The Princess and Her Rough-Rider Khan-Chapter 67 - 0 This Khan also likes children a lot (third
Chapter 67: 067 This Khan also likes children a lot (third watch)
Chapter 67: 067 This Khan also likes children a lot (third watch)
Only then did everyone notice that Yelu Yan had arrived, and they hurriedly knelt down and bent their arms in salute.
Li Xianyun, failing to regain her balance in time, inadvertently kicked the feather shuttlecock out, sending it flying straight towards Yelu Yan.
Just as she steadied herself, she saw Yelu Yan lift his hand and deftly catch the shuttlecock with a clean and crisp motion.
Li Xianyun bent her arm in salute to Yelu Yan and said, “Greetings to the Khan.”
A smile playing at the corners of his mouth, Yelu Yan took long strides towards her.
Coming up close, Yelu Yan stood tall with only a meter between them.
Yelu Yan gazed down at Li Xianyun’s petite face, which, due to the shuttlecock kicking, was tinged with a faint blush, delicate like the flowers of spring that could hardly be more tender.
Li Xianyun looked into his deep, tiger-like eyes.
His eyelashes were long and his pupils a deep brown, quite handsome indeed.
Li Xianyun’s red lips parted slightly as she asked, “Khan, why have you returned?”
Yelu Yan replied, “I just finished dealing with official duties and came back to check on things.”
As he spoke, he handed the shuttlecock back to Li Xianyun, but his fingertips subtly brushed across the palm of her hand.
The roughness of his fingertips tingled where they touched, and for some reason, the tips of Li Xianyun’s ears felt extremely hot.
Turning to Yuchi Qian, Yelu Yan inquired, “How is Xuanxuan’s recovery coming along?”
Yuchi Qian replied very nervously, “Thank you, Khan, for your concern. He is much better now.”
Yelu Yan said, “I have sent word to Ayu that he can come back during the Eighth Month Festival.”
Yuchi Qian, excited, looked at Yelu Xuan and they both knelt down and bent their arms in salute to Yelu Yan, saying, “Thank you, Khan.”
“Rise,” Yelu Yan said.
After they had gotten up, he looked at Yelu Xuan and asked, “Whom did you just call Godmother?”
Although Yelu Yan had held him before, Yelu Xuan was still very afraid of the tall, imposing, and no-nonsense Yelu Yan. He hid slightly behind his mother and stared continuously at Yelu Yan with wide-open eyes.
Yuchi Qian explained hastily, “If I may report to the Khan, the princess saved Xuanxuan that day. With nothing with which to repay her kindness, we thought of letting Xuanxuan recognize the princess as his Godmother, to show our gratitude going forward.”
Li Xianyun, seeing the mother and son so frightened, chimed in to support, “Khan, I like Xuanxuan and would like to acknowledge him as my godson.”
Yelu Yan’s lips curved into a smile as he looked at Li Xianyun. He laughed, “Are you so nervous because you fear I would blame the mother and son?”
Pressing her attractive lips together, Li Xianyun thought, Isn’t that the case?
Though not fully conversant with Khitan’s etiquette, she knew that hierarchical distinctions were strict.
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As a princess, she was not supposed to acknowledge kinship freely, for the other party would then be branded as a social climber, and she would be accused of trying to win people over.
Yelu Yan looked down at Yelu Xuan and asked, “Xuanxuan, if you call the princess Godmother, what should you call me?”
At his words, everyone looked at Yelu Yan in shock.
So this was what the Khan meant.
Yuchi Qian gazed at Yelu Xuan with surprise and joy. To be able to recognize the Khan as a godfather was a fortune that couldn’t be earned even in several lifetimes.
“Godfather,” Yelu Xuan mustered his courage and called out with a milky voice.
Yelu Yan grunted in affirmation.
Yuchi Qian, looking at Yelu Yan and Li Xianyun, said, “Khan, princess, my son and I have imposed on you for half the day; it is time we left.”
“Very well,” Yelu Yan replied.
Li Xianyun had intended to invite them to stay for lunch at the Khan Palace, but hearing Yelu Yan say this, she didn’t mention it anymore and instead turned to Zhuo Ma.
Zhuo Ma stepped forward and opened the wooden case.
Li Xianyun placed the shuttlecock inside, closed the lid, and handed it to Yelu Xuan.
Yelu Xuan smiled, “Thank you, Godmother.”
Yuchi Qian shot him a look, and Yelu Xuan quickly added, “Thank you, Godfather.”
The mother and son saluted Yelu Yan and Li Xianyun and hastily left the Khan Palace.
The presence of Yelu Yan was simply too imposing. Even without saying a word, just standing there made people nervous.
Yelu Yan examined the item from the wooden box closely, and after the two left, he looked at Li Xianyun with a smile and asked, “Was that a toy from your childhood?”
Li Xianyun nodded with a smile and said, “I was just leaving it lying around, so I gave it to Xuanxuan.”
“You like children very much?”
“Mhm.”
“This Khan also likes children very much,” Yelu Yan said.
Li Xianyun looked at Yelu Yan with a hint of surprise, feeling that there was something odd about his words.
She couldn’t quite put her finger on what was strange.
Yelu Yan noted that a few strands of Li Xianyun’s black hair were sticking to her forehead due to sweat, making her skin appear even whiter.
“It’s hot outside, come in,” he said.
Li Xianyun hummed an affirmation.
Hearing that, Yelu Yan walked alongside Li Xianyun towards the main building.
Li Xianyun asked, “Khan, shall I have the kitchen prepare a meal for you?”
“Have it prepared. Let’s eat together,” Yelu Yan replied.
Li Xianyun paused for a moment before responding, “Alright.”
It seemed that Yelu Yan had something to discuss with her.
Upon reaching the main building, Yelu Yan turned to Li Xianyun and said, “Come to my room, I have something to tell you.”
“Alright.”
Li Xianyun saw Yelu Yan heading towards the main hall and gave Youlan and Zhuo Ma a look.
The two stepped forward.
“Zhuo Ma, have the kitchen bring over some sweet soup for the Khan,” Li Xianyun instructed, “and also have them prepare some light dishes. The Khan is injured and can’t eat anything too rich.”
Zhuo Ma bowed and then hurried off to relay the instructions.
Li Xianyun then said to Youlan, “Go fetch the medical kit.”
She was originally planning to change the dressing in the evening, but she had noticed the bandage on Yelu Yan’s hand was a bit loose earlier and decided to rewrap it.
Youlan replied, “Yes!”
Li Xianyun arrived at the entrance of the main hall and asked, “Khan, may I come in?”
“Come in.”
As Li Xianyun walked in, she found Yelu Yan in the midst of undressing.
She hastily turned and walked out, saying, “Perhaps I should come back later.”
“Come here,” Yelu Yan turned to look at her and said, “My hand is injured, and it’s a bit difficult to undress.”
The implication couldn’t be more clear.
Although Li Xianyun stopped, she still kept her back turned and said, “Then I shall call for a palace servant.”
Yelu Yan laughed and said, “You are the princess, what is there you can’t see?”
Li Xianyun hesitated, thinking that although she was the princess, they hadn’t planned on becoming a true husband and wife.
The smirk on Yelu Yan’s face deepened as he said, “In the eyes of a physician, aren’t there only patients without distinction of gender?”
Li Xianyun turned to look at him.
Yelu Yan raised his injured hand to show her.
He had clearly stated the previous day that such a minor injury was no trouble, yet now he was presenting himself as a patient.
Although Li Xianyun thought this to herself, she still walked over, but she hesitated, not knowing quite where to begin with his partially removed clothing.
Yelu Yan said with a laugh, “Help me take off the clothing above.”
Li Xianyun let out a soft “Oh,” raised her bare hands, and began to undress him.
This man was truly tall and well-proportioned, like a walking clothing rack.
