The Rich and Powerful Chang An Chapter 24-25

Chapter 24

After Xiao Qing Yan and Xu Chang An were called away one after another, Min Yu was proud of herself. Fortunately, she had listened to her mother’s words to make things bigger, or she would have suffered from depression.

“Momo, do you think Xu Chang An will be punished? Or is she just scolding him? By the way, what did Wang Ye do in the palace? Why did the emperor summoned Wang Ye into the palace?” Xu Chang An was this residence’s Wang Fei, in this Wang Residence, as long as Wang Ye did not deal with him, no one could do anything about him. But they were married into the Imperial House, the affairs in the harem of Wang Residence, however partial was Wang Ye, the object of her justice was of course the Empress.

“Cefei Niangniang, don’t worry. When he got to the Empress’s place, can the Empress still treat Xu Chang An well?” The Second Prince and Xian Wang had a deep grudge. Xian Wang’s Wang Fei could not be please to the Empress.

“That’s right. Besides, my dad and Lin Family are on the same boat. Empress Niangniang will help me.” Almost already fantasized about the scene of Xu Chang An being flogged by the Empress, Min Yu touched her head lightly, there was still some regret. Yesterday she tried to make it a little bit bigger, she didn’t know if it would leave a scar on her forehead, if left behind, it would be impossible for Xu Chang An to live half his life.

“By the way, why didn’t Qin Xin come over? I was hurt. Didn’t she come to see me?” It reminded her that from yesterday, she didn’t see Qin Xin, and Min Yu just got up.

“What does Qin Xin mean?” She didn’t even look at her.

“Ai-yah, my young lady ah, why do you have to mind about her? You didn’t see her coming here and never went back once. Didn’t anyone from her family come to see her? She can’t compare with you. Why minding about her? ”

“Humph!” Just knew that Qin Xin could not compare with herself, Min Yu felt angry, she was hurt and Qin Xin did not come to see her, she ate the leopard’s guts!(1)

Qin Xin naturally knew that Min Yu was injured, and she knew that it must be her stupid Momo’s idea. She did not go to Min Yu’s place on purpose, because she wanted to let the people of Wang Residence slowly knew that she and Min Yu, they were not two people on a same ship.

The worries in the heart eventually came true.

It’s only half a month since she moved into Xian Wang Residence. Judging from the reaction of her family, Qin Xin knew that she could only rely on herself from now on. Xian Wang and the Second Prince were obviously incompatible like fire and water. Her father had already crossed over to the Second Prince, but now she had become Xian Wang Cefei, so the father could only have two choices; abandon the Second Prince to stand with Xian Wang’s, or continue to support the Second Prince… and give up the daughter.

Xian Wang had become the abandoned son, the father’s choice was naturally the latter, her own worries eventually came true, and in the future she and Xu Chang An were no different; no parental family they could rely on.

“Niangniang, it’s cold now. Don’t sit at the wind gap, be careful of catching cold.”

“Milkmaid, I just want to live well, not to be bullied by anyone.” Even if the heart was like a mirror in the mire, Qin Xin knew that her road was doomed to be difficult to leave.

After returning from Wang Fei’s place, Qin Xin understood that if she did not want to embarrass herself in this residence in the future, she had better not go against Wang Fei, no matter what Wang Ye thought of him, at least so far, he was better than her in the heart of Wang Ye.

Xu Chang An had no idea that he had fallen asleep in the bathtub. When he felt something wrong with his body as if he were being held by someone, he opened his eyes in a daze, he was scared and woke up immediately.

“Wang Ye!” He even fell asleep, but also let Xiao Qing Yan directly from the bathtub to carry him! He wanted Xiao Qing Yan to put him down, Chang An was just about to open his mouth, Xiao Qing Yan had arrived to the bedside and put him directly in bed.

Almost as soon as his body touched the bed, Xu Chang An quickly retracted into the quilt. He and Xiao Qing Yan had been sleeping together for several days, but he had never been naked. Although they were all men, each other’s body was the same, but their relationship… now this kind of makes people embarrassed.

“Wang Ye, please rest early.” Xu Chang An could not care about any established rules now. He directly covered in the bedclothes, appeared as if he had fallen asleep. He knew it’s not in conformity with the established rules. He had to get up to serve Xiao Qing Yan first before he went to bed. But he could not think so much now. He just felt his face was burning. He never thinks that one day he would be so embarrassed in front of Xiao Qing Yan.

Looking at Xu Chang An, who was eager to cram his entire body into the quilt, Xiao Qing Yan felt really puzzled. These days he (XQY) really did not show any preferences of men, but he as his own Wang Fei, regardless of whether he (XQY) liked or not, he should take the initiative to please him (XQY), but why was he always fear of their closeness?

Xiao Qing Yan had an uncomfortable injury on his back, so he had to sleep on his side. Only after he fell asleep did he found that the room was still burning candles. He ordered Xu Chang An to get up and put out the candles and sleep again.

When Xu Chang An heard Xiao Qing Yan’s instructions, his body was rigid, but it was immediately accepted. He didn’t want to get up like this naked at **, his quilt wrapped around him was so uncomfortable that he simply unfastened his hair band and let a long hair covered his entire back.

Although already eighteen, but still a young figure, thin waist, slender straight legs, perhaps not much exercise, before the eyes, the body was a little gentler and less masculine than a man should have.

Xiao Qing Yan did not know that he was facing a man’s totally ** body, thought in his heart it would be like this, originally he was not as disgusted with the man’s body as he imagined, he felt absolutely inaccessible.

Finally back to the bed, but Xu Chang An could not sleep, clearly just now he was sleepy, why now even a little did not feel sleepy?

“When is the autumn hunting, Wang Ye?” Thinking that Xiao Qing Yan could not fall asleep so fast, Xu Chang An asked what he was thinking about. If only he could ride a horse, he would not be embarrassing Xiao Qing Yan.

“Three days later.” Did not know if it was because Xiao Qing Yan was leaning sideways, in the silent night, Xu Chang An even felt that Xiao Qing Yan’s words were spoken in his ears.

But he had no time to feel timid and nervous. The meaning of Xiao Qing Yan’s words made him stunned. “What? How can it be so fast? But you still have injuries!” Xiao Qing Yan’s wounds would take at least four or five days to crust, and there would be no strong pain, but in three days it would be the autumn hunting. When the time comes, will he be able to bear it?

“Wang Ye, you have hurt yourself, the emperor knows, at that time can’t you…”

“The injury on my body caused by the hand of the emperor, and no one else knew.” Xiao Qing Yan interrupted before he could finish speaking; Xiao Qing Yan’s reply also made Xu Chang An unable to speak the next words.

“Wang Ye?” So that’s why Xiao Qing Yan retired after he returned to the residence. He didn’t want to let anyone know that he was hurt, or that he was flogged by the emperor when he entered the palace today. No, it should be… Xiao Qing Yan didn’t want anyone to know that he was hurt by the emperor’s meaning.

“Why don’t you call me Your Highness?” Didn’t you always call Your Highness?

“… Wang Ye, I will remember that later.” Didn’t you remind me? Another call or I will be scolded.

“Why don’t you call yourself Chen qie(2)?” It hadn’t been called out.

“… Can I just call myself Chen?” Just listen to the two words of ‘Chen qie’, Xu Chang An felt that he had a goose bump. Should he say it out… Or let Xiao Qing Yan directly put him into the firewood shed.

“Forget it, whatever makes you happy.”

“Thank you, Wang Ye.” Finally let out a sigh of relief, Xu Chang An was really ready to sleep, but his heart was confused, they were not talking about the autumn hunting? How did things messed up?

The author has something to say: I expect the plot to come.

(1) have a lot of guts/courage

(2) your (servant) wife/concubine

Chapter 25

Xu Chang An always slept well, so the next day when he woke up and found himself sleeping in Xiao Qing Yan’s arms, he couldn’t figure it out. Was it because Xiao Qing Yan’s body is warmer than himself? After falling asleep, he moved along with the heat source.

Xu Chang An never dared to look at Xiao Qing Yan’s face carefully. He only knew that Xiao Qing Yan was very good-looking, and not only his face, but also Xiao Qing Yan’s whole person was what he liked and wanted to grow up to be; Long legs, strong stature, broad shoulders like a bronze wall of iron in general, but imagine such a person wielding a spear, could make Xu Chang An excited for a long time, but after excitement was a regret, his body was too unconvincing, and did not know if there would be any improvement in the future if he practiced.

“Sigh.”

“What? Is Wang displeasing to you?” Xiao Qing Yan was uncomfortable and woke up early, he found that Xu Chang An had been looking at him. He didn’t make a sound. How could he know that guy just sighed after staring for half a day?

Imagining Xiao Qing Yan waking up and knowing that he had been… Looking at him openly, Xu Chang An turned around with fear and hastened to explain: “No! No. I… I just thought I was too different from Your Highness, not that Your Highness… not good-looking. Your Highness is very goog-looking. It’s better than His Fourth Highness.” Since he (XQY) felt that he was not satisfied with his (XQY) appearance, then he boasted that he (XQY) looked good overall. And… And he’s not lying, Xiao Qing Yan was pretty good-looking.

Xu Chang An’s words, Xiao Qing Yan did not understand, but still pleased him, at least Xu Chang An’s mouth that said very good-looking, did not sound like a lie, but… What did he mean by comparing himself to him?

“Wang Ye, I have accidentally read a medical book before, there is a very magical drug, if people are injured and applied it to the wound, people will not feel pain. But it takes a little time to work out, and the three day is too short.” That medical book was only a scrap, the writing was also very blurred, Xu Chang An thought that it should be the book left behind by the former dynasty, so it had become like that.

It had been centuries since the Great Xiao Dynasty was founded. The previous dynasty had gradually been forgotten by the people of the world. Only a few stories had been circulated among the people. Xu Chang An had heard such a legend about the past.

Legend had it that there was a highly-skilled physician in the former dynasty who developed a medicine that paralyzed the senses of the whole body, so long as one took it, the body would not feel pain even if it was torn open. It was a pity that the physician did not seem to have been passed on the knowledge. Now his life skills and writings were buried with him.

“No need, it’s only a little injury.” Xiao Qing Yan knew what Xu Chang An said, it should be Mafeisan(1), but unfortunately that drug formula had been buried with the former dynasty.

Without thinking about how Xu Chang An would know about this, Xiao Qing Yan had no hope in his heart and was just casually perfunctory.

After Xu Chang An got up, he had breakfast with Xiao Qing Yan, went to see Yang Momo and them, then went to practice horse-riding with Wuren and Wuyi.

At last, on the day of autumn hunting, Min Yu and Qin Xin only knew that this year’s autumn hunting had arrived, when Xiao Qing Yan and they were about to set out.

“Wang Ye, why don’t you notify chen qie earlier? Now we are all on the way, chen qie has not make any preparation yet!” Every year of autumn hunting, not only the middle and high court ministers, even the able-bodied men in the courtier’s house, but also madams and young ladies could participate in. Min Yu herself since the age of 12 years old would participate every year, how could she ever thought this year should be left behind?

“Why should inform you?” Every autumn, hunters could indeed go forward, but the premises were titled rank madams and the official wife and daughters of the official family above the grade three official ranks.

“Meimei.” Quickly pulled Min Yu, who was still questioning, Qin Xin just bent over and sent Wang Ye and Wang Fei out. She didn’t want to be in charge of Min Yu, but she pulled her instinctively.

“Qin Xin what do you mean? What are you doing? If we don’t go, we can’t afford to go out for a gathering in the future!”

“Meimei, we won’t go to a gathering in a respectable home because they won’t invite us anymore.” So it didn’t matter whether they had a face or no face in front of those people. Henceforth, they would not face the government officials’ madams of this capital city, but only had a piece of sky in this Wang Residence.

Xiao Qing Yan unexpectedly prepared a carriage for himself, but in any case, Xu Chang An let Wuren and Wuyi brought his pony with him.

The Inner Palace’s Imperial House horse carriages, as well as Outer Palace meritorious noble families and officials of the imperial court arrived outside the gates of the city, and a vast procession was assembled. Xu Chang An was sitting in a carriage all the way, but he didn’t know how many people were following, until he got off the carriage at the place. With the accompanying imperial bodyguards, there were almost a party thousands of people and horses.

The hunting ground chosen by the imperial family was actually a suburb of capital city about ten miles from the imperial city. There was a vast plain, and a large mountain stretching tens of miles from the plain. After crossing this mountain was Changning Pass, the fortress defending the capital city. With this mountain, which was basically difficult to break through, it ws almost impossible for barbarians to reach the hinterland of the Great Xiao Dynasty, even if they attacked here, it was difficult to break through this mighty mountain.

The mountains of the Great Xiao Dynasty had been protected for hundreds of years, there were countless creatures, and had become a good hunting place.

The high platform for the emperor and his imperial concubines to rest and watch had long been set up on the hunting ground, Xu Chang An had been following around Xiao Qing Yan, their position in the first seat of the emperor’s left hand direction was very eye-catching, so naturally had become the first object of concern.

“Eh, what should we do for a moment? According to the story, the girl’s family would stay here, gossip with everyone, enjoy the autumn scenery, and wait for all the brave young men to return, but… This Wang Fei is a man.” Xu Chang An did not know the woman who spoke. His father was a petty official, and he was not valued by his father since he was a child. Naturally, he had no contact with the dignitaries present.

Although he did not know the identity of this woman, but seeing her clothes and for their own words, Xu Chang An also guessed a few points, he looked sideways at the people around him, just wanted to reply, but the Guifei who sat beside the emperor opened her mouth.

“Isn’t Lin Furen getting old? Are there any relations between the name of married womenfolk and Wang Fei? It’s just a matter of married couple, not about changing the gender.” Zhou Guifei, who sat high in the upper position, as usual had nobody in her sight, even movements and expressions were familiar to Xu Chang An. Clearly she was talking to the Empress’s mother, Duke Lin Guo’s wife, but she picked up her own cup, sipping and talking to people, but she did not even gave a look to others.

Never expected that Guifei would speak for Xu Chang An., Lin Furen was stunned for a moment, but then she looked at the Empress with a wronged face, and her face was a little sad. She was a wife of the Duke, and the Empress’s mother, but she was just a GuiFei! How dare she speak to her like this?!

Looking at her mother’s humiliation, the Empress could not get pass whether in heart or face, but she was the Empress; the Empress needed an Empress’s measures, she could only hold the temper. With the tone of kindness, she even asked Zhou Guifei to consult her mother; she felt that her mother said was not right, so then what was her opinion?

“Naturally, he goes hunting with men. Is he not a man?”

“Consort mother!” Xiao Qing Zhan listened to his consort mother’s words, suddenly anxious, did not consort mother promise to return favor with Xu Chang An? But what did she say?

“Consort mother, you don’t know if imperial sister-in-law can ride a horse, or draw a bow, how can we decide directly, in case imperial sister-in-law can’t do? I remember there was a beast in the depth of the hunting ground, and those who are not good at riding are better not to join in the fun.” On that day, Xiao Qing Zhan and Xu Chang An met in the street, when he entered the palace, he naturally brought up the matter with his consort mother. Although Zhou Guifei did not know why Xu Chang An wanted to help her son, perhaps Xu Chang An helped her son, but it was a fact, so she said she wanted to return his favor for her son.

So just when Lin Furen made things difficult, Zhou Guifei naturally went out, but she didn’t think about whether Xu Chang An could ride and shoot. After all, as a woman, she was good at this. She really didn’t think about whether everyone was like her.

“Many thanks Third Younger Brother, but Guifei Niangniang said is right, naturally I want to go hunting with you all.” If it was not because of Lin Furen’s words, Xu Chang An felt that he was the same everywhere, but now he didn’t want to stay.

“Humph, still Third Younger Brother, who is bigger than who is not necessarily… So. ”

“He is your imperial sister-in-law.”

“… I know.” Xiao Qing Zhan was an unruly little overlord; it was unexpected that he had an affinity with his elder brother Xiao Qing Yan. He had been closed to Xiao Qing Yan since he was a child, and now he had grown up to be a powerful young general. He still had to restrain a lot in front of Xiao Qing Yan.

Xu Chang An was embarrassed by Xiao Qing Yan’s sudden export of imperial sister-in-law, and did not say much to them, obediently retired to Xiao Qing Yan’s side, sitting in peace.

Perhaps that nobody in the capital city did not know Zhou Guifei’s temper, since she had put on the attitude to safeguard Xu Chang An, the others would not be more difficult, otherwise only themselves suffered losses.

No one was embarrassed about Xu Chang An any more. The emperor looked at the hour and said what should be said, the hunting competition began formally.

“WuRen and Wuyi, you follow Wang Ye to protect him, do not want to lose.” Knowing that Xiao Qing Yan was injured, Xu Chang An was not at ease. He had just said that he would go hunting with them. In fact, it was only empty talk, he didn’t really think so. After they set out, he rode his pony around and waited until they came back and follow. It was all women, and there were many other people who liked to target him, and it was boring to stay there.

“Yes, Wang Fei.”

“When did they become your people?”

“Ah?” What did Xiao Qing Yan mean? Was it wrong?

Xiao Qing Yan did not expect that Xu Chang An to give him a proper response. The words had already came out from his mouth, and the reaction of Xu Chang An was blocked, so he turned over his horse and left Xu Chang An in the same place.

Humph! As the consciousness of the master of Wu Ren and Wuyi, why did not he be Wang Fei’s consciousness?

Did not know how Xiao Qing Yan suddenly seemed angry, Xu Chang An ordered the two to follow quickly, he himself also rode on his own pony and wandering off.

The author has something to say: At present, there is not much ink on Xiao Qing yan, but this is Xiao Qing yan’s fan, ah, will be good to Chang’an in the future, he is a good man, ah, will not deteriorate ~.

(1) Hemp boiling powdered medicine. Legendary Chinese anesthetic used by Hua Tuo for surgery. Its composition is: 9 grams of sheep, 3 grams of jasmine root, 30 grams of angelica, 0.9 grams of calamus, and a bowl of water decoction.

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