Jiaochu

Chapter 534 Little Princess

After the three of them had dinner, Su Hui saw that it was getting dark, so she asked Uncle Meng to take them down the mountain. After the two of them got on the carriage, Uncle Meng drove the carriage away from Baohua Temple and went down the mountain along the winding mountain path. The carriage drove very steadily on the road, but the speed was not slow.

Ye Lingxi leaned in Yan Fei's arms, closed her eyes and smelled the faint fragrance on his clothes, thinking nothing, just wanting to quietly nestle in his arms and let her thoughts drift away...

It took less than half an hour for the carriage to reach the foot of the mountain, saving more than half the time compared to the trip there.

After arriving at the foot of the mountain, Yan Fei asked Uncle Meng to go back first, and a Dragon Shadow Guard took over Uncle Meng and continued to drive the carriage on the journey.

She opened her eyes, sat up straight, looked at him, and said, "I went to see Concubine Xiao." Yan Fei was not surprised. He had guessed that she had remembered it before, but he was confused as to why she had kept it from him. Now that he heard her tell him the truth, he felt a little uneasy, fearing that there would be another separation behind this confession.

Seeing that he had no questions, she told him the relationship between Gongzi Yu, Concubine Xiao and Xiao Ting, as well as the story of the Huangquan treasure. When Yan Fei learned of Concubine Xiao's true identity, he was a little surprised, but he had heard about the Huangquan treasure from his uncle before. In fact, he also knew how many pieces of the treasure map had been found. He gestured with his hands and subtracted one piece, leaving only one piece.

Over the years, the Dragon Shadow Guards have found a total of two treasure maps. One was searched out from the residence of Bai Jie, the Marquis of Jinyi of the previous dynasty, and the other was found by Yan Jiang from the Hanyue bow made by Young Master Yu. But later, there was a fire in Yuyuan Palace, and one of the two treasure maps was missing. At the same time, a new imperial physician named Chai Peng disappeared. Yan Jiang suspected that this person was the craftsman who faked his death before, and that he had sneaked into the palace twice for the treasure maps.

"Now it seems that all of these things are related to Gongzi Yu. I'm afraid Xiyan is also colluding with this person."

"I know who he is."

This sentence made Yan Fei stunned for a moment. She took his hand and wrote a name on his palm. Yan Fei was shocked and opened his mouth, wanting to ask something but didn't know where to start.

She said, "He has been planning this for a long time, and now the whole world is probably in his hands."

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After the carriage entered the city, Yan Fei was still thinking about the two sentences she said. If this was true, then this person's schemes and scheming were truly terrifying. He was using the world as a game to gain the world or to destroy it. This game was too big, with so many threads and so complicated that he could not see through the other party's intentions for a while.

He looked at her again. Her understanding of this person made him feel uneasy. Thinking of what she said before, that everything would be over, this uneasiness became stronger. He raised his hand and held her in his arms, not letting her go for a long time, until the carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley. He got off the carriage first, then held her down and led her back along the alley. On the way, he heard the sound of children playing behind the walls of several houses, and their laughter was as cheerful as silver bells. He turned his head to look at her and held her hand tighter, afraid that in the blink of an eye, she would disappear like last time.

"I heard that my elder brother is now the crown prince." She felt him holding her hand tighter and wanted to say something to make him feel more relaxed.

Yan Fei hummed, and said, "The enthronement ceremony was held in March last year." At this point, he showed a bit of joy, "The prince's mansion has added a little princess." She was surprised and happy to hear this, and asked when it happened. He replied that it was at the beginning of this year, just on the first day of the first lunar month. The emperor was very happy and enthroned her as a princess just after the full moon. Her nickname was Chu Yue. She couldn't wait to see little Chu Yue, and then she thought that she hadn't given her a full moon gift yet. She raised her hand and touched her head, and took off a jade hairpin on her head. It was a magnolia hairpin that Yan Fei had given her before. It was not appropriate to give it away as a gift, mainly because she couldn't bear to part with it. Besides, it would be better if the hairpin was given by her mother personally on the day of the ceremony. She also saw the jade bracelet on her wrist and thought it would be good to give her a pair of bracelets, so she asked Yan Fei where he bought the bracelet.

He said it was no longer available. She curiously asked why. He said the shop where he bought the bracelet had closed down and someone had bought the place and was planning to open a restaurant. He said he would go to various jewelry shops tomorrow and buy a nice bracelet if he saw one. She said it was a full-moon gift for Chu Yue, and he nodded. As they were talking, they had already reached the door.

Before Yan Fei opened the door, he noticed that there was someone in the room. He glanced around and found nothing unusual. He pushed the door open with one hand and held her with the other hand, never letting go.

With a slight creak, the small wooden door opened.

There was a light on in the main hall in front of us. There was a man sitting on the steps at the door. When he saw the two of them coming in hand in hand, he chuckled and said, "Your uncle is alone now, but you found a companion for yourself first."

She stood behind Yan Fei, and couldn't see the other person's face clearly, but she recognized him by the voice. It was Yan Jiang, who looked thinner than before, and his voice was more vicissitudes. After recognizing him, she didn't dare to show her face. One reason was that her current identity was embarrassing and she shouldn't be here. Another reason was that she thought the other person must be very disappointed in her and didn't want to see her again, let alone her pestering Yan Fei.

"Come in first. I bought some good wine and roast chicken." Yan Jiang stood up, patted his clothes, turned around and went into the house first.

She pulled Yan Fei's sleeve, and he turned around to look at her. She whispered, "Why don't I not go in? You guys just chat, I'll go check on the fish." She was about to leave, her hand still held by him. She saw that he was determined not to leave her alone outside, and heard the people inside urging her, so she had to bite the bullet and follow him in.

After entering the house, she looked down at the ground, feeling very embarrassed. After sitting on the stool, she still looked down at the ground. Yan Jiang always had a smile on his face. He first poured a bowl of wine for Yan Fei, and when he poured another bowl of wine, he casually asked, "Princess, don't you recognize me?" She knew it was useless to keep her head down and pretend to be a quail. When she raised her head, she saw that there was no blame or alienation on that face. She felt as if a stone was lifted from her heart, and she called him "Third Uncle".

Yan Jiang asked her with a smile if she wanted to drink. She nodded. Yan Jiang placed the bowl of wine in front of her and poured another bowl for himself.

Yan Fei took a sip first, then poured half of the wine in her bowl into her own. Yan Jiang smiled, drank one bowl first, and then poured the second bowl. She also picked up the bowl to drink, and it felt spicy at first, but after drinking it, she felt refreshed, and understood why some people like to drink strong liquor.

The three of them drank, and no one talked about anything else, whether it was Xi Niang's matter or Concubine Xiao's matter.

The jar of wine was quickly finished, and the roast chicken hadn't even been unwrapped yet. Yan Jiang picked up the second jar of wine from under the table and poured a bowl of it. Then he spoke, "I'm going on a long journey tomorrow."

Yan Fei hummed, but didn't ask where to go, and Yan Jiang didn't say anything either. After taking a sip of wine, Yan Jiang picked up the roast chicken and put it in front of Yan Fei, asking him to go to the kitchen to heat it up. Yan Fei said he had already eaten, but Yan Jiang said he hadn't eaten yet, and then he sighed and talked about Yan Fei's childhood. At that time, he chased after him every day and called him "Third Uncle", and he liked him so much. Yan Fei felt sick to hear that, but he still didn't feel at ease to leave. Yan Jiang saw what he was thinking and said, "I'm here, what are you afraid of? Don't you even trust me, your Third Uncle?" Having said that, Yan Fei took the roast chicken and went to the kitchen.