What Bad Intentions can the Yandere Crown Prince have?-Chapter 236 - 232: So Who Do You Like Most?

Li Xingyuan clearly saw ill intentions in Mo Huan’s eyes, but he couldn’t figure it out.

Go up, then. What’s the Crown Prince going to do to him?

He was about to roll up his sleeves and go when suddenly a black-clad cavalryman came rushing in.

"Report—" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"A suspicious person has been found at the eastern mountain pass!

...

Li Xingyuan still went up.

Not only did he go up, but he also brought the suspicious person they just caught to the hillside.

The person caught was a man, small in stature, trim and lean, but with thick eyebrows and big eyes, exuding a certain cleverness.

He had seen this face just over a month ago.

When the person was placed in front of Tang Xiaobai, the young girl was unsurprisingly surprised and delighted: "Ah Lin! What are you doing here? Where is the Young Master?"

Ah Lin was one of Tang Ziqian’s trusted guards. In March this year, he went on a campaign to the Turks with Tang Ziqian.

Over a month ago, Yingying had impersonated Ah Lin to deliver a message, but unexpectedly, this time the real Ah Lin appeared.

Moreover, he was indeed returning to Shanzhou to deliver a message.

"...Since March, the Young Master has sent messengers to Shanzhou nine times, only the first three returned... The Young Master noticed something strange but was busy pursuing the enemy troops without pause and couldn’t afford distractions..."

"Until half a month ago, the Young Master defeated the enemy’s supplies at Baihai, and the Tuyuhun Crown Prince Murong Shun surrendered with his ministers... The Young Master then sent his subordinate ahead to Shanzhou to investigate the situation—"

When Ah Lin passed through here, he noticed a large group of troops and was suspicious, so he came at night to scout the situation.

Unexpectedly, just as he peeked out, he was seized by the black-clad cavalry.

Getting caught was nothing, seeing Li Xingyuan here was nothing.

It was seeing this pair of young men and women on the mountain that was shocking.

"What are the Second Miss and Ah Xiao doing here? Did something happen in the Capital City and Hedong?" Ah Lin asked nervously.

If something happened in Shanzhou, their army could handle it on their return.

But if it was the Capital City and Hedong, that would be troublesome.

Fortunately, the young girl smiled broadly and shook her head: "No worries, no worries, as long as Ah Brother is fine, everything’s fine!"

Tang Xiaobai briefly recounted what had happened in Liangzhou and the Capital City.

After hearing this, Ah Lin contemplated for a moment, then said, "In that case, I still need to hurry to Shanzhou to report the Young Master’s whereabouts!"

Tang Xiaobai nodded.

Though they had met Ah Lin, Tang Ziqian was still out of contact concerning Shanzhou and Liangzhou. They had to quickly get in touch to effectively counter the rumors over in the Capital City.

Tang Xiaobai thought for a moment, then looked at Gu Yuan: "Fourth Cousin, are you returning to Shanzhou too?"

When Ah Lin delivered the letter, it might cause some stir, and perhaps someone would need to mediate at that time.

Gu Yuan was aware but hesitated.

Tang Xiaobai laughed: "I have Ah Xiao with me!"

Gu Yuan glanced at Li Mu.

Since Ah Lin appeared, the Crown Prince had been brooding thoughtfully, only now seemed to be awakened, slightly curled his lips, and calmly gave a soft "hmm."

Gu Yuan laughed lightly: "Alright."

After settling things here, Tang Xiaobai then chased after Ah Lin to ask: "Since the Young Master has already achieved a great victory, is he also on his way back? Which route is he taking? Is it far from here?" Just asking wasn’t enough, "You come down the mountain with me and sketch the route!"

...

Along the way, Tang Xiaobai traveled by day and at night collaborated with Wenren Jia to document the landscapes and routes memorized during the day into illustrated texts.

At these times, she felt very grateful for Wenren Jia’s photographic memory.

Of course, she wished she had been granted that gift herself.

So, after descending the mountain, Tang Xiaobai took out paper and ink while sending someone to invite Wenren Jia.

With the ink ready and Wenren Jia arriving, Tang Xiaobai prepared to first draw the places they passed today.

"...Southwest of Huashi Gorge... west bank of the river..."

As usual, they recalled together, she handled the drawing while Wenren Jia worked on the text, recording up to the current mountain.

"This mountain..." Wenren Jia looked up at the mountain, just about to speak, but was interrupted.

"The mountain is seventy zhang high, stretches seven li from northeast to southwest, with a lake a hundred li to the south—"

As Tang Xiaobai paused her writing to look up, the voice also halted.

The beautiful ink-black eyes looked at her unwaveringly, her expression as impassive as usual yet revealing an unmistakable sense of pride to Tang Xiaobai.

Always so competitive.

Tang Xiaobai couldn’t help but giggle and pursued: "A lake a hundred li south, then what?"

She resumed writing with lowered head.

The voice of the little ancestor resumed: "The lake spans... twenty-four li west of..."

Mo Huan couldn’t help but take two steps closer to Mo Ji, whispering: "Not once did the Young Master speak so much in the whole month since leaving Hedong."

Mo Ji snorted softly, expressing agreement.

After Li Mu finished detailing the area’s geography, it was Ah Lin’s turn.

However, Ah Lin couldn’t recall it as clearly as the two, nor could he clearly describe the journey; Tang Xiaobai could only sketch the general direction and distance.

Calculating it, at their normal marching pace, she could meet her brother’s army in no more than five days!

Tang Xiaobai suddenly burst into tears of joy.

She suddenly wanted to know, in the original plot, was it true that the Duke Yan and his son were also rumored to have met misfortune but were actually marching in the heartland of Qinghai?

Maybe after the Duke Yan Mansion was destroyed, they returned.

Returned to see utter devastation—

Tang Xiaobai suddenly shuddered with realization: "Prince Li!"

She didn’t care if she blew Li Xingyuan’s cover and urgently turned to find him.

Li Xingyuan, also taken aback by the shout, tried to pretend not to hear and attempted to hide.

Unexpectedly, the young girl directly rushed over and grabbed him: "Quickly return to the Capital City, they can’t harm my father and brother, but my mother and sister are still in the Capital!"

She hadn’t finished speaking when Li Xingyuan vanished from sight.

Ah Lin and Gu Yuan hadn’t set off, but Li Xingyuan departed first, rather impolitely taking Li Mu’s steed.

"In urgent matters, act expediently, and if it gets lost, have him compensate you with one later." After seeing off Li Xingyuan, Tang Xiaobai sheepishly apologized to the little ancestor.

But to ensure Li Xingyuan quickly returned to the Capital, she agreed with the horse-snatching act.

Yet, the little ancestor looked displeased: "You let him compensate?"

Tang Xiaobai nodded: "Yes, yes! I’ll definitely have him compensate!"

Li Mu’s face grew even darker: "When did you become so close to Li Xingyuan?"

"Uh..." Tang Xiaobai recalled, "About two months ago?"

Li Xingyuan, in Zhenzhou, was facing internal and external troubles, yet he still went to the Capital for her sister and followed her to the Northwest to protect her. She was truly touched by his intentions and had already started regarding him as half a brother-in-law.

"Two months? Close enough to like him the most?"

The words "like him the most" were almost articulated word by word by Li Mu.

Tang Xiaobai, however slow to realize, knew what had upset the little ancestor.

"I meant I like Prince Li the most as my brother-in-law!" Tang Xiaobai laughed and cried, "Mo Huan left halfway through listening, couldn’t be stopped."

Li Mu’s expression softened, giving an ambivalent "oh," glancing at her seeming indifferent, and said blandly: "Then who do you like the most?"