Chapter 31 What's going on?
◎This is the result of Yunhe's secret manipulation◎
Jiang Jingmo was stunned by Yun He's seemingly unintentional glance. The words of promise were on the tip of his tongue, but he suddenly changed his mind, his forehead slightly tense, and he said haltingly, "I'm sorry, Miss Su, I'm afraid it's... inconvenient for me to go today."
Yuliu was slightly stunned when she heard this, and was a little surprised.
She didn't expect that one percent possibility would actually come out of Jiang Jingmo's mouth in the end.
"Hmm?" Yuliu tilted her head slightly, her eyebrows raised slightly, and asked with a hint of confusion, "What's the matter? Master Jiang... is there something wrong?"
"hiss……"
Jiang Jingmo took a deep breath when he heard Yuliu's question.
He is just an idler, what could happen to him?!
Jiang Jingmo was already sweating profusely at Yunhe's meaningful smile, and now with Yuliu's concerned questioning, he was under a double attack. As a martial artist, he was not good at speaking. He racked his brains for a while but couldn't find a suitable excuse. He immediately scratched the back of his head and sweat began to appear on his forehead in anxiety.
Yuliu took in Jiang Jingmo's silent reaction and felt a little strange.
Jiang Jingmo's reaction seemed to be a little frightened.
Yu Liu recognized Jiang Jingmo's identity as the future general of the country from the beginning, and considering his close connection with the villain, she had done a lot of superficial work in dealing with Jiang Jingmo:
On the one hand, she used her identity as the youngest daughter of the Su family to build a relationship with him, and on the other hand, she accepted Su Yunyue's request and persuaded him to move to Yuqing Courtyard with kind words.
As for Jiang Jingmo, Yuliu always openly discussed everything with him, and they were always friendly from beginning to end. Although there were some formalities and official procedures, compared to Yunhe's initial treatment with her, it was infinitely better!
So Yu Liu originally thought that if everyone happened to have some free time today, they could happily gather together in a restaurant or a restaurant with a spring breeze blowing through to enjoy a delicious meal, which would be a happy event.
If Jiang Jingmo really had something to say, he could just say it directly.
Yuliu felt that since their communication was so smooth on a normal day, there was no reason why she could suddenly ask a question and scare Jiang Jingmo to the point where he couldn't stammer a complete sentence.
Why is General Jiang, who will be able to gallop across the battlefield and defend against millions of soldiers in the future, feeling so scared and restrained now?
Could it be...
Does Jiang Jingmo have any unspeakable secrets?
Thinking of the relationship between Jiang Jingmo and the villain in the future, the smile in Yuliu's eyes couldn't help but fade a little.
The original novel only gives a few words to the villain, which is pitifully small. Yu Liu only gets a glimpse of the villain's extraordinary viciousness from the fact that the Fourth Prince was forced into a panic and embarrassed situation when he repeatedly fought against the enemy, and from the precision of the villain's moves.
However, the original novel never mentions how Jiang Jingmo got in touch with the villain behind the scenes.
Could it be...
Has Jiang Jingmo actually always been in contact with that person?
Otherwise, why would he act as if he was particularly afraid to go to the spring breeze at this moment?
Are you afraid that she will notice something because of this?
Yuliu took the initiative to keep Jiang Jingmo with the intention of secretly investigating the villain "Shen Yuan". When she saw Jiang Jingmo's expression and reaction, her thoughts suddenly started to race, and the color of her light gray pupils darkened slightly.
However, the gentle and warm smile on Yuliu's face did not diminish at all, as if she did not notice Jiang Jingmo's abnormality, and she still patiently invited with a smile:
"Master Jiang, do you have anything else to do today? If you have nothing to do later, please come with us! You've been busy all morning, and it must be very tiring."
Jiang Jingmo's eyes were evasive, and he avoided Yuliu's scorching gaze with a guilty conscience.
In fact, Jiang Jingmo hasn't come up with a suitable excuse yet.
After all, he was a captain of the Chu State's border guards. If he appeared in the capital of the Xiao State just to repay the Su family's past kindness, it would be a reasonable thing to do.
Now that he is taking shelter in Yuqing Courtyard, if he makes any unauthorized moves again and someone with ulterior motives makes a fuss about it, it will be extremely detrimental to the diplomatic relations that the Su family has worked so hard to establish over the past few years.
But, but…
When Yun He's gaze lightly swept over Jiang Jingmo again, he saw that the feeling of being pricked in the back came over him again.
Jiang Jingmo really didn't dare to accept Yuliu's invitation!
Jiang Jingmo only just came to his senses:
Yunhe had so many opportunities to return the handkerchief with a legitimate reason, but why didn't he mention it when they parted last night, nor when they first met this morning, but suddenly mentioned it when Yuliu invited him to go to Chunfeng Fulan?
Jiang Jingmo was a little confused at first, feeling that Yunhe was just reciting from a script when persuading him, and was just coaxing Yuliu with soft words and gentle voice.
It was not until Yun He gave him a cold glance that he suddenly realized: it turned out that this was not an illusion.
——It’s true.
If it weren't for the fact that Yuliu seemed to have completely forgotten about the embroidered handkerchief and had taken the opportunity to chat with Yunhe for a few more words, Jiang Jingmo probably wouldn't have been able to associate what happened on the open day at the border military camp.
Normally, these soldiers were ruthless, but once they saw the young lady they had been thinking about day and night, after returning to the camp, even if it was a trivial matter that the young lady had personally repaired and replaced a tassel on their sword, not to mention it in normal times, they would not only show off their victory over their martial arts instructors in a pretentious manner to declare their sovereignty, but even when they were drinking at night, they would still pretend to be drunk, blushing and rambling on about it many times:
"Look! This is the sword tassel that my young lady repaired for me herself!"
The meaning of an embroidered handkerchief is much richer than that of a sword tassel.
Jiang Jingmo's wandering gaze accidentally fell on the dangling embroidered handkerchief in Yuliu's hand. In his empty mind, a sentence in a calm tone suddenly floated through his mind: "Look, this kind of embroidered handkerchief, the girl also gave it to me before."
Of course Yunhe wouldn't say it so directly and superficially.
But when Jiang Jingmo discovered with horror that the voice in his mind was actually Mr. Yunhe, he still couldn't help but shudder subconsciously, his hair stood on end, and he immediately shook his head violently, trying to shake off the non-existent voice.
Whenever Jiang Jingmo thought of Yun He's half-smile just now, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Yuliu thought that this person was sweating after working hard, but she never thought of the various things behind it.
Jiang Jingmo sighed in shock and fear, "Isn't Mr. Yun's hint a little too subtle? If it weren't for the flying poplar catkins, he probably wouldn't have figured out the intricate tricks here for a while!"
No wonder Mr. Yun was so patient and gentle with Miss Su, personally brushing away the flying poplar catkins from his palms and giving her countless instructions afterwards, fearing that she might make the slightest mistake...
Jiang Jingmo carefully raised his eyelids and glanced cautiously between Yunhe and Yuliu.
Seeing that Yuliu was still inviting him warmly with a smile on her face, Yunhe beside her just curled his eyes perfunctorily, pretending to smile a little, with a faint emotion in his eyes.
But the colder Yunhe's eyes became, the more scared Jiang Jingmo became. The more he thought about it, the more he dared not accept Yuliu's invitation.
How could he really dare to agree to go to Chunfeng Fulan and disturb Mr. Yun and Miss Su's relationship!
Yu Liu took in Jiang Jingmo's reaction, but she had no idea what he was thinking. She just felt that he was quite strange, as if he was afraid of something. He looked at her with a slightly restrained gaze, but it seemed that he didn't really focus on her. He glanced at her quickly, like a dragonfly skimming the water, and then...
Looked at Yunhe who was standing beside her?
Yuliu glanced at Jiang Jingmo with a hint of doubt, then looked back following his gaze. She tilted her head slightly, her movements subtle and slow, even the tassels on her head hung steadily in the spring breeze. However, she had already caught a glimpse of Yunhe's clear and smiling eyes in her peripheral vision.
Yunhe's eyes are long and narrow, with eyelid wrinkles extending shallowly parallel to the contours of the eye sockets. When she blinks, her movements are clean and neat, like a bamboo leaf standing up in the wind on a branch.
He saw Yuliu looking at him with a slightly confused look, and he raised the end of his eyebrows slightly, silently asking, "What's wrong?"
Yuliu smiled slightly and shook her head.
Of course, she had nothing to ask Yunhe, and even thought it would be great if everyone in Yuqingyuan could be as worry-free as Yunhe.
However, she didn't expect that although her trip to the palace solved the revenge of Yumei's poisoning, she also brought back Jiang Jingmo, whose mind was extremely difficult to guess.
Thinking of this, Yu Liu couldn't help but sigh slightly. Seeing that Jiang Jingmo was still not answering, she had to change the question: "Master Jiang, do you have something to hide? If so, please tell me. Since I promised my sister, if I can help, I will do my best to help."
"Um, actually..." Jiang Jingmo hesitated for a moment, carefully raised his eyelids, and looked at Yunhe as if for help.
As soon as Yun He heard Yu Liu's slight sigh, the smile in his eyes was blown away a little by the sigh, and his eyes glanced at Jiang Jingmo with a slight chill.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly turned his arms behind his back to his chest, raised his arms slightly, and in the gentle spring breeze, he slowly and methodically smoothed out the wrinkles on the hem of his clothes caused by the previous movement.
Yunhe slowly lowered his eyes while rolling up his sleeves with one hand. For the first time in such a long time, his eyes met Jiang Jingmo's gaze directly. It seemed unintentional, because their eyes met for only a moment. When his slender fingertips stroked the edge of the sleeve, he had quietly looked away. He calmly put his hands behind his back again and stood beside Yuliu with his back straight.
The spring breeze that had just blown through the hem of Yunhe Qingzhu's clothes was now blowing through the willow branches close to the ground, carrying the faint spring fragrance and quietly drifting away from the crowd.
Jiang Jingmo seemed to have received some enlightenment, and his anxious bloodshot eyes suddenly brightened up: "Actually, Miss Su, I understand your intention in inviting me to a banquet, but today, look at my clothes, which are half wet. I'm afraid it would be embarrassing to rashly go to such an elegant place as Spring Breeze Blowing Lantern..."
That's the truth.
But Yuliu always felt that there was something a little bit off when these words came out of Jiang Jingmo's mouth.
But in the final analysis, Jiang Jingmo's hard work and sweat were actually all for Yuqingyuan. Yuliu wanted to persuade him to stay a few more times, saying that it would not be too late to come after he took a shower and changed his clothes.
But Yunhe took a small step forward, and his movement brought up a gust of wind mixed with the fragrance of herbs, which blew gently across Yuliu's shoulders.
The two stood side by side, but Yunhe was much taller than Yuliu, so whenever he spoke, he would slightly bend his neck and lower his head, slowly casting his gaze on Yuliu.
Yun He turned his head to look at Yu Liu, with a hint of regret in his eyes. He said with regret: "I think Lord Jiang must be so self-disciplined in the army every day, right? But this is a bit of a pity. I heard that the food in the restaurant is unique in Xiao State..."
As he spoke, Yun He's dark eyes glanced slightly in Jiang Jingmo's direction. Even though there was a hint of regret in his eyes, Jiang Jingmo felt that the meaning in Mr. Yun's eyes at this moment was much more real than the half-smile he had had before.
Jiang Jingmo gradually relaxed under Yunhe's rather "regretful" gaze, and was extremely grateful that his timely epiphany had not caused him to upset Yunhe.
As Yun He was speaking, he paused for a moment and even sighed sincerely for Jiang Jingmo's absence.
It was as if all this was not the result of his secret manipulation.
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