Chapter 70: Yueying reveals your true identity to the world
After returning to the East Palace, Jiang Yueying stepped into the South Garden with a guilty conscience, and as expected, she saw Qing Ge and Pu Ling waiting anxiously.
How should I put it? I was heartbroken and left alone, only to be arrested and brought back less than half a day later. It was a bit embarrassing...
When Qing Ge saw that she was safe and sound, he bowed and greeted her without saying anything else.
Although she was still cold and indifferent, Jiang Yueying understood that Qing Ge was just cold on the outside but warm on the inside. Jiang Yueying must have threatened her, but she did not reveal anything about what happened between her and Xie Yuting.
At first she thought Qingge was heartless, but now she thought that she became cold-blooded only to protect herself. If given a chance, no one would want to get their hands stained with blood.
Pu Ling burst into tears and grabbed her arm: "Crown Princess, wuwuwu, I didn't expect you to be Princess Anyi. No wonder you were so nice to me all of a sudden...wuwuwu, it's all my fault for not recognizing you. I'm such a fool."
"Puchi." Jiang Yueying couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, don't cry, don't cry," she said softly, as if trying to comfort him. "I'm sorry for putting you through this."
"I'm not wronged. The Crown Princess is the best master I've ever met."
Xie Yuting walked forward, hugged Jiang Yueying, and smiled triumphantly: "Of course, Ah Ying is also the best little princess, the best crown princess, and the best wife I have ever seen."
Jiang Yueying smiled shyly, grabbed his sleeve and pulled him away to prevent him from saying anything more shameless.
After taking just two steps, Qiqi and the little black cat also jumped out, excitedly welcoming their master who had attempted to escape.
Qiqi bit the hem of Jiang Yueying's skirt, and the wolf ears stood up in anger, as if denouncing her for being ruthless and abandoning the little wolf.
Jiang Yueying felt guilty whenever she saw anyone. She quickly squatted down, rubbed the little wolf's head, and sincerely admitted her mistake: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have run away..."
Xie Yuting followed her and squatted down. He picked up the little wolf and held it in front of his face. He held its paws and spoke in the wolf's identity, pinching his throat: "Where did you go wrong?"
"I shouldn't have woken up and run."
"No, say it again!"
"...Shouldn't I abandon Xie Yuting?" Jiang Yueying pondered.
"No!" Xie Yuting grasped the wolf's paw and waved it, "You made the mistake of not telling your husband and choosing to bear it alone."
Jiang Yueying was stunned and suddenly realized that she had indeed overlooked one thing, which was to underestimate Xie Yuting's love for her.
She thought that Xie Yuting would not be able to accept the fake after knowing the truth, but she never thought that after spending so much time with him day and night, Xie Yuting was not a person who cared much about his status.
If she had told Xie Yuting about Jiang Yueying's conspiracy last night, all problems would have been solved.
"I will keep this in mind and will be the first to tell His Highness if anything happens next time."
"That's right." Xie Yuting held the wolf's paw and patted her head.
The two of them walked into the bedroom in a loving manner. Pu Ling, who stayed where he was, sighed that the two masters had a deep relationship that even the king could not separate them.
Pu Ling looked at their backs and couldn't help but worry: "But what about the real Princess Anyi? Will she cause a big uproar in the city..."
Qing Ge's face was expressionless: "If His Royal Highness dares to lock her up, it means he is sure that nothing will happen. You don't still think His Royal Highness is a fool, do you?"
"...Ah?" Pu Ling was confused.
…
The moon rises above the willows and the night fog dissipates.
The bright moonlight filled the East Palace. Xie Yuting held Jiang Yueying's hand, stepped out of the corridor step by step, passed through the moon-shaped door, and came to a remote courtyard deep in the palace.
Jiang Yueying's eyes were covered with a silk ribbon and she could not see the surrounding scenery.
Just like her birthday, Xie Yuting covered her eyes and walked forward.
When they stopped, Xie Yuting untied the silk ribbon on her face, and the breeze blew her black hair.
Jiang Yueying slowly opened her eyes and saw a lush green courtyard. This courtyard was in the southwest corner of the East Palace. Compared with the garden, the vegetation here was more lush, and various climbing vines were intertwined with each other. It looked like an exquisite small forest during the day.
At this moment, as night falls, the emerald green becomes deeper, presenting a continuous dark green.
The moonlight above my head is like the Milky Way pouring down to the earth. The silver glow is faint and covers the clusters of grass and trees. The breeze blows gently, and the branches and leaves sway with silver frost-like spots of moonlight.
It is like an ink painting interwoven with black and white, half of it is bright and half of it is thick ink.
There was no sound in the quiet courtyard except for the rustling of the breeze.
Jiang Yueying looked at the scene in front of her and couldn't help but wonder why Xie Yuting brought her here. Was he looking for a quiet place to enjoy the moon and flowers?
"Are we going to admire the moon here?"
Xie Yuting smiled and shook his head, holding a few small stones in his hand, which flew out and hit the deep bushes.
Suddenly, the branches and leaves swayed, and in the dim dark green, dots of fluorescent light suddenly rose up, and the bright and flashing green slowly floated and flowed.
Looking closely, I saw countless fireflies flying out from the grass and trees.
The bright moonlight became a ladder to the clouds. Fireflies climbed up along the moonlight. Groups of them flew over the pavilion, flew to the eaves, and stopped on the unlit lanterns, acting as light.
Looking around, the moon is filled with fireflies, which is a beautiful sight.
They gather in the lush courtyard, like fluorescent green stars, floating and lingering.
Jiang Yueying held her breath, her dark eyes reflecting spots of light.
"There are so many fireflies, so beautiful." She exclaimed sincerely.
Xie Yuting looked at her profile quietly, and said meaningfully, "I think she is beautiful too."
Jiang Yueying turned her head, and their eyes met, and an inexplicable feeling slowly flowed.
"Aying, fireflies under the moonlight are beautiful. They are not a substitute for anything else," Xie Yuting said, curling his lips and speaking slowly. "The sun is bright, the moon is clear, the fireworks are blazing, and the fireflies are bright and clear. They are all unique."
Xie Yuting stood there lazily, his brocade robe loose, his black hair fluttering freely, and the moonlight above his head gave him a layer of silver edge, making him look hazy, handsome and unpredictable.
It turned out that I brought her to see the fireflies specifically to help her resolve her worries.
"I appreciate precious pearls and jade, but what I love most is a flicker of firefly under the moon."
As soon as he finished speaking, the most beautiful firefly threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.
Jiang Yueying couldn't control her tears, and her hot tears all wiped onto his clothes. Tears rolled down her face, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances and sorrows she had suffered over the years.
"Why did I make you cry again? Can you please stop crying?" Xie Yuting patted her back and coaxed her patiently.
She clenched her fingers around his shirt, creating wrinkles, and spoke haltingly, "Xie Yuting...you're really mean. You always make me cry."
Xie Yuting immediately said, "God, I haven't even started yet, how can you frame me?"
"..." Jiang Yueying said slowly, "What?"
"Make you cry," Xie Yuting said seriously, "I only like to make you cry on the couch."
Jiang Yueying's tears were still wet, but her face was completely red.
"I'm talking to you seriously, you always say useless things!"
Xie Yuting retorted: "What do you mean it's useless? You said I'm useless? How about we go back and use it again?"
Jiang Yueying: "..."
This guy doesn’t understand what people say!
Her face flushed with shame, and the tip of her nose was moist with powder.
Xie Yuting bent down and kissed her hair. A group of fireflies flew to their side, circling up and down, and the faint fireflies surrounded them and landed on their shoulders and hair.
"Your Highness."
"I'm alone."
"Will you always like me like this?"
Xie Yuting was dissatisfied: "You doubt my sincerity? I am heartbroken."
"I don't doubt your sincerity, but sincerity always changes in an instant..." Jiang Yueying raised her head and stared at the man's handsome face, "If one day you get tired of it..."
"If you don't change your mind, it's even more impossible for me to change my mind."
Jiang Yueying deliberately argued: "What if I change my mind?"
Xie Yuting immediately pinched the back of her neck and said in a deep voice, "Well, little princess, you actually plan to change your mind."
Jiang Yueying felt a tingling sensation on the back of her neck. She shrank her neck and said aggrievedly, "I was just saying it casually. Don't take it seriously."
"I take it seriously. You just want to change your heart. You're a cold-blooded, heartless, bad woman. After playing with me, you plan to—well!"
Jiang Yueying couldn't stand his nonsense any longer, so she simply stood on tiptoe, raised her head and covered his mouth, and all the words disappeared in a kiss.
Her cheeks were stained with tears, her ears were red as blood, and her arms unconsciously wrapped around the man's neck. She stood on tiptoe and tried to get close to him to maintain her balance.
Xie Yuting took the initiative, put his arms around the girl's waist and kissed her more deeply.
Slightly breathless, Jiang Yueying's tongue felt numb. She vaguely thought that ever since she returned to her original personality, she had been bullied more and more... She had to say something casually, and the other party would find a reason to "punish" her. Humph, she didn't know who was the bad guy.
Xie Yuting bit her lower lip and whispered, "Focus."
Jiang Yueying closed her eyes, her eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings.
The moonlight is like water, and the fireflies are faint.
In the quiet courtyard, the sound of lips and teeth entangled continued for a long time.
…
Unconsciously, more than half a month has passed and it is already the end of spring.
Jiang Yueying had nothing to do so she cleaned up the things in the house. She wiped the rare items in the treasure box one by one, carefully and meticulously.
Occasionally there would be a locked box, but Xie Yuting had given her all the keys to the bedroom, and now there was no box or cabinet in the house that she could not open.
She dug out a small box from the most inconspicuous place. It felt almost weightless, like an empty box, but why would it be locked if it was empty? Curious, she simply compared the runes and used the key to open it.
With a click, the lock opened.
The box was not empty, but contained a thin piece of paper.
Jiang Yueying blinked her eyes. Could it be some confidential letter?
She took out the thin paper inside and gently unfolded it, and what caught her eye was a line of familiar handwriting.
Her own handwriting: I can’t sleep with my clothes on, thinking of you…
Another line of words was added at the end, and she recognized it as Xie Yuting's handwriting: Fireflies flow into the jade courtyard under the moon.
Jiang Yueying rubbed her eyes. Wasn't this what she wrote when she was learning to write poetry? And Xie Yuting said that this piece of paper was swallowed by Qiqi.
Damn Xie Yuting, he actually falsely accused Xiaolang!
Qiqi jumped out from somewhere, howling at her. Jiang Yueying rubbed the wolf cub's furry head and said with a smile, "I know you've been wronged."
Jiang Yueying read the two verses of the poem over and over again, feeling very happy. It turned out that from that time on, Xie Yuting knew her true identity and even wrote both of their names in the same line of poetry.
Pinching the wolf cub's ears, she muttered to it, "I'm so lucky, aren't I?"
Little Wolf: "Woof!"
"Don't be so unconvinced. Even though Xie Yuting often bullies you," Jiang Yueying comforted the little wolf who took the blame, "he also often bullies me."
The little wolf glanced at her and said, "Woof."
"Who did I bully?" Xie Yuting walked in slowly, fanning himself, and obviously only heard the last few words.
Jiang Yueying stuffed the note into her sleeve and glanced at him: "You know it in your heart..."
Xie Yuting walked forward with a smile, held the girl's hips, and carried her to sit on the table, supporting her with his slender arms on both sides, leaving her no way to escape.
"What are you doing? You can't commit adultery in broad daylight!" Her ears were stained red and she stuttered.
"Tsk, you can't even hug me," Xie Yuting pinched her upturned nose and said in a friendly tone, "In your eyes, I'm just a little princess who eats, sleeps, and eats."
"Who told you to be in the window last time..." Jiang Yueying's cheeks turned red instantly and her voice became lower and lower.
He lowered his head and kissed her hot little face, and stopped teasing her, otherwise she would bite him twice if she got angry.
"I have good news and even better news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
They are all good news, so what's the difference?
Jiang Yueying muttered softly and said it didn't matter.
"Your identity can be made known to the world." Xie Yuting stared into her eyes.
Jiang Yueying's pupils shrank and she almost jumped off the table. Fortunately, Xie Yuting stepped in front of her and held her down firmly.
"No, no, this is a major event for Liang and Jiang. What if my father gets angry and sends troops to Jiang?"
Jiang Yueying doesn't care about Emperor Jiang, but she cares about the people of Jiang State. War will surely bring disaster to the people, and she doesn't want to see the people become homeless.
"The substitutionary marriage was Jiang Kui's idea. Now that my father wants to settle accounts with Jiang Kui, he can only rescue him from the Jiang Kingdom's cold palace."
"ah?!"
Xie Yuting said, "Prince Li's younger brother, Prince Jing, rebelled and joined forces with your uncle, Marquis Anyang, to capture Jiang Kui alive. He is now being held captive in the cold palace."
"The Jiang Kingdom is in chaos right now. This is the perfect opportunity to announce your identity to the world."
Jiang Yueying was stunned when she heard this. Her uncle rebelled with other princes?
It sounds like a dream.
"Did you get wind of this a long time ago?"
"That's right, otherwise I wouldn't have locked Jiang Yueying up in the East Palace for more than half a month," Xie Yuting touched her head, "so you don't have to worry about Jiang Yueying stirring up trouble. She's no longer the Princess of Jiang."
Jiang Yueying took a deep breath, thinking that this was probably the biggest punishment for Jiang Yueying. She had relied on her noble and distinguished status as a princess to act arrogantly for more than ten years, but now she had to watch herself lose everything.
"well……"
It's fate, and retribution is inevitable.
Xie Yuting poked her forehead and said, "Don't sigh for now. Do you want to reveal your real name to the world?"
"Yes." Jiang Yueying said without hesitation.
How could she not want to do that? She wanted to do that even in her dreams. She hoped that in the history books of future generations, her name, Jiang Yueying, would always be next to Xie Yuting's. No matter how the world changes, their names would be recorded in history and would never be obliterated.
"Okay, then I'll write this into a memorial and present it to the court this morning."
Jiang Yueying was worried: "Will it affect you?"
Xie Yuting kissed her and said, "Don't worry, Father doesn't care who I marry."
He hoped that the Eastern Palace would become as chaotic as possible.
"By the way, what about my sister?"
Xie Yuting said: "Of course, we should send her back to where she came from. My Liang State will not take her in.
"She doesn't know the good news yet. You should go and tell her in person. It would be boring if only the two of us were happy." He patted her shoulder.
Jiang Yueying: "..."
Xie Yuting really holds a grudge.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Missing you is bad enough."
Xie Yuting raised his eyebrows: "You still like me even though I'm such a bad guy?"
Jiang Yueying's face flushed: "Humph, who made me stupid..."
"Go quickly, we'll wait for you to come back for dinner."
She picked up the little wolf, tidied her clothes and walked outside. She came to a locked room in Beiyuan. She heard the sound of things being thrown and Jiang Yueying cursing from inside.
"Let me out!"
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