YNRHPCYC Chapter 94

With these words, he instantly raised the price to an extremely high level, causing a huge sense of restlessness.

Many people looked at Liang Yanbei as if he were a madman.

Even people in the outer circle were constantly talking.

“Is this the young master of the direct line of the Liang family? How can he be so generous?”

“The Liang family was originally very large in Jin Ling. We can’t even imagine how much wealth they have!”

“Did you hear that? Five hundred taels! And that too gold! How can this be buying a bird, it’s simply throwing money!”

“Oh my God! The Liang family is truly having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation!”

All kinds of exclamations were mixed, causing Wen Chan’s ears to hurt a little. He thought to himself that since it was Liang Yanbei who called the price, it should be easier to deal with. Maybe as long as he said it himself, he would give up the bird.

Liang Yanbei raised the price to such a high level then that no one dared to continue. Fortunately, the bearded merchant was a smart man.

You may dare to offer that price, but I still wouldn’t dare to take it!

So he said, “Sir, we never accept gold when we sell things here. Besides, the price you offer is too high. Even if I am obsessed with money, I will not accept this price. How about I make the decision and change the 500 taels of gold you mentioned into 500 taels of silver?”

It undoubtedly gave Liang Yanbei an excellent way out.

Who would have known that Liang Yanbei wouldn’t appreciate it at all, and kicked over this way out, saying, “It is too troublesome to argue about the price. I will directly offer a high price to avoid having useless arguments with others.”

The appearance of this deep-pocketed man was simply staggering, and even the bearded merchant was speechless.

But if they really accepted 500 taels of gold, they might not even be able to leave the gate of the capital. They could not take the risk of losing their lives. For a moment, the several merchants showed distress.

At this time, another person said, “Brother Yanbei, just listen to what the business proprietor said. These people are all traveling merchants. It is really inconvenient for them to walk around with gold on their bodies.”

Wen Chan was shocked when he saw them and blinked his eyes hard to confirm that he was not mistaken.

Situ Zhoulan?! Wasn’t she in Jin Ling? How could she appear in the capital?

When he moved his eyes to the side, he saw Dan Ke too.

He felt his heart cooldown by half[footnote]It implies that his emotions have suffered a severe blow, causing a sense of inner warmth and hope to diminish by half.[/footnote] in an instant. He was full of fighting spirit just now. But now it was completely gone, and his face became ugly.

Liang Yanbei wanted to buy this bird with a lot of money. Could it be that he was going to give it to Situ Zhoulan?

This bird was given to her in the previous life. Wen Chan originally thought that he would buy it himself in this life. But he didn’t realize that Situ Zhoulan had also arrived in front of the bird at some point, standing beside Liang Yanbei.

Is this God’s will or a coincidence? Does it also foreshadow that the direction of fate cannot be changed?

At this moment, Wen Chan became extremely unconfident, almost overthrowing all previous thoughts. His fingertips trembled slightly, and he stared at Liang Yanbei and Situ Zhoulan with his black pupils stained with blood.

Situ Zhoulan came out to persuade him, and Dan Ke naturally followed suit. So Liang Yanbei mercifully changed his mind and changed the gold to silver.

Don’t even mention the price of five hundred taels, who in the capital didn’t know Liang Yanbei’s name and identity? He had previously expressed his determination to get the bird. Now if someone raises the price to snatch it from him wouldn’t it be obvious that they were trying to go against him?

After the Zhong family fell, the Xie family and the Liang family quickly took the position of the Zhong family. Now in the capital, both families couldn’t be offended.

Even though Lu Yi’s face turned red, he still held back and didn’t speak. In the end, Liang Yanbei’s five hundred taels fixed the tone with a single hammer blow[footnote]made the final decision[/footnote], and won the fiery red bird. When the wooden cage was handed to him, he looked down at it with the corner of his lips hooked with a warm smile, and the tenderness on his face was heart-warming.

Situ Zhoulan also smiled sweetly and bent down to tease the bird. She was already beautiful, and now that she was smiling like this, she attracted a lot of eyes.

So naturally, someone said, “The two of them are really a perfect match!”

It was this sentence again! Wen Chan felt a pain in his heart. Every time he heard this sentence, he gnashed his teeth in hatred, but he could do nothing about it.

The picture he saw in his eyes really stung his eyes and made them red. He clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves.

A trace of rationality in his heart told him to restrain himself. This was the main street of the capital, and he must not lose his composure.

Wen Chan took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions that were about to overflow on his face, and slowly calmed down. And at this moment, Ah Fu’s shout came, “Young Master! Where are you guys?”

It turned out that Ah Fu couldn’t find Wen Chan after buying things. He was bouncing and jumping outside the crowd while holding the cakes wrapped in oil paper. He was helpless and shouted.

This shout just attracted everyone’s attention. Liang Yanbei seemed to recognize Ah Fu’s voice. He quickly raised his head and looked over here, and all of a sudden met Wen Chan’s gaze.

Those beautiful eyes lit up in an instant, and the smile became obvious in an instant. The sudden joy was completely conveyed to Wen Chan from a long distance.

Wen Chan took in his expression, a subtle shift occurring in his own features.

The next moment, Liang Yanbei set off, carrying the bird cage in his hand, passing the crowd, and walking straight towards Wen Chan.

“Look! It’s His Ninth Royal Highness. Young Master Liang has seen His Ninth Royal Highness again!” There was a sentence like this. He didn’t know who said it, but it passed into Wen Chan’s ears, like a wonderful glimmer, piercing the dark clouds in his heart.

It turned out that Liang Yanbei had shown it so obviously that even these people could see it.

This sentence did speak out the voices of many people. It was no exaggeration to say that every time Young Master Liang saw His Ninth Royal Highness in the city, he was just like a cat who saw a rat, and immediately stuck to him.

Just like now.

There was no one else in Liang Yanbei’s eyes except for him, and he walked straight to Wen Chan before stopping. He ignored the public’s eyes, smiled at Wen Chan, and asked, “Your Highness, do you think this is good-looking?”

As he spoke, he lifted the birdcage and held it in front of Wen Chan. The bird that looked like a phoenix cub was combing its soft feathers with elegant movements.

Wen Chan’s mood, which had just improved slightly, suddenly sank again. He said expressionlessly and concealing his conscience, “It’s not good-looking. It’s ugly.”

Everyone thought that His Ninth Royal Highness had a unique way of looking at things.

Liang Yanbei was taken aback when he heard the words, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he said in distress, “What should I do? I just bought it, and it won’t make any sense to return it.”

His heart skipped a beat, and he asked angrily, “Why do you want to return it? Didn’t you buy it with 500 taels of gold?”

“But Your Highness, you don’t think you like it.” Liang Yanbei said unconcernedly, “Even if it was bought for a thousand taels of gold, it is useless now.”

He sighed, “If I had known you were here, I should have asked what you were buying first……”

“What do you mean?” Wen Chan looked up at him blankly, paused for a while, and said, “You want to give this bird to me?”

“Yes.” Liang Yanbei said, “When I saw this bird for the first time, I felt that it looked very much like Your Highness. So I wanted to buy it and give it to Your Highness.”

It was like springtime bamboo shoots breaking through the ground after rain, dispelling all the darkness and haze, and bearing the warm spring breeze.

It turned out that Liang Yanbei didn’t buy this bird to give it to Situ Zhoulan.

Wen Chan’s eyes were slightly curved, and a faint smile appeared on his face, “How does it look like me?”

“I just think it looks like you.” Liang Yanbei didn’t say why. The fox fur on the wide sleeves was a little squeezed into the cage, and the bird stretched out its head to suck on it, looking small and cute.

Wen Chan suddenly looked back and saw Situ Zhoulan, who had a dull face, and his gloomy mood completely improved.

Liang Yanbei’s generosity and gentle smile were not because of her. He didn’t know where this complacency and pride came from, and it instantly occupied Wen Chan’s heart.

He accepted the bird without hesitation and held it in his arms, “Thank you. Then I will take the bird back to the palace first.”

How could Liang Yanbei be willing when he saw that he wanted to go back after collecting his five hundred taels? It was not easy to bump into him going out of the palace to take a stroll, so he naturally wanted to keep him to have fun together.

So he followed Wen Chan’s footsteps and said, “Your Highness has finally left the palace. How can you go back so soon? Why don’t you stay a little longer?”

“You gave me such a valuable thing, of course, I have to go back quickly, so as not to be robbed by others.” Wen Chan’s mouth corners kept rising due to some strange force, and he never lowered them.

“Will someone risk their life to rob your thing?” Liang Yanbei asked in confusion, and then he actually took the bird cage out of Wen Chan’s arms.

“Hey!” Wen Chan felt that his arms were empty, and immediately stopped and stretched out his hand to grab it.

Liang Yanbei raised the bird cage, first dodging Wen Chan’s hand, and then circled it in the air, passed it on to hand it to Ah Fu, and ordered, “You hold it.”

Ah Fu already had cakes in his hand, and now he also suddenly received the cage handed by Liang Yanbei. He fumbled to tuck the pastries into his embrace, tightly clutched the five hundred taels worth, and said to Wen Chan, “Your Highness, don’t worry! This minion will hold it well!”

In fact, Wen Chan was a little reluctant to let it go. But he didn’t want to show it, so he looked at the bird with reluctance and said, “Okay.”

“Stop looking at that. It’s for you anyway. You can hang it on the head of the bed and look at it as you like after you return to the palace.” Liang Yanbei was a little dissatisfied with this, “Now that I am in front of Your Highness, why doesn’t Your Highness look at me?”

Wen Chan looked at him helplessly, “What do you want to do to have fun? The capital is so small.”

To be honest, every time he went out of the palace, he just had fun on the streets, because there was no interesting place. In the eyes of others, the capital was very prosperous. But Wen Chan had long grown tired after experiencing it repeatedly.

“Today is the Winter Hundred Flowers Festival. The three streets near Yu Fu Street are bustling with activity. They say a Flower Fairy will be chosen. Your Highness, would you like to go take a look?” Liang Yanbei asked.

Speaking of this, Wen Chan was slightly surprised, “I forgot that today is such a day. Let’s go for a walk there.”

As the two talked, they walked farther and farther, and finally disappeared from everyone’s sight, causing a lot of discussion.

The news that the young master of the Liang family spent five hundred taels to buy a supernatural bird and gave it to His Ninth Royal Highness instead of a beautiful woman spread quickly in the capital within half a day.

Situ Zhoulan watched Liang Yanbei go away and wanted to chase him, but was stopped by Dan Ke. He whispered, “Don’t chase after him. Biaoge didn’t turn back to call us just now, which means he doesn’t want us to follow him. The capital is very lively today. Let’s go and have fun by ourselves.”

She looked in the direction where Liang Yanbei left again, finally nodded, and followed Dan Ke away.

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