Chapter 211 – Go And See Who Is Inside
The two voices came out at the same time, and for a moment, Old Li did not know whom he should obey. Old Li scratched his head and felt that it was better to listen to the Sixth Young Lady. Thus, he stopped the carriage at a side of the main road inside the city gate and parked at a place that was sheltered from the wind and facing the sun.
“Why do you have to stop inside the city gate? There are so many people coming and going. What if we miss father’s carriage?” Wei Yuejiao glared at Wei Yuewu and said aggressively.
“Father’s carriage must be escorted by many people other than Concubine Dong!” Wei Yuewu also opened her eyes and stretched out her hand to pull her sleeve up as she said slowly.
“What do you mean?” Wei Yuejiao could not bear to hear Wei Yuewu speaking of Concubine Dong disrespectfully. So, she burst into anger the moment she heard Wei Yuewu’s words.
“I’m just telling you that when our father’s carriage comes into the city gate, we will definitely see it. It’s useless for you to be anxious at the moment.” Wei Yuewu said indifferently. She didn’t even bother raising her head to look at Wei Yuejiao. Such a disdainful attitude almost caused Wei Yuejiao to explode with anger, but she was pulled back by Yuzhu beside her.
Old Li came to open the door for them at this time. Huamo was seated nearest the door and she had already let down the curtain. Through the thin curtain, one could see what was happening on the road. There was even sunlight shining in. Wei Yuewu not only had a good vision of the outside, but could also enjoy the sunlight.
However, such a wonderful seat was occupied by Wei Yuewu. So, there was no room for Wei Yuejiao. She gritted her teeth and held back her anger. Then, she turned to look out of the window. Yuzhu hurriedly opened the window for her and pulled down the curtain. Through the curtain, she could see the outside. Although the window was not big enough, it was better than nothing.
Wei Yuejiao decided to ignore Wei Yuewu and to observe the scenes outside the carriage. But she could always hear sounds coming into her ears. She turned around impatiently and saw the maid named Huamo next to Wei Yuewu was playing with a pile of leaves and a parcel full of leaves was beside her.
The yellow leaves were being folded by Huamo as if they were pieces of paper. She flipped them over and over and even dropped some leaves. Wei Yuejiao couldn’t see what was good in them.
But Wei Yuewu was apparently attracted and she kept watching with interest.
“Sure enough, she’s a typical wild girl from the countryside!” Wei Yuejiao couldn’t help but whisper in disdain.
Wei Yuewu raised her eyes and suddenly sneered. She raised her voice and asked, “Who is the wild girl from the countryside?”
Her voice was very abrupt. Not only did the people in the carriage hear her, but even the people outside the carriage heard her words. The handsome and noble man outside the carriage stopped and looked at the carriage that was parked at the side. The corners of his lips curled into a handsome smile. Aha, he didn’t expect that this little girl would actually come here as well.
However, Marquis Hua Yang was arriving at the capital today. It was only natural for his daughter to come and welcome him at the city gate.
“Your Heir-apparent…” Seeing that he had stopped, his guard hurriedly stepped forward.
“That’s it!” Yan Huaijing raised his head to look at the restaurant in front of him and strode inside.
“Your Heir-apparent, the restaurant we booked is not this one!” The guard hurriedly took a few steps forward with sweats over his forehead. In fact, the restaurant they had booked wasn’t far away. It was in a teahouse a few steps away.
“No problem, just this one!” Yan Huaijing shook his head and walked in. The guard had no choice but to run a few steps to book a room.
However, the rooms upstairs were almost all occupied today. But judging by the way this heir-apparent walked upstairs, one could tell that he was determined to have a room here.
The stairs took a turn, and Yan Huaijing stopped at a room opposite the staircase. There were two lad servants standing outside the room. Obviously, the room was occupied.
“Go and see who is inside.” Yan Huaijing gently said to the guard, “Marquis Hua Yang is about to enter the capital. Don’t let another accident happen at the city gate.”
These words were very meaningful. The guard had been following his master for a period of time. He sensed the toughness in the heir-apparent’s words and immediately responded, “Yes, master!”
The guard aggressively walked to the door and drew the sword in his hand. The two lad servants guarding the door had wanted to ask who they were, but under the cold light of the sword, the two lad servants were so frightened that they directly collapsed and fell into the room.
Inside the room, Xie Qingzhao and a fellow colleague of the Imperial Academy were drinking tea and talking. Suddenly, the door opened widely and the two lad servants directly fell in. Xie Qingzhao couldn’t help but frown slightly.
Looking at the guard who appeared at the entrance, Xie Qingzhao stood up and shouted sternly, “You unmannered guard, which mansion are you from?”
Xie Qingzhao’s lad servant was a bit bolder. He said with a trembling voice to embolden his master, “There… there are two Imperial Academicians here… You… don’t act recklessly!”
“Imperial Academician?” A gentle voice came. Whoever heard it would feel that the voice must come from an elegant and tender gentleman.
At the entrance, Yan Huaijing slowly walked in. He was wearing a snow coat with lace outlined by purple embroidery. His appearance was even more exquisite than women, and his temperament was like that of an immortal descended from heaven. That kind of gentleness particularly highlighted the noble temperament that he was born with.
He stood at the door with his hands folded behind his back and appeared amazingly elegant and handsome.
“Heir-apparent of… Duke of Yan?” Xie Qingzhao was at a loss for a moment. Then, he hurriedly saluted Yan Huaijing. The other Imperial Academician recognized Yan Huaijing as well and immediately saluted him.
Of course, he knew this heir-apparent of the Duke of Yan State, who had returned to the capital to present war prisoners to the Emperor. Moreover, Yan Huaijing’s appearance was destined to be remembered by those who had seen him even once.
No one dared to neglect the heir-apparent of the Duke of Yan State, who was having a powerful influence over the Imperial Court and was even feared by the Emperor!
Yan Huaijing raised his hand and his handsome eyes fell on Xie Qingzhao. Such demeanor was really charming, but Xie Qingzhao felt as if he was being targeted by a poisonous snake. He was so nervous that he didn’t even dare to move, as if he would be torn into pieces once he moved a little bit.
Such a heavy pressure came from the heir-apparent of the Duke of Yan State, who was as gentle and elegant as a piece of jade! It was truly puzzling! However, Xie Qingzhao was sure that the threat he felt came from exactly the heir-apparent of the Duke of Yan State in front of him.
“Xie Qingzhao, Imperial Academician Xie?” Yan Huaijing smiled and asked faintly.
“Exactly!” Xie Qingzhao had no choice but to summon up courage and answer. Sweats started to appear on his nose.
“Are you dealing with something here today?” Yan Huaijing casually sat down in a chair by the window and asked gently.
The seat by the window was in fact Xie Qingzhao’s. But now, Xie Qingzhao had to move aside and offer the seat to Yan Huaijing.
“No… nothing!” Xie Qingzhao didn’t dare to tell the truth. He felt he would attract a fatal blow if he said anything wrong.
“Since you don’t have anything to do here, then please go back!” Yan Huaijing lazily waved his hand to drive them away.
“But… But…” Xie Qingzhao couldn’t help but want to know why Yan Huaijing was driving them away.
“Have the two of you come here to greet Marquis Hua Yang? I didn’t know that Imperial Academician Xie had such a close relationship with the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang.” Yan Huaijing’s long and narrow eyes were glittering. His voice was still gentle and mellow. But it was enough to make Xie Qingzhao feel the chilly coldness in his tone.
“We… we’re not here to greet Marquis Hua Yang. I know nothing about Marquis Hua Yang’s arrival in the capital today.” Xie Qingzhao forced himself to calm down and hastily explained.
“Then, it’s really a coincidence that you chose such a good position if you are not here greeting Marquis Hua Yang!” Yan Huaijing was still smiling warmly, and the corners of his handsome lips curled up slightly.
“It’s indeed a coincidence! It’s indeed a coincidence!” Xie Qingzhao felt his forehead started to sweat. Yan Huaijing’s pair of clear eyes seemed to be penetrating his heart, and his words carried a deep meaning and firmness that no one dared to reject him.
“Then, let me happen to be here as well!” Yan Huaijing said indifferently. The meaning behind his words was enough to make Xie Qingzhao not dare to sit down again.
Coincidence? Even if it was really a coincidence, Xie Qingzhao could say nothing. As an Imperial Academician, Xie Qingzhao didn’t have any close friendship with Marquis Hua Yang. Although he was a distant relative of Marquis Hua Yang, it was impossible for him to greet Marquis Hua Yang at the city gate.
Xie Qingzhao could only retreat at this moment. He immediately pulled the sleeve of the other Imperial Academician beside him and said, “We… we have something to do now, so we won’t disturb Your Heir-apparent!”
The other Imperial Academician didn’t want to stay here to accompany this seemingly gentle but aggressive heir-apparent of the Duke of Yan State either. So, he also cupped his hands and took his leave.
Yan Huaijing watched as both of them hurriedly left with their lad servants. He waved his hand to a guard, “Go and see what Xie Qingzhao wants to do.”
“Yes, master!” The guard respectfully nodded and went to carry out the order.
A close attendant of Yan Huaijing called the waiter to serve the tea again. Yan Huaijing raised the curtain and looked down with his long and narrow eyes. As expected, he found that the carriage from the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang was parked right down there.
A coincidence! What a coincidence!
Yan Huaijing stretched out his slender fingers, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said indifferently, “Go and find out if Yan Feng and Yan Yang are there.”
“Master, I saw Yan Feng, but I didn’t see Yan Yang!” A guard appeared in the room and got down on one knee.
Yan Feng and Yan Yang were the guards Yan Huaijing had given to Wei Yuewu. They still lived in the mansion of Duke of Yan. However, they would immediately go to the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang upon receiving Jin Ling’s messages. So, they were no longer a part of Yan Huaijing’s security system.
It seemed that this cunning little girl had come up with another vicious plan. Yan Huaijing lowered his head with his lips curled into a gentle smile. Under his long eyelashes, his eyes became even brighter.
“Are those people here?”
The guard knew that Yan Huaijing was asking about the other three heirs-apparent. “The three heirs-apparent are all here, but the heir-apparent of Duke of Lu came alone. The heir-apparent of Duke of Qi and heir-apparent of Duke of Chu came together.”
“Chu Fangnan and Qi Yunhao are also here. What a coincidence!” Yan Huaijing suddenly let out a low laugh. He lightly tapped his fingers on the table and leaned back lazily. “It’s getting more and more interesting. Marquis Hua Yang? There are actually quite a few people paying attention to Marquis Hua Yang! I’m getting more and more interested!”
He seemed to be talking to himself. But hearing their master’s gentle laughter, the confidant attendants kept lowering their heads and pretended not to hear anything.
They preferred to pretending to hear nothing rather than getting the attention of their heir-apparent!
Basically, they felt that it had better be a “coincidence” if their heir-apparent was interested in anything!
Yan Huaijing took another sip of tea and frowned. “This tea isn’t good! Go and make another cup of tea. I’d like to drink the tea that was granted to me by His Majesty.”
“Yes, master. I will immediately bring another cup of tea!” Seeing that his master disliked the tea offered by the teahouse, the close attendant hurriedly answered. Then, he went to make another cup of tea…
Downstairs in the carriage, Wei Yuewu didn’t know that a cunning fox was observing her closely. She was looking at Huamo who was busy folding leaves. She was interested and reached out her hand to fetch a few of those leaves.
She had never played with leaves before. So not long after, the withered leaves were broken into pieces by her, and quite a bit of the broken leaves attached to her dress.
Although the dress was rather plain, it had some exquisite embroidery at the corners of the hemlines, cuffs, and seams. The embroidery was extremely delicate, and just a little bit of broken leaves would make it difficult to clean and the nice dress looked rather dirty now.
Wei Yuejiao saw the scene through the corners of her eyes. She couldn’t help but snort coldly. She looked at Wei Yuewu with disdain, thinking that Wei Yuewu was indeed an uneducated wild girl from the countryside. With this messy look, how could she meet anyone else?
However, Wei Yuejiao didn’t care because it was Wei Yuewu who would suffer humiliation a little later. So, she snorted coldly and didn’t say anything. She was even very pleased. She would like her father to witness the huge difference between her and Wei Yuewu. In this way, she would prove herself worthier of the title of the legitimate daughter than Wei Yuewu.
“Miss, your dress got dirty.” Huamo found the debris on the corner hemlines of Wei Yuewu’s dress. She reached out her hand and patted Wei Yuewu’s dress. She tried to remove the debris but failed.
“Wait. I’ll take it off for you to clean it!” Wei Yuewu patted her dress and said. She also found that much debris was stuck to her dress.
“Miss, hurry up. Lord Marquis will be entering the city soon!” Huamo nodded and kicked away some shattered leaves under her feet. Then, she helped Wei Yuewu take off the dress.
Wei Yuejiao watched the scene in front of her with ridicule. She felt that Wei Yuewu was really stupid. Her father’s carriage was about to enter the city. But Wei Yuewu was still trying to take off her dress to clean it. Wei Yuejiao wished that her father’s carriage would arrive at this moment. She would like to see how Wei Yuewu got out of the carriage to greet her father with such a messy look.
She couldn’t wait to see Wei Yuewu lose face!
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