Chapter 194 I'm your own brother!

Unexpectedly, as they walked, they ran into Xie Yunyang and Xie Yunchuan, who had just come down the mountain.

From afar, they spotted the two riding towards them and waved to them, calling out, "Brother Crown Prince, brother!"

The other two also stopped and greeted the newcomers.

The two men came over one after the other, dismounted, and saw Xie Yunqi's strange attire, and laughed at the same time.

Xie Yunyang pondered his attire for a moment, but couldn't figure out what he was doing after thinking for a long time: "Fifth brother, what are you doing?"

"Oh, this."

Xie Yunqi gave his third explanation of the day. After finishing, Xie Yunqi showed off the "magical artifacts" he had made and invited them to join him.

"How about that? Pretty impressive, huh? This stick of mine is more powerful than any of your arrows! Want to come with us and poke a beehive?"

Sheng Sheng couldn't bear to watch; she couldn't understand how her fifth brother could say so shamelessly that the long staff was more powerful than a bow and arrow.

Xie Yunyang shook her head, suppressing a laugh: "No need, you guys have fun."

Xie Yunqi shook his head with his hands behind his back, quite regretfully: "Well, it seems that His Highness the Crown Prince and my second brother will not have the chance to witness my heroic bearing."

Xie Yunqi had to hold his helmet steady while speaking, and now with one hand behind his back, the large helmet was wobbling precariously, looking extremely comical on him.

Xie Yunchuan couldn't help but clear his throat to hide his laughter: "Fifth Brother's outfit is really... unique."

Xie Yunqi thought it was a genuine compliment and proudly puffed out his chest.

"Of course, this is a clever little design I put together!"

"Hmm, very clever, this mud is the perfect finishing touch." Xie Yunchuan touched him and pulled out some mud. "Let me guess, hmm... it's hard to guess, is this mud to cover up your smell?"

She burst out laughing, her eyes crinkling with laughter.

My brother is so funny.

Xie Yunyang also lowered her head and smiled, her eyes also filled with laughter, quietly watching Xie Yunchuan tease Xie Yunqi.

"Hmph, you guessed wrong, didn't you?" Xie Yunqi proudly raised his head. "This is to make the bees think I'm a patch of dirt, to confuse them!"

Xie Yunqi paused, scratched his head and chuckled, "Hehehe, although my sister said this is useless, she said I might as well put a few flowers in my hair."

Xie Yunchuan raised an eyebrow, looked at Sheng Sheng, and questioned her with his eyes.

He shrugged innocently.

Xie Yunchuan smiled but didn't say anything.

Seeing that they had nothing left, Sheng Sheng asked, "Brother, did you go down the mountain without catching any prey?"

Lu Chi assumed they, like himself, had already obtained their satisfactory prey, so he said, "I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince and the Second Prince have had a great harvest. They must be here today to make their final preparations."

Xie Yunchuan glanced at him, ignored him, and just looked at her and instructed her: "Be careful when you go to disturb the beehive, hide behind Fifth Brother, and don't get too close."

Sheng Sheng nodded obediently: "Yes, Sheng Sheng knows, Sheng Sheng will be fine. Besides, Fifth Brother and Young Master Lu are protecting Sheng Sheng, so Brother, don't worry."

Xie Yunchuan rubbed her head before turning back to Lu Chi and asking casually, "Young Master Lu, why aren't you going into the mountains today?"

"Oh, Your Highness, I've already hunted a sika deer, so I won't join the fun today. I happened to run into the Fifth Prince at the factory who was taking the Second Princess to play at the foot of the mountain, and since I had nothing else to do, I came along," Lu Chi replied politely.

For some reason, Lu Chi felt that Xie Yunchuan's gaze towards him was somewhat oppressive, which puzzled Lu Chi.

But when Lu Chi looked at Xie Yunchuan again, Xie Yunchuan's expression remained indifferent, and there was hardly any change in his expression.

Lu Chi was puzzled. Was he being too sensitive and overthinking things?

Xie Yunchuan nodded and hummed in agreement.

Sheng Sheng tugged at Xie Yunchuan's sleeve and asked, "Where are my Crown Prince and my brother? Are they heading back to the hunting grounds?"

"We need to take care of something."

"work?"

Xie Yunqi took off his helmet and asked with great interest, "Something to do? What is it? Can I go?"

Xie Yunqi thought for a moment, then added, "Oh, if it's something the Emperor asked you to attend a meeting or something related to studying, then there's no need to mention it."

Upon hearing this, Xie Yunyang frowned, somewhat helplessly, and adopted the air of an elder brother: "Fifth brother, you're all grown up now. Don't always worry Father about your studies. You're already nine years old, it won't be long before..."

Xie Yunqi touched his nose and interrupted him: "Oh dear, Your Highness, please stop reading. I am your dearest younger brother. You know I don't like these kinds of things."

Xie Yun-yang was impartial and incorruptible: "The crown prince is not among the princes."

Xie Yunqi was shocked: "Your Highness, what do you mean? You don't acknowledge me as your brother anymore!"

Lu Chi, with great tact, lowered his head and looked away.

She blinked, completely bewildered that Xie Yunyang had started joking with them like this.

Although Xie Yun-yang was gentle and easy-going, she was very serious. She mostly indulged their playful antics but rarely participated herself.

Because he was the crown prince, the crown prince on whom Empress Zheng placed high hopes and on whom the Zheng family suppressed all their efforts.

I don't know when it started, but Xie Yunxiang gradually melted away.

Perhaps it was because Xie Yun-yang never saw Empress Zheng again after she was placed under house arrest that the oppression he felt from her gradually eased.

Xie Yunqi jumped up and down in front of Xie Yunyang, determined to get an explanation. His raincoat even snagged on Xie Yunyang's clothes. Xie Yunchuan couldn't stand it and pushed him away with a finger with a hint of disgust.

"Alright, go have some fun."

Xie Yunyang patted himself off in disgust: "Yeah, don't rub against me, you'll get me all dirty."

The two's blatant disdain angered Xie Yunqi. Xie Yunqi snorted, turned around and left, putting his helmet back on as he did so: "Hmph, taking my sister to stir up a hornet's nest! Shengsheng, let's go!"

Xie Yunqi swaggered forward with his men. Sheng Sheng guessed that Xie Yunchuan and the other man were not saying what they were going to do because Lu Chi was present, so she didn't ask any further.

Sheng Sheng waved to the two of them and chased after them, saying, "Sheng Sheng is off now. After Sheng Sheng and Fifth Brother get back a big beehive, Sheng Sheng will make honey water for the brothers!"

Upon seeing this, Lu Chi quickly took his leave.

Xie Yunchuan and the other person watched the little dumpling leave. After the group had gone far away, Xie Yunchuan said with some surprise.

"Was that General Lu's second son just now? He's the one who made my second brother personally ask Father for a spot in the competition?"