Chapter 857: Yet he has no scruples (1/2)

Baili Yuanlong was looking for Long Feiye on urgent business. He assumed that His Highness was resting in the main barracks, but he couldn’t find him anywhere. Then he searched around the area but still found no sign. Han Yunxi’s tent was the only place left.

Xu Donglin wouldn’t budge. Baili Yuanlong had been arguing with him for awhile now, but he hadn’t raised his voice until now. Long Feiye and Han Yunxi had been too engrossed in each other to notice before this, either. Now Baili Yuanlong was so furious that he was reduced to shouting, making him impossible to ignore. Xu Donglin had been afraid that he couldn’t hold him back, so he provoked the man on purpose to remind the couple inside the tent.

“General Baili, it’s not that this subordinate won’t let you in, but that it’s inconvenient. May the general please calm your anger and excuse me,” Xu Donglin had said this line ten times already, but he kept repeating himself.

“Inconvenient? For this long? Call her out immediately!” Baili Yuanlong had some brains of his own. If he couldn’t find Long Feiye, he’d just find Han Yunxi. After staying in the military for so long, he’d always dealt with his troops in a savage and unyielding manner. He was no fool either--calling Han Yunxi out could count as a test!

“General Baili, it’s not that this subordinate won’t call the princess out, but that it’s really inconvenient. I ask that the general--”

“To calm my anger and excuse you!” Baili Yuanlong interrupted furiously. He was already sick of Xu Donglin’s pretending. “Xu Donglin, if you don’t call her out today, this general will hold you responsible!”

“The general can naturally hold this subordinate responsible, but I ask that you tell His Highness Crown Prince first before you interrogate me,” Xu Donglin stood up straight. He had assumed Chu Xifeng’s position as head of the shadow guards. Although Baili Yuanlong had more military might in his hands, their positions were equal! He wasn’t that easy to bully!

“When the army is out, the rules of the sovereign can be disregarded! Even more, when dealing with a trifling guard like you!” Baili Yuanlong said before shoving Xu Donglin aside.

At this moment, Zhao mama slipped out from the side and stood in front of Baili Yuanlong with arms spread to block his way. “General Baili, the West Qin princess is changing her clothes. The ten chests of clothes she required just arrived, so it’s really inconvenient right now. General Baili, the West Qin princess is still a hostage…” she lowered her voice, “As well as his…”

Before she could finish, Bail Yuanlong slapped her aside, straight into Xu Donglin. He was forced to catch Zhao mama lest she tumble to the ground. Then Baili Yuanlong strode right into the tent. Zhao mama exchanged panicked looks with Xu Donglin before she chased after him.

Inside, the tent was littered with Han Yunxi’s clothes and shoes, but she was nowhere in sight. Baili Yuanlong stood unmoving as he stared at the curtain in the middle of the tent. Although he was crude and rash, he only dared to charge in this far. Beyond the partition was Han Yunxi’s bedchambers, which he would never enter. At this moment, he realized how important it was to get her a servant girl as soon as possible.

Zhao mama stood right behind General Baili. Her old, sharp eyes immediately picked up on a certain book lying in the right hand corner of the curtain. Half of its pages were showing, revealing its contents as the same secret court manual she’d gifted the princess. In a flash, she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She only felt that Baili Yuanlong deserved a thousand cuts right now!

Baili Yuanlong wasn’t stupid. How could his argument with Xu Donglin not alarm Han Yunxi despite all the noise? Unless something was afoot, Han Yunxi’s personality would have her charging out ages ago. It was unfathomable that she’d still be shrinking away like a turtle after he barged indoors. He was 100 percent certain that Han Yunxi was up to something fishy and 80 percent gambling that His Highness was here too.

If His Highness is not only here, but in the inner chambers, then this is big, Baili Yuanlong mused. He harbored guesses in his heart, which was why he’d lost his temper so quickly over his urgent business. When he imagined the things that could have happened here, he felt unwell all over! But now he was at a loss. He couldn’t advance or retreat, so what was he to do?

He wasn’t resigned to withdrawing just like that; moreover, he really had urgent news to report. But he neither dared or was willing to go in. He wasn’t willing because these were basic rules of etiquette. Even if this was a simple servant girl instead of Han Yunxi, he wouldn’t charge into her bedroom; he didn’t dare because of their statuses. Even if His Highness was inside, he wouldn’t go in either, because he was his lord and sovereign.

Baili Yuanlong’s gaze flickered before they caught sight of the item below the curtain. But he only saw it as a book and didn’t know of its contents. He stepped forward for a closer look, and that’s when the pages of the book turned!

But there was no breeze inside the tent! Even if there was one, it wouldn’t necessarily turn the page. It was stuck beneath the curtains, making it difficult to move. Obviously, a person had flipped it instead.

So the person behind the curtain is flipping through the book?

At this very moment, Long Feiye and Han Yunxi were still lying on the edge of the tatami mat, very close to the curtain. Long Feiye was on his side, one hand propping up his head as the other lifted his hand. A single motion from his fingers sent an invisible energy floating like a breeze to accurately flip a page of the little black book. Once again, a new page revealed itself, its contents enough to stun one and turn their face and ears red! Long Feiye only glanced at the content without interest, more amused by the reactions on a certain woman’s face. They were much more riveting than any book!

Han Yunxi was so embarrassed that her face was practically on fire. Like a ruddy red apple, she hung her head, wanting to cry but having no tears. If there was a crack on the ground, she wouldn’t bury her head in it now, because she wanted to smash her head to death instead!

So shameful! How am I supposed to live after this?!