Chapter 253: Chapter 253: Are You Jealous of a Wolf? Chapter 253: Chapter 253: Are You Jealous of a Wolf? “Ah Jiu, how can you be sure that Zhuo Yinzhu is now with the Second Prince?”

Jun Yuyan asked with some curiosity.

After all, it was The Third Prince who rescued her and brought her back to Prince Rui’s Mansion.

“I found out that The Third Prince sent people to rescue her, but they ran into a flash flood and got washed away. She disappeared for a month and then showed up at Prince Rui’s Mansion on her own. How should I say this, it’s also a kind of intuition.”

She didn’t want to reveal that it was due to knowledge from her past life. Since Master Hui Jue said that the secrets of heaven must not be disclosed, she would keep it buried in her heart.

Jun Yuyan didn’t delve further. Hearing Murong Jiu say so, he believed her and told her:
“Since she is with the Second Prince, we must be more cautious. However, as long as there is contact, they will inevitably show their true colors. By then, we can use The Third Prince to get rid of Zhuo Yinzhu, letting them bite each other like dogs. There’s no need for Ah Jiu to dirty her hands.”

Murong Jiu smiled and nodded. “I had wanted to take action, as they pushed me too far and almost killed Kai Xuan. However, now that Kai Xuan has consumed so many of Old Man Miao’s poisonous insects, I guess he could annoy them to death. So, let’s let Zhuo Yinzhu jump around a bit more.”

She was also very curious to see what The Third Prince’s reaction would be when he discovered Zhuo Yinzhu was working for the Second Prince.

The Second Prince must have known before Zhuo Yinzhu showed up at Prince Rui’s Mansion that she was carrying Jun Yuyan’s child.

But he never took action, and even allowed the Fifth Princess to visit once, probably with the intent of probing.

It’s also highly possible that the Second Prince believed Jun Yuyan wouldn’t survive the battle against the Xiongnu and return to the Capital City, so whose child Murong Jiu was carrying no longer mattered to him.

If Jun Yuyan died on the battlefield, the Second Prince could then absorb Prince Ling’s Mansion and take control of Murong Jiu.

If Jun Yuyan was still alive, but the war continued, and he couldn’t return to the capital, then the child Murong Jiu bore could become a bargaining chip for the Second Prince to threaten Jun Yuyan.

These were the reasons the Second Prince didn’t act against the child in her belly.

However, when the news of a great victory over the Xiongnu returned to the Capital City, the Second Prince must have been filled with immense regret.

She had guessed early on that perhaps the increase in poisonous insects around the Prince Mansion wasn’t just The Third Prince trying to kill her but also involved the hand of the Second Prince.

The poisonous insects could injure the guards, creating a breach, at which time couldn’t the Second Prince’s men take advantage of the weakness?

Luckily, she had her master by her side, and Jun Yuyan had already arranged the guards of the Prince Mansion well before he left. Although about a dozen guards were bitten, the gaps were quickly filled, and the mansion remained as secure as a fortress.

It was supposed to be a war of attrition. If more guards were poisoned over time, they would eventually find an opening. But who could have expected that her pet wolf, after recovering, started to eat the poisonous insects out of revenge?

It was a twist of fate, a blessing in disguise.

Thinking about how both the Second Prince and The Third Prince must be seething with anger brought her much amusement. Just then, her little wolf came back from outside. She smiled and beckoned, and the little wolf jumped onto the chair. She hugged the wolf’s fluffy head and kissed it several times on the top.

It smelled fragrant, clean, and refreshing.

Jun Yuyan looked at the little wolf a few times.

The little wolf was enjoying the attention and had its eyes half-closed, but when it felt his gaze, it suddenly bared its teeth at him.

Murong Jiu quickly pinched the wolf’s mouth and gently chided, “Kai Xuan, you can’t be fierce to him. I’ve told you several times; why do you remember other things but always forget this one?”

Perhaps it was because after Kai Xuan became lively again, Jun Yuyan had driven him out of the inner chamber, no longer allowing Kai Xuan to sleep at her feet. In any case, in the bedroom, Jun Yuyan absolutely didn’t allow him to enter. It seemed that a feud had thus developed between the wolf and him.

Although the little wolf only bared its teeth and appeared a tad bit fluffed up, without taking any further action, and looked somewhat comical, Murong Jiu still took the time to educate it properly, lest one day the little wolf grew into a big wolf and would bite Jun Yuyan.

The little wolf seemed to understand human speech; it listened to whatever she said, but it just held some enmity towards Jun Yuyan.

After being reprimanded, the little wolf turned its head away, refusing to look at Jun Yuyan and kept nuzzling her palm with its head.

Seeing that it had no intention of leaving, Jun Yuyan frowned, but noticing Ah Jiu’s smiling eyes and buoyant mood, he convinced himself not to take offense with a little wolf.

His possessiveness over Ah Jiu had been growing stronger, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t tolerate a wolf.

Murong Jiu petted Kai Xuan for a while and then had someone take it out for some meat.

After washing her hands, she turned to Jun Yuyan with a smile, “I feel something isn’t quite right. Kai Xuan holds a deep hostility towards you. Did you have a conflict before?”

Jun Yuyan couldn’t help laughing, “What conflict could I possibly have with a wolf? This little fellow holds grudges. Back at the Frontier Pass, it tried to steal my jade pendant and got a kick from me.”

Murong Jiu blinked, “Is it because my older brothers used a sachet with my scent to train it, so it feels attached to the jade pendant?”

That jade pendant was still hanging on his waist. It was the one from their first meeting, when he used the cord on the pendant to tie up her own jade pendant–that one later got accidentally burnt by her but was returned to Jun Yuyan through Murong Qian.

The cord on it was also one she personally rewove for him before his campaign, using the finest silk thread that wouldn’t wear out in wind or rain, incorporating the peace charm given by Master Hui Jue into the upper part of the pendant. That small ball-like weave contained the charm, as well as their mutually-exchanged hair.

By exchanging hair, they became husband and wife, with love and trust in each other.

It naturally carried her scent as well.

The little wolf had been trained with her embroidered sachet by her brothers, familiar with her scent, so it was no wonder it went after the jade pendant.

Jun Yuyan nodded.

“But my feud with it doesn’t stop there. When it was abandoned by its pack, I was the first one to find it. Taking pity on it, I gave it some water, but regretfully, it ended up with your handkerchief which I accidentally dropped. When I realized it, the wolf was chewing it and wouldn’t let go, tearing it to pieces. It had just been born not long ago, yet I don’t know where it found the strength. Thinking of how you labored half a month to embroider that handkerchief for me, I couldn’t help but feel a bit angry at it. But then considering it had already remembered your scent, and since your brothers had come by, I asked them to take it back to raise.”

Murong Jiu hadn’t expected that Kai Xuan’s affection towards her was originally because of Jun Yuyan. It seemed that this was the reason her brothers had an easier time training Kai Xuan.

She found it amusing and poked his arm with her finger, “You’re not actually jealous of a little wolf, are you?”

No wonder he had sent Kai Xuan out of the inner chamber as soon as it behaved.

The more she thought about it, the funnier it seemed.

Who gets jealous of a wolf?

The more she laughed, the more wistful Jun Yuyan’s gaze became.

She quickly hugged him, “Alright, alright, I’ll stop laughing. I’m just too happy, happy that you care so much about me, not wanting anyone else to divert my attention from you, right? Don’t worry, the person I like most is still you!”

Jun Yuyan was easily mollified, especially after hearing her last sentence–his emotions surged, and he was immensely excited.

Ah Jiu had confessed to him!

Ah Jiu said that the person she liked most was him!