Yuan You was stunned. When she collected herself, she said skeptically, "Cousin Hexin, aren't you thinking too highly of him? That's not good. Why are you looking up to him while degrading ourselves? Great Shang may be powerful, but the Yan Kingdom isn't that bad either. If he dares hurt His Majesty even a little, tens of thousands of our palace cavalry will ensure he won't be able to return ho."
"You have too little understanding of him. Tens of thousands of our palace cavalry an nothing to him." Hexin shook her head as she voiced her disagreent. She said, "When he was a boy of only twelve, he headed into a wolf's den alone and even managed to manipulate tens of thousands of vicious bandits easily. Why would soone like that even care about facing a re couple thousand palace cavalry? He wasn't called the tyrannic Crown Prince for no reason."
Yuan You looked at her strangely when she heard this. "Why do you seem to know so much about him?"
Hexin was taken aback. "I heard my father talking about it."
"What else have you heard about , Lil Sis Hexin?" The man's voice, cold as snow, suddenly rang out. It felt like a bomb had gone off on the ground, shocking Hexin and Yuan You. They stopped talking imdiately and lifted their heads in a daze; the subject of their conversation had stopped in his steps without them realizing it. He was standing at the doors of the hall and was watching them expressionlessly.
Yuan You turned red in the face from being caught gossiping about soone behind his back. She quickly hid behind Hexin.
Hexin's fingers clenched inside her sleeves. She wanted to act calmly but her heart skipped a beat when her eyes t the young man's swirling, mysterious eyes. She had never felt so flustered before.
"Hmm?" The young man's slightly deep voice was heard once more.
"Nothing. There's nothing else." Hexin shook her head to deny it.
Long Yin noticed the fear she felt for him and said, slightly puzzled, "I rember you used to like following when we were young."
Hexin was taken aback and stared at him, wide-eyed. She had never expected that he would actually rember her.
When he saw how astonished she was, a small smile appeared on Long Yin's lips. His sharp brow raised slightly and his tone was softer when he said, "That said, you have overestimated ."
With that, he turned and entered the hall.
Hexin was quietly relieved when she saw the young man turn to leave.
He did not do anything to her, but he had a natural sense of intimidating aura about him that chilled others to the core.
However, he actually rembered her.
She pressed her hand onto her chest, trying to calm her wildly beating heart.
"Yikes!"
It was at this mont when Yuan You, who was behind her, suddenly shouted in shock.
Hexin snapped out of it and imdiately turned back.
She saw Qi Heng tug on Yuan You's pigtail. "I heard everything you gossiped behind our Crown Prince's back."
Yuan You realized what had just happened and slapped the back of his hand. When he released her, she quickly hid behind Hexin again. She poked her head out from behind Hexin and grumbled, red-faced, "Listening in to another's conversation isn't the right behavior of a gentleman."
"I have never thought of myself as a gentleman. You, on the other hand, were not acting like a lady when you gossiped behind soone else's back," Qi Heng retorted with a raised eyebrow.
Yuan You turned blank and could not say a word in response.
Hexin tried to smooth out the situation. "Alright, that's enough. Let's head inside."
"Okay," Yuan You replied and followed her obediently.
Qi Heng watched as the little lady left and he burst out laughing. He had never seen any girl who looked and acted so adorably.
Long Huaiyuan ca over and teased him. "If you continue staring at her that way, your eyeballs are going to fall out."
Qi Heng was taken aback and he smacked Long Huaiyuan on the shoulder. "What nonsense are you spouting, you little rascal?"
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