Chapter 279 I Didn't Steal Your Gold

No wonder the Regent was willing to offer up their Northern Desert's national treasures just to get Luo'er to divorce him; it turns out it was all because of him...

This regent is truly shameless; he's old enough to be Luo'er's father, yet he's still lusting after her...

Just as Xiao Ye was angrily speculating, Gao Changhong suddenly let out a fascinated sound from inside the room.

“Ruan Ruan…”

Ruan Ruan?

Is he calling Ruan Ruan?

Xiao Ye and Su Lilu both looked at Gao Changhong with curiosity.

"Ruan Ruan, it's such a pity. I offered up such a treasure as the Snow Lotus, but the Emperor of Liang still didn't agree to let your daughter divorce the Crown Prince."

If only you were still alive, otherwise why would I have gone through all this trouble? Why didn't you understand me back then? I told you that you were the only one in my heart, so why did you have to leave me?

"If I hadn't married her back then, where would I be today? But now that I hold absolute power in the Northern Desert, why are you gone? Ruan Ruan, you truly have a cruel heart!"

Gao Changhong bent down, lay face down on the portrait, and muttered to himself in anguish.

At this moment, not only Su Liluo, but even Xiao Ye understood that Gao Changhong was actually infatuated with her mother, Jiang Ruan!

Su Liluo was extremely shocked. How could her mother know the Regent of the Northern Desert?

Moreover, judging from the Regent's infatuated expression, he seems to deeply love his mother.

Furthermore, he mentioned leaving, as if his own mother had ever been with him.

"Do you know? I originally brought this Snow Lotus for you. I always knew that your health was severely compromised after you gave birth to our son."

I was thinking that after I found you this time, I would take you back, divorce that woman, and make you my principal wife, my only wife. But why did you leave ahead of time?

Why? Since you're not alive, what's the point of me abandoning everything to climb to the top and obtain this Snow Lotus? Without you, it's just a useless thing!

As he spoke, Gao Changhong became excited.

He even took out an ice-blue lotus-shaped plant from an exquisite sandalwood box in his sleeve and slammed it onto the table with a 'bang'.

Su Liluo was shocked, but also heartbroken.

You don't want this snow lotus, and you shouldn't waste it like this!

She had asked Kongkong, and he said that the Snow Lotus was extremely precious; if used in medicine, it could cure all poisons in the world!

And...wait, what son?

Her mother even had a son with the regent!

Does she have a half-brother?

Su Liluo was stunned.

Looking further down, Gao Changhong was already lying on the bed, holding the portrait on the table.

The room reeked of alcohol.

"Luo'er, the Snow Lotus is right there, I'll go get it for you."

Seeing that Gao Changhong had left the Snow Lotus on the table and ignored it, Xiao Ye turned to Su Liluo and said.

Su Liluo realized what was happening and temporarily put aside her doubts.

He nodded and said, "Okay, but we should first drug him, and also drug the Regent's secret guards in the shadows. We can't let them know that we stole it."

So, Su Liluo took out the medicine she had prepared beforehand and sprinkled it into the Regent's room and into the air outside.

This is her specially made sleeping potion; anyone within a hundred paces who smells it will fall asleep.

Of course, they are exceptions.

Because there is an antidote.

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The next day.

A beam of blinding light pierced through the lattice window and streamed into the room, seemingly diluting the smell of alcohol inside.

Gao Changhong blinked and slowly came to his senses. He let go of the portrait in his hand, and the embarrassment and sorrow of yesterday vanished.

He rolled up the portrait again and put it into an exquisite wooden box.

Then, he remembered the scene of wanting to destroy the Snow Lotus last night, and turned to look for the Snow Lotus on the table.

Now that he was awake, he naturally knew that even if the Snow Lotus could not save the woman he once loved, nor break up the marriage between the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, it was still a treasure of the world.

It must never be discarded or destroyed carelessly.

Can......

"Where is my Snow Lotus?"

After searching for a long time and finding no trace of the Snow Lotus in the house, Gao Changhong suddenly flew into a rage.

At this moment, the servants outside hurriedly ran in.

"Your Highness, what has happened?"

The servant asked, puzzled.

"Where is my Snow Lotus? Did anyone come to my room last night?"

Gao Changhong asked sternly.

"No one came last night, Your Highness. We really didn't see anyone come in."

The servants knelt on the ground in fear.

"Where did my Snow Lotus go? Did you take it?"

"Your Highness, please calm down! How dare this servant steal Your Highness's Snow Lotus!"

Gao Changhong roared, and the servants were even more terrified.

How could they possibly dare to steal the Snow Lotus!

Let alone the Snow Lotus, they wouldn't even dare to steal a drop of water from the Prince's room!

The loss of the Snow Lotus was no small matter, so Gao Changhong immediately ordered an investigation and questioning of all the servants in the mansion.

The result was still nothing.

As for the servants who were questioned by Su Liluo and the others yesterday, they had already been given amnesia medicine by Su Liluo and had forgotten what happened last night.

At the same time, King Xiao also discovered that all his gold had been taken away.

He was equally incredulous and frantically checked the place where he hid the gold.

"Your Highness! How could he break his promise!"

King Xiao said angrily.

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