Yun Jiangli was directly kicked out of the warm pavilion by the angry little prince and threatened to report to the emperor and ask Young Hall Master Yun to stop staying in Prince An’s mansion.
Young Hall Master Yun, who successfully declared his sovereignty in front of a certain scornful prince, didn’t mind being scolded by the little prince.
Moreover, his cat looked so cute when he was angry, so he should just smooth his fur more next time.
When he returned to Jiayue Pavilion, Yun Jiangli had already put away the warmth and affection he had shown in the Warm Pavilion. He closed the door and looked up at Ah Xiao, who was waiting in the room.
“Go and tell Lao Qi to get ready. I’ll change my clothes and leave in a while.” Yun Jiangli ordered in a deep voice.
Ah Xiao stood up quickly and responded. He took two steps and turned back to ask in a low voice, “Young Hall Master, what about Xiao Wangye…”
Speaking of Yan Muning, Yun Jiangli’s eyes flashed with warmth: “Don’t worry, Xiao Wangye won’t call me over for the time being. We’ll go and come back quickly.”
Ah Xiao didn’t stay any longer and left quickly.
.
Not sure when it started, but there were sporadic snowflakes floating down, and the sky was gloomy.
“It’s snowing now, it’s cold again!” Ah Xiao followed Yun Jiang and whispered to Lao Qi.
“The day after tomorrow is winter, and the capital is colder…”
Before Lao Qi finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind him—
Apparently Yun Jiangli, who was walking in front, also heard it, and he stopped abruptly.
“Young Hall Master Yun, are you going out this late?” Chen Mo’s voice came.
Yun Jiangli turned around, took off his hood, squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Mo, who was slowly walking towards him, and said lightly, “Go to Renji Tang, and get some medicinal herbs.”
The sky was dark. It was not until he got closer that he saw a strange guard following Chen Mo. He looked young, but he was wearing Prince Cheng’s guard clothes.
As if he noticed Yun Jiangli’s gaze, Chen Mo took the initiative to turn aside: “This is Chen Tan, Prince Cheng just transferred him here today.”
“Greeting Young Hall Master Yun.”
Chen Tan took a step forward, spoke crisply, and bowed.
“Young Hall Master, do you need me to send someone to accompany you? It’s snowing, and the road is not easy to walk on, and it’s almost curfew.” Chen Mo asked politely.
“No need, it’s not far away, thank you.”
Yun Jiangli refused politely and distantly, without giving Chen Mo a chance to ask more questions, and took the lead to say goodbye with a smile.
.
Chen Mo stood there, frowning as he looked at Yun Jiangli’s back. Although Young Hall Master Yun was usually a little cold, but he always had a lazy aura.
But today, it was hard to tell what was different. Although he still had that cold and beautiful look, with half-tied long hair, a long black robe, and a dark cloak, he looked no different from usual, but he seemed to be much more stern, with an aura that kept people away.
“He is so beautiful ah…”
Chen Tan blankly stared in the direction where the three people left and muttered.
When he didn’t hear a response, he turned his head and looked in the direction of Chen Mo again and again: “Chen Mo gege, do you think there is something wrong?”
“Little fool, although you and I didn’t intend to follow them, can we be easily discovered by ordinary people? But they were keenly aware of our existence, do you think this is normal?”
Chen Mo raised his hand and tapped Chen Tan’s head.
Chen Mo turned his head and looked in the direction where Yun Jiang left. In fact, he still had a question that he didn’t say out loud:
What kind of medicinal herbs are worth it for Young Hall Master Yun to go and get them in person in the snow at this hour?
.
The curfew was approaching. There were few pedestrians on the streets in winter, and with the snow falling, there were even fewer people.
The shops on the street were closing one after another. On the dark street, two men in black followed closely behind a man in a black cloak.
The three men walked quickly but very lightly. If it weren’t for the vague sight of some figures, people wouldn’t have noticed their presence at all.
The three of them walked to Renji Tang and entered directly from the back door.
“Lao Qi, go to the medicine cabinet in the front hall to find some rare medicinal herbs. Remember to find the ones that Xiao Wangye can use right now.”
Yun Jiangli took off his hood and gave calm instructions.
Jian Shuang, the shopkeeper of Renji Tang in the capital, had been waiting at the door. When he heard this, he came forward and asked, “Did Young Hall Master encounter any trouble when he came out?”
“Don’t mention it. We just happened to run into the prince’s guards when we came out.”
Ah Xiao complained while patting the snowflakes falling on his shoulders.
As they talked, several people entered the room, turned around the screen, pushed open a secret door, and entered a closed dark room.
Yun Jiangli sat at the table in the dark room, narrowing his eyes, and tapped the armrest of the chair with his slender fingers: “It’s not a big deal either, but Chen Mo has always been very careful, so he must have some suspicions. Jian Shuang, remember that if anyone asks, you must tell the same story about the herbs that Lao Qi took away today.”
Jian Shuang nodded in response.
“Give orders for these things, and investigate quickly.”
Yun Jiangli took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Jian Shuang: “What’s the matter that you asked Ah Xiao to tell me to come here in person today? I can’t stay for long, so pick out the important thing and say it.”
Jian Shuang took the paper, glanced at it and remembered, and threw it directly into the stove and burned it to ashes.
“Young Hall Master, there is a report from the west that Prince Yi intends to contact Xianglan, and the people he sent have been intercepted by our people.”
“In addition, I don’t know where he heard about the existence of ‘Xuezhu’ and sent people to look for it in secret. I hope that Young Hall Master will be more careful.” Jian Shuang spoke quickly.
Yun Jiangli sneered, “Contact Xianglan? This Prince Yi is not very smart.”
At this time, Lao Qi had already taken the herbs and returned to the dark room.
Jian Shuang hesitated for a moment and asked, “Young Hall Master, otherwise… we will take the initiative to ask His Majesty…”
“There is no such rule. If he doesn’t know ‘Xuezhu’, let alone whether you can see His Majesty or not, even if you do, and you stand in front of him and say these things, will he believe it? It will be a good thing if he doesn’t just lock you up!”
Ah Xiao said frankly.
Yun Jiangli raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows: “Wait.”
“Do what we should do, and then wait.” He ordered in a deep voice.
.
At curfew hour, Yun Jiangli and the other two returned to Prince An’s mansion. As expected, they ran into Chen Mo again after walking a few steps into the mansion.
“Young Hall Master Yun.”
Chen Mo, who was leading a team of guards on a routine patrol, was the first to step forward and greet him.
“Young Hall Master, thank you for going in person. Next time you need to run errands like this, just call us to do it.”
Yun Jiangli politely said, “I’m not needed on weekdays, but today the herbs are hard to find, so I have to go there in person. After all, it’s for Xiao Wangye, so I’d better be careful.”
Yun Jiangli’s answer was flawless.
Chen Mo said nothing more and continued to patrol the mansion with the guards.
After returning to Jiayue Pavilion, Ah Xiao complained unhappily, “Chen Mo is really something. He usually talks and laughs with us, but now he is testing us like this.”
Yun Jiangli ignored him, and Lao Qi smiled and tried to smooth things over: “He is also doing his job, it’s all for Xiao Wangye’s good.”
After taking off his cloak, Yun Jiangli glanced at the box on the table and suddenly smiled: “You guys go and rest, I’ll go see Xiao Wangye.”
After saying that, he picked up the box and walked towards Yan Muning’s room.
“Hey, didn’t the boss say that Xiao Wangye wouldn’t call him today?” Ah Xiao looked at his boss’s back and nudged Lao Qi with his elbow.
Lao Qi rolled his eyes at him: “Are you stupid? Xiao Wangye didn’t call, so the boss went there on his own initiative.”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, I don’t know when the boss can move into Xiao Wangye’s bedroom properly ah…”
Ah Xiao shook his head, looking like a worried old mother.
.
Yun Jiangli stood outside Yan Muning’s bedroom door and knocked.
“Is His Highness asleep?”
He asked Shiyi, who answered the call and opened the door.
Shiyi shook his head, welcomed him in, pointed inside, and complained quietly, “Just now he said he was hungry and ate a few more cakes. He is not feeling well now. You are here just in time. Go and talk to His Highness.”
When Yun Jiangli heard this, he turned around and strode into the room.
The youth was leaning against the head of the bed, rubbing his stomach with a pale face.
“What did you eat just now?”
Yun Jiangli walked slowly to the bedside, looking down at the youth who had a short memory.
Yan Muning looked listless and lifted his eyelids listlessly.
He didn’t have the energy to argue with Yun Jiangli at this moment, so he could only glare at him fiercely.
Yun Jiangli received the soft look and immediately softened his heart. He sighed and sat on the bed: “Let me take a look.”
As he spoke, he pinched the little prince’s wrist and probed it, then reached out and gently touched his uncomfortable stomach a few times.
“You ah, aren’t you the one who feels uncomfortable if you are greedy?”
Yun Jiangli’s warm palm rubbed the little prince’s stomach with a moderate force through the soft clothes.
The little prince was unhappy. He was already uncomfortable and was scolded. His eyes were red with grievance.
He cursed in his heart: Who is to blame! Who is to blame for my discomfort!
“Don’t bother me, just go away.”
The little prince grabbed the big beauty’s hand and started to lose his temper.
Yun Jiangli let him flail around for a few times, then he stretched out his hand and held the person in his arms: “Don’t mess around, just stay still.”
The tips of the little prince’s ears turned red. He sat on the big beauty’s lap, with his back against the big beauty’s firm chest, and the big beauty’s hands were still rubbing his stomach…
The little prince couldn’t move, and the unruly heart under his chest seemed to be rushing around, making his eardrums buzz.
The flustered little prince’s eyelashes trembling, said without thinking, “Who, who allowed you to be so presumptuous to this king… You, you…”
Yun Jiangli listened to the eloquent youth stuttering “you” for a long time without being able to say anything and couldn’t help but laugh softly.
The little prince instantly froze like a stick in the big beauty’s arms.
When the big beauty laughed softly, his chest, which was pressed against his back, vibrated slightly, making his spine numb. The breath brought by his laughter also lightly brushed the tip of his ear…
The little prince felt a little dizzy, as if he was drunk, his hands and feet were weak, and his whole body was about to smoke, but he didn’t want to leave this warm embrace that was a little scalding.
“Xiao Wangye, your ears are so red.”
Yun Jiangli brushed the youth’s messy long hair, revealing an ear that was so red that it was about to bleed, so cute that he couldn’t take his eyes off it.
Yan Muning felt that the person behind him was like a fairy, tempting him with a magnetic and deep voice.
He suddenly thought of the night in Jinzhou, when this person had hugged him from behind, just like now, and whispered in such a deep and hoarse voice.
Recalling that night, the little prince felt even more ashamed. He spoke stubbornly without any momentum: “You, you must not be rude to this king, humph, this king has not forgiven you yet!”
“Alright.”
Yun Jiangli coaxed him gently, “I dare not be rude to Xiao Wangye. I just want to help you relieve the greed, alright?”
“If you are hungry again at night, send someone to tell me, I will make something light for you. Don’t eat something hard to digest so late at night.”
Yan Muning listened to him coaxing her in a gentle voice and thought of the time when he ate the meals he made every day in Jinzhou and spent time with him day and night.
The tip of his nose was sour, and his eyes were red. He whispered, “Don’t think I can forgive you ah. It’s not me who wants to eat it, it’s your child who wants to eat it!”
Yun Jiangli felt a warm heat in his chest when he heard the youth’s words—
Although he already knew that the youth was carrying his child, but it was the first time he heard him say it himself. The softest part of his heart felt like it was being pinched by a kitten. After the sour, itchy, and numb feeling, only sweetness remained.
.
The snow continued to fall for two days without stopping. On the third day, it looked like the sky would clear up, but it suddenly turned cloudy in the afternoon. The heavy snow quickly turned the capital white.
Prince An’s mansion was quiet. It was very cold, and everyone stayed indoors to keep warm.
It was just past noon, and Yan Muning was lying by the window of the warm pavilion, looking out to see Xiao Jiu and Ah Xiao playing in the snow in the yard, feeling extremely itchy.
But this year, perhaps because of the serious injury he had suffered, he was particularly afraid of the cold. Yun Jiangli also did not allow him to go out, fearing that he would catch a cold again.
“Xiao Qi, come here, get ready for acupuncture.”
Yun Jiangli saw that the time was almost up and was ready to take down the youth who was almost sticking himself to the window.
Before the first needle was inserted, Chen Mo hurried over: “Your Highness, Prince Yi is here, a servant came to report, and it is estimated that he will be at the gate of the mansion soon.”
Yan Muning had just taken off his outer robe, and when he heard it, he pulled up his clothes and ordered Chen Mo, “Take him to the front hall, I’ll be right there.”
After saying that, he lowered his eyes and thought for a moment: “Young Hall Master, you don’t have to follow.”
Yun Jiangli nodded.
“Xiao Jiu, go get my moon-white outer robe.” He turned around and called the person.
Yun Jiangli has been taking care of Yan Muning carefully these days, and his complexion is better than before. Although he hasn’t gained much weight, but his belly seems to have grown a little.
He knew that the clothes were too loose to reveal anything, but he was still worried and felt that he had to be more cautious, so he asked Xiao Jiu to get the outer robe with complicated patterns on the waist.
“Third Brother.”
Yan Muning led people into the front hall and saw Prince Yi sitting casually on a chair drinking tea.
The attendants of the two princes saluted them, and Yan Muning untied his cloak and handed it to Shiyi, who was standing beside him.
“It’s snowing so heavily, why did Third Brother come here today?”
Yan Muning had a smile on his face, and he looked innocent as if he had no idea that it was his third brother who wanted to kill him before.
Prince Yi took another sip of tea and then slowly said, “I have been back to the capital for a while already, and I have wanted to come and see you for a long time, but I have been too busy to find the time.”
“I heard that Seventh Brother was seriously injured before. How was your recovery? Are you fully recovered?”
Prince Yi spoke in a light tone, but Xiao Jiu, who was standing beside Yan Muning, suddenly clenched his fists.
Yan Muning calmly stopped Xiao Jiu and replied with a smile, “I’m almost recovered. Thank Third Brother for caring.”
“Xiao Ning, have we not seen each other for two years already? Why do you seem to be so distant when talking to Third Brother?”
Prince Yi, Yan Muhan’s biological mother, was the late emperor’s noble consort, who married the late emperor a year later than Yan Muning’s mother.
Compared to the current emperor, his appearance is more like his mother’s, especially his pair of peach blossom eyes that look like they are smiling at anyone he looks at.
“Third Brother is worrying too much. How have I changed?”
When Yan Muning said this, his lips were still raised, but there was no smile in his eyes.
Prince Yi’s eyes met Yan Muning’s round eyes directly, and the little prince did not dodge at all.
The two looked at each other for a long time, and Prince Yi smiled: “Third Brother brought you some precious medicinal herbs to replenish your body. Let old Steward Zhou take people to the door to collect them later.”
“Come to think of it, when I entered your mansion just now, how come I saw Chen Mo here? What was he doing in your mansion and not with Fifth Brother?”
Yan Muning’s face turned colder. Since Prince Yi sat here, every word he said was a test.
“Third Brother, you still don’t know me? Isn’t it because I’m too soft-tempered and can’t manage the guards in the mansion? That’s why I borrowed Chen Mo from Fifth Brother to help me teach the guards some rules.” Yan Muning’s words were directed at himself, directly blocking Prince Yi’s topic.
The two brothers went back and forth a few times, both pretending to be ignorant even though they knew the truth.
Yan Muning silently waited to see what his third brother could test.
“Seventh Brother, to be honest, Third Brother came here today to trouble you.”
Prince Yi said this, but his attitude was not that troublesome at all. Without waiting for Yan Muning to respond, he continued, “Since the beginning of summer, Third Brother has had a series of illnesses, big and small. I have seen many physicians and taken medicine for several months, but there has been no significant improvement.”
“I heard that Imperial Brother specially asked the Young Hall Master of Renji Tang to nurse you in your mansion. I wonder if it would be convenient for him to diagnose Third Brother as well?”
After Prince Yi finished speaking, the entire front hall fell silent.
Yan Muning’s face, which had always been calm, finally showed some uneasiness—
His third brother had found out that Yun Jiangli had saved him, and the purpose of his visit today must be Yun Jiangli.
What should he do? How can he protect Yun Jiangli?
The little prince suppressed his panic and maintained his composure.
“Third Brother came at an unfortunate time today. Young Hall Master Yun is not in the mansion right now.” The little prince thought, let’s send Prince Yi away for today first. He didn’t believe that this person would come to Yun Jiangli every day.
Besides, he was protecting him openly. Could Prince Yi dare to search his mansion for the person?
“I’m not in a hurry. I’ll just wait a while. It’s been a while since we last met, so I’ll talk to Seventh Brother for a while.” Prince Yi tilted his peach blossom eyes and looked at Yan Muning.
Yan Mu Ning: “……”
You’re not in a hurry, but I am. I’m tired of dealing with you for so long!
When the little prince was thinking about how to get rid of him, Chen Mo, who had been waiting outside the hall, suddenly came in and said, “Your Highness Prince Yi.”
Chen Mo bowed and continued, “Young Hall Master Yun has returned. Young Hall Master asked the subordinate to come and ask, it’s time for Your Highness to take the pulse. Should he come over, or would Your Highness go to the backyard?”
Yan Muning’s eyes were wide open, and he was about to burst into anger. What are these two people going to do?
What time for him to take the pulse? How come he doesn’t know!
He was trying so hard to hold back, afraid that he couldn’t protect him, why did he have to rush forward!
Before Yan Muning could speak, Prince Yi smiled: “Look, this is just right. Chen Mo, go and ask Young Hall Master to come to the front hall. This king just happened to want to ask Young Hall Master Yun to check this king out as well!”
The little prince was so angry that his teeth were about to break, but he couldn’t refute it anymore, so he could only nod with a stiff face.
When Yun Jiangli entered the front hall, he was still as cold as usual. He walked into the hall slowly and bowed, then naturally squatted in front of Yan Muning, “Your Highness, it’s time to check your pulse.”
After that, regardless of Yan Muning’s gritting teeth, he pinched the youth’s wrist and concentrated on checking his pulse: “Your Highness, calm down.”
Then he stood up and looked at Prince Yi: “I heard that Your Highness Prince Yi has visited many famous physicians? The minister is no different from other physicians.”
“Young Hall Master Yun is really modest. How can your medical skills be the same as others? Why don’t you take a look for this king?”
Prince Yi looked at the legendary Young Hall Master solemnly, then turned to look at Yan Muning: “Seventh Brother, is there a quieter place in the front hall? The symptoms that Young Hall Master described when he examined my pulse are not convenient for outsiders to be present ah.”
Yan Muning closed his eyes, suppressed the anger in his heart, raised his hand, and pointed to the side: “Shiyi, take Prince Yi and Young Hall Master Yun over there.”
Just now, when Yun Jiangli squatted in front of him to check his pulse, he avoided everyone’s sight and silently said to him, “Don’t worry.”
He was willing to believe him. The big beauty he knew was a thoughtful and courageous person. Nothing would happen to him.
The little prince comforted himself silently in his heart.
.
Yun Jiangli and Prince Yi followed Shiyi into an inner room.
“Retreat, just wait at the door.” Prince Yi waved to his guards.
In this way, Shiyi had no reason to stay in the room either, so he had to retreat.
Only the two of them were left standing opposite each other in the inner room.
Yun Jiangli looked at Prince Yi with a sharp gleam in his eyes—
It was this person in front of him who had hurt his youth again and again.
The little prince could forget, but he couldn’t.
Thinking of the wounds all over the youth’s body when he picked him up from the cliff, he felt a pain in his heart when he thought of it now.
Yun Jiangli spoke coldly and directly with some disgust: “I guess Your Highness Prince Yi is not really looking for me to diagnose your pulse, right? Since you have gone to such great lengths to call me here, just say whatever you want to say.”
Prince Yi looked at the stunning appearance of the person in front of him, squinted his peach blossom eyes, and took a step closer: “Don’t be impatient ah, Young Hall Master. My Seventh Brother is a beauty, but he is young after all… If Young Hall Master is interested, I am also willing to do it ah.”
As he spoke, he reached out his hand and touched Yun Jiangli’s shoulder.
Yun Jiangli slapped the hand on his shoulder away, exuding a stronger and colder aura, and snorted, “Heh, you? Don’t compare yourself with Yan Muning, you are not worthy.”
Prince Yi seemed to be completely unperturbed, and he clapped his hands and laughed: “This king likes it so much, your personality is fierce enough!”
Prince Yi then moved closer and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “This king has something to ask you.”
“This king heard that Young Hall Master Yun has visited various places in the Dasheng Dynasty. May I ask if Young Hall Master knows about ‘Xuezhu’?”
The author has something to say:
Mouyou: Xiao Wangye! Someone is flirting with your husband!
The Little Prince: Bullsh*t, who else can catch the big beauty’s eyes except for my stunning beauty? (Arrogant)
🥰
I haaaattteeee the third princeee
this third prince is really annoying. does he thinks our young hall master wants him? heh
Prince Yi you’re disgusting… 🤢