Lin Daiyu's Rebirth

Chapter 353 Belated affection is worse than grass

Cai Lian looked at the first lady's eyes filled with fear and her trembling shoulders, her heart filled with pity and worry.

She stretched out her hands, gently held the eldest wife in her arms, and comforted her softly:

"Fujin, don't be afraid, Lian'er is here to accompany you!

No one dares to take your life!"

However, despite comforting the first lady, Cailian herself was also very nervous and had no idea what to do.

After all, the prince is now in a coma, and the eldest wife is behaving strangely as if she is possessed by evil spirits.

Cai Lian was, after all, still an unmarried girl, and faced with such a situation, she didn't know what to do for a moment.

During the day, the eldest wife kept the door closed all day, hiding herself in the room, not even daring to step out of the door;

At night, Cai Lian had to put aside all her work and stay by the side of the eldest lady wholeheartedly to give her some comfort.

In this way, as the days passed, rumors about this matter gradually increased in the mansion.

Some rumors say that Daiyu was expelled while pregnant, which angered the gods in heaven, so the gods brought down a disaster, causing the first wife and the prince to fall ill.

Some people even claimed with certainty that the name Cuizhuyuan was extremely unlucky and violated some kind of taboo, which had offended the prince and his wife and brought them this unprovoked disaster.

Fortunately, after the careful treatment of the imperial doctors day and night, the prince's high fever subsided, he gradually regained consciousness, and finally recovered.

When the prince woke up, the first thing he did was to call his personal attendant Xiao Luzi and ask why the first wife was not by his side.

Xiao Luzi looked embarrassed and after hesitating for a long time, he reported to the prince truthfully that the eldest wife was suffering from hysteria.

When the prince heard that the first wife had hysteria, he was not surprised, but asked Xiao Luzi to send a doctor to treat her well.

The prince stood quietly in front of the window, gazing at the distant sky.

He slowly turned his head and glanced at the familiar table, chair, book and painting in the study.

His eyes were empty and confused, and his whole body seemed to be frozen. He stood there in a daze, not making a sound for a long time.

Seeing this, Xiao Luzi hesitated for a while before finally mustering up the courage and speaking cautiously:

"Your Majesty, how about I send someone to look for Lady Lin?

Maybe we can find her..."

The prince shuddered slightly, as if coming back to his senses from his deep thoughts.

He slowly walked to the table, picked up the bowl of black medicine, and took a small sip.

In an instant, a strong bitter taste spread across the tip of the tongue and rushed deep into the throat.

However, this bitter taste was nothing compared to the pain in his heart.

He frowned slightly and put the medicine bowl back on the table with a crisp sound.

At this moment, he finally came to his senses - she really left!

Looking back on the past, if she were still alive, when I was sick, she would definitely stay by my bedside without taking off her clothes and take good care of me;

Whenever she drank the bitter medicine, she would take out a piece of plum blossom powder candy and put it in her mouth, so that the bitter taste would be instantly replaced by sweetness.

Thinking of this, the prince couldn't help feeling sad, and his eyes gradually became moist.

It turns out that I love her so deeply!

Her departure seemed to have drained away all the spirit and vitality in his life, and the whole world became dark and gloomy.

Hearing Xiao Luzi's suggestion, the prince held back his tears and said in a choked voice:

"Go quietly, don't alert the enemy!

Even if she refuses to come back, someone will follow her from a distance and protect her.

Also, bring more money, don’t let her suffer any injustice…”

Xiao Luzi quickly nodded in agreement and comforted the prince:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, as long as you finish the medicine and take care of your body.

"I will immediately take people out to look for Fu Jin. I believe we will be able to find Fu Jin!"

The prince waved his hand, signaling Xiao Luzi to go down, and he put on his clothes and went for a walk in the mansion!

The wind was cold and the prince, wearing a thick sable fur cloak, walked slowly in the bare back garden.

Looking around, the whole garden was desolate and the grass and trees were withered. Only the two wintersweets by the lake were blooming proudly in the snow, as passionate and unrestrained as flames.

Only someone like Daiyu would carefully select the most beautiful plum branches, put them in a vase, and place it on the desk in the prince's study, letting the fragrance fill the entire room.

Only Daiyu would collect the snow on the branches of plum blossoms, use it to brew a pot of fragrant Laojunmei tea, and personally present it to the prince, watching him savor it carefully with a sweet smile.

But now, all of this has become a thing of the past.

The prince couldn't help but feel sad. He raised his hand and gently wiped the tears that were quietly sliding down the corners of his eyes, praying in his heart that the little girl over there would not see him like this.

For some unknown reason, when the prince turned around and left the back garden, he unknowingly walked to the front of Cuizhu Garden.

The vermilion gate of Cuizhu Garden was tightly closed, with a white seal posted on it, like a ruthless ban, isolating the garden from the outside world.

The prince was full of doubts and frowned. He was about to call Xiao Luzi to ask him what had happened, but then he thought that Xiao Luzi must have gone out to look for Daiyu.

Just as the prince was hesitating, a little girl about fifteen or sixteen years old happened to pass by not far away.

The little girl was chubby and a little clumsy. When she saw the prince from a distance, she hurriedly squatted down and performed a standard greeting.

Seeing this, the prince quickly stretched out his hand to signal her to stand up, and then asked impatiently:

"Tell me quickly, why is this place sealed and blocked off?"

At first the fat girl refused to answer, but when she came back and saw that the prince was asking earnestly and that no one was around, she said softly:

"Your Highness, please don't tell me I told you. Everyone in the palace says this place is unlucky and will bring bad luck to you and your wife!"

The prince finally understood what was going on. He anxiously wanted to ask who had given the title, but he didn't expect that the fat girl disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The prince had no choice but to tear off the seals himself and go to the gatehouse to get the keys.

When he opened the Cuizhu Garden with his own hands, it seemed as if Daiyu whispered in his ear:

"Why do you come so late every day?"

The prince then felt something shiny flowing down his face. It was tears!

Baoyu was right: "If that child was really his, he would do everything in his power to take Daiyu away with him!"

"Good luck to the wife, good luck to the wife!"

The prince raised his head slightly, thinking it was the little girl, but he found the green-feathered parrot under the corridor licking its own feathers and jumping around.

When the parrot saw the prince coming, it shouted again:

"Good luck to the wife, good luck to the wife!"

This shout completely broke the prince's heart!

He no longer dared to look at what was happening in Daiyu's room, and fled from Cuizhu Garden.

He instructed the steward:

"No one is allowed to seal off Cuizhu Garden for any purpose!

We have to have a few little girls cleaning it every day to maintain its original appearance!"

After doing all this, the prince returned to his study with peace of mind. Only then did he realize that he really liked that woman!

Baoyu took Zijuan and Xueyan and traveled through the intricate, bustling streets and alleys of the capital, searching for Daiyu.

Time flies, and several days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Zijuan and Xueyan had little money left, so they lived a very frugal life. They were reluctant to eat even a bite of food, and they tried to save as much as possible on accommodation, not even willing to stay in the cheapest hotels.

Because they thought that they would use the little money they had saved to buy some jewelry for Daiyu's future children when they met her.

Baoyu couldn't see how hard they were going through, so he took out ten taels of silver and handed it to them.

Zijuan and Xueyan refused to accept the silver at first, but only after Baoyu got angry did they take it.

They found a shabby little hotel in a remote part of the city and settled down temporarily.

However, it is regrettable that they and Baoyu traveled to every corner of the capital but still could not find any trace of Daiyu.

That night, Zijuan curled up quietly in the thin quilt and cried silently.

Xueyan, who was sleeping nearby, couldn't help but sit up when she heard Zijuan's suppressed sobs. Then she walked gently to Zijuan's side, hugged her and cried.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came into her mind.

She quickly wiped the tears from her cheeks, turned to look at Xueyan beside her, and said anxiously:

"Our blind search like headless flies is not a solution after all!

In my opinion, we should go to the temple here early tomorrow morning and ask the monks in the temple for a divination with sincerity.

Maybe they can give us some pointers and tell us where we can find the girl!"

After hearing this, Xueyan's eyes immediately lit up with a glimmer of hope, and she nodded repeatedly in response:

"Sister, you're absolutely right. Maybe we can find the girl this way!"