13 Matters of the Prince (2/2)
Ye Mo huffed angrily. First, they broke into the prince's room and now they were addressing him casually. They didn't even answer his question! ”Don't let me repeat myself. What are you doing here, in prince Khan Bojing's private quarters, in the middle of the night?!”
The other guard on the right was nervous and didn't want to offend the elder man. Ye Mo held a higher status than them and he also had the crown prince behind his back. ”Reporting to Ye Mo, we're here on empress Chu Fangyin's orders. The emperor have asked for his presence in the ancestral hall.”
”Inform the emperor Khan Bojing will be there shortly.”
The guard on the right nodded and was about to turn back, but the guard on the left was stubborn. He had empress Chu Fangyin on his side, he wasn't afraid. Also, the order he personally received was not only to retrieve Khan Bojing to the ancestral hall. He was privately asked to find out the whereabouts of the prince. ”Say, Ye Mo, where's your prince? It's the middle of the night, what is so important that he can't be here?”
”That, is not your place to ask of the prince's personal information.” Ye Mo was blunt and after so many years working in the palace, he knew many things he wished to not know. He was a serious man, but he also wanted to play with the arrogant guard. ”You say, what else is there to do in the middle of the night? I'm just an old man wasting off my last days by the prince. You're young, perhaps you understand more.”
The guard stiffened. Not many knew that he was a player who often snuck out to meet his lover. If he wasn't personally ordered to be here, but he wouldn't be here either. He quickly excused himself, ”I wouldn't know of the prince's personal matters. We'll be taking our leave.”
Li Wei would've broke out laughing if she didn't pinch herself in time. She could only smile. Ye Mo didn't disappoint. He was still as entertaining as ever. Her smile soon stopped, when another voice joined in.
”Report to father that I'm not feeling well. I'm afraid I won't be able to follow with his orders until tomorrow,” came a low voice from the side door connected to the outhouse. From where she hid, it was hard to see the man's face. She could only see his backside when he walked into the other end of the room, which was also faced towards Ye Mo and the two guards. He had on a lose black robe and his hair was wet. One would naturally assume he was not here because he was taking a bath.
The man continued speaking, his voice was powerful and full of anger as he warned, ”Never break into my personal space again or else you'll regret it. This is my message to imperial mother.”
At this point, the two guards were too scared. They could only nod and quickly fled from the room. The crown prince was too frightening. No one would want to get on his bad side.
”Khan Bojing, where were you?” Ye Mo quietly whispered after closing the doors. ”I was so worried. Empress Chu Fangyin abruptly ordered those two guards to question your whereabouts. It seems like she's suspicious--”
The man whose back previously faced them turned around.
Ye Mo stopped talking and Li Wei's eyes widened. They were both shocked for the same reason.
He was not Khan Bojing.