C9

After waiting for a long time, he heard the sound of drums and horns. He jumped up from the tree trunk and hid behind the denser leaves.

Not long after, a strong red horse whined under the tree. Yue Ziyue looked down from the tree and saw a strange face, but the armor it wore signified that it was not an ordinary horse.

Yue Ziyue was getting impatient from waiting. It was only now that she realized that Yan Muqing might not pass by this place.

Thinking of this, Yue Ziyue walked out from behind the leaves, jumped off the tree, and walked into the depths of the forest.

Suddenly, the sound of horses came from behind her. When she turned around, a horse not far away from her had its front hooves raised. It looked like it was about to step on Yue Ziyue's head.

With his brain cut short, he subconsciously covered his head with his hands and squatted on the ground with his eyes closed.

There was suddenly no sound in her ears. Yue Ziyue gently opened her eyes and saw a man with fluttering clothes standing next to her.

Upon closer inspection, he realized it was Yan Muqing. It was a rather awkward scene. The acting skills that he had rehearsed so many times in his heart had suddenly disappeared.

"Why are you here?"

Yan Muqing's voice was ice-cold, and her eyes were ice-cold. She looked at Yue Ziyue without any emotion in her eyes, as if they had never seen each other before.

Yue Ziyue stood up from the ground and coughed lightly. "This is really a narrow path between enemies. Why are you here?"

"I should be the one asking you that question. Why are you here?"

Yan Muqing pressed on and pushed Yue Ziyue to the side of the road, asking, "I didn't expect you to have some background. I looked down on you, but I don't know if it was your own ability or someone else's?"

"What do you mean!"

Hearing Yan Muqing's words, Yue Ziyue began to feel weak in her heart, afraid that Yan Muqing would see through the secret between her and Yan Yinian in the next second.

"You were waiting for me?"

Yan Muqing did not back down at all. Her deep, bottomless eyes stared coldly at Yue Ziyue, as if she was trying to find something.

"Yes, I was waiting for you."

After Yue Ziyue finished speaking, Yan Muqing's eyes widened as her expression gradually darkened.

Taking out a clear jade pendant from her bosom, Yue Ziyue waved it in front of Yan Muqing, saying, "Of course I'm here to wait for you, I'm here to return this to you. I didn't expect you to have such an attitude, it's really chilling."

Yan Muqing stared at the jade pendant in Yue Ziyue's hand, and her expression suddenly eased up. Her eyes suspiciously swept across Yue Ziyue's face a few times.

"Didn't you sell it?"

Yue Ziyue coughed lightly and kept the jade pendant in front of Yan Muqing, saying, "I saw that you had such a precious jade pendant, that's why I didn't hesitate to give it to you."

Yan Muqing suddenly smiled. "It was stolen again?"

"Hey, can't you be more careful with the way you talk! Do you know how to speak! "

Yue Ziyue was a little angry. She hated Yan Muqing's cold and emotionless attitude the most. Her anger soared, and her expression did not lose to Yan Muqing's in the slightest.

Yan Muqing then smiled and stretched out her hand to snatch the jade from Yue Ziyue's hands, "Thank you."

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly turned his horse around and looked at Yue Ziyue, asking, "This is the Royal Patrol of the West. How did you, a mere little beggar, come into this place?"

Yan Muqing's question rendered Yue Ziyue speechless. Her mind was in a mess, and under Yan Muqing's fierce gaze, she was momentarily at a loss of what to do, not knowing how to respond.

"Fourth brother, why are we playing here instead of hunting?"

Yan Yinian slowly walked over on his big horse. After he glanced at Yue Ziyue, a gossipy expression surfaced on his face.

Yan Muqing raised an eyebrow, then smiled, "Sixth Brother's appearance was timely, it could be considered as a timely rain."

"Fourth brother, what are you talking about? I was just walking here and the prey around was scared away. I lost interest in a moment, and when I passed by, I saw fourth brother following this person …"

Yue Ziyue's mind suddenly lit up. She immediately walked to Yan Yusheng's horse and clumsily bent her knee. "I presume this is the Sixth Prince. My little girl, Yue Ziyue, pays her respects to the Sixth Prince."

"Exempt."

Yan Yinian gave Yue Ziyue a nonchalant look, giving a nonchalant response before turning to Yan Muqing with a smile, "Fourth Brother is indeed good with his eyes. Sixth Brother won't disturb your elegance then. We'll meet at the hunting grounds."

Yan Yu Nian rode his horse far away from them. Yan Muqing calmly turned her head to look at Yue Ziyue. "Why aren't you doing this when you see him? Why aren't you doing this to me?"

Yue Ziyue raised her eyebrows, turned her head, and walked back. "You've already gotten the jade pendant, it's time for me to go back."

Without looking back, Yue Ziyue pricked up her ears. She didn't hear Yan Muqing riding her horse away, but most importantly, he didn't stop her either.

For a moment, Yue Ziyue was somewhat regretful. If she had known earlier, she would have shamelessly climbed onto Yan Muqing's horse and followed him back home.

"Hey girl!"

Yan Muqing's voice sounded from behind her. Yue Ziyue abruptly turned her head and ran towards Yan Muqing's horse.

"Is the Fourth Prince going to take me back?" If that's the case, then Zi Yue will no longer be polite with the fourth prince. "

After Yue Ziyue finished speaking, she directly climbed onto the horse while clumsily stepping on Yan Muqing's feet.

Yan Muqing's face darkened the entire time. She looked at Yue Ziyue, who had climbed up behind her, in disbelief. Her stunned expression suddenly stiffened on her face.

He had never seen such a brazen woman before. He hadn't even given her orders, let alone brought her along. How could she be so thick-skinned?

Yue Ziyue sat behind Yan Muqing. Just as she sat on the bed, she lost her balance. While she was panicking, she subconsciously reached out her arms and wrapped them around Yan Muqing's waist.

Not knowing whether to hug her, a hug unexpectedly touched the hard abdominal muscles on Yan Muqing's waist, causing her face to instantly turn red.

Yan Muqing's dark expression turned uglier and uglier. "Who told you to come up?"

Yue Ziyue's heart trembled. She stuck out her small head and asked, "Didn't you call me back just to bring me along?"

More and more black lines appeared on Yan Muqing's forehead. Helplessly, she stretched out her right hand and wrapped it around the waist of the person behind her. Without waiting for Yue Ziyue to struggle, she exerted her strength and leapt into the air.

Yan Muqing then brought the horse up to her and grabbed the reins tightly with both hands. With a pinch of the horse's belly with both feet, the horse started galloping.

The cool breeze by her ear messed up the hair on Yue Ziyue's forehead. The pleasant scent of the man behind her caused her to suddenly become somewhat dazed.