Chapter 309 Will you... lie to me?

In fact, he just wanted to push Yue Heyun to the ground. He knew that a full-term woman could give birth at any time and would be most likely to fall.

But he didn't expect Yue Heyun to react so violently after hearing what he said, and even said those words to provoke him. He was so angry that he couldn't control his strength, and his stomach hit the corner of the table right on the spot.

but……

"Luckily she's full-term and gave birth so quickly. Everything's fine, isn't it?"

He clearly saw Yue Heyun's pain and heard her heart-wrenching cry. Even now the smell of blood had not dissipated yet, but it became such an easy sentence in his mouth.

So fast, everything is fine.

He has his own set of beliefs. Even if he was told in detail about everything Yue Heyun had just experienced, he would not be able to empathize with her, let alone feel guilty or distressed.

In his opinion, Yue Heyun was just something that belonged to him.

He would throw her away whenever he wanted. When Yue Heyun was no longer tied to him and could no longer control him, he would want to control her again.

Saying more is just a waste of words.

"It was premature, only eight months old." Su Rui said coldly.

The joy in Pei Yan's eyes froze, and he shook his head and said, "Impossible! That child doesn't look like an eight-month-old! It's full-term! Don't try to lie to me, I know Yue Heyun is not such a shameless person, she wouldn't do that!"

"It was born at eight months old, and it will always be eight months old."

Understanding something, Pei Yan roared with bloodshot eyes: "What do you want to do?"

"Deputy Commander Pei, the past cannot be retrieved. Wake up and don't forget that you still have a mission to perform." Su Rui did not continue talking to Pei Yan, but just glanced at Lord Wu who was standing outside the door.

Lord Wu was very good at dealing with people, and he immediately brought people in and "took" Pei Yan out.

Su Rui turned around, walked towards Rong Huan who was standing on the other side and asked, "Is the Princess satisfied with this performance?"

Rong Huan didn't answer. She just looked at Su Rui and said with confusion, "You shouldn't be this kind of person."

Shouldn't she?

Su Rui didn't expect Rong Huan to say such a thing.

Judging from Ronghuan's expression, she was indeed very confused.

"Oh? Then what kind of person does the eldest princess think I should be?" Su Rui asked.

Rong Huan looked at her, as if she also wanted to get an answer from her, that answer that was different from what she expected, why was it like this?

Just when it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, Lord Wu came back.

Seeing the strange atmosphere, Lord Wu still stepped forward and said, "Princess, Prince Yong has returned to the capital. I heard that Concubine Su was at the Fahua Temple, so I came to pick her up. She's already waiting outside the mountain gate."

Su Rui was not surprised to see Yun Ji return. She bowed and said, "Now that the Princess has finished offering incense, I will take my leave."

Rong Huan did not stop Su Rui, but just looked at her leaving back, still puzzled, and even a little confused.

She didn't understand why, why was Su Rui like this, why was she different from her, when they were obviously...

Outside the mountain gate, Yun Ji was indeed waiting for Su Rui.

He was riding on a horse, alone. The wind could not move the light armor on his body. Only a few strands of his hair were lifted and rubbed against his slightly weathered face. He seemed like two different people from Yun Ji who stood in the mountain gate in a gray robe that year.

Su Rui walked out of the mountain gate and asked, "Why don't you go in?"

"You're coming out anyway, so why not go in?"

That was the truth, so Su Rui didn't continue. He just looked around again and didn't see the carriage.

"The weather is good today, let's ride back." Yun Ji bent down and stretched out his hand to Su Rui.

The autumn weather was clear and crisp, and it was indeed nice weather, but Su Rui understood that it was because she was in a bad mood, and he noticed it easily.

Without saying anything, Su Rui stretched out her hand and placed it in his big hand. With his strong guidance, she climbed onto the horse, sat in front of him, and nestled in his broad arms.

Before she leaned over, he had already unbuttoned his light armor, and she tacitly pressed herself against him to cover the tight clothes underneath.

Su Rui hadn't ridden a horse for a long time. Sitting in the carriage, she could only see a corner through the window. Now, looking at the shadows of the trees and the wind caressing her face, carrying all kinds of smells, her depressed heart seemed to breathe again.

"I reached into her body and pulled the baby out." Su Rui still remembers that feeling. She couldn't think of so many things in an emergency. When she thought about it, her hands couldn't stop shaking.

Yunji held her trembling hand and said, "You saved her and the child."

"But if it weren't for me, she wouldn't be like this."

"You are not a god who can foresee everything in the future. You don't know what will happen next. She also has her own choices, and they are never because of you alone."

Inexplicably, Rong Huandu's words rang in Su Rui's ears.

She shouldn't be like this.

What kind of person should she be?

Like in the past? Or, like in the previous life?

"I seem to have changed."

"People are inherently changeable. You are different at different times and in different situations. No matter what, you are always you. How can you become someone else?"

Yun Ji's words were like a ray of light, breaking through the haze shrouding Su Rui.

yes.

She was blinded by one thing.

Whether it was the previous life, the past, or the present, it was always her. No matter how it changed, it was still her. Moreover, the current her was also the result of her own choice.

Because of choice, there is change, from a hedgehog that curled up in a ball and protected itself with sharp spines to a hedgehog that now spreads out a little, revealing its soft belly to receive a certain amount of warmth.

Maybe it will expand further, or maybe it will shrink again. Who can tell what will happen in the future?

Just take it one step at a time, who knows how things will change in the future.

but……

Thinking of Pei Yan, leaning in Yun Ji's arms, feeling his support and warmth, Su Rui's heart moved slightly. She raised her head, looked at him and asked, "Yun Ji, you have changed too. You are no longer practicing asceticism, so you don't need to observe the precepts. Will you... lie to me?"

"No." Yun Ji looked ahead.

Su Rui didn't say anything else, just looked at the scenery in front and behind.

…

Late at night, post station.

The lights in Rong Huan's courtyard were still bright. She was sitting at the desk in a moon-white gauze nightgown, carefully flipping through the volumes on the table, over and over again, but she could not find anything unusual.

This was different from what she had expected, which made Rong Huan very annoyed.

"I've seen this so many times. Those are the only things military slaves can do. There's nothing special about them." The Second Prince came over with his shirt half-open. Seeing that Rong Huan didn't seem to have heard anything, he leaned over, resting his hand on the desk, his chin in the air, as he looked at the incredibly detailed biography of Su Rui and asked curiously, "What is it about her that attracts you?"

Rong Huan raised her head, her eyes gleaming with a strange, ghostly light under the candlelight. "Want to know?"

The Second Prince's cynical expression froze for a moment, then he smiled and replied, "No."