MLIAM Chapter 68

Chapter 68: Intentional Flower Belly and Vicious Heart…

Chapter 68: Intentional Flower Belly and Vicious Heart…

The Tatar’s reply arrived soon after, and the battle of Quzhou was imminent.

Tatar was intent on staying in Quzhou to see the Second Prince, but was ruthlessly sent back.

Before leaving, Zhao Lan entrusted Yu Shuli to bring a letter to Tatar.

Yu Shuli was puzzled: “Why doesn’t Your Highness meet her himself?”

“There’s no need to meet, meeting will only give her more hope and trouble.” Zhao Lan said, “Princess Tatar is still young and doesn’t understand love. I cannot give her the wrong signals.”

“Ah, what a pity.” Yu Shuli said, “When I first saw your letter, I thought this might be a marriage alliance. I didn’t expect it to be a rejection letter.”

He muttered, “No wonder Tatar looked so disappointed after reading it and said she would never come to Da Liang again…”

The Second Prince nodded, his expression not changing much, seeming to be truly indifferent to Tatar. “It’s best if she figures it out herself. A fleeting encounter, falling in love at first sight, is inherently…” He lowered his eyes slightly, his hair touching his eyelashes: “Inherently impossible to last.”

Yu Shuli kept silent, not daring to speak.

Zhao Lan suddenly realized something and smiled: “Of course, I’m not talking about you and Wei Yan. The reason you two have come this far is not only because of love at first sight, but also because of growing affection over time.”

Yu Shuli clicked his tongue and muttered, “Maybe it’s just some people’s one-sided lust.”

The corner of Zhao Lan’s mouth twitched. “Sometimes I can understand what you’re saying, which is quite helpless.”

Yu Shuli was dumbfounded, knowing that Zhao Lan was disliking him again. He quickly changed his tone and changed the subject, asking: “But Your Highness has been alone for so long, are you really not considering finding a companion?”

He thought the Second Prince would scoff and say that his mind was focused on the throne and the people.

But his expression did have a moment of Trance. After a long silence, Zhao Lan carefully chose his words and said softly: “Actually… it’s not like I’ve always been alone.”

Yu Shuli’s expression instantly became cautious: “Then who… is that person? Why did you… separate?”

“You’ve met him.” Zhao Lan sighed and said, “As for the separation, it’s just a very cliché reason. He couldn’t give me what I wanted, and I couldn’t give him what he wanted. …It doesn’t matter anymore, it’s all in the past now.”

“Wait, I’ve met him?!” Yu Shuli’s eyes widened.

He flipped through his memories, and aside from the three years he had no memory of, his interactions with people were not that great.

After thinking for a moment, Yu Shuli pursed his lips with difficulty and asked somewhat awkwardly: “Your Highness… your former lover, wouldn’t it be Wei Yan?”

The Second Prince’s expression was also indescribable: “Ji An, I admit, I previously knew nothing about your lack of morals.”

Yu Shuli felt ashamed for spreading rumors about the relationship between the Second Prince and Wei Yan, but he also breathed a sigh of relief: “Then it looks like it’s not.”

“Of course not!” The veins on Zhao Lan’s forehead throbbed.

“Has Your Highness ever thought about bringing him back?”

“He came back to find me.” Zhao Lan said, “But I refused.”

“After all, we’re not on the same path. He has no interest in military affairs or politics, but he insists on walking this path for me, so why bother? Even if he compromises for me for a while, what about the future? How will his family members see me? And how will they see him?”

Yu Shuli belatedly screamed strangely.

He stomped his foot: “Your Highness! I finally know who you’re talking about!”

Zhao Lan always felt that he could come up with an even more outrageous answer, so he quickly announced the answer before Yu Shuli could answer: “That’s right, it’s Dai Meng.”

“It’s Zhong Nian, right!” Who knew that Yu Shuli was indeed a little cutie who loved to use his brain and liked to answer first. He said his words at the same time.

Then the two of them stared at each other dumbfounded.

“Dai Meng?!”

“Zhong Nian?!”

Again, two voices spoke in unison.

“Ji An… you are truly my ancestor… How can your answers always be so unexpected?”

“No… Your Highness, how could it be Dai Meng!” Yu Shuli held his head in his hands, “Oh my, I don’t think my brain is working anymore.”

There were two “Twist” sounds outside the door, it was Wei Yan’s voice.

“Your Highness, may I ask Ji An if I can come in?”

Zhao Lan opened the door with a displeased expression, and returned Yu Shuli to Wei Yan as if relieved of a burden: “Hurry up and take him back.”

Wei Yan looked at Zhao Lan’s exhausted appearance and was not in a hurry to leave.

He smiled, took Yu Shuli’s hand, hooked it slightly, and asked softly, “Did you trouble His Highness again?”

Yu Shuli shook his head: “Not at all!”

He complained: “It was clearly Your Highness who made things difficult for me!” He couldn’t bother to continue arguing with Wei Yan, but pulled Wei Yan and asked, “Tell me, if His Highness had a former lover, and we know this person, who is the most likely person?”

Wei Yan raised his eyebrows: “Anyway, it’s not you or me.”

“Hey, guess more carefully.”

Wei Yan curled his lips, “Is there a reward for guessing correctly?”

Seemingly determined to compete with Wei Yan, and also convinced that Wei Yan had never met Dai Meng, he definitely couldn’t guess, Yu Shuli gritted his teeth and nodded: “Yes!”

Even Zhao Lan, who was always elegant in his speech, couldn’t help but almost curse. He got up and pushed the clingy couple out, closing the door to see them off: “You two don’t need to tell me about your couple’s fun games. Get out of here.”

Wei Yan’s lazy eyes gleamed faintly, and his thin lips slightly raised. He pulled Yu Shuli back. “Let’s go, let’s guess as we walk.”

Yu Shuli followed his footsteps, and the two walked further and further away. “Tch, I bet you can’t guess.”

*

The next morning, Yu Shuli got up to muster the troops, but he could barely get up.

He rubbed his sore waist and kicked the culprit.

Wei Yan, that dog thing, actually knew Dai Meng.

After the two finished betting, he directly said the answer casually.

Yu Shuli was shocked and was tricked into stirring again.

If it weren’t for his good health, it would have been difficult to even get out of bed.

Wei Yan was originally sleeping peacefully, half his face buried in Yu Shuli’s hair. At this time, he was awakened by Yu Shuli’s noise, but he refused to open his eyes. He just paused slightly, squinted his eyes, and asked in a low, hoarse voice: “What’s wrong? Why are you angry so early in the morning? Were you dissatisfied last night? But you clearly said it was comfortable.”

“Get out!” Yu Shuli buried his head and pinched Wei Yan’s neck with his fingers: “If you dare to touch me again when I’m busy with official duties, I’ll commit uxoricide!”

Wei Yan chuckled, then raised his eyes, his sparkling eyes blinking innocently: “Ah… is it that serious?”

“Of course!” Yu Shuli said angrily: “Don’t be intentional! Do you want to affect my promotion! Hoping to have a higher official rank than me in the future!”

“Baby, my current official rank is already higher than yours.” Wei Yan hooked his hair and reminded him lightly.

“…” Yu Shuli was a little speechless: “I don’t care! In short, I will be a powerful minister in the future!”

“Okay…” Wei Yan said with a smile in his eyes: “Then you be a powerful minister, and I’ll stay at home to wash and cook for you.”

“Hmph! Don’t think I don’t know your flower belly and vicious heart!” Yu Shuli glared at him: “Sounds nice. Anyway, I have my own official duties and will never stay at home, waiting for you to marry three wives and four concubines and fight for the so-called power of the family. I’m saying this clearly. In short, from now on, when I have important matters, you are not allowed to pull me… like this and that…” When he said the latter part, Yu Shuli’s voice was a little shy.

“Like this and that?” Wei Yan chuckled softly: “Which way is that? Little General, why don’t you be more specific?”

“…You pervert!” Yu Shuli exploded, lifted the quilt and kicked Wei Yan a few times, then got up to change his clothes. “I’m ignoring you, I’m going to fight a fake battle!”

Fighting a fake battle naturally refers to the fake “attack” on Quzhou in conjunction with Tatar.

Although this matter can be considered a fabrication, the effort expended is indeed not fake.

Yu Shuli took out the clothes he wanted to change, braced his body and took a few steps, but then turned back and kicked Wei Yan a few times.

“So official duties are more important than me…” Wei Yan’s voice was a little aggrieved. He got up to help Yu Shuli put on his clothes, while complaining: “It’s pitiful that I’m not even thirty years old yet, and I’m going to have to keep the empty boudoir because of the Little General’s occasional official duties.”

“Are you lacking anything?” Yu Shuli pointed at the ambiguous marks on his neck and arms: “Wei Yan, be a human being.”

Based on Wei Yan’s thick skin, he wouldn’t take this kind of thing to heart at all. Yu Shuli felt that he might even say: “Ah… Isn’t it good to leave marks? This way, those who covet the Little General will know that the Little General has an owner.”

But seeing his sweetheart’s angry look, Wei Yan immediately chickened out and instantly changed his tone.

“Don’t worry, I paid attention, these marks look serious, but if you cover them with clothes, outsiders won’t be able to see them.” After Yu Shuli put on his clothes, Wei Yan hugged him around the waist and explained.

“You better be.” Yu Shuli was pressed for time, seeing that the sky was bright, he didn’t have time to argue with Wei Yan or be intimate, he cursed and went out.

The news that Tatar attacked Quzhou spread like wildfire.

The Northwest Army, which should have been “returning to the Capital City,” was urgently recalled by the Emperor’s edict and sent to Quzhou to “help.”

Years of friendly agreements were torn to shreds. The old Emperor finally became anxious and quickly wrote a letter asking Yu Shuli and Wei Yan what exactly was going on. They were fine during the marriage alliance, so why did they start fighting again.

Wei Yan had to say that the little princess came to Da Liang to play, and when she arrived in Quzhou, she went to the theater and was inexplicably detained and almost sent to a brothel.

After investigating, they found out about the dirty business under the theater.

The Emperor was furious and immediately demanded a thorough investigation and liquidation. No officials involved in the case were allowed to be spared.

Involving the private relations between the two countries, he valued it more than ever.

Even Chou Shuchun’s “wrongful death” became insignificant at the time, and Yu Shuli and Wei Yan were told not to worry about the political relations of the dynasty and to investigate thoroughly.

Wei Yan would certainly continue to investigate thoroughly, but his thorough investigation was to integrate all the cases and uproot all the members of the Crown Prince Party.

After the case was over, the group said goodbye to the Tatar King, and the two sides symbolically signed another friendly agreement.

Finally, Yu Shuli’s side finally sorted everything out and slowly returned to the Capital City in good order.

On this day, Yu Shuli accompanied Wei Yan in the carriage, and said with regret: “It’s just that the matter of the fake Third Prince, we still couldn’t find an opportunity to expose him. This time the Crown Prince had an accident, and he took advantage of it. Even the blame for selling official positions was borne by the Crown Prince.”

“Do you know who that fake Third Prince is?” Wei Yan lowered his eyes and asked Yu Shuli with a smile.

“Ah? Are you asking me again?” Yu Shuli had a headache. “There are so many Xizhao princes, give me a few options, I can’t do fill-in-the-blanks questions.”

Wei Yan was stunned: “Could it be that if I give you options, you can guess correctly?”

“Don’t say that, I have this kind of talent.” Yu Shuli proudly raised his neck: “Come on!”

He hoped that Wei Yan would be sensible and that the names of the Xizhao princes he made up would be obvious. Give him a few similar names that can be ruled out, like Gou Dan and Sha Niu. Then the more imposing the last one is, the more likely it is to be true. Then choose one that sounds good to the ear, perfect!

In this way, the answer is almost self-evident.

Yu Shuli felt confident and looked at Wei Yan expectantly.

Seeing that he was full of enthusiasm, Wei Yan had no choice but to follow his wishes: “Okay, I’ll give you a few options: First, the eldest son of the Xizhao King, Wanyan Qi; second, the second son of the Xizhao King, Wanyan Hong; third, the Xizhao King’s unfavored third son, Wanyan Jun. The remaining options are all ruled out for you.”

There was dead silence in the air.

Yu Shuli glared at Wei Yan angrily, “Are you kidding me?!”

Wei Yan smiled: “Didn’t the Little General himself say that he has this kind of talent?”

“Then there can’t be any simple interference items, just let me guess directly… Okay… At most, I can rule out Wanyan Jun, I know he’s not… The other two… I really have no idea…”

Wei Yan shook his head: “Then it seems that you have truly lost thoroughly.”

Hearing him say this, Yu Shuli also became discouraged: “Okay, my talent can only be used to distinguish the first and second litters of puppies…”

Wei Yan’s shoulders trembled, and a hint of hard-to-hide doting appeared in his eyes: “Okay, then in the future, when the puppies in the family have pups, I’ll let you name them.”

He pinched Yu Shuli’s cheeks and asked curiously: “Where did you get this strange talent?”

Yu Shuli muttered: “When I was studying in a private school, during the exam…”

“Choose the shortest one for three long and one short, choose the longest one for three short and one long, choose the normal one for three exotic, choose the exotic one for three normal.” Yu Shuli patted his chest and explained vaguely: “My exam proverbs.”

…

Wei Yan was silent, and after holding back for a long time, he praised: “A very good exam method.”

Yu Shuli turned his head and stared at him: “Don’t be laughing at me in your heart, are you? …Your eyes are bent with laughter! You are indeed laughing at me!”

Wei Yan pulled him over and coaxed him softly: “Where am I laughing at you? I just think you’re very cute.”

“Hmph.”

Seeing that he had pursed his lips very high, Wei Yan leaned over and dropped a light kiss.

“Can you calm down now, little ancestor?”