Chapter 64
Su Xi-er carefully sized Wu Ling up . His expression doesn't look like he's kidding, but it's already so late at night . Who takes people to meet someone in the middle of the night? Surely Pei Qianhao also needs to rest?
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"Su Xi-er, are you going or not?" Wu Ling asked . It was as if he would immediately take her to meet Prince Hao as long as she nodded .
"Imperial Bodyguard Wu, are you sure you haven't been beaten silly? What time is it now? Even if this servant didn't need to, your prince does have to rest . "
"Prince Hao has yet to rest . " Since Prince Hao has instructed me to monitor Su Xi-er, why don't I be bolder and simply take her there? It's just that I don't know what Prince Hao's reaction would be . If I guess wrong, I'll just have to suffer a flogging from the planks again .
"This servant can't go . Continue monitoring then, Imperial Bodyguard Wu . " Su Xi-er then turned around and entered the room .
Wu Ling looked at the tightly shut door . If I forcefully bring Su Xi-er to Prince Hao, he would definitely be displeased .
Forget about it; I'll just drop the matter .
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Returning to his previous position against the wall, he stifled his yawns for the rest of the night .
Wu Ling only left when it was almost 5 am, hurrying over to the Prince Hao Residence .
On the expansive lawn in the backyard of the Prince Hao Residence, its namesake was practising archery .
Pei Qianhao raised his bow, his eyes narrowed as he set his sights on a target a hundred meters away . He released three arrows in one go, with all three hitting the bullseye
"Your Highness . " Wu Ling walked to him and bowed deferentially .
Pei Qianhao continued the process of knocking the arrow and firing before he finally spoke . "What's the matter?"
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As soon as he finished speaking, the three arrows had shot the centre of the target simultaneously .
"Su Xi-er has already discovered that this subordinate is monitoring her . "
Pei Qianhao placed the bow down as the expression in his eyes became unreadable . He only asked after a period of time had pa . s . sed, "How long did it take for her to find out?"
"The first day I monitored her…"
Pei Qianhao looked at Wu Ling and chuckled . "You were discovered right on the first day . Is it because you are incapable, or because she's too adept?"
"This subordinate…"
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"Alright, since you have been found out, you don't have to spy on her anymore . This prince had long expected this to happen . "
Wu Ling felt very embarra . s . sed . Long expected? If that's the case, it seems like Prince Hao instructed me to monitor her so that I can be discovered, thus indirectly reminding Su Xi-er to exercise more restraint .
"Nanzhao's state banquet will be held in the middle of next month . This prince will set off tomorrow . "
Wu Ling was a little bewildered . When Nanzhao invited Prince Hao in the past, he had always rejected them . Why is he going this year?
Just as he was feeling puzzled, he heard Prince Hao's deep and low voice .
"It's the first year Yun Ruofeng is acting as regent while the emperor is like a puppet . It is currently a critical period for Nanzhao, how can this prince not go?" Pei Qianhao's lips were upturned with a devilish look decorating his eyes .
"Your Highness, Yun Ruofeng ascended to this position by stepping over the deceased Eldest Imperial Princess; someone that you had even complimented in the past . To think that…" She died so quickly . It's truly hard to escape the word 'love' .
Pei Qianhao pa . s . sed the bow in his hand to Wu Ling . "She was a brave and resourceful woman . Of course this prince would admire her . Since she has died, this prince will also admit that she was the first person I have praised . "
"Your Highness, if that was the case, why didn't you marry that Eldest Imperial Princess earlier? She wouldn't have died then . "
Wu Ling's tone was filled with confusion . Since he already admires her, if he further deepens his feelings, wouldn't that be the love between men and women? The plays performed on the stage are like this .
"This type of woman can only be admired . Closing the distance and forcing her to become someone's wife would be unsuitable . " Pei Qianhao then turned around and walked towards the forecourt of the residence .
Wu Ling immediately followed . Unsuitable to be a wife? Then who's suitable to be one? Don't tell me that it's Su Xi-er, the one previously scrubbing the chamber pots and now was . h . i . +ng the clothes, who is suitable to be a wife?