Chapter 452 - The Most Crucial Part of It (1/2)

There was no sorrow or joy on his handsome face, but somehow made her feel that he was gloomy and lonely.

He was the only one traveling alone in the secular world. In the empty wilderness, there was only the rolled dark brocade robe and the bright red flowers reflected on it which looked like a touch of darkness wandering in the bloody red hell.

“What’s wrong? Are you afraid?” She didn’t know when Ao Chenyi withdrew his gaze, lowered his head to look at her unwearied eyes and lifted the corners of his mouth to show a faint smile.

Suddenly, Ning Xueyan shook her head solemnly, blinked her watery eyes and finally looked at Ao Chenyi’s face. “Your Highness, rest assured. I’m not afraid!”

Her words sounded strange and even not corresponding to Ao Chenyi’s question. Nevertheless, her stubborn gaze and her active action of holding Ao Chenyi’s hand firmly inexplicably convinced him that the fragile girl in front of him was telling the truth. She was not afraid, or it was more like her promise to not be afraid.

Even if she was afraid, she would stand by his side and never waver because of anything else. Just like that day, although she was afraid of him, she still stood firm in front of him and talked over the terms of their trade with ease and fluency. She seemed to have forgotten that the person in front of her could kill her as long as he raised his fingers.

Ao Chenyi’s dim eyes almost became bright in an instant. He grasped her hand backhand and pulled it hard, and then Ning Xueyan involuntarily fell on him. Her dark and bright hair was hanging loose, making an extremely small space where the two of them could only feel the warm breath of each other.

Pulled by him, Ning Xueyan subconsciously cried in a low voice. When she stabilized herself, she had lain prone on him with her forehead pressed against his, which was quite ambiguous. Looking at the deep sparkle across his handsome eyes, she suddenly blushed and pushed him away with her hands.

However, she was so weak when confronting him that she could only be held by him tightly. He, who usually had a cold smile, showed a gentle and soft smile and slightly raised his eyebrows. Watching Ning Xueyan timidly rolling her bright watery eyes which were full of rosy ripples, he showed a more joyful smile and held Ning Xueyan tightly.

“Your Highness, you can go now. If you keep staying here, Commandery Princess Xianyun will find out that you’ve stayed in my courtyard all the time and come up the mountain again. It will cause a big trouble.” His gaze made Ning Xueyan feel ashamed and annoyed. She pushed him hard. Her current movement made her seem to be closer to him than she was when pretending to be his favorite concubine.

“Yan’er, are you jealous?” Ao Chenyi chuckled and said, seeming to be in a good mood.

“Your Highness, I’m serious. With your favorite concubine as the shield, of course I would like to hide myself from the limelight as much as I can,” Ning Xueyan said seriously and gave him a helpless look.

She actually didn’t think so. However, these days she had an accident, and Commandery Princess Xianyun had come up the mountain once. Although Ao Chenyi had come here twice for good reasons, anyway his presence attracted others’ attention. She didn’t want to become the target of all women in Prince Yi’s Manor before marrying into the manor, let alone the target of Ao Chenyi’s opponents.

For example, she still couldn’t figure out why Ao Mingyu did that today. Nevertheless, it must have something to do with Ao Chenyi. After all, she was Ao Chenyi’s future co-consort granted by the imperial edict. If something disgraceful happened to her, Ao Chenyi would be the disgraced one.

“Okay, I got it.” Ao Chenyi had to let go of Ning Xueyan. He stood up and tidied his clothes. Looking at the sky, he found that he did have stayed here for a long time. Fortunately, he had got prepared. He turned around and patted Ning Xueyan, who got up after him.

“You haven’t recovered yet. Take a rest for another while.”

“Your Highness, please kick the door violently when you leave!” Ning Xueyan smiled slyly, pointed to the door of her room and blinked her watery eyes under her long eyelashes, showing some naughtiness of a girl.

“Okay, I’m angry now, so of course I’ll kick the door violently.” Ao Chenyi almost understood Ning Xueyan’s meaning at once and said with a wicked smile. A trace of rage flashed across his eyes which were still icy cold. The superior Prince Yi showed more gloom and elusiveness on his handsome face.

He took a few steps and got out of the inner room. At the door of the outer room, he violently kicked the wooden door, and it shook twice and almost fell down from the frame. After that, there came a series of suppressed sobs from the inner room. Although they were low, it could still be heard that a girl was crying.

Walking to the door and seeing Ao Chenyi coming out with a cold face, Lanning hurriedly lowered her head and leant to one side to give way to him. However, seeing him leave with a cold face, she showed a trace of suspicion in her eyes and couldn’t figure out what had happened in a short time. She had seen Prince Yi come in with her master in his arms.

The Prince Yi, who looked cautious and gentle before, looked completely different from the current Prince Yi.

Suddenly, Ning Xueyan’s suppressed sobs came to Lanning’s ears. With no time to think much, she hurriedly walked in with the tray in her hands. Because she walked fast in anxiety, several grapes on top fell from the branches, rolled on the tray and then fell to the ground. But Lanning had no time to care about it at the moment and hurried to walk inside.

Her master had never been so out of control before. Could it be that something had happened but she didn’t know?