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Not long after the morning court, a loud shouting sound came from the imperial garden, shocking the entire palace. Everyone came out of the palace gates and looked around. They saw Xiaoyanzi pulling Ziwei, Ziwei pulling Jinsuo, and the three girls ran desperately, passing through the garden, through the Yuedong Gate, and through the corridor...

The little swallow ran and shouted wildly:

"Emperor! Emperor... Where are you? No! Empress Xiang Fei turned into a butterfly and flew away! Emperor... Emperor Xiang Fei flew away..."

Ziwei, who is usually quiet in Wenwen, also shouted in panic:

"Empress! Come quickly... The Queen of Concubine Xiang turned into a butterfly..."

The girl Jinsuo was so angry that she ran away and shouted:

"Butterfly! Butterfly... Butterfly... Come on! What should I do? The Queen of Concubine Xiang flew away..."

Such yelling and running wildly, alarming Qianlong, Concubine Ling, Empress Dowager, Qing'er, Empress, Rong Mama, Erkang, and Yongqi. Everyone ran out of the palaces. The palace maids, eunuchs, and guards all asked in a mess:

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Qianlong greeted Xiaoyanzi and asked in a hurry:

"What? What? Little Swallow, what happened?"

Concubine Ling followed Qianlong and shouted to Xiaoyanzi:

"What's going on? Don't be in a panic, just say it slowly! Say it slowly! How is the Queen Xiang Concubine?"

Xiaoyanzi rushed to Qianlong and Concubine Ling and shouted in anger:

"Emperor... We were with Empress Xiang Fei just now. The Empress wanted to try to recover her skills. She stood in the yard outside Baoyue Building, turning and attracting butterflies. Who knew that she disappeared as she turned and turned... We opened our eyes wide and saw only a butterfly, flying to my hand, and then to Ziwei's hand, as if saying goodbye to us, and then... it flew higher and higher, flew over the palace wall, and flew away like this!" Qianlong was shocked, staggered back, shook his head, unable to believe it, stared at Xiaoyanzi and said, "This is impossible! Nothing!" He turned to Ziwei, "What are Xiaoyanzi talking about?"

"Really! They are all true!" Ziwei swallowed, her voice trembling. Her trembling was fear and guilt, but it aggravated the realism in her tone. "I, Xiaoyanzi and Jinsuo, saw the Queen Xiang Fei turn into a butterfly and fly away!" She said, looking around, "Have you flew here? Is there?" She gave Erkang a glance asking for help, and looked around, "I don't know... will I fly back again?"

Erkang immediately responded and shouted in shock:

"How can you see this? Do you see clearly?"

"See clearly!" Ziwei was encouraged by Erkang, and was afraid that Xiaoyanzi would say something outrageously and miss the big thing, so she said seriously, "Empress Xiangfei was turning around there, looking at the three of us, and kept smiling, just like the shadows in the water, becoming so blurry... Then, my eyes blurred, and I looked again. The empress was gone, and there was a white butterfly in front of her, with red lines on her body, as if she was wearing white clothes and red belts she often wore! She flew so beautifully, as if she was dancing... and just flew away like that!"

Yongqi quickly interrupted:

"Ziwei said it so clearly, it must be true!" He turned to Ekang, "Ekang, do you remember? Last time, Empress Xiang Fei was critically ill and butterflies were flying all over the sky. Just say, Empress Xiang Fei was not a mortal! Could it be... she is a god? Just like Xiao Yanzi said, it is a butterfly fairy?"

"Yes!" Erkang replied in shock, "She is not a mortal! I knew for a long time that she is definitely not a mortal!"

Concubine Ling's face changed drastically and asked urgently:

"Are you sure you see Xiang Fei turn into a butterfly? This is not a matter of talking nonsense, so you can't talk nonsense! How could a good person turn into a butterfly?"

Qianlong was shocked and shook his head desperately:

"No! Impossible! Absolutely not!"

Jin Suo also shouted seriously:

"Long live! It's true... As the Empress Xiang Concubine turned, we saw that her clothes slid down like she was peeling off the shell. When she fell to the ground, she turned into a butterfly! If the emperor doesn't believe it, hurry up and go outside Baoyue Tower to take a look! The clothes are still there!"

Qianlong widened his eyes and breathed heavily:

"I don't believe it...I don't believe a word!"

Qianlong ran towards Baoyue Tower. Concubine Ling chased after him and ran away together. Erkang and Yongqi exchanged a glance, Erkang nodded, indicating that Xiaoyanzi and others were performing well, and followed him to run forward.

Mama Rong looked at the queen in surprise and asked:

"Empress! Is this kind of thing? Concubine Xiang has turned into a butterfly, do you believe it?" "That Concubine Xiang has fragrant body, attracts butterflies, and will die and resurrect. What else is impossible? No matter what, let's go over and take a look!" The queen took Mama Rong and ran to Baoyue Tower.

The Queen Mother looked at Qing'er in a daze, and felt it was ridiculous and shocked: "The Xiangfei turned into a butterfly and flew away? Did Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei say this? Or did I have something wrong with my ears and I heard it wrong?"

Qing'er was extremely shocked. In her shock, there was a strong sense of anxiety. Her heart flashed like lightning like lightning and the nervousness of Erkang and Yongqi leaving the palace last night, and the little eunuch who lowered her hat and couldn't see her appearance! Her heart was beating, and she murmured:

"That's what they said! Xiang Fei flew away!"

"Let's go and have a look!"

The Empress Dowager and Qing'er also followed him to Baoyue Tower.

Everyone rushed to the entrance of Baoyue Tower and saw Vina and Gina crying bitterly. On the ground, the white clothes in Hanxiang were spread there, and the white headdress decorated with feathers were also lying on the grass, with the hairpin rings and bracelets, necklaces and earrings... all on the ground.

When Qianlong saw this scene, he was shocked and rushed forward, grabbed Vina, shook her and shouted:

"Where has your master gone? Say it!"

"The princess turned into a butterfly and flew away!" Vina replied in reply.

"The princess is a butterfly fairy, she is back home!" Gina cried.

Qianlong didn't understand the reply and couldn't understand the key points. He let go of Vina, turned around in panic, grabbed Ziwei and shook it. His anxiousness was beyond words:

"Ziwei! You won't lie to me. Tell me clearly where Xiang Fei went? She is a human, how could she become a butterfly? How could it be?"

Ziwei was shaken by Qianlong and was frightened. Ekang and Yongqi also trembled.

Ziwei saw Qianlong so heartbroken, tears of true love burst into tears:

"Emperor! Sorry, we watched Empress Xiang Fei fly away, and no one can do anything, so we can only watch her go! I really feel so sorry, I didn't keep her! Sorry, I'm sorry! But Empress Xiang Fei's fragrance is completely different from us ordinary people! She turned into a butterfly and flew away because the time for her to belong to the world has come and she has to leave? Nothing about Empress Xiang Fei can speculate based on common sense that her departure is so magical!"

Qianlong was so heartbroken that he shook Ziwei crazy:

"No! No! She is my concubine... We can snatch her back from the God of Death, how could she turn into a butterfly and fly away? Why don't you catch her? What's going on? I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

Xiaoyanzi rushed forward, pulled Qianlong's arm, and shouted:

"Emperor! The Empress Xiang Concubine has flew away, it's better than her death! I know, she has transformed from a butterfly! Now, turn back to a butterfly, go back to a place like Butterfly Valley! Emperor, don't be sad. If the Empress Xiang Concubine has returned home, she must be living somewhere... She will bless you!"

Seeing that the three of them were very sensible, Concubine Ling had to believe it. In addition to being shocked, she pulled Qianlong to comfort her:

"Emperor! It seems that this matter is true! Ziwei is right. The Queen Xiang Concubine came to the palace and brought the emperor a lot of joy. Now, her time has come. Going back to the butterfly world, we should not use human feelings to tie her up, let her fly away without any worries!"

Erkang stepped forward and said respectfully and sincerely to Qianlong:

"The Empress Ling is right! The Emperor, Li Shangyin's poem is well written: 'Zhuang Sheng is confused about butterflies in Xiaomeng, and Emperor Wang is entrusted with the cuckoo in spring." The Empress Xiangfei may be just a 'butterfly dream' of the emperor!"

Qianlong staggered back and said with a big blow:

"Butterfly Dream! Butterfly Dream? No... She is not a dream, she is real! I want to go to Baoyue Tower to see... Maybe she is back! Yes! She can fly away, and of course she can fly back!"

Qianlong took a big step and hurriedly walked into Baoyue Tower. Everyone had to follow closely. In the hall of Baoyue Tower, everything was clean and spotless. Where could there be a figure with fragrance?

Qianlong rushed into the bedroom, ran out, looking for Hanxiang everywhere. He couldn't find Hanxiang, so he was at a loss. He turned back to the hall and looked around. He saw that the scenery was still the same: Hui musical instruments, Hui floor felts, Hui wall decorations... but the Xiangfei concubine has disappeared.

Qianlong looked at the room in a daze, and for a moment, his emotions were extremely chaotic. Everyone stood behind Qianlong, all silently.

After a while, the Empress Dowager first recovered her calmness, and then stepped forward and said very majestic:

"Emperor! It seems that this Xiangfei Concubine has indeed disappeared! No matter what method she disappeared, she may never be found again! There are gains and losses in life, and we cannot force it! I think that Xiangfei, who came here from Xinjiang, and after entering the palace, everything happened is strange... Now I am gone, it is not a blessing for the Qing Dynasty! The emperor is the Lord of Wan Cheng, please cheer up and don't lose your soul for a concubine!"

Qianlong fell into a chair.

Everyone looked at him, and no one dared to speak, only the Queen Mother, let's say:

"Emperor! This matter is so strange. If it is spread, it is afraid it will be unfavorable to the court! It is better to claim to the public that Xiang Fei fell ill and died!"

Qianlong trembled, and before his eyes, Han Xiang's face and words rose from last night:

"Your Majesty, I have lost my fragrance and am no longer your "Fragrant Concubine"! That "Fragrant Concubine" has been sentenced to death by the Empress Dowager and no longer exists! I hope you will come to see me with such an idea in the future!"

Qianlong was shivering and understood the farewell meaning of Hanxiang when he said this. He raised his head and looked at the empress dowager, his heart was filled with sadness and resentment. If the empress dowager did not kill Xiangfei, Xiangfei would probably not disappear, right? Although he had hatred and pain in his heart, he could not disobey the empress dowager. He waved his hand and said hoarsely:

"You all go down! Let me be quiet alone! Don't disturb me!" Everyone performed their manners and left the room. Qianlong suddenly shouted:

"Little Swallow, Ziwei! You two stay!"

Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi hurriedly stopped.

Erkang and Yongqi were so worried that they gave the two a deep, warning gaze. In the blink of an eye, everyone left.

Qianlong sat there in a daze, looking at the carpet where Hanxiang often sat cross-legged, showing off his spirit. Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi looked at each other, both of them were guilty, sympathy and panic. After a while, the room was silent. Finally, Qianlong broke the silence:

"Little Swallow! Ziwei! Come here!"

Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei walked forward nervously, kneeling in front of Qianlong, one left and one right. Qianlong stared at the two of them deeply and said in a hoarse voice:

"You two, let me swear to you, and you really saw the Xiang Concubine turn into a butterfly and fly away!"

Ziwei was stunned and had no time to speak, Xiaoyanzi had already said first:

"My little swallow swore to Emperor Ama that if I hadn't seen the Xiangfei Princess turn into a butterfly, I would have been killed by random knife and struck to death by lightning... I was beheaded by Emperor Ama, and the five horses were dismembered! The body was also chewed by the eagle and wild dogs!"

After Xiaoyanzi made the oath, she was very scared. She looked at the sky outside the window and prayed softly in her heart: "The god in the sky, my little swallow was forced to swear, you can't take it seriously. You must not let me accept it!"

Ziwei had no choice but to swear: "If I hadn't seen the Queen Xiang Concubine turn into a butterfly, I would have thundered and would not die well!"

Xiaoyanzi hurriedly looked at the sky and prayed for Ziwei in her heart: "The god in the sky, Ziwei, like me, can't respond to the oath!"

After discussing with God, Xiaoyanzi felt at ease.

Qianlong stared at the two of them, and saw that they were both sure and swearing, it was not like lying. Especially Ziwei, the most honest and frank girl, and she would not talk nonsense. So, everything is true? He had to believe it a little, and then said in pain and thoughts:

"So, she really does not belong to the world, nor does she belong to us? She is indeed a fairy, has she returned to the mountains and forests?"

Ziwei looked at Qianlong in such pain and felt so painful. She couldn't help but hold Qianlong's hand and shouted enthusiastically:

"Emperor! We are as sad as you lose the Empress Xiang Concubine! But think about it, since entering the palace, there are very few times when Xiang Concubine has been happy, and almost lost her life! She has suffered great physical and spiritual injuries! She is not free and unhappy! Now, she is gone! For her, it is a kind of happiness and a kind of relief! From now on, she can fly freely and no longer be tortured by the palace! Emperor, if you really love her, you should be happy for her departure! Please don't be sad, okay? I promise that Empress Xiang Concubine will pray for Emperor Ama in a world like a god!"
To be continued...