On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince’s Hidden Illness
Chapter 388: Scamming to Force a Marriage

Chapter 388: Chapter 388: Scamming to Force a Marriage

She brushed off the tiny hairs sticking to his clothes, then gently adjusted his fake beard, "Handsome, very stylish."

Ye Yiheng couldn’t see his own face at the moment, but since she said it looked good, he decided to trust her.

The smile on her face at this moment, with the corners of her lips turned up, was truly beautiful, irresistibly enchanting...

Unwarrantedly stirring the heart!

Ye Yiheng regained his composure and, flicking the whip, set the horse carriage in motion again.

Four hours later, they left the mountain region as the sky turned completely dark.

Since they took a narrow trail, they were accompanied only by the scattered lights of farmers’ homes along the way.

These farmers’ houses were small, with almost no courtyards. It was unlikely that they had spare rooms to lend out, and both Ye Yiheng and Leng Yu Yan tacitly agreed not to disturb them.

The sky had turned very dark, and Ye Yiheng took out a flint and lit the lantern hanging under the carriage’s canopy.

To reach Beilan City as soon as possible, the two continued to travel, planning to make do with sleeping inside the carriage when they became too tired.

Just then, a person carrying a torch was walking ahead and, hearing the rapid approach of the horse carriage, unexpectedly stumbled and fell in front of it.

"Li Yu, be careful!"

Leng Yu Yan cried out, and in her mind, she couldn’t help but scorn the situation, thinking that there were even con artists in this era!

Such a low-grade swindler indeed!

Not to pick a bustling market but instead an isolated wilderness.

Ye Yiheng remained calm, bringing the carriage to a smooth stop.

The mountain path was narrow, and with a person lying in front, the carriage couldn’t pass. They had to wait for the person to get up and move aside before proceeding.

Unexpectedly, the person lying in front of the carriage reached out to them, uttering "eh eh eh" as if trying to say something.

Seeing that no one got off the carriage, the person on the ground struggled to get up but stumbled and fell again.

Seeing him like this, Leng Yu Yan realized he probably wasn’t a swindler and suggested to Ye Yiheng, "Li Yu, how do we make way for him?"

Although the road was narrow, by angling to the side, they should still be able to pass.

Before Ye Yiheng could answer, they heard the man on the ground finally exclaim, "Commandery Princess, is that you?"

His voice was weak as if all his strength had gone into calling her, but it was filled with excitement!

Hearing the familiar voice, the two quickly got down from the carriage, and under the light of the lantern hanging from the canopy, they saw a face smeared black.

Despite the darkness on his face, they recognized him immediately as Song Guo.

"Song Guo, how could it be you?" Leng Yu Yan helped him up.

Song Guo was truly without the strength to speak, but he nodded his head.

Ye Yiheng helped him onto the horse carriage.

Song Guo’s tears fell freely, not costing a thing. The Commandery Princess had lifted him up, His Highness had helped him onto the carriage; how could he, a little eunuch, possibly deserve this grace?

Realizing he was hungry at a glance, Leng Yu Yan said, "There’s food in the carriage, get inside first."

Once inside, Song Guo ate two persimmons and some meat, and when he wanted to eat more, Leng Yu Yan stopped him, "Someone who has been hungry for too long shouldn’t eat too much all at once."

Ye Yiheng agreed, "Listen to the Commandery Princess, she is right."

Song Guo nodded, wiped his soot-covered face, and finally had the energy to speak.

He recounted how the three of them had saved Miao Zhu before and continued, "Later, we encountered an assassination attempt. Mo Chen suggested we split up to send the message. I thought to take the mountain paths, so I could make every effort to survive."

"So the four of you got separated at that point?" Leng Yu Yan asked.

"Right, because groups of assassins came after us. They thought His Royal Highness was in the carriage and directly sabotaged it. Without the horse carriage, it was difficult for the four of us to travel together, and with the pursuit, we got scattered. Fortunately, before we separated, Mo Chen said no matter how far apart we were, our goal was to head for Beilan City. If even one of us could make it, that was enough."

After saying all this, Song Guo knelt down, "Your Highness, Commandery Princess, I bow before you!"

Ye Yiheng said indifferently, "Get up quickly. We still need to keep our identities secret on the road."

Leng Yu Yan handed Song Guo a cotton cloth, "Right now, His Highness and I are posing as uncle and nephew. You should change the way you address us."

"Uncle and nephew?" Song Guo took the cloth to wipe his face, looking at his own master with a beard glued on, and asked in confusion, "Why not pretend to be husband and wife?"

Ye Yiheng cleared his throat and remained silent.

"It was my request," Leng Yu Yan said softly.

Song Guo mumbled, "His Highness and the Commandery Princess are so well-matched, you should pretend to be husband and wife. No, not pretend, you should actually be so."

Leng Yu Yan explained, "We’ve pretended before. For safety, this time we need to change our identities."

"I see," Song Guo’s heart slightly relaxed, and he forced a small smile, "Your Highness, when can we return to the capital and take back everything that belongs to His Highness?"

Along the way, they really had suffered a great deal.

Their suffering as current people was nothing. At this moment, looking at the cramped horse carriage and then at His Highness’s attire, Song Guo’s eyes brimmed with tears.

His Highness surely had suffered more than they had!

"Song Guo, rest well," Leng Yu Yan comforted him, "As for when we will return to the capital, when we will take everything back, His Highness has his own considerations."

Song Guo cried again, facing Leng Yu Yan, and earnestly said, "Commandery Princess, His Highness has been lonely since childhood. Now that you are by His Highness’s side, I am grateful! I hope the Commandery Princess will always stay by His Highness’s side!"

"Song Guo, I am by His Highness’s side. But as for matters of the future, no one can say..."

Leng Yu Yan looked at Ye Yiheng and stopped speaking.

Song Guo pulled out a small porcelain bottle from his chest, opened it, and poured the pill onto his palm.

"On the road, we bought a few small porcelain bottles and put our Life-saving Pills in them. Not to hide from Your Highness and the Commandery Princess, each of us has been injured. Before we got separated, only Miao Zhu had two Life-saving Pills left, and I have only one left."

As he spoke, he shed more tears, "I was very afraid when I was alone, afraid I’d never see Your Highness and the Commandery Princess again."

"To say something I shouldn’t, the Commandery Princess has family by her side, but everyone near His Highness wants his life. If the Commandery Princess you also abandon His Highness, then he truly is alone in this world." Song Guo knelt down again, "Commandery Princess, I beg of you, please, you must stay by His Highness’s side. Can you do that?"

Leng Yu Yan felt her nose sting, "Song Guo, for a grown man to cry like this, isn’t it disgraceful?"

"I am a eunuch, not a man; even if I cry, it’s not disgraceful!"

Leng Yu Yan laughingly cried, her voice gentle, "A physical defect is an unfortunate circumstance, but biologically speaking, you are a man. Song Guo, you are no different from other men in this world and you should not belittle yourself!"

Song Guo wept even louder, "Commandery Princess, you are so kind. Since you are so kind, then please grant my wish and stay with His Highness! The Commandery Princess and His Highness could get married first, and then have a wedding ceremony in the capital. Commandery Princess, my master will never mistreat you!"

In his view, as long as the Commandery Princess married His Highness, she would be irrevocably tied to His Highness.

Currently on the run, a simple ceremony on the road would be binding!

Ye Yiheng shook his head, he had always known that Song Guo, the eunuch, was shameless, but he didn’t expect him to be shameless to this extent.

Leng Yu Yan hadn’t expected it either; having not seen Song Guo for over a fortnight, upon their reunion, he actually helped his master corner her into marriage.