Ye Yunting looked at the furious figure of the emperor and waited until they were far away before he quietly said, as he held back his laughter, “Wangye, you’ve made people so angry.”
Whether it came to wielding swords and weapons or using his lips and tongue, Prince Yong’an was never at a disadvantage in the slightest. With how the emperor looked, it seemed that he wouldn’t be able to calm his anger for three to five days.
Li Fengqi clicked his tongue and said disapprovingly: “He just doesn’t like to hear me speak the truth. He’s been like this since he was a child.”
Since Li Zong ascended to the throne, Li Fengqi put in a lot of effort to secure his position on the dragon throne. Due to his childhood experiences, Li Zong was quick-witted and sensitive, and there was an additional layer relationship between monarch subject between the two of them. He always had to carefully consider his words and assess his emotions when giving advice and suggestions.
But things weren’t as they used to be anymore.
Li Fengqi let out a long sigh. Their brothers ultimately embarked on the old path of their predecessors, without exception. When the Crown Prince died and Li Zong ascended the throne, he had imagined this day, but he was too arrogant and always thought that he would not reach that point by his own means. However, he overestimated the human heart.
By Li Zong’s action, perhaps he might still have a sense of brotherhood towards Li Fengqi, but ultimately this lost out to the power of the throne.
Li Zong didn’t believe him.
“Let’s go back.” The matter was a foregone conclusion and it was useless to think about it too much. Li Fengqi patted Ye Yunting’s arm and said this instead.
“Where is the wolf king?” Ye Yunting knocked on the wolf king’s the cage, his eyes hesitant.
The wolf king suffered a tragic victory and lay dying in the cage. Although its limbs still made struggling motions, it still couldn’t stand up. It fell to the ground, its abdomen was rising and falling weakly, and its pair of beast eyes widened unwillingly and never closed.
But Li Zong has already decided the ending for it.
Li Fengqi swept its gaze over the wolf king, then saw the expression on Ye Yunting’s face. He raised his eyebrows slightly. “You want to save it?”
Ye Yunting blushed a little. “It just feels like it’s trying very hard to stay alive.”
He himself died once, and his goal after rebirth was to try to survive. Seeing the wolf king that was also trying hard to live, he couldn’t help but find it unbearable.
“Then we’ll take it back.” Li Fengqi said. “This is a wild wolf from the outdoors; it’s extremely tenacious. Maybe it can be saved.”
Saying so, he ordered to the chamberlain who was near the animal cage: “Send this wolf king along with its cage to the palace.”
The chamberlain looked at Cui Xi hesitantly, not taking action immediately.
Seeing this, Cui Xi smiled and said, smoothing things over, “This wolf king’s fur has already been given to Wangye. His Majesty will not care if Wangye wants it alive.” With that, he signaled the chamberlain to send the wolf king along to the Prince’s mansion.
Ye Yunting then pushed Li Fengqi ahead and left Deer garden.
When they returned, there was a different group of palace servants, probably without any special explanation from Li Zong. Their attitudes were much more respectful and cautious.
The two of them went to the palace gate in a sedan chair. As they were changing sedan chairs, they happened to bump into Han Chan who was entering the palace.
Han Chan was dressed in his usual white clothes, his brows slightly furrowed, looking unhappy. When he saw Li Fengqi, he stopped and said, “I heard that Prince Yong’an came to the palace today to receive the reward?”
“Thanks to you, I got an extra tiger skin and a wolf king.” Li Fengqi smiled. “So I prepared some small gifts for Taifu as well.”
His words were purposeful, and Han Chan’s expression became more and more stony. He stared at Li Fengqi breath for a few breaths, let out a low hum, and left, flinging his sleeves. “Do you think a few words will be able to sever the friendship between me and His Majesty?”
Li Fengqi looked at his back, his lips curled up in a smile. Suddenly, he looked at Cui Xi who had lowered his gaze and eyebrows. “I heard that Cui-Changshi recently presented a pair of beauties to His Majesty, and is now quite favored?”
“Wangye is really well-informed.” Cui Xi’s eyes flickered, but he didn’t cover them up. He lowered his voice and said, “His Majesty likes them so much that he has always kept them in Taiqian Palace.”
“I heard that this pair of beauties somewhat resemble the Taifu?” Li Fengqi tapped the armrest with his fingers.
Cui Xi looked surprised. “I don’t know about this. I just sought them out according to His Majesty’s preferences.” He smiled and said: “It’s probably because all beauties have a few similarities.”
His answer was very perfunctory.
But Li Fengqi did not ask deeper questions, either, as if he was just offhandedly. He nodded to Cui Xi and got on the sedan chair. He and Ye Yunting proceeded back home.
Ye Yunting sat next to him, recalling what he had seen and heard today, and feeling that he roughly found out many royal secrets that he had never known before. He moved and couldn’t help but lean in to ask: “Those words…what did Wangye mean by them just now?”
Han Chan was the emperor’s teacher. Although he didn’t look old, he was actually in his forties. At this age, he was old enough to be Li Zong’s father.
What’s more, they still had a teacher-student relationship. Once a teacher, always a father.
If Li Zong has such thoughts about Han Chan…
Ye Yunting stopped his thoughts and looked at Li Fengqi for confirmation. If this was true, he feared there would be more drama to come.
Li Fengqi had been leaning on the sedan chair, but when he saw him leaning closer with his face full of curiosity, he raised his eyebrows. “Young Master, you want to know?”
Ye Yunting nodded calmly.
It would be a lie to say that he wasn’t curious about this royal secret. And if it was true, it might even be of use to them in the future.
“Then come here and I’ll tell you.” Li Fengqi relaxed his body, stretched his eyebrows and beckoned to him.
Ye Yunting didn’t suspect him and really leaned over, eager to listen. As he angled his body, his long black hair slipped down with his motion, and strands fell on Li Fengqi’s legs.
The corner of Li Fengqi’s mouth curved up, He went closer to him as if to speak in his ear, but his hands exerted enough force to press heavily down on the seat——
The bearer carrying the sedan outside felt that the load on his shoulders suddenly became heavier. Unprepared, he tilted his body, and as a result, the sedan also banked for a moment. The bearer reacted quickly, stabilized his body and listened carefully fir movements inside the sedan. When no reprimands came from the host, he felt relieved and continued carrying the sedan forward.
Little did he know that neither of the two people in the sedan had time to pay attention to him.
At the moment the sedan banked, Ye Yunting’s body became unstable and he was thrown straight into Li Fengqi’s arms. Coincidentally, Li Fengqi was about to lean over to talk to him. As soon as he lunged, Li Fengqi pressed a firm kiss on his ear. He even felt the sensation of his earlobe being pinched for a moment, along with a moist and warm feeling.
Ye Yunting was stunned at that time, lying against Li Fengqi’s chest and staring at him.
Li Fengqi, on the other hand, looked calm and composed, and still had the heart to joke with him: “Have you touched enough, Young Master? Are you satisfied?”
Only then did he realize that his hand was still touching the man’s chest, and he hurriedly scrambled to get up.
As soon as he got up, he naturally forgot about what happened just now. Only after he finished arranging his clothes did he react with embarrassment and confusion, and his cheeks reddened completely.
But if asked, he felt that there was no point or reason for this. After all, he got thrown over; it had nothing to do with Li Fengqi.
However, the strange feeling on his earlobes was so strong that Ye Yunting forced himself to hold back from rubbing his earlobes.
The redness on his face did not subside until he got off the sedan.
When Li Fengqi got off the sedan, he found an excuse to take the wolf king away first.
Zhu Lie, who was greeting by the door, only had time to call out “Wangfei” before seeing a person’s back hurriedly disappearing from sight.
He was confused. “What is Wangfei doing in such a hurry? His face was all red and flushed.”
Li Fengqi, satisfied that his goal had been achieved, did not feel impatient when asked such a silly question. Instead, he was in a very good mood. “You are a bachelor who can’t get a wife. There’s not much use to you knowing it.”
Zhu Lie:? ? ?
What does this have to do with me not being able to get a wife?
Besides, precisely who is the reason I can’t get a wife at my age?!
He was extremely aggrieved but did not dare to talk back to Li Fengqi. He could only complain to Wu Geng who came out from behind: “Why do you think Wangye had gotten more and more unpredictable since he got married?”
In the past, although his temper had also been unpleasant, he would at least speak clearly.
Now, he was all eccentric and would say confusing things all day long.
Wu Geng frowned and pondered this for a while, then said seriously: “Wangye has his own reasons. You’ll understand after you get married.”
Zhu Lie:…? ? ?
He glared and cursed: “Aren’t you unmarried too?”
But Wu Geng wasn’t listening to him anymore, having long since led the servants to move the rewards to the palace.
…
However, after leaving Li Fengqi behind and returning to the yard, Ye Yunting found a deserted corner and rubbed his ears vigorously before calming down. He patted the feverish cheeks, took a deep breath to adjust his expression, then summoned Ji Lian to invite a doctor and got down to business.
The wolf king’s injuries were severe, it was as skinny as a stick, and was covered in wounds.
It lay in the iron cage, its stomach undulating weakly while it endured. Its eyes were fixed on Ye Yunting, seemingly on guard.
Ye Yunting asked his servants to place the animal’s cage under the tree, and then took a bowl of water and placed it not far away.
The wolf king seemed to understand his intentions. He struggled to the edge of the bowl and tried to raise his head to lick the water inside. The bowl of water was quickly depleted, and it lay panting, a whimpering sound coming from its throat.
Ye Yunting did not approach it rashly, but waited for Ji Lian to call the doctor before opening the animal cage. Together with his servants, they wrapped up the wolf king’s paws and mouth with cloth and silk.
It was the first time that the doctor had ever treated a wolf’s injuries, but this was the palace. He did not dare to say that he had never treated the wolf before; he could only bite the bullet and treat the wolf king’s wounds and leave medicine before taking his leave fearfully.
The wolf king did not struggle during the process, seemingly knowing that these people were trying to save him.
When Li Fengqi came in, he saw Ye Yunting tentatively reaching out to touch the wolf king’s fur, then frowning and retracting his hand, looking disappointed.
“The fur of wild wolves is already rough and prickly. It looks like this one hasn’t been taken care of properly, so it won’t feel much better to the touch.”
Ye Yunting was startled by his sudden approach, and subconsciously turned away from him. Then he felt a little embarrassed and said, “oh”. His eyes darted left and right, but did not look at Li Fengqi.
“The white tiger’s skin is very fine. Once it’s processed, I’ll ask someone to bring it to you.” Li Fengqi was oblivious to his strange behavior. He casually wheeled his wheelchair closer, took his hand, and wiped it with a handkerchief.
Surprised, Ye Yunting was about to withdraw his hand subconsciously when he heard Li Fengqi scold lightly: “Don’t move, your hands are stained with blood.”
He looked down and saw that there were indeed some bloodstains on his fingertips.
“I’ll go wash my hands.” Ye Yunting curled his fingers, feeling more and more flustered. He pulled his hand back and turned back to the house, calling for a servant to fetch water to wash his hands with.
Li Fengqi narrowed his eyes, listened to the flustered movements inside, twirled his fingertips and smiled slowly.
The obtuse rabbit was finally beginning to realize the danger. It was not easy.
===Author’s Notes===
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