"What's wrong?" Yun Mohan looked impatiently outside the tent.
"Your Highness, there is someone outside the tent. They say they want to see you, uh, they say they want to give you a big gift."
"A grand gift?"
"Pah!" Yun Mohan spat out the sand in his mouth. The climate in the Northern Frontier was really harsh; after saying just a few words, he would have a mouthful of sand.
"Hmm? A generous gift, huh? That's interesting. Let him in."
[Which faction are you from, and what do you want from me this time?]
[I wonder if he can be of use to me, to contend with the King of Northern Liang and the royal family of Southern Yang.]
"Greetings, Your Highness." The visitor performed a curtsy, the kind of greeting one would give to a member of the royal family in Nanyang. His speech and manners were respectful, and he seemed to be extremely cautious.
Princess Jin looked at the person who entered and turned her gaze away in disgust.
[How can this person be so ugly?!]
[Especially those teeth; they made her feel nauseous.]
Yun Luoxue also turned her head away in disgust and hugged the arm of the Princess of Jin.
"Are you from Nanyang?" Yun Mohan asked uncertainly, seeing that he had performed the Nanyang etiquette.
[Could it be a letter from the capital? Could it be that the palace has granted him permission to return? That's impossible...]
Unless Yun Beiye lets go of the past, unless their shallow brotherly affection surpasses Yun Bei's tenderness for the Ninth Princess.
Yun Mohan was somewhat bewildered. He couldn't quite tell whether the man before him, whose face was so striking, would bring him happy news or plunge him into the abyss.
"Your Highness, although I have performed the Nanyang ceremony, I am a Beiliang person." Wang Youcai remained respectful, bowing as he spoke with a smile plastered on his face.
"You two should go and rest first." Yun Mohan glanced at Princess Jin and Yun Luoxue beside him.
Princess Jin stood up, grabbed her daughter, and quickly walked out.
[That person is disgusting; the tent has started to stink.]
"Your Highness, I am Wang Youcai, an advisor to the Right Wise King. This hood and antidote pills were specially sent to you by the Right Wise King." Wang Youcai placed the items on the table.
Yun Mohan glanced at the things on the table, curled his lip in disdain, and said dismissively, "I have all these things."
Wang Youcai understood immediately; the hood and antidote pill must have been sent by the Northern Liang royal family.
"The more the better, hey, the more the better." Wang Youcai's face remained smiling, without showing any emotion.
"The Right Wise King?"
Yun Mohan pondered for a moment, thinking that he could not see any threat on the face of the newcomer.
The king of Beiliang ascended the throne at a young age. The Right Wise King was lurking near the western capital of Beiliang, and the Northern Wise King was lurking near the eastern capital of Beiliang.
These two princes had already amassed their own armies and wielded considerable power when the previous emperor of Northern Liang was still alive. Now that the young emperor has ascended the throne, these two princes are even more eager to seize power and usurp the throne.
However, neither side made a move, seemingly waiting for the other to lose patience and attack the capital first, so that they could reap the benefits.
Hmph, they're all old foxes.
"Right Wise King, what business do you have with me? I don't know him at all, do I? What is there to talk about?"
Yun Mohan decided to give the other party a warning, to let him know that although he had been exiled to the Northern Frontier, he was not a weak person to be slaughtered when it came to negotiating terms.
"If Your Highness has the time, would you mind visiting the Right Wise Prince's residence for a chat?"
Despite Yun Mohan's disdainful expression, Wang Youcai did not show any displeasure and still respectfully said, "What Your Highness desires, I presume the Right Wise Prince can provide."
"oh?"
"To the residence of the Right Wise Prince?"
“But I cannot leave the Northern Frontier.” Yun Mohan hesitated. Yun Beiye’s order was that he must stay in the Northern Frontier and could not leave without permission.
"Your Highness, rest assured, the Right Wise King's residence is near the Northern Frontier. Just go around it from the back mountain."
The Right Wise King's stronghold is in Xijing City of Beiliang. This time, in order to plot something big, the Right Wise King specially brought his confidants to Shangjing City of Beiliang, the place where the Beiliang royal family is located.
"The Right Wise King has come to the capital?!" Yun Mohan looked surprised.
He hadn't heard anything before, which meant that the Right Wise King was just quietly entering the capital and hadn't brought his army with him.
However, leaving his home base and going to the capital alone meant he was always at risk of being assassinated by the King of Beiliang or by the King's informant.
"Why..." Yun Mohan wanted to ask why the Right Wise King would come to the capital, but he didn't want to show that he was very interested.
"Your Highness, are you asking why His Majesty has come to the capital this time?"
"How can we accomplish great things without venturing into the tiger's den?!"
"Your Highness, rest assured, His Majesty is merely inviting you to his residence for tea; he will not force you to do anything," Wang Youcai reassured him with a smile.
Yun Mohan pondered for a moment, then said, "Going to meet this old fox isn't out of the question."
[He wouldn't dare do anything outrageous; after all, I am a high-ranking official in Nanyang.]
"Very well, I will go with you to meet this Right Wise King."
"His Highness requests your presence."
Wang Youcai and Yun Mohan walked out of the main tent and were about to get into the carriage when Princess Jin and Yun Luoxue heard the noise and ran out of the tent next to them.
"Father, where are you going?!"
"I want to go too!" Yun Luoxue jumped onto the carriage before Yun Mohan could answer. No matter where they went, she didn't want to stay here for even a moment longer.
Seeing that the two had boarded the carriage, Princess Jin followed suit.
"You two?!" Yun Mohan looked at the mother and daughter with surprise and helplessness.
"Aren't you just making things worse? I'll be right back. I'm going to see a friend." Yun Mohan didn't want his wife and daughter to come with him.
"It's alright, Your Highness. Since the Princess and the Princess Consort are willing to travel together, why don't we come to your residence for a bowl of hot tea?"
"Hot tea? Would you like some snacks?" Yun Luoxue licked her dry lips. During her time in Northern Xinjiang, she had been eating steamed buns and pickled vegetables every day, and she really couldn't stand it anymore.
"The princess loves snacks, so of course we have them. The green rice dumplings and bean buns from Beiliang are absolutely delicious."
The carriage bumped along, but after a while, it suddenly stopped swaying so much.
Princess Jin suspiciously lifted the carriage curtain.
"Huh? The road here is so flat?" Unlike their home, where there was only yellow dust and small hills, the road here was wide and flat.
"Platform?" Yun Mohan curiously moved closer to Princess Jin and looked outside.
"Oh, this is the vicinity of the villa. We'll be there soon if we keep going."
The carriage continued on its way, and after turning onto two small roads, it arrived at Lianyuan Villa.
"Lianyuan Manor?" Yun Luoxue read aloud the words on the stone pillar.
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