Chapter 177: The Young General and the Handsome Monarch (30)

Yan Ancheng felt his whole body shudder.

She was actually... touching him...

Yan Ancheng's heart pounded wildly and incessantly.

A Si parted Yan Ancheng's dark hair, and sure enough, amid the interwoven red marks on his back, she spotted that vivid patch of red.

Her warm, soft hand pressed directly onto it.

"Your Highness..."

A Si blinked.

It really was her little white.

Then... she had been so fierce to him before.

"A Si..." Yan Ancheng shifted his body slightly.

He wanted the young girl to touch him again, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't bring himself to ask.

"Your Highness, can A Si come to see you anytime from now on?"

Having confirmed that Yan Ancheng was indeed her little white, A Si felt she had been much too harsh with him previously.

She withdrew her hand, trotted over to Yan Ancheng with quick, pattering steps, and looked up at him with her wide, sparkling eyes.

How could Yan Ancheng possibly refuse? He wished he could sweep the young girl up in his arms and spin her around to express the overwhelming joy in his heart.

***

The news that Wei A Si was the eldest young lady of the Wei family quickly spread throughout the entire capital.

Some people claimed they had witnessed the cruel and ruthless Fourth Imperial Prince holding the eldest young lady of the Wei family tightly in his arms with their own eyes.

Who was the eldest young lady of the Wei family?

According to the servants of the Fourth Imperial Prince's estate who laughed at the rumor, she was none other than the valiant young general of the Wei family who had just returned from the battlefield.

The citizens of the capital suddenly understood—Wei A Si was not some young master of the Wei family at all, but the eldest young lady.

That meant the rumors about the Fourth Imperial Prince having a fondness for male lovers, which they had been whispering about just days ago, were also entirely false. The person he was holding in his arms was simply the eldest young lady of the Wei family, Wei A Si.

***

Over the past few days, the affair between A Si and the Fourth Imperial Prince had been the talk of the capital, spreading like wildfire.

A Si was sitting in Wei Jingyu's study, swinging her legs back and forth as she munched on a pastry and stared at Wei Jingyu.

"Brother, what are you looking at me for?" She retreated slightly, clutching the pastry in both hands with a defensive posture. "I haven't been eating candy anymore. Is eating this not allowed either?"

With that, A Si took a massive bite, forcibly stuffing the remaining half of the pastry into her mouth.

Her cheeks puffed out as she chewed with great effort.

Looking at the exquisitely sculpted, doll-like younger sister before him, Wei Jingyu let out a sigh.

He asked, "A Si, is the capital fun?"

A Si thought of little white in the capital, her mother, and... her brother, too.

She nodded.

Wei Jingyu frowned. "Does A Si not want to go back to the Northwest?"

"Are we going to war again?"

Wei Jingyu shook his head.

General Sima's subordinates had rendered great service in battle by slaying the enemy, and furthermore, the Fourth Imperial Prince had been rescued by A Si.

Before long, there would undoubtedly be an imperial decree conferring official ranks and titles upon them.

And A Si would inevitably become one of the most sought-after noble maidens in the capital.

The Crown Princess had already sounded out the madams of various aristocratic families, intending to select a secondary consort for the Crown Prince.

Wei Jingyu was extremely reluctant to see A Si marry the Crown Prince as a secondary consort.

However, the other prevailing rumors gave him an even greater headache.

The Fourth Imperial Prince...

Although there was a distant family connection with the Wei family, judging by the methods and demeanor the Fourth Imperial Prince had displayed throughout the capital over the past few years, Wei Jingyu thoroughly disliked him.

"Well, of course A Si is going to stay in the capital," A Si said, cradling the pastry contentedly in her hands and taking small, slow bites.

***

The very thing Wei Jingyu worried about happened soon enough.

"Father, Xiao Rui... Xiao Rui wants to go too..."

Wei Xiaorui twisted her hands together, standing pitifully by Lord Wei's side.

Aunt Yue chimed in at the right moment, "My lord, Xiaorui is already fifteen this year. Since it's a banquet hosted by the Crown Princess, there will surely be many young gentlemen from noble households in attendance. With our Xiaorui being so wonderful, if some noble young master sets his eyes on her, it could also help you in your official career, my lord."

I have to write my lab report this week; it's practically making my hair fall out!!

(End of this chapter)