Chapter 21: This Prince Will Kill You!
âYour Majesty, Wan er wants to go to Jade Lake and fish, pleeease?â Once Ye Hongyi set down his wine cup, Yao Mowan grabbed his arm and swung it childishly.
âFish? Wan er wants to eat fish? Weâll have the kitchen make some.â Ye Hongyi stroked Yao Mowanâs hair. He didnât seem to feel that Yao Mowanâs words were abrupt or inappropriate at all.
âWan er doesnât want to eat fish, Wan er just wants to see what a rainbow fish looks like. Second Older Sister wasnât able to catch it that day, so Wan er wants to help Second Older Sister catch it!â The more Yao Mowan said, the more excited she got. She jumped up to head to Jade Lake but Ye Hongyi pulled her back into his arms.
âWhat rainbow fish? Consort Li was lying to you!â Ye Hongyi kept Yao Mowan caged in his arms and gazed at her tenderly. He found it both frustrating and funny that she was so naive.
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âSecond Older Sister wouldnât lie!â Yao Mowan pouted.
âYour Majesty⌠Suluan didnât lie, Suluan really saw a rainbow fishâŚâ There was nothing Yao Suluan could do but stick to her past words. If she remained silent, it would be silently admitting it.
âYour Majesty, let Mowan go! Mowanâs really good at swimming!â Yao Mowan looked towards Ye Hongyi confidently, but Ye Hongyi was looking towards Yao Suluan sternly.
âSince Consort Li was the one that saw the fish, itâs only natural that Consort Li goes to catch it. So go. If you canât catch it, donât bother coming back up!â said Ye Hongyi coldly without giving any grounds for negotiation.
âImperial Older BrotherâŚâ Ye Liyu was about to argue when Yao Suluan stopped him.
âSuluan will go catch it right now! Suluan will definitely be able to catch it!â Yao Suluan was panicking a little. If Ye Liyu spoke up for her, Ye Hongyiâs suspicions would be aroused. Rather than let that happen, it would be better to just jump into Jade Lake and take advantage of this chance to âsnap out of it.â At the same time, itâd make Ye Liyu pity her more and attack Yao Mowan on her behalf!
A lot of the consorts and concubines started whispering as Yao Suluan left the pavilion. Most of them felt schadenfreude. After this incident, Ye Liyu wasnât in the mood to bother Ye Junqing anymore and he was too distracted to even respond to some of Ye Hongyiâs questions. All the delicacies tasted like wax in his mouth.
When they got back to Guan Osprey Palace, Yao Mowan stretched her waist with her arms outstretched. As she was heading back, she saw that Yao Suluan was still swimming in Jade Lake. Even though it was midsummer, the water still got cold at night. It seemed that a small cold was unavoidable.
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âYou made Consort Li jump into Jade Lake on purpose, didnât you?â Ye Junqing walked in after her and demanded an answer.
âHeatâs risen to her head. Iâm just having her jump down to clear her head, itâs good for her.â Yao Mowan walked slowly to the table and took a sip of the green tea that Ting Yue had prepared.
âEven if Consort Li had wronged you, thereâs still no need to torment her this way. No matter what, youâre sisters. ActuallyâŚâ Before Ye Junqing could finish, Yao Mowan suddenly moved up to him, her eyes flashing with sharp light.
âMowanâs temper is nowhere as good as Princeâs. Ye Liyu was completely stomping on your face, but you had actually been able to endure it for this long. Mowan must admit respect!â If it werenât for the fact that Ye Liyu was seriously being too excessive, she wouldnât have tortured Yao Suluan to get at him. However, she had been surprised to find out that Yao Suluan actually had such a relationship with Ye Liyu. If it werenât for the fact that Ming Yu had delivered this news last night, she wouldnât have known what to use against Ye Liyu.
âHe⌠He didnât use to be like this.â Ye Junqingâs eyes turned dim and filled with unconcealable loneliness.
âThatâs because you used to possess control of massive military force and was the countryâs great commander! A proverb puts it well: When the tree topples, the monkeys scatter. The wall falls because everyone pushes. Prince has personally experienced it this time!â said Yao Mowan indignantly.
âPerhapsâŚâ For once, Ye Junqing didnât try to refute. However, this was reality, so there was no point in trying to argue against it.
âHas Prince never thought about trying to regain possession of the troops?â Yao Mowan probed slightly.
âItâs good like this. I donât need to think about anything and can pass my days leisurely. This is something that many people wish for!â Ye Junqing concealed the disappointment in his eyes as he said this. Since Moxin didnât like for him to possess troops, heâll let them go. As long as it would allow Moxin to rest in peace down in the Ninth Spring, everything was worth it.
âSometimes I really feel like Prince is adorably dumb!â Yao Mowan couldnât help but shake her head. She subconsciously stroked Ye Junqingâs nose. It was a very casual movement, but Ye Junqing jumped up like his tail had been stepped on.
âWhat are you doing?â Ye Junqing rubbed his nose hard as he looked at Yao Mowan in alarm.
âIâm expressing my friendliness. Prince doesnât like it?â Yao Mowan feigned innocence. However, her heart was a mess. That gesture had been instinctive, she hadnât even thought about doing it.
When she first experience rebirth, she felt that she owed Ye Junqing a lot. But as she interacted with him this days, she found that the feelings buried within her heart were not just guilt. As for what it was, she didnât dare to delve deep into it because she feared the answer.
âI donât like it! I really donât like it!â replied Ye Junqing angrily as he turned away and left like he was running for his life. Yao Mowanâs expression only relaxed when Ye Junqing was out of sight and she wiped at the sweat on her forehead.
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âMaster, after Ye Liyu left the imperial garden, he headed straight to Pure Flower Palace. When this subordinate was heading back, Yao Suluan had already been pulled out of the lake,â reported Yin Xue.
âYao Suluan is done with acting dumb now. I got it, you may withdraw.â Yao Mowan nodded slightly, then walked back to her bedroom, feeling a little weary.
Perhaps it was because her action last night had really given Ye Junqing a scare, because the next day, Ye Junqing didnât show up for breakfast. Instead, Ye Liyu appeared.
âYao Mowan! You deserve to die!â When Ye Liyu rushed into Guan Osprey Palace with a sword, Ting Yue immediately moved to stop him.
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âTranscendental Prince, please calm down. No matter what my master did wrong, you still canât take her punishment into your own hands in the Inner Palace! If His Majesty found out, heâll punish you!â Ting Yue hastily tried to dissuade him, but he kicked her to the ground.
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Ye Liyu had kicked hard. Ting Yue coughed a mouthful of blood. Yao Mowanâs heart filled with fury when she saw the sharp redness on the ground.
âWuuwuu⌠Ting Yue, why are you coughing blood⌠It hurts a lot, doesnât it?â Yao Mowan kneeled down next to Ting Yue and rubbed the blood on her clothes and the side of her lips.
âYao Mowan! You witch! This prince will kill you!â Ye Liyu itched to just tear Yao Mowan to pieces whenever he recalled how Yao Suluan had fainted from choking on water and was now bedridden with a severe fever. Fortunately, Yao Mowan had seen that azure figure right as she was about to call out Yin Xue. She couldnât let Ye Liyu know of Yin Xueâs existence, otherwise itâd be troublesome.
âStop right now!â As Ye Liyuâs sword was about to reach Yao Mowan, Ye Junqingâs heart seemed to stop. He was seized with a feeling of such intense fear that he couldnât even breathe. He threw out a bodhi jade without any hesitation. The jade broke when it made contact with the blade, but Ye Liyuâs hands went numb and he dropped the sword.
âYe Liyu! What are you doing!? Mowan, are you alright?â Ye Junqing rushed to Yao Mowanâs side and helped her up with both hands. When he saw the blood on her clothes and near her lips, his eyes turned ice cold and his heart filled with rage.
âYe Junqing! Who do you think you are to block this princeâs path? Scram! This prince must kill this witch today!â Ye Liyu picked up the sword and made to stab Yao Mowan again.
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