The Curious Play 28 Pure As A Flame!

Though they were already married by law but still, they did not perform any wedding rites. He still have to considered her chast.i.ty.

"Tàizǐ diànxià. !"

His though was pulled back when he heard Xin'ers voiced.

"Take care of her!" He said coldly.

"Nu!"

After Tàizǐ diànxià left in Ye Gōngzhǔ's bed chamber, he went straight to Duke Yan's study room. 

He strode long with his slender legs, like a beast attacking his prey. He was too mad and he feels like its making him nuts.

In a study room Duke Yan was surprised to see him at all.

"Tàizǐ diànxià. !"

He stood up like he had seen a ghost.

"Why you're here in this hour?"

"You're manor is quite interesting and complicated than in the palace!" 

Tàizǐ diànxià said sarcastically. he sat himself heavily in a chair, uninvited!

Duke Yan's face darkened.

"Is that so?!"

Duke Yan sneered, annoyingly.

"Don't forget that you're in my manor now and not in you're east palace!"

He said emphasizing the word ''you're east palace"

"My family affair will not be your concerned!'

"Maybe you forget that in your family, there's one important person, that belongs to me. !"

He said furiously, if Ye was hurt even the slightest. Only G.o.d knows how he's going to turn Duke Yan's manor upside down.

He was too angry, he forgets that the one infront of him is no other than Duke Yan, his Master and father in law.

"Should I need to remind you of that, Yuèfù*?"

He said emphasizing the word "Yuèfù", acknowledging Duke Yan in advance as his Father in law.

Duke Yan furrowed his brow in contempt.

"What was going on?"

Duke Yan suddenly asked him. 

He realized that even in Tàizǐ's stubborness and rebellious nature, he would not dare to fight with him unless the matter is extremely important.

"Someone just intruded your manor!" 

Tàizǐ's voice raised a bit.

"His target was Ye!"

But when he mention Ye'er Gōngzhǔ's name his voice was almost become a whisper.

"That's absurd!"

Duke Yan bang his fist in the table as soon as he heard it.

"How could that be possible.? You knew that our house is impenetrable with outsiders. .

"With outsiders!" 

Tàizǐ repeated him, that, he already knew, Duke Yan's manor had an impenetrable and tight security measures throughout their generation.

And for the record, this was the first time. 

"Then it must be someone from inside!" 

He made sure of it himself, if not then how on earth it make sense that someone had actually tried to harm the princess.

Duke Yan fell into silence.

"How was Ye'er?" 

He said in a calm fatherly voiced.

"She's fine.!"

Tàizǐ said bitterly.

"If not, then you should not be expecting your manor to be still, in this state by now!" 

Tàizǐ voiced was full of warning.

"You should perhaps pays attention in your household!"

Like father like son! Duke Yan thought sourly. Hearing Tàizǐ's words is like hearing his Majesty's reprimanding him about his patriarchal duties.

"How could I do my duties here in my household when all of you couldn't stand on your ground with out me?"

Duke Yan sharply asked him in anguished.

Tàizǐ look at him hesitantly.

"Why don't you take her away from here?"

Duke Yan suddenly muttered after a long silence.

Tàizǐ stunned, he suddenly realized that Duke Yan had already aware the danger in his daughter life.

"That won't do!" He snapped.

"Why?"

"Were just going to alarm the snake!" 

He said tapping his finger on the table while leaning his head on his palm.

Duke Yan frowned, his mannerism had always makes him wondered. 

Beside of his att.i.tude that mirrors him of his father, the Emperor.

There is also one person in the palace who had that very annoying habit, it's the Empress! 

He shook his head to dismissed his nonsense thought.

"The dangerous placed is actually the safest one" 

"Then what do you supposed to do?" 

Duke Yan asked him coldly. Though they were close, beside their master and student relationship,

Duke Yan is also his adviser and number one critics.

"The keys of this game is not me, its you!"

"What do you mean?"

Tàizǐ a.s.sumed that either Duke Yan played with him or he was not in the mood at all.

He could not blame the old man, it was his fault. He was carried away with his anger, burst into his mannor and forget his manners.

"And by the way when you said outsiders. .Am I not one of those?"

What he mean was when he intrude their manor univited, with out getting noticed.

Duke Yan look into him, uncertain whether to be amused or to be furious.

"You are not an outsider. .and I won't be surprised about it either!" He said sourly. "You two were like peas in a pod!"

He almost laughed, actually it was Ye who told him the shortcut.

"And as of how you do it Im not interested at all!" 

The old man said annoyingly.

This time he could not help himself but burst into laughters.

"I was wondering where Ye gets her sharp temperaments. .it was just like this, father like daughter!"

Duke Yan suddenly calm himself.

"You better tell me what you were up to or else I would asked my servants to prepared a room for you!"

"Make it two. .

"What.?!" 

He gasped, unbelievably.

"Yu is with me also. .and I bet he had fancied with Ye'ers. .

He used "had" instead of "took" to make it sound more mature than childish, knowing Yu'ers nature.

Even so, Duke Yan did not seems to be amused upon hearing it.

"Shut up. .You two leave my daughters alone!"

He shouted at him imperiously, but he suddenly stunned when he realized what he just spout.

What Duke Yan said did not escaped in Tàizǐ's ears, he's very smart and observant even a slightest details, ever since he was a young.

"Daughters you said?" Tàizǐ asked him seriously. "Im sure its not your eldest daughter, was it?"

"Its not what I meant!"

Duke Yan muttered defensively. 

"I thought you meant. .

Tàizǐ snorts. "Did Ye'er knew this?" 

He asked him though he already knew the answered.

If not Yu's curiousity about Xin'er he wouldn't mind it at all, but since Duke Yan accidentally spill it then their suspicion was actually correct.

"I don't know what you meant?"

Duke Yan pretended.

"Yan's blood is quite strong. .as you see!" 

He paused. 

"By blood I am your nephew, late Chun'er

Gōngzhǔ was your cousin in your paternal side while she was my paternal aunt, Yan clan is my grandmaternal side, directly or indirectly. .

the blood of Yan that flows through my veins is as pure as Flame. .haven't you see this annoying eyes of mine?"

Indeed their eyes were like grey of the last ashes on fire. .it will gets grayer depend on their mood, warmth but extremely dangerous.

There is nothing to denied about it, this is what they called the legendary eyes of Yan clan.

One could recognized them with out even asking.

Duke Yan felt into silence. Indeed, most of his children have the same eyes except for his eldest daughter, he frowned.

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Note: 

Yan  also means fire or flame!

Duke Yan Wu is son of Yan Yan'er brother of Empress dowager Yan Ming.

Empress dowager Yan Ming is the youngest daughter of Yan Wu, "the first generation patriach of Yan clan"

Yan Ming married Crown prince Ching, the only son of emperor Xi with his Empress Yan Yu before the tragedy that drawn the whole empire into chaos.

(It was their unfinished fates where this story lies) their history will be revealed in a following chapter. .

Yan Yu is the youngest sister of Yan Wu, they were the first generation of Yan clan.

By blood Duke Yan Wu is nephew of Empress Dowager Yan Ming.

Empress Dowager Yan Ming is the mother of Emperor Xin and Chun'er Gōngzhǔ is Emperor Xin's youngest sister.

Which makes Duke Yan and Chun'er Gōngzhǔ first cousin.

It makes Tàizǐ diànxià and Ye'er  Gōngzhǔ also first cousins.

First and second generation the Yan clan secure the position of Empresses. .

Only in third generation that the Empress was from the other clan, however the reason of this is extremely related on how the history of the previous tragedy will be repeated

in Crown Prince Ching and Ye'er Gōngzhǔ's time!!