Repairing the Past

Chapter 19

"Tell me plainly what does your majesty want to exchange for me?"

Chu Yao asked without delaying for time. He took a comfortable sitting position without forgetting the prevailing courtesy.

"You're really the impatient kind of woman. We can talk about this with a more relaxed atmosphere." Ye Zuan laughed as he thrust out a few plates of snacks and wine to Chu Yao.

Chu Yao snorted with Ye Zuan's words. Like his narcissistic man it will make them stay in his private home for quite a long time.

Ye zuan drank a glass of wine then put the empty glass back on the table.

"I won't find out what it means to come to this town. I just wanted to get you to work together on a few things. "

Ye Zuan dismissed Chu Yao's guess. He was really not interested in the woman's personal purpose to this city. For him, focusing on completing some missions that His Majesty the Emperor mandated was enough to take his time and energy.

Chu Yao mutely. He let the prince continue his words without interrupting.

"You must have realized it when we were on the road. There were some people who were secretly watching. They're disguised as a layman."

Chu Yao was as thoughtful as the prince. He realized that there were some people following him. Even before they met Ye Zuan.

"I won't beat around the bush. I want to ask for your and Mo Yan's help to distract the crown prince's men."

"Crown prince?" Chu Yao repeated just wanting to make sure that her hearing was not wrong.

"really. Crown prince." Ye Zuan said, "don't you already know my mission this time to capture the intruders of the Alorra kingdom. My father assigned me secretly. It is feared that there will be an inter-governmental upheaval if this problem is known to the public."

"Why does the crown prince get in your way?" Chu Yao fished out a more detailed explanation.

In his previous life, Chu Yao had indeed heard a glimpse that the relationship of the two brothers was indeed out of sync. But he did not know the main cause for the hostilities to begin.

Ye Zuan got up and walked around the room. His hands tightly clasped his beloved fan behind his waist.

"If they manage to catch those intruders first, I suspect they will take advantage of the situation to cause a split between the Emperor and me."

"Why is the crown prince so staunchly doing that?" Chu Yao asked again. He folds both hands on the table and plays his index finger.

Ye Zuan quickly replied, "Jealousy. Probably more precisely fear. The crown prince was afraid that the Emperor's father would shift his position and give it to me."

"The crown prince won't be frightened for no reason." Chu Yao made an impressed hypothesis refute.

But Ye Zuan chuckled at hearing that.

"Ayahanda did offer me the position of crown prince. He said among the eight prince candidates in the Imperial palace, only Ye Lang and I are qualified. But I just thought it was a joke. I have refused firmly. The Emperor understood very well that I was not at all interested in that position."

Chu Yao listened calmly. Although Long Ye Lang was already the official crown prince, it was understandable that he felt his position would be threatened by Ye Zuan's existence.

"It seems that the joke was heard all the way to the empress' ears. And you can guess the continuation. The mother and son allied to eliminate me. " Ye Zuan sneered.

Queen again!

That grand name seemed to be growing bigger in Chu Yao's mind. His thoughts automatically sketched and connected them to each other. He smiles. There was no harm if he cooperated with Ye Zuan.

Wouldn't it be easier to get information if it was near the enemy target.

"good. We're barter. If your majesty grants my wish then I will grant your noble wish."

Ye Zuan sat back in his chair. Her devious smile was almost no different from Chu Yao's current sly smile.

"Negotiation huh? Um.. I'm intrigued. Tell me what you want!"

"Hamba has not heard in detail the noble request. Please your majesty describe it in detail so that the servant can adjust."

Chu Yao twitched. He was not stupid to say what he wanted before the prince did. This Ye Zuan did look whiny and flamboyant but in fact he was so cunning. With his expertise like this, it was only natural that he became a candidate for the crown prince's successor. It was also very natural that the empress and the current crown prince were targeting her.

Ye Zuan's smile widened. He liked Chu Yao's cautious attitude.

"good. You really interest me. Then I'm not worried anymore. I've been spreading rumors that the intruders have been captured and I'll take them back to the capital tomorrow. I want you guys to pretend to be one of the intruders."

"Prince wants to trap them using us?" Chu Yao drew a conclusion.

Ye Zuan nodded his head and drew closer to Chu Yao, "kill them to nothing. Can't leave one person! If you want your identity to be safe from the reach of the crown prince or empress."

"I understand."

Chu Yao remained calm as she gulped down the wine in her glass. He waited for the right time to deliver his request.

"Then I'll just say what I want. First, I ask for safety assurance for me and Mo Yan in disguise this time. Second, if my identity is revealed, please the prince promise to save my family in case something unwanted happens. Third, I personally asked the prince for help to find out the relationship between the empress and the suicide of my mother seven years ago."

" Yao Yao aren't your requests a little excessive?" Ye Zuan sounded objectionable to the requirements that Chu Yao gave.

" It is up to the prince to agree or not. I think the request was worth the consequences we would have if we had helped the prince."

Ye Zuan's forehead wrinkled. His hand tapped on the table with the end of the fan. It seems he weighed the profit and loss of the deal they did.

Chu Yao did not bother. He was sure the prince would approve of what he asked for. And it's true. The narcissist agreed.

Ye Zuan called Yun Yi and ordered him to do as he commanded. The bodyguard bowed respectfully and immediately left to finish his task. As soon as Yun Yi disappeared, the position of the bodyguard was instantly replaced by the figure of Lu Jin appearing from the opposite direction.

"I've already ordered Lu Jin to prepare a room large enough for you. You can stay here tonight." Ye Zuan said when he saw Chu Yao rise up and head out of the room.

Chu Yao turned to look at the man's face. He was quite impressed by Ye Zuan's actions which had prepared everything well.

Even the eighth prince could understand if he and Mo Yan would discuss all night and need a sizable room.

"Thank you, your honor. " Say Chu Yao politely.

The girl walked gracefully leaving the Prince. He followed the footsteps of Lu Jin who was guiding him through several corridors to the resting place that had been prepared.

As soon as he got to the door, Lu Jin withdrew respectfully. Chu Yao walked into the room and closed the door with a single stomp.

"Mo Yan's. " Call Chu Yao and the instant the bodyguard appears when his name is called the master.

"You've heard my talk and the prince's, haven't you?" Said Chu Yao while taking off her outer clothes and sitting casually at the fairly long reading table.

Mo Yan nodded. He was standing outside the door from the beginning when the master spoke to the eighth prince.

"What do you think?" Chu Yao asked with a body position leaning against one of her hands.

"none. The steps that the lady took were correct." Mo Yan replied briefly. Mo Yan indeed had to acknowledge the master's intelligence in taking advantage of the situation.

Chu Yao clenched both of her hands. His brows furrowed and involuntarily bit his lower lip slightly. Mo Yan noticed the change in look on the girl's face.

"What did the lady think?" Mo Yan ventured to ask.

Chu Yao raised her head and looked at the dark bead of the masculine manic.

"No. I just think the people who were watching us on the road earlier had a slight difference to the people we saw when we were together with Ye Zuan. Are you aware of it too?"

"They're from a different group."

Chu Yao's pupils widened, "How did you know?"

"From their movements. The way they peck at us is very different when we are together with the eighth prince." Clearly Mo Yan with a flat face.

"Do you know who they are?"

"I'm not sure who they are but the people who are stalking us with the prince are the crown prince's messengers."

Chu Yao went back. He tried to think from the other side. Did Ye Zuan not realize there were two different groups around them. Or did he intentionally not tell her?

Chu Yao gasped as Mo Yan's fingers massaged her wrinkled forehead.

"What are you doing?" He touched the man's hand and raised his head.

"Relax the tension that the lady feels." Mo Yan replied with a steady tone of voice.

The plainness of the man's face invited a sense of mischief within Chu Yao. He was tempted to tempt the bodyguard.

"From massaging me it's better to be the back of my body. "

Chu Yao pulled Mo Yan's wrist to make the man sit in shock beside her. He casually laid his head on Mo Yan's arm. Making a strange euphoric splash in the young man's heart.

Suddenly Mo Yan sat down stiffly. The fragrant aroma of the girl's body had an anesthetic effect on her. His fingers clenched crumpled the cloth wrapped around his strong leg muscles.

Chu Yao pretended to be unaware of the bodyguard's change in attitude. He still wanted to enjoy the seductive sensation of a cold man like Mo Yan. It was a challenge for him.

He chuckled softly and increasingly tightened the hug on the stiff man's arm. He wanted to test the limits of his personal bodyguard skills as a man.

Although it sounded big mouth, Chu Yao knew very well that her face was not ugly very much. Judging from the beauty of the mother can be said that her face has a very unusual beauty.

'I may not be sexy but I am pretty enough to seduce a man like you.' Inner Chu Yao. But Mo Yan remained petrified. He did not flinch with his cold face.

Chu Yao took a deep breath and released her embrace. He muttered in short, "it's no longer helpful." Mo Yan's inaction was already above average.

Chu Yao's cobbled face made Mo Yan's smile expand. He unconsciously stroked the girl's hair. Chu Yao's pretty lips looked cute.

"You're mocking me!" Said Chu Yao when she noticed Mo Yan's reflex motion in her head.

Mo Yan gasped. He swiftly withdrew his hand and lowered his gaze, "I dare not, I deserve to be punished."

"You're this.... Ah already!" Chu Yao wanted to pinch that stiff face yet dejected. He actually spread his head on the upper leg of the bodyguard and closed his eyes with one of Mo Yan's hands.

Although it looked coldly emotionless, it was actually Mo Yan who was fighting fiercely with his ego as a man. Chu Yao's treatment earlier had indeed made her defensive fortifications almost collapse.

If not for the effect of the hard training he had received, perhaps all those turbulent emotions would have easily appeared on his face.

The girl really made him have to always be in a vigilant position.