Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Li Yian calculated everything, but he couldn't...

Li Yian had planned everything, but she never expected that after she tried so hard to escape from the plot, the plot master would work hard to straighten the plot back to normal. While Li Yian was silently spitting blood in her heart, she also had to sigh that the plot master was really damn conscientious.

Now, she stood in the middle of the palace hall, and in front of her were Li Xuan and another girl in gorgeous clothes.

The woman was about seventeen or eighteen years old. She looked somewhat like Li Xuan and could be considered pretty, but her temperament was not gentle. Instead, she had the air of a spoiled princess. Her eyebrows were always furrowed in impatience. She looked at Li Yian as he entered the hall and asked unhappily, "Why didn't Mu Yang protect me?"

When the princess cast an unfriendly glance at Li Yian, she quickly realized that things were going to get tough for her. It was like escaping from a tiger's den and running into a wolf's.

Li Yian had no choice but to walk up to them, bowed respectfully, and said calmly, "Hello, little princess. I am Li Yian. I will protect you from now on." Then he bowed to Li Xuan, "Third Prince."

Although Li Xuan was her classmate in the theological society and she didn't need to be too formal with him in the society, but in the palace, Li Yian had to respectfully call him the Third Prince.

Unlike the feudal, hierarchical system of ancient Chinese royalty, the Yao Kingdom's royal family, the Li clan, preferred a single, extended family governing the nation. When meeting a member of the Li family, kowtow was unnecessary; simply bowing showed respect.

Li Yian usually bows to people he respects, such as the high priest; or he bows to people he is not familiar with but has a good impression of, such as Cheng Qiu; finally, he bows to people of the royal family as a sign of etiquette.

Li Xuan stood beside the little princess Li Xia. After nodding slightly to Li Yian, he turned to look at Li Xia and said indifferently, "Li Yian is more than capable of protecting you."

Li Yian didn't expect Li Xuan to speak for him. He looked up at Li Xuan in surprise.

Li Xia's face was full of reluctance. "I don't want it. I only want Mu Yang. Even if Mu Yang doesn't have much martial arts, there are other guards. It's not like there are no people with high martial arts skills in the palace..."

Li Yian didn't know how Mu Yang's Mary Sue aura had reached the palace, and even the princess insisted on his protection. But Mu Yang's body might be even weaker than the princess's, and he couldn't even protect himself, so he needed Li Xuan's protection. Now the princess insisted on Mu Yang?

This incident...left Li Yian confused for a moment.

When Li Xia kept saying that she only wanted Mu Yang, Li Xuan just frowned and said, "Go tell my father yourself. It has nothing to do with me." His cold words made Li Xia stomp her feet and yell angrily, pointing at Li Yian, "Hey! You, go tell my father!"

Li Xia's shrill voice made Li Yian, who usually liked quietness, frown uncomfortably.

Although Qi Yang also liked to speak at the top of his voice, his voice was bold and not harsh, and Li Yian was used to it. But Li Xia's disagreement was like a whistle, which made Li Yian, who had originally wanted to get along with her, feel a little repulsed.

She raised her eyes and was about to say something, but she heard Li Xuan say coldly, "Stop it."

Li Xuan was a difficult person to get along with, and now he spoke in a cold voice, which made people feel even more chilled.

The arrogant little princess immediately shut up in grievance when she heard Li Xuan's voice change. She had always been afraid of her third brother, who never doted on her and was always mean and annoying.

And now, she was even more disgusted with the woman in black in front of her. When she was being scolded, she ran in to embarrass her. So even after she shut up in grievance, she still kept staring at Li Yian.

Li Yian was stared at innocently, and was stunned for a moment. Perhaps because she had been stared at too many times by Mu Yang's servants, the little princess's skills were not even one percent of Mu Yang's servants. She said to the little princess, "Little princess, please discuss with the king whether to let me guard you. Until the king lets me go, I still have the responsibility to protect you. If you don't want to see me, I won't let you see me."

When she was guarding Mu Yang, she already had enough experience to solve the problem of "protecting closely without being seen".

After saying that, she bowed to Li Xia and turned to leave.

As she turned to leave, she could hear Li Xia cursing angrily, "What kind of attitude is this..." But she quickly shut up as if she was afraid of Li Xuan, and kept stomping her feet in anger.

Li Yian sighed silently in his heart. Why did he, this unlucky villain, always have bad luck wherever he went?

The guard Alin who brought her here saw Li Yian's dejected face and felt a little sympathy in his heart. After all, the little princess had the worst temper among all the princes and princesses in the palace.

Although the Third Prince, Li Xuan, was not easy to get along with, he had never troubled the servants, and they had always lived in peace. However, the young princess, Li Xia, would often beat and scold the guards and servants.

But they couldn't discuss the royal family freely. Even if they felt sympathy for Li Yian, they couldn't show it. He took Li Yian to a house not far from the little princess's palace and said, "This is the house you will live in from now on. A special maid will take care of your daily life. If you need anything, just come to me."

"Thank you." Li Yian nodded at him.

A Lin left quickly. Li Yian put his luggage on the wooden table. He was unpacking the bag and taking out his clothes, bow and arrows, etc. when he heard Li Xuan's voice coming from the door.

"You don't have to worry about what Xiao Xia says. You were arranged by Priest An to be a trainee warrior, not to be her servant. If she does something excessive, you don't have to indulge her."

Li Yian was stunned for a moment, and quickly turned around. Seeing that it was indeed Li Xuan who said these words, she widened her eyes in surprise.

Li Xuan has always been indifferent to other people's affairs. He is arrogant and doesn't communicate much with others. But at this moment, he said these words of comfort to her, which surprised Li Yian as if Li Xuan had been possessed by a soul. He must have become a different person inside.

Li Xuan leaned against the door frame with his arms folded. He glanced at her and explained, "Priest An asked me to take care of you."

Originally, An Si planned to accompany Li Yian to the palace to help Li Yian with some arrangements, but he was too busy with the evil matters to spare time, so he specially asked Li Xuan to come and help Li Yian familiarize himself with the palace.

"What about Mu Yang?" Li Yian asked hurriedly.

Li Yian was very grateful to the High Priest for thinking so much about her, but she was really scared when she asked Li Xuan to take care of her. She had clearly come to the palace to escape Mu Yang and Li Xuan, but Li Xuan also came. So she really escaped to the palace in vain.

Moreover, Li Xuan and Mu Yang have always been inseparable. As Mu Yang's guardian, how could Li Xuan leave Mu Yang and come to the palace to take care of her?

"Mu Yang is also in the palace, living next door to you."

Li Xuan's light words made Li Yian's chest tighten and he almost vomited blood.

Later, Li Yian learned that the High Priest found Bai He's transformation into a human very strange, and specially asked Mu Yang to come and investigate. After all, Mu Yang was well-versed in various ancient books and was a good helper to Li Yian.

Li Yian then realized why Mu Yang was not in the farewell procession when she left the Mu Mansion in a carriage, because Mu Yang had set off for the palace earlier than her!