Chapter 72 Flying Together
The person who was pretending to be asleep in bed now seemed so sleepy that they couldn't keep their eyes open.
"I don't know much about the Fourth Young Master either. Sister Niannian, the medicine seems to be working. I'm a little tired and want to sleep for a while."
Lu Mingzhu yawned as she spoke.
Compared to Yu Nian, a master of lies, Lu Mingzhu's excuses seemed extremely lame.
Although Yu Nian was very curious, she was not in a hurry and wanted Lu Mingzhu to recover her health first.
"Then you should rest well. We'll have plenty of time to talk about this in the future."
"By the way, I noticed you don't even have anyone to serve you. I'll give you two of the maids from my courtyard."
After making the arrangements, Yu Nian gave a few more instructions before leaving Dongyuan.
Unbeknownst to her, Lu Mingzhu, lying on the bed with her back to Yu Nian, had her pillow soaked with tears after she left. This cheerful and lively Lu Mingzhu, who had never shed a tear in the face of the bullying from the Minister's Mansion, was now crying.
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In the evening, Yu Nian lay on a recliner under the grape trellis, deep in thought.
In the cage beside her, two geese that Chunyu Han had brought were honking at her, making Yu Nian even more worried.
"Are you two also getting bored in the cage?"
Yu Nian sighed. Seeing the two geese, she couldn't help but recall a poem from her time.
No news arrives from the wild geese, and the journey home is long, making my dream of returning impossible.
And she doesn't know when she will be able to return to her own era. Now she has a noble status, but she is surrounded by dangers and rules, and there are hidden crises everywhere.
She was just like those two geese; although she had no worries about food and drink, she could no longer spread her wings and soar, and was imprisoned in a cage.
Never before has she longed for a free and ordinary life more than now.
"Hey, you two are really something. You can fly so high, yet you still got caught. I'll let you go. From now on, the sky's the limit, and you'll never get caught again."
Yu Nian bent down and unlocked the cage, and the two geese flew out of the cage one after the other.
Yu Nian waved goodbye to them. After spending these past few days together, she was a little reluctant to let them go.
He put his palm to his mouth and called out to the pair of geese.
"Let's go, to where you belong."
It is said that all things have a spirit, and the wild goose seemed to understand. It circled twice above Yu Nian's head, called out a few more times, and then flapped its wings and flew away.
Yu Nian looked up and sighed. Before she could finish exhaling, she suddenly felt a cold touch on her neck.
Even colder than the touch was the sound coming from behind Yu Nian.
"You want to call off the engagement?"
Chunyu Han's deep voice was like a thunderclap in Yu Nian's ears, startling her so much that she couldn't help but tremble.
When did that loser Chunyu Han arrive? He walks without making a sound, appearing and disappearing like a ghost, it's terrifying!
Chunyu Han's hands were always so cold, like a venomous snake coiled around Yu Nian's neck.
"What are you saying, sir? I've been looking forward to marrying you all my life. How could I break off the engagement? Have you heard some rumors and misunderstood me?"
Yu Nian smiled, but she was a little nervous. Chunyu Han's martial arts were so high that if he used even a little force, Yu Nian would definitely die.
Yu Nian's artery throbbed strongly under his fingertips, and her slender, fair neck felt warm and comfortable to hold in his hand.
"Misunderstanding? I saw it with my own eyes; you let those geese go."
Chunyu Han's index finger lightly scraped against Yu Nian's throbbing artery, the thin callus on his fingertip worn from years of holding weapons.
With just a few strokes, a blush rose on her delicate, fair neck.
Chunyu Han's gliding fingertips gave Yu Nian a strange, tingling sensation. Her throat bobbed. What was Chunyu Han doing? Instead of playing with his prayer beads, he was playing with her neck?
The most crucial point is, how could Yu Nian know that releasing the geese meant breaking off the engagement? If she had known, even if the two geese cried themselves hoarse, she wouldn't have dared to release them so easily.
Moreover, even Chunyu Han knew this implication, so if Yu Nian said she didn't know, he would definitely be even angrier.
"My lord, I knew you had misunderstood me."
With her bright, peach-blossom eyes blinking twice, Yu Nian said in a slightly coquettish tone.
"How could this be considered breaking off an engagement? I want to fly wing to wing with you, my lord, just like these two geese."
Yu Nian's words successfully pleased Chunyu Han, causing him to loosen his grip and his fierce aura to dissipate considerably.
"You're so good at talking."
Chunyu Han was never short of sycophants, but Yu Nian, with her smiling eyes and curved eyebrows, was someone people could never dislike.
With her neck released and the threat of death gone, Yu Nian felt relieved.
On Yu Nian's fair and slender neck, there were marks left by Chunyu Han's fingertips scratching. Looking at that blush, Chunyu Han felt inexplicably good.
"Then let's embroider a pair of lovebirds flying together."
Chunyu Han's lips moved slightly, and he suddenly said this to Yu Nian.
Seeing Yu Nian's blank, incomprehensible expression again, Chunyu Han added a concise sentence.
"Sachet".
Yu Nian: "..."
Embroidery is difficult enough, and he specifically asked for something this difficult! Yu Nianzhen wanted to slap herself for bringing that up and making herself unhappy.
Yu Nian pursed her lips and remained silent. Chunyu Han raised his deep, dark eyes and looked at Yu Nian with slight displeasure.
"You don't want to?"
Of course Yu Nian didn't want to, but she was too cowardly to say so.
“Yes, sir. Even if you want the stars and the moon, I’d pluck them down for you.”
Yu Nian leaned back in the rocking chair, smiling brightly. The sunset glow in the sky paled in comparison to her.
"Glib and smooth talker."
Chunyu Han's gaze swept over Yu Nian's injured leg, and his eyes darkened.
"I heard you beat up Lu Baishi today."
Chunyu Han really thought Yu Nian was an interesting person. He had a limp, yet he could beat someone up like that. When Canghai reported back, he said that Lu Baishi's back injury was very serious, and she probably wouldn't be able to get out of bed for half a month.
"I just lightly patted her..."
Yu Nian touched her nose, feeling a little guilty. Could it be that Chunyu Han knew she had caused trouble and came to confront her?
"kindness?"
Chunyu Han glanced sideways at Yu Nian; this little liar was thinking about him again.
"The adults already know, so why are you asking me?"
Stared at by Chunyu Han's warning gaze, Yu Nian's face fell, and she was prepared to listen to Chunyu Han's lecture.
Seeing Yu Nian's pitiful appearance, Chunyu Han felt somewhat helpless. He hadn't even said anything yet, and she was already throwing a tantrum.
I'm not here to blame you.
When Chunyu Han spoke, he didn't even notice that his tone had softened a bit.
"Oh? So what brings you here..."
Yu Nian had only spoken half a sentence when a powerful roar suddenly came from the main gate of Nanyuan, startling Yu Nian and giving her goosebumps.
"You audacious eunuch! What are you doing here?!"
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