Chapter 111

Volume 1_Chapter 111: Yun Qiyue suddenly grabbed the Regent's hand

Yun Qiyue did not expect Ye Lanjue to ask this question and subconsciously replied, "Not familiar."

She had only seen him twice; they really weren't familiar.

Seeing that Yun Qiyue answered "not familiar" without even thinking, Ye Lanjue's mood finally eased a little.

Yun Qiyue, however, did not quite understand why Ye Lanjue suddenly asked this question, making it even more inexplicable.

However, right now—

Yun Qiyue looked at the hand Ye Lanjue had placed on her shoulder.

So, why did Ye Lanjue suddenly put his hand on her shoulder? It couldn't just be to ask this question, right?

Seeing what Yun Qiyue was thinking, Ye Lanjue suddenly felt a bit awkward.

Fortunately, the mask hid his expression, so he wouldn't be embarrassed. After thinking about it, he gave a light cough, and Ye Lanjue then solemnly spouted nonsense: "This Prince—is tired, lend a hand."

Yun Qiyue: "..."

The Regent would be tired?

She didn't believe it!

However—

Suddenly, the look in Yun Qiyue's eyes brightened a bit.

Tired?

This was a perfect opportunity delivered to her door!

Thus, while everyone was still paying attention to the movements between Yun Qiyue and the Regent, curious about what the two were saying, Yun Qiyue suddenly grabbed—the Regent's hand?

"Hiss—"

Everyone gasped.

Yun Qiyue, she had such great courage!

Did she think that because the Regent had protected her a few times and indulged her a few times, she could act lawlessly and grab the Regent's hand?

Naive!

You must know, the Regent hated women touching him the most.

After all, three years ago, when the legitimate daughter of the Dingbei Marquis wanted to get close to the Regent and just wanted to pull the Regent's sleeve, her hand was chopped off.

Some people had even covered their eyes, waiting for Yun Qiyue to have her hand chopped off.

But they were clearly so used to being "slapped in the face" that they had such naive thoughts.

Because their Regent actually let Yun Qiyue hold his hand, without anger or rage, only looking at Yun Qiyue with his cold and calm eyes.

"Imperial Uncle isn't tired? Then I'll support you." Yun Qiyue explained with a smile.

On the surface, she looked somewhat ingratiating, but in her heart, Yun Qiyue was already blooming with joy.

Although the Life Value in the system was rising very slowly, it was better than nothing; she was satisfied.

An unexpected joy, an unexpected joy; she was one step closer to the goal of a continuous source of life.

Happy!

While speaking, Yun Qiyue even couldn't help but rub Ye Lanjue's large palm a few times because the Life Value was rising too slowly.

Seeing that the speed of the Life Value rising was indeed a tiny bit faster, Yun Qiyue felt that her happiness for the day was secured.

And Ye Lanjue, at this time, staring at the secretly happy Yun Qiyue, felt his mood was indescribable.

He had never seen a woman who knew how to climb up a pole so well.

He had only casually said he was tired, and this woman was already supporting him like this?

He, the dignified Regent, still needed someone to support him?

And, was that what she called supporting?

Was she sure she wasn't taking advantage of him?

Although his heart was surging, Ye Lanjue still never made up his mind to shake off Yun Qiyue's hand.

Ye Lanjue felt it must be because Yun Qiyue was his fiancée.

After all, he had just announced that Yun Qiyue was his person, and if he shook off Yun Qiyue the next moment, wouldn't that be equivalent to slapping his own face?

Ye Lanjue thought this way.

Completely failing to think that he had never been a person who cared about those superficial things.

After "persuading" himself, Ye Lanjue raised his eyes to look at Ouyang Xi.

But he saw Ouyang Xi looking over here, and when he looked over, Ouyang Xi even gave him a smile.

Seeing this, Ye Lanjue's eyes turned cold.

At that moment, everyone suddenly felt a sense of oppression in the air, so oppressive that it made people unable to breathe.

But fortunately, this feeling dissipated, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Only when everyone's gaze fell again on the tightly clasped hands of Ye Lanjue and Yun Qiyue, they only had one feeling: the cabbage at home had been arched by a pig.

Of course, the cabbage was the Regent, and the pig was Yun Qiyue.

The speed at which the people around the Emperor investigated cases naturally wouldn't be bad.

Very quickly, the matter was clear.

However, when the guard returned, he did not explain it in public but spoke to the Emperor alone.

When Xuanyuan Kun learned that all of this was actually done by his own Crown Prince, his expression was very ugly.

Especially when he knew that this matter was also to frame Yun Qiyue, Xuanyuan Kun's expression became even uglier.

The Crown Prince wanted to frame Yun Qiyue, but in the end, it was Yun Yarou who had the accident, and even the Crown Prince had an accident.

What did this mean?

Xuanyuan Kun subconsciously looked toward Ye Lanjue, his eyes deep.

"I know, you may go down first."

When the Emperor walked back to the crowd, he only said lightly: "Today's matter all started because of a palace maid; the palace maid has already been beaten to death. This matter ends here; everyone, go attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet."

Clearly, Xuanyuan Kun wanted to hush things up.

Otherwise, what could he do?

Punish the Crown Prince?

The Crown Prince had already lost face in front of the envoys; as the heir to the country, if he lost face again, his Donglin would truly have no face left.

However, Xuanyuan Kun wanted to hush things up, but the crowd might not necessarily agree.

The Princess of the Xihai Kingdom, Qin Dairou, spoke up: "How could a small palace maid commit such a thing? Does the Emperor of Donglin think we have never seen schemes of intrigue?"

If it were a minister of the Donglin Kingdom, they would naturally not dare to question it when the Emperor announced the result like this.

But Qin Dairou was not from the Donglin Kingdom; she was the Princess of the strongest country among them, the Xihai Kingdom, so naturally, she would not be afraid of the Donglin Emperor, nor did she need to give the Donglin Emperor face, so when she said this, Qin Dairou had no psychological burden at all.

Seeing the Princess of Xihai say this, the envoy from the Beiyan Kingdom could not help but echo.

Ouyang Xi curled his lips and also said, "Since the matter is clear, we are all witnesses; what does the Emperor of Donglin have to hide?"

Xuanyuan Kun wanted to vomit blood.

It was truly a case of fearing what you don't want to happen.

These people, it wasn't them losing face, so they naturally spoke easily.

However, with so many people waiting for an answer, he could not directly refuse.

With no other options, Xuanyuan Kun looked at Ye Lanjue.

As the Donglin Regent, he should be responsible for the face of Donglin, right?

Moreover, the matter was related to Yun Qiyue, and since he had also intervened, he should also know the key to this.

Letting him block the matter back should be fine, right?

Xuanyuan Kun thought this way and said: "Ninth Imperial Brother, you..."

"This Prince also feels that the Emperor should make this matter clear." Ye Lanjue's voice was cold, without any sentiment, and even less intention to intervene.

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Kun was so angry he clenched his fists.

Just then, a voice rang out.

"Emperor, this subject's daughter knows what is going on with this matter."