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Published at 13th of July 2020 10:23:08 PM
Chapter 16

Li Yun watched Rong Jing approaching step by step, watching in appreciation as if he were an exquisitely crafted ink painting . This was a true lady killer that amazes people of all ages and both sexes, everyone before him would become as insignificant as dust .


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Not long afterward, Rong Jing was a step in front of Li Yun, looking at her with his clear phoenix eyes .

Li Yun had never been looked at so carefully by a man before, and his stare made her feel like she had no secrets in front of him . Caught off-guard, she couldn’t help but blush slightly and turned to avoid his gaze, coughing lightly, “You…”

“Let’s go,” Rong Jing interrupted her and walked toward the carriage . His voice was pleasant to hear, his every step gentle and graceful .

Li Yun stared at Rong Jing’s back and went blank .  That’s it?

Rong Jing ignored Li Yun’s stare and returned to the black carriage . The guard in black quickly received his umbrella and raised the curtain . Rong Jing bent down slightly to climb into the carriage and the curtain was lowered .

Li Yun was completely stunned, thinking that male leads were always somewhat eccentric .

The darkly-dressed guard sat down, and with a wave of his whip, the carriage left the imperial palace gates steadily and swiftly .

Li Yun’s mouth twitched . Sure enough, a weird master would have such guards!

“Miss, Prince Jing is gone, shall we go now?” Cai Lian looked inquiringly at Li Yun . Although she didn’t know why Prince Jing would save Miss, it was surprising enough when she saw him standing so close to Miss . It was well-known that Prince Jing would always stay three paces away from everyone .


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“So let’s go!”

Cai Lian hurriedly took the reins and handed it to Li Yun . Li Yun mounted on the horse and looked at Cai Lian, “Do you want to ride with me?”

“Thank you Miss, but this servant can just run after your horse . ” Cai Lian shook her head, overwhelmed . Miss has behaved very strangely since she had woken up and treated Cai Lian much times better than usual . Cai Lian felt flattered but dared not accept her favor .

Running after her horse? Li Yun was speechless . Even if the palace was not very far from the Yun wangfu, there were still several streets to go which meant she would have to run at least two miles . It would be unnecessarily tiring so Li Yun reached out to pull Cai Lian, “Come up, I’ll give you a ride!”

“Miss, thank you so much . But how can a servant and a Miss ride a horse together? I can just run…” Instead of reaching out, Cai Lian stepped back in horror .

“What are you talking about? Do as I say, come up!” Li Yun frowned, her voice indisputable .

Cai Lian shivered and stopped retreating, but looked at Li Yun with eyes brimming with tears . Li Yun didn’t want to scold her anymore, and just sighed helplessly, “You are my maidservant . Even if others see us on one horse, what can they do? Come up now! Let’s go home soon . I’m so hungry, I haven’t eaten anything today . ”

However, the truth was that without Cai Lian guiding her, she was afraid she couldn’t find the way to the Yun residence!

Hearing this, Cai Lian swallowed back her tears, looked around and then stared at Li Yun hesitantly . Seeing Li Yun’s firm and encouraging look, Cai Lian boldly took a step forward and extended her trembling hand to Li Yun .


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Li Yun grabbed her little hand as soon as she reached out . With Li Yun’s help, Cai Lian easily mounted the horse and sat behind Li Yun . Then Li Yun kicked the horse belly, the red horse immediately rushed out swiftly .

Cai Lian was so frightened that she held Li Yun’s waist tightly . She actually felt that Miss was so nice today, like reunited family .

Looking at the small arms around her waist, Li Yun couldn’t help but smile . She didn’t know why but with this little girl around, she felt more at ease . Maybe because Cai Lian was the first person she met here, she had a special place in her heart for this girl .

After catching up with Rong Jing, Li Yun gently pulled the reins to slow down and followed behind the carriage .

The carriage was passing through the busy main street in the evening with obviously more people on the street than in the day . On both sides of the street, all kinds of interesting products were around, and the clamors of peddling vendors was unceasing .

Li Yun was quite curious . This kind of night market was already so popular in ancient times?

After a while, she saw a recently-burned building beside two obviously prosperous restaurants . She had overlooked it earlier since she had focused her attention on her race .  Was that the Wangchun Lou?

While Li Yun was observing the ruins, the carriage’s curtain was lifted up abruptly, revealing Rong Jing’s charming face . He looked sideways at the remaining traces of Wangchun Lou burned by the fire and then turned to Li Yun who was sitting on the horseback, smiling, “Well done . ”

Li Yun went blank when seeing his smiling face, but Rong Jing let the curtain fall, not saying any more words .

“Miss, it is said that Wangchun Lou was doing filthy business underground and though it looks like a normal brothel, but in private, they deal with the most dirty and vile things . They sell people and force them to become prostitutes . Sometimes, when a procurer was interested in a girl from a good family, they will try every method to force that girl . Even good-looking men also will be…” Cai Lian whispered behind Li Yun . “It’s simply evil . ”


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“It turned out to be so . Then I indeed deserve his compliment . ” Li Yun nodded, thinking, “So I actually did a good deed, didn’t I?”

“Mm, that’s right! People in the capital city keep talking about these things secretly, so I think it’s true . But the benefactor of Wangchun Lou is so powerful that those things are not exposed to the public . ” Cai Lian continued in a lower voice, “This time, though Miss’ behavior looks reckless, many people actually applauded for you in private . It’s just that nobody dares to stick up for you . ”

Li Yun nodded, thinking that this little girl really knew a lot . After contemplating for a while, she asked in a low voice, “Are all those officials and ministers the benefactors of Wangchun Lou? Otherwise, why did they write statements to implicate me?”

“Miss, think about it! Even if those ministers haven’t taken part in the filthy business of Wangchun Lou, the beauties in Wangchun Lou are unparalleled, they or their sons must have lovers there . Now that Miss set a fire and killed all of them, how could they not hate you? Naturally, they would implicate you together . ” Cai Lian’s voice couldn’t be quieter .

Li Yun suddenly understood that she had provoked a crowd of powerful men .

“Is the Crown Prince the benefactor behind the Wangchun Lou?” asked Li Yun again in a low voice .

Cai Lian was shocked and released her hand holding Li Yun, and almost fell off the horse . Li Yun quickly reached out to pull her and looked at her pale face in surprise, “Am I right?”

Cai Lian shook her head, terrified, “This servant doesn’t know . ”

“It’s okay if you don’t know, but what are you afraid of?” asked Li Yun .

Seeing no trace of anger on Li Yun’s face, Cai Lian released a sigh of relief and answered bitterly, “I got frightened because you mentioned His Highness . ”

“He’s that scary?” Li Yun’s face soured as she remembered the Prince’s relentless efforts to put her to death .

“Miss?” Cai Lian was shocked and looked at Li Yun before she lowered her head, whispering honestly, “Miss, you previously never allowed others to gossip about His Highness…”

Li Yun finally understood that Cai Lian’s fear originated from the original owner’s threats . After making sure Cai Lian was stable, she turned around to whip the horse then narrated in a calm and convincing voice, “That will never happen again . I, Li… Yun Qian Yue, will have nothing to do with the Crown Prince from now on . My affection for him is gone so I won’t be his wife or enter the imperial palace . Listen and remember my words well—you are my confidant, so I don’t want you to be afraid of him anymore . ”

Cai Lian stared at Li Yun’s determined back and sensed her resolution, then tears started to brim in her eyes . After the incident, Miss must have been so bitterly disappointed about His Highness to say such a thing! In the past, she always felt that her Miss had a bad temper and didn’t treat servants well, so the maidservants around Miss were always changing . She herself had only been here for half a year . But after being around her, she found that the young lady was actually honest and sincere . The only thing was that, as long as people talked about His Highness, Miss would completely change into another person who did all kinds of crazy things . She had done lots of things in private for the Crown Prince, but unfortunately, he didn’t know about any of it, even treating her coldly and with disgust . Now that the young lady had finally gotten over the Crown Prince, Cai Lian was very happy, but at the same time bitter, thinking that the young lady really suffered a lot .

“What?” Li Yun felt Cai Lian was in a bad mood as she remained silent for a long while, so Li Yun turned to take a glance at her .

Cai Lian bit her lips and nodded, choking with sobs, “Nothing, this maidservant will remember what Miss said . I feel really happy for Miss as you finally don’t have to suffer any more . His Royal Highness is good, but I don’t think he is right for you . The only thing is, the first emperor left his last words, so I am still worried that if His Majesty decreed that you marry His Highness and then you refuse, His Highness will get very exasperated . After all, Miss you are the only legitimate daughter of the Yun wangfu…”

Hearing this, Li Yun subconsciously rubbed her forehead and thought it was a real trouble . But she couldn’t focus on that . She hasn’t figured out her role in the Yun wangfu, how could she have the time to think about anything else? She would deal with this later . She put down her hand, shook her head and said, “It’s all right! The Yun wangfu has more than one daughter apart from me . There’s no difference between legitimate daughter and illegitimate daughters, right? So just forget about it . ”

“You are right, Miss . ” Cai Lian broke out in a smile . She wiped her eyes and whispered, “The maidservant feel that Miss became more optimistic after this issue . It’s a good thing . Old Prince will be happy to see the new Miss today . ”

Li Yun became overjoyed upon hearing these words . At last, she caught a chance to know the attitude of old Prince Yun toward Yun Qian Yue from Cai Lian’s mouth . With this information, and a little caution, she could bluff her way through this situation .

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