Bab 509: Alone.

Li Xueyue could not find Yu Zhen anywhere. She had searched through all of the places he could've been. She was perplexed. Did something happen?

Filled with worry, Li Xueyue paced about in her bedroom. She wondered if he had left the palace on an urgent notice? It would explain his sudden absence. 

Pressing her lips together, Li Xueyue decided to do something rather than wasting her time pacing back and forth in her bedroom and she knew just what to do.

Li Xueyue turned to her maidservant. "Prepare me for horseback riding." 

- - - - -

Sure enough, Li Xueyue's predictions were correct. The stables reserved specifically for the Imperial Family were missing a horse. Xiao Lizi's stall was empty.

"Princess!" the stable boy greeted in astonishment. He hurried forward and deeply bowed before her.

"My horse, how has he been doing?" Li Xueyue asked.