Chapter 251 - Ling Fengyan’s Misunderstanding (2/2)

“Second Miss Ling, what were you doing there? Were you… with the man…” Feng Yuran said to Ling Fengyan as he held Mo Xuetong’s hand and allowed her to pinch him. He smiled as if he did not feel the pain at all.

“Your Highness, how could you say something like that? How would Fengyan do something like that?” Ling Fengyan said with a flush and she almost cried, feeling extremely aggrieved.

She had been really unlucky today. She had been admiring the lanterns on the streets with her maid when she suddenly saw King Yan in front of her. Ever since what happened on the night before New Year’s Eve, King Yan, Feng Yulei, had ignored her. Sometimes, when Feng Yulei went to the Ding General Manor, Ling Fengyan would pretend to meet him by coincidence. However, Feng Yulei had only treated her distantly and politely.

He had completely distanced himself from her.

They were no longer as close as before. Ling Fengyan knew that Feng Yulei was angry. She was not the only one who had been embarra.s.sed that day. Feng Yulei had been as well. There were many times in the past when Feng Yulei would tell her again and again that he would make her his consort. She had also agreed silently and shyly.

However, after the huge misunderstanding by the Empress, Feng Yulei must have misunderstood as well.

She had to explain the situation to Feng Yulei.

As such, she ran after him with his maid when she saw him.

Feng Yulei had walked very quickly and she and her maid almost lost him several times in the crowd.

When they finally saw Feng Yulei, he entered a little alley. Ling Fengyan followed him and saw the doors closing after he entered a courtyard.

The door of the courtyard was not the back door of any manor. The courtyard walls were ordinary, the house was ordinary, it seemed to belong to an ordinary family. There were tens and thousands of such ordinary dwellings in the capital. Why would Feng Yulei visit a place like this? Ling Fengyan stood outside dazedly. However, when realized that Feng Yulei was King Yan and was usually followed by guards wherever he went. However, he only had one guard today.

That was odd.

If she missed the chance today, he would be surrounded by people once more. There were things that they could not speak about in person.

As such, Ling Fengyan decided to wait for him outside.

The door creaked open after about ten minutes. Feng Yulei left with his head lowered.

“Your Highness.” Ling Fengyan said softly when he pa.s.sed her.

“You are…” It was the sharp voice of a stranger.

Ling Fengyan’s eyes widened in shock. The light was dim and she could only tell that the man’s features were rather similar to King Yan’s handsome ones. However, it definitely was not him.

She suddenly thought of something in that moment and pushed away her maid’s hand forcefully. She rushed onto the main street, her maid falling down behind her. She could hear rushed footsteps. The man was chasing after her. The dim lights at the entrance of the alley were right in front of her. However, Ling Fengyan could also sense that the person behind her was getting closer and closer to her.

She could almost sense the breath of death behind her.

She did not dare to turn back and could only charge forward. She had not expected that the person who had entered earlier was not Feng Yulei. No wonder he was behaving so secretively. She had seen the man a few years ago. The Empress Dowager had a good relations.h.i.+p with the Ding General Manor meant that she knew him as well. But shouldn’t he be in Yan Kingdom?!

However, this was not the time to be asking questions. Ling Fengyan knew that her life was in danger if he caught her.

He would not want others to know that he, the royal hostage, had been here.

“Miss Ling?” A figure appeared at the entrance of the alley. The person asked with hesitation after seeing her.

“That’s me.” Ling Fengyan said hurriedly.

“Why have you only come now. His Highness has been waiting for you for a long while.” The person said somewhat unhappily. However, that was still better than dying.

Ling Fengyan said almost subconsciously, “Please have His Highness wait for a little. I will be there immediately.” What popped into her mind right now was Feng Yulei, King Yan.

The footsteps behind her hesitated a little. When she saw the well-lit main street, Ling Fengyan felt as if she was alive once more.

“You’re not Miss Ling?” A surprised voice said by her ear.

“I am.” Ling Fengyan panted, holding the walls.

“Miss Ling Ya’er of the Drunken Blossom Hall?” The voice hesitated as if he did not believe her.

Drunken Blossom Hall? Where was that? A brothel? Ling Fengyan looked up and realized that it was a guard in front of her. It was a guard she did not know. He was not one of Feng Yulei’s men.

Feng Yulei had not come to look for her. The licentious King Xuan had planned to meet the most popular courtesan of Drunken Blossom Hall here.

And thus, the beautiful coincidence had been enacted, planned by someone thoughtful!

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