743: Chapter 464: Dream 743: Chapter 464: Dream As night deepened and the stars shifted, the bustling Di’an City gradually fell into silence.
Xu Yuan sat upright before the tea table, his gaze flickering in the moonlight that poured in through the window.
Li Yucheng had returned to the palace.
The spacious room seed all the more lonely with only one person silently sitting there.
Even though Li Yaoxuan had silently agreed that he could make so preparations, as a Crown Prince who was already acting as regent, Li Yucheng’s act of recruiting his followers still had to be carried out in secret.
By dawn, he would return to the palace to prepare for the new day’s early court session.
Xu Yuan picked up the teapot that Li Yucheng had left ready before leaving and poured himself a cup, which he drank in one gulp, a slight smile curling up at the corner of his lips.
The person had gone, but the tea was not yet cool.
That night, the two of them had talked about many things.
Once the conversation started, they moved from grassroots livelihoods to the current imperial edicts, from external worries to internal maladies, thoroughly enjoying themselves as host and guest.
However, sowhat to Xu Yuan’s surprise, Li Yucheng did not ntion anything about recruiting followers from beginning to end.
It seed that his earlier remarks had changed Li Yucheng’s thinking, shifting the importance he placed on Xu Yuan’s current false identity.
From a dispensable covert pawn to an aide capable of helping him govern the world.
At that thought, Xu Yuan let out a soft sigh.
From what he had seen and heard that night, this middle-aged Crown Prince indeed matched Xu Yuan’s definition of a benevolent ruler.
Of course, this conclusion was all based on the premise that Li Yucheng was not acting.
Every individual at the heart of Dayan’s power could give a performance that would bring tears to your eyes, so naturally, Xu Yuan would not make the mistake of too readily trusting others.
Yet, given the way they conversed that night, he should have another opportunity to et with the Crown Prince.
He could observe him then.
Standing up from the tea table, Xu Yuan prepared to rest.
Though he had achieved Integration Body and no longer needed sleep, Xu Yuan always felt as if he was missing sothing if he didn’t sleep at night.
But just then, the wooden door of his chamber was suddenly knocked.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
Pausing his steps and glancing back, Xu Yuan instinctively wanted to use his spiritual vision to investigate but ultimately resisted.
While spiritual vision was extrely covert, a Mortal Transcendence-level expert could still detect it, and to avoid blowing his cover, he had best not misuse it during this ti.
Walking over and opening the door, he saw an elderly man with bright eyes that belied his age.
Xu Yuan sized up the visitor, and a na surfaced in his mind.
Wang Yuqian.
Vice Minister of the Military, also known as the father of his current identity.
After a glance at the other party, Xu Yuan’s brows rose slightly.
He was puzzled as to how the man had found his way here.
Though curious, Xu Yuan didn’t imdiately speak; instead, he turned around and re-entered the room, seating himself back at the tea table where he had conversed with Li Yucheng.
But this ti,
he sat in the main seat.
The elder saw this and, without any objection, followed Xu Yuan into the room.
As the elder stepped into the room, Xu Yuan’s fingers, which were pouring tea, lifted slightly and the door automatically closed.
The formation set up in the chamber imdiately activated, completely isolating all sounds from inside and outside.
After pouring a cup of fragrant tea for the elder and placing it on the tea table opposite, Xu Yuan slowly looked up and asked,
“Mr.
Wang, aren’t you sitting down?”
Wang Yuqian, looking at the younger man across from him, who bore a striking resemblance to his son, showed great respect.
He bowed solemnly and then sat down on his knees,
“Yes, Third Young Master.”
Xu Yuan smiled faintly, pouring tea for himself and casually asked,
“How did you find this place, Mr.
Wang?”
This room was opened by Li Yucheng, and not even half an hour after the man had left, the Vice Minister of the Military had co looking.
Was the Crown Prince being a bit too careless in his actions?
Wang Yuqian hesitated slightly upon hearing the question and softly replied,
“A servant reported that you had reserved two floors of private rooms here at Xuan Yue Tower tonight.”
Xu Yuan understood instantly at that reply,
“It seems that the reservation was made using my na.”
“That person?”
Wang Yuqian, though advanced in years, was quick to react, his gaze involuntarily moving to the two empty teacups beside the tea table.
Xu Yuan smiled slightly and said with a laugh,
“The Crown Prince, Li Yucheng.”
The man before him was soone his alleged father trusted implicitly, so naturally, there was no need for concealnt.
Moreover,
as the elder was his current identity’s father, it was necessary for him to be aware of so things to prepare accordingly.
“…..”
Wang Yuqian’s pupils contracted slightly upon hearing this.
The Third Young Master…
had a secret eting with the Crown Prince?
After a mont of contemplation, Wang Yuqian’s heart instinctively felt he might have nearly interrupted the Third Young Master’s plans.
He bowed quickly and said,
“Third Young Master, I was unaware of your arrangent tonight…”
“….”
Xu Yuan, observing the old man’s anxious deanor, was sowhat surprised, but soon understood.
Although the other was an old minister who had weathered the intrigues of court for decades and held power above thousands, that power was rooted in the colossal entity of the Pri Minister’s Mansion.
And now, the pretense of death had shown how important he was within the Pri Minister’s Mansion.
In other words,
in the eyes of the Vice Minister of the Military, Xu Yuan was soone who could determine the life and death of his entire family as easily as a pri minister could.
With that thought, Xu Yuan smiled and waved his hand nonchalantly, saying,
“Why such formality, Mr.
Wang?
“The events of tonight were unexpected; I too was sought out by the Crown Prince without warning.
Moreover, if others saw you, an elder, showing such reverence to your son, wouldn’t that seem a bit strange?
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