After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband

Chapter 1231 - 37: Debt of Joy (Part 13)

Su Yang was standing on top of the towering palace hall.Afraid Yuan Hao would move around and fall, he grabbed hold of him.

Which made it look even more like he was holding someone hostage.

The guards had the hall surrounded so tightly not even water could leak through.

All on high alert.

Their stance said they’d risk their lives if they had to, but they would rescue their Crown Prince from Su Yang’s hands without a scratch.

Black lines were practically sliding down Su Yang’s forehead.

The Nanlin Crown Prince rubbed his forehead, feeling a bit tired.

Looks like his royal father really hadn’t lied to him.

The Second Young Master of East Town Marquis Mansion truly was especially good at asking for a beating.

Since Father ascended the throne, when had the palace ever been this stirred up?

First breaking into the palace, then being surrounded by guards.

He had no choice but to explain, "Stand down."

"All of you, stand down quickly."

"He’s my royal father’s good brother, not an assassin."

The words "bad influence" he didn’t even dare say.

His own royal father making friends with bad influences—hurt his dignity.

The guards looked at me, I looked at you, unsure whether the Crown Prince was saying this willingly or being forced by the "assassin."

Should they withdraw?

The guards held their ground, not retreating.

Until—

Zhao Xu rushed over upon hearing the news.

And not just him; Prime Minister Zhao and Prince Jing came as well.

Seeing Su Yang, the corner of Prince Jing’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.

All these years, he’d often brought Princess Jiuling to Daqi to stay, and each stay lasted two to three months.

He was very familiar with Su Yang and recognized him at a glance.

From childhood to now, the tales of Su Yang going around picking fights—Prince Jing had no idea how many he’d heard, nor how many times he’d laughed himself silly over them.

Just now in the Imperial Study, when he heard Zhao Xu say that he’d run from a marriage and bumped into Princess Yinchuan, the two of them hiding their identities and traveling together all the way to Nanlin, both he and Prime Minister Zhao had black lines all over their faces.

Zhao Xu wanted to matchmake the two of them, and of course they would cooperate.

Zhao Xu stepped forward and waved his hand, saying, "All stand down, this is Prince Jing’s adopted son."

The guards hastily sheathed their swords and withdrew.

Only after the guards had all left did Su Yang leap down with Yuan Hao.

Yuan Hao stepped forward to salute his royal father, then Prime Minister Zhao, then Prince Jing.

In the distance, Princess Jing Mountain also walked over, bringing the Little Princess and Princess Yinchuan with her.

Princess Jing Mountain’s skin was like congealed cream, so delicate it seemed one could blow it apart; the Little Princess’s skin was even more tender, like a delicate flower blooming with morning dew, or like a peeled egg.

With Princess Yinchuan standing beside them, her dark skin was thrown into even sharper relief.

Honestly, when Prime Minister Zhao and Prince Jing saw Princess Yinchuan, they were directly stunned.

Truly stunned.

If Zhao Xu hadn’t told them beforehand that this was Princess Yinchuan, they wouldn’t have believed it even if they were beaten to death.

A few years ago, Princess Yinchuan had also come to Nanlin; her skin was so fair back then, how had it become like this?

Poisoned?

Prime Minister Zhao looked toward Zhao Xu, asking with his eyes.

After all, Princess Yinchuan was going to stay with the Zhao Family; with her status so noble, Prime Minister Zhao had to make sure that while she was living in the Zhao Family, nothing went wrong.

Zhao Xu glanced at Su Yang.

This was all his sin.

After Princess Yinchuan finished paying her respects one by one, she called Prime Minister Zhao, "Uncle."

Prime Minister Zhao was flustered, but still accepted the address.

Seeing that none of them suspected anything, Zhao Xu was about to pull some strings and have Su Yang and Princess Yinchuan get engaged.

But just as he was about to speak, Su Yang walked to his side and said in a low voice, "It’s not this face that’s supposed to get engaged."

Zhao Xu, "...."

What the hell was this supposed to mean?

Did he and Princess Yinchuan still use two different faces when dealing with each other?

Since things weren’t clear yet, he could only put it on hold for now.

Princess Yinchuan didn’t want to be too close to Su Yang, so she quickly went to stand beside Prime Minister Zhao and took her leave from the palace.

Princess Jing Mountain couldn’t bear to part with her; the Little Princess was even more reluctant. "Aunt, you have to come into the palace again tomorrow to play with me."

Princess Yinchuan nodded. "I’ll come into the palace tomorrow to play with you."

Princess Yinchuan left with Prime Minister Zhao.

Zhao Xu summoned Su Yang to the Imperial Study to ask what was going on.

At first Su Yang refused to talk, so Zhao Xu said, "If you don’t tell me the truth, I won’t help you."

Su Yang then told him about what happened at the waterfall.

Zhao Xu frowned. "Since you already knew she was a girl, you still forced her to walk all the way to the Capital City?"

Su Yang felt wronged. "I only forced her to walk because I didn’t know. Once I knew, how could I still do that? She insisted on walking herself."

"I tried to stop her, and she wanted to fall out with me over it."

Zhao Xu looked utterly baffled.

Su Yang shrugged.

Don’t ask him.

He wanted to know why even more than anyone else.

If her face weren’t this dark, he wouldn’t feel so guilty.

In a moment of carelessness, he’d met her with this face.

What a waste of the Prince Jing’s adopted son identity Brother Zhao had pinned on him.

What could Zhao Xu do?

He could only pin another royal family identity on him.

After thinking it over again and again, Zhao Xu had no choice but to summon Prince Pingnan—also known as General Shi—into the palace.

Su Yang gained yet another identity related to Prince Pingnan.

Yep.

The only blood descendant of Prince Pingnan’s brother who had been lost outside.