Ye Jingchen was somewhat excited.
Xie Chang'an had no need to specifically arrange to meet him outside the palace, so it must have been Xie Shaoling who arranged the meeting.
He first escorted Ye Jinghe back to the side hall. "Little Jinghe, your brother has to go out of the palace for a while. You can play by yourself for a while, or you can take a nap. Your brother will be back before dinner and will bring you a gift!"
"Is Brother going to find Xie Chang'an?" Ye Jinghe asked.
He saw Xie Chang'an whispering to his brother when he left, but he didn't know what Xie Chang'an said. His brother seemed very happy after hearing it.
Ye Jingchen was surprised by Ye Jinghe's keen insight and did not deny it. "I am going to see him, but it's not really looking for him. I'm just going to meet someone through him."
Ye Jinghe's eyes darkened. "Is that person very important to my brother?"
Otherwise, why would my brother still be so happy?
Ye Jingchen thought for a moment and nodded, "I guess so."
It is indeed quite important to resolve the conflict between the emperor and Xie Shaoling.
After all, if the emperor insisted on taking action against the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, Xie Chang'an would certainly not sit idly by and wait for his doom. The struggle between the two sides would only deplete the national strength of Dayuan.
Moreover, powerful families are also eyeing the situation covetously.
"Then go ahead, brother. I'll wait for you to come back so we can have dinner together," Ye Jinghe said calmly, his eyes lowered.
"Good boy!" Ye Jingchen said, pinching Ye Jinghe's chubby little face before leaving.
Ye Jinghe covered his face, watching his brother's figure walk further and further away until he finally left his bedroom.
He is only four years old now, and it will be two more years before he can leave the palace with his older brother.
I really hope these two years will pass in the blink of an eye.
After returning to his own palace, Ye Jingchen dismissed all the palace servants, saying he needed to sleep.
"Chenxi, could you make us look more like brothers this time?" he said before Chenxi started disguising him.
"Why?" Chenxi asked.
"Let's see if Xie Chang'an can still recognize us at a glance!" Ye Jingchen said with high spirits.
He just wouldn't believe it!
Chenxi didn't say anything. After a few actions, Ye Jingchen looked in the mirror and found that he and Chenxi had the same eyebrows and skin color. Their faces were both a bit chubby, so they did look somewhat similar.
Of course, the fat on his face is completely different from the baby fat on Chenxi's face.
"Do all bodyguards have to be so multi-talented?" he sighed, looking in the mirror.
Chenxi ignored him, and he didn't care.
After Chenxi led him out of the palace and onto the main street of the imperial city, he reached out his hand to Chenxi.
Chenxi was puzzled.
“Since we’re brothers, you, as the elder brother, should naturally hold my hand, otherwise what if I get lost?” Ye Jingchen said, taking Chenxi’s hand.
If it were when he first transmigrated into the book, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold another person's hand so naturally. However, now that he's adapted to the body of an eight-year-old and has even clung to the emperor's leg, he doesn't care about these small details anymore.
Holding her hand, Chenxi's body stiffened slightly.
After becoming a bodyguard, he wasn't used to being so close to people, but he didn't shake off Ye Jingchen's hand and tacitly approved of his behavior.
Actually, he was somewhat unconvinced, unconvinced that Xie Chang'an was able to recognize them so easily.
"Besides the movements, there's also the gaze; the gaze must be on point." Ye Jingchen said, his gaze towards Chenxi gradually changing.
His originally calm gaze gradually turned into one of joy and admiration.
This is the look Ye Jingchen practiced in front of the mirror. Thanks to the emperor's good genes, his big eyes can make any expression look nuanced.
Looking into Ye Jingchen's eyes, Chenxi's expression stiffened even more.
Even knowing it was fake, he still felt something was off.
Moreover, he's not as good at acting as Ye Jingchen.
"Lower your eyes and look at me out of the corner of your eye. Just keep this posture." Seeing his cold face, Ye Jingchen didn't make things difficult for him and gave him some pointers.
Chenxi felt relieved and quickly did as instructed.
"How come you're so skilled at these things?" he couldn't help but ask Ye Jingchen.
"I saw it in a book," Ye Jingchen said without thinking.
After saying that, he felt that the words sounded familiar, and remembering something, he quickly looked at Chenxi's expression.
Chenxi didn't speak, but his expression seemed to convey something.
"Do you think I'd believe your nonsense?" Ye Jingchen thought that's what Chenxi said.
"Actually, I learned it in my dream." Ye Jingchen's mind raced, and he came up with a convenient excuse.
“I told Xie Chang’an that after I fell into the water, I had a long dream. In the dream, I lived a life as another person.”
"Although it was just a dream, it felt so real that it had a huge impact on me! Don't you think I've changed a lot since I woke up from the water?" Ye Jingchen asked calmly.
Chenxi nodded to herself. It wasn't just that he had changed a lot; it was as if he had become a completely different person.
If Ye Jingchen hadn't never left his sight, he would have seriously suspected that Ye Jingchen had been replaced.
but--
It's just a dream, can it really have such a big impact on a person?
Chenxi had her doubts, but she didn't delve into them. After all, the current Ye Jingchen was much better than the original Ye Jingchen, and he met her expectations for His Highness's child.
Ye Jingchen took Chenxi's hand and walked into the teahouse, choosing a seat similar to the one in the main hall last time. When he sat down, he deliberately moved his chair closer to Chenxi's, so they were very close.
He also ordered a pot of tea, poured himself a cup, held it in his hand, and moved closer to Chenxi, almost touching her with his whole body.
"Can you sense that there are people in the private room?" he asked in a low voice.
There were still 15 minutes left until the time he and Xie Chang'an had agreed upon. Based on his understanding of Xie Chang'an, they should have arrived by now.
“Yes,” Chenxi said after a moment of silence.
"Let's have some tea first and see if he can recognize me this time!" Ye Jingchen poured a cup of tea for Chenxi as well.
He was having a great time. Anyway, it was only a few steps between the upstairs and downstairs rooms. If Xie Chang'an hadn't recognized him, he could have easily gone to the private room to show off.
However, before he could finish his cup of tea, he saw a guard-like figure approaching their location.
Then, just like last time, the person showed his badge and said that their young master invited him.
Ye Jingchen looked up at the private room and came into view two very similar faces, one big and one small.
The smaller one was indifferent, with a hint of disdain on its face, while the larger one was smiling, with an amused smile as if it had discovered something interesting.
Ye Jingchen paid for the tea and placed it on the table. He and Chenxi then went upstairs with the guards.
"How did you recognize us this time? Don't tell me it's intuition again. You're not a young lady, where would you get such accurate intuition?" Ye Jingchen asked defiantly as soon as they entered the private room.
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