Chapter 396 I won't take it seriously

When Gao Changhong asked that question, Gao Yuanbin clearly felt the woman in his arms stiffen.

Even in her weakened state, Chu Yan pricked up her ears, her heart pounding with anxiety. She was eager to know how Gao Yuanbin would answer this question.

Seeing the painstaking look in Gao Changhong's eyes, as if he were looking at an old father, Gao Yuanbin pondered for a moment before firmly saying, "Yes."

Chu Yan's eyes widened slightly, unable to express the complex feelings she was experiencing. Unconsciously, her originally pale cheeks flushed a little.

"Alright, since you like her, then you can take this woman back to your room as a concubine!"

Gao Changhong spoke as if he were giving in.

Gao Junning looked at Gao Changhong in disbelief, "Father, she's a spy for the Great Liang..."

“Isn’t Su Liluo still the Crown Princess of Daliang? I still let you marry her, didn’t I? This woman is in cahoots with Su Liluo, so if you marry her, your elder brother can naturally marry her too.”

Gao Changhong's answer to Gao Junning was so natural that it made Gao Junning swallow back his subsequent rebuttal.

yes!

If that's the case, then his is even more outrageous—he directly married someone else's crown princess as his legal wife!

Gao Yuanbin only took in a concubine; it's nothing serious.

To his surprise, this woman had managed to persuade his father to allow Gao Yuanbin to take her as a concubine while he was a prisoner.

Does this mean that we can no longer interrogate her or use her to threaten Su Liluo in the future?

The thought that Su Liluo had left with the Crown Prince of Daliang still made him feel quite disappointed.

Gao Yuanbin did not object to Gao Changhong's suggestion because he knew that the most important thing now was to rescue Chu Yan. Her injuries needed to be treated immediately, otherwise the infection would be disastrous.

So he carried Chu Yan back to his courtyard and asked a doctor to treat her injuries.

"Che Yi, what you just said, I...I know it was out of necessity, don't worry, I won't take it seriously."

After the doctor treated her wound and left, Chu Yan sat on the bed. Thinking about what Che Yi had said to Gao Changhong when he saved her, Chu Yan felt embarrassed and couldn't quite believe it, so she stammered and took the initiative to explain.

Che Yi looked up at Chu Yan's nervous expression, about to say, "I didn't—"

Telling lies.

But Chu Yan quickly interrupted him again, "I know you have no intention of marrying me. You only agreed to it in front of your father to save me."

"Don't worry, I didn't take it seriously. Luo'er and I know you don't want to stay in the Northern Desert, so we came back this time simply to take you away. We don't want you to stay here against your will."

Ko Won-bin: "......"

Seeing Chu Yan's explanation to herself, Gao Yuanbin was at a loss for words, unsure how to express what he had in mind.

If he said he really liked her, would she believe him?

Or will she accept it?

Is this just wishful thinking on my part?

Thinking about it this way, he felt that now was not the time to be frank, so he decided to swallow back what he originally wanted to say.

"By the way, is your real name Gao Yuanbin? Should I call you that from now on, or continue calling you Che Yi?"

To ease the awkwardness, Chu Yan changed the subject and asked a question.

"Whatever you want to call me, I'll always be the Che Yi you know."

Gao Yuanbin looked at her seriously. To him, a name was just a label. No matter what he was called, he would always be the person she knew.

"Okay, then I'll continue to call you Che Yi, mainly because I'm used to it."

Chu Yan smiled faintly.

*

On the other side.

After Su Liluo, Xiao Ye, and Zhu Feng and Zhu Yue escaped, they immediately went to Che Yi's house.

“We can’t stay here any longer. I brought you here because there’s a road that leads out of the city.”

After entering the house, Zhu Yue explained to Su Liluo and the others.

"There's actually a road leading out of the city here!"

Su Liluo couldn't help but exclaim in surprise; she hadn't expected Che Yi's house to hold such a delightful surprise.

She was originally worried that now that they were exposed to Gao Changhong, he would definitely seal the city gates and they would have no way to leave the city. But then she found a new path opening up.

"Yes, no one else knows about this secret passage except us. Even if someone comes to search this house, they may not be able to find it."

"Let me take you out of the city first. I'll contact my master when I get back."

As Zhu Yue spoke, she walked to the middle of the room, squatted down, and pressed a pattern on the ground.

A moment later, the middle of the room suddenly caved in, and a dark passageway appeared before them.

"You should go down from here quickly; this leads directly to the woods outside the city."

Each month, a candle is lit, illuminating the passageway and revealing the narrow wooden staircase.

Without further ado, Su Liluo and the others immediately went downstairs.

Then, Zhu Yue went down last, and only after she went down did she close the secret passage on the ground.

There is absolutely no trace of it.

*

"Your Highness! Are you all alright? Why...why are only a few of you back?"

Outside the city.

After Xiao Ye and his men left the city through the secret passage, they immediately went to the place where his troops were stationed.

When Ye Han saw Xiao Ye bring Su Liluo safely to him, his face lit up with joy at first, but when he saw that there were only three or four of them, his expression quickly fell into disappointment.

His Highness brought a thousand elite troops into the city!

What about those people?

They were all his brothers who fought alongside him, could it be that they...

The thought of this possibility still made Ye Han feel a pang of sadness.

"Some of them are injured, and some have been captured by the Regent. Don't worry, I will rescue them."

Xiao Ye gave a serious explanation.

They were all drugged this time. The situation was urgent, and Luo'er couldn't save them one by one. More importantly, some soldiers fainted from the drug.

They could only try to get themselves out first; as for the others, they would figure that out later.

Of course, these were a thousand elite soldiers, soldiers who had fought alongside him in battle, and he would not abandon them.

"Your Highness, what should we do next? Should we lead our soldiers to attack the Northern Desert Imperial City directly?"

Hearing Xiao Ye's words, Ye Han felt much more comforted and was eager to rescue his brothers.

"No, the Northern Desert Imperial City is not so easy to attack. You must not attack the city rashly! Moreover, the people in the city are innocent. You cannot put us, the people of the Northern Desert, into misery just because of the mistakes of those in power!"

At this moment, Zhu Feng and Zhu Yue, who were standing nearby, heard what Ye Han said and couldn't help but step forward to stop him.

They are people of the Northern Desert. No matter how outrageous the regent is, they cannot stand by and watch other countries attack their capital and cause harm to the people of the Northern Desert.

Even if their master were here, he would stop it.

Because they disliked the regent, not the people of the Northern Desert.