Yu Wenrui, however, paid no attention to the Imperial Physicians kneeling on the ground. He quickly rose, intending to leave, but after taking a few steps, he stopped in his tracks.
Indeed, he wanted to find her, but where could he look for her?
He called over an attendant and asked about the recent events.
The attendant spoke with some agitation, "On the day you returned, you fell into a coma, and did not awaken for seven days and seven nights. Even the Imperial Physicians said you... But this morning, a strange fragrance suddenly spread from the Prince’s Mansion, all the flowers in the capital bloomed at once, and your breathing gradually stabilized."
Everyone said that the Crown Prince would surely be a Sage Monarch for the ages, and the heavens, unwilling to see him pass away, had sent a miracle to bring him back to life.
Only Yu Wenrui knew that there was no miracle.
Whenever he thought of her ashen locks, a shiver went through his heart.
The Imperial Court of Ming Country was in an uproar.
The reason was that the Crown Prince, who had just been the subject of miraculous tales, had submitted a letter in the grand hall, stating that during his brush with death, an Immortal had enlightened him, allowing him to miraculously recover. Having had an epiphany, he felt that the mundane world no longer suited him and earnestly requested to renounce his title as Crown Prince to travel the four seas.
This... everyone thought the Crown Prince must have gone mad, to so easily give up the position that was almost within his grasp, especially since the Emperor was gravely ill, and he was soon to become the Supreme Lord of the World.
The ones who found this hardest to accept were Yu Wenrui’s trusted confidants. They knew best how much effort their master had put into achieving everything up to this point, now that it was all within reach, within grasp, to say no to it?
Yu Wenrui smiled faintly, "I have found something that fascinates me even more than power."
Those people did not know about Gu Shengyin’s affairs, and wondered if the Crown Prince had truly transcended the material world after his serious illness?
Of course, the Emperor disagreed. Emperors are superstitious, and after Yu Wenrui’s illness had brought about the miracle, he was convinced that his son was extraordinary and would definitely be able to properly succeed to the throne.
Yu Wenrui disappeared.
The Crown Prince had not attended the Imperial Court for several days, the reason being that he needed to properly recuperate.
However, as those few days stretched into longer, the Emperor grew suspicious and upon investigation discovered: the Crown Prince had long since vanished without a trace.
Ming Country’s capital was missing a Crown Prince, and in the sparsely populated forest, there appeared a solitary young master.
Yu Wenrui had some understanding of flora, he had always known that although Gu Shengyin liked the bustle of the human world, in essence, she preferred the tranquility of a place with more of her kind.
Yu Wenrui remembered the way she appeared in his "dream." With her appearance like that, she probably would not go to places crowded with humans, would she?
In fact, he harbored an even more terrifying suspicion in his heart—had she already...? But he never allowed himself to touch upon that possibility, always telling himself that he owed her so much, she hadn’t reclaimed it from him yet, she definitely wouldn’t be satisfied.
In reality, his guess was not wrong.
Gu Shengyin arrived in a valley near the border of Ming Country, a place almost no one had ever set foot in.
Her body was not in particularly bad shape. Originally, You Lan, being part of the plant world, would not have been able to survive without her flower core. The Natural Magic from her past life as the Elf Queen had saved her.
But although she had survived, her Immortal Body was ruined, her magic reduced to a tenth of what it once was. Now, she was not much different from a normal human woman, and, in fact, her body was even weaker than theirs.