Chapter 211 Nansheng in a Difficult Situation (1/2)
“Let me first go have a look. I’ll be back in a minute.”
Long Tianhao pondered for a while and eventually decided to meet Long Qinghan to find out what he wanted.
“Go ahead.”
Lin Mengya did not mind Long Tianhao going given their hunger had been satisfied by now.
The maidservants who had been rewarded with the banknotes had started playing poker cards again.
Lin Mengya regretted a little for teaching the people in the courtyard the gambling game.
“Your Highness, it’s difficult to walk on the snow especially in the night. Please carry this lantern with you to help light up your way.”
Lin Mengya handed her glass lantern to Long Tianhao in a natural and casual manner. It was not an act to fawn over him.
She simply felt that it was a natural gesture.
“Hm, I’ll be back as soon as I’m done.”
Stealing a glance at the laughter-filled Liuxin Courtyard, Long Tianhao suddenly felt that this was how a home should be like.
Carrying the lantern, he emerged from the Liuxin Courtyard. For the first time, he understood what it felt like to be reluctant to leave.
“Your Highness, the Seventh Prince has sent a secret message from the army. It’s regarding… regarding Princess Yu’s elder brother!”
Steward Deng, who had been waiting by the gate for a while now, approached the prince and spoke with a low voice.
“What?”
Long Tianhao furrowed his brows, hearing that the message was about Lin Nansheng.
“You have to inquire the details from the Seventh Prince. He’s waiting for you in the study at this moment!”
Long Tianhao headed towards his study hurriedly. When he entered the study, Long Qinghan, whom he had not seen for days, was right there waiting for him.
“Something bad happened in the army camps. Someone tried to assassinate Lin Nansheng!”
What?!
Long Tianhao’s heart dropped as he stared at Long Qinghan.
Lin Nansheng had joined the preceding batch of soldiers who left the borders to return to the capital city. In fact, they had arrived at the garrisons in the suburbs of the capital city five days ago.
No one would have expected something like this to happen when they just stepped foot in the suburbs of the capital city.
Whoever did this ought to be targeting the Lins, or…
“What did your men find out?”
Long Qinghan groaned softly, shook his head and said, “My men got injured as well.”
“In a frenzy, they escaped and came to inform us of what happened. Fortunately, Lin Nansheng had managed a highly disciplined troop, which was why things did not completely go out of hand.”
Given that the Winter Solstice was approaching and that Lin Nansheng was returning triumphant, the various government officials would be eyeing on him.
“Do we… tell Lin Mengya about it?”
Long Qinghan could definitely sense that Lin Mengya was becoming increasingly important to Long Tianhao.
Third Elder Brother had never been so attentive to any other woman. However, this scheming woman stood in a special place in his heart.
However, he had always believed that Third Elder Brother would never fall in love with any woman.
“It would be impossible to keep it from her. Instead of she finding this out from other people, I’d rather be the one to break the news to her.”
Long Tianhao turned around without further hesitation and headed towards the Liuxin Courtyard.
Long Qinghan, however, stood in his way to stop him.
“Let us go tell her together. Given her wit, she would have guessed that there had to be our secret agents in the troops. Aren’t you afraid that she would inform Lin Nansheng?”
Long Tianhao hesitated for a moment. The secret agents they planted in the army troops had been carefully chosen. Moreover, the father and son of the Lins had complete trust in them.
If this matter were to be exposed, all the effort they made over the years would go to waste.
“I can’t keep this from her. Lin Nansheng is a very important person to her.
When he was done talking, Long Tianhao strode towards the Liuxin Courtyard determinedly.
Long Qinghan shook his head as his face turned sober.
He was not sure if it was a good thing that Third Elder Brother esteemed Lin Mengya so highly.
Back in the Liuxin Courtyard, the people were eating and chatting while sitting around the fireplace.
“The prince is back!”
The maid who was on night vigil came into the courtyard to inform the people of the prince’s arrival. She lifted the curtain at the door and let Long Tianhao in.
Long Tianhao was wearing a severe expression in his face.
As he looked towards Lin Mengya, there was hesitation on his eyes.
“What’s happened?”
Lin Mengya had rarely seen such an expression on Long Tianhaos’ face.
She walked up to him and queried with a worried expression.
“It’s, it’s your brother. He’s met with trouble…”
Before Long Tianhao even finished his sentence, Lin Mengya reflectively grabbed onto his arm tightly.
With wide-opened eyes and desperation in her voice, she said, “Elder Brother… What happened to my elder brother?”
“Calm down. We don’t have all the details yet. What we’re certain now is that your brother’s life is not in danger for now.”
Long Tianhao put his arms around Lin Mengya in return, hoping that she would calm down in his embrace.
“Elder Brother… Isn’t he in the camps now? Given the tight security of the camps, how would Elder Brother be injured?”
Lin Mengya desperately wanted an answer, although the soul inside Lin Mengya’s body had never really met Lin Nansheng.
Nevertheless, the more she eased into this outer body, the more her heart was knitted to the Lin Family.
Lin Nansheng, being Lin Mengya’s only sibling, had an extremely important place in her heart.
Her heart wrenched the moment she heard that her elder brother had met with trouble.
“Someone tried to assassinate him, but calm down, nothing too serious happened to him!”
Long Tianhao held on tightly to the girl in his embrace. She was usually such a strong, courageous girl, but now she seemed so frail and weakened.
She did have a soft and gentle side to her.