, then asked him, "What is that? Is it a martial arts manual?"

  "No, nor is it." His thin lips curled up into another tolerant smile. "How does the lady take an interest in Lingluo Baojian? Has something come to mind?"

  He probed me, this person must not be an ordinary person. I smiled and said: "I heard that everyone in the rivers and lakes is fighting for this thing, so I'm curious."

  "Ah, I see." The man slightly narrowed his eyes and said in a low tone, "It's the Tianji Palace's secret medicine scroll, which can refine the elixir of immortality." Immediately after, he raised his gaze to look at me, looking very serious, as if trying to see my thoughts after hearing this.

  "Immortality?" I let out a soft snort, accompanied by my ridicule, "Nonsense!"

  "Does the lady not believe?" He narrowed his eyes, but his lips were still curled up. For some reason, I felt that he was angry because of my teasing. I shook my head and thanked him for resolving my doubts: "Thank you, now I finally know what everyone is fighting for."

  He wiped his body and prepared to go downstairs. As he passed by him, he smelled a faint scent of medicine, was it alchemy?

  "Madam." His pleasant voice sounded again from behind me. I turned around to look at him, and he looked puzzled: "You really don't recognize me?"

  I took a closer look at him and he looked very handsome, but obviously didn't recognize me: "Sorry, I've lost my memory." I smiled faintly and made up an excuse.

  He smiled, and for a moment his smile was tinged with sincerity: "The lady's amnesia has made her rather special."

  "Huh?" I was puzzled, but he had already smiled and gone downstairs first.

  What's going on? Xuan Yuan Yi Fei also said that Feng Qing Ya losing her memory is good, and this man also says that I've become special after losing my memory. Will they suspect my identity? Will they think that in Feng Qing Ya's body, it's actually Shu Qing Ya inside?

  Walking back along the original road, my heart felt more and more depressed. The elegant and refined Wind was full of mystery, and the answer was right next to me, but it refused to tell me, instead making me circle around again and again to find the answer myself. It wasn't that I went to change Wind's life, but rather Wind's life had an impact on me.

  Not good, very not good.

  Asking for directions on the way back.

  As I passed by the imperial garden, there were many more guards. Looking towards a cluster of flowers on one side, a small banquet was set up there. Xuan Yuan Yi Fei was sitting in an armchair facing my direction. He naturally saw me and I stopped to consider whether to go over and join him for dinner.

  It can be said that the one who is now living in fear every day is Feng Qingya, not me, because I have an "amnesia" get-out-of-jail-free card on my head. Moreover, life is getting more and more boring, if this continues, I will eventually become a useless person.

  Xuanyuan Yifei's eyelids were still drooping, from my perspective, it seemed like he was always sleepy.

  The guard beside him beckoned to me, and I walked over without thinking much. As I approached, I saw that Xuan Yuan Yifei's hanging hand was still holding onto a man. The man had very distinctive features, with deep facial bones that seemed to be drawn with thick lines, thick eyebrows, big eyes, hard lips, and short golden hair. On his head was a small golden crown, under which was tied a white headscarf, reminding me of an Arab person. I couldn't help but take another two glances at him.

  "Her Excellency, this is Prince Haku of the Sakha Kingdom."

  I was stunned, with a feeling of being caught off guard.

  "Prince Udaijin, this is the guardian lady of our imperial court."

  "It's been a long time." Xiang Yu stood up, his foreign-style long robe falling to the ground, with exquisite patterns woven from golden silk threads, as if he was wearing a brocade landscape on his body. A dark red silk scarf slanted across his chest, covering his right shoulder and hanging down behind him.

  I didn't expect the wise man to be a prince. I also returned the courtesy of this country: "Long admired, long admired." Then rubbing my forehead, "Sorry, my wife's head hurts again, please excuse me for taking my leave first."

  "Hold on." Xuan Yuan Yifei called out to me, "Prince Nianyu just gave me an IQ question, since you're here, Madam Huguo, why don't you help me solve it before leaving?"

  It's really a gunshot wound, let's hurry up and escape: "But my head, it hurts..."

  "I just heard that the Empress Dowager suffered a sudden loss of memory, but I didn't think it was this severe. No wonder they had to replace her with someone else." Xiang Yu looked at me with a somewhat arrogant expression.

  It's a bit annoying, but I don't want to lose face in public. If I can't answer, wouldn't that be very embarrassing?

  "I didn't expect that your country couldn't even answer such a simple question as what four chopsticks forming a '田' character mean, it's really... tsk tsk tsk..."

  He was getting more and more pleased with himself, that raised chin of his looked just like a proud Pomeranian, no kidding, he's handsome but still looks like a Pomeranian.

  I gazed at him coldly, walked to his front, lifted my face and stared at the chin that was higher than mine. He was stunned for a moment, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. Just like that, I stood still in front of him, staring at him without moving. For a while, he also became motionless, as if he didn't know what I wanted to do.

  I bent down and picked up a pair of chopsticks from the table, then went to Xuan Yuan Yifei's table and took away those four chopsticks.

  "Empress Dowager, there are only four roots." Niang Yu reminded me again.

  I glanced at him disdainfully, then brought the six chopsticks in front of him: "Now I'll return a question to you, use these six chopsticks to form four triangles."

  "Slap!" I slapped six chopsticks on his desk and crossed my arms, giving him a cold, sidelong glance.

  He stared at me in astonishment, then stared at the chopsticks for a long time, and after a while, everything around us became quiet, and the birds' cheerful chirping in the air became clear.

  End of year is busy, can't guarantee daily updates, will update more when I have time. Hehe.