YNRHPCYC Chapter 85

When night fell, Wen Chang was personally lighting incense in the room.

This incense was brought by Liang Yanbei, and it was said that it could help you sleep. Concubine Mei was imprisoned, and her life and death were unknown, and the Zhong family was raided. Wen Chan no longer had any threats on him and could sleep well without restraint.

After the incense was lit, a curl of white smoke rose out, and he took a slight breath and felt comfortable all over.

Sometimes Wen Chan felt that he was a little shameless. While he hated Situ Zhoulan, he still used Situ’s things happily.

But leaving aside other things, the medicine of the Situ family was indeed powerful, and they deserved the reputation of a “saint doctor”.

Wen Chan grinned, finding it laughable, and inserted the incense into the incense burner. Then just as he was about to raise his voice to order a bath, he heard Ah Fu stopping outside the palace gate and saying, “Your Highness, Young Master Liang wants to see you, and he is outside.”

He frowned in an instant, picked up the cloak on the chair, and put it on before walking out, muttering, “Why is he here at this time? Want to escape the palace closing again?”

Wen Chan originally thought that he would wait outside the palace gate, but he didn’t expect that the “outside” in Ah Fu’s mouth would refer to the palace door. 

As soon as he came out, he saw Liang Yanbei wearing a scarlet cloak with a fox fur around his neck, looking sideways at the flowers and plants in the courtyard. After hearing the movement, he turned his head and smiled, “Your Highness.”

Liang Yanbei’s skin was actually not that fair, but against the backdrop of the snow, coupled with the vermilion clothes, he actually made people feel that he looked like a weak boy.

But Wen Chan knew all too well that this was a serious misconception.

He walked down a few steps and stood in front of Liang Yanbei. As soon as he stood still, he smelt a faint aroma of wine. He asked, “Do you want to talk to me?”

“Your Highness, it’s almost time for the palace to be closed.” Liang Yanbei looked up at the dark sky and said in a low voice.

“So you still know it?” Wen Chan said, “Then why don’t you leave the palace quickly.”

“I want to ask Your Highness to come out of the palace with me.” Liang Yanbei said directly.

Wen Chan was stunned, “What?”

“I have something good to show Your Highness.” Liang Yanbei said mysteriously, “You will definitely like it.”

He turned his head and glanced at the few palace servants waiting in the courtyard. He thought that if the two of them stood in the courtyard and talked so directly, wouldn’t it be equivalent to telling the Holy One that he was going to sneak out of the palace?

Thinking about it, Wen Chan felt that it was no big deal. Anyway, his father didn’t care about him much.

After a few thoughts, Wen Chan had already made up his mind to go out of the palace with Liang Yanbei, but he still asked curiously, “What is it? Can’t you bring it in for me to see?”

Liang Yanbei shook his head, “No, this thing is very special, and Your Highness must go there in person to see it.”

“What exactly is this treasure?” Wen Chan muttered in a low voice, and then waved to call Ah Fu and ordered, “Prepare the carriage; let’s go out of the palace.”

But when Ah Fu was just about to respond, they heard Liang Yanbei say, “There’s no need for a carriage. I have one, Your Highness; you just have to follow me.”

Since it would simplify the matters, Wen Chan naturally didn’t want to complicate matters. So he simply got into Liang Yanbei’s carriage with Ah Fu and left the palace.

Liang Yanbei was very successful in stopping a story at a cliffhanger to keep the listeners in suspense[footnote]keep people guessing[/footnote]. No matter how Wen Chan asked, he would not say anything. Wen Chan was so angry that he thought that if it was not something worth seeing, he would teach Liang Yanbei a lesson.

After leaving the palace, night had completely fallen. The streets were bustling with people coming and going, filled with energy and excitement!

Wen Chan lifted the carriage’s curtain on the way and took a look, “Where are we going?”

Liang Yanbei also followed to look at the scenery outside, but he refused to speak as if he was going to keep the secret to the end.

After a short journey, the carriage slowed down and stopped in front of a tower.

This was the tallest building in the capital. Before, there was an emperor who didn’t like to ascend heights and was disinclined to climbing mountains. He ordered people to build this tower, which was dozens of feet high. Standing on it, although you couldn’t see the entire capital, you could still see countless scenery.

Wen Chan really didn’t understand why Liang Yanbei brought him here. Just when he was about to ask, his hand was suddenly grabbed by him.

Although there were not many people around, Ah Fu was still there. Moreover, this was in the capital. If someone suddenly appeared from somewhere and saw it, the news would spread very quickly.

Wen Chan tried to pull his hand away, but he couldn’t, “Liang Yanbei!”

Ah Fu stood not far behind him, secretly glanced at the two people’s clasped hands, and looked away as if nothing had happened: I didn’t see anything. I don’t know anything.

Liang Yanbei didn’t stop at holding his hand. He then wrapped his arms around Wen Chan’s waist, saying, “I’ll carry you up.”

Wen Chan looked up and saw the door in front of them locked with an iron chain, “We can’t go in.”

In fact, he didn’t want to climb so many stairs. Even if he had the strength to hold on, he would sweat and feel very uncomfortable if he went up.

However, Liang Yanbei came close and smiled, “I also didn’t say that we have to go in.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he actually picked up Wen Chan by the waist. Before he could react, he stood on tiptoe and leapt up, his movements light and graceful.

Ah Fu just saw a flash in front of him, and the two of them disappeared. He panicked and turned around twice, calling, “Your Highness!”

“Don’t scream.” The coachman said, “The young master went up with them.”

Ah Fu turned his head and saw the coachman sitting in the carriage with a cold expression. He didn’t even look at Ah Fu when he spoke, “If someone comes from your shouting, it will be a bad thing.”

Although this person doesn’t seem to have a very gentle attitude, at any rate, there was someone who could accompany him to talk. It was better than waiting down there alone. So Ah Fu went over with a smile, “This big brother[footnote]It can also be used as a polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself[/footnote], let’s chat for a while?”

Liang Yanbei was very good at Qinggong, and after a few jumps, he stopped. Wen Chan poked his head out of his arms and saw that he had reached the top of the tower.

Liang Yanbei gently put him down and helped him stand still.

As soon as Wen Chan opened his eyes, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.

Beneath the vast starry sky, the entire capital shimmered with scattered lights as the evening lanterns began to glow.

Every household had lit up lanterns in front of their doors in the early evening. Looking down from a high place, the lights from the lanterns gathered together like stars, forming the ultimate moving picture scroll, which was very beautiful.

Wen Chan let out a heartfelt exclamation of admiration, “Standing high, what you see is really different.”

He had lived in the capital for so many years, but he never knew that there was such a face to the capital.

 

Perhaps because they were at a high altitude, the wind was much stronger than below. But fortunately, both of them were dressed thickly and did not feel cold. Liang Yanbei looked at him, then pointed in a direction and said, “Look this way.”

He followed his words and looked over and found that the lights in that direction were a little sparse and there was almost no light a little further away. It was really not very good-looking. He asked, wondering, “What’s so good about there?”

Liang Yanbei said, “Your Highness, please wait a little longer.”

Wen Chan waited patiently, and the more he looked, the more ordinary it seemed to him. However, he thought that since Liang Yanbei asked him to look at it, he must have his reasons.

After he looked on blankly for a while, a bell rang from the Yanxiang Temple, passing through the sky and spreading throughout the capital.

As the bell rang, Wen Chan thought for a moment and asked, “Do you want me to recite a Buddhist scripture devoutly on the top of this building?”

Liang Yanbei asked with a smile, “What are you talking about? Do I look like someone who would do such boring things?”

“Haven’t you done enough of those?” Wen Chan asked back.

“Your Highness, I certainly will not feel happy if you say that.” Liang Yanbei pouted, with an upset expression on his face.

“So what? Are you going to beat me up here on top?” Wen Chan disputed over trifles with him, “Or push me down?”

He recalled what Liang Yanbei would do when he was unhappy in his previous life.

Most of the time, he would just drink a few glasses of wine to suppress the depression in his heart, and sometimes he would go for a walk on the street to see if there were any ruffians, just to solve the problem of itching to hit.

While he was just thinking about it, Liang Yanbei suddenly leaned over, pressed the back of Wen Chan’s head and kissed him on the mouth. He said, smiling with his eyes bent, “I’m not crazy. How can I bear to hit you?”

Wen Chan’s ears were a little hot all of a sudden, and he pushed him away with his backhand, “I think you are really crazy. You grope me at every turn. You are afraid that others will not know, right? Why don’t we go to the emperor’s hall and put on a performance together another day?”

It was originally an angry remark, but Liang Yanbei pondered over it very seriously, “I think that is a good idea. We should pick a good day……”

Wen Chan glared at him once before glancing again in that direction. He noticed that the dimly lit area over there had suddenly brightened.

The lights were strong and large. Even in the dark night, you can see the billowing black smoke rising into the sky.

Wen Chan was surprised and asked, “Is there a fire over there?”

Liang Yanbei smiled and nodded, “It seems so.”

“Over there……” Wen Chan felt that Liang Yanbei’s smile was a little strange. After thinking about it carefully, he realised that something was wrong, “It seems that it is the Gecha Mansion over there?”

Liang Yanbei sat down on the spot, “I wonder which room is burning?”

The fire seemed to be very fierce. Even from a distance, you could see the flames that were reaching the sky. Wen Chan looked at it for a while and sat down next to Liang Yanbei, “Did you set the fire?”

This was the answer Wen Chan came up with after a brief thought. Liang Yanbei brought him to the top of this building mysteriously, probably not to let him see the night scenery that was ablaze with lights but the fire in Gecha Mansion.

Liang Yanbei did not deny it and nodded directly, “Indeed.”

“Why?” Wen Chan asked in confusion.

Could it be that Liang Yanbei was too idle, so he suddenly had the whim to set a fire for fun? 

“I didn’t set the fire for fun.“ As if guessing what he thought in his heart, Liang Yanbei said, “It’s to kill someone.”

Wen Chan asked in surprise, “Kill whom?”

Nine out of ten people who entered Gecha Mansion couldn’t get out. Liang Yanbei had just arrived in the capital, and it stands to reason that he shouldn’t have any enemies. How could he still run and set fire to kill people?

Seeing Wen Chan waiting for an answer with his eyes wide open, Liang Yanbei didn’t hand over the answer so easily and tapped his cheek, “Your Highness really wants to know?”

Again looting a burning house[footnote]fig. to take advantage of sb’s misfortune[/footnote]! Wen Chan was angry about it but also found it laughable, “You are the one who brought me out. If you don’t say it, I won’t come out next time.”

Liang Yanbei thought for a while and felt that Wen Chan’s threat was very powerful, and its formidable power could be said to be very immense. So he immediately gave up the idea of looting the burning house and said, “To kill Zhong Wenting.”

Wen Chan was stunned and listened to him continue.

“He wanted to kill you. So I will kill him to eliminate future troubles.”

When Liang Yanbei said this, his face was normal, even with a gentle look, and it was impossible to tell that he was a person with such decisive thoughts.

The revenge that should be taken must be taken, and the people who should die must die.

He first used the stratagem of borrowing the emperor’s hand to send Zhong Wenting to prison and used the easiest way to set fire to kill the person, without giving him a chance to catch his breath and wait for the execution.

During the day, Wen Chan was still thinking about how to kill Zhong Wenting. After the night fell, Liang Yanbei did it for him. To be honest, he really wanted to kiss Liang Yanbei now.

Wen Chan looked at that place again and asked in his heart: How on earth did Liang Yanbei set up such a big fire?

“He was very scared when he saw me.” Liang Yanbei narrowed his eyes slightly and asked Wen Chan, “He was so scared that he couldn’t even say a complete sentence. Why?”

Maybe it was because you were his nightmare in the previous life. Wen Chan said silently in his heart.

In fact, Wen Chan didn’t know why Zhong Wenting was so afraid of Liang Yanbei. It was Zhong Wenjin who killed him, but his fear of Liang Yanbei was simply puzzling.

“Maybe he had a nightmare about you before.” Wen Chan answered casually.

“Oh……” Liang Yanbei turned his head thoughtfully and wanted to ask Wen Chan if he had ever dreamed of him, but he didn’t expect that he would be blocked by Wen Chan before he could say anything.

Liang Yanbei almost paused for a moment, then wrapped his hands around Wen Chan and responded enthusiastically.

Such situations were really rare. Liang Yanbei thought to himself: How about setting up more fires in the future?

Wen Chan originally just wanted to kiss and leave. But he didn’t expect that Liang Yanbei wouldn’t give him the chance. He grabbed him and kissed him for a long time. It wasn’t until Wen Chan gently pinched his ears that he let go. At that time, Wen Chan’s lips were a little red.

The two played on top for a long time, and the fire was still strong. Wen Chan didn’t want to watch it anymore, so he asked Liang Yanbei to take him down.

As soon as he landed, Ah Fu couldn’t wait to come greet him, with a wronged look on his face, “Your Highness, you are finally back!”

Ah Fu originally wanted to chat with the coachman, but the coachman didn’t respond to what he said. His eyes were fixed on one place, like a piece of wood. He chatted by himself for a while, then sat awkwardly on a stone on the side, counting the small ingots[footnote][/footnote] embroidered on his hat.

Wen Chan smiled and comforted him. Seeing that the palace restriction had begun, he couldn’t go back to the palace at this time, so he asked Liang Yanbei to arrange a place for him.

Liang Yanbei took him to an inn and opened a room for him. He stayed next door. There were many people in the inn at night. In addition, Ah Fu followed him closely, so Liang Yanbei did not find another chance to get close to Wen Chan.

Early the next morning, he was sent back to the palace by him.

At noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the Xie Mansion was quiet.

Zhong Wenjin had a good sleep and opened his eyes naturally. The first thing that caught his eye was the bed curtain above his head.

He opened his eyes in confusion, moved his waist, and a sore feeling came from his bones. He became conscious in an instant, and then the pain in his body became clear.

A chill ran through Zhong Wenjin, and he instinctively touched his body: He was naked!

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