Chapter 325 You didn’t come looking for me on purpose, did you?
Yan Zhibai walked back to the private room on the third floor in a daze, his steps a little unsteady.
There was a distinct blush on his handsome face, like the sunset falling on cold jade.
After sitting down, his eyes were vacant and covered with a layer of mist. He stared blankly at the table, not even noticing that his clothes were slightly open.
Seeing him like this, the fourth princess, Qin Zhaoshu, frowned slightly and asked, "Where is my sixth sister?"
Yan Zhibai didn't react until the Fourth Princess called out twice more. Then he suddenly shuddered and looked up as if waking from a dream. "Ah?"
His eyes wandered around in panic for a moment before he regained his senses.
"Sixth... His Highness Sixth Prince said she wanted to walk around downstairs a little longer..."
Before he finished speaking, the fifth prince Qin Jingzhan, who was sitting beside him, slammed his wine glass on the table with a "bang".
His face instantly darkened, and his eyes pierced Yan Zhibai.
"So, you left my drunk sister outside alone and came back by yourself?"
The originally relaxed atmosphere in the private room suddenly became tense, and everyone's eyes, some scrutinizing, some puzzled, some dissatisfied, were all focused on Yan Zhibai.
Yan Zhibai was startled by this sudden accusation, and his previous trance was instantly broken.
Before, he was completely confused, his mind was in chaos, and he couldn't think of anything at all.
At this moment, he was awakened by the Fifth Prince's sharp voice and realized:
He actually behaved in such a disrespectful and unmannerly manner!
"I'm sorry..." The color drained from his face, leaving only an embarrassed paleness. "I'm sorry. I'll go down and find His Highness the Sixth Prince right away."
"No need!" Qin Jingzhan stood up suddenly.
The tall figure, with an imposing aura, looked down at Yan Zhibai, his eyes filled with undisguised dissatisfaction.
"Since some people don't care, I, as their elder brother, will go and look for them myself!"
With a cold snort, he flicked his sleeves and strode out the door.
this……
Yan Zhibai had just stood up halfway when he saw the fifth prince's back disappear at the door and stood there frozen.
I just felt my hands and feet were cold, my heart was in turmoil, and I was completely at a loss.
He opened his mouth to explain, but swallowed the words back.
What can he say?
Could it be that the Sixth Prince had just revealed his feelings to him downstairs, and he was so distracted and infatuated that he caused this obvious negligence?
Not to mention that this remark would damage the Sixth Prince's reputation, just these words... he himself was too embarrassed to say them.
The atmosphere in the private room suddenly became more solemn due to the departure of the Fifth Prince and Yan Zhibai's silence.
The second princess of Shuofeng, Xiao Yunshuo, also drank some wine, and her cheeks were flushed at this moment.
She seemed a little tipsy, her left hand lazily supporting her cheek, her head slightly tilted.
He looked at the door with a dazed look in his eyes, a smile on his lips:
"The relationship between the royal heirs of Dagan is really harmonious..."
His tone was slightly raised, with a hint of barely perceptible envy and self-mockery.
The emperor's elder brother was worried about the safety of his younger sister. The most recent memory of this kind of scene was probably when he was eight years old.
That autumn, in the hunting grounds of the Shufeng Royal Court.
Because she was young and full of energy, she was unwilling to accept that women were inferior to men, so she rode her horse deep into the dense forest alone, wanting to hunt a snow fox to prove herself.
The sky gradually darkened and a rainstorm came without warning, turning the sky and the earth into a vast expanse of white.
As a result, the horse got scared and threw her off, spraining her ankle.
Dragging her injured leg, she could only curl up under a tree and shiver as she heard the faint howling of wild wolves in the distance.
Fear was like a cold vine, rising and entangling little by little.
Just when she was almost in despair and thought she was going to be eaten by the wolf...
"Yun Shuo!" A heart-wrenching cry pierced through the wind and rain.
She responded with all her strength, and then... a familiar figure rushed towards her like an arrow, breaking through the rain.
That was her elder brother, Xiao Yunzheng!
Her hair was disheveled and her face showed unprecedented panic and anxiety.
Those eyes that were always calm and composed were now filled with panic.
Xiao Yunshuo still remembered that day when her royal brother almost dismounted from his horse, rushed to her in a few steps, slammed his knees heavily into the mud, and hugged her small body in his arms.
With the rushing heat, hold on tightly and don't let go.
"Don't be afraid, my royal brother is here! My royal brother is here!"
The memory after that was very vague because Xiao Yunshuo fainted in a daze.
Afterwards, the emperor's brother left the palace and set up his own government, and led his troops to the southern border.
He became a qualified prince and an excellent general, but he was no longer the warm brother in his memory.
The fourth princess, Qin Zhaoshu, glanced at the door indifferently, then retracted her gaze and fell on the wine glass in her hand.
There are three royal heirs gathered here, plus the second Princess Shufeng. The power of Meng Jian and his imperial guards alone is probably not enough.
The Queen Mother gathered all the royal heirs in the palace, clearly as if she was protecting them.
What is the source of the danger?
Daring to attack the heir to the royal family, could it be related to the assassination attempt that the eldest sister and Xiaoliu had suffered before?
But if it was really so dangerous, why would the Queen Mother allow me to accompany Princess Shufeng on the trip?
The light in Qin Zhaoshu's eyes was dim and unclear, unless... they were the bait themselves!
Did Xiaoliu guess this, so he deliberately led Yan Zhibai away from the crowd to create an opportunity for those who were secretly eyeing him?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, a complex and indescribable emotion suddenly surged in Qin Zhaoshu's heart.
There is the sting of being used as a pawn, and the intense irritation of not being able to control the overall situation.
She raised her head suddenly and drank the wine in the glass.
When he put down the wine glass, his eyes seemed to inadvertently pass by the distraught Yan Zhibai beside him.
The temperature in his eyes dropped another three points in an instant, becoming as cold as ice.
"Really? You can't even walk when you see a man, what a silly girl!"
Qin Jingzhan cursed as he walked down the stairs quickly, feeling very annoyed.
As soon as he reached the first floor, he ran into Qin Zhaoyue who was climbing the stairs.
Although her face was still slightly red, her eyes were clear and her steps were steady, and it seemed that most of the drunkenness had dissipated.
Qin Zhaoyue raised her little face and looked at her fifth brother who came down the stairs in a rage. She blinked her eyes.
"Hmm? Fifth brother, what are you going to do?"
"Uh," Qin Jingzhan stopped in his tracks, his worries and anger instantly blocked. He was speechless for a moment and stammered, "Nothing..."
Qin Zhaoyue narrowed her beautiful eyes like a cunning cat, and a knowing smile appeared at the corner of her mouth:
"Could it be... that Fifth Brother is worried about me, his little sister, and came down to look for me?"
"You...you're talking nonsense!"
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