On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness Chapter 374: 374 Delicate and Tender

Chapter 374: Chapter 374 Delicate and Tender

At this mont, the two “heroes” had already driven their horse carriage away from the Yaoshou District.

Ye Yiheng saw the person lying in his arms had fallen asleep, so he carried her into the carriage.

After stepping out of the carriage, he noticed that the snow was starting to fall heavier.

The Jiang Family’s carriage was no match for his carriage from the Eastern Palace, not only was it smaller, but besides the soft couch for sitting and lying down, there was only an empty storage cabinet under the couch; there were no other belongings.

The weather, which had cleared up for only a couple of days, now brought heavy snowfall, causing the temperature to plumt suddenly.

Ye Yiheng went back into the carriage, took off the shoulder scarf he was wearing, and covered the sleeping Leng Yu Yan with it.

He’d rather freeze himself than let her catch a chill.

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Inside the State Governnt.

Jiang Xuan confessed shafully, “Governor Sir, my sister and I both fainted from shock. When we woke up, we had already lost sight of the hero… this…”

At this ti, a Governnt Official stepped forward and whispered a few words in the governor’s ear.

The governor raised his eyebrows and asked Jiang Xuan, “Soone said that you and your sister are on good terms with the bandits in the village. Can I assu that the group of thieves were killed by you and your sister?”

Jiang Xuan and Jiang Yu promptly knelt down, “We don’t have such skills, Sir. The authority can send a forensic doctor to investigate.”

The governor stroked his chin, and turning his head to the Governnt Official, said, “Have so people take the forensic doctor to the scene to inspect, and by the way, conduct an autopsy.”

The Governnt Official agreed and, with a fist salute, left.

At this mont, another Governnt Official stepped forward, “The Jiang Family’s shipn are witnesses, waiting outside the hall. Sir, would you like to have the witness speak?”

“Yes, yes, yes, bring the witnesses in,” said the governor before taking his seat behind the desk.

Two shipn entered side by side, and upon seeing the governor sitting upright behind the three-foot office desk, they imdiately knelt down.

The governor commanded, “Report everything you witnessed truthfully!”

The shipn said, “Today our ship owner and young miss were invited to the village for drinks. Who would’ve thought that halfway through the drinks, suddenly a hero erged. He acted swiftly and killed everyone in the village all at once…”

After listening a lot, the governor yawned, “The Jiang Family has made significant contributions to Yaozhou; as for today’s events, I am inclined to believe you siblings. However, the outco of the matter still depends on the result of the forensic doctor’s examination. You may return to your hos first. When there are developnts, I will have soone notify you.”

The siblings of the Jiang Family expressed their thanks and left with their shipn.

Once the forensic doctor returned and confird that the thod used to kill the bandits was very clean and efficient, the work of a top-notch expert in Jianghu, the governor’s eyes flickered, and he imdiately wrote a Petition.

The Petition began with wishes for the Emperor’s and all the Princes’ wellbeing, followed by the main point. It went on in great length, describing how, under his leadership, the Governnt Officials of the State Governnt had eradicated the utterly heinous bandits within Tiancheng Territory.

Having completed the Petition, he sent it post-haste to the capital city.

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The snow fell heavier and the wind, carrying the snow, stung the face.

Ye Yiheng, worried that Leng Yu Yan sleeping inside the carriage might catch a cold, bought a quilt at a marketplace along the way and wrapped her in it.

The horse carriage left the market and continued on its way, entering mountainous terrain.

Leng Yu Yan had slept the entire afternoon in the carriage and when she woke up, darkness had already enveloped them.

But more surprising than that, she found herself covered with a brand new quilt with soone’s shoulder scarf beneath it.

The carriage jolted, and she took up the shoulder scarf, steadying herself against the carriage wall as she stepped out.

Ye Yiheng, who was driving the carriage in the front, already had a considerable amount of snow piled upon his head and shoulders. Hearing the noise, he asked, “Awake?”

His voice was slightly hoarse.

Leng Yu Yan noticed sothing off about his voice and quickly brushed the snow off his body, draping a shoulder scarf over his shoulders, then imdiately felt his forehead.

It was as cold as ice.

Leng Yu Yan’s heart sank with alarm as she pressed two fingers against the pulse on his left wrist and exclaid with furrowed brows, “Are you out of your mind? Braving the snow to drive the carriage, your cold disease has flared up!”

“It’s nothing. You’ve been helping detoxify these days. I can endure this bout of the disease.”

“That won’t do. It’s already dark outside, and hitting the road again should wait until tomorrow.” Leng Yu Yan grabbed the reins, “You need to rest. You mustn’t let the cold disease worsen!”

Hearing the urgency and concern in her voice, Ye Yiheng’s lips curled into a slight smile, “I was just eager to reach Beilan as soon as possible.”

“These past few days, as I’ve been helping you detoxify, I’ve discovered a connection between your eye disease and the cold disease. The exact nature of this connection remains unknown. But I know that once the cold disease reaches a certain level of severity, your eye disease slowly begins to act up. When it flares up completely, you’ll go blind.”

“Now that you ntion it, my eyes have been rather uncomfortable. I had thought it was just from looking at the snowy environnt, but it seems that’s not the case.”

“If your eye disease flares up while we’re on the road, everyone will know you’re blind, isn’t that the sa as revealing your whereabouts to the assassin?”

Ye Yiheng nodded, “Your point is valid.”

The duration of his bouts of eye disease was unpredictable, and he couldn’t afford to be a burden to her. With this in mind, he said, “Then let’s find a hidden place nearby to rest.”

Searching for a shelter to spend the night in the mountains was no easy task.

They drove the carriage over a mountain ridge and found no shelter from the wind and snow.

Seeing him growing increasingly icy, Leng Yu Yan reached out to take the reins, “I’ll drive, you go inside the carriage.”

Ye Yiheng held the reins tightly, “What kind of situation is it for a woman to drive a carriage?”

“Aren’t Liu Yun and Yin Shuang won?”

“They’re different.”

“How are they different?”

“When they handle urgent tasks outside, they can share sleeping quarters with male Hidden Guards anyti and anywhere without a hint of bashfulness.”

Leng Yu Yan snorted, “Haven’t I also slept with you…”

She stopped mid-sentence, pursing her lips.

“Slept in the sa place as ?” Ye Yiheng chuckled lowly.

When Liu Yun and Yin Shuang shared sleeping quarters with male Hidden Guards, those n never harbored a single romantic thought. They treated them as brothers. Sotis, Liu Yun and Yin Shuang were even more manly than the male Hidden Guards.

But with her, whenever they shared a sleeping space, had he ever considered her just a brother?

Besides, she was delicate and nothing like Liu Yun and Yin Shuang.

Leng Yu Yan didn’t want to talk about this anymore. Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she let the rciless wind and snow hit her face, which sohow felt more comfortable.

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Capital city.

Ye Jiu found out that Ye Gaoyun had dispatched even more assassins and was so alard that she skipped dinner and went straight to find Ji Qingyu.

Ji Qingyu frowned, “You say Ye Gaoyun has increased the number of assassins, how did you co to know this?”

Ye Jiu lowered her voice, “Recently, Ye Gaoyun has been staying in Xiande Hall, and he handles all his affairs inside the Imperial Study there. I bribed a little eunuch who cleans there; it was him who told .”

“If that’s the case, Ah Heng must still be alive,” Ji Qingyu analyzed.

Only if Ye Yiheng was still alive would Ye Gaoyun go to such lengths.

“If Sixth Brother is still alive, then Ah Yan must be too!” Ye Jiu said excitedly, “I want to write a letter to Heir Lai, can you help send it? That way, if Sixth Brother and Ah Yan are on the road, they may be able to face less hardship, and maybe Heir Lai can co to the capital with his troops sooner.”

Now under the watch of Ye Gaoyun, her visit to Marquis Jiangyang Mansion today under the pretext of visiting the Imperial Aunt was the only reason the palace had let her out. If she were to send urgent ssages to Beilan City, it would indeed be difficult for her under the current circumstances.