The Princess Wei Yang

19

Cursed Fate

The wet nurse Zhang shi kneeled down. "Da furen, in the afternoon, I had taken San shaoye out for fresh air in the garden but shaoye had disappeared. I looked everywhere several times. There's only this place left to search."

Li Xiao Ran's eyebrows furrowed even more. Sanfang didn't have any children. All they had was the one adopted son. If something happened, it would be uncertain whether or not Zhou shiwould be able to endure it. As he contemplated, he questioned, "Does San furen know about this?"

The wet nurse's face paled. "No, she doesn't. Nubi was afraid furen wouldn't be able to endure it. Instead I said Lao furen had invited San shaoye over."

Li Xiao Ran knew how important the child was to Zhou shi and immediately ordered people to search for him.

The corners of Li Chang Xi's mouth lifted up. "That's right, we have to search thoroughly, otherwise who knows if someone could slip and fall into the pond in this dark night."

Li Xiao Ran looked at her stonily. "What kind of jiejie are you that you would curse your San di? Preposterous!"

"I was simply worried about San di and had said something nonsensical!" Li Chang Xi quickly responded.

Li Xiao Ran snorted coldly.

Da furen glanced over the still water. In a quiet voice, she said, "Laoye, what Xiaowu said isn't wrong. Everything is possible. Wasn't it last year that Zuo Yushi's youngest son fell in the water when he was playing around? There's so many people here. You and I should head to Nan Yuan and rest there while we wait for the results."

Li Xiao Ran couldn't believe the heap of misfortunate events happening. His mood worsened as he nodded his head and made his way towards Nan Yuan.

Meanwhile Da furen was giving orders, "Thoroughly search the area around the waters." Then she briefly exchanged a look with Li Chang Xi.

Li Chang Xi understood right away. "Mother, don't you worry. I'll stay behind and make sure we'll find San di."

Satisfied, Da furen took her people and headed towards Nan Yuan.

Li Chang Xi regained her composure as she lifted her chin and arrogantly barked, "All of you, hurry and search that area over there!"

Everyone present immediately began searching the wild grass and the pond. Using their lantern, they walked around and repeatedly called "San shaoye". However, even after a long moment, there was still no reply.

Right then, someone shouted in horror, "San shaoye's shoes!!" The person picked up the floating shoes, holding it as if it was a precious gem, and handed it over to Li Chang Xi.

Li Chang Xi nodded and said, "Oh no, it looks like San di really did fall into the water. Hurry and search again!" In her head, she was going over what the two mumus had said, that they had tossed the body into the pond. It must be somewhere here. The body should float up anytime soon. Li Chang Xi instructed the people to search carefully and they quickly obeyed.

Li Chang Xi waited for a very long time, to the point she was losing patience. Looking around, for some reason, she suddenly slipped and fell. She yelled out loud but didn't even have enough time to hold onto the rocks before she found her body sinking into the water.

Growing up in the Capital, Li Chang Xi had an easy and luxurious life as a xiaojie. She didn't know how to swim. The only thing she could do was splash around and raced forward. Out of nowhere, she felt a pair of hands grabbing her ankle and pulled her downwards. Her mind went blank as she screamed at the top of her lungs only to end up drinking water instead. She panicked. The weeds in the pond were deadly as they tangled around her, causing her to struggle vigorously. As a result, she found herself even more tangled to the point she couldn't breathe.