Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1819: Chapter 582: The Whole Story, the Lord Has Disappeared

“Young master, we’ve followed the plan and led the king into Panlong Palace. The king should be confiscating that batch of gold now.”

High above Qinghe Town, Green Jade saw Xia Yulong from afar and eagerly reported, only to be met with silence.

It wasn’t until she drew closer that she noticed Xia Yulong’s eyes were brimming with tears, and she was trembling slightly, clearly distraught.

“Princess, what’s wrong?”

The sisters quickly rushed to Xia Yulong’s side, their faces full of concern as they asked urgently.

Xia Yulong continued to cry, and after more than ten breaths, she spoke with a choked voice:

“I just saw a child…”

“What child?”

“Xiahou Xuan!”

At the mention of Xiahou Xuan, the sisters’ expressions froze; they exchanged a look and fell into silence.

When it comes to familiarity with Xiahou Xuan, the sisters are no less knowledgeable than Xia Yulong.

In the future Great Xia Dynasty, not all imperial family members have the privilege of receiving titles. Xia Yulong gained the title of Princess Yufan Tianlong after passing the king’s test in Great Xia Year 85.

The princess’s fiefdom comprised the entire Xing River North Bank; her palace was the golden palace beneath Chilong Lake, later renamed Panlong Palace.

As for Xiahou Xuan, he wasn’t particularly special, merely a common admirer of the young princess.

When Xia Yulong was young, though her origins were mysterious, she was personally raised by Queen Li Xuanling. When she was brought to Great Xia, she was barely two years old, while the Crown Prince, Eldest Princess, and other lords were already grown, making her the king’s youngest offspring.

The youngest often receives the most favor, especially a little princess.

Xia Yulong’s entire growing-up period was full of love and adoration; her gentle and soft nature was unlike the Eldest Princess’s awe-inspiring intelligence, or her sisters’ varying degrees of wilfulness, coldness, or aloofness. This made her famous for having many admirers, not only in Great Xia but also in neighboring Great Wei, Great Qi, and Great Zhou.

From the time the princess came of age, suitors continuously visited Xia Capital to propose marriage, almost without interruption.

Among Xia Yulong’s many admirers, Xiahou Xuan’s family background or personal qualities weren’t particularly noteworthy. His only remarkable trait was his undying affection, quietly accompanying Xia Yulong without expressing his feelings.

For a long time, people were unaware of his feelings for Xia Yulong because Xiahou Xuan never mentioned them around others. In Great Xia Year 37, Xiahou Xuan advanced to Xianyang Level and joined the Dragon Forbidden Captains, assigned to the then 16-year-old Xia Yulong, and over the subsequent dozens of years, he remained loyal, protecting Xia Yulong as a guard without overstepping bounds.

It wasn’t until Great Xia Year 53, when the 32-year-old Xia Yulong reached the Tribulation Body Realm and led troops against a feudal town. During this expedition, Xiahou Xuan naturally accompanied her as a guard.

Despite Xia Yulong’s abilities, she was raised in the palace, kind-hearted and overly naive, and Xia Hong intentionally tested her by not providing much support. Thus, the expedition was unsuccessful, and Xia Yulong fell into an enemy ambush and nearly died.

In the final moments, it was Xiahou Xuan who sacrificed himself to save Xia Yulong, and most moving was that he confessed his love for Xia Yulong only at his dying breath.

Green Jade and her sister were sent by Queen Li Xuanling to Xia Yulong’s side at the age of six, so they not only knew of these events but were witnesses.

“In Great Xia Year 37, General Xiahou was 31, and now it’s Great Xia Year 13, so he’s just turned 7 years old, running into him here isn’t impossible, the future hasn’t happened, the princess needn’t…”

“In Great Xia Year 37, when Xiahou Xuan first met me, he said something. Do you know what it was?”

Before Green Jade could finish speaking, she was interrupted. Seeing Xia Yulong’s tear-stained face, her heart ached. As she went to comfort her, she asked, “What was it?”

“He said, ‘I have long seen the princess.’ I didn’t understand then, but now I realize he truly met me, truly…”

Green Jade was about to offer words of consolation but suddenly realized something, her body tensed and she promptly closed her mouth, refraining from speaking.

Though she stayed silent, her sister Green Moon belatedly realized and exclaimed, “I see, that’s why the king didn’t stop the princess…”

“Yue’er, shut up!”

Green Jade sharply interrupted her sister before she could finish speaking.

Alas, it was too late!

Amid sobs, Xia Yulong clearly sensed something, her brows furrowed slightly, and she looked sternly at Green Jade, commanding seriously, “Green Jade, are you hiding something from me?”

Upon hearing this, Green Jade’s expression instantly grew tense.

Having grown up alongside the princess, more like sisters than maid and mistress, Xia Yulong seldom referred to herself as “this palace” before Green Jade, and using it now meant she was already quite angry.

“Did you follow me, leaping into the Blood Pool, traveling through time, and before you followed, father had already arrived, didn’t he?”

Seeing Green Jade stubbornly refusing to speak, Xia Yulong’s expression darkened, starting to unravel clues from Green Moon’s slip of the tongue.

Since seeing Xiahou Xuan, she had already started suspecting.

Sadness came partly from seeing Xiahou Xuan again, but also…