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When she first appeared, Zi Mengyao was carried on Mingyue’s back. Although the both of them were a mess, they were talking and laughing, behaving intimately despite having injuries of varying degrees. So when the two noticed Leng Qianshang’s dazzling silver hair, they were taken aback for a moment on the spot.
Mingyue, a fearless demon lord, naturally dismissed Leng Qianshang’s identity. But Zi Mengyao looked a little embarrassed. She then struggled to get off of Mingyue’s back.
Mingyue felt reluctant to let her down, but couldn’t stand Zi Mengyao’s insistence. So he carefully put her down and at the end sneered disdainfully at Leng Qianshang with a gloomy face. Just as he looked at him, he happened to spot Fu Yichen standing not far from Leng Qianshang with an expressionless face.
Immediately, Mingyue’s eyes widened and his eyes were instantly filled with great hatred, “Xuanyuan Canye!” The next second, Mingyue moved like a gust of wind and flew towards Fu Yichen.
“Be careful!” Leng Qianshang, who had been in a gloomy mood all this time, suddenly changed his expression and blurted out a warning to Fu Yichen.
Fu Yichen stood expressionlessly without blinking his eyes, a sneer of disdain was at the corner of his mouth. Sure enough, before Mingyue could reach Fu Yichen, he was surrounded by more than ten sharp swords.
Fu Yichen sneered once more. He had to admit that the Third Male did have good skin under the author’s pen. She described him as feminine for some reason, but his behaviour didn’t match his appearance at all. This man was actually a reckless fool. First of all, his martial arts weren’t as good as Xuanyuan Canye. No matter how strong his martial arts were, he would still be hitting a stone with an egg. Finally, even if he didn’t care about his own life or death, what about Zi Mengyao who he has feelings for? Assassinating the emperor was enough reason to exterminate nine clans. Did he never think that his action would implicate her?
So the corners of Fu Yichen’s mouth twitched and he snorted coldly, “Overestimating yourself!”
The person who was concerned for him just now, turned back silently. As if nothing had happened. His face held a gloomy look as his eyes stared straight towards the Female Lead whose gaze was glued onto Mingyue’s body.
“Your Majesty!” The incident happened in the blink of an eye. Zi Mengyao, who came back to her senses was shocked when she realized the situation they were in. She limped and rushed towards Fu Yichen without even looking at her legally wedded husband, kneeling down, “Begging Your Majesty to be merciful!”
Fu Yichen raised his eyebrows. So the relationship between the Male and Female Lead was completely messed up by him? That being said, he should be almost done with his goal. He glanced calmly at Leng Qianshang who was standing beside him. Sure enough, the pair of eyes that were staring at the Female Lead darkened and his face was frighteningly gloomy.
“Yaoyao! Don’t kneel towards him!” Mingyue, who was held down, yelled anxiously. Seeing that the unorthodox and independent Female Lead knelt for his sake, it greatly moved him.
But Fu Yichen just stared at the Female Lead that was kneeling at his feet expressionlessly, “What is Qian Wangfei doing?”
“Your Majesty.” The Female Lead wanted to rush over and hug Fu Yichen’s thigh, “Begging the Emperor to let Mingyue go. He didn’t mean to do so. I’ll persuade him in the future…”
“Enough!” Before Fu Yichen could say anything about the Female Lead’s impulsive words and deeds, Leng Qianshang couldn’t take it anymore. Fu Yichen saw him staring at Zi Mengyao coldly, seemingly to be enduring great anger, “Wangfei, you’re still not returning with me?” The implication was, don’t embarrass yourself here.
He didn’t expect the Female Lead to get more emotional when she heard his voice. So she directly broke the pot and threw it away, “No. I won’t go back with you!” Zi Mengyao was determined, “I want to divorce you!”
The corner of Fu Yichen’s mouth twitched. If he hadn’t come from modern times. He would’ve thought that this person was insane. But even if he had the attitude of watching a play, he still couldn’t help but act shocked at her words.
“Your Majesty, please grant this request.” Zi Mengyao turned her gaze to Fu Yichen, “I have no feelings for him at all. A marriage without feelings is like a grave. Neither of us will be happy…”
Zi Mengyao came out with a bunch of ‘shocking’ views on marriage and love that weren’t in line with this era. Fu Yichen’s face was calm. But in his mind, he was speechless, thinking of the shock that the Male Lead and the Second Male would experience when they heard such a point of view. Fu Yichen just thought, how would ancient people understand such modern words? Normally, if a Prince meets this kind of Princess who cheats in marriage and is still speaking righteously, he will probably reward her with a knife.
However, although Leng Qianshang wasn’t angry enough to chop people into pieces, his face was still as black as the bottom of a pot.
“So, Your Majesty, please grant permission.” The Female Lead finished her speech with earnest words and sincere eyes. The Third Male who was detained beside her was so touched that his eyes turned red.
Fu Yichen calmly breathed a sigh of relief, a little embarrassed. In fact, from his point of view, it was better for them to divorce. The relationship between the Male and Female Lead was distorted by him. If they divorce, it would be a complete break. Then it would be less likely for them to get back together and also reduce the chances of the Female Lead being named the Empress. Isn’t this the result that Fu Yichen wanted?
But out of the corner of his eyes, he could see Leng Qianshang’s dark face. Fu Yichen was in a dilemma. Even in the open-minded modern times, it would be embarrassing for a man to experience such a thing. Let alone a man from ancient times. They would probably explode in anger. So if Fu Yichen were to nod in agreement, wouldn’t that add fuel to the fire? In fact, Fu Yichen couldn’t bear to embarrass him.
Fortunately, when Fu Yichen was feeling a bit troubled, help came.
“Your Majesty!”
Fu Yichen only heard a sudden shout from the forest behind him. Followed by the sound of chaotic and hasty footsteps, there were sounds of horse hooves and the sound of carriage wheels. The sound came from far to near.
Fu Yichen and his group all turned their heads together. They could see a little old man in an official uniform suddenly rush out from a corner of the dirt road. Then a group of government workers rushed out. The little old man took the lead and the group of people rushed towards Fu Yichen’s group like a race. Soon the cavalry troop arrived, followed by a luxurious carriage.
The little old man in the lead held his official hat in one hand and his official robe in the other, rushing forward as if he was a baby that wanted to breastfeed while shouting, “Your Majesty, Chen is late, Your Majesty.”
Fu Yichen’s mouth twitched, seeing the little old man leading a bunch of civil servants, rushing all the way towards him from a place about ten metres away from him. The dust flew as they ran. They then huffed and puffed and fell to their knees. Is this… is this supposed to be a gag in a Mary Sue novel?
“Your Majesty,” The little old man knelt in front of Fu Yichen while holding his official hat. He then gasped, “Chen, Wu Gao1 is late. Please punish this one for this one’s offence.”
Fu Yichen’s mouth twitched once more. This person was a small county magistrate of Qinshan, located at the base of Qinshan mountains. In the original plot, the Second Male also came to Qinshan for a private visit. But after learning about Leng Qianshang and the Female Lead falling off from the cliff, he revealed his identity and let the county officials organise a search.
But Fu Yichen had fallen down the cliff directly. Now it seems that the county magistrate was already aware of his arrival in advance and knew that something had happened to him. He didn’t know where the other person received the news from and rushed over in such a hurry, but unexpectedly he came at the right time.
So Fu Yichen spat out a few words condescendingly, “Get up.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty. Many thanks, Your Majesty…” Wu Gao kowtowed in gratitude. It stands to reason that with this tyrant emperor’s temper, let alone losing his black hat2, even his life couldn’t be kept. So he hurriedly took the opportunity to show his hospitality. It was nothing more than asking the Emperor to relocate to an inn or something, preparing the things required for him to wash, eat and stay.
It just so happens that this was what Fu Yichen needed the most right now. So Fu Yichen turned around to the Female Lead behind him, “Let’s talk about Qian Wangfei’s matter later on.” At this time, Wu Gao finally noticed that Qian Wang and Qian Wangfei were also there. So he also gave a kowtow.
But soon he was anxious to the point of sweating profusely again. He can clearly see that Qian Wang was injured and couldn’t walk, requiring a carriage. Qian Wangfei was also injured on her leg and needed to take a carriage. But the problem was, there was only one carriage. The key was, it was prepared for the Emperor. So now… what should be done?
“Your Majesty, this… this matter…” Wu Gao’s head was covered in sweat. He looked left and right, but he didn’t dare to open his mouth at all. Leng Qianshang kept his face dark all this time.
Fu Yichen remained expressionless and said calmly, “Qian Wangfei’s leg is injured. So let Qian Wangfei take the carriage.” After speaking, he glanced at the horse that was being pulled aside. It should be the horse of the county magistrate. Fu Yichen frowned, “Zhen will ride a horse.”
Wu Gao immediately burst into tears out of gratitude, “The Emperor is wise.” Everyone said that the Emperor was cruel and ruthless. Wasn’t this good? To actually give up a comfortable carriage to the injured Qian couple. It could be seen that the Emperor was kind hearted.
However, when Wu Gao bowed his head and led his horse to the Emperor, the Emperor turned around and walked towards Qian Wang. Wu Gao was at a loss.
In fact, Su Zhan was also at a loss. The two people’s world that they had was gone now. The two of them had completely returned to their relationship in reality. Behind Su Zhan’s gloomy front, he was feeling a little sad. They seemed to have returned to the state they were in before they fell off the cliff. But he didn’t expect the other person to walk towards him at this time.
Fu Yichen ignored everyone’s gaze and went straight to Leng Qianshang, bending down slightly and leaning close to him, “Is Qian Wang willing to ride with Zhen3?”
Su Zhan’s heart couldn’t help but skip a beat, ‘Your mom4, this was too provocative!’ Su Zhan nodded in a daze.
The corners of Fu Yichen’s mouth twitched and in the next second he immediately hugged the other person horizontally. He then made a beautiful leap under the eyes of a group of people who dropped their jaws in shock. He directly hugged the other person and rode on the horse, casting a cold look at Wu Gao, “Not leading the way yet?!”
“Ah… yes, yes, yes.” Wu Gao, who came back to his senses, hurriedly led the way.
“Lean on Zhen.” The faint but firm tone rang in Su Zhan’s ears, ‘Your mom, that’s so damn handsome!!’
Fu Yichen placed the man in front of him then reached through the sides of his waist to hold the reins. These movements were done all in one go. In the past, to film a costume drama, Fu Yichen had specifically hired a teacher to train him on a racecourse for about a week until his thighs were sore. In the end, they used a fake horse. At that time, Fu Yichen felt sad and bitter. Now that skill came in handy. Coupled with the martial art skills of the ancients, it was really cool.
As for the Su Zhan who was being held in his arms, there was only one word in his mind, ‘handsome!’. That previous action was so handsome and explosive that Su Zhan’s mind was full of the replays of that scene, feeling that his gay heart had become agitated once more.
Fu Yichen rode a horse all the way to the best inn there was in the county, carrying the other person all the way to the guest room in person. Then he ordered Wu Gao to find the best doctor and watched the doctor treat Leng Qianshang’s wound and rebandage it. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. At that time, the sky had already darkened.
At this time, Fu Yichen dismissed everyone and sat beside Leng Qianshang. They were back to their two-person world again, but the state of mind between the two at this moment was completely different from when they were at the bottom of the cliff.
Their gazes collided and Leng Qianshang unconsciously pursed his lips. He didn’t speak and Fu Yichen didn’t know what to say. The latter held back for a long time and after a while a few words left his lips.
“Qian Wangfei’s matter…” Fu Yichen’s brain probably twitched, and this subject ended up coming out of his mouth.
Sure enough, Leng Qianshang’s eyes became gloomy and he said with some displeasure, “I’ll handle it.” His face quickly darkened.
Fu Yichen opened his mouth, but in the end no words came out until he stood up, “Then you have a good rest, Zhen will leave.”
Fu Yichen turned to leave. But the moment he turned around, a certain someone grabbed his wrist.
Fu Yichen was stunned. He looked back to see Leng Qianshang holding onto his wrist, looking up at him slightly. Fu Yichen saw a twinkle in his eyes, as if he wanted to blurt something out, but was extremely hesitant to do so.
Fu Yichen swallowed unconsciously and some hope inexplicably raised in his heart, “Qian Wang… do you have anything to say to me?”
At this moment, some very irrational thoughts even popped up in Fu Yichen’s mind. For example, could he delay the plot indefinitely? Could he accompany him until he’s old before leaving? And could he tell him about his own background?… As long as he opens his mouth.
However, some men are rational creatures after all. Sometimes, one does have to admire their self-control. Fu Yichen is such a person, and so was Su Zhan.
Su Zhan almost blurted out, “Can you stay with me?”, “I like you, I don’t like the Wang Fei.” or even, “I came from the real modern times.” But after all, he didn’t dare to say so. If the worst comes to worst, he would lose his life here. But he couldn’t risk his return to the real world where his relatives were. He couldn’t abandon them selfishly.
So in the end, Su Zhan let go of his hand, little by little, with difficulty. He had no choice but to say, “Chen, thanks Your Majesty for saving Chen’s life.”
Fu Yichen shuddered, unable to describe how he felt. There was mainly disappointment, but it seemed like there was also a hint of relief. Thinking to himself that this was what it should be. But even knowing this, he still felt a little disappointed. He blocked all kinds of emotions that he was feeling.
On the surface, everything looked calm. Fu Yichen raised the corner of his mouth lightly, “It’s Zhen’s honor.” After speaking, he turned around resolutely without nostalgia.
Su Zhan, who was left behind, looked at his back for a long time without returning to his senses.
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LEMME REPHRASE THAT FOR YOU FYC. IT SHOULD BE ‘IS QIAN WANG WILLING TO RIDE ZHEN?!’ Xinghe:AHHHHHHH! SHUT IT! YOU’RE EMBARRASSING THE READERS AND ME!!!!!
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Xinghe said I should add footnote here. Its an insult. Normally we involve family members in insults yes? Your mom, your dad, your cows and sheeps