AFDPIRAB Chapter49

That night, Prince An’s guards watched helplessly as Young Hall Master Yun was blocked outside the bedroom door by the little prince, with the reason being—

 

Young Hall Master Yun was a self-respecting person.

 

Yun Jiangli turned his back to the yard, clearly feeling the hot eyes of the people waiting to eat melons[mfn]Eat melon is a slang word that means being a mere bystander or onlooker.[/mfn] behind him.

 

He raised his eyebrows, took a step forward, and blocked the youth who was blocking the door, then turned around and swept his cold eyes around every corner of the yard.

 

The people who were hurt by Young Hall Master Yun’s cold eyes all shrank their heads, not daring to gossip anymore. Yun Jiangli took advantage of their shrugging and quickly leaned over to kiss the little prince, then said in a submissive voice, “Xiao Qi, be good, let me in, it’s so cold outside.”

 

The little prince, who was secretly kissed, blushed and stiffened his neck and said stubbornly, “No! Young Hall Master, please respect yourself and don’t, don’t, don’t do such frivolous things again!”

 

Young Hall Master Yun gritted his teeth and shamelessly raised his hands to gently wrap around the youth’s slightly round waist: “Shh—don’t say such angry words, the child will learn them.”

 

The normally sharp-tongued little prince was choked and didn’t know how to retort for a moment. Taking advantage of the moment when he was stunned, the shameless young hall master picked the person up, walked in, closed the door with his palm, and strode into the inner room…

 

His movements were both skillful and smooth.

 

When the little prince came back to his senses, he was already sitting on the soft bed.

 

Yan Muning: “……”

 

Now that they’re in, it won’t be that easy to kick him out.

 

The little prince turned over angrily, with his back to Yun Jiangli, poking his belly and mumbling to his son about his other father.

 

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In the twelfth lunar month, there are many rules and frequent interactions.

 

Yan Muning said that he would ask Yun Jiangli to bring the old hall master to Prince An’s mansion to celebrate the New Year together a few days ago. As a result, the old hall master sent someone to say that he wanted to have a few drinks with his old friends before coming.

 

Yun Jiangli knew the temper of his old man very well, so he just wanted the little prince to be at ease.

 

Today is the eighth day of the twelfth month.

 

Yun Jiangli had made arrangements with Yan Muning early in the morning, and after having breakfast with him, he left Prince An’s Mansion and prepared to return to the Yun Mansion to pick up Old Hall Master Yun.

 

What the little prince didn’t know was that his big beauty didn’t go straight to his own mansion after leaving the mansion but instead took a detour to Prince Cheng’s mansion first.

 

“Your Highness.”

 

When Yun Jiangli arrived at Prince Cheng’s mansion, Yan Muchen was already waiting in the main hall.

 

Prince Cheng raised his hand: “Young Hall Master is here? Don’t be restrained, sit down quickly.”

 

“Old Prince Yuchi will be coming to the capital in a few days, right?” Yun Jiangli asked directly, “Your Highness asked Chen Mo to find me urgently right now, I guess it is because of this matter?”

 

Prince Cheng smiled and said, “Yes, Young Hall Master is really sharp.”

 

“The old prince will enter the capital. Although General Yuchi stayed in Weizhou, but there was the previous incident. His Majesty wanted ‘Xuezhu’ to help pay more attention to the movements in the western border.” Prince Cheng didn’t say much and directly stated the purpose of having Yun Jiangli visit.

 

Yun Jiangli frowned: “Is His Majesty worried about Xiqi’s invasion?”

 

“Yes, after all, this time Old Prince Yuchi and General Yuchi came to the capital together, and it has been quite a while, so it is inevitable that Xiqi will have some restless thoughts.”

 

Prince Cheng took a sip of tea.

 

Yun Jiangli was puzzled and said, “It is said that the Xiqi royal family has been in constant internal strife for the past year, and several princes are fighting for the position of crown prince. They are obviously unable to take care of themselves at the moment, so why is His Majesty still worried about this?”

 

Prince Cheng sighed and lowered his voice, “This is another reason why I asked Young Hall Master to come here today.”

 

“When Yan Muhan was taken to the prison, one of his secret guards managed to escape. And the other confidant in Yuzhou who did not come to the capital with Yan Muhan is now nowhere to be found.”

 

Prince Cheng was upset whenever he talked about this matter. He sent so many people out to chase the man along the way, but they still lost him!

 

“That confidant is called Chao Shang, the most capable and ambitious person around Yan Muhan. At that time, the matter of stationing troops was managed by him. We can’t feel at ease until we catch him.” Prince Cheng sighed.

 

Yun Jiangli narrowed his eyes and pondered the name twice in his mind—

 

Chao Shang? If he remembered correctly, he was the one who sent assassins to hunt down his little prince.

 

Yun Jiangli’s eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and he replied in a deep voice, “Don’t worry, Your Highness. I will give the order to find the whereabouts of these two people as soon as possible.”

 

After finishing the business, Prince Cheng also knew that Yun Jiangli had to go back to the Yun Mansion today, so he didn’t want to delay him any longer.

 

When the two of them stood up to say goodbye, Prince Cheng suddenly remembered something and called Yun Jiangli, who had just turned around: “Young Hall Master.”

 

Yun Jiangli stopped and said, “Does Your Highness have any other instructions?”

 

Prince Cheng asked hesitantly, “Um… does Lao Qi know that you are the Young Master of Xuezhu?”

 

Yun Jiangli was suddenly stunned.

 

Seeing his reaction, Prince Cheng understood that he must not know.

 

Yun Jiangli looked at Prince Cheng in shock: “Xiao Wangye… actually knows about the existence of ‘Xuezhu’?”

 

Prince Cheng nodded hesitantly and said with some apology, “He knows. I have been so busy these days that I forgot to tell you this.”

 

Yun Jiangli: “……”

 

He couldn’t understand how an idle little prince would know about the existence of a secret organization like “Xuezhu”!

 

However, now is obviously not the time to dwell on this point. Yun Jiangli was a little confused. When he thought about the possible reaction of the little prince, he became worried.

 

Young Hall Master Yun, who has always been upright in his dealings, never thought that one day he would have to spend time trying to deceive his youth.

 

Yun Jiangli asked Prince Cheng carefully, “What if I don’t tell him? He won’t know, right?”

 

Prince Cheng was also a little afraid to face his own youngest brother, the Seventh Prince, on this matter, and silently added a stab, trying to shift the blame: “There is no such thing as an impenetrable wall in the world. Besides, you know that Lao Qi is more intelligent in this kind of thing…”

 

Yun Jiangli thought about it and thought about what happened the last time the little prince stripped him of his identity as “Young Hall Master of Renji Tang”.

 

Hmm… it’s not very nice.

 

“Then… What Your Highness means is that I should go and talk, or should you go and talk?” Yun Jiangli felt that his position as Prince An’s princess consort was about to become precarious again.

 

Prince Cheng said embarrassedly, “This king thinks it would be better for you two to talk about this matter behind closed doors.”

 

Yun Jiangli laughed dryly twice and said nothing more.

 

For the first time, he, who had been gentle and polite since childhood, had the urge to curse.

 

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When Yun Jiangli returned to the Yun Mansion, he found the old hall master practicing Baduan Jin[mfn]Baduanjin is Qigong[/mfn] in the courtyard.

 

“Come, come, come, accompany me.”

 

Old Hall Master Yun did not stop his movements and called Yun Jiangli to join him.

 

Yun Jiangli felt that he really needed to calm down at this time, so he stood aside and accompanied his old man to complete the whole set.

 

“Father, please come with me to Prince An’s mansion today, so that Xiao Wangye won’t nag me every day.”

 

Yun Jiangli sat opposite the old hall master at the tea table and personally picked some tea leaves to brew.

 

Brewing tea can also help calm the mind.

 

Yun Jiangli handed a cup of tea to the old hall master, thinking in his heart—

 

If he takes the opportunity to confess while his old man is in the mansion, he guesses that the little prince will not kick him out of the bedroom again.

 

Old Hall Master Yun picked up the teacup and shook it gently, asking, “How is Xiao Wangye’s health these days?”

 

Yun Jiangli answered absentmindedly. The old hall master looked at his son with disgust. He really didn’t know how Prince An fell in love with this iceberg.

 

“Eh! By the way, Jiangli, I have something important to tell you!”

 

Old Hall Master Yun took a sip of tea and suddenly said.

 

Yun Jiangli watched his father take out a locked box from the study, then took out a jade pendant and handed it to him.

 

He took the jade pendant with a confused look on his face. Just as he was about to ask, he heard the old man slowly say, “It’s a long story.”

 

“This jade pendant is actually a token of your childhood engagement.”

 

Yun Jiangli’s hands trembled in shock and he almost dropped the jade pendant.

 

He just wants to tell his old man to stop making trouble. If a child engagement suddenly appears, won’t Yan Muning kill him with that temper of his?

 

“Hey, hey!”

 

Old Hall Master Yun held his hand and complained: “Hold steady, don’t drop it.”

 

Yun Jiangli held the burning jade pendant and looked at the old hall master speechlessly: “Old man, are you kidding me?”

 

“Why are you in such a hurry? Just listen to me slowly ah.”

 

Old Hall Master Yun still looked calm and unhurried.

 

Seeing that his icy son was about to lose his temper, the old hall master stopped keeping the secret and said seriously, “Back then, your grandfather saved the late emperor by chance when he was still the crown prince. You know this.”

 

Yun Jiangli suppressed the anger in his heart, frowned and nodded.

 

The old hall master continued, “The late emperor stayed in Renji Tang for a long time before returning to the capital. He was a few years older than me and treated me sincerely like a brother. Since then, the late emperor and I have been exchanging letters.”

 

When Old Hall Master Yun recalled his deceased friend, there was a hint of tears in his eyes.

 

“Later, whenever the late emperor left the capital for a visit, he would always meet me. That year, the late emperor accompanied me and stayed at Renji Tang for many days. Your mother was already pregnant at that time.”

 

“The late empress was a friendly and innocent person. She and your mother hit it off right away. When she learned that your mother was pregnant, she immediately took out this jade pendant to arrange the marriage. She said that if she gave birth to a girl, she would marry her to her son and become a wealthy princess.”

 

Old Hall Master added, “Oh, the son I’m talking about was referring to the current emperor.”

 

Yun Jiangli was expressionless when he heard this. He didn’t even know that he had experienced such a thing as an arranged marriage.

 

So he almost became the empress?

 

Think about the current emperor’s appearance… Yun Jiangli felt disgusted, how can he be compared to his cute little prince?

 

“This jade pendant originally came in a pair, and the other half is with the late empress.”

 

Old Hall Master Yun took two sips of tea and continued, “Who knew that you would not live up to expectations and come out as a boy? Your mother and I said that you might not be destined to be a rich princess consort.”

 

“As a result, after a few years, the late empress became pregnant again, and she wrote to your mother with great enthusiasm and made an agreement that if she gave birth to a girl this time, she would recruit you to be her prince consort. Your mother and I were willing, but the late Empress gave birth to a son, who is now His Highness Prince An.”

 

“Your mother and I have completely accepted your fate. We think you may not have this blessing, so we simply kept the jade pendant and never mentioned it to you.”

 

“Later, as you got older, your temper became colder. Your mother and I were worried. We are both easygoing people, so why do you have such a cold temper? Are you going to be alone like this for the rest of your life?”

 

Old Hall Master Yun looked at his son with a sigh, hesitant to speak, “But I never thought… after all these years, you still ended up with that child.”

 

“So, you are really destined to be the princess consort!”

 

Yun Jiangli was silent for a long time, and he didn’t know what to say.

 

Holding the jade pendant in his hand, his eyes were blank—

 

Could it be that it was destined that he would be the princess consort?

 

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The Little Prince: That’s right! The jade pendant is in my hand, but no one told me that this jade pendant is used for marrying a wife ah!