Chapter 8 Chapter 8 "No matter the stars in the sky, the bright moon and the blue clouds, my brother...

The candlelight flickered, illuminating the girl's eyes that suddenly flashed with doubt.

Although it was only for a moment, Yun Qin still noticed it.

"Do you want to know what he confessed?"

Jiang Daiyi closed her lips lightly, thinking in her heart.

The assassins in Tianque have all been trained, and those who can survive to the moment of mission are extraordinary.

If the assassin had not met Yun Qin this time, he might not have been at a disadvantage.

As for confessing, even if you torture him to death and scrape his bones, you can't pry that person's mouth open.

But Yunqin's temptation was too obvious for Jiang Daiyi to ignore.

He seemed to be saying, I am just finding fault on purpose, how should my sister deal with me?

Jiang Dai thought that maybe the fact that she had shaken off the secret guards and headed to the eastern suburbs had made him dissatisfied.

Yunqin seemed to have developed some inexplicable sense of control over her over the past year.

"Brother, now that you've interrogated the assassin, are you going to interrogate me?"

Jiang Daiyi's eyes were as pure as jade, but Yun Qin's eyes were silent and hard to see.

In the eyes of the world, the Yun family is united and is a rare powerful family that is willing to think for the people.

But if you are in the Yun family in person, you will know that it is just an appearance.

Some time ago, when Prince Xianglin was choosing a concubine, the elders of the Yun family intended to let Jiang Daiyi enter the palace to win over Prince Xianglin, and uncle Yun Yan even discussed this with Yun Qin in private.

It was only because he rejected it that the matter was dropped and never mentioned again.

To Yunqin, Jiang Daiyi is not only his lost sister who is now found, but also his childhood obsession.

Any slight disturbance is enough to make Yunqin suspicious.

As for the assassin, he was extremely stubborn.

It hasn't spit out any useful information yet.

He asked this just to test her.

In this stalemate where neither of us would give in, Jiang Daiyi started to lose her temper.

"What does my brother want me to say?"

She questioned Yunqin in a lost voice,

"Shall I say that I am an accomplice of the assassin?"

"Or do you want me to say that I'm a traitor to the Yun family?"

"Or perhaps you've gotten rid of the secret guards today just to meet with other assassins?"

“…”

Jiang Daiyi felt a little aggrieved and dissatisfied with Yunqin's suspicion of her, so she started to complain.

"Since returning from Xiaojun City, my brother has often asked me some strange questions."

"But you know very well that I can't do this with my ability."

At this time.

Footsteps came from behind the screen.

However, Jiang Daiyi and Yun Qin did not look away from each other, as if neither of them was willing to bow their heads first.

When Madam Yun Li walked in, she saw Yun Qin holding Jiang Daiyi's wrist, which was as slender as white jade.

The atmosphere between the two was delicate, like two strings about to break at any moment.

Yun Li coughed lightly: "What happened?"

Jiang Dai noticed that Yun Li was sobbing even harder, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

She wiped away her tears with her free hand, then turned her gaze to Yun Li and called softly.

"aunt."

Yun Li looked at him and said, "Qin'er, what are you doing?"

The cold light on Yun Qin faded a little.

Madam Yunli came over and brushed his hand away, and saw a particularly obvious circle of red marks on Jiang Daiyi's white wrist.

In fact, Yun Qin's hands were not heavy-handed, but Jiang Daiyi had been well taken care of by him over the years, so any slight force could leave a mark on her.

Madam Yunli asked, "Why are you bullying your sister like this?"

Yun Qin's expression was calm and indifferent. "I didn't bully her. I have something to ask my sister."

"Why are you asking questions like this?"

Madam Yunli looked at the tearful girl and obviously didn't believe it.

"Are you wondering why she left the secret guards and went to the eastern suburbs? It would have been fine if she had just gone, but why did she even hide her clothes?"

Yun Qin didn't say anything, but he didn't deny it either.

Madam Yunli explained the whole story.

"Just now, I happened to see a maid carrying some detoxifying herbs from the thorny fields in the eastern suburbs. Although picking these herbs is not difficult, you will definitely get hurt by the thorns."

"The maid had no injuries on her body, so I stopped her and asked her where she got the medicine."

Yunqin's eyes softened a little, and he had already guessed what his aunt would say next.

"The maid said that 吳吳 picked it especially for you. She also said that while collecting this herb, her body was covered with scars from thorns. In order not to worry you, she used powder to cover up the visible wounds."

Madam Yunli stepped forward and gently lifted the sleeves of Jiang Daiyi's nightgown.

"If you don't believe me, just take a look."

The white jade-like forearm under the sleeve was covered with bright red marks of varying depths. Perhaps because she was afraid of being discovered, she did not apply medicine. Some of the wounds were even bleeding because they had not healed yet.

The back of her hand was indeed covered with a layer of powder, with a slight blush underneath. Even on her delicate and beautiful cheek, there was a line that had been covered, but now it gradually appeared because of the tears.

Yun Qin was silent for a long time, lowered his eyes and stared at Jiang Daiyi. He raised his hand to wipe away her tears, but she turned her face away.

"As for why you threw away the secret guards," Madam Yun Li was also puzzled. She looked at Jiang Daiyi, who was still crying, "Ai Ai, if you wanted to pick herbs for your brother, you could have just told the secret guards. Why bother doing it yourself?"

Jiang Daiyi lowered her eyes and whispered, "I want to do something for my brother personally. He lost his inner strength to help me detoxify, and he also had to suffer the pain of the poison's backlash. I was poisoned first, so I know how painful it is to be poisoned."

Jiang Daiyi raised her red eyes and met Yun Qin's gaze again. The more she explained, the more the tears in her eyes slid down her cheeks.

"I wanted to personally relieve my brother from the discomfort caused by the poison, so I secretly got rid of the secret guards... But my brother... I..."

"Alright, alright, the case is solved now," Madam Yun Li interrupted the girl as she sobbed violently, then frowned at Yun Qin, "Look at how you've messed with your sister!"

"That dress must have been stained with blood. If I had given it to those maids to wash, you would have noticed. If you had noticed, you would have been worried. All of this today was just a little thought from a girl who felt sorry for her brother."

"Besides, she's been shaking off the secret guards countless times since she was a child. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. The more times she shakes off the guards, the more proficient she will become. What's there to doubt?"

Yun Qin looked at Jiang Daiyi, who couldn't stop feeling sad, and realized that his questioning was indeed excessive. His tone returned to its usual gentleness.

"I'm sorry, sister."

Madam Yun Li sighed, "Ever since you were little, you've been more suspicious than your elders. It's fine when it comes to others, but why do you use this suspicion on your sister? She's not a prisoner in your cell."

Yun Qin wanted to reach out and comfort Jiang Daiyi, but he was afraid that she would get angry and avoid him, so he just comforted her in a gentle voice.

"If you're still angry, why don't you make a wish? No matter if it's the stars in the sky or the bright moon and blue clouds, I will find them for you."