On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness-Chapter 249 - : Playing Alone What
Chapter 249: Chapter 249: Playing Alone What
“Qingyu…” She had just called out once, when Leng Yu Yan remembered someone else’s reaction and hurriedly corrected herself, “Prince Qing, what a coincidence. His Highness and I were indeed taking a walk.”
Since she had reached a cooperation with someone, the rules still needed to be followed.
Though it was just a matter of address, it was better to go along with his wishes in his presence.
A madman’s hair, once it flared up, could be very irritating.
Ye Yiheng’s lips were tightly pressed, and the corners of his lips lifted ever so slightly, almost imperceptible.
Ji Qingyu’s heart suddenly sank. Why had she addressed him as Prince Qing?
Such a formal and distant manner was undoubtedly forced by the blind man!
Though pain surfaced in his heart, his face still wore a warm smile.
“Ah Yan, it’s getting late. Let me take you back to the Prince Mansion. The Crown Prince’s vision is impaired, which is very inconvenient.”
Ye Yiheng then took Leng Yu Yan’s hand, as if declaring sovereignty, and gave it a squeeze.
“The Commandery Princess still needs to escort me back to the Eastern Palace.”
Upon seeing this, Ji Qingyu couldn’t hold back, and lowly rebuked, “Ye Yiheng, don’t overdo it! Ah Yan is a woman—do you really think it’s appropriate for her to escort you?”
Ye Yiheng coldly smiled and said faintly, “I am blind and need someone to help me; this is a fact. Since the beginning of the year, I am accustomed to the Commandery Princess’s assistance—this too is a fact.”
“You!”
Ji Qingyu’s face lost its smile, visibly angry.
Yet Ye Yiheng continued, “Rest assured, once the Commandery Princess has escorted me to the Eastern Palace, I will personally accompany the Commandery Princess back to the Prince Mansion in a carriage.”
“Qing, Prince Qing, His Highness really didn’t force me,” Leng Yu Yan said with a faint smile.
Her visit to the Imperial Palace wasn’t forced by anyone, but the matter of looking for Ye Jiu, she found inconvenient to mention to Ji Qingyu present.
“Alright, then I will leave first.”
Ji Qingyu’s face smiled again, but only he knew how much heartache was beneath that smile.
Leng Yu Yan nodded, watched him take the reins handed over by an attendant, and called out, “Be careful riding your horse on the road!”
Hearing these words, Ji Qingyu, who had just mounted his horse, nodded his head, then quickly spurred his horse and galloped away.
Ye Yiheng tightened his grip on her hand and asked, “You care about him that much?”
“You act like this, I thought the Crown Prince was jealous,” she responded.
“Heh, what a joke. Didn’t the Commandery Princess say it’s not about love?”
The two of them left, hand in hand, for the Eastern Palace.
Upon arriving in the Eastern Palace, Leng Yu Yan pulled her hand out of his and said softly, “I will return first. If you have any news from the Ninth Princess, please inform me promptly.”
Ye Yiheng slightly nodded, then instructed the already waiting Ruo Fengmochen to drive the carriage.
Seeing the woman beside him staring in puzzlement, he said, “Didn’t I say I would escort you back to Prince Mansion?”
Leng Yu Yan tugged at the corner of her mouth; she had initially thought his statement was for Ji Qingyu’s ears.
Just as she was about to refuse, Ye Yiheng grabbed her hand again and boarded the horse carriage.
“Both pickup and drop-off, quite thorough,” Leng Yu Yan smiled, “It seems His Highness is quite attentive to our deal.”
In Xingning Palace, the Ninth Princess had mentioned that the Crown Prince was interested in her, but at that time, she hadn’t refuted.
Now, it seemed, he was interested in the cooperation.
“Isn’t it just to prevent some horse-riding thief from stealing the Commandery Princess’s heart along the way?”
Ye Yiheng said with a cold, distant voice, laced with a subtle melancholy.
She must like Ji Qingyu, right?
They knew each other before he knew her; that was an undeniable fact.
Thinking of this made his heart particularly irritable.
At his words, Leng Yu Yan struggled with the hand he was holding but couldn’t break free. It seemed he was just lightly holding her hand, yet no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t pull away from his palm.
What did he mean by ‘horse-riding thief’?
Would one really speak about one’s own cousin like that?
Ye Yiheng played with her fingers with interest, breaking them one by one, squeezing them for a while, bending them for another, and then covering her entire hand under his large palm.
Why were her hands so tender and boneless?
They were small and pale, soft as if they had no bones.
How could her wrist be so delicate?
It seemed like he could easily break it with a little force.
The horse carriage rattled on.
They had left the gate of the Eastern Palace two miles behind, but he was still playing with her hand.
Leng Yu Yan struggled again but couldn’t break free, so she spoke, “Your Highness, could you stop playing with my hand?”
Ye Yiheng removed his eye veil, staring directly into her eyes with an impassive gaze.
“What else should I play with?”
Leng Yu Yan: “???”
A playboy?
His words, no matter how she heard them, sounded dubious!
Yet his expression was utterly serious, and his eyes were annoyingly clear, as if she were overthinking.
Her cheeks turned slightly red, uncontrollably.
Worse yet, she was the one who had brought up “playing” first.
Seeing her reaction, Ye Yiheng said with a half-smile, “Where did the Commandery Princess’s thoughts wander off to?”
Leng Yu Yan looked down, muttering softly, “Your Highness’s carriage is so large, there are quite a few things in the cabinets and drawers, just pick anything to play with.”
“These are far less interesting than the Commandery Princess’s hands.”
They were so warm, reminding him of the warmth that touched his brow in his dream.
Finally, they arrived at Prince Zhenbei Mansion, and without waiting to say goodbye to him, Leng Yu Yan hurriedly got off the carriage.
Seeing her demeanor, like a cat whose tail had been pinched, Ye Yiheng’s lips curved up in pleasure.
Upon returning to the Prince Mansion, as Leng Yu Yan passed the outer main hall, Xiaoshan called out to her, “Commandery Princess, the Old Prince asked for you to come to the main hall.”
“Is there a guest?” she wondered.
Who would visit when they were not receiving guests?
While escorting her to the main hall, Xiaoshan respectfully said, “Prince Qing has come to the mansion, he is currently with the Old Prince and the Second Young Master. According to the Old Prince’s wishes, he did not want Prince Qing to know the news that the Prince and the Princely Heir have awakened. Therefore, he asked the Commandery Princess to meet Prince Qing, which would also facilitate escorting him to the door.”
Hearing this, Leng Yu Yan understood.
Ji Qingyu and Marquis Jiangyang Mansion had sent gifts previously and were quite polite; her grandfather would not have the heart to turn him away.
Her grandfather and elder brother were personally accompanying Ji Qingyu, presumably worried that he might wander around the mansion.
If one stayed in the Prince Mansion for too long, the more likely the news of her father and elder brother awaking would leak.
With that thought, Leng Yu Yan quickened her pace.
Inside the main hall, Ji Qingyu, hearing footsteps, turned slightly and smiled, “Ah Yan is back?”
Leng Yu Yan lightly hummed a “yes,” stepped over the threshold, and bowed to Lai Taihong, “Grandfather.”
Lai Taihong said, “Prince Qing says you are good friends and came to see you. It is getting late, so chat here for now. Your grandmother is also waiting for you.”
While speaking, Lai Taihong stood up, aided by Leng Yuqing as he left.
The grandfather’s intentions couldn’t be clearer, and Leng Yu Yan acknowledged.
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Xiaoshan took the initiative to guard outside the main hall’s corridor, preventing other servants from coming by and inadvertently letting Prince Qing hear about the Prince and Princely Heir’s conditions.
In the vast main hall, only Leng Yu Yan and Ji Qingyu were left.
“Qingyu, why have you come?” she asked.
Hearing her call Qingyu again, sorrow in his heart diminished slightly.
He knew it; it must have been the blind man forcing her!
His eyes shifted to the red mark on her neck, and Ji Qingyu’s eyes narrowed abruptly.
Words he had rehearsed dozens of times on the way poured out, “Ah Yan, have you ever thought that, apart from the princes, there’s someone else in this world most suitable for you?”
