Thirty-six
"Yunqi, why do you seem different these days?"
Yun Qi came back to his senses and asked, "What's the difference?"
Old Eleven shook his head: "I can't say."
Yun Qi smiled and said, "Your Highness, you are overthinking it. Why did you come to see me today? Have you completed the tasks assigned to you by your royal brother?"
Upon hearing this, the Eleventh Prince immediately revealed a pained expression. "I get angry just mentioning this. As the Emperor, how can he let me, a prince, do this? Isn't he afraid that I might take advantage of the situation and...do something like that?"
Yun Qi smiled but said nothing, not pretending to be profound, but because he didn't know either. Ling Junyan's trust in the Eleventh Prince was undeniable, but it seemed that some things did exceed that limit.
But Yunqi felt that Ling Junyan must have his reasons for doing this, so he didn't want to ask too much.
Seeing no response, the Eleventh Elder suddenly panicked, "Yun Qi, you won't tell my story to the Emperor, will you? I treat you as a friend..."
Yun Qi looked at him and said, "Don't worry, I also treat the prince as a friend and will never betray a friend."
Old Eleven chuckled twice. "That's good, that's good. I came to see you today mainly because I want to ask you about someone."
"Who are you asking about?"
"That's my brother... Yun Shi, one of your former secret guards."
Yun Qi was a little surprised. When did they have any contact? "What does the prince want to ask?"
Old Eleven thought for a moment and said, "That's right, what kind of person is he?"
Yun Qi: “Ah?”
The Eleventh seemed to be tongue-tied. He quickly fiddled with his tongue twice before saying, "My brother the Emperor sent him to rescue me once before, and I wanted to make friends with him, but he was like a blockhead. No matter how I tried to talk to him, he would only reply that it was not polite. Then I thought, is it because I am not sincere enough? So I came to find you. It just so happens that your number is relatively high in the queue, and I haven't seen any second, third, fourth, fifth..."
Hearing this, Yun Qi couldn't help laughing, and Old Eleven looked at him in confusion.
Yun Qi explained: "The name of the secret guards starts with seven. You've never seen the previous ones before."
"Starting from seven?"
"You don't believe it?"
"No, no, no." Old Eleven stretched out his index finger and waved it left and right. "I'm just impressed by how much my brother loves me."
Yun Qi: What?
The Eleventh Old Man was extremely confident in his own understanding, "You see, he's the Seventh Old Man. He wanted to be ranked the same as you, but he didn't want to let you down, so he started with Seven."
Old Eleven stared at Yun Qi with his big watery eyes.
Yun Qi looked at him and pulled the corners of his mouth with difficulty. They were indeed brothers, with such unique trains of thought. Wasn't the name "Qi" really used just because it sounded nice?
Could this be true?
"So tell me quickly, what's going on with Yun Shi?" Old Eleven gave him an inquiring look.
Seeing that he wanted to ask so sincerely, Yun Qi had no choice but to satisfy him.
"From what I know about him, he's a cold-faced person with a warm heart, and he's incredibly kind to his brothers. The prince wants to be friends with him, and he can't agree openly due to etiquette, but perhaps he already considers the prince a very important person."
Old Eleven's eyes lit up, "Really?"
Yun Qi nodded confidently, "Your Highness, please don't rush into this matter. You have to take your time."
Old Eleven continued to ask, "How do you do it slowly?"
Yun Qi thought for a moment, "For example... he loves to fight with his brothers."
Old Eleven: "Then I'll go fight him!"
Yunqi: "Uh... he also likes darts."
Old Eleven: "Then I'll go...build him the best one!"
Yun Qi hesitated for a moment, but Old Eleven seemed addicted to asking, "Anything else? Anything else?"
After all this, Yun Qi couldn't remember for a moment, so he waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Alright, alright, the rest is up to Your Highness to handle. It's Your Highness who wants to make friends, and asking too many detailed questions would seem insincere. What do you think?"
Old Eleven restrained himself after hearing this, looked away and thought for a while, "That makes sense..."
Yun Qi glanced at him, raised the corner of his mouth, reached out to pour him a cup of tea, then poured himself some, picked it up and took a sip.
"Then I'll work hard on my own!"
Then Old Eleven looked around and changed the subject: "Why don't you stay in the palace? Why do you live here?"
Yun Qi followed his gaze and said, "It's a bit boring. Your brother has almost recovered recently. I have to take a break for a while, right?"
Old Eleven immediately made an expression that said "I understand".
Then he added, "You know that the prince of Diyue is going to do this big thing, right?"
"I've heard that this was finalized a long time ago."
"Yes, but logically they should have arrived two days ago, but up until today there has been no news from the delegation. Isn't this a provocation? I think they dare to be so negligent because they saw that my brother had just ascended the throne."
Yun Qi looked worried. "That shouldn't be the case. Diyue and our dynasty have always been on good terms. Did they encounter any difficulties?"
Old Eleven pursed his lips and said, "I don't know. This matter could be a big deal or a small one. It all depends on how the delegation explains it in the end."
After saying this, the Eleventh Elder noticed that Yun Qi was still worried, so he quickly comforted him, "Don't worry too much. With my brother and the Minister of Rites here, it will be easy to solve the problem."
That being said, though…
Old Eleven patted his shoulder and said, "It's really okay."
Yun Qi looked at him. It seemed that he would not give up easily without a response, so Yun Qi said: "I know, I know. I'm not worried at all."
The Eleventh Elder breathed a sigh of relief. "That's fine. Otherwise, if the Emperor knew that I made you unhappy, he would blame me again."
Yun Qi laughed dryly. So it was because of this, right?
Old Eleven, who felt good about himself, still thought that his comfort level was excellent. Seeing that it was almost time, he said, "Then Yun Qi, I'll leave first. You know, there are a lot of things to do..."
Normally, he would never bring up this matter on his own initiative. This time, the so-called "many things" could only be fighting and throwing darts.
Yunqi nodded.
After Old Eleven left the house, a figure jumped down from the roof.
Yunqi already knew who it was. "How long have you been listening? Do you know that someone is looking for you to fight?" Yunqi's tone contained a hint of watching the fun.
Yun Shi stood there in silence for a while.
Yun Qi said, "You're not going to tell me that what I just said to him was wrong, are you? If that were the case, why would you follow him here?"
Yun Shi neither agreed nor argued. He walked straight to sit opposite Yun Qi, took a cup, filled it with tea and drank it all in one gulp.
Yun Qi smiled, "Why are you still melancholy?"
Yun Shi put down the cup and said, "Boss..."
Yunqi waited for a long time, but there was no follow-up.
Yun Qi hurriedly stopped him, "Okay, okay, you don't have to say anything. In a word, follow your true inner thoughts and don't leave any regrets. If you want to become his confidant, don't worry about status. If you have never thought about it and don't want to, don't pressure yourself because of his kindness."
"I think."
Hearing these two simple words, Yun Qi felt as if a huge stone had finally fallen from his heart, because until the moment before, he was still thinking about how to explain to Yun Shi and the Eleventh Prince if he had done something wrong with good intentions.
Then you would really be a sinner.
But it's okay.
Yun Qi calmly concealed the guilty conscience he felt a few seconds ago, and said with a look of relief, "So now..."
Yun Shiyi said sternly, "I will accept his challenge right away."
Yun Qi was instantly choked and coughed several times. He didn't understand why everyone's brain circuits were so...
In the end, he gladly accepted it and said, "Okay, go ahead."
Yun Shi stood up, but didn't wait to leave.
Suddenly, there was a sound of something falling to the ground not far away, which immediately alerted the two men. They walked quickly in that direction.
I found a person lying there.
I have to say that the house is really bustling today. Some people came in through the main gate, some climbed on the roof, and some failed to climb over the wall.
When they got closer to check, they found that although the man's clothes were disheveled, it was not difficult to see that he had a handsome face under the dirt. He was wearing exotic clothes and was still alive, but was covered in injuries.
But after searching all over his body, he found nothing that could symbolize his identity.
"This man doesn't look like an ordinary businessman, but more like a nobleman." Yun Shi expressed his opinion.
You can tell from the quality of the clothes and jewelry.
Yun Qi: "Looking at him like this, he must be being hunted by someone."
At this moment, Yun Qi immediately thought of the First Vietnamese Mission that the Eleventh Prince had mentioned, and thought: This can't be such a coincidence...
But just in case, Yun Qi said, "Carry him in first."
The man's injuries were not serious, and he was soon out of danger under the treatment of the imperial physician assigned by Ling Junyan to Yunqi to stay in the mansion.
During this period, Yun Qi told everyone not to spread the news, and to wait for the person to wake up and find out the whole story. If they were really from the First Yue delegation, they should write to Ling Junyan as soon as possible.
The next day, Yun Shi went to the invitation of the Eleventh Prince, and only Yun Qi was waiting in the room.
Yun Qi gradually began to feel sleepy. After all, it was a dark and windy night, and it was easy for something to go wrong, so he hadn't dared to sleep. Now he propped his head up and tried to take a nap.
As soon as Yunqi closed his eyes, the person on the bed slowly opened his eyes at the right time.
He regained consciousness faster than ordinary people. It only took him one second to react, and then he quickly analyzed in his mind where he might be.
Then, he turned his head and his eyes fell directly on the person who was taking a nap over there, and his eyes widened instantly.
The originally "detective" thinking immediately became a mess.
As if he had noticed something, Yun Qi's eyebrows twitched and he opened his eyes naturally. He immediately saw the person on the bed staring at him, and his heart skipped a beat.
It's broad daylight, don't be so scary.
Yun Qi resisted the urge to rush up and beat the other person up, put his hand down, then stood up and walked over.
Before he could say anything, the person on the bed spoke first and asked, "Hello, may I ask, what is your name?"
Huh? This person isn't nervous at all in this unfamiliar environment.
Then Yun Qi remembered the look the other person had just given him, so instead of answering directly, he asked, "Do I look like someone you've known?"
The man shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I just want to get to know you."
Yun Qi was surprised, "Why?"
"Because..." the man said, feeling a little embarrassed and looking away.
But Yun Qi didn't want to wait for him to say, "Since you want to get to know me, shouldn't you introduce yourself first?"
The man seemed to realize his mistake and said, "You are right, I was rude. My name is Feng He, the prince of Diyue. Nice to meet you."
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