Chapter 478 Let’s Have a Chat
Lin ngya bent over to pick up the fallen chess pieces one by one.
As Long Tianyu set his eyes on her, he could already tell what her thoughts were.
“You provoked him on purpose, didn’t you?”
Long Tianyu took the chess pieces from her hands with a perplexed look in his eyes.
“That’s right. I just wanted to understand why he kept targeting you.”
Although Lin ngya was not happy that Long Tianyu had been attacked, she gradually realized that Liu Xuan was not exactly just targeting Long Tianyu.
He seed to harbor a great hatred for the royal family of Dajin.
She rely wanted to drive Liu Xuan to a corner today and see if she could find out any clues.
As a result, however, Liu Xuan rely provided her with so ambiguous responses.
Nevertheless, there was one thing that Lin ngya was certain. If she were to make a guess based on Liu Xuan’s words a mont, he could have been tricked by the Long Family in terms of money and sex.
After picking up all the chess pieces, Lin ngya was suddenly overco by curiosity and turned on the testing mode.
Looking at Lin ngya staring at him with her dark eyes, Long Tianyu get gooseflesh.
What on earth was the lass thinking?
“Prince Yu, is there any princess in the royal family between the age of 18 and 25 who does not adhere to the protocol of the palace and goes out and about as she pleases for a long period of ti?”
Looking at Lin ngya’s bright and sparkling eyes, Long Tianyu thought hard and finally shook his head.
“That would be strange. If he had not been deceived into sex by a female mber of the Long Family, why would he say such words? I’m surely going to get sothing out of Cousin Yu when I have ti in the future.”
Being curious and gossipy was definitely a strong driving force for any human being.
Lin ngya, who was determined to unravel the reason for Liu Xuan’s heartbreak, would be giving Liu Xuan an earnest look whenever opportunities arose.
Whenever Liu Xuan turned around and smiled at her embarrassingly, she would give him a hair-standing smile.
Even Long Tianyu, who got jealous easily, was glad that he was no longer the one being watched closely.
Now, he would be like a bystander like Zuo Qiuyu.
It was a sunny day. Lin ngya looked out of the window, supporting her head with her hands.
She looked so pretty, but...
“Lord Liu, are you tired? Thirsty? Would you like to co in to have a cup of tea?”
Not only was Lin ngya’s smile sweet, her voice was also crispy.
However, Liu Xuan felt a chill run down from his neck to his spine.
He quickly shook his head. This woman had been casting such looks on him ever since they left the small town.
“Are you having so kind of misunderstanding towards ? Rest assured that I have no ill intentions. I just felt that there’s so misunderstanding earlier, so I would like to have a heart-to-heart talk with you. What do you think?”
Despite Lin ngya’s incessant coaxing, Liu Xuan kept his distance.
It was just too bad that the two comrades by his side kept pushing the matter of interacting with Lin ngya to him.
At the sight of Lin ngya’s cheeky look as if she could not wait to play more tricks on him, Liu Xuan wished he had more legs to carry him far away from her imdiately.
“Alas, this isn’t getting anywhere. I thought he would be bolder than this, but look at how he’s panicking now!”
The speed at which they were traveling was rather fast. Cousin Yu said they would arrive at the peripherals of the forr capital by sunset.
The old capital consisted of the peripheral part and an internal part. There were altogether eight city gates distributed on the city’s peripheral like a radiating pattern.
However, the location of the palace and the Pavilion of Herbs was in the inner part of the city, where it was an area where the city could defend itself as well as get its soldiers ready to fight if it had been attacked by enemies.
However, given that Cousin Chen had already relocated the nation’s capital, there were only so stewards guarding the palace. As for the other subjects in the royal family, they had all gone to serve in the Pavilion of Herbs.
Lin ngya was a little taken aback at Zuo Qiuyu’s words.
She did not know whether to conclude that the highest authority in the Pavilion of Herbs was either too audacious or that he was overco by his own selfish ambition.
Even if these royal subjects had been forsaken by the emperor, they should not be freely given to others as subjects.
Perhaps it was like what Cousin Chen had anticipated. Having lived in the clover for many years, those in the Pavilion of Herbs had begun to conceive undesirable thoughts.
It was noon, and the weather had beco hotter.
Lin ngya alighted from the horse carriage, found a small tea stall, and sat down to rest and cool off.
Naturally, Liu Xuan used the excuse of wanting to check out what was ahead of them to keep his distance from her.
Lin ngya found the way Lord Liu tried to shun her rather funny.
Where had that Liu Xuan, who was so imposing just a few days ago, gone now?
“My dear cousin, whover you set your eyes on would be such an unlucky guy. Alas, thanks to my kind brother-in-law, who willingly took you in. Otherwise, who else would be able to ta a devil like you?”
Zuo Qiuyu said with a sigh and shook his head.
As expected, the pair of husband and wife rolled their eyes at him, although there was a difference in the degree of disdain between those two.
Long Tianyu had submitted to Lin ngya since long ago. Now the two for them sang the sa tune.
“Drink so water.”
A plain cup of warm water was placed before Lin ngya.
Long Tianyu was aware that Lin ngya had never like tea that tasted too bitter. However, Baishao had been injured and she was usually the one who was in charge of the good tea.
Now he could only offer Lin ngya a glass of plain water to quench her thirst.
“Do you feel that sothing is amiss given that we have arrived at the forr capital so smoothly?” said Lin ngya with a low voice after she took the cup of water from Long Tianyu’s hand and took a sip from it.
By now, they were closer and closer to the formal capital city. As Lin ngya went down the line of thoughts, she realized that although they indeed t with so trouble in Tianlong Prefecture, there were no other hiccups along the way.
Of course, this was in reference to the difficulties they encountered as signs of dangers that eventually turned around.
“We still have to be cautious, even though I find it strange too. We had obviously realized so tails along the way but they had rely followed from afar and did not co close to us.”
Long Tianyu was very sensitive and observant. Although he had been protecting Lin ngya like a personal bodyguard, nothing escaped his eyes in their surroundings.
Groaning, Lin ngya, too, found it strange and she could not help feeling more worried.
What she did not know was that these different powers had refrained themselves from coming closer because they were also not sure if they were enemies or friends among themselves.
It was under such a bizarre state of balance that Lin ngya and her company of people managed to arrive at the forr capital safely.
If not for such suspicion among their enemies, they would have t with many more dangerous situations.
As the saying went, “When you’re covered with lice, you don’t itch, and when you’re up to your ears in debt, you stop worrying.” This must be how it felt.
When they were well-rested, they set out on their journey again.
As expected, not long after they set out, the towering city wall ca into sight.
The faint aroma of herbs filled the air. Not to ntion Lin ngya, who had a keen sense of sll like a dog, even the common people could tell that there was sothing special here.
All the people could not help taking a deep breath.
The air was filled with the aroma from a wealth of different dicinal herbs, so much so that whoever lived here for a long period of ti would have all ailnts, big and small, cured.
This was also the reason why the nation’s capital had never been plagued by any pandemic since the ti the capital of the Nation of Lintian was built.
Lin ngya also understood why those who refused to move the capital were aged kins of the royal family.
This was a natural choice of place for retirent. Not only would one’s illnesses be healed, the environnt even boosted general health and fitness.
Nevertheless, it would have taken a few centuries for the capital to achieve this state.
They could even build an old folks ho here. However, Cousin Chen had the intention to move the Pavilion of Herbs to the new capital city.
Psst... What troubleso project.
Although there were eight city gates, only two of them were opened during normal tis.
The other six gates would only be temporarily opened on special festivals and occasions.
Given the large number of visitors to the city at this mont, there was already a long line ford by the ti they arrived at the gates.
Since the place was so crowded, there was no need for Lin ngya to alight from the horse carriage.
However, it was vociferous given the crowd.
Moreover, Lin ngya and her company were a prominent group and soon soone in the crowd recognized Prince Shen and senior provincial official Liu Xuan.
There was no getting away with the pleasantries. Nevertheless, Lin ngya alternated between forcing a smile and bending down to speak to the people, which was very unlike her usual self.
“Since Prince Shen had co, it must be Princess Anle in the horse carriage. I heard that Princess Anle is extrely beautiful. Why don’t Prince Shen invite her to co out here so we can see her?”
Imdiately, a cold look was shot at the man who was behaving like a social butterfly.
The man, however, was rather slow at catching the hint. He had failed to realize that there was a handso man whose face had fallen.
“That would be difficult. My cousin isn’t comfortable in such a buzz. Moreover, she is still young and does not know how to speak appropriately, as a result, she may say sothing offensive.”
While Zuo Qiuyu appeared to be polite on the surface, in reality, he was growing very tired inside.
He threw a quick glance at Long Tianyu and realized that he was already fuming, therefore Zuo Qiuyu imdiately tried to change the topic.
“Master Zhu, did I hear that your father has co on this trip too?”
The man who was Master Zhu truly lived up to his na.
He was squinting his beady eyes as he spoke.
“Naturally, soone from the Zhu Family might erge as soone great this ti. If that happens, I would be obliged if Elder Brother Zuo could take good care of him.”
Zuo Qiuyu flew into a rage at Mr. Zhu’s words.
He was rely the son of the vice-president of one of the Six Boards. How dare he harbored the wishful thinking of a teoric rise through the Pavilion of Herbs? How dare he even address Zuo Qiuyu as a brother?
While Zuo Qiuyu was outraged, he knew not to show his anger.
Nothing escaped Lin ngya’s ears.
The expression on her face turned cold. These people were shaless!
Her eyeballs rolled around in her eyes as she thought of a good idea.
After straightening her clothes, she reached out her delicate hands to gently push open the door of the horse carriage.
“Alas, it’s getting really boring in the horse carriage. When will we arrive at our destination, Cousin?”
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