What other reason could there be? That old woman in the Prince Zhan Yun Residence must have been butting heads with Qian Jiyun frequently recently. She even made Xue Ling convince Qian Yiyun to go to the southern border.
The others also looked at Sixth Brother Gong curiously.
“Lan Zhitong,” murmured a man in black sitting on a rattan chair next to them.
Everyone looked at him in unison and widened their eyes.
“Eldest Brother Yan, you mean… Second Brother really found her?”
If it was true, Second Brother Qian must have gone to great lengths. They had to be happy for him! He had finally found the person he had been searching for for years.
Eldest Brother Yan hesitated for a moment and added, “Maybe.”
How could he be certain? They had never fully grasped Second Brother Qian’s personality.
“Eldest Brother Yan, when is your youngest brother setting off?” another person asked.
Eldest Brother Yan raised his eyebrows and sneered.
His old man doted on that good-for-nothing as if he was his treasure. No one knew when he would set off for the southern border.
“Maybe when the sky collapses,” he replied.
“Pfft!” Everyone laughed.
“I think it’s not even a matter of the sky collapsing. Your youngest brother just doesn’t want to go, right?”
After all, the southern border was not like the capital. They could not get or do everything they wanted. There were soldiers there!
“He doesn’t want to go?”
Eldest Brother Yan raised his eyebrows again and thought to himself,?“Is it because he doesn’t want to go? He clearly doesn’t dare to go!”
There was a big difference between not daring and not wanting.
“He’s probably afraid of Second Brother because he beat him up,” he said.
Everyone was speechless.
It was true. Qian Jiyun had beaten up Prince De on more than one occasion.
Prince De would enter the palace to complain each time he was beaten up.
Unfortunately, Qian Jiyun had just been conferred the title of Prince of the Second Rank. Aside from the 18 Stockaded Villages, he controlled the majority of the forces on the southern border.
Therefore, as long as Prince De was not seriously hurt, the Emperor could only turn a blind eye.
This time, the Emperor sent Prince De to Qian Jiyun’s territory. Qian Jiyun could rally multitudes with a single call there. If he went, he would probably be skinned alive.
It would be strange if he dared to go.
“But Second Brother is back,” Sixth Brother Gong said.
“You’re stupid!” The man in purple rolled his eyes.
“Prince De might be a troublemaker, but he’s not a fool. It doesn’t matter if Second Brother Qian returns to the capital! Prince De will still suffer if he goes to the southern border!”
“That’s right. He might have already instructed people in the military camp to torture Prince De. He would definitely do that.”
Fifth Brother Xia nodded repeatedly.
At Qiongzhi Courtyard…
Ling Yi had already sent everything to Qiongzhi Courtyard. She even introduced each item to An Jiuyue to show off the Old Madam’s generosity.
An Jiuyue remained silent.
Are they trying to show off their wealth or experience? Is it wrong of me to come from the countryside? Do you need to look down on me like that?
She was furious and instructed Wei Na, “Wei Na, find 20 packets of spicy bars. I want the super spicy kind. Unwrap them all and put them on a plate!”
Wei Na was speechless.
Master, we may be angry, but we shouldn’t be wasteful, right? Spicy bars are good stuff! Are you sure you want to give it to them?