Chapter 1193: The Princess Consort Whose Memories Were Altered (68)

A troubled expression flashed across Shangguan Jing's face, but seeing the anticipation written all over Tang Jiao's features, he finally said, "Then this prince will request leave from Imperial Brother. In two days, I'll take you to Jiangnan. How does that sound?"

"Your Highness, you're such a wonderful man. You've been so good to me." Tang Jiao praised him lavishly without holding back.

The moment he heard her words, all the hesitation in Shangguan Jing's heart vanished.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Something terrible has happened!"

The steward came running from behind, panting heavily, which immediately displeased Shangguan Jing.

"What are you shouting for? What if you startled the horse and frightened the Princess Consort?"

Hearing those words, sorrow filled the steward's eyes.

Tears glimmered within them. Regardless of whether Shangguan Jing was impatient or not, he stepped closer and choked out in a low voice, "Your Highness, we just received news. The ruler of Chen Kingdom encountered bandits on his journey back."

"What does that have to do with this prince?"

Seeing Shangguan Jing's indifference, the steward sighed and spoke with trembling lips.

"Consort Jiao's carriage… the horses were startled and the carriage plunged off a cliff. Her whereabouts are unknown. They say the cliff is incredibly high, with no visible bottom. Beneath it lies only thick rolling mist. Most people believe… she couldn't have survived..."

"What did you say?"

Shangguan Jing seized the steward by the collar, nearly lifting him off the ground.

"Say that again. This prince didn't hear clearly."

"The ruler of Chen Kingdom was attacked by bandits. The horses panicked, and Consort Jiao's carriage fell straight off the cliff. Right now, she..."

Before the steward could finish, Shangguan Jing shoved him away and burst out laughing.

"Stop trying to deceive this prince. How could there be such a coincidence?"

"It's true. His Majesty has already dispatched troops to eliminate the bandits and sent people to search for Consort Jiao." Looking at Shangguan Jing's expression of disbelief, the steward felt his heart ache. "Your Highness, it's true..."

"Get out!"

"Your Highness..."

"Get out!"

Helpless, the steward could only withdraw. Turning back to glance at Shangguan Jing standing frozen in place, he didn't know what to say. Then he looked into the distance, where Tang Jiao rode happily upon her horse, looking cheerful and carefree.

In the end, he departed with a bitter expression.

When Tang Jiao heard the news, she was stunned.

Her voice trembled as she asked, System 222, Sister won't be in danger, right?

Don't worry, Host. I'm certain something's fishy about this. Have you forgotten? She said she'd come back. My guess is she's using this to administer a heavy dose of medicine to the Shangguan brothers. There's no way she'd really go back to Chen Kingdom with that ruler. A living woman who became another king's possession can never compare to a dead woman.

System 222 explained seriously.

What it didn't say was that it was so certain because it had received an email.

That's right.

An email.

It hadn't come from Headquarters, but from an unfamiliar ID.

It could tell with certainty that the sender was another system—one far more advanced than itself.

It couldn't track the other's location.

The message had simply said that Tang Guo was safe and instructed it to reassure Tang Jiao.

However, it was forbidden to reveal the existence of the sender to Tang Jiao.

System 222 suspected that the mysterious system was attached to Tang Guo.

The other party was too mysterious and too strange. Thus, 222 had no intention of telling Tang Jiao. Instead, it had sent a report to Headquarters explaining the situation on its side.

But something horrifying happened.

Not long after sending the email, it received a reply.

Not from Headquarters.

From that same mysterious system.

At this moment, System 222 was utterly confused. It had no idea what the other party's intentions were.

However, one thing was certain.

The mysterious system didn't seem to be trying to interfere with its mission.