Indulging in Carnal Desire
chapter-275

“Sixth Prince, have you really thought this through? Are you truly going to do this?”

In a remote alley, a man and a woman inconspicuously stood by a rock garden, involved in a serious conversation.

“Yes.” A cold male voice responded, “If Lady Yun can’t help, then please treat it as if Jing Chen hadn’t said anything.”

Looking over the two, the man’s body was tall and toned, while the female’s body was thin and graceful, appearing like a perfect couple.

“Why wouldn’t I!” Seeing the man in front of him about to take his leave, Yun Wan quickly tried to grab his wrist but was unfortunately evaded seamlessly.

In just two short years, the man in front of her had become even more fascinating.

Even though he still appeared ordinary in the eyes of outsiders, she knew that he had secretly worked harder as well as more resourceful and talented than the other princes. He was also destined to be the best candidate for that position.

Moreover, his face…

Yun Wan could recall the time when she asked for some incense from the temple, she had happened to come across a mysterious someone talking to the abbot in the back garden. And, that person’s figure and appearance were one and the same with the Sixth Prince before her who was currently wearing a mask. However, the face of that particular person was without a single flaw, his appearance graceful and unparalleled to any other.

According to the little novice monk, that benefactor was a person that the abbot admired very much. During the devastating flood, he alone helped thousands of refugee children outside the capital. Furthermore, he had won against the abbot in a game of chess at a young age, earning himself the abbot’s high praise, but his identity was very mysterious.

She once suspected that the man was Sixth Prince but had no definite way of confirming it.

But, she believed in her intuition.

The Sixth Prince’s future was limitless.

At present, he was supposed to have been conferred a title, like the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince, but the emperor seemed to have forgotten his very existence in the palace, and today, he had flagged her down, telling her that he was planning to go to the dangerous battlefield and asked for her help.

Her father Marquis Weiyuan was now arranging troops to go to the border as the Tarzi tribe had begun to stir. It was uncertain when they would win the war. To ask to be dispatched right at this critical time, if that was not asking for death, what else could it be?

This was the sole reason for her hesitation.

But now that he had made up his stubborn mind, Yun Wan could only say through gritted teeth, “If you really want to go to the border, I will tell my father, and he’ll also help you with the emperor’s side!”

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Jing Chen no longer lingered in this conversation.

“Thank you then, Lady Yun.”

“Are you still calling me Lady Yun?” Yun Wan stamped her foot irritably. At the beginning of the year, Concubine Rong had asked the emperor to bestow them a marriage, making them now engaged to be wed.

“…” Jing Chen pursed his lips and hesitated, clenching his fists underneath his long sleeves, “Thank you Ah Wan, then.”

“This is nothing much,” Yun Wan smiled in satisfaction and flirtatiously twirled her hair, but she couldn’t contain her anxiousness and spoke bluntly, “The-Then, when are you coming back?”

Their wedding was originally scheduled to take place in the middle of the year. If Jing Chen were to go to the border, everything would get delayed.

“At present, I don’t have an idea…” Jing Chen looked down sullenly, “So, when I return home with victory…”

The remaining unspoken words started to form in Yun Wan’s mind by themselves, “At present I don’t have an idea, so I can’t match up to you… So, when I return home with victory, I will surely marry you…”

“Okay, I’ll wait for you.”

In truth, Jing Chen didn’t make such promises.

Looking at Yun Wan’s shy figure running away, a fiery red glint flashed across his eyes.

It was not as though he hadn’t done anything in the past two years. He had already found out how everything had started.

It was this woman who had caused him to lose his most precious treasure, and now, he still had to endure and hold back the urge to murder her in cold blood, merely putting on a show for her.

Back in the side chamber, he languidly laid on the bed, gently rubbing the mask with one hand while recalling his master’s words.

“Jing Chen, there is nothing you can learn from this master anymore. The you of today still needs to go take a look at this world…”

“As a high-ranking official in the internal court, one should always worry about the common people and their needs. Even in faraway lands, you must never forget to protect this country’s safety and wellbeing. You must go and see how much this world has to offer and the hundred thousands of people who suffer greater hardships than you.”

“To become emperor, the means must be harsh but also must have compassion.”

In reality, Jing Chen’s heart was cold as ice.

In actuality, he really wanted to retort back, ‘What do those people have to do with me?’ He didn’t need compassion, nor did he need to care about the ways of the world.

All of the people in this world had nothing to do with me… except for one person.

But for her, he was willing to take a good look at this vast world.

If this could get her back to his side.

Soon, a piece of news disseminated from the capital.

The Sixth Prince, who had always kept a low profile, had suddenly asked the emperor to be recommended, wishing to join the army in their conquest.

Weiyuan Hou went out with it and reconsidered it on the grounds that this calculated move can be effective in calming the people’s mind and strengthening the military’s morality.

In the end, the emperor agreed to the Sixth Prince’s request and ordered him to supervise the army, conferring him a thousand guards, letting him set off with the army beyond the pass.

*

On the other side, over at Imperial Tutor Jiang’s residence in the capital.

“Have you really thought this through? This trip will be long and arduous with avid danger lurking in every corner, where even life and death are unpredictable,” The elderly man put on a disapproving face, “Do you still want to go?”

“Wouldn’t it be good to wait for him to return from the capital?”

The other person was dressed in bright yellow beizi¹Beizi: a large loose outer coat with loose and long sleeves . With a picturesque appearance, the girl shook her head and smiled sweetly, bowing to the old man, “Thank you Imperial Tutor Jiang for taking care of me these past two years. No one is presently pursuing the incident from before, and he is almost about to leave the city. Since there isn’t a problem anymore, I don’t need to continue hiding.”

“After taking care of him for so many years, now that he is brazenly leaping into dangerous waters again, if I don’t accompany him, my heart wouldn’t be able to feel at ease.”

Imperial Tutor Jiang replied back helplessly, “You little ones sure are troublesome. One is even more stubborn than the other. Sigh, this grandpa is too old to understand your wild thoughts. Do whatever you want. Do whatever you want.”

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