Chapter 682: Chapter 682: Only Want You The two held hands and left. Ye Zhenyu noticed that Leng Yu Yan was slightly intoxicated but still remembered to assist the blind man, their paired walking figures increasingly irking him. Before long, Ye Yiheng and Leng Yu Yan boarded the Eastern Palace Carriage. As soon as they sat down in the carriage, Leng Yu Yan glared with wide eyes, her face full of anger as she removed someone’s eye veil, “Your brothers are all witnesses!” Where was the slightest hint of drunkenness? She had barely sipped a few mouthfuls of wine, her cheeks reddening instantly; the drunkenness had not yet kicked in. Fueled by her eagerness to hear an explanation from him, she let him suggest returning to the Eastern Palace early. Moreover, she never liked staying at Prince Liang Mansion, so the two of them tacitly reached a mutual understanding. Ye Yiheng then skillfully caught her slender wrist and, pinching her waist, lifted her onto his lap, “Words alone are no proof. When we return to the Eastern Palace, I will show you the evidence.” Leng Yu Yan struggled off his lap with force and sat huffily to the side. Seeing her adorable appearance, Ye Yiheng couldn’t help but tease her, “Such strong jealousy, sitting so far away—are you afraid of fumigating me?” “Ye Yiheng, I’m not in the mood for jokes!” “You don’t even want to be held by me anymore.” He squeezed his hand, looking pitifully at her, “Is it uncomfortable sitting on me?” Leng Yu Yan became more infuriated as she listened, “Until you give a reasonable explanation, I won’t let you hold me!” His thighs were hard and uncomfortable to sit on. She dared not say that now; once she did, who knows what kind of mischief he might get up to. The horse carriage traveled quite swiftly and, after more than one hour, they arrived at the Eastern Palace. Once inside the Eastern Palace, Ye Yiheng pulled Leng Yu Yan towards the storeroom. The man was tall with long legs, taking expansive strides that Leng Yu Yan couldn’t keep up with. Being dragged by him, she had no choice but to run a few steps. “Could you walk a little slower?” But he retorted, “I’m anxious to explain.” Leng Yu Yan had to alternate between walking a few steps and then hurrying to catch up, sensing his anger too, making it difficult for her to voice further questions. Ye Yiheng glanced sideways at her, breathing heavily, with her chest heaving violently due to her heavy breathing, and then stopped walking, opting to lift her horizontally into his arms instead. In the broad daylight, being carried away by him this way, Leng Yu Yan’s already blushing face burned even more fiercely, and she whispered, “Put me down.” Ye Yiheng remained silent, continuing his walk. Palace maids and eunuchs they encountered on the way hurriedly stepped aside, and those who couldn’t avoid them in time simply bowed their heads and turned away. Thıs content belongs to 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⁂𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱 Before long, they reached the storeroom. Ye Yiheng carried her through to the most inconspicuous room in the back of the storeroom, unlocking the door with a key. The room’s arrangements were plain, looking like a space for storing antiques and paintings. In front of Leng Yu Yan, Ye Yiheng operated a hidden mechanism, then pushed open a rack of porcelain vases, revealing a secret chamber before her eyes. She had been to the storeroom several times, with different items piled in different rooms outside. She hadn’t expected there to be another room here, and inside the room, a secret chamber filled with glinting gold. Several red sandalwood boxes on the ground were filled with gold ingots, and the Silver was haphazardly piled in the corner. Ye Yiheng walked up to a wooden rack and casually took out a case. “This is the case of pearls from Baili Wenyi.” “This…” Leng Yu Yan was puzzled, “then the case of pearls you gave me, where did you get it from?” He had previously given her a case of pearls, which she had returned to him on the way to Jiangzhou, only for him to give it to her again later. Now she kept that case of pearls well hidden. And here was another case, although the case looked different from the one she had hidden, the pearls inside were all quite large. Upon closer inspection, it seemed that the pearls in her case were even larger. Ye Yiheng tapped her forehead with his finger: “Your husband does not lack money, of course, I bought it myself.” With a sore forehead, Leng Yu Yan covered it with her hand and said in a wronged tone, “But you gave me a hundred pearls, and she gave you a hundred too, so I thought it was the same case…” “The case of pearls I gave you, I personally selected them in Nandian when I was a child. I chose carefully, one by one, their roundness and luster are unparalleled,” Ye Yiheng said, covering his chest, “On the boat to Jiangzhou, you used the pearls I personally chose as hidden weapons…” Leng Yu Yan hurriedly grabbed his arm, “Your Highness, I, I was wrong!” Then she reacted and demanded, “No, you still haven’t explained why Baili Wenyi would give you pearls!” “Two years ago, she came to Tiancheng and defeated many Princes and Princesses with her superb chess skills. Only I had not yet competed with her, and she disdained to play chess with me, saying she couldn’t bully a blind man. The old man saw that his children were not Baili Wenyi’s match, so he ordered me to play against her. Naturally, I didn’t want to listen to the old man’s words, but he said if I could avoid losing, he would allow me to be Crown Prince for two more years.” Leng Yu Yan covered her mouth in shock: “Two years ago, Father Emperor wanted to depose you?” Ye Yiheng said calmly, “That’s right, so I agreed.” “How did you compare?” “It was a single game to determine the winner,” he explained. “In reality, I won the game, but Baili Wenyi, for the sake of face, used Inner Strength to negotiate with me in a whisper. If we could draw, she would later thank me with a national gift.” “Inner Strength to whisper?” Leng Yu Yan murmured, “Does Baili Wenyi really have such skill?” “Yes, she could see that I was always hiding my true ability,” Ye Yiheng said seriously. “At that time, I was keeping a low profile. If I had rashly won, Yanyan, what do you think the situation would have been like?” Leng Yu Yan said seriously, “She would probably have torn off all pretense and revealed the truth about Your Highness’ abilities. Also, the other Princes and Princesses would have been more wary of Your Highness, so you couldn’t have won rashly.” “By drawing, it meant not losing, and the old man could only keep his promise to let me be Crown Prince for two more years,” Ye Yiheng said flatly. “At the same time, Baili Wenyi’s face was saved, and later she specially brought pearls to the Eastern Palace to thank me.” Leng Yu Yan suddenly felt relieved: “So these pearls are not a gift from her, but lost to Your Highness?” Ye Yiheng nodded: “Exactly, this case of pearls was originally a national gift for the old man. Baili Wenyi lost to me in the chess game, and I helped her save face.” Leng Yu Yan added, “Baili Wenyi is so concerned about face, other Princes probably think the pearls were a gift from her to Your Highness, and she naturally won’t explain the truth.” Ye Yiheng gave her a glance: “You finally understand, and you should also understand why I couldn’t explain it to you in public, right?” “Of course, there’s another reason: Baili Wenyi really does have considerable strength, and she could see that I was concealing my edge. I thought having another ally wouldn’t be a bad thing, so our relationship has been quite good,” he said as he closed the case. “Since Yanyan does not like to see this case of pearls, I will return it to her.” Leng Yu Yan snatched the case and put it back in its place: “Don’t, you won it, it’s rightfully yours!” Ye Yiheng chuckled softly, and then embraced her from behind, whispering, “Yanyan, won’t you let me hold you?” With a tickling sensation in her ears, Leng Yu Yan stiffened, her heartbeat suddenly quickened: “Baili Wenyi is so accomplished, and she shares Your Highness’ political views, I still can’t help feeling jealous.” “In my eyes, she’s not a woman. Yanyan, do you understand what I mean?”