On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness-Chapter 217 - Granting You Freedom
Chapter 217: Chapter 217 Granting You Freedom
Chapter 217 -217 Granting You Freedom
“Suppose I, as a princess, got married to the Princely Heir,” Ye Jiu said with a light smile. “My sister is just fifteen, so she can take her time choosing a suitor. But I am already eighteen, and if we were commoners, eighteen would be considered an old maid.”
Li Yuyue said emotionlessly, “Even if the princess were twenty-eight, she wouldn’t need to worry about finding a husband.”
Ye Jiu laughed softly. “Heir Lai is quite the joker. Do you really not know why I, the princess, am not allowed to marry someone at eighteen?”
“I do not know, nor do I wish to know.”
During this conversation, Li Yuyue’s expression grew even colder.
Elsewhere.
Several sons of noble families, led by the Seventh Prince, cheered as they headed for the area next to the Imperial Garden to play cuju.
Since they needed three more players, they called over Leng Yuqing, Lai Yuxing, and Leng Yusheng.
The twins wanted to play and looked at Leng Yuqing for consent.
“Second brother, let’s go together and show them what the men of the north are made of!”
Leng Yuqing, normally gentle and not a fan of cuju, shook his head. With big brother not around, he felt responsible for keeping an eye on his younger sister.
Among these noble sons, some were classmates of Leng Yu Yan from the Imperial College.
One of them was the son of the Left Minister, Zheng Likuo.
He shouted at Leng Yu Yan, “You haven’t appeared at the Imperial College for so long; you probably lack the skills. In my view, each of your brothers is good for nothing.”
Leng Yu Yan tightened the scarf on her arm and turned to Leng Yuqing, “Second brother, did you bring any extra clothes in the carriage? I am going to teach him a lesson!”
Leng Yuqing replied gently, “There’s no need for sister to take the field; second brother will take care of it for you. How many teeth do you want him to lose?”
Leng Yu Yan smiled, “Two would suffice. Any more might impede his eating.”
Zheng Likuo frowned, “What are you siblings muttering about? Are we playing or not?”
Leng Yuqing smiled faintly, “We’ll play. The problem is whether you can handle it.”
“Heh, what can’t I handle?” Zheng Likuo rubbed his nose with his thumb. “If you lose later, don’t go crying for your parents!”
Don’t be fooled by Prince Zhenbei’s current handsomeness—in the past, when he would come to the Capital City without shaving, he looked like the typical rash man and martial artist.
If this second son of the Leng Family cried, even the Zheng Family would have to show some fear when Prince Zhenbei got angry.
Still, it was Leng Yu Yan’s fault his sister missed the chance to be betrothed to the Crown Prince, and he had lost an archery contest to her, he was determined to make up for both disgraces on the field.
The Seventh Prince watched Leng Yu Yan with arms folded, “Princess Beilan, you can’t participate in cuju dressed like that. However, you can watch from the sidelines and see if your three brothers are stronger or the youths of the capital city.”
With one sentence, he stoked the fire between both sides.
Leng Yu Yan narrowed her eyes.
This Seventh Prince was quite shrewd.
The group arrived at the field, and soon the cuju game began.
Leng Yu Yan watched quietly and, when excited, shouted, “Second brother, third brother, fourth brother, come on! Come on!”
Upon hearing this, everyone on the field wondered, come on, what the heck is that?
Realizing that the people of this era did not understand the term “come on,” Leng Yu Yan waved her fists and said, “Come on means to beat them up good!”
Leng Yuqing thought to himself, poor girl, she even coined a new term to subtly remind him not to forget to knock out Zheng’s two teeth.
The three Leng brothers exchanged glances and launched a joint attack on Zheng Likuo.
With a loud bang.
Zheng Likuo was struck on the side of his face.
A mouthful of blood and saliva spewed out, and among the blood, were clearly two big teeth.
“I don’t want to play anymore!”
Zheng Likuo, now missing teeth and lisping, sat down on the ground, bawling.
Their team had not expected that the one crying for his parents would end up being the very same Zheng Family’s young master who had boasted the loudest.
Leng Yu Yan smiled with pursed lips; her brothers had done well!
Just then, a warm voice reached her ear, “Ah Yan, the mooncakes you sent were eaten by both my father and mother; they were very tasty. Thank you!”
Leng Yu Yan turned her head and saw Ji Qingyu standing three steps away from her.
His eyes held an indecipherable tenderness with a smile of delight and excitement.
Leng Yu Yan turned back and whispered softly, “If you like it, that’s good, it’s grandmother’s intention that courtesies be exchanged.”
What she meant was that this courtesy was entirely out of her grandmother’s wishes.
Having reached the entrance of the Imperial Garden, Ye Yiheng paused upon hearing this, wondering why she was so kind as to offer him mooncakes.
From the moment when Song Guo had a share too, he should have realized that in her heart, he was no different from anyone else.
Ji Qingyu’s whole family had eaten the mooncakes she made, and she still said liking them was good.
Did she want Ji Qingyu to like her as a person?
Or was she agreeing to let Ji Qingyu like her?
The more he thought about it, the more depressed Ye Yiheng became, wishing he could vomit up all the mooncakes he had eaten that morning.
Not only the Crown Prince, but even Ji Qingyu himself failed to detect the underlying meaning in Leng Yu Yan’s words and continued happily, “I heard you made a lot of mooncakes today?”
Leng Yu Yan softly uttered a “Hmm.”
Just then, her eyes inadvertently caught sight of a morose Ye Yiheng standing at the corner.
Truly like a lingering ghost.
Every time she saw him, he wore a stern face.
Such a waste of a good appearance!
Right then, Zheng Likuo’s wailing brought the kicking game to an unwilling halt.
Leng Yu Yan glanced past Ji Qingyu with indifference and left with her three older brothers.
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The Leng brothers, having sweated during the game, had a little eunuch from the palace fetch their clothes to wash and change in a side hall.
Leng Yu Yan sat alone in the corridor, waiting.
Boredom set in, and she bent down to pick up a small stone from the flower bed, casually tossing it to another flower bed.
Thud.
The stone seemed to hit someone.
Leng Yu Yan lifted her eyes, and there he was, veiled.
She rose and moved toward the entrance of the hall.
But unexpectedly, Ye Yiheng removed his eye veil and walked straight toward her.
“Do you realize that if I had remained unconscious, you would have to marry me to exorcise the evil spirits?”
He had received news last night that Father Emperor and the Imperial Grandmother intended to marry Leng Yu Yan to him to dispel bad luck and planned to announce it tonight.
If not for this morning’s mooncakes, he would have just let it be.
It was simply about forcefully keeping someone by his side.
However, having eaten the mooncakes she made, it made him consider her feelings, and perhaps for some things, it would be better to seek her consent.
Now it seems he was thinking too much for her.
Then another thought occurred to him. This woman was poison. A mere kiss from her had put his life in danger.
Should he keep his distance from her, or should he bind her to him?
Ye Yiheng was torn with conflict.
Leng Yu Yan smiled coldly, “According to Your Highness’s wishes, should I be grateful that Your Highness awoke in time?”
“You dislike being tied to me the most, don’t you?” He paused, then, as if possessed, he said, “In that case, I’ll grant you your freedom.”
From now on, I will no longer have anything to do with you!
Isn’t this granting your wish? Is this satisfactory?
His voice was as clear and noble as a mountain spring, devoid of emotion.
Leng Yu Yan was startled by his words; he was actually going along with what she wanted.
No longer restraining her, granting her freedom—these were the words she had wanted to hear since coming to the capital at the beginning of the year.
Yet for some reason, she felt nothing like the relief she had imagined.
