Chapter 24
"Nanqi, do not harm innocent people."
The familiar voice made You Yang look outside suddenly. His eyes widened slightly and stared at the wooden door for a long time, as if he wanted to see through the door who was coming outside.
Song Yunlan?!
You Yang suddenly turned around and met Song Yanting's playful eyes, and finally understood what his confusing words meant today.
"surprise?"
"Old friend?"
Song Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't it?"
"Don't you want to see your old lover?"
Hearing the footsteps getting closer, You Yang didn't have time to say anything more and ran to Song Yanting in a hurry.
"See your sister, open up."
Song Yan was stunned for a moment, "What?"
"oops!"
You Yang didn't have time to chat with him. Face and dignity were not important anymore. Life was the most important thing.
She forcibly pulled away Song Yanting's arms that were wrapped around his chest, and a few breaths before the door was opened, she sat on his thighs, wrapped her arms around his neck, and buried her face in the crook of his neck.
"What old lover? He's more like a living ancestor."
Song Yan's body suddenly stiffened when he heard this. Even though he knew that she was using him to hide because she was afraid that Song Yunlan would recognize her, his ears still couldn't stop burning.
The slightly cool skin touched his neck, but his body temperature rose instead of falling. His breathing trembled slightly, and his hands hung in the air, not feeling comfortable placing them anywhere.
He hugged the person in his arms tighter and tighter, and trembled when the wooden door was pushed open from the outside.
Song Yanting's eyes were dim and drooped, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and his burning gaze lingered on her pink earlobe with the jade pendant.
He trembled slightly for a moment, then put his hand on the back of Youyang's head and put his other hand around her waist.
The two imperial guards didn't expect that this formidable Buddha would be here. After quickly glancing at the woman in his arms, they hurriedly lowered their heads.
He bowed and said, "Xuan...Greetings to His Majesty the King Xuan..."
"Greetings to His Majesty the Xuanwang!"
Song Yan glanced sideways upon hearing the voice, his eyes as sharp as a knife.
"Have some courage and delay my night of pleasure. Tell me how you two would die best."
The imperial guards knelt down and said, "I deserve to die. I beg Your Highness to forgive me. It was my negligence that made me fail to recognize Your Highness and not realize that you were here."
"Your Highness, please forgive me!"
"Third brother, the Imperial Guards are just following orders, why bother making things difficult for them?"
Song Yunlan noticed the movement here and walked slowly over and stepped into the room.
"Go down. You two go search somewhere else. I'll take care of Third Brother here." He waved his hand to signal the two people who were kneeling on the ground trembling in fear to retreat.
"Eh..." Song Yanting sighed softly, "Fifth brother still has a kind heart."
"I wonder what brings you here, Fifth Brother? Could it be that you've left the palace to have some fun without telling Father?"
Song Yunlan remained silent. While checking the compartment for any abnormalities, his eyes accidentally passed over the beautiful figure in Song Yanting's arms, and he immediately felt a sense of familiarity.
"Who is this?"
After hearing this, Song Yan really wanted to see how wonderful his fifth brother's expression would be if he saw his beloved woman in his arms.
Feeling the big hand holding Song Yanting's waist gradually loosen, You Yang seemed to guess what was in Song Yanting's mind and hugged him tighter.
She pinched a piece of flesh on the back of Song Yanting's neck in a place where Song Yunlan couldn't notice it, and warned him, causing him to gasp in pain.
Seeing the pain on his face, Song Yunlan stepped forward and asked, "Third brother, what's wrong?"
Song Yan felt it was a pity to lose such a great fun, and glanced at Song Yunlan.
"No problem. The concubines in the mansion are quite shy. I think they were frightened by the fifth brother's voice. I usually spoil them. Now they don't want to see the fifth brother. I'm sorry for being rude."
Song Yan heard him say forgiveness, but his expression was still unruly.
Song Yunlan guessed what might have happened just now, and felt embarrassed for a moment and turned his eyes away.
She thought that only their backs were similar. She was isolated and helpless in the mansion, and it was difficult for her to even leave the house. It was impossible for a woman like her to come to Chunhongfang, a dangerous place.
"No problem."
"But why would my royal brother bring his concubines here to have fun?" Song Yunlan had been in the military camp for a long time and knew nothing about women.
"Fifth brother is still young, it's normal that he doesn't understand." Song Yan seemed to be taking revenge for himself. He pinched You Yang's waist, which was so thin that it could be held in one hand, and exerted force secretly, causing You Yang to grimace in pain.
You Yang didn't dare to make a sound, so she could only touch the place where she had pinched Song Yanting and rub it to comfort him, as if she was begging for mercy.
Song Yanting tightened his arms to hold You Yang close to him, looking very happy. "When you grow up a little more, I will give you a few more beauties. Then you will understand."
Even though Song Yunlan had never seen such a thing, he had heard soldiers talk about it in the military camp.
What surprised him was that after he had not been home for many years, his third brother, who was not very fond of laughing in his childhood, had grown up to be such a playboy who was promiscuous.
He covered his mouth and coughed dryly, "Thank you, my royal brother, but it's not necessary."
Since he refused, Song Yan didn't bother to continue.
"You must be here for serious business. My brother will not make things difficult for you. Hurry up and check. We have more serious business to attend to later."
Song Yunlan walked around the room and confirmed that there was nothing unusual, except for the faint smell of blood at the tip of his nose, which made him suspicious.
He changed his mind and realized that his royal brother came here specifically to have fun, and judging from what he said, there shouldn't be only one woman in this room.
Besides the one in my arms, there should be at least one more here.
But he had searched the entire wing and saw no one else.
"Didn't my royal brother come here to have fun? Why aren't there any other girls?"
At this point, Song Yan seemed to be opened up and started to pour out his grievances to Song Yunlan.
"I thought there would be many new beauties during the Lantern Festival, but I didn't expect that I would find anyone I liked while sailing all the way."
"I even spent a fortune on a sky lantern, thinking it was some kind of peerless beauty. But when it was delivered, I saw it was bland and boring, not even as pretty as a little concubine like me."
"I only said a few words to the girl who was sent here, and she started crying and getting upset. So I gave her the sky lantern as a reward and told her to get out."
"If you like that one, I'll have Madam Zhang find someone and send him to your house. How about that as a welcome gift from me to you after not seeing you for so long?"
"No need." Song Yunlan's doubts faded a little. "Your Majesty, I have heard that you are not paying attention to the affairs of the court."
"Then I might as well tell you clearly in front of you, my brother."
"This ship search is suspected to be related to the case of embezzlement of military rations. My royal brother should return home with his beloved concubine this morning."
"Why are the military rations in Chun Hongfang's place of enjoyment?" Song Yan was surprised when he heard the woman in western clothes.
Song Yunlan closed his mouth and said no more, "This is a confidential matter, so I cannot say more."
"Okay, I'll go back home for your sake." Song Yanting adjusted his posture, put his arm through Youyang's legs, and raised his eyebrows to Song Yunlan.
"avoid."
Song Yunlan knew it was impossible, but the more she looked at it, the more she felt that the back looked like her. Thinking of her in her mind, she forgot to look away for a moment.
Song Yanting found his absent-mindedness at the moment very interesting, and he knew what he was thinking without having to guess.
He wanted to tease him, so he put his cheek close to You Yang's ear and spoke ambiguous words in front of him.
"Baby, my fifth brother also wants to see your beauty. What should I do? Since you haven't put on your clothes yet, let's not be stingy and let him see your beauty."
This guy is sick. She was wearing clothes well, why did he say such mean things to provoke Song Yunlan?
You Yang's upper body was pressed against Song Yanting as he picked her up by the waist. In order to hide herself, she buried her face in Song Yanting's chest with all her strength.
The low and pleasant voice in her ear suddenly rushed into Youyang's cochlea, making her feel itchy and weak all over. She listened to his arrogant words and hit his heart with a powerless punch.
Song Yanting's eyes were full of cunning, and he said slowly with a fake regret: "Don't want to?"
"There's nothing we can do about it, Fifth Brother. The beauty doesn't want to go. I, your Royal Brother, quite like this little girl. We can't make her angry at this critical moment. Otherwise, she will ignore me, and then I, your Royal Brother, will have nowhere to go."
"I can only wait for my brother to find you another one as an apology next time."
Song Yunlan came to his senses and realized that he had been rude, so he quickly lowered his head and turned his back.
"It is my humble servant who is rude."
"Good brother, we are all brothers, so don't mind. When you become successful in the future, don't forget to take care of a useless person like me."
Song Yanting hugged You Yang and left with a big laugh, but there was no smile in his eyes.
Only when you live to that time will you be qualified to compete with me.
After Song Yanting left, Nan Qi came in from outside and asked, "Your Highness, are we just going to let His Highness Xuan Wang go like this?"
"I haven't seen him for many years. I'm no longer sure what kind of person he has become."
Given his third brother's romantic nature, it was reasonable for him to appear here, but he always felt it was a little strange.
After returning to the palace, the progress of the investigation has been stagnant. Yesterday, there was suddenly a clue pointing directly to Chun Hongfang.
If this was not his doing, then someone wanted to divert the investigation towards him.
"Send someone to follow him, don't alert the enemy."
Nan Qi bowed: "Yes."
…
Song Yanting got off the boat and got into the carriage in full view of everyone, holding You Yang in his arms.
You Yang muttered in Song Yanting's arms: "How long are you going to hold me? Put me down."
Cang Xu, who was waiting by the roadside with a carriage, almost dropped his jaw.
He saluted, "Master."
Song Yanting glanced at him, turning a deaf ear to You Yang's words, and got straight into the carriage. He ordered Cang Xu, who was driving, "Go back home."
After the carriage started moving, Song Yanting became distracted and looked at You Yang who was sitting on the left.
"Someone is following."
You Yang's expression became serious when he heard this, and he lifted the curtain on the window frame and looked out.
There were too many people on the street, and no matter how sharp her ears were, she couldn't tell where the person was following her.
After lowering the curtain, she asked Song Yan, "Song Yun...ah no, did you ask someone to bring your fifth brother here?"
"So what?" Song Yan said nonchalantly, "But since you already know Song Yunlan's identity, I'm quite surprised that you didn't recognize him."
"You saved him. Wouldn't it be nice to use this favor and his power to help you escape the suffering of the Netherworld?"
"Who knows if this is just jumping from one sea of suffering into another..." You Yang muttered softly.
Song Yan didn't hear clearly, "What did you say?"
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