"Because I'm the crown prince," Yun Feiyue said coldly.
No one else had expected things to develop like this.
Originally, it was Yun Ningshuang who came to cause trouble for the Dark Night Pavilion. When the crown prince arrived, they thought he would side with Yun Ningshuang. But unexpectedly, the crown prince actually took the side of the Dark Night Pavilion.
Yan Xiao watched this scene expressionlessly, but his mind was constantly speculating about the purpose of Yun Feiyue's actions today.
Was it because of his cousin's alchemy skills yesterday that he came to win her over?
Or was there some other reason?
Yan Xiao couldn't figure it out, but he didn't have much time to think about it at the moment.
After being disrupted by Yun Ningshuang just now, the Dark Night Pavilion had to return to normal as soon as possible.
The crown prince's men acted quickly. Although Yun Ningshuang was very reluctant, she was taken away by Yun Feiyue's men in the next instant.
The noisy environment suddenly became quiet.
However, some people who wanted to buy pills had to suppress their urge to rush in and continue shopping when they saw Yun Feiyue still there.
Seeing that the crown prince didn't seem to be leaving, Yan Xiao told the others to continue with their own work. Then he looked at Yun Feiyue and asked, "I wonder if Your Highness the Crown Prince wants to buy some pills?"
"Where's your pavilion master?" Yun Feiyue pondered for a while and then asked.
Yan Xiao was taken aback for a moment, and then replied, "The pavilion master is refining pills. I wonder what Your Highness the Crown Prince wants with our pavilion master?"
"It was my younger sister's fault today. She has caused you trouble in the Dark Night Pavilion," Yun Feiyue said gently with a kind face. "Since your pavilion master is busy, I'll come to pay a visit another day. I hope you can tell your pavilion master that I will surely punish my younger sister severely for her unreasonable behavior today."
Yan Xiao glanced at him and said, "I'll convey your words to our pavilion master."
Hearing this, Yun Feiyue said meaningfully, "I hope that I can have more interactions with the pavilion master in the future and establish a friendly relationship." After saying that, he turned around and left without waiting for Yan Xiao's reply.
"What does he mean by that?" Yan Xiao subconsciously turned to ask Yun Jie beside him, but there was a bad premonition in his heart.
Yun Jie swept a glance at the onlookers beside them, and then his eyes fell on Yan Xiao.
Meeting Yun Jie's gaze, Yan Xiao's heart skipped a beat. "You guard here. I'll go find the pavilion master."
Yun Jie naturally knew what he was going to do. He nodded and said, "Don't worry. I'll keep an eye on things here."
Yan Xiao went straight to the backyard. Seeing Feng Yuqin and Yan Geng both refining pills, he didn't disturb them immediately.
It was not until they finished refining a batch of pills that he knocked on the door.
Yan Geng opened the door. Seeing his elder brother, he asked in surprise, "Brother, why are you here?"
"Is cousin free?" Yan Xiao looked at Feng Yuqin and asked.
Feng Yuqin nodded. "If you have something to say, come in, eldest cousin."
After Yan Xiao walked in, he got straight to the point and briefly told them what had happened outside just now.
Feng Yuqin didn't expect that Yun Ningshuang would come to cause trouble, and that Yun Feiyue would have her taken away.
"When Yun Feiyue left, both Yun Jie and I thought that he had set his sights on you," Yan Xiao said.
Feng Yuqin smiled and said, "Eldest cousin, since yesterday, there should have been quite a few people eyeing my Dark Night Pavilion, right?"
"It's different," Yan Xiao said. "You should know that Yun Feiyue has never had a crown princess. So if he has his eye on you, it should be because he wants you to be his crown princess. After all, you're a third - level alchemist with such a high success rate in pill - making. A man as scheming as him couldn't have remained indifferent."
"Eldest cousin, are you overthinking it?" Feng Yuqin asked with a smile.
After all, he was the crown prince of a country. It was impossible for him to decide the position of his crown princess so easily.
"Yes, brother, maybe you're overthinking it," Yan Geng said. "After all, what he said at the end didn't make it clear. Maybe you're just imagining things."
Yan Xiao frowned. After a moment, he said, "I hope I'm just overthinking it. But you should also be more careful."
Feng Yuqin nodded. "Don't worry. Even if he has such an idea, I don't think much of him."
However, when Feng Yuqin was about to return to the prime minister's mansion in the evening, she realized that what Yan Xiao and Yun Jie had said was really true.
Because the matter had already spread throughout the whole city.
Of course, Feng Yuqin didn't know about these things at the moment.
For the whole day, in the morning she taught Yan Geng how to refine pills, and in the afternoon she went to Lin Xuan and Su Bing to teach them how to succeed in pill - making.
Several times when Yan Xiao came over and saw that she was busy, he didn't want to disturb her and left.
After he left, he tried to suppress the news outside, but instead, the matter became even more sensational.
As a result, the whole imperial city now knew that Yun Feiyue had taken a fancy to Qin Yu of the Dark Night Pavilion and wanted to offer her the position of his crown princess.
When Feng Yuqin came out and Yan Xiao told her what had happened outside, she was dumbfounded.
"So this morning, it wasn't you and Yun Jie who were overthinking things?" Feng Yuqin said speechlessly.
Yan Xiao nodded. With a solemn look on his face, he said, "Cousin, what should we do now? I know you don't like the crown prince, but things have gotten to this point. It will damage your reputation. Who would dare to come and propose marriage to you in the future?"
Although there was the idea of cousin - cousin marriage in ancient times.
But neither Yan Xiao nor Yan Geng had such thoughts about Feng Yuqin.
They really regarded Feng Yuqin as their own younger sister.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have minded what her reputation was like. They could just marry her home.
But they didn't have that kind of affection for her. If they really married her, it would only harm her.
"Mo Xuanye shouldn't mind," Feng Yuqin thought of Mo Xuanye in an instant.
Hearing this, Yan Xiao immediately understood. "So, you've set your heart on the Fourth Prince of Dongyuan Kingdom?"
Before, they thought that since her arranged marriage hadn't succeeded, she had let go of this matter.
Now he realized that there seemed to be things they didn't know.
Feng Yuqin glanced at Yan Xiao and didn't hide anything. "If there are no accidents, it will be Mo Xuanye. So I don't think much of other men."
Moreover, in her heart, a person like Yun Feiyue was just a villain.
Otherwise, why would Yun Feiyue have repeatedly arranged for people to try to kill and rob the medicinal herbs that she had successfully bid for at the auction house?
So, Feng Yuqin despised Yun Feiyue from the bottom of her heart.
If they had some deep hatred, she might not have thought much of it. After all, her philosophy was that it would be stupid not to take what belonged to the enemy. Maybe she would have snatched it too if she were in his position.
But before, she didn't have any deep hatred with Yun Feiyue, yet he could do such a thing as killing for treasures. She knew that this crown prince was a vicious and cruel person.
A person like this wasn't even worthy of being her friend, let alone daring to covet the position of her husband.
In his dreams!
"So what should we do now?" Seeing that his cousin really didn't take a fancy to Yun Feiyue, Yan Xiao felt relieved.