Chapter 5: Reunion After Eight Years
"Not here? So you've just been waiting around in the mansion all day in vain?" Qi Ling frowned. He should have said so earlier; he had been following His Highness all day, standing the entire time without a chance to slack off, "Impossible. Did you meet Prince Duan?"
Qi Yu shook his head, somewhat displeased. It had been hard enough guarding the door, and yet His Highness insisted on sending Qi Ling to deliver the goods.
If the Empress found out the Commandery Princess frequented the Crown Prince's Mansion so often, they would be the ones to suffer the most.
"Prince Duan is very cautious, only letting a carriage led by a team of three horses leave the city to rendezvous outside." Qi Yu's mind wasn't fully present; to be exact, he was somewhat panic-stricken. It had always been the Commandery Princess forcing her way into the Crown Prince's Mansion, and His Highness didn't drive her away, not because he was too kind-hearted and gentle, treating everyone with warmth and courtesy, but when had he ever seen...
Qi Yu suddenly tensed up, his spirit instantly on high alert.
"Commandery Princess, Commandery Princess, you can't go in—" He just knew it was too good to be true to have a quiet day.
Before Qi Yu could step forward, several figures emerged, with the lead one wrapping an arm around Qi Yu's.
"Big brother Qi Yu, look at the Cloud Gauze Waistband I got today, is it soft or not?" Qi Yu's body immediately stiffened, his hands unsure where to place and not daring to touch.
"Oh, big brother Qi Zhu, haven't seen you in days, and you've grown even more handsome." Qi Zhu immediately tried to slip away; he was sorry to His Highness, but he couldn't block the way.
Steward Hu had just reminded the maid to deliver the supper, and as soon as he stepped out, he saw Qi Yu tugging and pulling, his beard and eyebrows almost curling up.
"This, what kind of decorum is this." His Highness was still in the study, and such noise and commotion were simply unseemly.