Volume 6, Chapter 6: Slim, Graceful Reflection (1/2)

Volume 6, Chapter 6: Sliazed petrified¹ at the golden headband in his hands Just now, olden headband the princess had lost He had subconsciously hidden the golden headband He could not help feeling a bit regretful and ashairl to be a naiad or a nymph, he still found himself deeply troubled HeZhe Fine, fine Roulan was hter How could he be shairl after he couldn’t do anything to Jiang Zhe?

Suddenly, the sound of Li Lin’s snarling came from the distance “What! Did you say that Roulan fell into the water and nearly drowned? How is this possible? How dare you curse her! This Prince must cut you down!”

Lu Yun shi+vered inside He was already quite fearful of Li Lin Now, afraid of being asked too many questions, Lu Yun discovered that he had been inappropriate Hearing Li Lin’s voice, he rushed over Before he had wound around the cluster of flowers, he heard a clear, bright, and powerful voice state, “Brother Lin, you cannot be hotheaded Although this maid was perhaps a bit excessive, she has no malice Didn’t you rush back because you heard Roulan had fallen into the water? We’d best go into the inner residence to take a look That girl is accusto willfully on a daily basis Who knohat’s really going on?”

Moved, Lu Yun peered through the cluster of flowers On the flower path ahead, he could see an enraged Li Lin standing before aon both knees and pounding her head into the ground² Behind Li Lin stood a youth dressed in bright yellow He was roughly fifteen or sixteen years old, elegant and cultured in appearance His eyes were like deep and serene pools He looked open, honest, andto reason with Li Lin There was no need to overthink things Froer’s apparel and the appellation he used for Li Lin, Lu Yun found hily, there were only a few ’s Crown Prince Li Jun Lu Yun could not refrain froer as his eyes fell upon the crown prince’s face Lu Yun watched the mild crown prince try to soothe Li Lin, a sh the crown prince possessed an inco spring breeze Lu Yun had heard that this crown prince had overseen Youzhou on Li Zhi’s behalf fro a reputation for huht of hi was unordinary as expected Coe and was theonly kne to eat, drink, and be merry, and was mediocre and incompetent—Lu Yun found that his heart ached and that his breathing was co in fits and bursts

The eyebrows of a youthful i in attendance behind Li Jun rose and he took a step forward Standing protectively at Li Jun’s side, he shouted, “Who’s there sneaking behind the flowers?” The bodyguard’s voice was not harsh, probably because this was the residence of Princess Changle and idely considered as one of the official residences with the tightest security

Lu Yun shook inside Walking around the cluster of flowers, he dropped to one knee before Li Lin and reported, “Subordinate Yun Lu pays hness” He deliberately showed that he did not recognize Li Jun In this way, even if he were punished, it would be a lot lighter If he didn’t know any better, he could not be held responsible As expected, when he snuck a glance, the expression on the bodyguard’s face eased and he retreated behind Li Jun

In coarse breaths, Li Lin roughly asked, “So it’s you? Were you afraid to cory?”

Cal further, Lu Yun answered with his head lowered and the expression on his face controlled, “This subordinate does not dare”

Flapping his hand, Li Lin said, “Forget about it Cohness the Crown Prince Iuard I saw that this felloas not bad In a few years, I’ll deliver hiuards However, it’s inappropriate right now The Bright Inspection Depart close tabs, and this fellow’s background isn’t completely clear If I were to send him over, I would likely be impeached by the Ihtly He naturally understood this principle All of his bodyguards had been very carefully selected One’s background, martial arts, and character all needed to be evaluated However, since Li Lin attached such great i man’s talents were presumably hard to come by Li Jun took a step forward and personally helped Lu Yun to his feet, stating, “Stand up You are Brother Lin’s bodyguard In the future, you will inevitably see Us frequently You need not be so formal, nor must you listen to Brother Lin’s nonsense Imperial Father appoints every one of Our Eastern Palace’s iuards, so the numbers are limited That is there are all these unavoidable conditions By following the Prince of Jia from now on, your prospects are boundless In several years, when you’ve gone into battle and seized glory, beco underemployed by Our side?”

Lu Yun played the yes reat ad’s crown prince had the bearing of a monarch With just a few short words, he felt his heart warm If Lu Yun was really that carefree Yun Lu, he would likely have risked his life to repay the crown prince

Li Jun studied Lu Yun for anotherman was still youthful and was quite respectful, the youth was neither servile nor overbearing The youth’s countenance carried a shred of haughty unyieldingness As expected, this young man’s character was hard to co at Li Lin, he praised, “Princely Brother’s eyesight is truly out of the ordinary I can see that this fellow has General Zhangsun’s presence”

Li Lin revealed an expression of i, not only did revealing such an expression not cause others to feel resentment, but instead caused the his head, Li Jun so check up on Roulan She has suffered and will definitely seek to take it out on us If we get there too late, she’ll probably snub us for a few days”

Li Lin turned angry and said, “Roulan is ht, while she’s always scowling at me While it’s plain that you can only see her every three to five days co her every day, she always treats you kindly”

“Whose fault is it that you didn’t watch her grow up?” replied Li Jun with a hearty laugh “Back when I was still the Prince of Yong’s heir, I spared no effort in helping her escape Uncle-in-law’s evil sche heads with her sinceher for the first tiirl to call you older brother Afterwards, you were tricked by Uncle-in-law and served as his acco”

Li Lin sta and blushi+ng Gazing at the bodyguards ere restraining their smiles, Li Lin shouted, “Get out of the way! This is Uncle-in-law’s residence There’s no use for you all to watch the show”

The two princes’ bodyguards exchanged looks of dis if they should obey Li Jun s Hui, you can all withdraw to rest”

Aside fro behind Li Jun, all of the bodyguards scattered and withdrew Lu Yun sighed mentally and also prepared to leave To his surprise, Li Lin called hi brother Huo and Roulan’s side I’ve heard that you were the one who rescued Roulan Is that the case?”

Lu Yun blushed Recalling how he had originally planned to take Roulan’s life, he could not help feeling a bit ashamed He whispered, “This subordinate was present by happenstance Because I kno to swim, I had no alternative but to offend the Princess”

Li Jun let out a cry of surprise, his gaze on Lu Yun becohtly, Li Jun walked towards the inner residence Li Lin put up a hand, indicating that there was no need for Lu Yun to follow, before hurriedly following Li Jun Lu Yun was h In low spirits, he walked towards the Perched Phoenix Pavilion

Just as he reached the Perched Phoenix Pavilion, Li Lin burst back in a towering rage, shouting, “So infuriating! Everyone, follow uards saw his indignation, none of them dared to ask what had happened and sile’s residence Fetching his horse, Li Lin lashed his whip and galloped through the streets of the iuards were alarmed and repeatedly called out froh the ih they watched as Li Lin disappeared into the distance, they orried and sprinted back to the Prince of Qi’s residence

Finding it strange, Lu Yun asked one of the other bodyguards that he was relatively kneell, “What happened to the Prince for hi at his surroundings, the bodyguard answered quietly, “He’s likely suffered at the hands of the Princess of Zhaohua Everyone in Chang’an knows that while our Prince doesn’t fear the Heavens or the Earth, he is afraid of the Marquis of Chu and the Princess of Zhaohua, especially the Princess If the two of theuaranteed have a row every three days and a tiff every two days Towards the end, the Princess will either complain tearfully to the Prince and Princess of Qi or our Prince will coinning, the parents on both sides would try to advise as well as punish However, after that, they would be reconciled Now, the parents are disinclined to intervene But today is truly strange Usually either His I master Huo can calm the Prince or the Princess I don’t knohat’s happened today for the Crown Prince’s and young master Huo’s words to have no effect”

Lu Yun was fascinated by this and could not help dropping his head to snicker to hiardless of how vaunted their statuses, Roulan, the Princess of Zhaohua, and Li Lin, the Prince of Jia, were still just children However, Lu Yun still found it difficult to associate the childish side of this teenager with the grave bearing the Prince of Jia possessed at the Golden Valley Garden

After a while, the bodyguards returned to the Prince of Qi’s residence Taking a glance, all of the strides Seeing the bodyguards return, he furiously declared, “Why were you all so slow? Princely Father wants me to escort Mother to Nanshan and attend upon her Ready yourselves already” When the bodyguards heard this, none of the that the prince had galloped too quickly and ran off to pack their luggage