Chapter 163 Ye Hanting's Secret Protection
Ye Hanting followed Chu Li's carriage, keeping a proper distance.
After walking for a quarter of an hour, Chu Li opened the car curtain and saw that the rain outside had stopped.
The groom suddenly pulled the reins and said, "Sir, there is a deer lying across the road ahead, blocking our way. I will go and drive it away."
Chu Li stuck his head out and saw the wet sika deer.
When their eyes met, Chu Li's pupils shrank and he said, "Quick! Get out of here!"
The coachman was a little confused, but Huanyan reacted quickly and got off the carriage immediately, turned the carriage around and walked back.
After their carriage turned back a few hundred steps, a loud rumbling noise suddenly came from behind them.
Chu Li looked back and saw fallen rocks rolling down the mountain, breaking trees and rolling down with mud. In an instant, the road disappeared and the deer hopped away.
Bing Xia was terrified. She stammered, "Master, if we had passed through there just now, the consequences would have been disastrous...Master, how did you know the mountain was going to collapse?"
Chu Li restrained his emotions and said: "There must be a reason why living beings block the road. This is metaphysics."
Huanyan breathed a sigh of relief, while the coachman was so frightened that he stood there in a daze.
The drivers of the other two carriages were also glad that they had caught up with their master.
Ye Hanting watched Chu Li's carriage start to move back from behind the big tree, and his heart finally settled down.
He was still frightened when he looked at the landslide. Fortunately, Chu Li reacted quickly and asked people to turn back.
Ye Hanting left only after Chu Li's carriage started to move back.
He saw Chu Li's carriage stopped at the inn in the outer city.
It seems that Chu Li is not planning to leave today, so Ye Hanting rode his horse into the city.
Half an hour later, the secret guard came to report that the prince had left via the official road.
"Master, someone intercepted the prince on the official road and the mountain road. Their people were carrying hidden weapons. Some of them were killed by our people, and I don't know who helped to kill a few others."
Ye Hanting nodded, "Okay, got it."
It seems that Chu Li has someone to help him and is not unprepared, so he feels relieved.
"Did you see which direction the prince went?" Ye Hanting asked, looking up.
Lan Yi frowned, "After the prince walked on the official road for a while, he split into three groups at a fork in the road. The three carriages all looked the same, so I didn't see them clearly."
Ye Hanting smiled slightly. He felt relieved by Chu Li's thoughtfulness.
Chu Li arrived at Luyu County, a county town near Tianwu Mountain, before dark.
The three of them rested in the inn.
Huanyan was very alert along the way. After all, her master only brought her as a guard this time.
Bingxia quietly told her to go see the master.
Huanyan went there immediately. She stood outside the door and knocked, "Master, may I come in?"
Chu Li's voice came from inside, "Come in."
After Huanyan pushed open the door, her eyes changed drastically. She saw a woman in white standing with her back to her, and her master was gone!
"Who are you?" She immediately drew out the dagger.
The woman in white turned around and a familiar voice came, "Why, don't you recognize me?"
Huanyan's pupils dilated. The woman opposite her was not wearing any makeup. Her almond-shaped eyes were as clear as autumn water, and she had a tall and upturned nose, red lips, white teeth, and skin as white as cream. Her clothes fluttered in the wind, and her smile made all the flowers pale in comparison.
She took a closer look and found that the bright and beautiful woman in front of her was actually the prince!
She stammered, "You are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
"Come in and talk slowly." Chu Li sat down.
Huanyan quickly closed the door after hearing the familiar voice. She stood in front of Chu Li and only then noticed Chu Li's bulging belly.
Chu Li got straight to the point, "I've always wanted to find an opportunity to tell you that I'm actually Princess Chuchu, the prince's twin sister."
Huanyan was so shocked that she couldn't say a word. It turned out that Princess Chuchu was not dead.
Chu Li told the story that the Queen had asked her to disguise herself as a man and pretend to be the Crown Prince since she was ten years old.
After Chu Li changed into women's clothes, she felt much more refreshed, especially her breasts, which were greatly liberated.
Huanyan suppressed her emotions and said calmly: "Whether you are a princess or a prince, Huanyan only knows that you are my master."
Chu Li continued, "I'm pregnant."
Huanyan was extremely surprised, but she was no longer surprised. She had understood when she saw her master's bulging belly just now.
No wonder the master never lets her help him change clothes. So that's why.
She listened quietly to Chu Li saying, "Half a year ago, at a palace banquet, someone drugged me. I don't know who the man was that night."
Suddenly, Chu Li's hands felt warm.
Huanyan squatted down and boldly held Chu Li's hand for the first time, "Master, Huanyan swears to protect you and the young master until death."
In the past, she knew that the prince had a noble status, and because of the differences between men and women, she always kept a proper distance.
Now that she knew her master was a woman, she felt inexplicably happy.
Chu Li stared into her eyes and asked her: "Aren't you afraid? If my female identity is exposed one day, the crime of deceiving the emperor is a capital crime, and I might really die."
Huanyan shook her head. "Since the day you rescued me from that devil's cave, the old Huanyan died. Now Huanyan's life belongs to you."
Chu Lihui shook her hand and said, "Okay, we will go to Taoyuan Village tomorrow. I have a decision to tell you."
Huanyan nodded and said, "Master, please feel free to speak. Huanyan will fully cooperate."