Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

86. Go Back Home

Translator: Antonia

The Emperor gave a long sigh. He wasn’t sure about this, and currently, they could only measure their steps while going forward. Supposedly, Yuxing Tianrui must have his own way to deal with it. The more he considered it, the angrier the Emperor was and the more determined he was to find out who was the culprit behind the assassination and to give the person a hard time.

In a blink, three days passed, and the news of Du Chuxuan’s injury was well kept and never leaked out. Concubine Xiao had been waiting in nervousness for three days but got nothing except that Yuxing Tianrui didn’t attend the morning session on the first day.

She had just returned to the palace and had no handy assistants around her, so the anxiety and nervousness was quite a torture. However, none of the women in the palace was an ordinary one, and she certainly had her own methods.

Du Chuxuan had no inkling of the actions taken by those people. Ever since he moved to the palace, he hadn’t returned home yet. Women in Shenglan were bestowed the right to visit her maternal family after she got married. Previously, detained by the war, he hadn’t gotten a chance. Now, with plenty of free time, he naturally wished to go home and hang out.

Therefore, he wasted no time in asking for leave from the Empress, who, due to his brave act of protecting Yuxing Tianrui and getting wounded, loved him so fondly that she readily consented. Not to mention just going home for a few days, if he claimed that Yuxing Tianrui bullied him, the Empress would immediately take Du Chuxuan’s side.

Early in the morning, Yuxing Tianrui stood at the palace entrance, watching Du Chuxuan’s carriage running further and further away. If Luo Yi and the others hadn’t followed around, Yuxing Tianrui wouldn’t have agreed to his request.

Ada saw Yuxing Tianrui’s displeased look and reminded, “Your Highness, the morning session will start soon. If we stay here longer, I’m afraid you’ll be late for it.” It was not that he was being nosy. Rather, Her Highness’s cultivation was enough to beat the crap out of others or at least more than enough to run out of a trouble, not to mention that he took with him the disciples of Sect Luo.

Yuxing Tianrui knew that of course and nodded, turning around and walking back. The Turkish envoys were leaving, so he would just figure out today what their real intention was.

Du Chuxuan felt so refreshed as soon as he left the palace. On the surface, he only took Dongxiang with him, and it was quite relaxing. He stretched and lifted the window curtain to look out. The ceaseless vendors’ hawking on the streets seemed to make him alive again. There weren’t many masters in the palace, but the rules were no less lengthy or strict, making a real suffocation on him.

Although the Du family wasn’t a grand one, it was wealthy. This could be easily told by the two majestic stone lions at the gate. As the sedan chair from the palace was set down at the gate of the Du family, the neighbors around gathered over to take a look.

Everyone knew that the Crown Princess was a Du girl, and today she came back to visit her families, which was quite a rare scene to see. There was nothing for them to do, but taking a look would give them a good topic to chat about. Because of the guards, the street nearby weren’t very crowded.

Hearing that Du Chuxuan was coming back, all the members of the Du family started to wait for her him early. Du Chuxuan didn’t waste breath with them and directly let everyone into the mansion. He wasn’t interested at all to be watched at the gate like a money in the zoo.

Except Master Du, no one else knew that the person in front of them was Du Chuxuan. His sisters, brothers, aunts and uncles were all eager to talk with him. Luckily, Master Du saw the impatient on his face and knew that he didn’t want to waste time with these people, so he held them off.

“Why do you come back all of a sudden?” Master Du regarded Du Chuxuan, his expression a little nervous. He really had had a hard time by asking his son to marry the Crown Prince, but defying the imperial order would be a fatal crime and he didn’t want the whole family lost their lives. Therefore, however sorry he was, he couldn’t spell it out.

Du Chuxuan shook his head. Finally, the people crowded in the lobby all left. He comfortably took off his shoes and threw aside, easily squatted on the chair.

“Home is comfortable. Right. Did you find my sister?” Speaking of his sister, that was some figure. Ever since he confessed to Yuxing Tianrui, he had set out finding Du Chuyue, not for other reasons, just to give her a relief and enjoy her life since things were already like this.

However, she seemed to have evaporated from the world and simply couldn’t be found. Master Du shook his head helplessly. The marriage of Shenglan’s Crown Prince had been made public. Even if Du Chuyue had run to the ends of the earth, she should at least learn a little of the news. He had believed that in a while, the girl would come back, yet there had never been any news about her.

Du Chuxuan raised his eyebrows and began to admire Du Chuyue. Anyway, he didn’t come back for this matter, “I have something to tell you.” He waved his hand and let Dongxiang keep the door, before he started seriously.

The manner gave Master Du a small shock. After all, his son was no longer who he had used to be, so he had to sit and listen with respect.

“Our family has a huge business, but if not necessary, give up some of it.” This had just occurred to Du Chuxuan on his way. His original plan was to take an air at home, but he temporarily made this decision because he had heard something along the way.

Master Du was stilled for a moment. The reason why the Du family had its position in various nations was because it never held a stance or offended anyone. There was a glint of inquiry in his eyes, because the suggestion was against the credo of the Du merchants.

Du Chuxuan cracked a smile, picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and threw it into his mouth, “Now, one of the Du daughter is the Crown Princess, could you remain neutral anymore? For another reason, if someone is designing the death of your son, will you still cooperate with them?”

Master Du was even shocked on hearing the words. Everything happening in the palace was confidential to ordinary people, so Master Du had no idea of Du Chuxuan being hurt by assassins, “When did it happen? How are you now?”

“I’m fine, but father, I only remind you once. No matter what, the Du family already chose a stance in real terms, so it’s impossible for you to stay clear of troubles. Cut off the business with the Turks, if you can.” Taking a deep breath, Du Chuxuan said this at last.

He had given it a consideration that the Du family continued its business, because he cared about his sect-brother. However, no matter what, they belonged to different counties, with identities of no commoners and things or people they had to protect, so they were destined to be strangers!