Becoming the Villainess: I Dominate the Cultivation Realm with My Wok!-Chapter 413

Seeing that the person who went to report had not returned for a long time, Cen Lizhui frowned slightly and stepped inside.

The palace attendant at the door wanted to stop him, but before he could act, he was rendered immobile in an extremely bizarre posture, just like the group of palace attendants behind the Empress earlier.

The Second Prince was surprised at this sight. This person didn’t seem like someone who would be impatient. Why was he suddenly so anxious?

What Cen Lizhui was thinking, however, was that waiting here aimlessly was a waste of time. Every moment delayed was a moment later to see Chen Muxue. In her current state, he truly couldn’t rest easy leaving her in that Cold Palace.

Though it seemed abandoned and safe enough over there, the Imperial Palace was inherently fraught with hidden dangers. For example, did the Imperial Concubine Wan know what sort of altar was hidden beneath her palace?

Cen Lizhui believed she didn’t know. Otherwise, with the palace in such chaos now, how could she stay contentedly within her palace?

Cen Lizhui walked without making a sound. Most cultivators, with a cautious mindset, would deliberately control their footsteps, and over time, this became a habit.

His pacing appeared unhurried, yet it was extremely light and quick. The Second Prince, dragging the Fifth Prince behind him, couldn’t catch up for a time.

"Imperial Concubine, you may not know, but my companion was in a very poor condition at that time. Even if she wanted to run away, she couldn’t have done it without any noise. I suspect someone abducted her, hence I’m urgently searching for her. I kindly ask for the Imperial Concubine’s assistance. I will surely repay this debt."

As Cen Lizhui reached the door, his footsteps suddenly stopped. If he wasn’t mistaken, this was Lin Qing’s voice.

But the words Lin Qing spoke were baffling to him. Was it the meaning he understood? The kind where Chen Muxue went missing?

Not waiting for Imperial Concubine Wan’s reply, Cen Lizhui stepped directly inside. Everyone’s eyes turned to the unexpected visitor, especially the palace attendant who had come to report. Startled, she cursed her companion inwardly. Why couldn’t they stop him? Weren’t they given signals?

However, what she hadn’t seen was that along the path Cen Lizhui walked, there were palace attendants frozen in place everywhere.

"Lin Qing, what do you mean by what you just said?" Cen Lizhui, without beating around the bush, entered, fixed his gaze on Lin Qing, and directly asked.

Lin Qing was momentarily speechless, then said, "Miss Chen is missing. I just stepped out for a while, truly just a short while, and she suddenly vanished. This woman can testify—I really only left for a short time." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

The woman holding the Fire Fox was pulled in but wasn’t annoyed. She simply nodded, "She disappeared so quickly. Even without being injured, such a silent vanishing is indeed astonishing."

Listening to this, Cen Lizhui found it laughable. Muxue, a living person, could not have disappeared so inexplicably. If she was abducted, doesn’t she have a mouth to call for help? If something like an anesthetic was used, as Lin Qing said, when he returned, wouldn’t he have smelled it?

Moreover...come to think of it, didn’t the two of them leave the room together? Otherwise, how could that woman not have seen how Muxue disappeared?

Seeing Cen Lizhui’s expression, Lin Qing realized that such an explanation did not satisfy him, but Lin Qing felt somewhat annoyed as well.