Xuan Di glanced at the brown-clad servant's expression, gave a cold smirk, and then, with a flick of his wrist, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
"ah!"
With a scream, a small stone fell to the ground. Xuan Di stepped forward, kicked the brown-clad servant away, and pulled the pained scholar Lin over.
The brown-clad servant didn't even see how Xuandi made his move; he only saw a blur of a figure before he was thrown away.
As for Scholar Lin, he was even more bewildered. One moment he was being restrained by the brown-clad servant and unable to move, and the next moment he felt a sudden lightness on his body and lost his balance.
Xuandi saw Lin Xiucai being thrown out and quickly pulled him up, steadying him. "Are you alright?"
"N-nothing..." Lin Xiucai looked at the boy in front of him, who was about ten years old. His heart was filled with shock and awe. He quickly cupped his hands and bowed to him.
Xuandi waved his hand casually, "It's alright as long as you're fine. Don't worry about me. His Highness the Crown Prince is waiting for you."
As he spoke, Xuandi smiled wickedly and raised an eyebrow at him suggestively.
Lin Xiucai was taken aback, and at first he was a little confused by Xuandi's hint.
He stared blankly at Huo Chengche, then suddenly realized what was happening and immediately pretended not to recognize Huo Chengche, stepping forward in a panic and saying, "Your Highness?! You...you really are His Highness the Crown Prince?! This humble subject...this humble subject pays respects to His Highness the Crown Prince! Your Highness, may you rest in peace!"
Xuandi watched as the sensible scholar Lin Xiucai took the plunge and whistled leisurely.
The little boy pouted and said in a childish voice, "Fifth Brother is just like a tapeworm in the Crown Prince's belly."
Xuandi, who was whistling, was immediately choked and coughed.
Huo Chengche glanced at Lin Xiucai with satisfaction, then pretended not to recognize him and said indifferently, "Young master, you are too kind. Please rise. What has happened?"
Before he finished speaking, the brown-clad servant who had been thrown aside by Xuandi also got up.
Although he was grimacing, the speed at which he got up showed that Xuandi hadn't really hurt him.
The servant in brown looked at Huo Chengche with fear and astonishment in his eyes.
After questioning Lin Xiucai, Huo Chengche turned his gaze to the brown-clad servant boy, "Tell me, who are you? Just now, did you attempt to harm this young master?"
Before he could finish his question, the brown-clad servant had already darted out.
"Halt! Men, pursue him!"
Huo Chengche watched the brown-clad servant run away, a deep smile flickering in his eyes, while he reprimanded him in a serious tone.
Of course, Xuandi was standing to the side, casually picking up two foxtail grasses. He was busy tying a little rabbit around the little baby who was whining and about to tell on him. He didn't have time to catch him.
Seeing this, Lin Xiucai stopped pretending not to recognize Huo Chengche, walked up to him, bowed and asked, "Your Highness, did you deliberately let him go so that his master would think that I had not revealed any information to Your Highness?"
Huo Chengche withdrew his gaze, shifted his weight to the other shoulder while holding the little baby, not giving Mou Di a chance to coax his little wife with just two blades of grass.
"Well, I don't want to become a target in the open so early. Besides, baiting the lake might yield unexpected results." The young man smiled deeply, bouncing the little baby in his arms, which immediately made her turn her gaze from Xuan Di to him.
Just as Huo Chengche was about to speak to the little boy, he suddenly heard a series of ghostly wails and howls behind him.
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