17 Chapter 17 Looking at the Cloud Crane
◎A faint smile on the lips◎
Yuliu's angry smile was so unfamiliar that it frightened Yumei. She knelt on the ground, raised her head slightly, and opened her lips as if she wanted to say something, but she hesitated. When she met Yuliu's eyes, she instinctively lowered her head like a timid turtle.
It was obvious that he wanted to say something, but for some reason he hesitated and didn't dare to say it to Yuliu.
Although Yumei is well-informed, she actually only comes into contact with a few "masters" every day.
If what Yumei hesitated to say just now was related to the Fourth Prince, I'm afraid Yumei would not have dared to have the urge to blurt it out at that moment. Otherwise, with the male protagonist's thundering methods, once the root cause was found out, even if Yumei had a hundred heads, it would not be enough for her to survive.
Unfortunately, Yumei met Yuliu.
In such a world where everything revolves around the male protagonist Xiao Tianmin and the female protagonist Su Yunyue, if it is not related to the male protagonist, the Fourth Prince, then it must be related to the latter.
From Su Yunyue falling off a cliff and losing contact, to Li Shengshou visiting Yuqingyuan, Yuliu simply sorted out what he had seen and heard in the past few days, and soon guessed what the thing that Yumei was quite taboo about was.
Even though it was just a rough guess, Yuliu was always good at expressing herself. She spoke calmly and confidently, as if she had really seen through Yumei's thoughts at a glance:
"So, after my sister was taken back to the palace, her life wasn't actually easy?"
His tone was light, as if he didn't care whether Yumei would answer or not.
Yuliu and Yunhe have been together for so many days that they have lost count of how many times they have looked at each other. After observing Yunhe up close and personal, Yuliu has been able to imitate some of Yunhe's open aura and sincere and convincing charm.
Yumei raised her head quickly from her chest. Seeing that Yuliu was calm and composed as usual while speaking, she was shocked and opened her eyes wide, with an unconcealable shock in her eyes.
This...this matter concerning the Fourth Prince's consort was kept a secret within the palace. How on earth did Yu Liuyuan find out about it in Yuqing Courtyard?!
Yun He's gaze lingered for a moment on Yu Liu's expression, which was quite similar to his. He didn't know what he was thinking of, but he suddenly covered the smile on his lips with a fist and coughed a few times to cover it up. His voice was very light, and the few faint sounds blended into the crowd flowing around him, and were almost drowned out in an instant and could not be caught.
Yumei naturally didn't know that Yuliu was deliberately trying to trick her. Seeing Yuliu's calm demeanor, she even took the initiative to find a "reasonable" explanation for how Yuliu "knew" the news:
Since Yuliu is the Fourth Prince's wife's sister who has been lost for many years and whom she misses so much, sisters should also use letters to communicate with each other about such private matters, right?
"This matter... is a bit secretive. I only found out about it accidentally. I dare not tell anyone else, but I can't help but worry about the Fourth Prince's Consort. After all, she is your blood sister."
The more Yumei thought about it, the more she felt that Yuliu must have known something.
So, without hesitation, he simply retreated to advance and spoke out everything, "It's true that the Fourth Prince's wife was rescued, but at the same time, she was also diagnosed with pregnancy. That month..."
Yumei didn't know if she was stumbling over her words out of nervousness, or if she found the following secret too difficult to bring up. Regardless, under Yuliu's gaze, she spoke haltingly for a long time before finally piecing together a complete sentence: "It's just that the prince's wife's pregnancy is really... really embarrassing."
After hearing Yumei's words, Yuliu remained calm on the surface, looking as if he understood everything, but inside, he was already in turmoil.
You have to know that in the original novel, Su Yunyue was almost on the verge of death after being rescued from the Cliff of Unrequited Love. Even if she was really pregnant before falling from the Cliff, how difficult would it be for a weak woman to struggle to survive in the wilderness?
In such a situation, how easy is it to save the young life in the womb?
In fact, in the original novel, Su Yunyue was actually pregnant and had a backup baby. She was imprisoned in the private prison in the Fourth Prince's Mansion after the Flower Festival and was forced to get pregnant.
So, now this is... the plot is advanced?
No.
Yuliu pursed her thin lips, forcing herself to calm down quickly and carefully sort out the unexpected situation that had suddenly occurred.
If the plot really was advanced, then there wouldn't be this awkward month. Would the Fourth Prince still be unwilling to acknowledge the child that was in the Fourth Prince's wife's belly?
unless……
Yuliu's face turned pale, and she immediately thought of another, less friendly possibility.
But it shouldn’t be that bad, right…?
You know, the reason why in the original novel, she ran away and he chased her, and they couldn't escape even if they had wings, was because the character of the heroine Su Yunyue was such that she would rather die in glory than live in disgrace!
But Yumei said tremblingly: "I rescued her together with the Fourth Prince's wife..."
"...and a strange man of unknown origin."
The implication is that the two of them spent more than half a month together at the foot of the Cliff of Broken Love, and after the prince's wife was found, she was found to be pregnant at the "right" month.
This is a big taboo in the palace.
Yuliu suddenly raised her eyes and subconsciously turned her head to look at Yunhe.
Yun He seemed to sense something and immediately lowered his hand from covering his mouth, hiding the faint smile on his face. He looked at Yu Liu with clear eyes and asked in a gentle voice, "...What's wrong?"
Yuliu stared into Yunhe's eyes silently for a few seconds, and suddenly a different feeling rose in her heart.
Because Yumei's description of Su Yunyue's encounter with the strange man was so consistent with her thoughts when she first met Yunhe at the gate of Yuqingyuan, Yuliu could actually understand what Yumei was taboo about and why she was so cautious.
Because of its unknown origin, it often means an unknown future.
No one knows what kind of fork in the road the choice you make when you meet will lead you to.
But Yuliu and Yunhe had been living under the same roof for so long that the impression Yunhe gave her was no longer that of a dangerous blood bag stuck in the wasteland and covered in dirt.
Although Yunhe's time in Yuqingyuan was not entirely smooth sailing, it was generally comfortable and stable.
Therefore, Yuliu would not just listen to Yumei's one-sided statement and make malicious guesses about the origin of the baby in Su Yunyue's belly.
"Nothing." Yuliu didn't look back at Yumei. She just smiled softly at Yunhe and signaled with her eyes, "Hurry up and get in the car. Don't keep the Fourth Prince's wife waiting for too long."
As for what the truth of the matter is, she will see it with her own eyes.
Instead of listening with your ears.
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Yuliu and others sat in the white jade sedan chair, which drove smoothly all the way to the palace gate and stopped only after that.
Yuliu sat in the car as if it was just a routine inspection in the palace. On the surface, she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, but in fact, she was thinking about what she had just asked Fangyue to do and Su Yunyue's sudden pregnancy.
When Yuliu heard the rumors about the Fourth Prince's wife at the tea stall, he just thought it was a joke and ignored it. But now, who could have imagined that it would come true?
Yuliu sighed softly, but the thin sound was drowned out by the snort of the white-maned horse standing on the palace road. Then, hurried footsteps came from behind, and someone entered the palace sedan. The person opened the curtain and said in a clear voice, "Huh? Master Yun?"
Yuliu looked in the direction the voice came from, and unexpectedly the person who came was Fangyue.
The palace sedan was different from the carriages that Yuliu usually rode in. In ordinary carriages, the host sat in the main seat and the guests sat in two seats facing the window, while the palace sedan only had a row of seats facing the curtain. However, the palace sedan was spacious, and Yuliu and Yunhe could sit in the same row with a distance of nearly two people between them.
The door curtain that Fangyue lifted happened to be on the side closer to Yunhe.
"It's me." Yun He replied calmly. His eyes passed over the door curtain and fell on the food box held by Fang Yue's hands. He asked, "Do you need help passing it on?"
Fang Yue was just worrying about this, but when Yun He took the initiative to speak, she was overjoyed: "Yes, yes, of course I need it! I didn't expect Master Yun to still remember it."
As he spoke, he raised his hands high and handed a four-layered hardwood rectangular box to the window. "This is the souvenir the young lady requested. I selected Yumei's most delicious and best snacks and arranged them on the plate. Thank you, Master Yun, for helping to pass it on."
"You're welcome." Yunhe nodded, stretched out his long arm, brought the food box in steadily, and handed it to Yuliu.
Yuliu looked at the basket held by Yunhe and hesitated for a moment.
It's not that I don't know how to take it from Yunhe, it's just...
Yumei used to put distraction powder in her snacks. Yuliu originally wanted to take this opportunity to enter the palace and bring this matter directly to the attention of the Fourth Prince, so that Yumei would suffer the consequences of her own actions.
If her expectation was correct, Yunhe knew that Yumei had poisoned him, and he seemed to be vaguely aware of her intention.
Yuliu's gaze fell on He's hand holding the food box basket.
The doctor's knuckles were distinct, and the bluish-blue meridians on the back of his hand were slightly protruding. He was holding the maroon food box, and before he even opened the lid, a visual feast was already presented.
Yuliu couldn't help but think:
With Yunhe's ability to smell and identify medicine, if Yumei had poisoned the food this time, would Yunhe still be so calm when he took the food box?
Yuliu couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. Was it because Yunhe's sudden question before made her suspicious, or was it that Yunhe really practiced what he said and would not stop her from doing anything she wanted to do?
Yuliu wasn't sure which possibility it was.
Because whether Yunhe was unaware of the poison or he was just seeing through it but not saying it due to his upbringing, in Yuliu's view, both situations seemed like something Yunhe would do.
Yunhe lowered his eyes and looked at Yuliu's shifty gaze, and knew that she was becoming suspicious again.
So he withdrew his hand, picked up the little snow rabbit that had been squatting on his knees, and placed it on the lid of the food box. At the same time, he lowered the car curtain with his backhand, and then placed the food box next to him, saying, "I was inconsiderate."
Yuliu was still immersed in a myriad of thoughts. Hearing this, she was startled. She came back to her senses and looked at Yunhe in surprise: "...What?"
"This food box is a bit heavy." Yun He smiled, his eyes fell on Yuliu's delicate hands, and he said slowly, "Why don't you let me hold it for you first?"
Yuliu's expression was slightly stunned.
She was trying to figure out Yunhe's thoughts.
Yunhe, on the other hand, was wondering if the food box was too heavy and would crush her hand.
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