Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Daiyu Arrives in Yangzhou
After Wu Tianyue dealt with his own father, he began to enjoy life. After only one day of fun, he heard that Daiyu had returned.
Wu Tianyue was afraid of being scolded and was about to hide when Daiyu's voice rang out from behind him. She turned around with a smile and said, "Didn't you just finish practicing martial arts and get all sweaty? I was in a hurry to change clothes and come find you?"
"Hmph." Daiyu glanced at him sideways and took Lan Ye and others into the house.
Wu Tianyue followed in with a flattering smile: "Sister, have you visited Master Lin?"
Daiyu still ignored him and sat down to drink tea. Seeing this, Wu Tianyue didn't dare to ask any more questions and looked at Lan Ye and others.
Lan Ye glanced at Daiyu and explained, "The prince is discussing this with Lord Lin."
As he spoke, he spread his hands and said something silently.
Wu Tianyue carefully read her lips and said, "May the best of luck to you, Master." His heart tightened, but he steeled himself and stepped forward with a smile, "Sister, you've walked all the way. Are you tired? Are you hungry? Do you want to eat?"
Daiyu lowered her head and played with her hands without saying a word.
Wu Tianyue was about to continue speaking when a little girl came over and said, "The master wants to invite the young lady and the prince to come forward and speak."
Daiyu hurriedly got up and went to Lin Ruhai's courtyard, and Wu Tianyue followed behind with a guilty conscience.
When they arrived at the courtyard, Wu Tianyue thought that they had not seen each other for a long time and must have something to talk about, so he waited outside the door.
Just as I was getting bored waiting, Daiyu came out and said, "My father wants to see you."
Wu Tianyue stood up quickly: "Are you not angry anymore?"
Daiyu snorted coldly, slammed down the door curtain, and walked in.
Wu Tianyue hurried to catch up.
"Thank you, Prince, for saving my life." Lin Ruhai struggled to get up when he saw him come in.
Daiyu was standing right next to them. Wu Tianyue had deceived her before, so how could she dare to ask her father to pay his respects? She quickly reached out to hold Lin Ruhai down, but she didn't expect to use too much force. Lin Ruhai was weak and groaned.
"Be gentle!" Daiyu exclaimed.
"I didn't mean it." Wu Tianyue raised his hands.
"I'm fine." Lin Ruhai coughed twice and scolded Daiyu, "Yu'er, don't be rude."
Daiyu hurried forward, pushed Wu Tianyue aside, and helped Lin Ruhai lean against the bed.
"If it weren't for the Crown Prince this time, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to escape this disaster."
"Your Excellency, there's no need to thank me." Wu Tianyue heard this and waved his hand, "I didn't do anything."
"Nothing happened. How could the people on the other ship fly to Yangzhou?" Although Daiyu was grateful that he saved her father, she was also worried that something might happen to him, so she spoke to him in a sarcastic tone.
Wu Tianyue didn't dare to say anything and lowered his head to be scolded obediently.
"Yu'er." Lin Ruhai scolded lightly.
Wu Tianyue looked at Daiyu cautiously. Daiyu glared at him unhappily, pouted and stopped talking.
Lin Ruhai was very surprised to see the way they got along, and looked at them suspiciously.
But he had just finished detoxifying himself, and was forcing himself to discuss the next steps with Prince Zhongshun. He was very weak and had no energy to think. He just smiled and thanked Wu Tianyue again: "Thank you, Prince, for your advice to the prince. It allows me to have another chance to work for His Majesty."
Wu Tianyue smiled and said, "Master Lin, please don't blame me for wronging you."
Lin Ruhai listened and shook his head slightly: "It is my honor to work for His Majesty. How can I care about those empty reputations?"
As he spoke, he started coughing again.
"Sir, have a good rest." Wu Tianyue said hurriedly, "Only when you are well will you have the opportunity to do things."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness." Lin Ruhai nodded weakly and said to Daiyu, "Yu'er, please see Your Highness off for me."
Daiyu followed Wu Tianyue out obediently. Seeing him looking at her with a sly look in his eyes, she glared at him and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Wu Tianyue quickly straightened himself up: "Sister, what else do you want to do? Are you going back?"
"I'll watch my father take his medicine and rest before I go back," Daiyu said. "You go back first."
After hearing this, Wu Tianyue smiled and said, "Sister, don't tire yourself out." After that, he ran away.
Daiyu had already calmed down when she saw him so guilty today. Just now, after listening to their conversation, she guessed that he had helped his father again, and she lost all desire to be angry with him. Now, seeing him hurried away, she muttered, "I'm not some monstrous beast."
Wu Tianyue went back to his room to read nervously, but he couldn't calm down. Seeing Lan Ye coming in, he asked, "Has Miss Lin calmed down?"
"I don't know about that." Lan Ye chuckled, "I should have known the consequences when I lied to the girl. What are you afraid of now?"
"She's so weak, what if she can't handle the news?" Wu Tianyue wailed. "I didn't mean to do that, but for that girl to get angry is too much."
"Don't tell me that, sir." Lan Ye waved her hand and said, "Lu Chen is now Miss Lin's spy. I can't guarantee that what I say won't get out."
Wu Tianyue gritted his teeth and said, "A bunch of traitors."
As he was speaking, Lu Chen walked in: "Who are you talking about?"
"No one said anything." Wu Tianyue said hurriedly.
Lan Ye chuckled. Under Wu Tianyue's threatening gaze, she said nothing. She only asked Lu Chen, "The girl just arrived. Why are you not packing up your things here?"
"The concubine in the Lin Mansion has already cleaned the house. We just need to tidy it up." Lu Chen did not ask any more questions and smiled, "The young lady asked me to ask if Master has had dinner."
"Not yet." Lan Ye smiled, "Now that they're ready, I have some free time."
Wu Tianyue saw that the two of them had decided on their own side after a few words, so he said loudly, "I will eat with my father later."
"The prince is busy dealing with the salt merchants, how can he have time to accompany you?"
"I will eat with the Chief Historian."
"Do you think that the prince is so busy that the chief historian can have some free time?"
"What about Lian Er?" Wu Tianyue was unwilling to give up. "Is he okay now?"
"Second Master Lian left after meeting Master Lin. I don't know where he went." Lan Ye broke his fantasy and teased, "Master, do you not want to see Miss Lin?"
Wu Tianyue was startled. What if Daiyu heard this? He said hurriedly, "How could I? I'm just afraid that she won't be able to eat after seeing me."
Lu Chen said with a grin, "Don't worry, Master. Since the young lady asked me to come, she must have considered it."
Wu Tianyue had no excuse and had to move towards Daiyu's room step by step.
Daiyu confirmed the menu with the maid in the mansion. She looked up and saw Wu Tianyue walking slowly outside the window. She frowned and said, "What are you dawdling for?"
"Nothing, nothing." Wu Tianyue rushed into the room and tried to find a topic to talk about, "Sister, have you packed everything?"
Seeing his guilty look, Daiyu laughed out loud: "I'm not angry, don't be so sneaky."
Wu Tianyue observed her carefully, and seeing that her expression didn't seem to be deceiving him, he sat down in the chair with ease, raised his hand and poured himself some tea: "That's good, I'm so thirsty."
"But you can't lie to me anymore." Daiyu held his hand as he poured tea. "Although I'm frail and sickly, I'm not the type to collapse from hearing bad news."
Wu Tianyue looked at her with a sharp gaze and nodded repeatedly.
Daiyu snorted, let go of her hand, and told Zijuan, "Set the table."
Zijuan took the order and left. Soon she brought the maid from the Lin residence with a lunch box and placed it in the outer room.
Wu Tianyue has a special physique and eats a lot. He was tried as soon as he got up today and has not eaten anything since then. Now that it is time to eat, he eats voraciously.
Although they had only known each other for a few months, Daiyu felt the joy of reunion when she saw him eating with big mouthfuls of food, and she ate too much without realizing it.
Wu Tianyue had done something wrong before and felt guilty. Knowing that Daiyu was not angry, he straightened his back and leaned back in his chair to watch Lu Chen massage Daiyu's acupoints to help her digest her food. He laughed and said, "You have a small appetite and don't know how to control yourself. Do you think you are like me, born..."
Before he could finish, Daiyu glared at him angrily. Wu Tianyue fell silent and muttered, "Only the prefecture officials are allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps."
"What are you mumbling about?"
"No." Wu Tianyue stood up and walked out, "I'll go find the imperial physician to get you some digestion pills."
This little episode passed quickly, and the two seemed to have returned to the days when they were together on the boat.
Daiyu still got up every day to practice various guiding techniques, then went back to her room to wash and eat, and after seeing her father, she went back to her room to read and write.
However, there was nothing to entertain herself on the boat, and Wu Tianyue was worried that Daiyu would suffer, so he would come to see her every afternoon, either to play chess, read books, or drink games, and sometimes they would write poetry together.
Although Wu Tianyue was raised in the palace when he was young because of his natural supernatural powers and the emperor focused on cultivating his martial arts, he returned to Prince Zhongshun's palace after Prince Yi Zhong did something bad.
Prince Zhongshun knew that the emperor did not want to see royal relatives have military power, so he asked the emperor to grant him a teacher and let Wu Tianyue spend more time with the prince who preferred literature and disliked martial arts. Although he was concerned about the emperor and could not give up his martial arts, he could not go down this path in the future.
So although Wu Tianyue sometimes behaves like a warrior, he has learned the six arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood. He is not as good as Daiyu in reciting poems and composing couplets, but he can understand Daiyu's thoughts and can occasionally add one or two very eye-catching lines of poetry. Although the two quarrel all day long, they get along very well.
However, since arriving in Yangzhou, Wu Tianyue, except for the first day when he accompanied Daiyu out of guilt, always thought that Daiyu would have someone to play with when she returned home, so he would come to Lin's house in the morning to practice guiding techniques together, and would disappear at noon. He would either go back to the garden where Prince Zhongshun's mansion was temporarily staying in Yangzhou to catch up on his homework, or go out to play.
Lin Ruhai was still ill and often forgot to take his medicine because of work. Others did not dare to persuade him, so Daiyu had to watch him take his medicine all day and had no time to go out with Wu Tianyue. That day, Daiyu had lunch with Lin Ruhai and returned to the house listlessly.
Seeing her sitting alone by the window with a lost look on her face, Zijuan advised, "Young lady, why don't you go for a stroll in the garden? I heard the lotus flowers are blooming there, and they're really beautiful."
Daiyu listened and said without turning her head, "The sun is very strong. I'll feel dizzy if I go there."
Zijuan and Luchen were about to persuade her when they saw Wu Tianyue running over happily: "Sister, do you want to go out and play?"
"Who is your sister?" Daiyu turned away and ignored him. "I don't have a brother who disappears all day long."
Wu Tianyue had heard from the imperial physician that Lin Ruhai's health had almost recovered, and thought that Daiyu should have time to have fun, so he hurried to find her.
Unexpectedly, she was angry. She walked in cautiously and winked at Lu Chen: "What's wrong with her?"
Lu Chen avoided his gaze and lowered her head to do needlework.
He had indeed been having too much fun on his own these past few days. Feeling somewhat guilty, Wu Tianyue steeled himself and spoke to Daiyu, "As the saying goes, 'There's heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below.' When I come to Yangzhou, how can I not see the scenery?"
"Then go and read it yourself." Daiyu threw the book on the desk and went into the inner room.
"So, didn't I come here to go with my sister?" Wu Tianyue hurriedly stopped her. "These past few days, I've been looking for places my sister likes to go."
Daiyu saw through him at once: "Stop trying to fool me with this."
"It's true," Wu Tianyue explained hurriedly. "Outer City's Zhuyu Bay is Yangzhou's best bay, surrounded by green trees and a network of waterways. There's a poem that goes: 'My shadow follows the thinness of my tung hat and brown shoes, and the air is filled with the fragrance of bookmarks and medicinal wraps.' Boating on the river here, picking lotus flowers or playing in the water, is a great way to enjoy the scenery and beat the heat. You can also pick some mugwort to make medicine bags."
"I've been sitting on the boat all day and I'm so bored. I don't want to go." Daiyu walked around him and went into the inner room without interest.
"There's a temple there, with Sui and Tang Dynasty relics nearby, and you can make rubbings of the remaining stele. Climb the pagoda inside the temple and overlook the canal, and you'll experience a sense of 'a desolate and deserted place with few inns, a distant place with few people.'" Wu Tianyue followed her. "In the evening, listen to the bells and release lanterns on the river. The lights will intertwine with the glow of fireflies in the reeds, and you can experience 'a boat full of sweet dreams overshadowing the starry sky' without getting drunk."
Daiyu sat on the edge of the bed, feeling a little moved.
Lu Chen smiled and continued, "If we were just going for a boat trip, it would be possible, but the Chief Historian is still cleaning up the fish that slipped through the net, and Lord Lin is ill, so it's too dangerous to stay outside the city at night."
This sentence blocked the way. I wonder how Wu Tianyue will break the deadlock.
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Thanks to the little angel "Zhao Moumou" for the nutrient solution~
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