IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 99

Chapter 99 Love is a Perpetual Pardon, Allowing Even the Most Cowardly Deserter to Dare Plant a Flag and Claim Kingship

Chapter 99 Love is a Perpetual Pardon, Allowing Even the Most Cowardly Deserter to Dare Plant a Flag and Claim Kingship

The spring breeze swirled pear blossoms, brushing past the gilded door knocker. Lin Yan irritably brushed away the fluttering willow catkins, grasped the knocker, and rapped it twice on the door. Crumbs of newly built swallow nests on the eaves were shaken off, and the courtyard was still silent.

Yun Qi raised his hand to brush away the willow catkins from Lin Yan’s temples, gently comforting him, “Maybe they’re out for something. Let’s come back another day.”

Lin Yan reluctantly knocked on the door twice more, and seeing that no one was still opening it, he could only sigh helplessly, “Let’s go…”

“Who is it?” The door axis creaked, and a pageboy with double buns peeked out from inside the door, sizing up the two people standing at the door.

These two people were very unfamiliar, and their clothes were also the most common style on the street, but the pageboy felt awkward, felt that this civilian clothes on the two people, there is a forced to wrap the jade with linen visual sense.

The more he looked at them, the more familiar they seemed, not knowing where he had seen them.

No, no, the master said that if he didn’t protect his mistress well, he would have his skin peeled off.

The pageboy shook off these messy thoughts and chased people away in a businesslike manner, “Who are you two looking for? Our master and mistress are not at home. If there is nothing urgent, please come back another day.”

“Oh, Qinghe.” Lin Yan pinched the pageboy’s face, and then used his hand to gesture over the pageboy’s head, extremely happy, “I haven’t seen you for a few months, you’ve grown a lot taller.”

Qinghe was stunned for a moment, and a bizarre guess flashed through his mind. He looked up and down at Lin Yan for a long time, but he still couldn’t be sure, and could only ask in a trembling voice, “Are you?”

Lin Yan wiped off the powder on his beauty mark and chuckled, “It’s only been two days, and you don’t recognize me?”

“Your… Your Highness!” Water welled up in the corners of Qinghe’s eyes, and he took two quick steps to grab Lin Yan’s hand.

“This is not the place to talk, let us in first.” Yun Qi took an imperceptible step forward, using his body to separate the two.

“Come in, come in.” Qinghe let the two in and walked along the cloister towards the backyard, muttering incessantly, “Young Mistress has been thinking about you these days, and I didn’t dare to answer. Now that you’re back, everything is fine, everything is fine.”

Inside the silk gauze window, Cheng Que leaned wearily against the soft pillow, his pearl earrings round and bright, and his goose-yellow clothes were made of high-quality material.

“For the sake of the little young master in your belly, please drink the medicine.” The pageboy handed the glass cup containing the medicine to Cheng Que’s mouth, persuading him kindly, “The master has prepared candied fruit for you, I’ll get it for you after you drink it.”

Cheng Que glanced at the pageboy, then looked at the glass cup in his hand, and sighed helplessly, drinking the medicine in one gulp.

“Alright, you can go down…” Cheng Que hadn’t finished speaking when he saw the two people at the door.

The glass cup clanged against the green jade table, and the medicine that hadn’t been finished at the bottom of the bowl flowed out, from under the edge of the table, pouring onto the carpet and quickly spreading.

“I’ve met Young Mistress Gu.” Lin Yan chuckled lightly and bowed slightly.

Cheng Que pushed away the flustered pageboy, took two quick steps to grab Lin Yan’s hand, his face smiling brightly, but tears kept pouring out.

Cheng Que hurriedly wiped away his tears and instructed Qinghe, who was standing on the side, “Serve tea, use the tea leaves that my husband just bought. No, your master doesn’t like to drink it, go change it to milk tea, remember to add more sugar.”

Lin Yan raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised, “It’s rare that you still remember my preferences.”

“Weren’t you going to travel?” Cheng Que dabbed the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, the smile on his face even brighter.

Qinghe put the milk tea on the table and respectfully retreated.

“I heard magpies calling when I walked to Changning, and thought I should come back to ask for a cup of the full moon wine.” Lin Yan took a sip of the milk tea, the taste was good, but this was too unfulfilling.

He quietly glanced at Cheng Que, seeing that he was wiping away tears with a handkerchief and didn’t have time to pay attention to him, so he drank the milk tea in one gulp, contentedly letting out a burp.

Very good (o′ω`o)ノ, this is the right taste.

Yun Qi, hiding behind the handkerchief, looked at the person who was still as lively and cheerful as before, and his nose felt a little sore.

After he and Gu Zhan returned to Capital City, he became pregnant, and Gu Zhan felt sorry for him and didn’t let him take care of things. He was also happy to be idle, not stepping out of the main gate, and focusing on his pregnancy.

But one day three months ago, Gu Zhan came back with some bad mood, it seems that something big happened, but when he asked, no one would say.

Cheng Que pretended not to care, but secretly inquired, he heard that the An Prince’s Residence was hung with white sails, heard that the An Prince’s Residence was selling servants, and there was also the imperial notice in the city…

Although he was sad, he still took care of the child in his belly, and could only be coaxed by the Gu family, and he barely pretended not to know.

Cheng Que wiped the corners of his eyes again with a handkerchief, waved his hand to have Qinghe refill Lin Yan’s cup, and chatted with Lin Yan about serious matters with a suppressed smile, “Xiangwei’s business has been very good these days, I’ll have them give you the account books, and you two will get your share of the dividends, not a penny less.”

Lin Yan, who was originally prepared to say goodbye, was stunned and waved his hands frantically, “No, no, just consider it a red envelope for the child.”

It wasn’t that Lin Yan was noble, it was just that he was about to go back, and it was useless to have this money.

“One thing is one thing, that’s a lot of money, you must accept it. As for the red envelope… you can give it when I have my full moon wine,” Cheng Que gently stroked his belly, his smile full of happiness, “Gu Ge and I have agreed, this child will be your godson.”

“I…”

Seeing Cheng Que like this, Lin Yan didn’t know how to confess to Cheng Que, how to tell Cheng Que that he was here to say goodbye, and might never come back again.

Yun Qi, who hadn’t spoken all along, suddenly opened his mouth, “You also know my identity, I can’t stay in one place for long, otherwise… that person might be suspicious.”

Lin Yan, who caught the signal, hurriedly echoed, “We two don’t lack money, I don’t know when we’ll be back next time, these bank-notes will be considered my godfather’s New Year’s money for the child.”

“I’ll keep this one, take the rest away.” Cheng Que casually pulled out a bank-note and stuffed the rest to Lin Yan.

Lin Yan still wanted to decline, but Cheng Que didn’t give him the chance, and turned to instruct Qinghe, who was waiting on the side, “It’s settled then, Qinghe, have the kitchen prepare two more dishes, and clean out a room in the west side.”

Qinghe responded and was about to retreat, but Cheng Que called him back again, complaining, “Where did your master go? I haven’t seen him all day, send someone to find him, dinner is almost ready, and…”

“Isn’t he back?” Gu Zhan’s voice came from outside the door. He strode into the room, didn’t notice the two people sitting below, and walked straight to Cheng Que’s side, planted a kiss on his forehead, and softly comforted him, “There were a lot of things today, I was busy a little late, don’t blame me, my love.”

Cheng Que turned red like a small tomato. He pushed Gu Zhan away, and scolded with a bit of coquettishness, “You have no shame at all, there are still people here…”

Only then did Gu Zhan notice that there were still two people eating melons below. He nodded to the two people, and casually asked, “Who are these two…”

“It’s Yanzi and Xiao Qi, you don’t recognize them after they changed their appearance?”

Gu Zhan’s attention finally shifted from Cheng Que, and he circled around Lin Yan and Yun Qi,Tsk exclaimed in wonder, “Old Mo’s disguise…”

“Wait?” The smile on Cheng Que’s face suddenly disappeared. He beckoned Gu Zhan over, took out a handkerchief, and vigorously rubbed Gu Zhan’s face, “What is this on your face? Rouge?”

Pregnant Ge’er were prone to overthinking, and their tempers were also bigger than usual, Gu Zhan knew this, and was also happy to coax him. Now that such a mistake had occurred, he was only worried about Cheng Que’s body. Gu Zhan casually glanced at the red color on the handkerchief, didn’t react much, but when he saw Cheng Que’s face, he visibly panicked, “A Que, I didn’t…”

“Good, you.” Cheng Que threw the handkerchief on the ground, raised his hand and pinched Gu Zhan’s ear, “I’m guarding the empty room at home, and you’re having a good time outside, have you taken a fancy to a young lady or young master from some family, or a courtesan from a brothel?”

Lin Yan picked up the handkerchief on the ground, rubbed the red mark on it, and put it under his nose to smell it, “Cheng Cheng, don’t be angry, this seems to be…”

“Yanzi, let’s go.” Cheng Que glared at Gu Zhan, and dragged Lin Yan out, “I’m going to write a divorce letter right now, it’s none of my business who Gu Gongzi wants to marry.”

“This isn’t rouge, it’s inkpad.” Lin Yan handed the handkerchief to Cheng Que and rubbed it hard on the red mark.

Cheng Que stopped, picked up the handkerchief with two fingers, disgusted, and looked at it carefully.

“A Que, don’t be angry, it’s my fault.” Gu Zhan took two quick steps to help Cheng Que, took out a deed from his arms, “I originally wanted to give you a surprise, but I didn’t expect it to make you angry.”

“This is…”

“Don’t you like their family’s pastries very much? I bought their family.” Gu Zhan stuffed the deed into Cheng Que’s hand, with a little pride in his tone, “In the future, you can hang the Xiangwei label, you can eat as many pastries as you want.”

A very clichéd routine, like an early domineering CEO novel, the CEO waved his hand, “See, this is the fish pond that I contracted for you.”

Cheesy, but useful.

Cheng Que’s face turned red, and he gently hammered Gu Zhan’s chest twice, “You’re wasting money again.”

Gu Zhan didn’t dodge or evade, and was very happy to be treated like this, “It’s worth any amount of money to make my love smile.”

It’s really good, the former timid Ge’er can now also act petty.

Love is a perpetual pardon, allowing even the most cowardly deserter to dare plant a flag and claim kingship.

The corners of Lin Yan’s mouth kept rising, he exaggeratedly rubbed his cheeks, “Add a spicy and sour potato shreds tonight, it’s so sweet, it hurts my teeth.”

Yun Qi nodded in agreement, “Big brother is right, my teeth also hurt.”

Cheng Que shyly pushed Gu Zhan away, and ordered the pageboy to lead the two to settle down in a way that tried to cover it up, “Qinghe, is the west wing room cleaned up? Take the two Highnesses… Gongzis to rest.”

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