Chapter 139

Yet, why did she call him Snow? If he remembered it correctly, his name in this life should be Xuanyuan Mo but why did the name of Snow sound so familiar?

Seeing the grief and distress in the woman’s eyes, he inherently felt pitiful and sad. Then, he subconsciously said, “Miss, you’ve mistaken me for someone else. I’m not Snow.”

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi widened her eyes and then stared at Xuanyuan Mo. Was he not Snow? Were there such two identical men in the world? They were so much alike in appearance and Qi.

Phoenix Five behind Duanmu Xi was also stunned to hear that. She observed Xuanyuan Mo in front and wondered, “Is he not Mr. Xuanyuan? No wonder. Mr. Xuanyuan won’t treat Her Highness like this.”

Long Yue slightly frowned and thought, “This is so strange. He is clearly His Highness. Why does he seemingly not know Her Highness?”

“Who are you?” He was clearly her Snow but why did he look at her as if seeing a stranger?

Xuanyuan Mo slightly knitted his eyebrows with his amber eyes glittering with disgruntlement. How could a woman ask about the beast god’s name?

He didn’t reply to Duanmu Xi. Instead, he shouted somewhere coldly, “Yu Ying.”

Upon being summoned, Yu Ying immediately showed himself from the darkness and said with clasped hands, “Yes, Your Highness.”

Xuanyuan Mo cast a cold glance at Duanmu Xi and parted his lips, “Get them out of here.”

Hearing that, Yu Ying raised his head in shock and wondered, “Is His Highness serious? Or did I just have an auditory hallucination? To expel Crown Princess of Zhuque? His Highness is clearly making things difficult for me.”

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi took a step back staggeringly and gazed at the man she loved deeply in disbelief. Why? Why did he become like this? They were so intimate last night.

Hearing that, Phoenix Five glared at Xuanyuan Mo in fury while Long Yue started to ruminate with a frown.

As Yu Ying didn’t take action, Xuanyuan Mo glanced at him fiercely, “If anyone else breaks into Prince Zhan’s mansion without permission next time, you just leave with your tiger guards!”

Yu Ying quivered and immediately broke out in a cold sweat, saying hurriedly with clasped hands, “Yes, Your Highness.”

His Highness was serious. Did His Highness have a fight with Crown Princess of Zhuque? Yet, even if they had a fight, His Highness shouldn’t have behaved like this!

Xuanyuan Mo’s indifferent eyes and heartless words were like a dagger in Duanmu Xi’s heart.

“You are not my Snow.” Her cold voice was full of certainty.

Duanmu Xi turned her gaze from Xuanyuan Mo’s face without affection and then left in a trance with her hand covering her chest. This was not her Snow. Snow would never do this to her. Her Snow was gone.

Watching Duanmu Xi turn around without affection, Xuanyuan Mo suddenly felt a pricking pain in his heart. He felt as if a heavy burden were pressed on his heart and even found it difficult for him to breathe.

Xuanyuan Mo frowned deeply and put his hand on his heart, staring at Duanmu Xi’s back in a trance. Why did his heart ache? Was it because of her?

Yu Ying looked at Xuanyuan Mo’s reaction and shook his head inwardly. Apparently, His Highness still cared about Crown Princess of Zhuque. Why did His Highness say those hurtful words? Not only was Crown Princess of Zhuque heartbroken but also he was painful.

Eunuch Hu walked over here in a hurry. Upon seeing Duanmu Xi, he immediately bowed to her, “Greetings, Your Highness Crown Princess of Zhuque.”

Duanmu Xi looked at Eunuch Hu with a frown and then composed herself to raise her hand to let him rise, “Please rise.”

Upon hearing how Eunuch Hu addressed Duanmu Xi, Xuanyuan Mo was surprised with his amber eyes glistening. Unexpectedly, she was the crown princess of the Zhuque Empire.

Eunuch Hu turned around and saluted Xuanyuan Mo, “Greetings, Your Highness.”

Xuanyuan Mo glimpsed Eunuch Hu in front and then said coldly, “You came here uninvited. Is it because of my father’s order?”

Hearing that, Eunuch Hu bowed to the two of them, “His Majesty requires that Your Highness Crown Princess of Zhuque and Your Highness Prince Zhan enter the palace to meet him right away.”

Duanmu Xi got into the carriage brought by Eunuch Hu while Xuanyuan Mo rode a horse on his own.

Seeing them distancing from each other, Eunuch Hu was slightly taken aback. Just like Yu Ying, he also took it that the couple had a fight.

The carriage advanced slowly. Duanmu Xi leaned against a cushion and closed her eyes.

What on earth happened last night? Why did he remember Yu Ying and Eunuch Hu, everyone but her? Suddenly, the worm mentioned by him last night occurred to her mind. Did Snow’s memory loss have anything to do with that worm?

“Your Highness, we have arrived at the imperial palace.” Phoenix Five’s respectful voice came from outside the carriage.

Duanmu Xi slowly opened her eyes with her face full of fatigue. She lifted the curtain and got off the carriage.

Phoenix Five felt so sorry to look at Duanmu Xi’s tired face. So did Long Yue. Meanwhile, he was also deeply worried.

Duanmu Xi took a glance at Long Yue and then, he immediately took the hint to walk to Duanmu Xi. She told him several words in a low voice. Then Long Yue nodded with a serious look and disappeared outside the imperial palace.

Duanmu Xi together with Phoenix Five and Xuanyuan Mo followed Eunuch Hu into the imperial palace. On the way, neither of them said anything.

Eunuch Hu directly led the three of them into the Baihu Hall.

“Here arrive Her Highness Crown Princess of Zhuque and His Highness Prince Zhan.”

There were many people in the Baihu Hall today but it was very quiet. Everyone seemed to be waiting for the arrival of Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo.

Duanmu Xi looked steadily forward and directly walked to the jade staircase, bowing slightly to Xuanyuan Lie, “Greetings, Your Majesty.”

Xuanyuan Mo stood aside Duanmu Xi. He neither said anything nor saluted. The ministers were not surprised. Neither did Xuanyuan Lie care. He only raised his hand to signal to Duanmu Xi to rise, “Please drop the formalities.”

“Today, I ask you to come here only to confirm one thing with you.”

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi slightly knitted her eyebrows, “Please say it.”

Xuanyuan Lie glanced at Zhuge Weiming aside and asked, “Did you know that Princess of Xuanwu died a sudden death last night?”

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi also glanced at Zhuge Weiming aside. No wonder she was invited here in such a hurry. It turned out to be about Xiahou Shan’s death.

“Yes.” There was no surprise or fear but calmness in her cold voice.

Zhuge Weiming looked at Duanmu Xi’s calm face, his dark eyes filled with fierceness, “Crown Princess of Qinglong, may I ask when you learned about our princess’s death?”

Hearing that, Xuanyuan Mo was slightly surprised. He didn’t expect that she should be the crown princess of Qinglong too.

“Last night.” Duanmu Xi knew why Zhuge Weiming asked the question but she neither liked lying nor deigned to lie.

Hearing that, Zhuge Weiming sneered, “That’s so strange. All of us got the information this morning. Why did you know about our princess’s death earlier than us?”

After he said that, the civil and military officials in the Baihu Hall all looked at Duanmu Xi. Crown Princess of Zhuque knew about the death of Princess of Xuanwu last night. Princess of Xuanwu was on bad terms with Crown Princess of Zhuque before dying. Could it be that Crown Princess of Zhuque killed Princess of Xuanwu?

Duanmu Xi’s eyes became stern. She looked at Zhuge Weiming and said coldly, “You are suspecting me?”

Duanmu Xi’s fierce gaze frightened Zhuge Weiming a bit. He couldn’t help sighing that she had hidden her capability so well. If he hadn’t received the secret report, he would really think that she wasn’t the murderer.

“You’ve got me wrong. I’m taking the matter on its merits. Our princess followed me here in Baihu. Now, she was killed here. I’m responsible and obliged to find the murderer out to seek revenge for her.”

Then, Zhuge Weiming winked at the guard next to him. The guard immediately took the hint and walked forward, holding a tray. There was a blood-stained dagger placed above a piece of white cloth on the tray.

“This is the lethal weapon that was used to kill our princess. Do you find it familiar?”

Duanmu Xi glimpsed the dagger on the white cloth, “What do you mean?”

Zhuge Weiming snorted, “It is said that your weapon is a dagger. Can you show it to us?”

Hearing that, everyone looked at Duanmu Xi.

Duanmu Xi subconsciously put her hand in the position where her dagger was usually placed and found that it was gone. Duanmu Xi thought about it with a frown and figured that it must be left in the cave.

As Duanmu Xi couldn’t take out her dagger, the people started to talk in a low voice.

“It seems that Princess of Xuanwu was really killed by Crown Princess of Zhuque.”

“Exactly. Even the lethal weapon has been found. She must be the murderer. This is undeniable.”

“Unexpectedly, such a beautiful woman as Crown Princess of Zhuque would be a murderer!”

“Alas. You cannot judge a person by his appearance!”

Hearing the discussion, Xuanyuan Mo felt so disgruntled and then cast a cold glance at them. Instantly, the civil and military officials all stopped talking and didn’t dare to utter another word.

Gee! Prince Zhan was so scary! They had forgotten Prince Zhan was here!

“Who would be so stupid to leave the lethal weapon on the site after killing the victim? Does he want to tell everybody that he is the murderer?”

As the cold voice came, all the people just stared at Xuanyuan Mo. Prince Zhan was right. Now it appeared as if someone wanted to frame Crown Princess of Zhuque.

Duanmu Xi was a bit delighted to hear Xuanyuan Mo defend her and then turned around to look at him with a smile. At the moment, she felt that her Snow was back.

After saying that, even Xuanyuan Mo himself was dazed. He had just defended her. Seeing her being questioned, he just felt so displeased and couldn’t refrain from uttering those words. He felt as if there were another soul in his body. When he glimpsed her smile, he suddenly didn’t care that much about why he would defend her.

Zhuge Weiming stared at Xuanyuan Mo and a glint of fierceness flashed across his eyes. He looked at Duanmu Xi again and then asked, “According to the forensic expert, our princess died around 9 p.m. last night. Crown Princess of Qinglong, I wonder where you were at that time?”

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi became stern and released a rush of potent coercion, “Are you interrogating me?”

Duanmu Xi’s horrifying momentum made Zhuge Weiming’s blood freeze but he still had to answer, “You’re being too serious. You should know that the fact that our eldest princess was killed in the Baihu Empire is related to the peace among the four empires. Please be cooperative and answer my inquiry.”

“She was with me around 9 p.m. last night.”