Chapter 713 - 713: Brothers Meet
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Ordinary officials had to get out of the carriage and walk here. Only the royal family’s carriage could go all the way to the end.
Mei Ji and Zhuge Qing sat in Yuwen Huai’s carriage, so there was naturally no need to get out.
She lifted the curtain and looked at the crowd. Suddenly, she exclaimed, “Sir? I think I saw those three little fellows!”
Zhuge Qing did not say anything. Instead, Yuwen Huai smiled and asked,
“What little fellows?”
Mei Ji was dressed like a decent woman today. Her clothes were not revealing, but she had picked out a dazzling cloud pattern brocade and put on exquisite and beautiful makeup. She was as beautiful as a peach.
An official passing by glanced at her and bumped into a pillar on the spot.
“Useless.” She rolled her eyes before answering Yuwen Huai with a smile. “The three small tenants of the inn opposite have been coming to Sir’s house recently.”
She didn’t want to talk to Yuwen Huai. She wanted to see the three children.
However, when she looked over again, the children was long gone.
Mei Ji was disappointed.
The three little ones, Wei Ting, and Su Xiaoxiao were invited into the carriage of the Princess’s Residence.
Yuwen Xi and the young Princess of Western Jin sat in the carriage. The Western Jin Emperor had given an oral order for Yuwen Xi and her daughter to come to the banquet.
Yuwen Xi opened a gap in the curtain and said to Wei Ting and Su Xiaoxiao,
“The carriage in front is Yuwen Huai’s. Zhuge Qing is also in his carriage.”
Was she going to see the legendary Mr. Zhuge? Su Xiaoxiao was looking forward to it.
In the other carriage, Yuwen Huai looked at Zhuge Qing in front of him and said, “Father released Yuwen Xi and said that he only wanted her to attend the banquet and would continue to restrict her when she returned. However, I’m afraid things aren’t that simple. With my understanding of Yuwen Xi, she will seize every opportunity to turn things around. I don’t want to see her make a comeback. Do you have a way to deal with it, Sir?”
Zhuge Qing said calmly, “Yes.”
Mei Ji thought to herself, So this Yuwen Huai invited Sir to the banquet to deal
with Yuwen Xi.
Yuwen Huai smiled, and the worry on his face dissipated a lot. “As expected, with Sir around, it’s foolproof.”
The banquet was held in Chongming Hall in the front courtyard. The banquet had yet to officially begin. There was a pavilion, a garden lotus pond, and temporary private pavilions to the east of the hall. To the west was an orchard and a grassland.
Among them, the garden and grassland were the most lively. The former had women playing pitch-pot, and the latter had male guests playing courtesies.
The carriage stopped on the willow path beside the lotus pond.
The young Princess of Western Jin asked the three little ones, “Dahu, Erhu,
Xiaohu, what do you want to play?”
Dahu wanted to play stilts, Erhu wanted to row the boat, and Xiaohu wanted to pitch the pot. For the first time, the three brothers’ opinions were not united.
“Ah, this…” The young Princess of Western Jin scratched her head. She was in a difficult position.
Su Xiaoxiao tore three pieces of paper and wrote one, two, and three respectively. She asked the three brothers to draw and play according to the order they drew.
In the end, Dahu got one, Erhu got two, and Xiaohu got three.
There was no difference from following their birth order.
Xiaohu was depressed.
The young Princess of Western Jin brought the three little ones to the grassland to play.
Xing’er and Moxie followed.
Yuwen Xi brought Su Xiaoxiao and Wei Ting to a nearby pavilion.
The palace servants served tea and snacks and left.
Yuwen Xi took a sip of tea and said, “Today is my only chance. If I can’t completely revoke Father’s ban on me, it will be difficult for me to come out in the future. ”
Wei Ting asked, “What do you plan to do, Your Highness?”
Yuwen Xi smiled faintly. “This time, it’s Zhuge Qing’s doing. If I don’t want to be schemed against by Yuwen Huai again, I have to defeat him first.”
Wei Ting looked at his calm and confident speech and said, “Your Highness already has a good plan.”
Yuwen Xi said with a deep gaze, “Of course. I prepared a huge gift for Zhuge
Qing today! ”
It seemed that Zhuge Qing would not be able to escape today. However, what did this have to do with him? His goal was to find his second brother. After finding his second brother, he would immediately bring him back to the Great Zhou. The internal strife in the Western Jin had nothing to do with him.
The Great Zhou’s diplomatic mission came over. Wei Ting went to greet the Old Marquis and Su Yuan.
Su Xiaoxiao was a physician invited by Yuwen Xi. She and Wei Ting did not come to Western Jin as officials. It was more appropriate for the two of them to appear with Yuwen Xi. Otherwise, it would be suspicious if they deliberately cut ties with the Princess’s Residence.
“That’s true.” Su Yuan patted Wei Ting’s shoulder. “See you at the banquet later.”
Wei Ting nodded. “Alright, I’ll go over first.”
After he left, Su Yuan smiled and said to the Old Marquis, “Father, Wei Ting is a good person.”
The Old Marquis snorted.
Mei Ji couldn’t sit still in the pavilion. She wanted to go out and wander.
Yuwen Huai found a young eunuch to accompany her, but she rejected him. She hated unrelated people following her.
She left the pavilion and saw the three little packrats rolling around the grass field after taking a few steps.
“Aiya! It’s really them!”
Her eyes lit up and she was about to run over to rub the babies.
Suddenly, she saw a familiar figure. She took a closer look. “It’s him? Why is this blind man here? Who is he? I’ve never seen him in the palace before? Is he a new advisor hired by someone?
“Could he be from Yuwen Xi’s residence?”
If that was the case, it was no wonder he would investigate Sir.
It was Yuwen Xi!
It seemed that this guy had to be killed!
She took out the bone whistle in her wide sleeve and blew it three times. Behind Zhuge Qing, a man in black armor walked forward. “Sir, Mei Ji is calling me.”
This person was the assassin that Zhuge Qing had agreed to lend to Mei Ji.
“Go.” Zhuge Qing paused and reminded, “Be careful.”
“Yes.”
The assassin obeyed.
He found Mei Ji.
Mei Ji pointed at Wei Ting not far away and said, “Kill him!”
“Sir told me to be careful.’
“Just lure him to an empty place and kill him. It’s fine as long as you don’t hurt the innocent!”
“Okay.”
The assassin walked towards Wei Ting. The moment he brushed past Wei Ting, he snatched Wei Ting’s pouch.
Wei Ting frowned.
In the pavilion, Yuwen Huai’s trusted aide walked forward and reported to Yuwen Huai in a low voice, “Your Highness, His Majesty wants you to go over.”
“Got it.” Yuwen Huai smiled at Zhuge Qing, who was sitting in the wheelchair.
“Sir, I’ll be back soon.”
Zhuge Qing was the only one left in the pavilion.
On the other hand, after Wei Ting’s pouch was snatched, he was naturally unwilling to let the matter rest.
That person’s qinggong was extremely high, and he instantly disappeared from the orchard opposite.
Wei Ting chased after him.
The orchard was empty and silent.
He focused his attention and qi, vigilant of the surroundings.
Suddenly, a vast killing intent came from above. He looked up and saw the man holding the saber with both hands slashing at him.
Wei Ting dodged sideways.
They could not bring weapons into the palace, so he did not know where this person’s long saber came from.
The saber missed and slashed the ground, creating a deep gash on the spot.
It was obvious that had he not been able to dodge, he would have long been cut into two.
It was a Black Armored Guard.
Someone from the Eldest Prince’s residence.
Was Crimson Moon Opera House a force of the Eldest Prince’s residence?
It could also be that Zhuge Qing.
This person’s martial arts were extremely high, and he did not have a weapon. He did not have the advantage in a fight. “Don’t you pick the wrong one again.”
“Yes, Auntie.”
Not far away, the voices of a few palace maids sounded.
The killer, who was about to slash his shoulder, suddenly put away his knife and flashed behind a big tree.
After the palace maids walked away, the assassin immediately rushed out. Unexpectedly, Wei Ting was also gone!
The killer hurriedly chased after him.
Wei Ting deduced that he could not expose his identity. As long as he came to a crowded place, he would be fine.
There was a pavilion ahead. The curtain of the pavilion had been lowered, but one could vaguely see a figure through the gap.
Wei Ting took a few steps up the steps, lifted the curtain, and flashed into the pavilion.
“Is His Eldest Highness in the pavilion?”
“No, he went to see His Majesty. I’ll come over immediately. Did you pluck these fruits for the people under the hall?”
“Yes.”
After hearing the conversation between the palace maid and the eunuch at the bottom of the steps, Wei Ting felt terrible.
Had he barged into Yuwen Huai’s territory?
Yuwen Huai was nowhere to be seen in the pavilion. There was only a man in a wheelchair, his thin figure facing away from him.
There was a long sword on the stone table beside the man.
Wei Ting took out his sword without a word and placed it on his neck.. “Don’t make a sound, or I’ll kill you!”