Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 535 - 344 Crown Prince’s Grand Companion

Chapter 535: Chapter 344 Crown Prince’s Grand Companion

Official matters....

Seeing the charming intent in her eyes like silken threads, Xu Yuan became slightly alert.

Though the Wrapped Chest Princess had the semblance of a wicked woman in her speech and demeanor, she hadn’t actually let him touch a hair on her body.

Now that she spoke these words....

Wait,

"This palace....?"

With her warm breath brushing past his cheek, Xu Yuan’s gaze suddenly sharpened as he looked at her face, which was only inches away.

Startled, he instinctively wanted to look around, but at the last moment, Xu Yuan suppressed an impulse, his expression unchanged, his fingertips lifting her chin:

"You... hah, are a millennium fox spirit, stop pretending here."

Li Qingyan’s body leaned against the body of the black dragon carriage, the curves of her waist and hips faintly visible beneath her red robe as she tilted her chin up, her red lips curling into a smile, and she softly hummed:

"Mmm... This palace is not joking with you tonight, you know."

"Hehe."

Xu Yuan took a clear step back and rolled his eyes at the woman, loudly saying to the coachman setting the horses:

"Mr. Wang, let’s go."

"...."

After the words fell silent, only the falling snow drifted by.

The black-clothed man sitting on the coachman’s seat did not pay any attention to Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan’s brow slightly furrowed, his gaze subconsciously stealing a look at the coachman’s seat of the carriage.

Li Qingyan, seeing the other party leaving, a flash of boredom crossed her eyes, and she straightened up, casually reminding:

"Just use a mental message; your Black Scale Guard has shut down his five senses on his own initiative."

Xu Yuan was speechless at hearing this.

Well, he’s quite considerate after all.

After mentally communicating, the figure shrouded in a black robe, Mr. Wang, hurriedly stepped down from the carriage and gave a bow to the two of them:

"Third Young Master, Prince Wu Yuan."

Xu Yuan looked approvingly at him and laughed:

"Back to the residence."

At his words, Mr. Wang respectfully opened the carriage door for Xu Yuan, the inscribed Formation Patterns etched on the body of the black dragon carriage immediately began to operate, and several semi-transparent steps formed at the door.

The black dragon carriage was very large, a full ten feet or so, and the door was also half a meter above the ground.

Only the most luxurious and splendid carriages befit the status of its passengers, who must board with a sense of ceremony after all.

His boot tip stepping onto the stairs, Xu Yuan turned back and said softly:

"Then I shall take my leave tonight..."

"Wait a second."

Li Qingyan raised her hand to hold him, softly laughing: "Changtian, accompany this palace to meet someone tonight."

His foot hesitating, Xu Yuan turned back with a puzzled look.

He didn’t remember knowing anyone of importance in Guangyang Prefecture who was also acquainted with Li Qingyan.

"Meet whom?"

"My brother’s chief companion."

"...."

Xu Yuan’s brow slightly creased at the news, subconsciously glancing at Li Zhaoyuan’s mansion a hundred yards away, and then he asked in a low voice:

"The Crown Prince?"

"Who else could it be but Li Zhaoyuan?"

"He... what does he want with you at this hour?"

"What do you think?"

Li Qingyan exhaled a puff of white breath in the cold autumn night, her eyes narrowing slightly: "Other than to win this palace over, what else could it be about?"

After a pause,

she suddenly cast a meaningful glance toward the interior of the mansion: "It seems that our second brother’s expedition to the Northern Frontier has indeed created a sense of crisis for our elder brother."

Xu Yuan, seeing her gaze, instinctively extended his spiritual sight but to no avail.

However, in the next moment, amidst the scattering snowflakes, another figure in white appeared, and a deep voice with a trace of magnetism quietly emerged:

"This journey northward is personally approved by our elder brother. What crisis is there to speak of?"

"..."

Xu Yuan sighed internally upon seeing the newcomer.

His spiritual sight was penetrative, but the scope it could cover was limited by his cultivation and rather confined.

Li Zhaoyuan approached silently, leaving a trail of footprints in the snow, and arrived close by, his starry gaze steady as he looked at Li Qingyan:

"Sister, you’ve been hurt...."

"The injury is not serious."

Li Qingyan’s cool gaze swept over him, her lips slightly raised: "Second brother, you have Elixir Medicines, and Changtian and I should have some too, so there’s no need for you to go to any trouble."

Li Zhaoyuan nodded gently, a gentle smile appearing on his face:

"Mmm... Then I can rest assured. However, sister, since your wounds are still healing, you must prioritize your health on your journey northward."

Li Qingyan fixed her gaze on him, her voice neither cold nor warm:

"Did you come here just to say this?"

Li Zhaoyuan did not mind Li Qingyan’s tone, still calm and gentle:

"Just finished the meal you and Changtian prepared for me and sensed your Energy Mechanism. It’s been a while since we last met, so I came over to say hello."

Li Qingyan nodded at his words, not responding.

The implication was clear,

Now that the greetings are over, aren’t you leaving?

"...."

Li Zhaoyuan laughed lightly and sighed, then nodded to the pair and turned to leave, but as if remembering something, he spoke in a low voice:

"Oh, that’s right."

As he spoke, Li Zhaoyuan half turned, his handsome profile and tone carrying a hint of amusement:

"The situation in the Northern Frontier is complicated and intricate. Perhaps, I might get to be companions-in-arms with you, sister."

"..."

At those words, Li Qingyan’s brow furrowed immediately, but Li Zhaoyuan’s figure had already vanished, leaving only the dust of snow stirred by the brisk wind in the silent alley.

For a while, silence reigned, the Inscription Lamp stretching the shadows of the three figures long.

After a moment,

Xu Yuan looked around and asked:

"Left?"

Li Qingyan’s brows were slightly furrowed, her beautiful eyes carrying a hint of gravity:

"He’s gone."

Xu Yuan, seeing her solemn expression, chuckled and asked:

"What are you thinking about that’s making you so serious?"

"..."

Listened to his lighthearted voice, Li Qingyan turned back to glare at this carefree fellow, exhaling a breath:

"Don’t you understand? Li Zhaoyuan’s visit this time was specially meant to probe this palace; he... might be taking military power."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan laughed and shook his head:

"Might? Qingyan, you misspoke."