Er Kang, who wasn't nervous at first, suddenly became tense when he saw even Yong Xuan frowning.

The others, seeing Yongxuan's furrowed brows, felt their hearts leap into their throats.

Everyone glanced at Er Kang, who looked extremely nervous.

How serious is Er Kang's illness? Even Yongxuan frowned.

You know, there aren't many things that can make Yongxuan frown, and now even Yongxuan is frowning. Is Erkang about to die?

They won't be able to explain this to Lord Furen when they go back.

After coming out, Er Kang explained that they needed to consider whether to carry the body back or bury it on the spot.

If they bury him on the spot, they can still fabricate a story that someone has gone missing. If they take him back, it will be difficult to explain to Lord Furen.

When tension reaches its peak, it becomes hilarious; people's inner monologues are quite rich these days.

"How about it?"

After a long while, Yongxuan let go of her hand, turned around and looked at Chen Nian. Their eyes met, and Chen Nian was the first to look away awkwardly.

She hasn't forgiven Yongxuan yet.

"If I haven't made a mistake in diagnosis, it should be as you think."

Yongxuan looked at the awkward person and smiled helplessly.

She's still the same soft-hearted little girl she was when she was a child.

Are you sure?

Hearing Yongxuan's words confirm her guess, Chen Nian still wanted to struggle a bit more, hoping that she had misjudged the situation.

"Yeah, ninety percent, you know me."

Seeing the disbelief in Shen Nian's eyes, Yong Xuan, though unwilling to shatter Shen Nian's illusions, still told the truth.

This is not something they can deny by running away; with Ertai around, they simply cannot ignore it.

Hearing Yongxuan's words, Chen Nian knew that it was basically confirmed.

Yongxuan is not one to speak about things he is unsure of, nor is he a liar.

The two exchanged a glance and both noticed a hint of seriousness on each other's faces.

That thing is not easy to deal with. Fortunately, it didn't cause Er Kang much damage, but... given their current situation, they can't solve it. They might even need Chang Shou's help.

Let's talk about it when we get back to the palace...

...

"Alright, you can go back now. We'll let you know the results once we've confirmed them. One last friendly reminder: stay away from your good Ziwei. If you think I'm trying to sow discord, then just pretend I didn't say anything."

Chen Nian looked up at the person opposite him and spoke calmly.

They could see the illness, but they needed to discuss how to treat it. Telling Er Kang before they had a complete solution would only cause more trouble and might even make things worse.

After dealing with their business, they still hadn't gotten any real work done today. They still had to teach Qing'er how to ride a horse, so they couldn't waste all their time on Er Kang.

They should do their serious business when they need to, and have some fun when they need to. Once the serious business is done, they'll still have time to play.

Thank you.

Er Kang knew they didn't like him and that staying would only annoy them. Even though he really wanted to stay, he still chose to leave.

"Take Ziwei's horse with you, we don't need it."

Er Kang's attitude improved, and Shen Nian, who wasn't unreasonable, also became much more cooperative.

"Your horses? That's not enough. This horse has already been cleaned."

Hearing Chen Nian's words, Er Kang stiffened. Did they really dislike him that much?

"That's enough. Qing'er can ride mine, but you can take Ziwei's horse back with you."

After that incident, Shen Nian was definitely worried about Qing'er riding Ziwei's horse, as who knew what might happen.

She was not comfortable letting Qing'er come into contact with anything related to Ziwei.

Moreover, she wanted to prevent Qing'er from meeting Xiao Jian. There were many ways to solve the problem of not having enough horses. She didn't necessarily have to use Ziwei's horse. Couldn't she and Qing'er ride together?

"good."

Erkang paused for a few seconds, then answered in a hoarse voice, turned around, and dejectedly led his horse away.

...

"Alright, alright, let's go teach Qing'er how to ride a horse."

In the end, it was Little Swallow who came out to liven up the atmosphere.

"good."

Chen Nian pulled Qing'er to his horse and reached out to touch the obedient and beautiful white horse in front of him.

"Qing'er, you ride mine, Yun'er is very good."

"Yun'er, let me tell you, if you drop Qing'er or anything, I won't find you a mare. You'll be a bachelor for life, while your brothers all have foals, and you'll just be able to watch them with envy."

After finishing speaking to Qing'er, Chen Nian then menacingly "threatened" Yun'er.

Haha~

The four people who came along couldn't help but laugh as they listened to Chen Nian's adorable threat.

Just as he was threatening the horse, he heard laughter behind him, turned around and glared at the group.

These people are both good and bad. She was trying to reason with the horse, and they interrupted her train of thought.

Seeing that the person had stopped smiling, he turned back to look at the horse.

"Niannian, aren't you afraid of upsetting Yun'er with your threats?"

“Moo~”

As if in agreement with Qing'er's words, the horse let out a long sigh.

Yun'er also has a bit of a rebellious streak.

"Hahaha!"

"Niannian, Yun'er is not happy."

Little Swallow sidled up to Shen Nian, poked him, and rubbed salt into his wound.

"Yun'er!!!"

Chen Nian never expected Yun'er to be so disrespectful to him. He reached out and grabbed Yun'er's horse ear, roaring.

The shrewish roar from the east bank of the river successfully made Yun'er, who was originally high and mighty, lower her head and rub her head against Chen Nian with a wronged expression.

It was more of a roar than a loud one.

Like the people around Shen Nian, Chen Nian's horse is very doting on its master. It just agreed with Qing'er's words because Shen Nian didn't trust it, which is why it dismantled Shen Nian's platform.

"Alright, alright, Yun'er, be good. I didn't distrust you. I'm just telling you to be careful of accidents, okay? Qing'er is the most important person to me, and nothing can happen to her."

As Yun'er rubbed against him, sensing her distress, Chen Nian's heart softened. He reached out and hugged Yun'er's head, stroking her fur and speaking soothingly.

She was genuinely worried about the plot. The plot had to go on, so she could only be extremely careful. Once the time of Qing'er and Xiao Jian's first encounter passed, she wouldn't need to worry too much.

A major reason why Qing'er fell for Xiao Jian was because of the fact that Xiao Jian had saved her life time and time again.

Yongxuan is back now.

With Yongxuan, a martial arts overpowered character, around, if there's ever a chance to use Xiao Jian to protect Qing'er, she'll just bury him on the spot!

Useless people should be buried; if they rise again after being buried, then that's another story.

Yongxuan, who was being stared at by Chen Nian, felt a little uneasy looking at Chen Nian's "fierce" eyes, and subconsciously shrank closer to Qing'er.

He felt that he was in some danger, and that Youyou was definitely up to no good again.

Only Qing'er can save him.

The food chain among the three is: Yongxuan < Chennian < Qing'er. Of course, Qing'er sometimes listens to Yongxuan more, so the new food chain is...

Yongxuan < Chennian < Qing'er < Yongxuan, forming a complete cycle.

...