Chapter 45 - The Dress That Was Modified (1/2)

Chapter 45 The Dress That Was Modified

The handkerchief Wei Yuewu had been looking at was suddenly snatched away by a slender hand. She raised her head and subconsciously moved her eyes from the hand to Yan Huaijing’s face. With a confused expression, she looked at the handkerchief in his hand.

Yan Huaijing looked at her with a faint smile, and a gentle expression appeared on his face. He asked in a low voice, “Why are you so focused on pinching the handkerchief? Is it that beautiful?”

Yan Huaijing spoke slowly and his tone sounded gentle, making people feel like they were bathed in spring breeze.

With these words, he succeeded in causing everyone’s gaze to fall on Wei Yuewu’s face again.

She didn’t want to be the focus of other people’s attention or to be used as a shield. Nor was she willing to become the key for him to break the dilemma, in which case she would attract the attention of powerful figures like the Crown Prince.

Wei Yuewu almost couldn’t suppress her impulse to stretch out her foot and step hard on the foot of this elegant heir-apparent of the Duke of Yan State. She grew inexplicably vexed, and only after she forcefully took two breaths did, she managed to quench her sudden berserk and suffocating annoyance.

She warned herself that this crafty man in front of her was one of the most powerful figures in the dynasty and that she couldn’t afford to offend him…

However, she also understood that this clever trick of his was indeed a good way to break through the present predicament!

It was just that she was not willing to be a part of it!

She calmly stretched out her hand and forcefully snatched back her handkerchief. Yet she put on a dignified smile on her face, “I don’t dare to disturb your conversation. Please excuse me.”

“It sounds boring to you, doesn’t it? Let me send you back.” Without caring about the handkerchief in his hand being plucked away by Wei Yuewu, Yan Huaijing elegantly stood up and languidly uttered those words to her.

“I… Please don’t, Your Heir-apparent. I don’t dare to bother you.” Wei Yuewu pursed her rosy lips and shook her head. She had seen through the door of the private room that her two maids were standing outside. They had found her here. “My maids are here now.”

She didn’t want to stay at a dangerous place for long!

Yan Huaijing, however, acted very cool and didn’t mind Wei Yuewu’s refusal at all. “No worries. I have no other thing to do anyway.” Then, he turned around and said to Wen Tianyao and Lu Yeli, “Your Royal Highness, Your Heir-apparent, I’ll treat you both when I have time, as an apology of Yuewu and me for leaving early today.”

As for the Third Princess Wen Caidie, he didn’t mention her at all.

At this time, Wei Yuewu didn’t have to look at the princess to know that the princess was looking at her coldly.

Yan Huaijing had successfully stirred up the princess’s hatred toward her, and the hatred seemed extremely deep. Wei Yuewu was speechless and wanted to grind her teeth. However, there was no way to explain such a thing.

Now that he had uttered those words, Wei Yuewu had no choice but to stand up with Yan Huaijing. Seeing that the two of them were determined to leave, Wen Tianyao could not force them to stay longer. He nodded immediately.

The two of them left the private room one after the other. At this time, the crowd surrounding the teahouse had dispersed. The ferocious-looking guards at the entrance had successfully quenched the curiosity of the passersby.

No matter how graceful and handsome this heir-apparent of the Duke of Yan State was, ordinary people could only afford to have a feast for the eyes. If they really lost their lives for approaching him, it would not be worth it.

Wei Yuewu was surprised to see that her carriage was stationed beside Yan Huaijing’s shockingly gorgeous carriage. Needless to say, this heir-apparent’s men had moved her carriage there.

The two maids followed behind Wei Yuewu and looked at Yan Huaijing and the robust guards beside him. A sense of uneasiness rose in their heart.

“Your Heir-apparent, thank you for taking care of me along the way to the capital. I’ll take my leave first. I don’t dare to have you send me back.” Wei Yuewu stopped and curtsied deeply to Yan Huaijing. Previously, when they parted at the gate of the capital, she hardly had time to thank him in person.

“Yuewu, are you trying to distance yourself totally from me?” Yan Huaijing looked amusedly at the serious-looking little girl in front of him. Although she still had the look of a young girl, she put on this humorless expression on her exquisite face. Especially, when he saw her face filled with grievance and vexation, he felt an inexplicable amusement pervading his somewhat depressed heart.

“Your Heir-apparent, you are surrounded by escorts along the way, and I am just one of the passers-by. I don’t dare to share the grand spectacle with you.” Wei Yuewu tactfully expressed her desire to avoid going along with him.

A faint smile appeared on Yan Huaijing’s handsome face. He looked at Wei Yuewu with a deep and unfathomable expression, but did not force her. “Since you are not trying to distance yourself from me, Yuewu, please come too when I entertain His Royal Highness some days later!”

Wei Yuewu’s heart skipped a beat and the corner of her mouth twitched. She couldn’t help raising her head and fixed her eyes at this extraordinarily elegant heir-apparent. “Your Heir-apparent, the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang is very strict with the ladies’ going out. Today, if it was not because I had something to do, my grandmother wouldn’t let me out.”

It was in fact amusing to see the rigidly serious expression on her childish but exceptionally pretty face. Yan Huaijing glanced across Wei Yuewu’s face with his smiling eyes. He made a movement that Wei Yuewu would never expect: he reached out and touched her head.

His words made Wei Yuewu even more speechless. “Don’t worry about it. It’s my treat. The Madam Dowager will definitely agree.”