Chapter 25025 The Cuckoo Occupies the Magpie's Nest
Chapter 25
Little Yi'er was sitting in a horse stance, but his attention was on his brother and An Ning.
Seeing An Ning say that she missed her brother, he also said: "Brother, Yi'er misses you too."
Qi Jingyan: “…”
Meng Yuning came back to her senses as soon as she finished speaking, and she just stood there. At this moment, she heard Yi'er imitating her in a baby voice, and looked at Qi Jingyan's seemingly calm but leisurely eyes. She wanted to slap herself immediately and then dig a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Look, look, look, what kind of nonsense is this? If you don't know, you would think she is being lustful and teasing him.
Mu Yun and the others had just turned their heads back, but when they heard Meng Yuning say "I'm thinking of you", they all turned back again, with shock in their eyes.
Oh my God, is Miss Meng so straightforward and passionate?
Mu Shan thought of the scene he had seen in the cabin that morning. He squatted down and moved closer to Mu Yun. He leaned over and whispered, "Boss, what do you think? Is His Highness and Miss Meng going to be together?"
He lowered his voice again and said, "Not only did His Highness let Miss Meng sleep in his bed, he now calls her 'An Ning'."
At the beginning, because of an imperial decree from the Empress Dowager, that old man Meng Huaifu sent Miss Meng to His Highness, and they all were not optimistic about it.
It's easy to guess, how could His Highness want to marry the daughter of his enemy?
What's more, after Miss Meng came, she cried from morning to night and avoided His Highness like the plague. It was infuriating just to watch her.
But who would have thought that after Miss Meng ran away secretly, she came back and for some reason suddenly came to her senses and her attitude changed drastically.
Not only did he become closer to His Highness, he also spoke to everyone in a friendly manner and helped everyone prepare delicious dishes.
If His Highness kept Miss Meng by his side, or even formally married her, they would not be surprised and would be happy to see it happen.
Because anyone with a discerning eye could see that because of Miss Meng's presence, not only did His Highness's mood improve, but even the little Prince became much more cheerful.
Mu Feng had expected Mu Yun to give a positive answer, but Mu Yun shook his head and said, "I don't know."
This answer was within Mu Shan's expectations. Their eldest brother was very tight-lipped and never commented on anyone or anything easily. When it came to things related to His Highness, he was like a mute and couldn't ask a single gossip question.
Mu Shan didn't care. He scratched his big head innocently and started to worry. "Ms. Meng is a good person, but that old man Meng Huaifu is really despicable and shameless. Your Highness will kill him sooner or later. If the two of them really get together, Your Highness will be in a very difficult situation."
Mu Yun watched Mu Jiu's movements and followed him to learn how to weave a bamboo basket. He replied calmly, "Not only is His Highness in trouble, but Miss Meng is also in trouble."
Mu Shan slapped his thigh and said, "That's what I mean, Boss. What do you think we should do about this? I'm so worried."
Mu Yun handed him two bamboo strips and said, "Your Highness has his own plans. This is not something we should worry about. Finish weaving your basket first."
Mu Shan said "oh", took the bamboo strips, and continued to weave his crooked and clumsy basket with clumsy hands and clumsy brain.
Meng Yuning and Qi Jingyan stared at each other for a long time. Seeing that he didn't say anything, she mentally prepared herself for it, then laughed and waved her hand: "Hey, I was just kidding, Your Highness, don't mind."
Yi'er squatted and walked a few steps towards this side, getting closer to the two of them, and also echoed: "Brother, Yi'er was joking too."
Qi Jingyan glanced at Yi'er, who was almost becoming An Ning's echo chamber, shook his head with a somewhat amusing look, turned the wheelchair, and slowly walked away.
Meng Yuning got up from the stool, ran out of the pavilion, walked to Yi'er, squatted beside him, and whispered: "Yi'er, don't imitate everything An Ning says in the future."
Yi'er tilted his head and looked at her, puzzled: "But Yi'er likes to imitate An Ning's speech."
Looking at the little boy's innocent and naive appearance, Meng Yuning thought to herself that she should watch her mouth carefully in the future. What would such a young child know?
Then he smiled and said, "Okay, if you want to learn, then learn."
Yi'er followed suit and laughed: "A Ning, your smile is like a flower."
Meng Yuning was so delighted by the little kid's sweet words that she touched his fist-like hand and responded positively: "Our Yi'er is also pretty."
Yi'er asked again: "Does Aning like Yi'er?"
Meng Yuning nodded seriously: "I like it. Aning likes our Yi'er very much."
The little boy's face was flushed, and he looked a little shy: "Then An Ning, when Yi'er grows up, will you marry Yi'er?"
"Ah?" After being shocked, Meng Yuning laughed out loud. As she laughed, she held her stomach and sat down on the ground, unable to get up.
The guards not far away couldn't help laughing when they heard the little prince's innocent words.
Seeing that Meng Yuning couldn't get up, Yier stopped riding, ran over, hugged her arm, and tried to help her up.
But he was too small to support her, and he was panting with exhaustion: "A Ning, you're too heavy."
Meng Yuning laughed so hard that her stomach hurt: "Yi'er, you can't even lift me up, and you still want me to marry you."
Yier tried harder, her face flushed red: "Yier will eat more. When I grow up, I will be able to support you."
"When Yi'er grows up, Aning, you will marry Yi'er, okay?"
Meng Yuning almost laughed herself to death, but she couldn't bear to hurt the little boy's innocent feelings, so she said, "Okay."
Watching the farce between the big and small, Qi Jingyan's mouth twitched again and again. He turned his wheelchair and walked over, reached out and grabbed Meng Yuning's upper arm, and lifted her up.
He had just been sitting on the ground when he suddenly stood up. Meng Yuning, who was laughing so hard that her face turned sore, was stunned and her laughter stopped abruptly.
Mu Shan had been secretly watching this side. Seeing his own prince picking up Miss Meng like a chick, he tutted and muttered in disgust: "Your Highness is so rude and presumptuous."
Mu Yun threw him two more bamboo strips and said, "Don't meddle in His Highness's affairs."
Mu Shan said "oh" and started weaving the basket obediently.
Qi Jingyan and Meng Yuning looked at each other for a moment and said, "It rained last night, and the ground is damp. It's not good to sit for a long time."
Meng Yuning grinned: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."
Qi Jingyan hummed, reached out and picked up Yi'er who was standing beside him, slapped him on the butt lightly, then put him down, slowly turned the wheelchair and walked away.
Yi'er covered her little butt with a bewildered look on her face, "A Ning, why did brother hit Yi'er?"
Meng Yuning didn't understand either: "Maybe he saw that you didn't squat properly?"
Yier nodded, agreeing with him. He quickly squatted for a while before going to find Aning to play.
Meng Yuning played with Yi'er for a while, then ran to turn over the various vegetables that were hanging out to dry. Then, seeing that it was almost time, she washed the rice and prepared to cook.
As soon as the firewood was on the stove, Mu Feng returned with a few guards carrying bamboo baskets. "Miss Meng, since you were about to start cooking, we came back with you."
Meng Yuning smiled and agreed, asking them to pour out everything. They probably didn't go far, and the things they brought back were similar to yesterday, pheasants, rabbits, fish, and various wild vegetables.
Mu Feng and the others took out all the things and helped to clean up according to the dishes ordered by Meng Yuning.
When the meal was ready, everyone else came back, still with full loads.
After everyone finished their meal in a lively atmosphere, Meng Yuning took Yi'er back to the house to take a nap, while the guards picked all the remaining vegetables, washed them, cut them, and hung them out to dry. The yard was almost full of them.
When Meng Yuning woke up, she saw a yard full of dried vegetables and laughed so hard that she could hardly stop.
In late spring and early summer, the sunshine was very good and some vegetables dried up in half a day. Meng Yuning and everyone watched over them and quickly took the dried vegetables back into the house, fearing that they would get wet in a sudden rainstorm.
We were busy like this, and in a blink of an eye it was night. We put some chicken and some mushrooms and cooked a pot of chicken and mushroom porridge. After everyone finished eating and cleaned up, they washed up and went to rest.
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It didn't rain tonight, so Meng Yuning naturally slept in her own little bed.
After taking a shower and changing into pajamas, Yier sat on the bed, looking at Meng Yuning eagerly: "Aning, can't you sleep with Yier tonight?" As he said that, he patted their bed.
Meng Yuning wiped her washed hair and explained to him gently, "It rained last night and An Ning had no place to sleep, so I squeezed in with you all night. The weather is fine tonight, so An Ning wants to sleep by herself."
Yi'er wasn't the type to make a fuss. Even though he felt a little sad, he nodded obediently after hearing her say that. "Okay then."
The little boy sat for a while, then stood up, leaned close to Qi Jingyan's ear, and whispered, "Brother, will it rain tonight?"
Qi Jingyan couldn't help laughing: "Probably not."
Yi'er looked disappointed and sat back on the bed, hugging her own quilt and lying down obediently, not forgetting to wave to Meng Yuning: "A Ning, see you tomorrow."
Meng Yuning smiled and responded, "See you tomorrow, Yi'er."
Yier tugged at Qi Jingyan's sleeve: "Brother, pat Yier to sleep." As she spoke, she patted herself with her little hands.
Qi Jingyan agreed, slowly lay down, held Yi'er in his arms, and patted him gently.
Seeing that they all lay down, Meng Yuning quickly dried her hair and then lay down on the bed. In order not to press down her still damp hair, she lay sideways with her long hair hanging down on the side of the bed.
Qi Jingyan coaxed Yi'er to sleep. When he turned around, he saw Meng Yuning sleeping with her hair hanging down. He called her softly, "A Ning, lie down and sleep."
Meng Yuning was already fast asleep and didn't hear anything at all.
Qi Jingyan was helpless. He reached out and gently pushed her shoulder: "A Ning."
Meng Yuning woke up and tilted her head back to look at him. Seeing an upside-down face, she was stunned and turned over to lie on her stomach. Her freshly washed hair was extremely smooth and hung in front of her, blocking her view.
She struggled with both hands for a long time before finally revealing her face: "What's wrong, Your Highness?"
Qi Jingyan asked gently, "Is your hair dry?"
Meng Yuning grabbed two handfuls and said, "Done."
Qi Jingyan: "Then lie down and sleep."
"Oh, okay." Meng Yuning responded, turned over and lay down, yawned, and said vaguely: "Good night, Your Highness."
Qi Jingyan picked up the small stone beside his pillow, raised his hand to extinguish the torch, and said in a low voice: "Good night."
Meng Yuning felt her ears itchy, so she rubbed them and closed her eyes to sleep.
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In the middle of the night, Meng Yuning was sound asleep when she was awakened by Yi'er's heart-wrenching cry: "Mother, don't abandon Yi'er, mother!"
Meng Yuning got up and looked across. She saw Qi Jingyan had already sat up and was holding Yi'er, coaxing him. He kept repeating the same two words over and over again: "Yi'er, don't cry. Brother is here. Brother is here."
But Yi'er was still immersed in the nightmare and kept crying.
Meng Yuning looked at it for a while, then walked over and held out her hand: "Your Highness, let me try."
Qi Jingyan remembered that when the three of them slept together the night before, Yi'er slept until dawn, so he did not waste any time and quickly sent Yi'er to Meng Yuning.
Meng Yuning walked slowly on the ground holding Yi'er, humming a random tune.
The amazing thing was that Yi'er, who could not be coaxed in Qi Jingyan's arms, actually stopped sobbing after he leaned against Meng Yuning's arms. Meng Yuning then gave up and continued to carry him around until Yi'er fell asleep again.
Seeing that the house had become quiet, Mu Yun and the others standing outside the door breathed a sigh of relief and went back to sleep or to keep watch.
Meng Yuning tiptoed to Qi Jingyan's bed and handed Yi'er to him. Qi Jingyan took it carefully, placed it gently on the bed, and covered it with a quilt. Only then did Meng Yuning tiptoe back to her own bed.
Throughout the entire process, the two men were like thieves, tiptoeing and handling the items with care. After they finished, they looked at each other and smiled.
Qi Jingyan mouthed silently, "A Ning, thank you very much."
Meng Yuning waved her hand: "It's okay."
The two of them lay down and went to sleep. Before falling asleep, they looked outside through the window and couldn't help but sigh that the moonlight tonight was quite beautiful.
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For the next two nights, Yier woke up every night without fail.
Meng Yuning had formed a conditioned reflex. Whenever she heard Yi'er crying, she would get up, take Yi'er from Qi Jingyan's arms and carry him around. After coaxing him into crying, she would give him back and then lie back down on her own bed to sleep.
Every time at this time, Qi Jingyan looked at the girl with disheveled hair, sleepy eyes and yawning, holding Yi'er, humming a little tune, coaxing her patiently and gently, his expression became very soft and his eyes followed her all the time.
A few nights passed like this. On another night, after saying goodnight to each other, Qi Jingyan finally raised the suspicion that had been suppressed in his heart for several days: "A Ning, there is something I want to talk to you about. Please help me think about it."
Seeing him so serious, Meng Yuning also became serious: "Okay, Your Highness, you decide."
Qi Jingyan then expressed his guess.
Meng Yuning widened her eyes in shock: "Your Highness, are you saying that if Yi'er sleeps with me, he won't cry at night?" This, this, this, this is too ridiculous.
Qi Jingyan said seriously, "That's my guess, but I'll have to try it to find out."
Meng Yuning felt a little numb when she thought about the troubles she had gone through in the past few nights. After thinking for a while, she said, "Okay, tell me how to try it."
Qi Jingyan glanced at his bed and asked, "How about you come sleep on this bed?"
Meng Yuning thought for a moment and said, "How about I move my bed next to yours, and then you let Yi'er sleep between us?"
Qi Jingyan nodded: "Okay, I'll call Mu Yun to come and move the bed."
"No need to be so troublesome, I can move it myself." Meng Yuning got up directly, put on her shoes, walked to the end of the bed, picked up the bamboo bed and moved it to the side of Qi Jingyan's bed, then walked to the head of the bed and moved the headboard over.
"See, it's done." She clapped her hands, took off her shoes, got on the bed, lay down, and urged Qi Jingyan, who was stunned there, "Your Highness, bring Yi'er here."
Qi Jingyan raised the corner of his mouth. This girl might not be so dignified sometimes, but she looked quite cute.
He said okay, carried Yier to the bed, and then lay down himself.
Meng Yuning touched Yi'er's little face and whispered softly, "Xiao Yi'er, Aning will sleep with you tonight. You must have a good dream."
After saying this, he sighed, "Fortunately, these two beds are the same height, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with."
Qi Jingyan turned his head to look at her: "Yes, fortunately so."
Meng Yuning thought for a moment and then said, "Hey, Your Highness, I was also stupid on that rainy day. Why did I forget to push the bed over?"
Qi Jingyan was silent for a moment before answering, "It's no use pushing it over. It was raining heavily that night, and you'd still get wet if you pushed it over."
Meng Yuning had no doubts, "Is that so? Then there's nothing we can do."
After saying this, Meng Yuning yawned and fell asleep.
As Qi Jingyan guessed, Yi'er was next to An Ning and did not have a nightmare.
The next day, when Meng Yuning opened her eyes, she found two similar faces, one big and one small, staring at her.
She suddenly realized that she had finally gotten a good night's sleep for several nights in a row. She was so happy that she gave Qi Jingyan a thumbs up and said, "Your Highness is wise."
Qi Jingyan just smiled and said nothing.
Meng Yuning picked up Yi'er, who was blinking his round eyes and looking at her, and kissed his cute little face: "Yi'er is great."
Yier was so shy after being kissed that he leaned on her shoulder and hid his face.
Meng Yuning laughed heartily, then suddenly stopped laughing. She glanced at the light outside and asked in confusion, "Your Highness, why are you up so late tonight?"
Qi Jingyan glanced at the bed blocking her view outside and said nothing.
Meng Yuning suddenly realized what was going on. She quickly put Yi'er down, got up to put on her shoes, and then grunted and moved her own crib back.
Qi Jingyan: “…”
But at night, Qi Jingyan finally made the suggestion he had been thinking about all day: "An Ning, how about putting your crib in there? Otherwise, you'll be tired from moving around like this every day."
Meng Yuning thought about it and agreed. They had slept together twice, so it was no big deal. She nodded and said, "Okay."
So Qi Jingyan called Mu Yun and Mu Shan in, moved the big bed outside, and moved Meng Yuning's small bed inside.
Looking at the bed that suddenly became bigger after being put together, Yier rolled back and forth on the bed holding his little tiger-head quilt, extremely happy.
Seeing Yi'er so happy, Meng Yuning also smiled.
Later, the beds of the three were never moved again. Qi Jingyan slept outside the bed, Yi'er slept in the middle, and Meng Yuning slept inside. They slept like this all the time.
Yier no longer had nightmares or cried.
Qi Jingyan thanked Meng Yuning for this more than once, and said that he would give her a thank-you gift when he arrived in Lingnan in the future.
Although she didn't know why, Meng Yuning felt a sense of accomplishment in curing Yi'er's nightmare and even said it was not necessary.
Faced with her rejection, Qi Jingyan smiled and said nothing.
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In a flash, half a month passed.
That night, when it was still dark, I suddenly heard bursts of wolf howling. From the sound, it seemed like there was more than one wolf, but a pack.
The guards immediately grabbed their weapons, rushed out of the house, surrounded the cabin and became alert.
Doctor Tang also grabbed a few packets of drug powder that could cause people to faint and stood behind the guards.
Meng Yuning was so frightened that she squeezed closer to Qi Jingyan, wrapped her arms around his, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, will they come in through the window?"
This window only has window sills, and the hole between the sills is so small that if the wolf is thin enough, it might be able to get in in an instant.
Qi Jingyan looked down at her slightly trembling hands and her frightened eyes, and said gently: "Don't panic, Mu Yun and the others are outside, the wolves can't get in."
Meng Yuning: "Really? But from what I heard, there seemed to be a lot of wolves."
Mu Yun and his group only had a dozen or so people. Even if they were powerful, there would always be times when they were careless. What if one really jumped in...
They have a cripple, a child, and a coward who is so scared that he would faint if a wolf comes in. They are definitely dead.
Qi Jingyan thought for a moment, then reached out to grab the knife from the bedside table. However, his other arm was held tightly by her, so he could only say, "Help me pull the knife out."
Meng Yuning remembered Qi Jingyan's extremely fast speed when chopping bamboo, and immediately sat up, holding the scabbard, helped him pull out the knife, and then held the scabbard as a weapon, thinking that if something happened later, she could also help him.
Seeing her sitting there holding the scabbard, Qi Jingyan raised his hand to take the scabbard away and placed it on the bedside. Then he gently pinched her shoulders and pulled her back to the bed: "Lie down, so that the wolf won't come in and see you first."
Meng Yuning was already nervous, and upon hearing this, she was so scared that she squeezed closer to him and held Yi'er tightly in her arms: "Your Highness, if the wolf really comes, I will protect Yi'er, and you will protect us, okay?"
Seeing her face turn pale, Qi Jingyan couldn't help but chuckled softly, "Okay."
Meng Yuning was just wondering what he was laughing at when she heard Mu Yun's voice from outside: "I wonder who you are, and why you've driven the wolves here? Since we've met by chance, why don't you show yourself and have a chat?"
Meng Yuning was stunned. She grabbed Qi Jingyan's arm and shook him, "Your Highness, did you hear that? Mu Yun said that the wolf was chased here."
Qi Jingyan: “I heard it.”
"My God, who is so powerful that he can drive a pack of wolves?"
Meng Yuning was so shocked that she forgot her fear for a moment. She let go of Yi'er and crawled under Qi Jingyan's feet using all four limbs. She put on his shoes, ran to the window, and looked out by clinging to the window frame.
Before she saw anyone, she saw the pairs of green eyes in the woods on the mountainside. She was so scared that her legs softened and she sat down on the ground. She crawled back to the bed and got under the quilt. She grabbed Qi Jingyan's arm tightly through Yi'er, not daring to breathe: "Your Highness, there are so many wolves."
Her movements of going and coming back were as smooth as flowing water, and she could be said to be a leader in the world of escape. Qi Jingyan's chest vibrated and he chuckled.
Meng Yuning was annoyed by his extremely cheerful laughter, and she secretly poked and pulled harder with the hands that were holding his arms, trying to pinch him to vent her anger.
But she found his arms were incredibly strong, and no matter how hard she pinched them, she couldn't budge. So she gave up and asked, "Your Highness, are you laughing at me for being a coward?"
Qi Jingyan noticed her little action just now, and dared not laugh anymore, and flatly denied it: "It's not true."
Meng Yuning: "Then what are you laughing at?"
Qi Jingyan didn't answer, but changed the subject: "If it was a wild wolf, it would be difficult to deal with, but if it was brought by humans, it would be much easier."
Most people have something they want.
Meng Yuning didn't understand what he meant for a moment. She wanted to go and take another look, but when she thought of the green light, she couldn't help shivering and stayed in bed obediently.
Mu Yun and all the guards, armed with weapons, stood in front of the wooden house, looking at the swaying figures on the treetops in front, not daring to relax at all.
The man in the tree was silent for a long time, then suddenly laughed a few times, and then said with a hint of sarcasm: "The cuckoo has taken over the magpie's nest and turned the tables."
The man's voice was rough and unpleasant, and Meng Yuning instantly thought of the cawing of a goose.
Hearing the words "occupying the magpie's nest", Mu Yun immediately reacted, looked back at the wooden house behind him, and bowed to the man: "Could it be that you are the owner of this house?"
The man snorted, "Exactly."
Mu Yun bowed to the man and said sincerely, "I'm really sorry. We were passing through here and needed to find a place to stay. Seeing that the wooden house here was empty, we took the liberty of renting it. I'm really sorry if any of this has offended you."
"Why don't you come down and talk to us? We'll apologize in person and make appropriate compensation."
Meng Yuning was curious: "Your Highness, if he says this house is his, does it really belong to him? Is he lying?"
Qi Jingyan: "Probably not."
Seeing how polite Mu Yun was, the man on the tree decided not to speak harshly to him. However, he was still hesitant to let him down. After a moment of silence, he pointed behind Mu Yun and said, "If I go down, and a fight breaks out between us, I won't be able to defeat you with so many people."
Mu Yun wanted to say, you have many more wolves than we have people, so even if a fight really breaks out, you won’t necessarily suffer a loss.
But he saw that the man was looking for the stairs, so he looked back and the guards put away their weapons but did not leave the cabin.
Mu Yun threw the knife in his hand to Mu Shan, then walked out alone and made a gesture of invitation to the pavilion in the courtyard: "Brother, please come in."
The man snorted again and said, "That's better," then he floated down from the tree.
When he fell into the yard, everyone could see clearly that he was just a young man of about thirteen or fourteen years old, with his body just beginning to grow and his muscles and bones not yet strengthened.
The young man seemed to be able to read people's minds. He glanced at everyone, put his hands behind his back, and frowned: "What? Are you looking down on me because I'm young?"
Mu Yun hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "How dare I? Brother, you worry too much. Come, please."
Mu Yun called the young man "brother" every time, which made the young man feel relieved and his expression relaxed. He followed Mu Yun into the pavilion and they sat opposite each other.
It would be rude to just sit there, so Mu Yun looked at the guards and said, "Go make a pot of tea."
Mu Feng agreed and walked towards the stove with a guard. Before they took two steps, the young man touched his stomach and said, "No need for tea, is there anything to eat? I'm hungry. I haven't eaten anything hot in two days."
The tone sounded a little aggrieved.
This is just a child. Mu Yun smiled and said, "Yes, brother, wait a moment."
He originally planned to let the guards cook something casually, but when he looked up at the group of wolves in the woods who were eyeing him hungrily, he suddenly felt that it might not be possible to just cook something casually.
If the boy was not satisfied with the meal and turned around to cause trouble and call the wolves down, a fight would be inevitable.
After thinking about it, Mu Yun quickly made a decision and decided to ask Miss Meng for help. Just now, there were voices coming from the room. It was obvious that His Highness and Miss Meng were awake.
So he bowed to the young man and said, "My name is Mu Yun. May I know your name, brother?"
The young man also bowed to Mu Yun and said, "I am Su Yang."
Mu Yun said politely, "It's Brother Su. I've heard a lot about you. Please wait a moment, Brother Su. I'll ask Miss Meng to make you something to eat."
Su Yang asked, "Is Miss Meng's cooking delicious?"
Mu Yun smiled confidently: "Brother Su will know after he eats it."
After saying that, he quickly walked to the window of the wooden house.
He knew that the two people in the room had heard everything, so he didn't explain much and went straight to the point, changing the address when he opened his mouth: "Master, the owner of this room, Brother Su, has returned and said he is hungry. Can Miss Meng make him a bowl of food?"
Meng Yuning knew that Mu Yun changed his words because he was afraid that the visitor would discover Qi Jingyan's identity. She thought that she had to remember this when she went out to cook later.
After Mu Yun finished speaking, Qi Jingyan looked at Meng Yuning: "Do you want to help him?"
Meng Yuning nodded: "Let's do it. Let him feel happy after eating so that we can take those wolves away. They look scary."
Qi Jingyan nodded and agreed.
Meng Yuning didn't need him to reply. She got down directly and walked to the window. Looking at the shadowy figure under the pavilion, she said to Mu Yun, "Mu Yun, can you ask that little brother to drive the wolves away? I'm afraid of wolves. They are so close, I don't dare to go out."
Mu Yun looked at Su Yang, but before he could speak, Su Yang spoke: "It's not difficult, just wait."
After saying that, he walked out of the pavilion and yelled at the top of his lungs.
The night was quiet, and the lifelike wolf howl echoed in the valley, stirring up waves of echoes.
In response to him, the wolves howled in unison, "Ahhh~"
Meng Yuning felt creepy and quickly hid against the wall, only sticking half of her head out to look outside.
Fortunately, after the wolves howled, they slowly retreated for a distance and then turned around and ran away.
Seeing that the wolf had left, Doctor Tang took the medicine bags and went back to the house to sleep.
Su Yang looked towards the window and said, "Ms. Meng, the wolf is gone. You can come out and cook now."
Meng Yuning: "Okay, wait a moment."
After saying that, she turned around, took out a wooden comb from her bag, combed her hair and put it in a bun, straightened her clothes, and prepared to go out.
Qi Jingyan called her: "An Ning, wait for me."
Then he shouted out the window: "Mu Yun."
Mu Yun responded and walked in with Mu Shan. The two of them helped Qi Jingyan put on his clothes and shoes and helped him into the wheelchair. Mu Yun then wrapped the still sleeping Yi'er in a small tiger-head blanket and put him in Qi Jingyan's arms. Then he carried Yi'er and the wheelchair out.
Meng Yuning followed them into the yard and found that it was already dawn and the man named Su Yang had already walked up to them.
Only then did she realize that he was just a teenager. She thought to herself, no wonder his voice was so unpleasant, it turned out that he was in the voice change period.
Looking at him more closely, I saw that he had several thin braids on his head, with silver hair accessories at the end of the braids, a thin silver and black headband tied on his forehead, and a silver snake-shaped earring winding around his left ear.
Looking at his face again, his facial features are clearly defined, his eyebrows are thick and dark, and his eyes are deep. He is very handsome.
But his handsomeness was completely different from Qi Jingyan's. Qi Jingyan had a cold and handsome appearance, like a banished immortal who had fallen into the mortal world.
But this boy is very wild. With his wheat-colored skin and strange clothes, anyone can see that this boy named Su Yang must be a foreigner.
Su Yang was extremely hungry. Seeing the cook was about to come out, he couldn't wait to walk to the door and wait. Soon, he saw the two people who had just entered carrying a wheelchair out.
His gaze fell on the face of the man in the wheelchair, with a look of astonishment in his eyes. Then, when he saw the woman coming out from behind, his eyes were filled with even more astonishment.
I sighed in my heart, these two people are so good-looking, even better looking than him.
Putting the wheelchair steadily on the ground, Mu Yun stepped forward and introduced both parties.
"Master, Miss Meng, this is Brother Su Yang, he said he is the owner of this wooden house."
"Brother Su, this is our master, Master Qi, and this is Miss Meng."
Qi Jingyan noticed the change in Su Yang's gaze and nodded slightly with a normal expression: "Mr. Su."
Su Yang withdrew his gaze from Meng Yuning's face, clasped his fists towards Qi Jingyan, and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Master Qi."
Meng Yuning smiled at Su Yang and said, "Brother Su, do you have any dietary restrictions?"
Su Yang also laughed: "No dietary restrictions, preferably meat, lots of meat."
This was the same as Yi'er, who always asked for meat. Meng Yuning thought he was cute, so she smiled and said yes, then turned and walked towards the stove. Mu Feng and another guard who often helped out followed to help.
Su Yang was really hungry and subconsciously wanted to get closer to the pot, so he raised his foot and was about to walk over there.
Qi Jingyan said gently: "Mr. Su, cooking takes time, please sit here first."
Mu Yun extended his hand at the right moment: "Brother Su, please come this way."
Su Yang had no choice but to follow the two to the pavilion. Qi Jingyan and Su Yang sat opposite each other around a bamboo table.
As soon as he sat down, Yi'er in Qi Jingyan's arms arched his back, stretched out two small hands from the quilt, and stretched upwards to reach Qi Jingyan's neck.
Su Yang had just seen Qi Jingyan coming out in a wheelchair with a blanket on his legs, and hadn't looked at him closely. But now, looking over the table, he saw two white little hands suddenly growing out of his legs. He was so scared that his face changed, and he jumped back and fell out of the pavilion.
Seeing that he suddenly looked like he had seen a ghost, Qi Jingyan and Mu Yun looked at each other, both puzzled.
He pointed at the small hands in disbelief: "What kind of witchcraft is this?"
Witchcraft? Qi Jingyan and Mu Yun both looked down at Yi'er, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but twitch.
Qi Jingyan took Yi'er out of the quilt. Yi'er hugged his neck, opened his eyes and looked around. His little face rested on Qi Jingyan's shoulder, and he murmured, "Brother, it's not even dawn yet."
Qi Jingyan touched his head and said softly, "We have guests, so we got up early today."
Upon hearing this, Yi'er raised his little head again: "Where is the guest?"
Qi Jingyan held him and turned him around, letting him face Su Yang: "It's this Mr. Su."
Yi'er then politely cupped her fists and bowed to him: "Hello, Mr. Su, I'm Yi'er."
Seeing the little baby greeting him, Su Yang realized that he had made a big mistake. He walked back to the pavilion awkwardly and clasped his fists to Yi'er in return: "Young Master Yi'er, you are so polite."
Sitting down again, Su Yang looked back and forth at Master Qi and Yi'er's faces, then looked at Miss Meng who was busy in front of the stove. He understood in his heart that they were a family of three, no wonder they lived in the same house.
Seeing his eyes rolling around, Qi Jingyan knew that he was probably guessing about the relationship between them. Without explaining, he simply asked, "Is this wooden house owned by Master Su?"
Su Yang: "Yes."
Perhaps fearing they wouldn't believe him, he produced evidence: "There are only two rooms in this cabin: a kitchen and a bedroom. There's an oak bed in the bedroom that can sleep two adults. There's a pot and an eight-drawer cupboard in the kitchen."
As he spoke, he used his fingers to draw the placement of various objects on the table.
Qi Jingyan and Mu Yun looked at each other, and their doubts were dispelled.
This house really belongs to Suyang, because what he described is exactly what the wooden house looked like when they first arrived.
They didn't suspect that Su Yang was lying just now. After all, it was not easy to find this desolate mountain and such a secluded place.
In addition, it was obvious that the young man was not a Han Chinese, so he would not have been sent by those who wanted to kill him. Otherwise, if he had given the order just now and the wolves rushed up, they would have been enough to deal with them.
However, this house looks like it has been uninhabited for some years. Qi Jingyan wondered why he suddenly came back, so he asked.
Su Yang seemed to have recalled something sad, and his expression suddenly became gloomy: "To be honest, this wooden house is not mine, it belongs to my mother. My mother used to live here. I missed her, so I came to see her."
"My mother told me that when she left, she entrusted this cabin to a nearby hunter. I originally wanted to look for him, but he died of illness last year. I had to go into the mountains to look for him myself, but I climbed the wrong hilltop and wandered around for two days before I finally found this place."
"But when I arrived, I saw that this place was already occupied. Seeing that there were so many of you, and you were all martial artists, I went to find some wolves. I thought that if you were unreasonable, I couldn't afford to lose the battle."
Seeing that he had explained the whole story clearly, Qi Jingyan nodded and asked, "Since Master Su missed your mother, why didn't he go directly to see her instead of coming to this empty house?"
Su Yang's eyes turned red, and he turned his head away, pretending to look at the scenery: "My mother has gone to heaven."
Hearing the sob in his voice, Qi Jingyan thought of the Queen, and a flash of pain flashed in his eyes: "Brother Su, I am inconsolable."
Su Yang quickly raised his hand to touch the corner of his eye, then turned around and smiled nonchalantly: "Hey, it's okay, my mother has been gone for two years, I'm used to it."
Then he stood up and pointed at the wooden house: "Can I go in here and take a look? I haven't been here before."
Qi Jingyan nodded, "Let Mu Yun go with you."
So Mu Yun accompanied Su Yang into the wooden house. Su Yang first walked around the kitchen, and then went into the bedroom. However, he did not go in. He just stood at the door. He was lost in thought about something, and stood at the door for a long time before he sighed and turned to leave.
Then he walked around the platform looking here and there. Mu Yun followed him a few steps behind, watching him quietly.
We must be on guard against others. Although what he said is probably true, we still cannot let our guard down if he has bad intentions.
By the time Su Yang finished his walk, it was already bright outside. Meng Yuning had also prepared the meal, and two guards helped bring the food to the pavilion and placed it on the table.
Su Yang didn't need anyone to call him. He smelled the food, covered his stomach, and ran over: "Is the food ready? Can I eat now? Is this all for me?"
"Alright." Meng Yuning introduced with a smile: "Mr. Su, this is shepherd's purse and egg porridge, this is salted fish with bamboo shoots, and this is chicken with dried mushrooms. We were short on time, so I just made two dishes. Try them."
Seeing that they were two dishes he had never seen before, Qi Jingyan looked at Meng Yuning and asked, "Isn't this a home-cooked dish?"
At this critical moment, his question was really baffling, but Meng Yuning sensed a hint of danger in his calm tone, so she changed her words: "This isn't a home-cooked meal."
Qi Jingyan nodded: "Yeah."
Su Yang had been drooling over the food for a long time. When Meng Yuning asked him to try it, he immediately picked up the chopsticks, picked up the bowl of porridge, picked up a piece of bamboo shoots and took a bite, regardless of what they were saying. Then his eyes lit up, and without saying a word, he swallowed it in three or two bites. He then picked up a piece of chicken, and his eyes lit up again.
As if he was afraid that someone would snatch it from him, he reached out and moved the bowl of food in front of him, then started to eat it ravenously, taking a mouthful of food and a mouthful of porridge.
In just a cup of tea, he devoured all the food on the table in front of everyone's shocked gazes. In the end, he even drank up the soup, leaving only a few fish bones on the table.
"It's delicious!" Su Yang turned around and touched her belly, smiling innocently: "This is the most delicious meal I have ever eaten in my life, of course, except for the food cooked by my mother."
Meng Yuning couldn't help but smile: "As long as you like it."
Su Yang: "I like it. Miss Meng, your cooking skills are really great."
Meng Yuning was amused by the boy's slightly exaggerated enthusiasm and praise.
Yi'er, who had been sitting quietly in Qi Jingyan's arms, suddenly spoke up: "Of course, the dishes cooked by my An Ning are the most delicious in the world."
As he spoke, he stretched out his two little hands towards An Ning: "An Ning, hold me."
My An Ning? Yi'er's declaration of sovereignty was clearly tinged with hostility. Qi Jingyan's eyebrows raised slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
Meng Yuning just thought Yi'er was showing off her cooking skills, just like he had praised Qi Jingyan's archery without any bottom line. She didn't see anything else. Seeing Yi'er wanted her to hold him, she quickly reached out and held him over: "Yier is very hungry. There's porridge cooking in the pot over there. Let's have shrimp and chicken porridge this morning."
Yier glanced at Su Yang, put his arms around Meng Yuning's neck, put his face close to hers, and said sweetly, "Okay, I like all the food that An Ning cooks."
Su Yang smiled and joked, "You little kid, you are even more reckless than me. Why do you call your mother's name directly? Be careful that your father will spank you." As he said that, he glanced at Qi Jingyan.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned.
Meng Yuning hurriedly explained: "I'm not Yi'er's mother."
Mu Yun glanced at Qi Jingyan and saw that he had no intention of stopping him, so he introduced: "Brother Su, Yi'er is our master's younger brother."
After Su Yang was surprised, he suddenly realized: "Then I know, Miss Meng, you are Yi'er's sister-in-law."
This time, Mu Yun looked at his prince again. Judging from his eyes, this misunderstanding did not need to be clarified, so he smiled and said nothing.
Since they didn't say anything, Meng Yuning didn't want to go up and explain. Firstly, there was no need to do so. Mr. Su would probably leave after the meal anyway. Secondly, she had a hunch that if she explained in front of this outsider, Qi Jingyan would be unhappy, so she just smiled and said nothing.
Qi Jingyan kept looking at Meng Yuning. Seeing her like this, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and kept rising higher and higher.
Su Yang clapped his hands and laughed heartlessly: "See, I guessed right."
As he was laughing, he looked at the people in front of him and suddenly remembered something, "Hey, I think I know who you are."
Hearing him say this, Meng Yuning tightened her grip on Yi'er and subconsciously stood next to Qi Jingyan.
Mu Yun's hand also secretly touched the hilt of the knife at his waist, but Qi Jingyan remained calm and said, "Tell me about it."
Su Yang propped his chin on his hand and looked at the group. "A grown man in a wheelchair, a young woman with outstanding appearance, and a baby in her arms. They look exactly like the portraits held by the group of people I met at the market two days ago."
"So, you're from the capital." Su Yang clapped his hands and pointed at Qi Jingyan, his expression excited: "You are the deposed crown prince, right?"
Hearing the words "deposed crown prince," Mu Yun's face darkened, "Brother Su, be careful with your words."
Mu Feng, Mu Shan and the others who had been paying attention to the situation not far behind drew their swords and shouted, "How dare you!"
Su Yang was startled, but not angry. Instead, he looked excited. He quickly moved to the chair next to Qi Jingyan and sat down. He leaned in to look at him closely and said, "Oh my God, I guessed right. You really are useless and the former crown prince!"
Seeing that he was reckless but had no ill intentions, Qi Jingyan did not pursue the matter and simply nodded: "It's me."
Su Yang, as if he had found a confidant, immediately slammed the table and said, "I've heard it all. You're a good prince. It's the old emperor who's blind and deceived. That's why he believed the slander and banished you to Lingnan."
The guards who had just been furious about the "deposed prince" collectively chose to become deaf when they heard the words "old emperor".
Su Yang said to himself, "I was thinking that after I finished looking at my mother's wooden house, I would go to Lingnan to find you."
Qi Jingyan: "Why are you looking for me?"
Su Yang clenched his fists, his blood boiling: "I will help you return to Beijing and help you get revenge."
There is no good thing in the world without a reason. Qi Jingyan asked again: "Why is it so?"
Su Yang's eyes were filled with anger: "Because my father, like the old emperor, also believed in slander and drove me out of the village and gave our property to the bastard born by that wild woman."
Qi Jingyan speculated: "Are you from Miaojiang?"
Su Yang: "Yes."
Meng Yuning was a little surprised. It turned out that he was the legendary Miao boy. No wonder he could drive the wolves. She just didn't know if he could cast a spell.
As they were talking, they saw a flock of startled birds suddenly fly out of the woods in the distance.
Mu Yun's face darkened, and Su Yang also stood up. They both said in unison, "Someone's coming."
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