Chapter 62 Princess Anqing
Chapter 62 Princess Anqing

The next morning, Ye Xuan took Wang Feihu and Song Zhenshan with him, and gathered his Jinyiwei to wait outside the Meridian Gate early.

As the sun began to rise at noon, the east door of the Meridian Gate slowly opened.

A team of Yulin Guards holding banners reading "Accompany the Emperor" and "Guard" stepped out in a majestic manner, escorting a gilded carriage.

A group of Yulin Guards, about 20 to 30 people, were not riding horses and were guarding the carriage in the middle.

Although there are not many people, all of them are veterans carefully selected from the army.

With the addition of his own hundred-plus Jinyiwei, Yingtian Prefecture was safe.

The officer who was in the lead, who looked like a lieutenant, checked Ye Xuan's badge and respectfully led him to the carriage window. He said respectfully, "Your Highness, the Princess, Ye Xuan, a captain of the Jinyiwei, is here with his troops. Would you like to see him?"

Ye Xuan originally thought that a big figure like Princess Anqing, who had been spoiled by the emperor since childhood, would most likely be too lazy to see a small centurion like him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the captain finished speaking, the curtains of the carriage were immediately lifted, as if they had been waiting for it.

"Wow, are you the weirdo that Father always mentioned?"

Inside the car window, a young and tender face looked at Ye Xuan with curiosity, as if Ye Xuan was not an ordinary Jinyiwei, but a character in some story.

When Ye Xuan heard this, his scalp suddenly felt numb.

What is "the weird guy that father often mentions"?
Did Zhu Yuanzhang often mention himself and say that he was a weird person?
This is not a good phenomenon!
However, now is not the time to think deeply, Princess Anqing is still blinking her big eyes at him.

Ye Xuan could only smile bitterly and nodded, "I don't know if I am the weirdo that Your Majesty is talking about, but I am indeed the person Your Majesty has appointed to protect the princess' safety."

As he spoke, Ye Xuan couldn't help but look at Princess Anqing with some curiosity.

After all, Ye Xuan had only heard of one romantic figure in history who was willing to sacrifice her life for her husband.

Moreover, historical records show that Princess Anqing was as beautiful as a flower.

Although the Princess Anqing in front of him has not grown up yet, she only looks about seven or eight years old.

But you can already tell that she is a beauty, with big eyes, phoenix eyebrows, and a small face with some baby fat, which is round and quite cute.

"It's really you!"

Princess Anqing suddenly became excited, and her eyes narrowed into slits.

"My father said that he has never seen anyone who doesn't like promotion. You are the first one! Even the maids around me are looking forward to being selected by my mother as palace ladies. Why don't you want to make progress? Can you tell me why?"

Ye Xuan was speechless. What does it mean to be unambitious? Do you understand why I am just trying to protect myself?

But it was difficult to say this out loud. What if the little girl went back and told Zhu Yuanzhang, then he would lose his head.

He immediately laughed awkwardly and said, "Your Highness, everyone has their own aspirations. I am already satisfied to be a centurion."

Hearing this, An Qing blinked his big eyes and muttered, "Hey, he's really a weirdo."

After finally getting rid of An Qing, Ye Xuan briefly greeted the captain and then led the guard team towards Qixia Temple in Xishan.

All I wanted was to finish the errand as soon as possible so I could go home and see how my potatoes were growing.

This morning I heard Xia Yu say that the potatoes seemed to have worms, but I didn’t know what was going on.

We walked like this for most of the day and everything was safe and sound on the road.

When people on the street saw the two palace guards, Jinyiwei and Yulinwei, joining forces to protect a carriage, even the common people who were unfamiliar with the royal regulations automatically and consciously stayed as far away from them as possible.

The only thing that makes people worry is that little Anqing is not honest at all.

Not only was he always jumping around in the carriage, he was also always lifting the curtains and pointing at things on the roadside, constantly asking Ye Xuan questions. "Weird man, weird man, what is that?"

"Your Highness, that's a lamb."

"Oh, but that's not what I usually see!"

"Your Highness, the ones you usually see are all roasted..."

There were countless conversations like this, which made Ye Xuan feel helpless and amused.

For example, now, little Anqing actually got out of the carriage, grabbed the frame and waved at Chu Yao.

"Weirdo, weirdo, I want to ride a horse!"

This scene scared the hell out of Yulin Guard and Ye Xuan's Jinyi Guard. If the little guy accidentally fell off the carriage and got hurt, all the nine clans present would be killed.

Just at this moment, the carriage passed through a pothole and suddenly caused the carriage to shake violently.

Little Anqing, who was holding on to the carriage frame with only one hand, suddenly lost his balance and was about to fall off the carriage.

Fortunately, because Ye Xuan was always pestered with questions, the distance was very close.

At this moment, he just stretched out his hand and caught Anqing in his arms.

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief as if they had escaped death. Some touched their necks in fear, as if to make sure that their heads were still firmly on their necks.

Ye Xuan also let out a long sigh, swallowing back his heart that was about to jump out of his throat, and said helplessly: "Your Highness, please call me by my official name. If you really can't call me by my name, Ye Xuan will do. Can we stop calling each other weirdos?"

An Qing, who almost caused a disaster, had no awareness of surviving a disaster. He just chuckled and said, "Okay weirdo!"

Ye Xuan was about to put An Qing back on the carriage helplessly, but An Qing suddenly grabbed Ye Xuan's sleeve and said pitifully: "Okay, okay, as long as you let me ride I won't call you a weirdo anymore."

Ye Xuan was puzzled and asked, "Why does a girl have to ride a horse?"

Unexpectedly, this sentence stirred up a hornet's nest. An Qing puffed up his cheeks angrily and said, "My brothers can ride horses, so I want to ride one too, to avoid them always making fun of me!"

"Just for this..."

Ye Xuan was speechless, but afraid that Anqing would do something dangerous again, he had to nod and agree.

"Okay, but you have to ride on the same horse with me, and you have to promise me that you won't move around anymore. That's very dangerous, you know?"

Little Anqing just wanted to ride a horse, not caring whether he was riding the same horse as Ye Xuan or not, and immediately said with a smile: "Okay, Ye Xuan!"

Ye Xuan burst out laughing. This little girl changed her mind so quickly.

He then placed Anqing steadily on the horse's back, with his back pressed tightly against Ye Xuan's arms.

As soon as Anqing sat down, he couldn't wait to grab the reins, swaying his little body up and down, making "gig, gg" sounds with his mouth.

"Is it fun?"

"so fun!"

Ye Xuan smiled slightly, and suddenly his childishness was aroused.

"Then Your Highness, please sit down properly, go!"

As Ye Xuan spoke, he shook the reins and flicked the whip!
The horse under his crotch suddenly neighed and galloped out with Ye Xuan and Xiao Anqing.

(End of this chapter)