C11

As winter neared, the days grew colder by the day, but the Yun Family was bustling with activity today. The Residence was decorated with lanterns and decorations, brimming with joy. Everyone knew that the elder and the second elder, who were guarding the western border, were coming back.

The main road leading from the city gate to the imperial palace had been cleaned several times. The green stones on the ground sparkled under the morning sunlight, and red lanterns hung high up on both sides of the road.

The people in the city also came out from their homes and quietly squeezed by the roadside, waiting. They were solemn, but there were also some traces of excitement and joy.

"Young master, wake up!"

Yun Si called out to Yun Xie who was still sleeping soundly, he could not afford to be lazy for now. Old Man Yun had even sent people over to supervise him a few times, but the young master seemed to be fine.

One had to know that today, the entire Imperial City was welcoming the return of Yun Shuai, not to mention the Yun Family. How could they fall behind others?

Wu Yang Yun Tian, the son of the Yun Family, had been following Old Man Yun on the battlefield since childhood and fought countless battles, relying on his illustrious battle achievements to stabilize his position as the number one marshal of Wu Yang. He commanded the million tiger and wolf army to protect Wu Yang for dozens of years.

The world had it that the alliance of a million troops stepping on the Wu Yang was not a match for a single spear of the Yun Family! Back then, the countries coveted Wu Yang's resources and attacked him together. At that time, it was Yun Tian who sent out the commander-in-chief to attack the enemy's alliance and capture countless captives. From then on, the position of Wu Yang's powerful country was established.

It was near noon, and the Imperial City's gate was already filled with a sea of people so many that not even a drop of water could leak out. All the families in the city came to welcome Marshal Yun. The one in the lead was the First Prince of Wu Yang, Wu Yihan. He was dressed in white and was refined, greeting everyone politely.

Not far away, Yun Xie was urged by his family to slowly walk over. Those who saw him all shook their heads and sighed, feeling helpless in their hearts. What the hell is going on?

However, thinking back on what Yun Xie had done in the Imperial City, he could only say a few words of pity for Marshal Yun.

"Yo, everyone's here." Yun Xie walked in front of everyone and laughed.

"Boss, Boss, over here!" Lin Yi squeezed through the crowd and ran over while grinning, "It's still early, why did you come over? I was just about to find you to sit at the Fragrance Pavilion for a while!"

When the crowd heard this, they staggered a bit. The two of them were really compatible with each other. What time was it? Did they still want to go to the Fragrance Pavilion?

The First Prince, Wu Yihan, who was embraced by everyone, walked over. "Brother Lin, you must be joking. At such an important moment, how could Brother Yun possibly go to the Fragrance Pavilion?" As he spoke, he turned to look at Yun Xie.

"Brother Yun, if the Residence has any inconvenience and is busy with business, please instruct me to do so. There is no need to be courteous."

Yun Xie looked at the attentive First Prince, and his heart was filled with endless contempt. With his little scheme, anyone would be able to see through him.

"The First Prince is too polite. The matters of the Yun Family are handled by servants, how can I dare trouble the First Prince?" Once this matter is over, you and I will go to the Fragrance Pavilion to play.

The smile on Wu Yi Han's face became awkward and he felt angry. He actually compared himself to his servant and waved his hand with a smile, "Brother Yun, you're being too polite!"

As soon as he heard about Fragrant Storey playing, Lin Yi became excited and came over. "Why didn't you say so earlier, boss!?" "If I knew earlier, I would have prepared in advance and gone over with you this morning!"

"Right, right, right. The First Prince should go as well. A few new girls have arrived at Fragrant Storey. Their bodies and appearances are …" As he spoke, he pulled the First Prince with a vulgar expression on his face.

At this moment, Wu Yihan's face was completely dark.

"Why did you pull the First Prince along when you loved going to the Smoky Willow Land? You don't care about your reputation, don't sully the First Prince's noble identity! " A sudden taunt came from the crowd. Everyone looked over and saw that it was the eldest grandson of the Sima family, Sima Hao.

Seeing that someone was helping him, Wu Yihan restored his smile, "Hey, what Brother Sima said is a bit too much. Our trip as gentlemen is quite good, how can Brother Sima say this about Brother Lin?"

Lin Yi looked at Sima Hao in a bad mood and turned his head away, disinclined to respond to him. This guy's family was no good, full of schemes and tricks, his eloquence was incomparable, and he didn't have the mood to compete with him.

On the other hand, Yun Xie walked over with large strides, and said while laughing.

"Sima Hao, it's good that you're here. Let's go to the Fragrant Storey later and play. I'll bring you to see Miss Bai. Speaking of which, I …" As he spoke, he would occasionally smack his lips together with a face full of meaning.

"How dare you!"

Sima Hao shouted loudly, his anger turning into anger. His hands were tightly clenched as his veins began to bulge.

"Miss Bai is an elegant person. How could a vulgar person like you be interested in her!"

Bai Yushuang, the famous Courtesan Belle of the Fragrant Storey. She was a person of great zither arts and was a beauty that many noble and powerful people would like to meet even in their dreams. However, this woman's love was aloof and proud, and she had quite a few backgrounds. It wasn't something that could be seen by just anyone.

Within the circle of nobles within the imperial city, they all knew that Sima Hao had a soft spot for women. Many times, he had carried a great gift to visit them, but all of them were rejected without a choice. However, what caused everyone's eyes to fall off was that the good-for-nothing Yun Xie actually received the delight of Miss Bai, entering and exiting his room as casually as if it was his own backyard.

No one would believe it if they said that there was no such thing as a trick. Yet, today, he said such words in front of so many people. Regardless of whether he did it intentionally or not, he had really ruthlessly slapped Sima Hao!

Lin Yi was truly overjoyed in his heart. The boss was indeed worthy of being the boss, he was indeed awesome. He didn't forget to add another sentence.

"Haha, Boss, don't forget about me. I want to see Miss White as well, and see that pure white jade …"

Wu Yi coldly glared at him and swallowed his words before he could finish his words.

Sima Hao was not a reckless person and quickly recovered his composure. He knew very well that Ling Yun was deliberately provoking him. With a cold snort, he turned around and no longer said anything.

Outside of the city gate, several hundred war horses were galloping over from the distance. Dust flew everywhere as they stopped in front of the crowd and stood in orderly fashion.

He saw that the person on top of the steed was clad in a crescent moon armor, carrying a silver spear with dragon tattoos. He stood tall and straight like a pine tree, his imposing manner was like a blazing sun, and his eyes were as bright as stars.

"Greetings, marshal!"

Everyone bowed their heads to greet him. The one who came was Wu Yang, the marshal, Yun Tian!

The old god stood there leisurely as he raised his head to look at the man on horseback. He gave a faint smile but did not say anything, as he pondered in his heart, he had not taken a good look last night, he never thought that his father would be this handsome.

Yun Tian sat on the horse, his eyes lowered, and met Yun Xie's gaze. He did not say anything, but the father and son duo continued to look at each other.

The city gate was completely silent, no one dared to breathe, all of them carefully lowered their heads, no one dared to look too far, all of the soldiers in front of the gate had their eyes gathered on Yun Xie.

Is this the son of the marshal?

Yun Xie opened his mouth and chuckled.

"I'm back, Dad."

"Yes."

Yun Xie turned his head, looking at the white robed man beside him, he greeted, "Nephew greets second uncle.

"Alright." This white robed man was the Yun Family's second master, Yun Xiao Yu. With a smile on his face, he sized up Yun Xie in front of him, his eyes filled with meaning, "How is it at home?"

"Everything is fine."

At this moment, Wu Yihan walked over and bowed to greet him once again, "My nephew greets uncle, my royal father sent my nephew to welcome uncle here. All the civil and military officials are waiting for uncle's return from the palace."

"Alright." Yun Tian responded and the warhorses beneath him began to move. Their long mane fluttered as they ran towards the palace. With a word floating in the air, everyone let out a sigh of relief.

"Return to your residence first, I'll go see His Majesty first!"