Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

46. A Parrot Like Its Owner

Translator: Antonia

Dongxiang didn’t understand immediately what Du Chuxuan meant. In several seconds, he replied, “But His Highness just specially chose this one to boost sleep. It smells peaceful.”

After the exhausted escape, both of them didn’t sleep well, so Yuxing Tianrui chose this new incense so that they could have better sleep.

Du Chuxuan couldn’t help but shake his head. Sometimes he didn’t know whether Dongxiang was stupid or not, but he didn’t want to argue with him, “Just change it. Tell them I’d like a new one.”

As he talked, he also listened intently to outside. That cultivator seemed to head for Shan Zhongli’s tent.

Du Chuxuan pondered over it for a while but still couldn’t make sure whether this person was one of Yuxing Tianrui’s followers. After all, the tent used to belong to Yuxing Tianrui.

Here Dongxiang had burned a new soothing incense. Du Chuxuan instructed Dongxiang to put it at the corner of the tent, a position happened to be nearest to Shan Zhongli’s tent.

Stroking his chin, Du Chuxuan displayed a wicked smile. Either that man was a martial master or war god, as long as he passed away, the smell would stain on his clothes, thus making it much easier to find this person again.

When Yuxing Tianrui came back, he saw Du Chuxuan languidly leaning in a chair and playing with a parrot. His pupils contracted, and his recognition about Du Chuxuan raised to a new level, since he was able to figure a way to take in things without his authorization.

Du Chuxuan would laugh like crazy if he knew what was in Yuxing Tianrui’s mind. What the Du family possessed most was money and business contact.

This was a place sparsely populated. For ordinary people, it was a desolate land, but actually it was also the only route leading to Turkey. He had merely sent a message to his family and they brought him several things.

The parrot was smart, and seeing Yuxing Tianrui, it cocked its head to one side and talked, “This man is so pretty.”

For the first time in life, Yuxing Tianrui was molested by a parrot. He flushed at once, pointing at the parrot with a trembling finger and finally finding his voice, “How dare you!”

Du Chuxuan burst into laughter, “How old are you to be mad at a parrot?” Meanwhile, his slim fingers gently brushed along the parrot’s back.

Evidently, the parrot had a lazy owner, because it was fed round. The red feathers on its entire back were brightly gorgeous.

Knowing him better, Yuxing Tianrui didn’t bother to argue with him, turned to sit in a chair and helped himself with a cup of tea. Quickly, he smelled the unusual fragrance.

“You changed the incense?” He asked. The previous incense was the best one among all the tribute incenses. Even the Crown Prince only had a small share.

Speaking of this, Du Chuxuan took on a different look in his eyes and motioned to let Ada leave first.

Ada looked to Yuxing Tianrui and, seeing he showed no objection, bowed to them and left respectfully. Knowing Du Chuxuan was going to tell him something, Yuxing Tianrui sat upright.

“Do you have any follower that is especially capable?” Du Chuxuan asked cautiously. Even though they were now a couple, there was still a subtle gap between them.

Yuxing Tianrui looked at him, tilting his head to one side, not following. His black-and-white round eyes displayed obvious confusion.

Du Chuxuan sighed wryly, “Do you have any follower with stronger martial cultivation than me?”

He only asked after pondering. No matter he was a man or woman, his identity was Crown Princess. Since ancient times, the spouses of the imperial family were forbidden to interfere with political affairs. Even if Yuxing Tianrui wouldn’t think much now, this could be an accusation against Du Chuxuan if someone harbored a vicious intention in the future.

Du Chuxuan’s cautiousness wasn’t at all noticed by Yuxing Tianrui, who carefully went over every one of his followers in his mind and then slowly shook his head.

He didn’t intend to praise Du Chuxuan’s martial cultivation, but all his followers, except for Ada, had a particular thing. For example, Aer was an expert in collecting intelligence. Asan was good at making medicines and now working as the assistant of Doctor Miracle.

Du Chuxuan knew that Yuxing Tianrui never lied and was more alarmed. After all this was a place of military significance. There must be a contact person inside so that the man with powerful internal strength was able to enter and leave without hindrance.

Seeing his unusually serious expression, Yuxing Tianrui wanted to ask, but Du Chuxuan suddenly changed the subject, “The noises outside seemed to be lower. Are the Turks planning to retreat?”

Yuxing Tianrui, amused, glanced at Du Chuxuan. He had beaten around the bush all the way just trying to know whether his scheme worked out?

All of a sudden, he decided to be naughty and put on a bleak face, “I didn’t expect things to be so tricky.”

The words took Du Chuxuan aback. He was merely trying to shift the subject but never expected to know that things were unsmooth for Yuxing Tianrui. He took a cautious look at Yuxing Tianrui’s expression and carefully recited every moment since he walked into the tent. There seemed to be nothing abnormal.

Nonetheless, Yuxing Tianrui never lied about anything. Maybe his sect-brother did something?

Considering carefully his wording, Du Chuxuan asked again, “Do you know the second prince of the Turks, Your Highness?”

His Highness the Crown Prince sat upright there, as if having heard nothing, seriously waiting for him to say more. Hence, Du Chuxuan had to continue, “I don’t know that man well, but from the way he dresses, he must be a high-key person. Such a person is easy to deal with.”

After saying this, he prayed inwardly to Buddha. Don’t make it real. He was just talking nonsense. After all, that man was his sect-brother. He didn’t want him to die, no matter what silly things he had done.

It was unknown whether Buddha could hear his prayer, but Yuxing Tianrui was really intrigued by what he said.