Chapter 160 Just to get to her faster

Before Su Rui could finish her words, Yun Ji covered her mouth with his hand.

The distance between them suddenly got closer. Under the moonlight, his tall figure blocked out the moonlight, shrouding it in darkness, but the pain and forbearance in his eyes could be seen more clearly.

He feels sorry for her?

I sniffed and smelled blood.

Su Rui reached out and grabbed Yun Ji's hand that was covering her mouth, wanting to turn it over and take a look.

Yun Ji realized that he wanted to pull it back, but Su Rui held on tightly, shouting, "You're hurting me."

Sure enough, Yun Ji ran out of strength.

She quickly turned his hand over, and saw that the palm was full of broken blood blisters. She turned the back of his hand and took a closer look. Although the moonlight was weak, she could see that the skin was slightly blue and purple.

Su Rui was very familiar with this kind of injury.

It's frostbite, and it's so serious because of prolonged exposure to severe cold and continuous labor.

Thinking of something, Su Rui asked in surprise, "Did you clear the snow all the way back to Shengjing?"

No wonder! No wonder he showed up at this time.

The road was clearly blocked by heavy snow, and even if he ordered people to open a passage, he would not arrive until the second half of the night at the earliest.

But now, it's a few hours early.

So, he dug snow for several hours without stopping, braving the snow and wind, and ran all the way back on his own two legs.

Just to... protect her?

A strange feeling passed through my heart, and my nose suddenly felt sore for no reason.

She never thought that Yun Ji would rush back to protect her like this. In fact, she never thought that someone would protect her.

Whether in the past life or this life, she can endure any humiliation in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

She had long been accustomed to telling herself over and over again that it wasn't the first time she had endured it, nor was it impossible to endure it, so she just had to endure it and it would be fine.

Until this moment, Yun Ji would not be afraid of the severe cold, and would not care about life or death, and would make a way for himself just to run to her side faster, to hold her in his arms as he did just now, and tell her that she should not let herself be wronged.

"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious." Yun Ji pulled his hand out, put it behind his back, and didn't want Su Rui to see it anymore.

Su Rui took a deep breath and suppressed her emotions. Using the dim light to shield her moist eyes, she tried her best to speak calmly, "Everything has its trade-offs. Your Highness is too impatient. By doing this today, you are pushing Prince Long onto the Second Prince. It will be even more difficult in the future."

Yun Ji naturally knew that there had to be trade-offs in everything.

But, it shouldn’t be Su Rui.

It should not be given up like this.

"Do you think that by yielding to your will, you can earn Prince Long's loyalty to me? Don't you understand what you saw today?"

unknown?

Su Rui didn't understand what Yun Ji meant.

"Prince Long's lineage is too arrogant. If you and I bow our heads today, tomorrow Prince Long will be the master and I will be the subordinate. Even if we win in the future, the Tang family will be like the Lin family today, or even better. Isn't this just drinking poison to quench thirst?"

In the past, Su Rui didn't think so. After all, even though Prince Long was a prince of a different surname who held military power, and Changning was no matter how arrogant and domineering he was, the Tang family was ultimately his subject.

But after seeing him today, she could also feel that what Prince Long wanted was not the merit of following the emperor, but... the emperor behind the scenes.

He wanted Yun Ji to be a puppet.

Thinking of Yun Ji’s zombie-like appearance in his previous life, perhaps Prince Long succeeded in his previous life.

But in this life, Yun Ji refused. Was it because of her that he changed his course?

But thinking of Yun Ji's appearance in his previous life, even if Yun Ji might not have ascended the throne when Su Rui finished what she had to do and left, she did not want Yun Ji to repeat the mistakes of his previous life.

"But we have no choice." This is the reality.

"If you think so, then why did you pour wine on Prince Long just now?"

She threw the wine out of anger, because that cunning old man wanted to kill her without blinking an eye.

"Your Highness, it was you who broke off relations with him first. As your good wife, I naturally have to stand on the same front with you at all times."

He had already overturned the table, and there was no turning back. How could she still endure it? Of course she would throw the black fat man to death, even though she only had wine in her hand. If she had boiling water, she would have poured it even faster.

"In that case, there's no other way. Things will work out when the time comes. Besides, we don't have to keep an eye on Prince Long." Yun Ji said as he reached out and took Su Rui's hand and continued walking out of the palace.

Su Rui was still thinking about what he said, and naturally let him lead her forward. After a moment, she asked, "We are not keeping an eye on Prince Long, but now everyone who has a say in the court has already made contact with the Second Prince. After today's incident, I'm afraid they will stay away from us even more."

"The Great Zhao cannot exist only by relying on the officials of Shengjing." Yun Ji reminded calmly.

"You mean, an external official?" That's one way, but distant water can't quench a nearby fire. "But now the snowstorm is imminent. If we can't get through this, there will be no future."

It was already a difficult hurdle. Fifty thousand silver coins were not enough. Moreover, they were now at odds with Prince Long. If someone died, the three parties would surely turn against each other. There would be no chance of gaining power from external officials.

Seeing that she was getting more and more worried as she spoke, with her eyebrows knitted together, Yun Ji softly reminded her: "There are also people in the capital who they look down upon."

What they look down upon?

What the Lin family and Queen Lin look down upon are naturally minor officials who are of no great use, or... merchants!

Yue Heyun!

Yes, at the moment, because the emperor is seriously ill, the Yue family is in an awkward situation, and Queen Lin and the Lin family are not short of money, so they naturally look down on such merchants. In the future, when the second prince ascends the throne, he will only cultivate his own wallet.

Now is a good opportunity to win over the Yue family!

"Hurry up!" Su Rui turned around and wanted to go back to find Yue Heyun.

Yun Ji grabbed her and said, "You can't run away. If you leave in such a hurry, it will arouse suspicion and alert the enemy."

Su Rui was so anxious that she lost her mind. Yes, this is still in the palace.

"Then where are we going now?" Su Rui asked, completely out of ideas.

Seeing Su Rui's clear eyes and her eyelashes fluttering as she blinked, like an ignorant child, Yun Ji's heart, which had been hanging in the air all the way, finally settled down at this moment.

He held her hand tightly, pulled her out and said, "Go back home and apply medicine."

"I don't need any medicine for this little wound." Su Rui struggled.

"It's to give me medicine."

Su Rui calmed down and said, "Oh."

…

Fengqi Palace.

Queen Lin, who had left the banquet early, laughed out loud when she heard that Prince Long had wine splashed in his face by Su Rui.

"Your Majesty, didn't you see? Prince Long's face turned green. He stole the chicken but ended up losing a handful of rice. He thought he was some golden treasure, but now he has been embarrassed." The Second Prince laughed even more wantonly. It was funny just thinking about it, but when he thought of Yun Ji, his face changed again. "But I didn't expect that the young uncle was so distressed about Concubine Su, and he was so angry for her."

"He is smart. Prince Long is such a hot potato that he can't hold on to it. It's better to break it off early. I guess he has other plans." Prime Minister Lin said with his eyes half closed while sitting on the warm couch.

The Second Prince raised an eyebrow and asked, "Do we still want the stuff that the young uncle doesn't want?"

"Use it for now, it will be easier to deal with it later." Queen Lin stroked the cat's fur in her arms with contempt in her eyes. She had never taken Prince Long seriously.

"I understand. I'll go see Miss Tang off right away."