Chapter 166 Adding fuel to the fire
“No, no, no!” Ye Chenxi’s voice rang out in the night: “It’s me, don’t shoot!”

The guard breathed a sigh of relief and put away his bow and arrow.

Ye Chenxi only brought two attendants with him, riding a red horse, and approached with a clatter: "Second brother, sister, I'm coming out of the city to pick you up!"

The carriage did not stop yet, Ye Chenting leaned forward and asked: "Do father and mother know you are coming?"

"I know." Ye Chenxi turned his horse around and walked beside the carriage: "I didn't leave the city alone, An Lan is here too."

"Isn't An Lan's injury still not fully recovered?" Ye Chenting glanced at Ye Wanqing before asking, "Where is he?"

Ye Wanqing also looked at Ye Chenxi with a questioning look.

Ye Chenxi replied: "An Lan is at the city gate, chatting with the gate guards. We have to hurry up and don't make him wait too long. If we are late, it will be difficult to report to the mission."

A business trip?

Ye Wanqing was puzzled: "If I remember correctly, the city gate will be closed in just one stick of incense. How can we go back in time?"

Ye Chenxi touched his nose: "It's still in time."

Ye Chenting guessed something, so he ordered the guard who was driving the car: "Speed ​​up and go home tonight."

The guard responded, waving his whip: "Go!"

The horse's hooves raised a cloud of dust.

Ye Chenxi rode his horse and followed beside him.

As he walked, he said loudly: "During the two days since you left Beijing, something happened in Jindu again. I can't wait to tell you."

Ye Wanqing and Ye Chenting looked at each other.

Ye Chenting asked: "What happened?"

"It's not a big deal!" Ye Chenxi leaned on the horse's back and turned his head to say, "It's Chu Xiaoyan. He got into a fight with someone again. Aren't my sister and An Lan going to get married in a few days? Chu Shaozhen, Chu Shengxi and their group were choosing wedding gifts for An Lan in various shops in Jindu. As a result, they met Chu Xiaoyan and a group of friends who were also visiting the shops...

This Chu Xiaoyan, I was so sad for a long time because of the breakup with him that I cried until my pillow was wet, but he turned around and made friends with a bunch of young masters and had a lot of fun... It's really hateful!"

As he said this, he spat to the side.

He really is a child.

Ye Chenting was helpless: "Then what?"

"Then……"

Ye Chenxi sucked in a breath of cool air: "Among the group of people that Chu Xiaoyan just made friends with, there is one who is Li Fei's younger brother. That guy is so arrogant, he would grab whatever Chu Shaozhen and his friends chose. Whenever Chu Shaozhen and his friends entered a shop, that guy would call a group of people to follow him like calling a dog. In the end, Chu Shaozhen and his friends shopped for half a day, but they didn't buy any gifts, and they were still very angry. What's more annoying is that Chu Xiaoyan even helped to speak up and asked Chu Shaozhen and his friends to give up the things they liked.

Chu Shaozhen couldn't stand it anymore and punched the boy in the face. Then, the two sides started fighting. Later, the Jingwei Division was dispatched to arrest all the people and put them in jail. What's more infuriating is that Chu Xiaoyan and Li Fei's brother were released this morning, but Chu Shaozhen and the others are still in jail. The emperor has said that they should reflect on themselves! They didn't do anything wrong, what do they need to reflect on? It's obviously the emperor's partiality!"

"Brother." Ye Chenting reminded: "Don't talk about the emperor without permission."

Ye Chenxi felt wronged: "I almost went in, but luckily I was afraid of the pain and hid in the corner without being discovered."

Ye Wanqing looked at her eldest brother who looked aggrieved: "So, you went out of the city to pick us up because you wanted my second brother to help you plead with Chu Shaozhen and the others?"

"Yeah!" Ye Chenxi nodded vigorously: "Second brother, you will help us, right?"

He looked expectant.

"Second brother won't beg for mercy." Ye Wanqing rejected him mercilessly: "Let them stay in prison for a while."

"Ah?" Ye Chenxi couldn't believe it: "Why? You haven't been to the prison cells of the Beijing Guards. They are so scary. There is not even a decent bed in the prison. There are rats and poisonous scorpions everywhere, and there are occasionally poisonous snakes in summer.

Chu Shaozhen and Sheng Xi are so pitiful. They will sleep tonight and they may wake up tomorrow morning to find that rats have gnawed away all their bones. If it were me, I would be so scared that I would cry to death in prison..."

Ye Wanqing sat upright and smiled faintly, "Concubine Li is favored by the emperor, and her family is also prosperous. We can't offend them."

Ye Chenxi turned his head when he heard this: "Why don't you dare to offend her? She is just a concubine, and she will be replaced by a new concubine sooner or later! My mother is the eldest princess, is it possible that she is afraid of her?"

of course not.

Ye Wanqing pursed her lips. She exchanged glances with her second brother and reached a consensus in secret: cooperate with Chu Xiaoyan's actions and let Chu Shaozhen and the others sever their relationship with Chu Xiaoyan. Right now, what they should do is not to rescue people from prison, but to add fuel to the fire.

Ye Chenting said in a gentle voice: "Brother, don't get involved in this matter for now. If you are really worried about them, why not bring some food and visit them."

Ye Chenxi sniffed: "But..."

"Don't you have enough money to spend?" Ye Chenting said, "How about this, tomorrow night, I'll have someone go to the restaurant to order some good wine and food. Later, you can deliver it to them in person."

Ye Chenxi reluctantly responded: "Okay..."

He slumped dejectedly on the horse's back.

After Ye Wanqing persuaded him for a few times without success, she said with a smile: "Second brother brought you some cakes from Rongguang Temple. The food box is in his carriage. Would you like to try some?"

"Pastry from Rongguang Temple?" Ye Chenxi's eyes finally lit up.

Ye Wanqing smiled: "Go quickly."

Ye Chenxi happily climbed onto his second brother's carriage, and after eating and drinking his fill, he fell asleep immediately.

The carriage sped forward.

After traveling for a long time, we finally saw the city gate.

Under the moonlight, the towering city wall stands majestically like a giant beast.

There was a dazzling fire at the beast's mouth.

The main city gate was closed, but the secondary city gate was still open.

There was a small table at the city gate with a glass lamp on it, tea sets with a fragrant smell of tea, and a table full of snacks and jerky.

Beside the table, a young man in red clothes fluttered and smiled like a spring breeze: "I have been waiting for you for a long time, and now it is finally here."

Ye Chenting got off the carriage: "Thank you, An Lan."

Seeing that the guards at the city gate were angry but dared not speak, it was obvious that Chu Anlan had no choice but to keep the city gate closed.

Chu Anlan smiled and stood up: "Uncle, you must be exhausted from all the traveling. My carriage is very spacious. Can you go in and lie down?"

Ye Chenting reminded: "Qing'er has fallen asleep, be gentle and don't disturb her."

Chu Anlan's smile widened: "No problem."

After saying that, he lifted the car curtain and got in.

The maid and guard beside them lowered their brows and pretended not to see anything.

Ye Chenting jumped on his horse and said, "Let's go into the city."

Inside the carriage.

Ye Wanqing was half asleep and half awake, and vaguely felt that the quilt moved and was pulled from her chest to her neck.

Then, a rolling hand reached under the quilt and held her hand.

Ye Wanqing opened her eyes in confusion: "Prince?"

"How do you know it was me?"

The moonlight poured in from the carved car windows, illuminating Chu Anlan's eyes as bright as stars and his smiling face.

Ye Wanqing held his fingers with her backhand: "You rode out of the city on horseback? Does the wound still hurt?"

She had just woken up, with a thin layer of light in her eyes, moist, bright, and clear like a spring.

Chu Anlan's mouth was dry as he watched.

He coughed lightly, pulled his hand back from Ye Wanqing's, and sat a little further away: "The wound has scabbed off, but it still hurts a little bit inside."