MLIAM Chapter 25
by VolareChapter 25 He’s Gone Mad Wei Yan is truly going mad.
Princess Jiangning retreated two steps, “The matters of the past, there’s no so-called evidence anymore, even if you say it, no one will believe you!”
“Open the door.” Wei Yan followed and walked to Yu Shuli’s side, then suddenly spoke to Princess Jiangning, his voice chillingly terrifying.
A burst of joy flashed in Princess Jiangning’s eyes: “Wei Yan, have you figured it out?”
She happily snatched the key from a guard’s hand, and ignoring the guard’s objection, went straight to unlock the door.
With a “clang,” the chain fell to the ground.
Wei Yan pushed the door open and stepped out, and Princess Jiangning happily went to greet him, but suddenly met a pair of bloodshot eyes.
“Wei Yan?” Princess Jiangning instinctively felt fear and danger, and subconsciously retreated.
Wei Yan, however, stepped forward in two strides, grabbed her neck, and dragged her directly into the prison.
This situation was something no one had expected.
Yu Shuli was stunned, too shocked for a moment to react.
“Help! Let me go!” Princess Jiangning struggled non-stop.
The guards rushed forward to take back the Princess, but Wei Yan’s fingers tightened, forcing Princess Jiangning to cough incessantly.
All the guards were stopped by Wei Yan’s terrifying gaze, and dared not step forward.
Wei Yan’s voice was chillingly frightening: “The Princess best be well-behaved, and advise your guards to be well-behaved as well. If you make me unhappy, I can’t guarantee what I’ll do to you.”
“Wei Yan! You’re crazy!” Princess Jiangning’s feet scraped on the ground, and Wei Yan dragged her like an object all the way over.
With a “bang,” Princess Jiangning was kicked down in front of Yu Shuli.
Princess Jiangning knelt on the ground, tearfully raising her eyes, meeting Yu Shuli’s deep and mocking gaze.
“The Princess performs such a grand courtesy…”
“Yu Shuli, he cares so much about you, you must be very pleased, right?” Princess Jiangning wiped away her tears, raised her head provocatively, and laughed: “You wouldn’t have really not told him about that matter, would you? Tsk tsk tsk… how truly deep your affection is… I’m also very curious… how exactly did you escape from Cliffbreak Ridge? It’s a shame you didn’t fall to your death…”
Yu Shuli didn’t speak.
Wei Yan’s expression hardened, his Adam’s apple bobbed, and veins bulged.
He was a local of the Capital City, of course he knew about Cliffbreak Ridge.
A place where if ten people went in upright, nine would come out sideways.
Wei Yan’s fingers pressed tightly on Princess Jiangning’s neck pulse, his eyes filled with chilling intent, as if with one lift of his hand he would strangle Princess Jiangning on the spot.
Princess Jiangning trembled in fear, her voice hoarse as she repeatedly shouted to the guards: “Call my father! Call my grandfather to save me!”
Seeing this, Yu Shuli quickly stepped forward and pressed down on Wei Yan’s hand, shaking his head at him.
Scaring Princess Jiangning with a bit of a ruckus, although it couldn’t completely avenge the hatred of that day, was still refreshing.
But that didn’t mean he really wanted Wei Yan to cause a death.
Killing Princess Jiangning now had no benefit.
Wei Yan should understand that.
Yu Shuli had been silent for so long to observe Wei Yan, to see how he would react.
But Yu Shuli found Wei Yan’s reaction too unusual.
Wei Yan was always very forbearing, he was used to hiding a knife in his smile, and could always kill people effortlessly, without doing such a stupid thing as acting himself, because that kind of thing was too easy to leave a handle and was not easy to clean up.
But now, his appearance, the gloomy aura and destructive desire sweeping his body, if not stopped, he would probably transform into a devil, which was really frightening…
Yu Shuli remembered what the Second Prince had said before.
He thought, the Second Prince was right.
Wei Yan was truly going mad.
But although he looked a little scary, it wasn’t enough to scare Yu Shuli.
Yu Shuli put his hand over Wei Yan’s fingers, gently coaxing him to release Princess Jiangning.
The feeling under his palm was chillingly cold, and Yu Shuli subconsciously felt that Wei Yan was still cold in prison, so he quickly took off his outer robe and put it on him.
Wei Yan was originally unwilling to let go, but couldn’t bear to part with the warmth Yu Shuli brought, he blinked his eyes, meeting Yu Shuli’s concerned and worried gaze.
His expression, which was close to breaking, finally softened a bit.
“Let go, Wei Yan,” Yu Shuli advised in a low voice again.
Wei Yan pursed his lips, and released Princess Jiangning, who was rolling her eyes and on the verge of death.
Princess Jiangning collapsed on the ground in a mess, gasping for breath, tears and snot flowing down, coughing and crying uncontrollably.
Yu Shuli looked at the guards who were eager to step forward: “Take good care of your Princess.”
Only then did the group rush forward in a panic, glancing at Yu Shuli who was blocking in front of Wei Yan, weighing their martial prowess, and feeling that they couldn’t beat him, they could only take Princess Jiangning out first.
Princess Jiangning weakly raised her head, the hatred in her eyes undisguised, and said in a hoarse voice: “Yu Shuli, you wait… I will definitely tell my father about what happened today, and demand justice.”
“Tch.” Yu Shuli chuckled lightly: “Princess, if you really want to distinguish right from wrong, then let’s bring up the matters of that year and talk about them together. Ah… right, and the matter of Marquis Xunyang sending people to assassinate Wei Yan earlier, let’s just bring them all out into the open and ask His Majesty for justice, how about it?”
Wei Yan’s ferocious expression finally eased a bit, he looked at Yu Shuli, and nodded in agreement: “Good.”
Seeing the two so calm and collected, and Yu Shuli’s nonchalant expression, Princess Jiangning only felt a panic in her heart, she worried that she was unknowingly falling into their trap.
She calculated the consequences of her previous actions being discovered, and in the end could only bite her lip unwillingly, wipe away her tears, and reluctantly accept this loss in silence.
After taking two steps, she said fiercely to the guards who were following her: “No one is allowed to say half a word about what happened today! If I hear something I shouldn’t hear, you will all have your tongues ripped out!”
The several guards responded, and followed her out with their heads down.
Chen Li had been silent all along, and dared to speak only after the people had left.
He looked at Yu Shuli, his face full of excitement and gossip: “Wow, who did you offend to get on this ancestor’s bad side? This is too scary…”
Yu Shuli glanced at Wei Yan, who was radiating charm without realizing it, and helplessly asked Chen Li in return: “What do you think?”
Chen Li chuckled: “Prime Minister Wei is still as handsome as ever, it’s inevitable that he attracts admirers.” He sized up Wei Yan: “However, I didn’t expect Prime Minister Wei to be… that different from the rumors.”
Wei Yan lowered his head slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, and didn’t respond to Chen Li’s words.
Chen Li felt a little bored, shrugged his shoulders, greeted Yu Shuli, and went back to sleep in the corner.
He had a good attitude, after a day with so much information, he could actually fall asleep directly, and soon began to snore.
Wei Yan, however, remained silent for a long time.
Yu Shuli walked over and touched his pale face: “Go sleep for a while, you’re too tired.”
A weak and frail nobleman wanting to kill someone was already a bit difficult.
Yu Shuli didn’t mean to blame him, but just tried to discuss with him: “Next time you want to do something, can you notify me in advance, so I can be mentally prepared? With such a good fighter like me here, why bother doing it yourself when you’re angry? It’s a waste of your body.”
Wei Yan, who was “weak and frail,” did not argue.
But only Princess Jiangning knew how terrifying the strength in his hands had been just now.
It didn’t seem like the strength someone who had been bedridden for decades could have.
Wei Yan slowly took off the outer robe that Yu Shuli had draped over him, obediently sat down on the ground, and raised his eyes silently to look at Yu Shuli.
He carefully protected Yu Shuli’s clothes in his arms, as if not wanting them to get stained with dust from the ground. The gaze he cast was like a feather, lightly brushing, tickling the heart.
Yu Shuli felt a little embarrassed by his gaze: “What’s wrong?”
Wei Yan spoke with difficulty: “That day you disappeared from the coming-of-age ceremony, avoiding me, was it because you were injured at Cliffbreak Ridge?”
“Yes.”