#146 - Wei Changtian's Choice
Chapter 146: Wei Changtian's Choice
Something happened at the Prince's Residence.
Hearing this, Wei Changtian's eyes sharpened instantly. He glanced at the bewildered Ning Yu Ke from the corner of his eye, then slowly stood up from the bluestone.
"Princess, I have some urgent matters to arrange. Please wait a moment."
"Yes, you don't need to worry about me," Ning Yu Ke nodded gently.
"I apologize."
Wei Changtian smiled and cupped his fist. After walking a distance away from Zhang San, the expression on his face slowly turned grim:
"What happened? Did they discover that Ning Yu Ke is missing?"
"It's not that..."
Zhang San lowered his voice and replied, "Young Master, the brothers monitoring the Prince's Residence just reported that they personally saw dozens of men in black quietly enter the residence. As soon as they noticed this, they immediately sent someone to Yanyun Mountain. Half an hour has passed now."
"Men in black? Entering the Prince's Residence?"
Wei Changtian paused, his pupils suddenly contracting: "Anything else? Bring the scout over!"
"Yes!"
Zhang San waved his hand, and the thin man waiting nearby immediately stepped forward, quickly recounting the events at the Prince's Residence in detail.
Men in black, carrying swords, all with extraordinary skills, entered the Prince's Residence and then there was no movement...
As Wei Changtian listened, his brain was running at full speed.
Judging from the scout's description, there were only two possibilities for the origin of this group of people.
One was Ning Qingyu's people, and the other was Ning Yongnian's people.
Wei Changtian felt that the former was more likely.
After all, the "Joint Investigation Team" was still in Shuzhou City, and the assassination of the Prince was still under investigation. Ning Yongnian shouldn't act again at this juncture, right...
But that was hard to say.
What if they really were assassins...
Wei Changtian didn't want to meddle in other people's business. If those people were really assassins sent by Ning Yongnian, he would definitely not run over and save Ning Qingyu a second time.
But what about Ning Yu Ke?
Send her back, sending a lamb into the tiger's mouth?
"Yes."
Zhang San nodded, then confirmed, "Young Master, are we returning to the mansion, or..."
"Go to Shun Prince's Residence first."
"Young Master, did something happen?"
An incense stick later, the black carriage left the foot of Yanyun Mountain and sped along the official road towards Shuzhou City.
Ning Yu Ke looked at the silent Wei Changtian and said softly with some concern, "Your face doesn't seem very good."
"Thank you for your concern, Princess."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "It's nothing serious, I was just thinking about something."
"Oh..."
Seeing that Wei Changtian was unwilling to speak, Ning Yu Ke didn't ask any further, but gently turned her head to look at the night outside the carriage window.
She didn't know why, but ever since just now, she had always had a sense of inexplicable panic and unease in her heart.
Dark clouds covered the moon, and her heartbeat became more and more rapid.
"Who is it?!"
At the south gate of Shuzhou City, several city gate soldiers waved their hands to stop Wei Changtian's carriage, preparing to conduct a routine inspection before entering the city.
Zhang San jumped out of the carriage, walking towards the soldiers while reaching into his chest.
He always carried the tokens of the Suspended Mirror Division and the Azure Robe Army. He could basically pass unhindered throughout Shuzhou City by showing any one of them.
However, this time he took out not the token, but several ingots of white silver.
"Respected officers, my master is asleep in the carriage. Could you please be lenient and not wake him up?"
"Hmm?"
Several soldiers looked around, then smiled and took the silver, each secretly putting it into their sleeves.
"It's understandable that you're tired late at night."
"You don't seem like a bad person, so we won't check. Hurry up and go in."
"Thank you for your leniency, officers!"
Zhang San cupped his fist and thanked them. The black carriage also entered the city smoothly, heading towards the Prince's Residence at a moderate pace.
It was already Yin time, and dawn would be approaching in about two more hours.
Although Da Ning did not have a curfew, few people would run to the streets at three or four in the morning for a stroll.
The streets were empty, the doors and windows of every household were tightly closed, and occasionally a few beggars and drunkards were lying on the roadside, snoring loudly.
Everything indicated that tonight seemed no different from usual.
Could it be that I'm overthinking it?
Wei Changtian looked at the scene in the night through the carriage curtain, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
It had been more than an hour since that group of men in black entered the Prince's Residence. If they were really assassins, the entire city would definitely have been in chaos long ago. How could it be so quiet?
"Phew..."
That's for the best.
"Princess, I'll stop the carriage near the Prince's Residence later, and then have Zhang San send you in."
Wei Changtian turned his gaze back and said softly to Ning Yu Ke, who was frowning and thinking about something, "Please don't tell anyone about tonight's events."
"Ah..."
Hearing this, Ning Yu Ke came back to her senses and quickly nodded to assure him: "Don't worry, Young Master, I will definitely not tell anyone else."
"That's good."
Wei Changtian hesitated for a moment, then reached into his sleeve and took out something.
"Princess, please take this back too."
"This is..."
Ning Yu Ke squinted to look at it using the candlelight inside the carriage, and then her whole body trembled the next moment.
A white pouch with golden patterns, embroidered with the words "Peace".
"Young Master Wei..."
A smile squeezed out on her face, but her tone carried a hint of pleading.
"D-Don't you like the style of this pouch?"
"W-Why don't I embroider another one for..."
"No need."
Wei Changtian shook his head gently, placing the pouch next to Ning Yu Ke's hand.
He originally wanted to say something more, but in the end it only turned into one sentence.
"Princess, take care."
"..."
The sound of "da da da" hooves grew slower and slower, then stopped.
Ning Yu Ke bit her lip tightly, clutching the pouch she had sewn stitch by stitch in her hand, her eyes filled with painful struggle.
"Young Master, we've arrived at the Prince's Residence."
Zhang San's voice came from outside the carriage. Wei Changtian glanced at Ning Yu Ke and asked through the carriage curtain:
"Is there anything unusual?"
"Everything is normal."
"That's good..."
Wei Changtian turned his head back, his tone calm: "Princess, you should go now."
"..."
A gust of night wind floated into the carriage, and a few strands of green hair near Ning Yu Ke's ears swayed slightly in the whistling wind.
Ning Yu Ke didn't refuse, but took one last deep look at Wei Changtian.
Perhaps she also knew that she would probably not be able to see Wei Changtian again after tonight, so she wanted to firmly remember the appearance of this man in her heart.
"Young Master... you take care too."
Several gusts of west wind came at night, hastily stealing and changing the world.
Ning Yu Ke suddenly turned her head away, forcibly holding back the tears that were about to flow from the corners of her eyes, bent down and prepared to get out of the carriage.
However, at this moment.
"Pa!"
A large hand suddenly and without warning grabbed her arm from behind, and then with a yank, actually dragged her directly back into the carriage.
"Ah!"
Ning Yu Ke screamed subconsciously, wanting to turn her head to look at Wei Changtian.
But before she could turn her head, a low roar suddenly exploded in her ears.
"Zhang San, go!!"
