Chapter 418: No! Someone is trying to assassinate me
Yun Ran frowned. She raised her head and saw a young woman in her twenties standing in front of her.
She was wearing an elaborate bright yellow dress, with red hairpins and rings on her head that jingled, and she had high eyebrows and an overbearing look.
"Royal sister, let's go." Next to the woman in the yellow skirt, a woman in a light blue long skirt pulled her arm, her voice gentle and soft.
Hearing the words of the woman in green skirt, Yun Ran roughly guessed the identities of the two people. They should be the two princesses that Ye Cangling had mentioned just now, Ye Yaocen and Ye Yaomo.
But, I don’t think I have offended them in any way, right?
Yun Ran was a little confused.
"I don't think I've met the two princesses before?" she tried to explain.
Ye Yaocen, who was wearing a yellow skirt, curled her lips and said, "You are so forgetful! Now that you are the Princess of Jing'an, you have forgotten the favor you owed my mother! People from the common people are really ungrateful!"
Yun Ran: ...?
“That’s enough!”
Ye Jingzhen's cold voice rang out, "Third sister, fourth sister, asking to marry Ranran is my personal wish, it has nothing to do with her."
"Fifth brother?" Ye Yaocen looked at Ye Jingzhen in disbelief. "Good, good! As expected, you've been living away from home since childhood, and you have a deep connection with the country girls! Now that we're engaged, you're already speaking for outsiders!"
Ye Yaocen was furious. On the side, Ye Yaomo seemed to be afraid of Ye Jingzhen and secretly glanced at him several times.
Then he pulled the corner of Ye Yaocen's clothes and pleaded in a low voice: "Imperial sister, forget it, let's go!"
Ye Yaocen clenched his hands into fists at his sides and glared at Ye Jingzhen angrily.
She didn't like her fifth brother who had been living away from home for many years, and there was no friendship between them. But after being provoked by Ye Yaomo's words, she became even angrier.
Ye Jingzhen ignored her glare and said calmly, "Father said you are girls, so he graciously allowed you to go back. But I think you are eager to stay and accompany Queen Shuxian."
"Why don't I go and ask my father to let you stay and accompany Queen Shuxian with us? Don't you have a lot to say to my Ranran? You can talk all night."
Ye Yaocen: ...
Ye Yaomo: ...
Ye Jingzhen’s aura was too strong. The two looked at each other, said nothing more, flicked their sleeves, and turned away.
Ye Jingzhen looked at the backs of the two people leaving quickly and raised his eyebrows in a good mood.
"Brother Xiaojing." Yun Ran called him.
"Yeah," Ye Jingzhen responded, "What's wrong?"
"How did I offend them?" She still hasn't figured it out.
Ye Jingzhen said, "It must be because of your attendance at Father's birthday banquet. The Concubine Xin who claimed to have invited you is the mother of these two."
"Oh..." Yun Ran suddenly realized.
"After my father's birthday banquet, Concubine Xin was ignored for a long time. I guess she holds a grudge against you."
Ye Jingzhen thought for a moment and said, "Ye Yaocen and Ye Yaomo must have started to hate you after hearing what Concubine Xin said."
She had almost forgotten about this matter before, but she didn't expect that these two princesses still remembered it.
"Oh." Yun Ran sighed while holding the small hand warmer in his arms.
"What's wrong?" Ye Jingzhen asked.
Yun Ran frowned and said, "I didn't expect that the people in the royal family would hold grudges like this."
Ye Jingzhen suddenly smiled and said, "I don't bear grudges, I only remember kindness. Don't judge me by one stroke."
"No, no, Brother Xiaojing is different!" Yun Ran said immediately.
"Yeah." Ye Jingzhen nodded. He liked the word 'different'.
As they were talking, the large group of people had already left one after another, leaving only the two of them standing alone in front of the mausoleum.
"Brother Xiaojing, are we going to stay here overnight?"
The surroundings were too quiet. Although Yun Ran was wearing enough clothes and holding a hand warmer, she did not feel cold. However, the guards guarding the gate of the imperial mausoleum had cold eyes that made her hair stand on end.
Ye Jingzhen nodded, frowned, and rubbed his temples.
It must be because he and his royal brother tricked Ye Cangling last time and secretly arranged his marriage with Yun Ran. This time, the old man was probably deliberately making things difficult for them.
Seeing the little girl beside him looking at him eagerly, Ye Jingzhen held Yun Ran's hand and asked gently, "Are you cold?"
Yun Ran shook her head. Thanks to the absurd dream last night, she wore so many clothes today. Otherwise, she would be the one shivering in the cold wind.
She looked up at Ye Jingzhen, and Ye Jingzhen was also looking down at her.
Then he asked, "Then... is Brother Xiaojing cold?"
Ye Jingzhen wanted to say that he wasn't cold, but his dark eyes turned, and he raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "A little bit."
The two looked at each other, and Yun Ran suddenly opened his rabbit fur cloak and pounced towards Ye Jingzhen.
Ye Jingzhen subconsciously opened his arms to catch her and held her in his arms, and Yun Ran got his wish and wrapped him in his little cloak.
Although Brother Xiaojing was too tall, she could only cover his waist and the part below.
Seeing her looking up at him with sparkling eyes, Ye Jingzhen reached out and scratched the tip of her nose.
Yun Ran smiled and said, "You wear less, so we can all stay warm."
The guards guarding the mausoleum not far away blushed, and after being glared at by Ye Jingzhen, they all lowered their heads and stared at the tips of their shoes in unison, looking so serious that they seemed to want to stare a hole in their shoes.
"Wait a little longer," Ye Jingzhen said, "When father and the others are almost back to the palace, we'll go back too."
There is only one way back, and if you run too fast you'll easily bump into someone.
"Don't we have to guard it all night?" Yun Ran was very honest. He glanced at the row of guards in front of the mausoleum and stared down at the tip of his shoes.
"If we run away, they...won't tell the emperor, right?"
Ye Jingzhen: "They don't dare."
That’s right, Brother Xiaojing is a prince. If you scare these people secretly about this kind of thing, they will pretend not to see it.
whoosh!
whoosh!
Suddenly, the sound of a sharp arrow breaking through the air rang out in the silent night.
Both of them had practiced martial arts, had sharp ears, and reacted quickly.
Ye Jingzhen grabbed Yun Ran and was about to take her to hide aside, but Yun Ran caught a glimpse of the sharp arrows shooting straight at them, and was about to squat down while hugging Ye Jingzhen.
As a result, the two of them used different forces and ended up hugging each other and rolling on the ground for several rounds.
Fortunately, the arrow was avoided.
The guards guarding the mausoleum hadn't reacted yet. Their eyes widened as they stared in confusion as the young Prince Jing'an suddenly rolled on the ground with his princess in his arms.
The sharp arrows became more and more dense, and the rain of arrows came towards them like an overwhelming torrential rain. They had no choice but to hug each other and roll hard into the bushes next to them. Only when they found shelter did they get a moment's respite.
Yun Ran's rabbit fur cloak had been punctured, but he couldn't care less at the moment.
She and Ye Jingzhen hid behind a bush and looked out.
The rain of arrows slowly stopped, followed by a series of messy footsteps.
More than fifty killers in night clothes and with their faces covered with black cloth surrounded the two from all directions and approached the place where they were hiding.
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