Chapter 211 Nansheng in a Difficult Situation (2/2)
“I want to go see him!”
She insisted that she should see her brother regardless.
It did not matter what the other people said, she had to see him for herself before her heart could be put to ease.
“I’m afraid there’s no way you could do that. The troops are garrisoned just outside the city. However, unless there’s an imperial command, you are not allowed to meet him privately,” a voice sounded from outside.
At this moment, Long Qinghan lifted the curtain and walked in through the door.
Lin Mengya lifted her face to Long Tianhao and gave him a resolved look, saying, “I have to see him, I absolutely have to!”
There was an unwavering look in her eyes as she spoke, and Long Tianhao could empathize with her completely with regards to the extent of her persistence.
He nodded as he wrapped her skinny body with his bag cloak.
“You can’t go, Third Elder Brother!”
This was insane! Had Third Elder Brother and Lin Mengya gone mad?
Without hesitation, Long Qinghan stood in Long Tianhao and Lin Mengya’s way, a tense smile appearing on his face.
“Step aside.” Long Tianhao’s voice sounded authoritative.
Long Tianhao was fully aware that it was a bad idea to appear among the troops as it would definitely invite unwanted rumors and scandals.
However, he knew that even if he refused to let Lin Mengya go, she would find a way to do it.
Therefore he would rather accompany her there.
“No! I can’t let you go! You will provoke the Crown Prince to anger! Have you forgotten what happened with Lin Lang?”
Lin Lang! Lin Mengya’s heart skipped a bit. While still in Long Tianhao’s arms, she quietly lifted her head to steal a glance at him.
As expected, Long Tianhao stopped in his tracks and his expression changed ever so lightly.
“What’s happening now is a different matter from the past. I won’t allow the same thing to happen again.”
A look of deep agony flashed across Long Tianhao’s eyes, but it did not stop Long Tianhao from heading out.
Holding Lin Mengya in his arms, he went around Long Qinghan and stroke towards the gates of the Liuxin Courtyard.
“You could destroy everything that you’ve worked hard for over the years. Are you sure you would not be bothered?!”
A pained-looking Long Qinghan was flustered and exasperated as he tried to block Long Tianhao’s way once again.
“Forget it; let me bring the little lass there. You have considerations and misgivings of your own, Prince Yu.”
Another pair of arms, belonging to Qinghu, reached out to Lin Mengya, with the intention to take over from Long Tianhao.
However, Long Tianhao dodged Qinghu’s outreached arms and shot him a cold stare.
“She is my wife. I have to be the one to go.”
At that instant, Long Tianhao’s finger, which was moving as fast as lighting, punched at Long Qinghan’s acupuncture point before he could even react.
“Qinghan, I said I won’t let history repeat itself.”
Long Tianhao looked at Long Qinghan apologetically. Long Qinghan was his closest brother, who had done so much for him.
Snowflakes continued to fall at this moment.
All the people from the Liuxin Courtyard followed behind Long Tianhao and Lin Mengya as they exited the courtyard.
Long Qinghan was the only left to stand in the courtyard like a wooden statue.
Third Elder Brother! Come back! Free my acupuncture point!
Sob sob, it was still snowing! He did not want to be dead being buried under the snow!
Long Qinghan wanted to cry so badly. It would take at least an hour for the acupuncture point to be released on its own.
Sob sob, why had he become so pathetic?!
Long Tianhao brought a few fine horses out from the barn in the backyard.
Long Tianhao and Lin Mengya rode together on one horse with Long Tianhao putting his arms around Lin Mengya and wrapping her in his big cloak. Quietly, they left the prince’s mansion in the dark of the night.
The secret agents spying on the Prince Yu’s mansion had decreased in number firstly because it was difficult traveling in the snow, and secondly, it was not easy to stay undercover.
Thirdly, Long Tianhao and Lin Mengya had chosen to take the back alleys. As a result, they did not attract any attention all the way until they reached the city gates.
“Aren’t the city gates closed by now?”
Lin Mengya was worried, knowing that she had pushed too far and too quick.
Nevertheless, Long Tianhao pushed her head down, pulled her closer and gave her a reassuring look.
As Lin Mengya leaned into Long Tianhao’s embrace, she made up her mind to put her total trust in him.
As they rode the horses out of the city through the west city gates, it was bizarre that no one came to stop them.
The guard standing vigil immediately opened the gates for them so that the few horses with their riders exited the city smoothly.
Through the opening of the cloak, Lin Mengya spotted the feet wearing the pair of greenish-grey boots.
She had seen a similar pair in the goods which Long Tianhao acquired as a reward for the soldiers in the army.
How many powerful secret agents did this man, who had been pretending to be submissive to the Crown Prince over the years, plant all over the place?
For the first time, Lin Mengya realized that this taciturn man was actually a formidable man.
How unbecoming of her to be extorting his money using all kinds of excuses?
It had begun to snow even more heavily. The ground outside the city had been covered by a layer of hard frost by now.
However, the sounds of the hooves were not audible at all, which went to show that the snow accumulated was very deep.
They were slowing down and Lin Mengya knew that it was because of safety considerations.
Yet she could not help but feel anxious. She would pop her head out from time to time to check whether they were nearing the camps where her elder brother was.
The frigid wind which blew on her had turned the tip of her nose and ears red from the cold.
Long Tianhao frowned and pushed Lin Mengya’s head down into the cloak. He quietly and gently squeezed the horse with his legs and it instantly picked up speed.
Gradually by steadily, the white horse which they were riding went faster and soon they were a distance ahead from the rest.
Lin Mengya did not feel any discomfort as they traveled on the snow because Long Tianhao’s steady heartbeat had gradually calmed her nerves.
At this moment, the heartbreak she experienced when her mother passed away and come over her once again.
Wait for her, Elder Brother. She was coming.
Please, please be alright!