Although the girl's dress was in good quality, the cloth was much cheaper than her silk dress if took a close look. And the jewelry that the girl was wearing was even much worse than hers. Her eyes constricted slightly but she said nothing.

The girl didn't hear Li Yun's words of forgiveness, she didn't dare to speak more but kept her head down silently. There was bright red blood dripping from her forehead, but she didn't seem to feel the pain, kneeling motionlessly.

“Repeat what you have just said.” Li Yun required calmly. This time, her voice was free of dullness, but a bit of deep, from which the kneeling girl felt an invisible pressure.

Li Yun had spent so many years struggling in the most desperate circ.u.mstances. She had already trained herself into a person who could calm down quickly and kept an observant eye on whatever spooky and strange situations she would encounter.

The girl heard and her body trembled a little, seemingly holding infinite remorse and fear, she begged, “Miss, it's all my fault, and I will never gossip about His Highness. I'm willing to go to the was.h.i.+ng area. Miss, I still have to take care of my grandmother, she's my only family, please spare me!”

“I said, repeat what you've just said again!” Li Yun's voice deepened.

“Mi…” The girl seemed to continue begging for mercy, but when hearing Li Yun's words, she s.h.i.+vered and held her jaw immediately.

“Speak!” Li Yun stared at the girl. She wanted to know what this place was, why she was here and became another person.

“Yes… I'm speaking now.” The girl lowered her head in fear and didn't dare to move. Without any delay, she repeated those words she had just said indignantly when Li Yun woke up.

It took a few minutes to finish. After speaking, she bent to the ground statically, while the cold sweat on her back wet her thin dress. Now she was aware that she shouldn't gossip about His Highness. What a serious crime she committed! If His Highness heard that, she would have been beheaded, instead of kneeling here and asking for forgiveness.

“Well!” After hearing the words, Li Yun's eyes turned deeper. It's hard to recognize her emotion from her voice, but actually, her mind was like a rough ocean. Such a pet.i.te figure, such thin and fair fingers, and such strange dressing style, how could this be her own body? A weird feeling struck her and the picturesque scenery around also faded. Was she in a dream?

Thinking of that, she suddenly pinched her palm with great force. The sharp pain came from her palm, but she didn't take it real and then pinched the palm two more times. She loosened her hands and secretly pinched her waist again. Through the soft cloth, she also felt the piercing pain on her waist.

All at once, her expression changed several times. A chill ran through her heart. It was not a dream!

The girl dared not speak, and then it fell into silence again. Except for the breeze, there was no more sound.

“Repeat what you said just now. His Highness… did he really disregard me when seeing I was bullied?” Li Yun weighed her words for a long time and then spoke in a trembling deep voice.

“Miss?” The girl was stunned by Li Yun's request. Keen to notice something wrong with Miss, she suddenly looked up.

“Tell me!” Li Yun withdrew her hands quietly. First, she needed to know the present situation.

“…Yes!” The girl immediately lowered her head. She dared not to think over the reason why Miss required her to repeat what happened just now but answered quickly, “Today, Miss was not comfortable and didn't want to join in the gathering of appreciating poems. But considering that His Highness would take part in it, you came here, too. However, that two abominable people, the second daughter of the Rong Royal family and the princess of the Prince Filial family, together with Princess Qingwan, wanted to push you into the water. But fortunately, after the Prime Minister's daughter Miss Yuning told them that Prince Jing who always stays at home and the young Lord Ran who studied far away from his home in these years would partic.i.p.ate in the gathering, then they went there hastily. I've observed that they harbored malicious intentions today. I asked Miss you accompany Her Majesty, but you refused. Miss, you've never been so embarra.s.sed! You can't swim. If you fell into the lake, you would definitely suffer a lot. Fortunately…”

"Why do I have a headache?" asked Li Yun carefully. She frowned, being anxious because of the girl's words. Since she did not fall into the water, why she was dizzy, as if she had woken up after a long sleep.

“Miss, you hit your head on the guardrail by the lake, and thus you feel faint.” replied the girl immediately.

“So I hit my head. No wonder I don't remember what happened!” said Li Yun, kneading her forehead. She clenched hands in the sleeves, her face looking pale and body s.h.i.+vering slightly. Her voice seemed casual, but only she herself knew how hard she supported her body not to fall down.

If it was not in a dream, Li Yun thought she must have met a ghost.

But was there a ghost in the daytime? She looked up at the sun.

“Miss, you don't remember what happened?” The girl was shocked and her face turned pale.

“Hum…” Li Yun did not deny.

“In addition to this, are there other things you don't remember?” asked the girl urgently, raising her face. It was stained with blood, but she seemed to be unaware.

“I don't remember…” Li Yun was thinking about how to gain more information without exposing her ident.i.ty.

She just spoke, and there was a chuckle coming from afar. A male spoke with a humorous and clear voice, “Sister Yue, everyone has gone to the garden. Why are you here? I just saw His Highness also went to the garden. If you don't come, I'm afraid he would be captivated by other girls and totally forget about you.”

Hearing these words, Li Yun hurriedly turned her head toward that man.