CH 24.2

24. Prince Yingchuan (2)

There is no cover on the fourth young lady’s body, so why doesn’t the person beside her take hers off?

Murong Xu had the intention to call these two people to a halt again, but when he was about to speak, another voice came from behind him,

“Prince Yingchuan, is that you?”

Murong Xu couldn’t care less about the doubts he had about the other party and responded. He turned around, smiled and nodded to the other person,

“Shangshu1 Liao.”

Liao Zheng turned around from the other side and caught up with Murong Xu,

“This old minister was negligent for a moment, and when he returned to his senses, he couldn’t see a shadow of the Prince Yingchuan. This minister deserves to die.”

Of course Murong Xu would not respond to his words, and instead he excused himself with a smile. Liao Zheng just went to the Buddha Hall to offer incense for a moment, when he turned around Murong Xu had already disappeared. He was startled, and rushed outside to follow his trail and chased after him. He did not expect to catch up with the Master here.

Liao Zheng just arrived when his eyes swept over the retreating figures of two women from a distance. He felt helpless, in the end, he was still the blood of the Murong family, even though he had already caused so much trouble in the Night City, he still couldn’t help but molest some women on this trip.

Thinking of this, Liao Zheng inevitably felt contemptuous in his heart. He casually glanced in another direction, thinking that there were two more women clinging to the powerful because of their beauty, but when he saw one of them, and saw her figure he was stunned instead.

Murong Xu smiled and talked to the newly appointed Shangshu of the Ministry of Public Works. But after a long time and Liao Zheng still hadn’t responded, he immediately followed his line of sight and found that Liao Zheng was looking in the direction of the fourth young lady and her companion who had gone away.

Murong Xu smiled knowingly, and said,

“Shangshu Liao, I just saw a remarkable person. I didn’t expect that in a small Buddhist temple like this, I could meet such a stunning beauty.”

Liao Zheng didn’t bother to ask Murong Xu about who the stunning beauty was. His gaze was fixed on the other figure for a long time, and his brows could not help but wrinkle. This person is covered by a wide curtain hat, and the white gauze is tightly wrapped around her figure, only a vague outline can be seen. However, Liao Zheng, as the former teacher of the deposed prince, has been in and out of the Eastern Palace for so many years, even if it was just a shadow, it gave him a strange sense of familiarity.

Liao Zheng asked hesitantly,

“That is…”

Murong Xu grinned broadly, and did not care about his strange behavior,

“That’s the Fourth Young Lady of the Yu Family, and she looks extremely beautiful.”

‘Is that a woman of the Yu family?’

Liao Zheng didn’t think that he and Murong Xu were actually talking about different people, he saw the other party was wearing the Curtain Hat, then subconsciously felt that it was probably the young lady of the Yu family. Liao Zheng continued to look in that direction and laugh at himself. He may have been too frightened the past few days, that’s why he thought that the woman he saw looked like the Prince of Langya. That young man was currently being hunted down by the emperor, and he should have been thanking the gods that he was still alive until this day. How would he dare to return to the court to take revenge on him?

What’s more, although Murong Yan has a beautiful appearance, he was an extremely arrogant and spiteful young man. He hates it when others make a fuss about his appearance, how could he be willing to pretend to be a woman?

Liao Zheng thought about the temper of Prince Langya, then smiled and didn’t ask any more questions.

When Liao Zheng and Murong Xu were having this conversation, Yu Qingjia and Murong Yan had already walked far away from them.

They turned around the corridor, with their figures quietly hidden by the Buddhist hall, and soon they were finally out of sight. When Murong Yan was walking to a corner, he continued to cover up his movements and quietly glanced behind him.

Liao Zheng, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Public Works, is a big celebrity in front of the current emperor. Two years earlier, he was the teacher of the deposed crown prince and the guest of honor in the entire Eastern Palace. The report regarding the Crown Prince’s discontent towards the Emperor Mingwu’s actions were his good deed.

Murong Yan sighed softly in his heart, this is the charm of power. So what if it was the crown prince, and who cares if he promises to treat you better and have you retain the glory as the emperor’s teacher in the future, as long as he does not sit on that dragon throne for a day, he will only remain as the crown prince and not the emperor. Since he had all his hopes on the crown prince who may ascend the throne in the future, how can he go to the emperor who is currently in power now?

Well, since it was Liao Zheng who reported the crown prince, he later took the lead in searching the Eastern Palace for the word “Edict” which was written by the crown prince himself. When the crown prince and his family died and fled, Liao Zheng was on the rise. After Emperor Mingwu died and the Prince of Changshan ascended the throne, this “Loyal Servant” was treated even more favorably by him, and now he has been promoted to the post of a Shangshu.

After two years, this is the first time that Murong Yan could confront the horrors of the tragedy of the Eastern Palace. His enemies indulged in their enjoyment and rose to the top, while he can not even call them out using their names. The cousins who did not even dare to lift up their heads every time they saw him, would even dare to make fun of his appearance to his face.

He would even dare to block Yu Qingjia’s way and flirt with her, he wanted to kill the person in front of them immediately, but even if he was so tyrannical in his heart and just wanted to let loose and commit a massacre, he was still aware that he should not be impulsive, and not act on his own will.

He and Murong Xu are not close, and he could not see his appearance clearly through the curtain hat, so he can still muddle his way around him, but if he dares to open his mouth, he will certainly be recognized.

Murong Yan took the opportunity to turn around and glanced back at them coldly, but his vision was already blocked by the wooden windows and walls. Murong Yan calmly retracted his gaze, his eyes devoid of any traces of emotion, as if he just went outside to walk around casually in a circle, and not have a close sweep from the edge of life and death.