It was late at night. Shen Ye pulled his wet clothes tighter and walked on the deserted road.
The moonlight lengthened his shadow.
There was a sense of loneliness and desolation.
When he got home, Yu Rong was still awake and was sitting in the living room waiting for him.
"Brother, why are you so late? I was so worried about you." Yu Rong walked over anxiously. "Brother, why are your clothes still wet? Go change quickly, or you'll catch a cold."
"Okay, go to sleep now, it's getting late." Shen Ye patted his sister's head, then turned and went back to his room.
The Prince of Ning'an's Mansion.
In the dimly lit room, Lian Jingzun stood majestically by the window like an emperor, his eyes fixed on the hot spring pool not far away.
The man had an icy expression, and his thin, sharp lips were as straight as if they had been drawn with a ruler.
“Your Highness, the Princess Consort has been sitting in the bridal chamber ever since she entered the manor and has never come out,” Chengqian said truthfully from the side.
"Um."
The man didn't even blink, his eyes still fixed on a spot in the hot spring pool not far away.
"I heard that an assassin broke into the manor tonight, and went to the Flying Feather Pavilion..."
The man's eyes suddenly turned icy cold, and he abruptly looked at Chengqian, startling him.
The prince is acting strangely today. In the past, when assassins entered his mansion, he would have his guards search the entire mansion to find them and torture them to death, because he would not allow anyone to challenge his authority.
Chengqian paused for a few seconds before finally speaking, "What about the Princess Consort?"
"Send someone to inform her tomorrow morning that she should get ready early and come to the palace with me to express her gratitude." With that, he turned and walked into the inner room, leaving Chengqian with only an elegant and noble back view.
Early the next morning, Shen Ye went to Chang'an City again. As soon as those people saw him, they rushed over like madmen and pinned him to the ground. He instinctively tried to resist, but their fists rained down on him, accompanied by kicks. There were too many people, and he had no ability to resist at all. The whole scene was chaotic.
Shen Ye desperately protected his head, enduring the beatings. Some people seemed genuinely determined to kill him this time. Seeing that fists weren't enough to kill, they searched for new tools. In the chaos, a large man grabbed a nearby stone and charged at Shen Ye.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Shen Ye tried to escape despite being covered in wounds, but was grabbed tightly. Someone else cursed from the side, "Today we will beat you to death, so that your Yu family line will end and we can avenge our dead relatives."
Then, he raised the stone and was about to smash it down on Shen Ye. With so many people holding him, Shen Ye had no way to escape and was doomed. He resigned himself to his fate and closed his eyes in despair.
But for a long time, he didn't feel the pain of the stone hitting him. Instead, he heard the man say, "Your Majesty... Prince Ning'an!"
"Greetings, Prince Ning'an." The voices of the crowd rang out again, and the hands that had been holding him loosened.
Upon hearing that it was Prince Ning'an, he quickly turned around and saw a familiar man's face in his line of sight—it was the silver-haired man from last night! He was holding the big man's hand tightly, facing off against him, which prevented the stone from hitting Shen Ye.
How is that possible?
This man actually appeared at the crucial moment, grabbed the rock that the big man was about to throw at him, and just like that... just like that, he saved him!
Why is he here? No, no, no, that's not the point. The point is, why did he come to save Chen Ye?
Was Shen Ye seeing things, or had this man lost his mind?
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