My cousin was slurping noodles when she saw Yuwen Helan's actions and immediately reached for her money. But the girl turned and ran towards the palace.
"Hey! Helan, little sister, money! Don't run away!"
My cousin put down her chopsticks and tried to chase after him, but Li Yi pressed her down.
"Why is she running away?" my cousin asked.
"The palace has a curfew."
"Oh, from her palace? Which palace's head aunt is she?"
"..."
"Go ahead and eat, eating won't shut you up."
Li Yi watched the girl's retreating figure, feeling a sweet warmth in his heart, yet also a sense of unease.
The three princesses ran very fast and returned to Yuwen Helan's room as if nothing had happened.
Only a pile of melon seed shells remained.
The Crown Princess ran away quickly and didn't intervene, but Cen Ang couldn't ignore it.
The cold-faced girl took out two golden melon seeds from her bosom and said to the guard:
"Scanned."
"Aunt...no need..."
The guard answered with the sight of Cen Ang running alongside his master.
The crying girl from just moments ago has vanished, replaced by the triumphant Yuwen Helan.
She skipped and hopped around, humming a little tune.
"Oh, our Princess Helan has returned from meeting her lover?"
Lan Youxin, while eating roast goose and crossing her legs, said to Yuwen Helan.
"Hmph, I'm happy that he cares about me."
But the Crown Princess had to make the unpleasant point clear beforehand, so that Yuwen Helan wouldn't cry even more later.
“Helan, you know Li Yi’s reputation in the capital. He’s a refined gentleman, skilled in both literature and martial arts. He has lofty ambitions. Do you understand what I mean?”
If Li Yi marries Yuwen Helan, he cannot be too close to the center of power; he can only choose between love and his dreams.
Lan Youxin's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over him, extinguishing the flame of first love that had just been ignited.
yes,
he……
The same applies to Li Yi. Undoubtedly, he likes Princess Helan, but he doesn't want to give up what he has always wanted in his life.
Tonight is a sleepless night; no one can sleep.
The two men, separated by the bustling streets of the capital, gazed at the same bright moon.
But Lan Youxin wouldn't allow it.
She felt that the two of them needed to make things clear, otherwise they would waste each other's time.
Besides, these two haven't even started talking about love yet, so all this dawdling is pointless.
Therefore, the Crown Princess took Hua Luan and Cen Ang out in the middle of the night.
"Today I will break the palace rules and be prohibited from leaving the palace."
As Lan Youxin spoke, she kept glancing at Cen Ang.
The aunt in the palace has the final say, and she has to respect other people's work.
To everyone's surprise, the cold-faced girl nodded and said:
“If Your Majesty wishes to go out, then there will be no curfew in the palace tonight. Your rules are the rules.”
The Crown Princess is so fond of Cen Ang; she's got a silver tongue.
The crown prince sat on the bed, looking speechlessly at the three of them, master and servants. The man took a few deep breaths and then asked:
"Youxin, do we really have to go in the middle of the night?"
Lan Youxin turned around and said, disregarding his tone:
"When you were pursuing me, why didn't you say this when you climbed over the Southwest Prince's mansion wall in the middle of the night? Why didn't you come during the day?"
"The atmosphere is lovely in the middle of the night."
"Then why do you ask me if I have to go in the middle of the night?"
The prince was thinking of cuddling his wife and sleeping soundly today, but alas, he can't sleep now.
“Then I’ll go with you.”
"...As the crown prince, can't you have your own affairs to attend to?"
"No, I've finished being busy these past few days, so I have some free time to spend with you."
Lan Youxin hesitated for a moment, then looked at the somewhat lonely Crown Prince and said:
"Alright, then you can come along but you can't speak, and you can't let Li Yi see you."
Tonight, Lan Youxin plans to secretly get Yuwen Helan out of the palace.
Forget about safety. She's a Crown Princess and there's a Crown Prince. Aren't those two more valuable than Yuwen Helan?
If you're worried about safety, you should also be worried about them.
The group sneaked over to where Helan was staying.
Cen Ang used his eyes to give this signal.
The guards couldn't actually detect Lan Youxin and her group. Among them, only Hua Luan lacked martial arts skills, but the palace's secret guards were all arranged by Cen Ang.
People just lie down on the rooftop, you can't see anything, and there are a few more in the trees every now and then.
Upon seeing the group dressed in all black, the guards were about to make their move when they realized that Cen Ang was gesturing to them.
Alright, who told Aunt Cen to dote on her master?
"Yuwen Helan".
Lan Youxin leaned against the window and called softly.
The girl lay in bed, staring at the moonlight outside the window with her bright eyes, feeling troubled. She wanted to date Li Yi, but she didn't want to waste his life.
In a daze, she seemed to hear Lan Youxin's voice.
"Am I being distracted by Lan Youxin? How come I can still hear her voice in the middle of the night? Sure enough, she's annoying."
Lan Youxin overheard this, and the Crown Princess knocked on the window a little harder.
"Yuwen Helan, I knew it was you talking behind my back when I sneezed."
"???"
Princess Helan heard the sound at the window, immediately put on her shoes and ran over.
"What are you doing eavesdropping on me in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"
"I'll take you out of the palace to find Li Yi."
Yuwen Helan looked up at the night sky, then lowered his head and said to Lan Youxin:
"Your Highness, it's past midnight!"
"You don't do your love affairs in the middle of the night, do you? With your status, people wouldn't agree to you doing it in broad daylight."
If Li Yi dared to walk on the street with Yuwen Helan during the day and be seen by others, Li Yi would be expelled from the Ministry of War the next day. No matter what reason he gave, he would probably go to the Hanlin Academy or the Ministry of Rites to take a leisurely job and live out his life there.
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