Chapter 153: Do Not Remain Obsessed and Refuse to Wake Up

Xiao Youlan looked over immediately.

He saw Shu Yu leading a woman out from the courtyard.

"Miss Nan was hidden in a wardrobe, and she was tied up tight. When I found her, she was still crying!"

Shu Yu, who hated evil and was full of high spirits, looked immensely proud, "It's fortunate we arrived in time to save Miss Nan, otherwise, who knows how much she would have suffered..."

Xiao Youlan's furrowed brow did not relax for a moment, "Are you certain she is Miss Nan?"

Shu Yu was stunned; he turned his head to look at the woman beside him, examining her cheeks and features in detail, "Isn't this Miss Nan? This nose, this mouth, these eyes. If this isn't Miss Nan, then who could it be?"

He was certain this was Nan Xueyin!

Xiao Youlan shook his head, "She is not."

"How could she not be..."

"The temperament is wrong, and the eyes are wrong too." Xiao Youlan did not hesitate for a moment.

The woman Shu Yu had brought out had a timid posture, and crystal-clear tears hung on her cheeks.

But if it were Nan Xueyin, even if she had been captured by Xiao Mingyu, even if she had been bound hand and foot, and even if she had been locked up, she would not have shed a single tear.

On the contrary, she would likely have been sharp-tongued, enough to make Xiao Mingyu half-dead with anger.

Seeing Xiao Youlan like this, Shu Yu thought of the Crown Prince's hidden illness and sighed, "Your Highness, don't be so suspicious. I can guarantee it! This is Miss Nan!"

Before his voice had faded, a joyful shout came from the north: "Found her! That's great! Your Highness, we've found Miss Nan!"

Someone from the east also shouted: "Your Highness! Miss Nan has been found!"

Shu Yu was stunned, and then stunned again.

Accompanied by the shouts, the personal guards brought the "Nan Xueyin" they had each found toward the Crown Prince.

When everyone came face-to-face, there were actually three identical Nan Xueyins!

Everyone, including Shu Yu, was dumbfounded.

"How could this happen?!"

"Isn't there only one Miss Nan?"

"How come... there are three Miss Nans? And they look exactly the same!"

"Could it be that there are real ones and fake ones?"

"But... which one is real, and which one is fake?"

Shu Yu gritted his teeth and asked the three women, "Miss Nan, which one of you is the real one?"

One woman lowered her head timidly, her face covered in tears.

One was biting the nail of her left thumb, looking around nervously.

And another was just smiling at them, especially at Xiao Youlan.

Xiao Youlan did not speak; out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Xiao Mingyu stepping in through the main gate.

At this moment, a meaningful smile hung on Xiao Mingyu's face, as if to say: Didn't you come to find Nan Xueyin? Now that you've found her, why are you still so unhappy?

Shu Yu finally realized that his Crown Prince had been toyed with. Furious and unable to care about whether the other was a Prince or not, he stepped forward and demanded, "Where is Miss Nan?"

Xiao Mingyu spread his hands and pointed at the three identical women, "Isn't Miss Nan right there?"

"Bullshit!" Shu Yu glared, "How could there be three Miss Nans? Where is the real Miss Nan? Where have you hidden her?"

"Shouldn't the real Miss Nan be in the Eastern Palace?" Xiao Mingyu looked at Xiao Youlan, "The Crown Prince was right; it was only later that I realized I loved Miss Nan. But Miss Nan has now fallen for the Crown Prince and left my side, heart and soul, for him. I was heartbroken, so I found three women who look exactly like Miss Nan to soothe the sorrow in my heart... Could it be that this is also wrong?"

Xiao Youlan looked back at Xiao Mingyu, his gaze revealing killing intent and danger.

Xiao Mingyu only kept smiling and sighed feignedly, "Fortunately, my people know a bit of the Disguise Technique, so I can see Miss Nan at any time."

Shu Yu was infuriated by Xiao Mingyu's shameless words and said to Xiao Youlan, "Your Highness, she must still be hidden by him! Let's keep looking!"

"... No need."

Xiao Youlan stopped him in a low voice.

"Why?!" Shu Yu did not understand.

"He dares to be this blatant, so he must have already sent Miss Nan away. He is not afraid of being searched," Xiao Youlan said.

In the years of battling with Xiao Mingyu, Xiao Youlan had more or less figured out Xiao Mingyu's methods.

Upon hearing this, Shu Yu became anxious, "Then what should we do?"

If he couldn't find Nan Xueyin, he feared that if he went back and told Jia Ning, she would be sad too.

"Leave first," Xiao Youlan decided decisively, "Send more men, seal the city!"

Even if Xiao Mingyu had sent Nan Xueyin out of Jiaoyuan in time, Fengdu City was so large, and Xiao Youlan had reacted quickly enough that Xiao Mingyu surely hadn't had time to send her out of the city yet.

As long as the city was sealed, Xiao Youlan would have a chance to find her!

Saying this, Xiao Youlan strode toward the outside.

It was also at this moment that another group of men surrounded the Eastern Palace guards.

Leading them was Old General Lu, who wore a stern expression and said, "Your Highness, you should return to the Eastern Palace!"

"I still have matters to attend to; it would be best if the Old General did not obstruct me," Xiao Youlan said coldly.

"This old subject is here on orders!"

"On whose orders?"

"The Emperor!"

These two short words were spoken with great weight.

Old General Lu looked at Xiao Youlan, "The Emperor says that the Crown Prince is a young man, and acting on impulse is unavoidable. However, everything in this world has a fixed destiny, and everyone has their own path to walk. The Crown Prince should not remain obsessed and refuse to wake up."

Xiao Youlan furrowed his brows tightly, "What if I insist?"

Old General Lu sighed, "Then I can only blame myself for being offensive."

After he finished speaking, a man suddenly appeared behind Xiao Youlan and, without a word, delivered a fierce hand-chop to the back of Xiao Youlan's neck.

He had not expected this final blow, and under the intense pain, he completely lost consciousness.

That man steadily caught the body of Xiao Youlan.

"Return to the Eastern Palace!"

Old General Lu gave the order.

Without the Crown Prince as their backbone, the Eastern Palace personal guards all knew this was the order of the Emperor, so how could they dare to disobey?

Only Shu Yu stiffened his neck, "Old General Lu! Once you have done such a thing, when His Highness the Crown Prince wakes up and finds out, he will certainly blame you!"

Old General Lu, however, said, "His Highness the Crown Prince is merely young and impetuous, momentarily deceived by others; when he wakes up, he will know that whether it is the Emperor or this old subject, we are all doing this for his own good."