When the horse got closer, everyone saw the face of the rider and sneered: "It turns out that General Feng has arrived."
The General Feng that everyone was talking about was Feng Chen, who asked Ye Lan to deliver a memorial to Rong Chengxuan today.
Feng Chen was a dandy young man who, thanks to his family connections, was able to hang a sign in the court as an idle general. Although he was a general, he was only a small general of the fifth rank, had never even been on the battlefield, and his skills were not very good.
Even though he'd learned martial arts, it was all just a bunch of fancy clothes. Last month, he even ended up in a clinic for catching a thief. The bones in his body were probably not as strong as window paper.
Feng Chen, the most famous dandy young man in the capital, was now sitting sideways on his horse, drinking water from a bamboo tube in one hand and holding the mung bean cake he had just bought from a cake vendor in the other hand.
Feng Chen slowly drank the water in the bamboo tube, rode his horse leisurely to the foot of the city gate, put away the bamboo tube in his hand, turned around gracefully, and planned to show everyone how to dismount in a handsome and neat manner. When he looked up, he saw that everyone in front of him was standing solemnly with their hands hanging down, waiting in line under the leadership of Ye Lan, who was also not in a proper tone.
When Feng Chen saw this, he almost choked on the mung bean cake in his mouth. He quickly dismounted, carrying the mung bean cake he had not finished eating, and walked to Ye Lan's side. He whispered, "Ye Lan, why are the people you brought with you so different from you? Just when I was about to dismount and looked back, I saw them standing there looking at me, and I almost fell off the horse."
Ye Lan didn't treat Feng Chen as an outsider. He took a piece of mung bean cake from Feng Chen's hand and ate it. Then he hugged Feng Chen's shoulders like a good brother and said, "General Feng, you are flattering me. I am not qualified to lead anyone. These are the Royal Guards that the prince asked me to transfer from the palace to help."
Feng Chen touched his heart which had just been frightened to death, and looked at Ye Lan with some complaints, "Why didn't you tell me that the Imperial Guards would come? If I had known that the Imperial Guards were coming, I would not have come. The girl in Qingfang Tower is still waiting for me to find her."
Ye Lan punched Feng Chen in the stomach without hesitation, "Why are you thinking about the girls in Qingfang Tower every day? If the prince knew about this, you would definitely be punished."
Ye Lan didn't hold back when he hit Feng Chen. Feng Chen grimaced in pain. "The prince is so busy every day, how could he remember a small person like me? Besides, I just reported the sinkhole to the prince. After all, I have made contributions. At most, my merits and demerits can be offset. At least I won't be punished."
The reason why Feng Chen knew about the sinkhole outside the city was because he had been fooling around in his farm outside the city at night. When he returned to Beijing this morning, he happened to see the sinkhole. He was afraid that if he left it alone, there would be big trouble, so he hurried to Beijing to report it to Rong Chengxuan.
Seeing Feng Chen as a hopeless loser, Ye Lan lost interest in him. Feng Chen, who was not interested in boring himself, felt bored when he continued to talk to Ye Lan. He wanted to hide in the corner, but he heard the sound of hooves coming from the city gate. It was dozens of horses galloping towards them.
The other party came from the east, and the afterglow of the setting sun just happened to shine on them, making Feng Chen unable to see clearly who was coming for a while.
The riders were swift, especially the one in the lead. He was dressed in black and rode a black horse. His riding skills were exceptional, and even with a rider, he was still at the forefront. His hooves kicked up a cloud of dust, which, along with the wind from their hooves, swept across the bluestone-paved palace road. In a few breaths, he was in front of everyone.
He reined in his horse in front of Feng Chen, and Feng Chen finally got to see the man's face clearly. It was none other than Prince An—Rong Chengxuan. So the woman Rong Chengxuan was carrying must be the future Princess An, the true eldest daughter of the Yun family, Yun Wanwan.
After figuring this out, Feng Chen immediately put away the mung bean cake he hadn't finished eating, and followed everyone else in bowing to Rong Chengxuan, who was still on his horse, and said, "Your Highness."
The moment he looked up, Feng Chen suddenly recalled the captivating presence of Rong Chengxuan, who had just arrived with Yun Wanwan on horseback. He felt that this presence had nothing to do with appearance. It was simply that the other person's aura was so overwhelming that the afterglow of the setting sun seemed to be a mere shadow of his presence, a mere ten-thousandth of his power.
Somehow, a faint fear surged in his heart. Feng Chen, who had been living in the capital for more than 20 years, felt fear for the first time, and his knees bent subconsciously.
Fortunately, no matter how he messed around, Feng Chen still had some self-control. He managed to hold on, so he didn't kneel down the moment he met Rong Chengxuan. Even after he stood up straight, he still felt a slight tremor in his legs.
He wondered, is this the legendary Prince Regent? How could someone in the world be so captivating and captivating after just one encounter? It was a good thing he hadn't seen him this morning, or he would have made a fool of himself.
But the man on horseback didn't seem to care about his own intimidating power. When Feng Chen's eyes met his, he even nodded at Feng Chen and said approvingly, "You did a good job on this."
It was a nonsensical sentence, but Feng Chen immediately understood that the man was talking to him. He nodded hurriedly and said, "It's all thanks to your teaching, Your Highness."
Faced with Feng Chen's sudden flattery, Rong Chengxuan simply nodded before jumping off his horse. After carrying Yun Wanwan off the horse, he threw the reins in his hand to the servants who had caught up with him and glanced at Ye Lan and the imperial guards behind him: "Sorry for the long wait, everyone."
The leader of the Imperial Guards immediately stepped forward and saluted, "I dare not. Before your arrival, Your Highness, we had already evacuated all the civilians blocking the city gate."
Rong Chengxuan took Yun Wanwan's hand and walked to Ye Lan. Looking at the deserted city outside due to the evacuation of the people, he praised him softly, "Well done."
The leader led the way for Rong Chengxuan. "Because of the sinkhole, the area outside the city is now messy and filthy. Your Highness, please be careful with your steps and follow the path I will lead you."
"Okay, thank you." He replied casually.
When they were almost at the sinkhole, Yun Wanwan, who had been following Rong Chengxuan silently, suddenly spoke up, "Do you know what happened to cause the sinkhole?"
The leader of the Imperial Guards subconsciously looked at Ye Lan beside him. Seeing Ye Lan nod, he said, "In reply to Miss Yun, I haven't found out the specific cause of the sinkhole yet, but because of this sinkhole, some things have emerged."
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