On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness

Chapter 144: Chapter 144: The Man’s Shoes

Leng Yu Yan’s face flushed slightly, and somewhat unnaturally, she touched the gauze, saying with embarrassment, “I was bitten.”

“What bit you? So reckless!” Ji Qingyu took a few steps over, wanting to take a look.

Thinking of Ye Yiheng being present, she sheepishly withdrew her hand.

Leng Yu Yan covered the gauze with her hand: “It’s nothing serious.”

“In the forest, I didn’t notice you had gauze on your neck, when were you bitten, is it serious?” Ye Jiu also inquired.

“It was in the forest, bitten by an insect,” Leng Yu Yan smiled, “Really, it’s fine.”

Hearing this, Ye Jiu gave Ye Yiheng a meaningful glance.

Throughout the whole time, Ye Yiheng acted as if nothing was happening, sitting there pridefully aloof and indifferent.

Leng Yu Yan felt quite uncomfortable; the gauze on her neck had brought about so many questions. She wondered if this madman would bite her again in the future.

“Ninth Princess, did you come to inquire about something?” It was still best to change the subject.

Ye Jiu smiled, “Let’s talk inside the house.”

Leng Yu Yan nodded and personally pushed Ye Jiu into the inner room.

“Princess, please speak,” said Leng Yu Yan as she took a seat on a stool and ordered Miao Zhu to serve tea and refreshments.

The Ninth Princess didn’t stand on ceremony, took a sip of tea, and said directly, “Today I went to the East Suburb to meet Li Yuyue. But after lunch, he was nowhere to be found. Just when I wanted to look for you to ask, it turns out you had already returned to the Eastern Palace.”

Leng Yu Yan was very puzzled, “Ask me? Ninth Princess, I think you’re mistaken. How would I know where Brother Lai is?”

Ninth Princess gently tapped the teacup lid, “Honestly, since you exposed the fake divine doctor, I’ve quite liked you. Do you know why that changed afterward?”

“Please enlighten me, Princess.”

“Because I discovered Li Yuyue likes you!”

Hearing this, Leng Yu Yan stood up abruptly, “Impossible! Brother Lai and I are from the same clan!”

“It’s true that you’re from the same clan, but he is five degrees removed from you. Those removed by five degrees can marry; surely you know this?” As the Ninth Princess spoke, she stared intently into Leng Yu Yan’s eyes.

The girl in front of her was breathtakingly beautiful.

The scene just now, with her lying softly on the couch—if she had been a man, she might have had a nosebleed right then and there.

Sixth Brother cannot see, how did that lad Ji Qingyu withstand it?

Ninth Princess mused inwardly while her gaze swept continuously over Leng Yu Yan.

Feeling embarrassed under her gaze, Leng Yu Yan turned her face away and said, “Ninth Princess is mistaken. Between Brother Lai and me, there is only the affection of siblings, absolutely not what you’ve mentioned.”

Ninth Princess suddenly laughed and pulled her to sit down.

“Later, I realized you have only sibling affection for him. What he feels for you, I cannot see clearly, but I know he protects you. In all the years he’s been in the capital, he’s never taken a liking to anyone.”

Leng Yu Yan explained, “Brother Lai also sees me as a sister.”

Ninth Princess waved her hand, “Ever since I knew you had only sibling affection for him, combined with your true nature, I started to see you differently. Today, I have the audacity to ask you for a favor.”

“What favor?”

“Li Yuyue left the capital partly because of me. I want to know the day he’ll leave, can you tell me?”

Leng Yu Yan shook her head, “Sorry, I really don’t know.”

Seeing her sincerity, the Ninth Princess sighed deeply, patting the armrest of her wheelchair, “In truth, even if I knew the day he would leave, I wouldn’t be able to send him off. The Prince Zhenbei Mansion is at the border, and with my leg in this condition, the chances of marrying him are slim. Now, I can only hope you will help me deliver a gift to him.”

Moreover, Father Emperor intends to suppress the Prince Zhenbei Mansion, how could he agree to marry his daughter there?

Leng Yu Yan nodded, “Sure, I’ll deliver it for you. I will be visiting the Imperial College tomorrow, and I can take the gift with me.”

Ye Jiu produced a package from behind, “These boots—please give them to him for me, I appreciate it.”

“It’s the least I can do.” Leng Yu Yan took the package, opened it to look, and saw that they were exquisitely made. It was apparent at first glance that they were not produced by the Clothing Bureau but most likely hand-sewn by the person before her.

“Just, Sixth Brother doesn’t know about this, you absolutely must not tell him,” Ye Jiu cautioned.

Leng Yu Yan nodded her agreement.

In a short while, the two of them came out of the inner room.

Seeing them come out, Ye Yiheng remained silent, it was Ji Qingyu who couldn’t help asking, “What took so long, what did Ye Jiu say to Ah Yan?”

“Do you also want to hear about girls’ matters?” Ye Jiu teased him.

Not annoyed, Ji Qingyu took a food box from a servant following behind him and placed it on the stone table, “Ah Yan likes this wild vegetable. When I was out at the East Suburb earlier, I packed some.”

Leng Yu Yan knew what he was referring to and thanked him cheerfully, “Thank you!”

She then gestured for Mrs. Zhao to take it.

Seeing the opportunity, Ye Jiu suggested, “Since we have the vegetables, let’s have dinner in the Eastern Palace.”

The usually silent Ye Yiheng suddenly spoke, “It’s just wild vegetables. When did Ye Jiu’s taste also become so rustic?”

Originally, Leng Yu Yan had no intention of keeping Ye Jiu and Ji Qingyu for dinner at Tingfeng Garden, but now someone was implying that her taste was rustic by saying so.

Therefore, she replied with a smile, “If the Ninth Princess wants to eat, she can stay. Qingyu brought the wild vegetable I love, so he can stay too. As for the Crown Prince, if rustic dishes are not to your taste, please feel free to do as you please!”

Ye Yiheng’s expression quickly turned frosty, and the atmosphere around him dropped to freezing point.

Eunuch Song Guo, seeing this, flattered with a smile, “Crown Princess Consort, although the wild vegetables from Prince Qing are indeed plain, just one dish of them isn’t enough to eat. We’ll make more dishes that Your Highness favors later.”

“Perhaps Eunuch Song Guo isn’t aware, but in my Tingfeng Garden lately, it’s been Miao Zhu and Mrs. Zhao who’ve been cooking, their dishes are indeed quite rustic, definitely not to the Crown Prince’s usual taste.”

Leng Yu Yan’s words were effectively a dismissal.

Ye Yiheng huffed, stood up, and was about to leave.

Eunuch Song Guo quickly tried to soothe, “Your Highness, the Crown Princess Consort surely didn’t mean that.”

Ye Jiu also persuaded, “Having a meal at the Eastern Palace, while Sixth Brother is not present, it wouldn’t be comfortable for us to eat.”

Ye Yiheng then settled back down on the stone bench.

With this attitude, he seemed determined not to eat elsewhere and return to his own palace, Leng Yu Yan sighed, waved her hand, and signaled Miao Zhu and Mrs. Zhao to go prepare the meal.

The person in question sat with a stern face the whole time, making the meal quite uncomfortable for Leng Yu Yan.

The midday meal was at the East Suburb, and he had been this way then too, which resulted in a bitten neck for her.

With dinner being similar, who knew what this madman might do next?

Feeling uneasy, Leng Yu Yan hurriedly finished eating and escorted Ye Jiu and Ji Qingyu out of the Eastern Palace.

When she returned to Tingfeng Garden, she was shocked to find that he hadn’t left.

“It’s getting late, Your Highness, please return to your bedroom to rest.”

“Does Your Highness take me for an insect?”

“Would Your Highness like me to tell others directly that it was you who bit my neck?”

“Why not?”

Not wanting to bother with him any longer, Leng Yu Yan walked into the inner room.

To her surprise, Ye Yiheng followed her in.

His gaze swept across the inner room and landed on a delicately wrapped package on the stool, which he picked up to examine.

Leng Yu Yan turned her head and saw him removing his eye veil, looking at her with a dark gaze.

“This is a man’s shoe, huh?”

“Don’t touch things in my room.” As she spoke, she reached out to snatch it.

He lifted the package higher.

She stretched her hand to reach for it.

Because the sleeves were wide, her arms, like jade lotuses, were thus exposed…