She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 76 Get Lost, Dead Dog

Chapter 76: Chapter 76 Get Lost, Dead Dog

Yan An watched as the slender figure disappeared at the doorway, and he couldn’t suppress the malice in his eyes any longer; he pounded the ground fiercely with his hand.

He had suffered heavy losses tonight, with all his carefully trained Hidden Guards killed!

Moreover, it was done by the Crown Prince himself. If he pursued the issue of an official privately maintaining Hidden Guards, that would really cost him dearly, even if he wasn’t pursued for his own fault, he would no longer be able to curry favor with the Crown Prince.

If that’s the case...

Then the only choice left to him was clear.

A look of regret flashed across Yan An’s eyes.

He could never have imagined that at this very moment, the Crown Prince, who should be far away in the Eastern Palace, would appear in his own residence, let alone that Yan Wanqing would have such a good relationship with the Crown Prince. Her insistence on marrying the Young Marquis from the Northern Border, could it imply that the Northern Border was also inclined towards the Crown Prince?

Yan An felt as if he’d stumbled upon some earth-shattering information.

If he brought this intelligence to curry favor with the seventh prince, could he make up for his previous mistakes?

Now that his eldest son had been discarded, and Liu Shi had been sent away, the only strategy left for him was to seek another way out for himself.

As Yan An thought so, he didn’t even bother with his anxiously worried old mother. He stood up, dusted off his clothes, and left the yard without looking back.

This matter needed to be dealt with promptly.

The sooner, the better.

He passed through the front hall, where many servants lingered, and arrived at the door of the woodshed. After looking around and making sure there was no one around, he bent down and moved the firewood aside, revealing a dog hole.

Yan An gritted his teeth and, despite the pain in his back, crawled through the dog hole onto the street.

"Woof!"

As soon as he emerged, a large black dog greeted him by licking his forehead.

"Go on, get!" Yan An waved his hands in disgust, "Scram, you mangy cur!"

The big black dog had moist, dark eyes that looked very cute. It whimpered and walked to the side, watching Yan An struggle to crawl out of the dog hole. Then it watched him cover the hole with stones and camouflage it with dry straw.

With no one around and darkness engulfing everything, he set off with determination toward the residence of the seventh prince.

This time, with the Crown Prince’s weak point in his hands, the seventh prince would see him, no matter what.

Elsewhere.

Sun Qinglian had her servants bring out the fine liquor from the General Residence, and she personally stood up to pour the drink, her eyes lingering on the handsome young man in front of her.

Lucky for her that he was the Crown Prince; had he been a commoner’s son, by now, he would probably have been taken in by some young lady’s family.

Tsk, tsk, tsk!

Sun Qinglian quickly chastised herself silently multiple times; such thoughts were highly disrespectful towards the Crown Prince.

But... he truly was handsome.

Yan Wanqing saw her mother looking at Xiao Pingfeng with a motherly gaze and quickly nudged her with her elbow, "Mother, I want some wine, too."

Sun Qinglian stretched out her hand to open the wine cup Yan Wanqing had handed her, "You drink hot water."

"Mother!" Yan Wanqing, already enticed by the fragrance of the wine and now being refused, couldn’t help but feel aggrieved.

Right after her exclamation, she saw Sun Qinglian give her a stern glare.

Yan Wanqing instantly fell silent and began to drink her hot tea obediently.

Because of Xiao Pingfeng’s noble status, she was obliged to accompany him.

"It was fortunate that the Crown Prince arrived today to smoothly resolve the crisis, but it’s so late now, Your Highness, what brings you to visit the Township Manor at this hour?" After a cup of wine, Sun Qinglian poured Xiao Pingfeng a second cup.

Xiao Pingfeng’s eyes shone: "Regarding the road to the North of the Pass, there is something I do not understand. Just so happens that Commandery Princess has been there, and I’ve been so troubled by this matter that I can’t eat or sleep, so I came over in the middle of the night to disturb you."

Yan Wanqing: "..."

No one knew better than her why he was visiting at such a late hour.

Because yesterday, the day before, and the day before that... he had come at the same time.

What problem so unresolved that he can’t eat or sleep?

Was he really that dedicated and people-loving?

Yan Wanqing couldn’t help but roll her eyes fiercely in her heart.

It was just as well she couldn’t drink; after all, she now had a child in her womb.

Having been delayed outside for quite a while, Yan Wanqing couldn’t help worrying about how her fifth sister was.

Twenty military strokes... and so much blood had been shed, she wondered how things were faring now.

Sun Qinglian, however, was preoccupied with the events that had occurred in the manor today. Liu still lingered in the dungeon, and she needed to ponder how to speak of this to the Crown Prince, as this was no small matter. Now that she had seen the Crown Prince’s thunderous methods, she had to be even more careful with her words.

The Crown Prince drank three cups consecutively and saw the lady of the Township Manor pour a fourth. His gaze couldn’t help but drift toward Yan Wanqing.

He really didn’t want to drink anymore. These were all just excuses. If he really drank the whole pot, he feared he might not be able to get up for the early court the next day.

After a busy day and scurrying over rooftops and walls to get to the Lotus Garden only to find no one there, he had searched around again. Only by squatting on a wall did he witness a scene that infuriated him, leading to his irrational exposure and warning Yan An afterward.

He had been rash.

Looking at the cup that was filled again, Xiao Pingfeng’s eyebrows lifted tiredly.

Had he known, he would have let his Hidden Guard go in, kill, and exit. He shouldn’t have come out.

"Mother, it’s getting late; we should go see fifth sister. The Crown Prince has something he wants to ask me, so I’ll stay here," Yan Wanqing suddenly said.

Upon hearing this, Sun Qinglian immediately set down the wine pot and then gestured for Yan Wanqing to move closer to the Crown Prince, then turned to the Crown Prince with an apologetic smile and exchanged a few polite words.

It was with great relief that when the lady of the Township Manor left, she immediately heard the sound of a wine cup being set on the stone table, followed by a sigh.

Yan Wanqing withdrew her gaze and looked back with raised eyebrows: "Why the sigh?"

In the past few days of their interaction, she had come to understand the true character of the man before her; he couldn’t be chased away, so she had simply taken him as a roommate.

Xiao Pingfeng poured the wine back into the pot from his cup and carefully sealed it, speaking while he did so: "There was a lot going on today, so I came late. Are you alright, darling?"

When he saw those swords aimed at Yan Wanqing, his heart had clenched tight.

Yan Wanqing felt a faint stirring in her heart, but quickly suppressed it. She shook her head: "I’m fine; mother has been protecting me."

"Nonsense, you’ve been hurt here!"

Yan Wanqing was startled; the next moment, her left wrist was seized. Near the base of her palm appeared a wound about the length of a fingernail, from which blood had seeped but now dried into a thin line.

The man’s brows furrowed deeply, and he examined her hand closely, then poured out the wine he had treated so preciously before, looking at Yan Wanqing: "Handkerchief."

Yan Wanqing passed her sleeve’s handkerchief to him, and watched as he carefully dabbed it with wine and began to clean her wound, his thin lips parting and closing as he spoke.

"This might sting a bit, just bear with it... Mmm!"

Yan Wanqing didn’t know why she suddenly cradled the face of the man before her and without hesitation pressed her red lips against his. She simply felt it was the right thing to do at that moment. By the time she realized what she was doing, she didn’t shrink back but, rather, closed her eyes.

Just for this moment, she wanted to act for herself.