AFDPIRAB Chapter39

Yuchi Zhao sat aside with a wooden face, watching the two people in front of him finish a whole bowl of pear soup one spoonful after another.

 

If Yan Muning had not just finished half of his words, and he was anxious to hear the second half, he would not want to watch such a shameless scene up close.

 

One of the shameless parties was also confused and helpless;

 

—It was Prince An himself.

 

The little prince was forced to be fed a bowl of pear soup. Although the big beauty was very strange, but the pear soup was so delicious that the little prince could not refuse it.

 

After eating and drinking enough, the little prince touched his belly and looked at Yun Jiangli, who was sitting next to him and as still as a mountain, with some confusion in his eyes.

 

Yun Jiangli looked at the obvious question marks in the little ungrateful white wolf’s eyes that almost asked directly: Why are you still here?

 

He is usually quite smart, why does he become stupid at this time? Yun Jiangli sighed helplessly. The sovereignty has been declared, and there is no reason to always bully the two kids.

 

“You guys play, I have something to do.”

 

Yun Jiangli stood up, raised his hand, and rubbed Yan Muning’s head affectionately, and then took the initiative to leave the warm pavilion.

 

Yuchi Zhao stretched his neck and looked out the window for a long time and confirmed that the big jealous guy had gone far away, then patted his chest and leaned back on the couch.

 

“Hey, Ah Ning, from what you said just now, you two have already…” Yuchi Zhao had been holding back for a long time and finally had a chance to gossip.

 

The little prince blushed and muttered, “That’s not true. You are just listening to his nonsense.”

 

“But Yun Jiangli was a little weird today…” Yan Muning hadn’t figured it out just now, and now that he was full, he was even more lazy to think about it.

 

Yuchi Zhao looked at his friend’s incomprehensible look and curled his lips in disdain.

 

The kindhearted Crown Prince decided to repay evil with kindness and help the vinegar jar: “Ah Ning, do you feel that every time Young Hall Master Yun sees me, he becomes a little different?”

 

“Huh?”

 

Yan Muning frowned and began to recall.

 

“Ai, forget it, you ah, your big beauty Yun is probably jealous! He must think that I am too close to you.” Yuchi Zhao decided to be a good person to the end and did not beat around the bush anymore.

 

After hearing this, the little prince was shocked.

 

Is Yun Jiangli actually jealous?

 

And he is even jealous of Yuchi Zhao! The little prince couldn’t understand.

 

Yuchi Zhao believes that what he said is very accurate already and took the initiative to ask for the topic that Yun Jiangli had just interrupted: “Ah Ning, continue quickly, I’m getting impatient!”

 

The little prince was still immersed in the matter of the big beauty being jealous, and his mind was obviously not as fast as Captain Yuchi’s: “Say, say what? He really wasn’t in my room last night.”

 

“Ah Ning, I heard my elder sister say that when she was pregnant, she always felt that her brain was not good, and I even made fun of her.”

 

Yuchi Zhao looked at his friend with a long expression: “Now, I believe it. Your brain is obviously not as good as before.”

 

Yan Muning half-leaned on the edge of the couch lazily, picked up a soft cushion, and threw it over.

 

Yuchi was not annoyed either. He quickly caught the cushion and lay on the table: “Hey, go on, what did your third brother do?”

 

The little prince then remembered what the two had just talked about, and he tried to tell it in a way that didn’t sound too dangerous, but this made the little Yuchi so angry that he jumped to his feet.

 

Yuchi Zhao slapped the couch and swore for a long while, then asked, “And then what happened? Did Young Hall Master Yun take you home?”

 

“En.”

 

The little prince nodded, “At first I didn’t really trust him, and I didn’t dare take the medicine he gave me… and ended up destroying his healthy flowers and plants.”

 

“Ah, the white sparrow was also saved at that time!”

 

Thinking of these things, Yan Muning scratched his head embarrassedly.

 

“And then you fell in love with him? And then, you rolled into bed with him?” Yuchi Zhao finally heard the part he had been looking forward to the most, his eyes sparkling with gossip.

 

“No. Aiya, am I that kind of person…”

 

“A lot of things happened afterwards. There were assassins chasing me, and I even protected him. Then there was a pox outbreak and so on. Anyway, it was only after going through so much that I finally wanted to marry him as my princess consort.”

 

Yan Muning’s voice became lower and lower.

 

Yuchi Zhao finally understood the whole story, and he poked Yan Muning’s belly with satisfaction: “Fine, now I feel relieved. Apart from anything else, Lao Yun is also a reliable man, not to mention his appearance. I am so looking forward to this little thing! Hey, tell me, will your child be the most beautiful in Dasheng from the moment he is born?”

 

The little prince was actually looking forward to it as well, and the two of them sat together and whispered to each other for a long time, and they were just about to come up with a name for the child as well.

 

 

Prince Yi went to Prince An’s mansion with great fanfare. Not only was Yuchi Zhao worried, but the one in the palace was also extremely concerned. He urged Prince Cheng several times to bring the little bastard into the palace. He had to see it with his own eyes before he could feel at ease.

 

“You look pretty good.”

 

Prince Cheng looked at his youngest brother up and down and said, “It’s warm today, how about come to the palace with me? His Majesty has been nagging about it for a few days already, and I am almost getting earworms.”

 

Yan Muning has been taken good care of by Yun Jiangli recently, and his face has gained some flesh, making him even more adorable when he smiles.

 

The conceited little prince was going out, so he carefully changed into a snow-blue outer robe and covered himself with an ochre cloak. The cloak and the hood were covered with a circle of fluffy fur, which set off his handsome face even more tightly.

 

The little prince happily followed his fifth brother and paced slowly. When he was about to reach the main gate, he happened to meet Yun Jiangli, who was called back home by the Old Hall Master early in the morning.

 

“Greetings, Prince Cheng.” Yun Jiangli took the lead to step forward and pay his respects.

 

Prince Cheng stepped forward with a smile and said, “When I came here just now, I asked Lao Qi why I didn’t see Young Hall Master Yun, and now I have met you.”

 

Yan Muning leaned his head out to look at the two men standing there with tall figures. He silently measured his own height in his mind and puffed up his cheeks unsatisfiedly. It seemed that he had not grown much recently!

 

Yun Jiangli exchanged polite greetings with Prince Cheng, but his eyes had already glanced at the little prince several times. This little thing actually dressed himself up so gorgeously to go out!

 

He suddenly developed an inexplicable possessive desire in his heart—he didn’t want anyone else to see such a beautiful little prince.

 

The little prince, who was in a particularly good mood today, noticed Yun Jiangli’s gaze and showed a warm smile with his little white teeth.

 

Yun Jiangli was distracted by this smile and unconsciously was stunned for a moment.

 

Prince Cheng had already noticed that the atmosphere between the two was no longer as tense as it had been before and that there was now a hint of ambiguity in their harmony.

 

The sticky and cumbersome affair between the two was probably unknown to the parties involved, but all the bystanders could see it clearly.

 

“Let’s go, Lao Qi.”

 

Prince Cheng gently placed his hand behind Yan Muning’s head, then looked at Yun Jiangli and said, “Young Hall Master, I’ll take my leave first. Next time, if there’s a chance, I’ll definitely come and learn chess from Young Hall Master.”

 

Yun Jiangli was polite and bowed, saying, “Take care.”

 

Yan Muning was led slightly forward by his fifth brother. When he passed by Yun Jiangli, he wanted to turn around to look again, but the big hand behind his head held him down, and he couldn’t move.

 

After getting into the carriage, Prince Cheng began to tease his youngest brother in a low voice: “You will only be in the palace for a short while, what is there worth looking back at? You have been watching over him every day already.”

 

When the little prince heard this, he knew that his fifth brother did not let him look back on purpose, and he pouted and refused to admit it: “Who wants to look back at him?”

 

“I didn’t say who you wanted to see ah, you said it yourself.” Prince Cheng smiled.

 

The little prince was angry and kept silent. He was secretly planning in his heart and was ready to go to the palace to complain to his second brother.

 

 

“Chendi respectfully wishes Your Majesty the best of health.”

 

Prince Cheng and Prince An followed the eunuch who led the way into the Ruiyang Palace, which the emperor used in winter, and paid their respects in a proper manner.

 

The emperor waved his hand, and Eunuch Li, who was beside him, was particularly tactful and asked most of the eunuchs waiting in the palace to leave, leaving only a few of the most capable ones to serve the masters in front of them.

 

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the palace, the emperor could not help but stand up and walk to Yan Muning, holding his hand and looking him up and down: “Little bastard, you are making Zhen anxious, come and sit down quickly.”

 

After that, he led the person to sit on the couch and asked with a worried look on his face, “Why are your hands so cold? Did they freeze all the way here?”

 

“Ai, Imperial Brother, Chendi doesn’t like what you said ah.” Prince Cheng sat aside without any hesitation.

 

Ruiyang Palace is not where the emperor usually discusses politics. This palace is warmer in winter. If there is no important matter after the court session, he will handle official business here. If he wants to discuss state affairs with ministers, he still has to go to Linhua Palace.

 

So in Ruiyang Palace, Prince Cheng was much more relaxed, not as tense as usual when discussing government affairs.

 

“Imperial Brother made it sound as if Chendi doesn’t care for Lao Qi.”

 

Prince Cheng waved his hand and asked the eunuch beside him to pour him a cup of tea. He took a sip of the tea slowly and continued, “When Lao Qi left the mansion, he was still worried and kept looking back.”

 

“Hey!”

 

The little prince was so anxious that he almost jumped up to cover Prince Cheng’s mouth.

 

“Second Brother, I’m fine, don’t worry about me.” Yan Muning leaned against his brother and acted coquettishly.

 

“En, you look pretty good.” The emperor also showed a rare gentle smile on his face. “Did Lao San give you trouble that day?”

 

The little prince shook his head: “No, he did nothing to trouble me.”

 

After hesitating for a moment, he asked carefully, “What should we do about Third Brother’s… matter this time?”

 

“What can we do? He won’t admit anything at the moment. Zhen will talk to him after the facts are verified.” The emperor was also annoyed when he mentioned this matter, and his eyes became a little colder. “Zhen heard that Third Brother was in your mansion that day, and he stayed alone with Yun Jiangli for a long time? What happened?”

 

Yan Muning laughed dryly twice. What could he say?

 

He couldn’t say, Third Brother has taken a fancy on my big beauty and is planning to steal him. How could he save face like that ah?

 

“Noth, nothing, he just wanted Yun Jiangli to check his pulse.” The little prince replied randomly.

 

The emperor had no intention of asking more about this matter either, he just pointed at his belly with his eyes and asked with a smile, “So, what are your plans? It’s almost three months, right? If you get along well, let’s get ready to choose a date?”

 

The little prince blushed and tried to change the subject with a blink of his eyes: “Aiya, Second Brother, don’t talk about me for now. Yuchi Zhao came to see me that day.”

 

Then, Yan Muning told his two brothers what Yuchi Zhao had said to him that day.

 

Actually, what Yuchi meant that day was that he wanted him to find a chance to pass these words to the emperor. Because some of the news had not been verified, Yuchi could not write a memorial to the old prince to make it clear, but he had to remind him, so he sent the message in this way.

 

Sure enough, the topic was successfully changed by the little prince.

 

But what he didn’t know was that within a short time after he entered the palace, Prince Yi sent someone to find Yun Jiangli.

 

 

Prince Yi had already made all the preparations when he received the news that the emperor had summoned him back to the capital. He knew that once he entered the capital, he would not be able to leave again.

 

Prince An’s mansion was heavily guarded, but that did not mean that there were no people watching inside or outside the mansion.

 

Prince Yi knew that his every move was being watched by countless eyes, so some of his men were separated from him before he entered the capital. They were not on the list of people returning to the capital this time, and naturally these people were not in Prince Yi’s mansion either.

 

Although there were no spies in Prince An’s mansion, but there were people outside the mansion secretly watching everyone coming in and out.

 

Therefore, when Prince Cheng received the news of Prince An’s entry into the palace, before Prince An even met the emperor, the news had already reached Prince Yi’s ears.

 

Since meeting Yun Jiangli once, Prince Yi has sent people to contact Yun Jiangli twice, but the other party was unmoved and ignored him.

 

But the more this happened, the more Prince Yi was sure that Yun Jiangli must be related to “Xuezhu”.

 

If he wants to turn the tables, he must get the support from “Xuezhu”, so no matter what method he uses, he must control Yun Jiangli.

 

Originally, he thought of using the unlearned Crown Prince of the Yuchi family to entangle him. Not only can he keep an eye on Prince An’s mansion, but he might even threaten the old Prince Yuchi, it is killing two birds with one stone.

 

But who would have known that Yuchi Zhao, that ignorant brat, was not as dandy as he appeared to be, and the people sent by Prince Yi didn’t even get a chance to capture him?

 

Prince Yi laughed crazily. He was more ruthless than anyone else, and this was his greatest advantage.

 

“Go, send people to the Imperial Medical and Renji Tang, respectively. Just follow my previous instructions.” Prince Yi stood by the window and gave instructions to his subordinates behind him without turning his head.

 

Someone immediately took the order and left.

 

Prince Yi stood by the window for less than half an hour, took out a black jade bottle from his sleeve, and examined it carefully.

 

“Your Highness, are you really…”

 

Chao Yan couldn’t help but speak out.

 

“Hmm?”

 

Prince Yi turned around, his peach blossom eyes were full of emotions, seeming to be affectionate yet also seeming to be ruthless.

 

“What? What’s the matter again?”

 

He uncorked the bottle, put his nose in, and sniffed it with a smile on his lips: “Since there is no other way to invite him, then this is the only way, it won’t cause any trouble. Imperial Brother is soft-hearted, he won’t watch me die like this, and Yun Jiangli, isn’t he a physician? How could he watch me die without helping?”

 

As soon as he finished speaking, Prince Yi drank the poison in the bottle: “Go, go to Prince An’s mansion to invite Young Hall Master Yun over.”

 

 

The Imperial Medical and Renji Tang received the news of Prince Yi’s poisoning almost at the same time. The Imperial Medical rushed to the palace while sending a letter in a hurry.

 

Renji Tang also sent the most skilled detoxification physician in the hall to Prince Yi’s mansion. The shopkeeper Jian Shuangmin keenly realized that the matter might not be so simple, so he personally rushed to Prince An’s mansion to deliver the message to Yun Jiangli.

 

When the news was delivered to the emperor and the others, the two princes were chatting with the emperor.

 

After listening to the report from the Imperial Medical, the three were stunned and could not figure out what Prince Yi was up to.

 

“Pass on Zhen’s decree. The Imperial Medical must do its best to treat the patient. Report any news to Zhen as soon as possible. Also, tell Renji Tang and the physicians in the capital who are good at detoxification to go to Prince Yi’s mansion to assist the Imperial Medical.” The emperor said in a solemn tone.

 

The people from the Imperial Medical took the order and left. The palace was silent, and all three of them had frowns on their faces.

 

“Imperial Brother, if you are worried, how about I go to Third Brother’s residence to take care of him?” Prince Cheng asked.

 

The emperor sighed deeply and nodded: “That’s also good, Zhen can’t go. You go and take a look at these.”

 

“Seventh Brother, you can’t go. You are in such a bad condition. Go back to your own mansion.” The emperor saw what Yan Muning wanted to say at a glance and stopped him from saying it.

 

Prince Cheng snorted coldly: “The poison in Lao San’s mouth is really strange. In my opinion, he probably poisoned himself. If it is really as I think, then he must be reluctant to take his own life. He has planned so much, so this torture must have his purpose.”

 

The emperor had the same idea in his mind, but seeing Yan Muning’s worried face, he softened his tone and comforted him: “Lao Qi, it will be fine. Even if he was really poisoned, there are many good physicians in the Imperial Medical and Renji Tang. Don’t worry.”

 

After a few words, Prince Cheng instructed Chen Bai to send Yan Muning back to Prince An’s mansion, and he himself hurriedly rode to Prince Yi’s mansion.

 

 

Yan Muning returned to Prince An’s mansion with a heavy heart. Just after getting off the carriage and before entering the mansion, he heard Chen Mo, who had been waiting at the door, say that someone from Prince Yi’s mansion had just come to invite Young Hall Master Yun to go.

 

The little prince thought about what Prince Yi had done before and remembered what Yun Jiangli had said to him that day. Adding on to what he had just heard from Prince Cheng, his heart instantly became very nervous and panic-stricken.

 

Yan Muning’s eyes were red with anxiety. He held the door tightly, his nails digging into the wood, and his voice trembled slightly: “Let’s go to Prince Yi’s mansion.”

 

“Your Highness, you can’t go ah.”

 

Chen Mo was also anxious. He didn’t care about etiquette and directly raised his hand to hold the little prince: “The subordinate will go over right away, Your Highness, don’t worry. With Chen Bai and I here, we will definitely protect Young Hall Master Yun.”

 

Yan Muning gritted his teeth. Rationally he knew that he shouldn’t and couldn’t go, but he…

 

The little prince closed his eyes, biting his lower lip with his teeth until blood came out. When he opened his eyes again, they were red.

 

He forced himself to calm his trembling mind and ordered in a hoarse voice, “Alright, go quickly. Bring him back safely.”

 

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