Chapter 37

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Thinking of this, DuYan said directly, "I don't want to see her, send her away.”

ChengYu instead replied with, "LuYao just reached my hands and hasn’t lost her freshness. Can you wait a bit more?”

"Can not." DuYan frowned, unwilling to be reasonable.

Normally, as long as DuYan showed some signs of anger, ChengYu would immediately compromise and say nothing.

Today's situation however was somewhat different. A look of being placed in a difficult position appeared on his face.

When DuYan saw it, doubts arose in his heart. Could it be that without YuanNing existence, ChengYu was now moved by LuYao? He wasn’t thinking of following Lu BuWei’s example of sending off his own beloved concubine and then taking back his lover after ascending the throne, right (1)?

This kind of behavior of placing a green hat on himself because of the situation was bound to become a new source of his nightmare and DuYan was determined not to let it happen.

He raised his eyebrows and stood up, "Are you really infatuated with that cheap maid? Watch me whip her face!”

ChengYu looked like he could neither cry nor laugh. He stood up to block him, “I didn’t mean that.”

When he moved, DuYan saw that ChengYu was wearing an ornament at his waist, and the carving was exquisite. ChengYu usually didn’t wear these things, so it had to be a gift from someone.

"Where did this pendant come from? I never gave such a thing to you.” DuYan asked with raised eyebrows, "How long have you been hiding this jade pendant (2)?”

"..." ChengYu hesitated again, but remained silent, as if he didn't want to explain.

DuYan followed his character design and became furious. He raised his hand to grab it quickly.

However, ChengYu’s reaction was faster and his body stepped slightly to the side so that DuYan grabbed at air.

DuYan reached out to attack ChengYu again, wanting to make a feint to the east, but attack in the west. But ChengYu subconsciously blocked it. After a few moves, DuYan still couldn’t grab the jade pendant.

DuYan shouted angrily, "ChengYu, you dare to disobey me?”

ChengYu's body stiffened, and his figure remained still.

Only then was DuYan able to bring the jade to his hand. He originally wanted to smash it, but when he saw the high quality semi-annular jade pendant, which was made of superior materials with exquisite workmanship (3). He changed his mind and put his hand down again. It wasn't that he was greedy for this accessory, but he felt that this ornament would become useful.

"It's mine now. There is no such thing as not being able to obtain what I want. You better not go against me.” DuYan believed in his heart that this ornament was a gift from LuYao, and so his words also had other meanings.

If ChengYu didn’t hurry up and send LuYao away, if he (DY) wanted to send LuYao away, it was as easy as blowing off the dust. Since ChengYu was smart, he should understand his meaning.

DuYan tied the pendant directly to his waist to warn ChengYu not to disobey him, otherwise the fate of the beauty might be even more miserable.

ChengYu saw that the matter was a foregone conclusion, so he stopped resisting.

At this moment, Xiao Man's voice came from outside the door, "Princess, it's time to return."

When DuYan heard it, he knew it was done. He didn’t say much more to ChengYu, and turned around to leave.

ChengYu silently followed DuYan as he did every time, but the corners of his mouth suddenly rose slightly.

The jade pendant was of course not gifted to him by LuYao. ChengYu had taken a lot of effort to finally send this ornament to DuYan.

The jade pendant was carved by ChengYu himself. He chose the best jade and figured out the eldest princess’s favorite style. He had been carving for a while and it was not until today that he was finally able to send it to that person’s hand.

The eldest princess was flamboyant and arrogant by nature. The gifts that ChengYu sent her were never accepted. Since she felt that ChengYu was just a servant, there was only the princess rewarding servants, and there was no reason to accept gifts from servants.

However, ChengYu had always wanted the other party to wear the ornaments he gave. Ever since a few years ago, he had been trying to send his ornaments over one after another.

He found that the eldest princess was a person with a strong desire for monopolization. Although she wouldn’t care where he went or what he did, ChengYu could not show anything that didn’t belong to the eldest princess.

In order to warn him, the eldest princess would even wear the things that she snatched from ChengYu.

He had already long ago made plans for LuYao, and was going to send her away in a few days. Today’s show was just to get the eldest princess to accept the ornament.

In order to achieve his goal, ChengYu was willing to plan for a long time. Regardless of the hardships and dangers, he would eventually get what he wanted. Whether it was sending out little things like these miscellaneous things, his plans to conquer the world, or planting a Wutong forest and providing the dew for the phoenix for 9 days (4) (5).

He stared at the back of the eldest princess, his eyes full of obsession.

***

The time for Xiao Man's return was just right. As soon as DuYan left the building, he saw YuanJue approaching him arrogantly with several guards.

DuYan had gone out with only two guards, and in addition to ChengYu and Xiao Man, there were only four people behind him. YuanJue, however, had as many as eight people behind him. He seemed to have come over with great momentum, but it also showed that he lacked the confidence to face DuYan.

DuYan turned a blind eye, and immediately stepped into the waiting carriage.

"Stop them." YuanJue waved his hand, and the people following him blocked the way.

DuYan finally glanced at YuanJue, "What do you want?”

YuanJue smiled triumphantly, and lifted the chain in his hand, “Elder sister Yan, that Cheng-guo person behind you broke my things a few days ago. I will take him back for interrogation."

DuYan sneered, "YuanJue, even after so many years, your excuses are still so bad.”

YuanJue's face became stiff, and he said, "Hmph! I don't know what you are talking about. In short, I will definitely be taking ChengYu away today.”"

"My people, you dare to move?"

"Elder sister Yan, you are no longer that eldest princess that no one dared to provoke. You can’t protect the people around you. As long as someone touches me, in front of the king, I will tell him that someone hit the prince, and it becomes a crime.”

YuanJue, who should be the dignified prince, was actually playing rogue. None of the attendants there dared to move, and ChengYu didn’t dare to resist. So YuanJue stepped forward to cuff ChengYu with the chains in his hand.

DuYan smiled suddenly, "Younger brother Jue, you seem to have forgotten one thing."

After that, before the other party could react, DuYan stepped forward and punched YuanJue on the nose. Today, when he went out, he was dressed as a man, so he could let go of his hands and feet.

"Others don't dare to touch you, but I'm different. Beating you half to death and making trouble in front of the king can at best be regarded as a fight between brothers and sisters, right?"

YuanJue clutched his nose and squatted to the ground wailing, ignoring his image, "Help me, help!"

The guards behind him didn't dare to do anything to DuYan, but they didn’t have any problems stopping him.

Seeing DuYan's eyes, ChengYu moved forward and stopped those guards alone. They could not come over.

DuYan bent down, approached YuanJue's ear, and whispered softly, "Younger brother Jue, you haven’t tasted your sister’s fist for a long time. I will let you taste it well today.”

YuanJue originally thought that DuYan would just hit him once and then let go, and he would be able to bear it. It wasn’t his first time anyway. He would find another chance to retaliate against the people around DuYan one day.

He never thought that he would feel a sharp pain in his arm that was covering his head. Since his birth, he had never felt such severe pain.

After YuanJue screamed, he fainted, his face pale.

"ChengYu, come back." DuYan tossed the stick in his hand and slowly sorted out his clothes.

YuanJue’s attendants were finally able to come over and see the situation, "Eldest Princess, you broke prince’s arm, Concubine Hui, Concubine Hui..."

DuYan laughed, "Tell Concubine Hui that YuanJue's hand was broken by me. If she wants to take revenge, then don’t hesitate to come find me.”

Having said that, he turned and boarded the carriage and left. Of all the people there, no one dared to stop it.

Only when DuYan's carriage had left, did the onlookers dare to whisper to each other.

"As expected of the eldest princess, worthy of her name..."

"Tsk tsk, so the rumors were true. Even with her own younger brother, she can have murderous intent.”

"You only know one part, but you don’t know the other part. Only towards Prince Jue, will the eldest princess become so cruel.”

"Why?"

"The king favors Concubine Hui. The eldest princess naturally doesn’t like Concubine Hui and her son. She is the type to allow those who follow her to prosper and towards those who don’t, will perish.”

Regardless of how YuanJue cleaned up the mess, DuYan held his chin and looked at the scenery outside the window. Upon thinking how his plan was going so smoothly, he was in a good mood.

On the contrary, after getting into the carriage, ChengYu frowned, and became preoccupied with his thoughts.

Now that he was not the lonely, weak and incompetent hostage, his intelligence networks all over the country told him that the current situation of the princess was not optimistic.

King Yuan was ready to take action against the Wu Family, and the Wu Family was going to fall. By then, neither the eldest princess nor the queen would end well.

Although King Yuan would not do anything to his own blood kin, the princess would fall out of favor, and the situation in the palace would not be any better than being a hostage.

Moreover, the eldest princess had made a lot of enemies and offended Concubine Hui and her son. If something happened to the Wu family, they would definitely add insult to injury and torture the eldest princess by all means.

ChengYu squeezed the hands hidden in his sleeves. He was still too weak now. Faced with this tyrannical King Yuan, he was not enough to protect the person in his heart.

"ChengYu, what are you thinking about?"

He came back to his senses and said, "I was just wondering whether it was wrong to treat Prince Jue in that way."

DuYan glanced at him and said coldly, "ChengYu, don't forget your identity. It is not your turn to interfere in my affairs."

After that, he stopped talking to Chengyu and turned to look out the carriage window.

ChengYu's worries were indeed justified. At this sensitive time, it was indeed wrong to offend Concubine Hui's and her son. However, letting Concubine Hui and her son hating him to his bones and even lose their minds to take revenge was just a part of DuYan’s plan.

After all, these two people were an indispensable part of DuYan’s perfect plan to send ChengYu home.

ChengYu didn't know what DuYan was thinking, but as the eldest princess’s person, it was naturally impossible for him to swallow his anger.

Seeing the eldest princess looking out of the carriage window, as if she had been wronged, ChengYu could only smile helplessly.

But his eyes were full of pampering. He thought to himself, his concern for her was truly a mess, and his thoughts strayed (6).

How could the eldest princess, who was as proud as a phoenix, suppress her temper in front of a person like YuanJue, and only get half angry.

Only by grasping the power as soon as possible and removing all obstacles, could the person in front of him not frown at anything, and her domineering character will always be like the day they first met.

(1) 吕不韦. Lu BuWei. A prince fell in love with his concubine despite rumors of her being pregnant at the time. So LuBuWei gave the prince his concubine in exchange for a position.

(2) 你何曾被允许佩玉？T/N: Halp...

(3) 璜. Semi-annular jade.

(4) 梧桐林. Wutong forest. Wu is for male, and tong is for female. Grow up together, grow old together, and die together. The tree has a meaning of faithful love. But when the leaves fall, or the rain falls on it, it means loneliness and sadness. Loss of their partner.

(5) 以露水供养一只九天彩凤. Why support the phoenix with 9 days of dew? There may be a translation problem here lol

(6) 自己确实是关心则乱. T/N: HMMMMMMM.....

Published 11/4/21-In the midst of COVID-19

X: oops. ^^;