On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince’s Hidden Illness
Chapter 410: Unable to Withstand a Single Blow

Chapter 410: Chapter 410: Unable to Withstand a Single Blow

Lai Ran spoke in a deep voice, "No, after your elder brother and His Highness have dealt with the affairs of the capital city, then you may accompany your father to enter the capital."

Ye Yiheng opened his mouth, "Father-in-law, I have already promised Yanyan to bring her back to the capital with me."

"Promises won’t matter," Lai Ran’s face slightly darkened, "If the capital city’s affairs are handled smoothly, you will be married soon enough. Can’t I take care of my daughter for a few more days?"

Leng Yu Yan grinned appeasingly, "Father King, let your daughter go, please. I have been detoxifying His Highness without interruption lately."

"Wasn’t His Highness also living just fine before you started detoxifying him?"

Lai Ran raised his eyebrows, thinking to himself, could it really be that a grown daughter can’t be kept at home?

Leng Yu Yan moved next to Lai Taihong, rubbing her head against his arm, acting coquettishly, "Grandfather, my return to the capital is for a matter of the utmost importance."

With his granddaughter acting spoiled, Lai Taihong’s heart nearly melted, his smiling eyes squeezing together, "What is this important matter?"

"The Ninth Princess’s leg ailment—after my diagnosis, her leg has actually healed long ago. Her current inability to walk is due to a mental block. I promised her long before to treat her, but one delay led to another. Now, Grandfather also wishes for my brother to find a wife soon..."

Leng Yu Yan hadn’t finished her words when she was interrupted by Li Yuyue.

"Sister, don’t worry about the matter between me and Ye Jiu—you’re but a young maiden!"

Leng Yu Yan chuckled at him and then turned back to Lai Taihong, "Grandfather, regardless of what happens between Elder Brother and the Ninth Princess, the commitment I made to the Ninth Princess needs to be fulfilled as soon as possible."

Lai Taihong nodded, "It should be so; go ahead, your grandfather agrees."

Leng Yu Yan joyfully hugged Lai Taihong’s arm, "Thank you, Grandfather, you’re the best!"

Lai Ran hummed, "So I’m the only ’bad cop,’ right?"

Leng Yu Yan replied with a playful smile, "How can that be? Father King is uniquely handsome, and you are the best dad in the whole world!"

"That’s more like it," Lai Ran cleared his throat, "Your Highness, please take extra care on the way. Yan’er is good-hearted and won’t cause any trouble for Your Highness. Do take care yourself and don’t cause any trouble for Yan’er."

Upon hearing these words, the four brothers of the Leng Family laughed out loud.

But Ye Yiheng responded seriously, "Father-in-law speaks the truth!"

After leaving Lai Taihong’s study, Ye Yiheng took hold of Leng Yu Yan, "Are you following me back to the capital because of Ah Ju?"

So, she wasn’t the main reason for his return to the capital?

Leng Yu Yan looked up, meeting his gaze, "Ah Ju is your sister, you would want her to be able to stand again, right?"

Ye Yiheng’s expression remained stern and he didn’t say a word, striding forward.

Leng Yu Yan was taken aback, had she said something wrong?

Or did he simply not care about his own sister?

When the Yun Family learned that Leng Yu Yan was going to the capital city with Ye Yiheng, they called her over and mother and daughter stayed together for two days.

Before Li Yuyue departed with his troops from the city on the eleventh of the first month, the Yun Family specially cautioned Leng Yu Yan, "My child, after the Crown Prince has resolved the affairs of the capital city, your mother and father will head there. Although you and His Highness are fiancés, you must maintain proper decorum!"

"Decorum?" Leng Yu Yan was puzzled.

The Yun Family gently reminded her, "I mean matters between men and women; it is always the woman who gets hurt. Do you understand?"

"Mother Consort, rest assured, His Highness won’t."

He is impotent!

The Yun Family nodded but still expressed her worries, "My child, you are so beautiful; if His Highness cannot restrain himself, you must stay clear-headed."

"Ah?"

Leng Yu Yan hesitated, wondering whether to tell her mother that Ye Yiheng was actually impotent. After some thought, because it involved the man’s reputation, she decided not to disclose it.

Yun Family spoke in a low voice again, "Once a man has obtained his desire, he will no longer cherish it. My child, you must understand this! Especially men of the Tian Family—they can have any woman they want, so you must stay clear-headed!"

These were truths, and Leng Yu Yan nodded emphatically, "Mother, your daughter understands!"

After a series of meticulous admonitions, the mother herself escorted them to the front gate.

Seeing Yun Family emerge, Li Yuyue and Ye Yiheng simultaneously dismounted their horses.

Yun Family said with a smile, "Ye’er is the eldest brother, so you must take good care of your sister and brother-in-law. Your Highness, Mian’er is still young, please be patient with her!"

Both men responded in unison, affirming their agreement.

In no time, Li Yuyue and Ye Yiheng set out with their elite soldiers.

Six thousand elite soldiers might be a small number compared to the entire Northern Garrison, but their journey caused quite a stir.

As they passed through each state and county, stopping at each hostel and city gate, Li Yuyue ordered his men to seize all of Ye Gaoyun’s forces.

Thus, even if any fish slipped through the net and ran back to the capital city to report, by the time the elite soldiers had made a forced march for half a month to reach the capital, Ye Gaoyun and his cohort were still considerably panicked.

After smashing many items in the Imperial Study, Ye Gaoyun bellowed furiously, "The Abolished Crown Prince isn’t dead, and not only that, Li Yuyue is leading troops here."

His staff advised, "Your Highness, now is the perfect chance to capture Li Yuyue."

"Are you foolish? If they came to the capital together, they obviously know that Leng Yu Yan isn’t dead."

How could he possibly imprison Li Yuyue now?

His staff’s eyes flickered, "Li Yuyue is leading troops here; this act is treasonous. Does Your Highness not decree it so?"

Ye Gaoyun clenched his fist and slammed the table, "The news received indicates that Li Yuyue only brought a few thousand troops. He hasn’t violated the decree forbidding the Northern Garrison from entering the capital without an Imperial Decree."

Hearing this, his staff was relieved, "Your Highness, rest assured, a few thousand troops are of no consequence."

Considering the tens of thousands of private soldiers they had both within and outside of the Imperial Palace, Li Yuyue’s few thousand were like an egg against a rock, utterly fragile.

No sooner had these words fallen when a bloodied messenger ran in, "Report! The Abolished Crown Prince and Heir Lai are leading troops to attack!"

Ye Gaoyun suppressed the panic in his chest and commanded with a stern voice, "Kill them for this Prince! The heads of Ye Yiheng and Li Yuyue, I want them secured!"

Shortly after, another came running, "Prince, my troops have been ambushed; please dispatch reinforcements!"

Ye Gaoyun hadn’t even spoken when one person after another came to report.

He flicked his sleeves and walked outside the hall to look up at the sky, where flames soared into the air from several directions.

These directions were where his private soldiers were stationed around the capital; Ye Gaoyun’s heart sunk. The troops led by Li Yuyue were indeed swift and formidable. It was he who was vulnerable!

In the moment he cast his eyes downward, Ye Yiheng and Li Yuyue had already approached him.

"You actually survived!"

Ye Gaoyun sneered as he stared at Ye Yiheng, whose eyes were covered with a white veil.

Ye Yiheng responded indifferently, "I’m sorry to disappoint you, Third Brother."

One of Ye Gaoyun’s staff stepped forward with a harsh shout, "How dare you, Abolished Crown Prince! The Third Prince is the Emperor’s personally appointed Prince Guardian. What business do you have here, aiming for rebellion?"

Ye Yiheng slightly tilted his head, and the following Mo Chen took the signal.

With a flick of his sword, the staff member’s throat was sealed instantly and he collapsed in a spray of blood, some of which spattered onto Ye Gaoyun’s face, leaving him in a sorry state.

Ye Gaoyun snarled, "Even if you kill me, what does it matter? You won’t find the Father Emperor. And even if you do find him, you can’t restore the Crown Prince title."

Li Yuyue furrowed his brows, "Why not?"

"Because the Imperial Decree to abolish the Crown Prince was written by that old thing himself; he just hadn’t announced it yet. I simply took advantage and read it early," laughed Ye Gaoyun heartily. "Does Heir Lai regret following the Abolished Crown Prince into the capital now? If the Heir kills the Abolished Crown Prince, I will grant you half of the empire. How about it?"