Chapter 160   His Pet Could Only Belong to Him

Everything in the room was quiet. The fragrance ball on the table emanated light and fresh smell. Lanning didn’t want to interfere with her young master to check the account books, so she prepared a cup of tea for Ning Xueyan and then left the room. For those account books that she hadn’t finished checking in the day, Ning Xueyan would continue to check after supper.

With the fire burning in the oven, it wasn’t cold in the room. Being afraid of the room too stuffy, Lanning opened the window a little to let the fresh air in before her leaving.

Rubbing her forehead, Ning Xueyan closed the account book which she had finished checking and pushed it to aside.

Suddenly, she heard a faint sound close to the window. She raised her head cautiously and saw a man stand in front of the window, wearing a black robe with bright-red lycorisradiata embroidered on it. He was extremely handsome, but on his face, there was a cold and aggressive aura which would make people shiver. It was none other than Prince Yi, Ao Chenyi!

It seemed he had used to sneak into the Lord Protector’s Manor at night!

“Aren’t you happy to see me?” Ao Chenyi raised his eyebrows and his eyes were filled with joy. He was satisfied to see Ning Xueyan stay calm at sight of him. He remembered when he came at night for the first time, although she looked calm, she was actually nervous.

“Prince Yi, you always come and go in this way. Aren’t you afraid someone will find out?” Ning Xueyan asked, but she could do nothing. She wondered why this price liked to break into other’s manor in the middle of the night. After all, he was Prince Yi, the future emperor of the country.

“Nobody will find me out!” Ao Chenyi answered disdainfully. Although Ning Zu’an had arranged some guards in the manor, they couldn’t be compared with the guards of Prince Yi.

“Even if nobody could find you, you should pay attention to your safety. You’re a prince, so you should be more careful.” Ning Xueyan bit her lips and didn’t know what to do. She only wanted to remind him that it was improper to break into a girl’s room at night, but when she found he was staring at her coldly, she had to change the way to speak and tried to express her opinion implicitly.

He was such a domineering noble man!

Ao Chenyi didn’t seem to have regarded himself as a guest here. He walked to the bed beside her and sat down, leaning against the bedhead. “Don’t worry. If I want to come, Ning Zu’an can’t stop me,” he said.

“Prince Yi, you should be more patient for taking the military medallion. I’ll manage to go to the study room again sometime later,” Ning Xueyan said with a sigh. She had a feeling that he came here for the military medallion. But Ning Zu’an was indifferent to her whenever she saw him, so she had no opportunity to talk with him, let alone went to his study room.

She didn’t want to be close with the indifferent person, the so-called “father” of her.

Besides, Ning Huaiyuan and Ning Qingshan had just returned, so it wasn’t the right time to get close to Ning Zu’an.

“It seems your father loves your mother so much. It’s so late, but he is still looking for something in the room your mother lived in. I wonder if he has already found what he wanted.” Ao Chenyi looked at Ning Xueyan with a sly smile, raising his eyebrows.

“Prince Yi, what’s Ning Zu’an looking for? Since it’s the Lord Protector’s Manor, of course he can look for everything openly. Why is he doing this secretly at night?” Ning Xueyan blinked and said in confusion. She was curious, and her intuition told her that what Ning Zu’an was looking for had something to do with her.

She had secretly asked Mother Han about what happened last time, but Mother Han didn’t know clearly. She only told her that Madam Ming had lived there at the beginning after married to Ning Zu’an. However, it wasn’t long before her ‘affair’ was found out. Then she immediately moved to Bright Frost Garden. Because she was in a hurry, many of her belongs were left there. That was all she knew. If she pushed too hard, Mother Han would tell her to believe Madam Ming. She was sure that Madam Ming was wronged.

She knew nothing else about that place.

It seemed many of Madam Ming’s pieces of stuff were left in where she had lived before she was ‘caught’ having affairs with another man on the spot!

“So you think that Ning Zu’an should check or move anything he wants in the Lord Protector’s Manor for granted?” Ao Chenyi asked with a sneer, propping his hand against the bed.

“Prince Yi, don’t you think it’s weird?” Ning Xueyan didn’t understand what he meant, so she asked cautiously.

“Of course it’s weird! So I need to come and investigate from time to time!” Ao Chenyi said, as if he had a good reason to sneak into a girl’s room at night. He raised his chin toward the window, hinting Ning Xueyan to pay attention to the half-opened window, because he had entered the room from the window.

“Do you still want to go there and have a look? Maybe you can find some evidence about Ning Zu’an, then your imperial guards can show off your abilities,” Ning Xueyan said gently.

Everyone knew that killing was common for the imperial guards in capital. Prince Yi was the leader of the imperial guards, so he would be more cold-blooded than the others, just like a devil from the hell.

“Evidence? Yan’er, aren’t you looking for evidence? Maybe you don’t want to help me anymore, so you’re stalling for time!” Ao Chenyi said, looking at her coldly. A sly smile appeared on his lips and he suddenly reached out and grabbed her dress. Ning Xueyan was sitting beside him, and without any preparation in mind, she fell on top of him.

They were so close, and her beautiful marble-like eyes met his cold and aggressive eyes. Ao Chenyi wrapped his arms around her waist.

“Prince Yi, I dare not to stop looking for evidence for you!” Ning Xueyan was blushed. She knew at this moment, she couldn’t do anything. The man in front of her had never been reasonable. She had even agreed to act as his favorite concubine, and they had shown how close they were many times in front of so many people, so it would be too hypocritical for her to act as if she were too shy to be close with him.

“You don’t dare? I know you have guts. If you don’t want to help me, I don’t mind stopping trade with you!” he said, staring at her, his eyes full of coldness, mystery and rage. Under his gaze, Ning Xueyan didn’t dare to move. She was clear that nobody could stop trading with Ao Chenyi easily.

“I never force people to do anything. You can tell me directly if you don’t want to help me.” Ao Chenyi turned over on the bed and pressed her under him, looking down at her. In the shadow of the light, she could only saw his ice-like eyes. She couldn’t help but clench her fists.

From her rebirth at the very beginning to trade with him, Ning Xueyan had never thought to stop the trade, even if the consequence might beyond what she could imagine. She was clear that she was pale and weak in front of him. Until now, she hadn’t done anything for him, but he had already helped her several times.

In that respect, she owed him.

She must be stronger for taking revenge and for protecting people who were close to her.

Ning Xueyan took a deep breath and said in a low voice, biting her lip, “Prince Yi, I won’t forget that. I promise I’ll get the military medallion of the previous dynasty for you.”

Ao Chenyi looked at the girl in front of him coldly. She turned her head aggrieved with a pale face. She was so weak and even fragile that he couldn’t help wanting to protect her especially when he heard the determination in her words. However, from the coldness in her eyes which was similar to his, he knew how strong-willed she was.

“Do you still remember the room of your mom?” Ao Chenyi looked down and his eyes went darker under his long eyelashes.

“Yes. I know what you mean. I’ll check it,” Ning Xueyan answered obediently and nodded. From the killing intent of his eyes, she could tell that Ao Chenyi was more aggressive tonight than ever. It reminded her that the prince in front of her was not only noble, but also temperamental.

“It’s said my forth nephew saw a beautiful girl in the Lord Protector’s Manor and he fell in love with her.” his cold voice rang out in her ear. The coldness of his manner and the way she was now pressed under him almost enveloped her in his shadow, and made her smothered.

She moved her hands slightly just now, but they were immediately pressed to the sides of her head by him.

“Prince Yi, I don’t understand what you’re talking about!” Ning Xueyan was confused. Ao Chenyi was really different from others and his mind always too active! He was talking about the trade between them, but suddenly, he shifted the topic to Forth Prince. Why Forth Prince should tell her whom he had seen in the Lord Protector’s Manor?

“You don’t understand? Didn’t you see Ao Mingwan?” Ao Chenyi narrowed his eyes, shooting a cold gleam. How dared someone else pry about his little wild cat! At the thought of this, he couldn’t restrain his anger. He came here from Prince Yi’s Manor to let this little wild cat know who her master was!

His pet could only belong to him!

“Forth Prince? I have never seen him, and I don’t know whom he has fallen in love with!” Ning Xueyan said frankly. She knew that Ao Mingwan was Forth Prince’s name. She had battled her wits against Third Prince recently, but she actually didn’t see Forth Prince. Ning Zu’an was on the side of Ao Mingyu, so she wondered why Ao Chenyi suddenly talked about Forth Prince.

“Prince Yi, do you want to know whom Forth Prince had a fancy to?” she asked subconsciously, a confused look appeared in her watery eyes under her feathery eyelashes.

Ao Chenyi looked at her cream-like face and pale lips coldly. Although she was now recuperated, her lip color was still lighter than that of other women. Her tender petal-like lips were pressed together, showing her pride. This aggressive girl looked at him frankly, without any concealment.

“You don’t have to ask about this. I’m asking you to inquire about things about your mom’s room!” Ao Chenyi snorted and let go of Ning Xueyan. He then stood up. His slim and long figure which surrounded in powerful aura cast a shadow in the light and covered Ning Xueyan. He decided not to tell her about what Ao Mingwan had said with Consort Shu in the palace.

“Prince Yi, do you want me to investigate it immediately?” Ning Xueyan raised her head in surprise. She hadn’t established herself in the Lord Protector’s Manor, so it was impossible for her to investigate Ning Zu’an at such a moment.

“Why should I tell you what I’m going to do?” Ao Chenyi looked at her coldly and slyly from the corner of his eyes. Then he turned and walked toward the window. The bright-red lycorisradiata embroidered on his robe flashed several times, and then he disappeared in the darkness, only left a half-opened window behind.

“What did he come here for? I can’t believe he has left like this!”

Ning Xueyan was surprised. She got out of the bed and walked out to have a look, but saw nobody. It seemed this temperamental prince came here for nothing except for warning her!