Chapter 524 - Feng Yuran Returned to the Capital (1/2)

Feng Yuran walked back to the pavilion, lifted the curtains and walked in. He met Mo Xuetong’s bright eyes that looked at him through the thin blanket. When she saw him coming in, she immediately blocked the gap and hid inside it. Her cute and silly behavior made Feng Yuran amused.

He came over and pulled off a part of her blanket to make her head peep out. “Don’t you feel hot? Why are you so shy?” he asked with a smile.

Mo Xuetong’s face was red and she wanted to say something. However, when she thought of how she was not properly dressed under the thin blanket, she could not speak. Her mouth opened but she felt that she could not speak anything.

“Do you want me to help you put on your clothes?” Feng Yuran sat by the couch, looking as if he was going to pull her thin blanket again.

“No!” Mo Xuetong was determined. She blinked her watery eyes and her eyes were moist.

“Alright, alright. Then, get up quickly. I’ll take you to listen to the good news.” Feng Yuran stopped teasing her. He knew that she was shy and turned around.

“What news is it?” Mo Xuetong blushed when she saw him turn around. She quickly reached out to put on her clothes under the blanket. However, she was rather curious about the news.

“We have been at West Hill for a few days. Father will be angry if we don’t return now,” Feng Yuran said with a smile.

The Emperor was about to get angry with them? What did he mean? Mo Xuetong did not understand for a moment. She tidied up her clothes and lifted the thin blanket. She blinked her watery eyes, turned around, and looked at Feng Yuran to show that she did not understand.

Feng Yuran stood up and slowly pulled Mo Xuetong to her feet. He took a comb from the side and combed her long hair. There were no outsiders here for the past few days and both of them were dressed casually. They only had a single strand to tie up their hair. “I heard news just now that our manor is in chaos. I’ll go back and take a look at what’s going on!”

The manor was in a mess? Mo Xuetong understood and was pulled into his embrace. She just leaned against him and allowed him to deal with her long hair. They had been in the West Hill Yard for a few days. The beautiful scenery made her feel like in a dream. In her past life, she wanted to have this kind of life and lived beside the middle of the lake and mountains with her husband.

It was easy and peaceful!

It was just that in her past life, she had paid the price of her life and had not gotten such warmth. But now, after her rebirth, she had lived a life that she had wanted to for a long time. How could Mo Xuetong not be so happy that she almost cried? Even though it had only been a few short days, the two felt as if they had lived here for entire life.

It was a lifetime of peace!

No matter what she would face in the future, she felt that she was full of courage. They had stolen the opportunity to be idle for a few days when he was so busy every day. This really moved her. Perhaps this was G.o.d’s compensation for her tragic ending in her last life!

“Is something wrong with the manor?” Mo Xuetong leaned into his embrace quietly and closed her eyes. She could feel the comb on her head as he combed her hair gently. Mo Xuetong felt so comfortable that she almost snored.

Feng Yuran’s heart softened when he saw how carefree and comfortable Mo Xuetong was. He could not help but reach out to touch her cheeks. There was a hint of doting in his usual lazy voice and the smile on his face was extremely charming, as if it had gilt on it. “The women in the back courtyard are all happy without a mistress in the manor, so they have made some trouble.”

His pretty eyes landed on the stream not far away, and a cold smile appeared at the corners of his lips. His back yard had to be taken care of, not only for Tong’er, but also for his future children. He had wanted others thought that he was a womanizer in the past, so no matter which woman was sent to him, he would take them.

But things were different now. With Tong’er around, he had long wanted to get rid of those women. Now that the opportunity had come. Those women dared to plot against Tong’er. They really did not know what they were doing.

When Feng Yuran brought Mo Xuetong back to the yard, the sun was about to set. Feng Yuran settled Mo Xuetong in before he brought his men back to the capital that night. They did not go anywhere else when they reached the city. They rushed to the palace gates. When the guards who guarded the gates saw King Xuan, they hurriedly opened the gates and welcomed him in.

The Emperor had already ordered that King Xuan could enter the palace whenever he came.

Once entering the palace, Feng Yuran went directly to Emperor Zongwen’s Qianqing Palace. The lead eunuch Liu Xi had already received the message and waited at the entrance of the palace. When he saw Feng Yuran coming in, he hurried over to greet him, “Your Highness, His Majesty is waiting for you in his study.”

“Has Father had dinner?” Feng Yuran asked with a smile. He had not eaten anything on the way here. He was really hungry. Fortunately, he had never made things difficult for himself, so he asked for food directly.

Liu Xi’s brows scrunched up when he heard that King Xuan asked him, which meant that he had not considered him an outsider. He said hurriedly, “His Majesty has already eaten, but he has left many dishes for you, just worried that you’re in a hurry and are hungry. Go and have a chat with His Majesty. I’ll get someone to heat the dishes up for you and bring them up.”

He was Emperor Zongwen’s personal eunuch, so he knew what Emperor Zongwen was thinking. He watched Consort Xian enter the palace, be favored by the Emperor, and then give birth to the little prince. He had thought that the Emperor would be happy. However, Consort Xian was poisoned to death and the little prince almost died. Emperor Zongwen did not dare to hand Feng Yuran over to anyone because he was afraid that the little prince would be killed. As such, he ordered Liu Xi to protect him.

Therefore, Liu Xi’s feelings for Feng Yuran were unlike the feelings a servant had for his master. Instead, it was like the feeling that an elder to a junior. When he saw that Feng Yuran did not treat him like an outsider, he was so happy that he could not help but grin. He sent Feng Yuran to the door of the study and went to order the kitchen with a smile.

It was rare to see the lead eunuch, who had always been calm and collected, grinning from ear to ear. Other eunuchs and palace maids couldn’t figure it out and looked at him blankly. They didn’t know if he had taken the wrong medicine.