I believe you.
After all, if she were afraid, she would never dare to get on this carriage.
He had investigated long ago and found that she didn't know kung fu. Although she had bodyguards protecting her, he had tricked them all into going elsewhere that night.
Logically, his plan should have been foolproof, but a sense of unease crept into his heart.
A short while later, the carriage stopped.
Jian Yang lifted the carriage curtain and glanced at the building in front of her, exclaiming, "Your dad is indeed a tycoon."
Cai Lian smiled somewhat embarrassedly, "Miss Wang, please get out of the car. You must be tired after traveling all night."
At this moment, an old man walked out of the luxurious building; he looked like a butler.
The old man said to Cai Lian neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Young master, the master has gone to bed. Your room has been prepared by this old servant. Go and rest."
Although this man called himself an old servant, his attitude showed no respect whatsoever.
Cai Lian thanked him, then said somewhat awkwardly, "Would you mind tidying up another room, steward? The inn was robbed, and I brought some friends to stay for a few days."
The butler's face immediately showed some displeasure. He looked Jian Yang up and down a few times, and finally nodded reluctantly, saying, "Alright."
So Jian Yang followed Cai Lian into the mansion.
While the old butler wasn't looking, Jian Yang nudged Cai Lian's arm, "Young Master Cai, I have a feeling that your days ahead are probably not going to be very easy?"
Cai Lian gave a wry smile and said, "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Miss Wang, but if I can be with my father, I'm willing to endure any hardship."
Jian Yang: Okay, I respect that, and I wish you all the best.
At the same moment, the emperor unleashed a furious tirade in his bedchamber.
Eunuch Zhang dismissed the other palace servants and stepped forward to reassure the emperor, "Your Majesty, the Empress is always prudent in her work; she certainly won't act recklessly."
"Won't do anything reckless?" the emperor sneered.
"If she weren't so reckless, she wouldn't have faked her death, much less have followed a strange man home in the middle of the night!"
Just moments before, the imperial guards reported Jian Yang's whereabouts to him, and the emperor nearly choked on his own breath.
He hadn't left the palace to keep an eye on her for two days, and she still dared to run off with another man.
Is this trying to drive him crazy?!
"Go, bring Jian Hong to me!" The emperor was truly enraged this time.
An hour later, Jian Hong entered the palace.
"Your humble servant greets Your Majesty."
"No need for formalities," the emperor said, his brows furrowed. "It is truly unavoidable to disturb you so late, but I cannot swallow this insult without bringing you here."
Jian Hong was stunned. He rarely saw the emperor so emotionally out of control. He was very curious about what could have made him so angry.
The emperor, with a stern expression, told Jian Hong that Jian Yang had followed a strange man home in the middle of the night.
Jian Hong was greatly surprised.
He knew that Jian Yang had not left the capital, but he did not expect his younger sister to be so bold.
"Your Majesty, where has A-Yang gone? Your humble servant will take her away immediately!"
The emperor summoned him to the palace for this very purpose.
He can't control his wife, but his brother-in-law can always keep her in line!
After learning Cai Lian's address, Jian Hong left the palace without stopping.
Jian Yang had already fallen asleep by then.
Although the steward of the Cai family clearly disliked Cai Lian and her, it must be said that even a random room in a wealthy family's house is more comfortable than an inn.
Especially this bed, which was padded with three layers of thick mattresses. Jian Yang lay on it and stretched comfortably.
She made up her mind: even if the sky were to fall tonight, she would get a good night's sleep first.
Just as she was about to fall asleep, she was shaken awake.
Jian Yang was furious. She opened her eyes, ready to curse, but then she saw Jian Hong's familiar handsome face.
"Brother, what are you doing here?" Her anger vanished, replaced by a look of confusion.
Jian Hong said with a stern face, "I would like to ask you the same question: why did you run into someone else's side room?"
Jian Yang said with a grin, "Of course I'm here to sleep."
Jian Hong's expression worsened.
"Ayang, you're a young woman, what kind of behavior is it for you to go to a man's house alone and stay overnight?"
Jian Yang said nonchalantly, "We're just casual acquaintances, brother, don't overthink it."
"This isn't something I'm overthinking. If people find out you stayed overnight at a strange man's house alone, your reputation and innocence will be ruined!"
Jian Yang smiled and said, "It's okay, I don't care about that."
Jian Hong was so angry that he couldn't speak. Suddenly, he widened his eyes slightly.
"A-Yang, tell your brother the truth, have you taken a fancy to this scholar from the Cai family?"
Jian Yang: "..."
Jian Yang said, "Brother, what are you saying? Cai Lian is obviously younger than me, how could I possibly be interested in him?"
"Then why do you insist on going home with him?"
Jian Yang was so sleepy she was about to faint, and she lost patience.
She got up and pushed Jian Hong all the way to the door, angrily saying, "Anyway, it's not what you think. Brother, if you don't have anything important to do, hurry back. I want to sleep!"
After saying that, she shut Jian Hong out the door.
The poor, valiant general was driven out of the gate by his sister, and he was completely helpless.
Jian Hong felt sorry for Jian Yang for not sleeping so late, so he left the guards behind and returned to the general's mansion.
The next day, when the emperor learned that even his brother-in-law's efforts had failed to subdue Jian Yang, he was so angry that he barely ate anything all day.
As soon as it got dark, he changed into his night clothes and went to the Cai residence.
As it turned out, Jian Yang was not in the room.
The emperor's heart suddenly clenched.
Fortunately, he quickly regained his composure and learned from the guards that Jian Yang was in the garden, which put his mind at ease.
When he found Jian Yang, she was hiding furtively behind the artificial hill, doing something unknown.
The emperor silently appeared behind her and looked out from her perspective.
As a result, they saw Cai Lian's room directly opposite. At that moment, Cai Lian was sitting by the window reading, and the flickering candlelight made his fair face even more handsome.
The emperor's face immediately darkened.
His queen, instead of sleeping at night, actually went to someone's courtyard to spy on a wild man.
No man could stand this.
So he raised his hand and patted Jian Yang on the shoulder.
Jian Yang was so startled by the sudden slap that she almost jumped up from where she stood.
If she hadn't bitten her lip so hard, she would have screamed.
"The Empress seems to be in quite a mood," the Emperor said sarcastically.
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Jian Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She was terrified; she thought she had been discovered by the people in the manor.
"Why are you here?" Jian Yang said in a very low voice, looking quite displeased, showing no sign of the tension or fear of being "caught in the act".
While admiring her strong composure, the emperor asked in a low voice, "Is he more handsome than me?"
He hadn't referred to himself as "朕" (the imperial "I") in front of her for a long time, and his emphasis on his identity now was clearly an attempt to put pressure on her.
When Jian Yang heard him say this, she knew that he was another person who was overthinking things, just like her brother.
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