frightfiction Chapter 558 How to Win Favor?
Chapter 558 How to Win Favor?
As soon as Ye Qing'an returned to the camp, before she could even lie down on her bed, a summoning circle appeared beside her.
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes, knowing that Jiu Xiao would not summon her easily unless there were special circumstances. Without saying a word, she stepped into the summoning array.
Emerging from the summoning circle, he found himself in the Night Mansion, in Eleven's room.
As soon as Ye Qing'an stood still, she heard a faint commotion coming from outside.
Ye Qing'an looked up at Jiu Xiao, who was leaning against the window and looking out through a crack: "What's wrong? What happened?"
"Someone launched a night raid, targeting our courtyard."
"For this courtyard?" Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes slightly and almost immediately realized that she had gone to war with the army and Ye Feiran had gone out to seek medical treatment. The only person still living in this courtyard was Eleven.
The assassins who raided at night were after National Day.
"Yes."
Listening to the commotion outside, Jiu Xiao said, "We don't know which side sent them yet, but after you left, Ye Qinghao did replace all the guards in this courtyard, and those assassins didn't manage to get in."
"Someone has already reported to Ye Qinghao that he has dispatched troops. More guards should arrive soon."
Ye Qing'an almost subconsciously turned her head to look at the bed. There were no lights in the room, and a small dark figure could be vaguely seen on the bed, sleeping very soundly.
"Don't worry." Jiu Xiao lowered his voice: "I ran over here to keep watch as soon as I heard the noise. Eleven will be fine."
"That's good. If anything happens during the National Day holiday, you will be held responsible."
Jiuxiao clicked his tongue, feeling wronged.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing I haven't told you yet. Today during the day, Yi Yun Kui sent someone to say that he wants Eleven to enter the palace to be the Ninth Prince's study companion. Yi Yun Kui said that the Ninth Prince is about the same age as Eleven and is currently in his early school years. He hasn't chosen a study companion yet, but Eleven's age is just right."
A cold glint flashed in Ye Qing'an's eyes: "Choose a companion for the student? Sending the eleventh prince to the palace as a hostage would be more like it."
“Yes.” Jiu Xiao nodded: “That’s what the people Yi Yun Kui sent said at the time, but Ye Qing Hao politely refused. Ye Qing Hao said that since you went to war with the army, you entrusted Eleven to his care. Although he is Eleven’s maternal grandfather, he has never raised Eleven since childhood and does not dare to make decisions for Eleven easily.”
"The people who came with Ye Qinghao said that he will personally go to the palace tomorrow to apologize to the Emperor. However, even if the Emperor wants to enter the palace to accompany the Ninth Prince, it is probably only after you return that he can discuss it with you."
Ye Qing'an naturally knew that Ye Qinghao simply didn't want to hand over Eleven and wanted to keep her in his hands as a bargaining chip to blackmail her, so he used her as a pretext.
But he also breathed a long sigh of relief.
Although she knew that Eleven was very smart and would be able to handle everything even after entering the palace.
But compared to the unfamiliar palace, she preferred Eleven to stay at the Ye residence. At least, now everything at the Ye residence was under her control.
But the palace was different; she couldn't predict what would happen to Eleventh Prince, nor could she protect him...
"It seems that Yi Yun Kui is too idle. We need to find something for him to do."
No sooner had Ye Qing'an finished speaking than Yi Moxu's voice rang out from behind her: "What do you mean, too free?"
Ye Qing'an turned her head sharply, a hint of surprise in her eyes. She had thought that she was already outside Anzhi City, and Yi Moxu was also in Anzhi City, with the two armies facing each other. Since they had agreed to be opponents, they shouldn't be meeting in private through the Cloud Dream Realm anymore...
"I originally intended to use the Cloud Dream Realm to quickly return to Wangjing City to take care of some business, but as soon as I arrived, I heard some commotion here. What happened?"
Ye Qing'an rolled her eyes. Yi Moxu was... using the Cloud Dream Realm entirely as a teleportation technique.
However, considering that Yi Moxu had given her face in front of so many people tonight and made her the center of attention, Ye Qing'an didn't want to make a fuss about it. She simply told her what Jiu Xiao had told her earlier.
Yi Moxu's voice immediately turned serious: "Yi Yunkui is indeed too idle; we need to find him something to do..."
"You don't need to worry about this. Leave it to me. If he wants to make a move on Eleven, he'll have to ask me for my permission first."
Ye Qing'an pondered for a moment, then nodded.
Indeed, Yi Moxu is Eleven's father, so it's not a problem for him to take action in this matter.
"Okay, then I'll do as you say and leave it to you to arrange."
Yi Moxu nodded, listened to the sounds outside, and soon Ye Qinghao indeed arrived with his men.
Soon, the assassins who had launched the night raid, seeing that they had no chance, all retreated.
Yi Moxu quickly sent a signal and turned to look at Ye Qing'an: "I'll go out and take a look."
Having said that, the person had already disappeared.
Seeing Ye Qinghao enter the courtyard, seemingly heading this way, Ye Qing'an quickly led Jiu Xiao into the Cloud Dreamland.
Ye Qing'an left her spiritual sense in the room and soon heard Ye Qinghao's voice: "Is Young Master Eleven alright?"
Eleven seemed to have been woken up, letting out a soft moan as she turned around. Still somewhat dazed, her childish voice was heavy with sleepiness: "What's wrong? What happened?"
"There was a night attack just now, but it has been repelled. Are you alright?" Ye Qinghao's voice was filled with concern.
Eleven seemed to come to her senses a little more: "Huh? A night raid? I didn't know that. I was sleeping too soundly and didn't hear anything."
"That's good. It must have startled Grandfather. I don't know who these people are, but they came straight here as soon as they arrived, so they must be after you."
“It’s not safe for you here. Why don’t you move to your maternal grandfather’s main courtyard? That way, he can take better care of you.”
Shiyi paused, her voice hesitant, "Can I not go? I want to stay here and wait for Mother to come back."
“That’s fine too.” Ye Qinghao smiled. “I was just saying it casually. If you don’t want to, that’s fine too. But what happened tonight has served as a wake-up call for me. I need to strengthen the security of your courtyard.”
"Yes, thank you, maternal grandfather."
Ye Qinghao chuckled again: "Why are you being so polite with me? I'm your maternal grandfather. I promised your mother I would take good care of you. If anything happens to you, I don't know how I'd explain it to her."
"I'm glad you're alright. It's not even dawn yet, you should go back to sleep."
After Ye Qinghao finished speaking, he and his men left in a hurry.
Jiu Xiao slightly opened his eyes: "If I remember correctly, he was the one who deliberately woke Eleven up, wasn't he?"
"Yes." Ye Qing'an sneered, "You woke him up just to tell Eleven that it was him who saved him. You're trying to win Eleven's favor."