Chapter 192

Chapter 192: The Little Hedgehog Blocking the Way, Princess Hongliang!

“Tell him everything?”

Fei Yan looked at Li Mo in confusion, not understanding what he intended to do.

“With my current strength and status, Donghuang Taiyi wouldn’t dare to act rashly.”

“Then just tell him truthfully.”

The people who know about the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions are not just one or two, and it’s not only the Yin Yang School who is plotting for it.

Now I have two copper boxes in my possession.

If I don’t take them out, no matter how much effort the Yin Yang School puts in, it will be in vain.

We have to find another way.

The Yin Yang School has many experts, and there are many experts around me too.

Moreover, I have the support of Qin State, backed by the power of an entire nation.

In a direct confrontation, it would be difficult to predict who would win between us and the Yin Yang School.

At that time, it would only allow others to profit.

Donghuang Taiyi has been plotting for the Canglong for so long; he definitely wouldn’t do something foolish.

Cooperating with me is the smartest choice.

Since Fei Yan has already approached me, Donghuang Taiyi will certainly let her continue to gain my trust.

However, he probably wouldn’t have imagined that the top talent of the Yin Yang School is a love-struck fool.

The kind who, once married, forgets about her family!

One can’t be too selfish. Li Mo didn’t want Fei Yan to break off from the Yin Yang School because of him.

So, it’s best to let Fei Yan tell Donghuang Taiyi about his situation.

He would know how to proceed better than I would.

This is the benefit brought by strength and status.

Now, I have the right to make Donghuang Taiyi hesitant.

Besides, Fei Yan also said.

I am the key to unlocking the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions.

Now that hope has appeared, how could Donghuang Taiyi let it slip by?

What I have is something Donghuang Taiyi doesn’t, and what he holds is something I don’t know.

Although Fei Yan holds a high position in the Yin Yang School, Donghuang Taiyi doesn’t tell her everything.

No matter how you look at it, cooperating with me is the best choice.

And I happen to need the strength of the Yin Yang School.

So many free laborers from the Yin Yang School, I might as well use them.

Fei Yan was intelligent and immediately understood Li Mo’s intent.

He didn’t want her to be caught in the middle, hence the idea to cooperate with Donghuang Taiyi.

The gratitude in her heart surged like a flood.

She never expected that Li Mo must reciprocate her contributions to be fair.

In her view of love, even sacrificing her life for her lover was worth it.

But Li Mo took the initiative to consider her, even if it meant negotiating with a tiger.

This sense of responsibility and care for her instantly made Fei Yan overwhelmed with emotion.

To have such a husband, what more could a wife ask for?

“Husband.”

Tears welled up in Fei Yan’s gentle eyes, her lips quivered slightly, and she swallowed hard.

In the end, thousands of words transformed into a tight embrace.

As if she wanted to meld the person in front of her into her warm body, never to be parted.

Li Mo embraced her back, her incredibly soft body felt like he was holding a cloud.

“The great Lady Dongjun is crying now, if your subordinates from the Yin Yang School saw this, wouldn’t it be a blow to your dignity?”

Li Mo helped wipe her crystal tears, jokingly teasing.

Fei Yan’s pretty face turned as red as a setting sun.

She lightly struggled.

She slipped out of his arms, turned her back, and wiped her tears with her sleeve.

Then she turned around, blushing shyly, and said, “They wouldn’t dare to say anything. Even if they saw it, they would act like they didn’t.”

The deterrent power of Fei Yan among the members of the Yin-Yang School is not insignificant.

Apart from Donghuang Taiyi, even Moon Goddess has to concede to her to some extent.

Not to mention the five elders under the protector and other disciples.

Li Mo stopped teasing Fei Yan and instead asked, “By the way, do you know the true identity of Donghuang Taiyi?”

Before him, of the four known in the Jianghu to have reached the Tongshen realm, Donghuang Taiyi was the most mysterious one.

The leader of the Yin-Yang School, respected by its members as “Your Excellency Donghuang.”

A mysterious figure.

Always wearing a black mask in public, his body shrouded in a black robe.

Extremely enigmatic, eerily peculiar.

No one has ever seen his true face.

His voice is ethereal, making it impossible to distinguish gender.

Fei Yan shook her head.

“I don’t know either. No one has ever seen what he looks like.”

Li Mo was slightly taken aback.

Even she, as the Dongjun, had never seen him. Donghuang Taiyi truly keeps a low profile.

What is he hiding?

Always covering himself with a robe.

Isn’t he afraid he’ll get stifled?

Could it be he’s a woman?

Too old, and afraid to show a decayed appearance to others?

That’s nonsense!

Li Mo stood up.

Since even Fei Yan didn’t know, there was no point in speculating further.

No matter how many possibilities he thought of, none could be verified.

“It’s getting late. Honey, you should rest early. I have to go to the palace tomorrow.”

Han Fei was willing to return with him to Qin, so after entering the palace tomorrow, he had to inform Emperor Han and ensure he’d release Han Fei.

As Li Mo stood up, he noticed that his clothes were once again caught by Fei Yan.

“What’s wrong?”

He grasped Fei Yan’s hot and soft little hand and asked with a smile.

Fei Yan pursed her lips, seemingly embarrassed to speak.

Softly she said, “She… she moves too much in her sleep, and I can’t sleep because of it.”

Yan Lingji wasn’t very still when she slept.

It seemed like she couldn’t sleep unless her limbs were draped over someone.

With Fei Yan being one to move and the other still, the two were completely opposite.

“I see. Then I’ll prepare another room for you.”

Li Mo actually understood her meaning.

Intentionally teasing her.

As expected, Fei Yan furrowed her delicate eyebrows in grievance.

Dejectedly she said, “Never mind, husband has worked hard all day.”

Sensing Fei Yan’s reluctant steps toward the room, constantly looking back, Li Mo couldn’t hold back any longer.

He quickly stepped forward and scooped her up.

Fei Yan let out a soft cry, “Husband~”

Li Mo laughed, “Don’t want to go back to sleep, huh? How about sleeping with me?”

Fei Yan’s eyes instantly lit up.

She beamed with joy.

With a shy smile, she lowered her head and softly said, “Fei Yan listens to whatever husband arranges.”

The enchanting night, however, couldn’t compare to a thousandth of Fei Yan’s shyness.

Moonlight shone into the room.

Fei Yan’s fair, delicate skin faintly glowed under the moonlight.

Like a painting, her skin was as white as snow.

The moonlight peeking into the room furtively glanced at the bed.

Then shyly withdrew out the window.

Even the moon hid behind the clouds in embarrassment.

Fei Yan slowly opened her beautiful eyes, her unfocused gaze gradually clearing.

Her hot, white hand gently caressed Li Mo’s cheek.

Lifting her head, she placed a light kiss on his lips.

Her voice was so gentle it could drip water.

Concerned, she asked, “Is husband tired?”

Li Mo remained motionless, his brow slightly furrowed.

After a moment, he said, “No, there’s flute music.”

“Flute music?”

Fei Yan’s red lips slightly parted, softly repeating the words.

Then she seemed to recall something.

Slightly startled, she said, “Is it Bai Xianwu?”

Li Mo nodded, gently lowering the jade legs he had over his shoulder.

Feeling an urge to go chop Bai Xianwu into pieces.

What’s wrong with this woman?

Playing the flute neither early nor late, but exactly now!

But he couldn’t ignore it.

This flute music was like a switch.

Hearing the flute, those poisoned would activate the “Drunken God” within them.

They would follow the sound.

Li Mo gently touched Fei Yan’s hot cheek, apologetic, saying, “I have to go.”

If he didn’t go, all the earlier arrangements would be for nothing.
Holding his hand, Fei Yan said gently, “It’s okay, important things first. Fei Yan will wait for you to come back.”

Li Mo lowered his head and gave her a kiss, pulled out the radish, and brought out the mud.

He helped her tuck in the quilt, dressed neatly, and said, “You sleep first, I’ll be back in a while.”

Fei Yan nodded lightly.

But in reality, how could she sleep?

Worrying about him going alone was one reason.

Being excited and restless was another reason.

Li Mo walked for a little over a quarter hour and then stopped.

Bai Xianwu stood in front like an ice sculpture, with a stern face as if she had lost her mother.

“You went to see Han Fei tonight?”

Upon seeing Li Mo, she asked straightforwardly.

She did not attend tonight’s welcome banquet.

After Li Mo finished the banquet, he disappeared for a while, given the reason for his visit to Han.

It wasn’t hard to guess where he had gone.

“Yes.”

“What did you say to him?”

“To bring him into Qin.”

“He agreed?”

“He agreed.”

The two exchanged questions and answers, communicating like machines.

Bai Xianwu was completely a shell without emotions, and Li Mo had to play the part of an incoherent puppet.

In his heart, he cursed her ancestors for eighteen generations.

I was staying nicely in such a warm place, and you called me out to the cold just to ask these boring questions?

Bai Xianwu examined him with scrutinizing eyes and said loftily, “When are you planning to leave?”

Li Mo answered honestly, “If everything goes well tomorrow, I’ll leave the day after tomorrow early in the morning.”

“The day after tomorrow.”

Bai Xianwu nodded after hearing this.

It seemed like she had something to arrange.

Li Mo tensed inside, focusing all his attention.

He had been acting for so long just to see what trick she wanted to play.

But Bai Xianwu still didn’t reveal her purpose.

She just asked when he was returning and then left.

It seemed like she would only reveal her true intentions tomorrow night.

Actually, it didn’t matter how long Li Mo stayed here.

The reason he said tomorrow was to force Bai Xianwu to act sooner.

After he returned and comforted Fei Yan, they embraced and slept together.

Early the next morning, the carriage to take Li Mo to the palace arrived.

There were no hiccups in the court.

As Li Mo had anticipated, Emperor Han couldn’t wait to send Han Fei away now.

Li Mo didn’t wait for the court session to end and left first.

Escorted by an eunuch, he was stopped just at the gate of the palace.

In broad daylight, the only one who dared to block his way as the National Advisor of Qin was the unrestrained Princess Hongliang!

Hongliang blocked the gate like a female ruffian.

If you said she was a tomboy, Li Mo would believe it. But a princess?

Have you ever seen a princess standing at the palace gate with her legs apart and arms folded?

No manners or dignity.

“Stop!”

Hongliang shouted lightly.

Obviously here with ill intent.

Her big watery eyes stared at him.

Her pink cheeks puffed up like they had two walnuts inside.

She glared at Li Mo angrily, as if he had killed her father or taken her wife.

The nearby guards, cowering, wanted to advise but didn’t dare.

Princess Hongliang was famous for her willfulness, not even Emperor Han could handle her.

As for them, they would only get slapped for sticking their noses in.

Li Mo chuckled, “Oh, isn’t this Wangzai?”

Hongliang’s angry expression froze for a moment.

“Wangzai who?”

Upon hearing their conversation, the eunuch breathed a huge sigh of relief.

It seemed like this National Advisor of Qin knew the princess, so he didn’t have to step forward and risk angering Hongliang.

Li Mo carefully sensed around Hongliang.

He gasped in surprise.

How long had it been since he’d last seen her? The little steamed bun has turned into a big bun?

No wonder she would become so overwhelming later.

With this development speed, catching up with Mingzhu was only a matter of time!

“Um… sorry, I misspoke. Princess Hongliang it is.”

Hongliang was wearing a pink court dress, looking full of energy.

Her tender skin was like a baby’s.

The chest is bulging, showing signs of the buds of a girl.

The waist is tied with a belt.

It makes that slim waist seem like it can be held with just one hand.

Hongliang turned her head away and snorted haughtily.

Still blocking the door without any intention of letting them through.

“When you see this princess, why do you not salute?”

Li Mo laughed at her.

“Salute? I am the National Advisor of the Qin Empire, on equal footing with the Emperor of Qin and the Empress Dowager.”

“Entering the palace of your Han Empire requires a high seat, and discussing matters face-to-face with your father.”

“If the princess wants me to salute, dare you accept this courtesy?”

Does this little girl even know her own weight?

Hongliang’s big eyes rolled.

…

She muttered, “Really?”

This guy has such a high status now?

After going to Qin Empire once, he actually became the National Advisor!

“Yeah, yeah, Your Highness. This is the National Advisor of Qin Empire, also the Qin ambassador. Is it appropriate for us to be blocking the door here?”

The eunuch who was leading the way jogged up, grinning, trying to get Hongliang to step aside.

Hongliang furrowed her willow brows and shouted angrily, “This is my home, I can stand wherever I want. If you have the ability, fly over me.”

The eunuch came back with a head full of thorns.

Although Hongliang is willful, she wouldn’t be unreasonable.

This looks like she has some grievance with this National Advisor.

Hongliang was already full of resentment toward Li Mo for quietly taking Sister Zi and the others away. Now hearing that he is going to take Han Fei to Qin Empire as well.

She couldn’t bear it any longer.

If everyone leaves, what’s the point of her staying alone in Han Empire?

“So, what’s it going to be? Either you fly past me, or you leave my brother here.”

Hongliang crossed her arms and looked at Li Mo with an old-fashioned expression.

Li Mo asked back, “Does Princess not want the Ninth Prince to leave?”

“Nonsense, if you take everyone away, who will this princess play with in the future?”

Hongliang and Han Fei have had a good relationship since childhood.

If Han Fei goes to Qin Empire with him, who knows if they’ll ever see each other again.

Li Mo smiled helplessly.

Han Fei had no objections, and everything had been settled with the Emperor of Han.

Now suddenly a little thorny hedgehog appears to block the way.

“Let’s go, I’ll take you to a place first. After that, you can decide whether or not to let your brother leave.”

He took a few steps forward, reaching Hongliang’s side.

The faint girl’s scent on her body immediately seeped into his nose.

Hongliang pouted, uninterested, and asked, “What place?”

“Don’t think you can fool this princess, I am not that easy to deceive!”

This guy used to be a storyteller, his mouth is quite persuasive.

Li Mo smiled and said, “You’ll know when we get there.”

Hongliang looked him up and down, “I’ll trust you this once. If you don’t convince this princess, you have to send back both Sister Zi and Nongyu.”

Li Mo chuckled, bypassed her, and walked forward alone.

Those two?

Even if he sent them, they probably wouldn’t be willing to come back.

Two quarters of an hour later, a carriage stopped in front of a luxurious residence.

Hongliang’s pink figure hopped out like a swallow.

She vigorously rubbed her rosy cheeks, her eyes gleaming with a strange light.

Li Mo got off the carriage behind her.

He pursed his lips wordlessly.

Hongliang looked so panicked, someone unaware might think he did something to her in the carriage.

“Why did you bring this princess here?”

Hongliang shyly glanced at Li Mo.

The arrogance from blocking the door earlier was gone.

Sitting alone with someone other than her brother or father in the carriage for so long was a first for her.

“Of course, to show you why I want to take your brother away.”

Li Mo pointed at Han Fei’s residence.

The entire residence was surrounded by guards, not even a bird could fly in.

Han Fei hasn’t been confined for long, only about ten days.

Hongliang hadn’t visited since he was confined.

Seeing so many guards, she couldn’t help but be suspicious, “Why so many people?”

As she spoke, she lifted her leg to run inside.

But she was stopped by two guards at the entrance.

“By the order of the Emperor, no one is allowed to enter or leave the Young Master’s residence.” Long ago!