Chapter 564: Thin and Transparent Clothes
He swept a glance at Jian Lecheng, who resembled a marionette, and Ye Yiheng commanded the hidden guards who had followed Jian Lecheng from outside the gate, "Take him back to the Duke’s Mansion."
An Wushiba and the others clasped their fists in agreement and immediately carried Jian Lecheng away from Chun Liu and Dong Yan’s arms.
After leaving Leng Yu Yan’s courtyard, Jian Lecheng opened his eyes a crack.
An Wushiba snorted, "Young Master’s skill at playing ’dead’ is getting more and more impressive!"
With dark circles under his eyes, Jian Lecheng smiled ingratiatingly, "I truly fainted just now. In a daze, I felt the Commandery Princess taking my pulse on my wrist. She pressed suddenly, and I don’t know what acupoint she hit, but it woke me right up."
But in that moment, he could only continue to feign unconsciousness.
Thankfully, Your Highness was considerate, and the Commandery Princess was magnanimous. He had overheard their conversation just now and was filled with guilt. His previous prejudice and offenses against the Commandery Princess were truly unmerited.
At this time, inside the courtyard, Chun Liu respectfully reported, "Commandery Princess, Your Highness, the Young Master seemed to be awake just now."
Ye Yiheng spoke coolly, "With his level of poor acting..."
"Yanyan, forgive him!" Ye Yiheng’s tone changed, pleading earnestly, "The Duke Mansion has long since lost its power, and the Old Duke only has that one grandson. I had many companions in my studies before, but only he stayed behind."
He didn’t directly state the reason why the other companions had left, but Leng Yu Yan knew that it must be because of his increasingly frequent poisoning incidents and blindness, causing those companions to switch their allegiance to other princes.
The ancestors of Duke Jiang Mansion had also seen glory, their nobility unbroken to this day; although their titles remained, their real power was long gone.