58 Chapter 58 You Teach Me
◎I brought Yunhe with me to see you◎
"Bring Su Yunyue out."
Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyan, one after another, both gave Yuliu these instructions.
It was as if the Fourth Prince and the eldest son of the Su family knew in their hearts that Su Yunyue was actually unwilling to go with them.
Yuliu, thinking about the last words Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyan said to her, walked on the cobblestone path, and her pace was extremely slow.
Logically, the difference in height and build between Yuliu and Yunhe would have meant a slight half-step difference in their stride. But even as Yuliu, under the candlelight pouring from the courtyard, slowly walked most of the cobblestone path, the two of them walked a long and winding path. Even until Yuliu reached the brightest door, Yunhe maintained a consistent pace, walking steadily beside her.
It was as if someone was deliberately following Yuliu, slowing down his pace, wanting to walk side by side with her.
The villas outside the capital of Xiao State were not as prosperous as those under the imperial city. Even if the wooden door was fully opened, it was not big enough for Yunhe and Yuliu to enter side by side.
Yunhe raised his eyelids and estimated the width of the wooden door. When he was about to reach the threshold, he took the lead and stopped.
At this time, Yuliu was still immersed in thought, walking forward at a steady pace by inertia.
Yunhe caught a glimpse of Yuliu's slightly dilated pupils from the corner of his eye. When the girl passed his shoulder line, he coughed lightly and gently pulled Yuliu out of his thoughts.
At this moment, Yuliu's toes were just about to touch the wooden door, the shallow and inconspicuous threshold.
Yuliu originally thought Yunhe was coughing because she was wearing thin clothes and had caught a cold from the long night breeze. However, when she felt the top beads on the delicate embroidered uppers touch the hard threshold, she suddenly came to her senses and realized in an instant:
——This was Yunhe reminding her.
Yuliu retracted her toes slightly for a moment, and her eyelids drooped, covering her subconscious glance at Yunhe.
But it was only a blink of an eye, like a breeze blowing through the moist peach eyes of Elm Willow, stimulating her to subconsciously speed up the frequency of blinking, and then suddenly raised her feet again, and her steps suddenly became a little hurried as she stepped into the courtyard.
This place is probably just a house used for temporary stay, so the exterior of the villa does not look prosperous, and the interior decoration is also relatively simple, with only some necessary furniture in the room.
The most eye-catching thing is the round wooden table placed in the center of the room, which almost takes up half of the area of the room.
But Yuliu's gaze fell on the two teacups on the table.
There are only two teacups.
Apparently, Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyan had been discussing this matter with each other at this table before.
Yun He followed Yu Liu's gaze and took the initiative to approach the round table. He reached out and touched the back of his finger against the wall of the teacup. He turned back to Yu Liu and said, "It's cold."
The tea was cold, indicating that Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyan had stayed here for a long time.
But there were only two teacups, so when the Fourth Prince and the eldest son of the Su family were having a private conversation...
Where is Su Yunyue?
Yuliu looked around the entire outer hall of the villa, her eyes sweeping over the wooden round table, pearwood chairs, carved wooden cabinets...
and, a nine-panel painted screen separating the outer hall from the inner chamber.
Yuliu's movements were almost faster than her thoughts, and she subconsciously walked towards the nine painted screens.
As Yuliu took the first step forward, time seemed to flow backwards in her mind, going back to the time when Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyan were sitting together at the round table, in the outer hall of this villa:
The topic of the confrontation between Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyan may be a bit complicated and heavy, but the interests they seek and the goals they want to achieve can satisfy each other.
At this moment, Yuliu took the first step.
Their conversation must have been harmonious and the communication was quite smooth, so the two cups of tea remained untouched and were almost full on the table.
But since the conversation went smoothly, what happened that caused them to spend an extra time here long enough for the hot tea to cool down after achieving their goal?
Just as Yuliu was about to take another step forward and push his thoughts deeper, he suddenly stopped.
The screen has nine panels, which, when fully unfolded, can completely separate the outer hall from the inner room. The nine panels are made of a naturally dark wooden base, painted with colored lacquer and carved lacquer patterns, depicting various figures, worldviews, and landscapes.
The colors of colored lacquer and carved lacquer are rich and eye-catching.
If you don't look carefully, it might be difficult to tell whether there is a person hiding behind these nine painted screens.
Yuliu was certain that when she looked around the outer hall and her eyes swept across the screen, the orange and yellow paint color of the sunlight on the third fold of the picture of the rising sun was not so bright and vivid.
——It was as if someone was standing quietly behind the screen, holding a candlestick in his hand, and the height of the candle flame just coincided with the rising sun on the screen.
Yuliu stared at the rising sun that seemed to be emitting a faint glow, and couldn't help but take another step forward.
Yuliu could sense the strange changes in the front and back of the screen. Yunhe, who thought of testing the temperature of the teacup at the same time as Yuliu, naturally noticed this as well.
However, Yunhe reached the round wooden table before Yuliu. Although Yuliu had already taken a few steps ahead, Yunhe was still closer to the screen.
Yunhe pretended to try to find out what was behind the screen.
But at the moment Yunhe turned around, Yuliu suddenly quickened her pace, stepped forward, and reached out to gently pull the tip of Yunhe's wide sleeve into her palm.
The girl's gentle force from her fingertips was transmitted along the silky fabric into Yunhe's palm, and Yunhe's forward steps suddenly stopped.
He turned around and tilted his head, and while looking at Yuliu, his eyebrows raised slightly.
The meaning is already very clear.
Both Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyan asked them to come into the villa to see Su Yunyue to "talk and reminisce about the past", so Su Yunyue must still be in the villa at this time.
The outer hall of the villa was empty.
Then Su Yunyue was naturally in the inner room behind the screen.
Although it is unknown what Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyan discussed in this room, it caused Su Yunyue, as his wife and sister, to feel a rift between herself and both the Fourth Prince and the eldest son of the Su family.
However, even though Yuliu and Yunhe had been in the house for such a long time, Su Yunyue had no intention of showing up. It was obvious that she was probably wary and cautious of them.
Yunhe went to test the screen, naturally with the intention of "If the mountain doesn't come to me, I will go to it". At this time, he was held back by Yuliu. Although he stopped according to Yuliu's thoughts, there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Yuliu naturally understood the meaning between Yunhe's eyebrows and eyes.
But Yuliu only stared at Yunhe for a moment, then glanced at the "sunlight" that had moved to the second fold behind the screen overlooking the mountains and rivers.
Yuliu shook her head silently towards Yunhe, then looked at the "sunlight" that disappeared behind the second fold of the screen and stopped moving forward. Suddenly, she called out softly, "Sister..."
“…Is that you?”
The sounds of the elms and willows are light and soft, gentle like a warm spring breeze that gently lifts up falling white feathers.
However, although Yuliu's voice was gentle, her eyes were fixed firmly on the "sunlight" hidden behind the nine-fold screen.
Elm willow saw it.
When she called out to her sister softly, the steady candlelight seemed to tremble slightly.
——It seemed as if it wanted to continue moving forward, but was abruptly stopped.
"Sister, it's me, Yuliu."
Yuliu pursed her lips, licked them lightly with the tip of her tongue, and continued softly, "Last time, you brought the Fourth Prince to Yuqing Court to look for me, but I wasn't there. This time, I brought Yunhe with me to see you."
As Yuliu spoke, she gently let go of the small piece of Yunhe's sleeve that was pulled in her hand.
The light green bamboo-colored fabric was soft and silky, and when it slipped from the girl's soft palm, it naturally formed a tiny arc in the air.
The rustling sound of fabric seemed to be amplified countless times in the courtyard where no one answered.
While Yuliu was looking at the vague candlelight, she heard a rustling sound.
Only then did she realize that not only was the countryside outside the capital of Xiao State very quiet tonight, but this villa was also equally silent.
The reason why Yuliu stopped Yunhe's behavior just now was because he couldn't bear it.
But the fact that they were able to make the royal powers bow their heads and look for a middleman to mediate shows that they also knew that what they had done had more or less, indirectly or directly hurt Su Yunyue's trust.
However, Su Yunyue has never done anything to let down the Xiao family, the Su family, or the country.
Afterwards, Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyan both hinted and explicitly asked her to be Su Yunyue's lobbyist. Su Yunyue would not have failed to think of this.
I guess that's why Su Yunyue has been hiding behind the screen and has been reluctant to show up.
But from beginning to end, Yuliu never explicitly agreed to the request of the Fourth Prince and the eldest son of the Su family.
——She is not here to lobby.
Yuliu came here only because she was worried about Su Yunyue's safety.
When Su Yunyue first heard the rumor that "the Fourth Prince wanted to keep the youngest daughter of the Su family as his concubine", she firmly believed it. This time, Yu Liu would not force Su Yunyue because of Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyan's request.
As the rustling sound of fabric faded into the night breeze, Yuliu, also in the room, silently and nervously swallowed a small mouthful of sweet saliva, pursing her thin lips. As she was thinking about how to express her attitude to Su Yunyue, a hoarse female voice suddenly floated out from the "sunlight" behind the second folding screen: "...What are you doing here?"
Su Yunyue is the eldest daughter of the Su family. She has been bright and confident since childhood.
Yuliu had never heard Su Yunyue like this before. Even the tail sound of her exhalation revealed extreme exhaustion.
When Yuliu heard Su Yunyue's voice, she was suddenly stunned.
But just this moment of stunned silence caused Su Yunyue's defenses, which had just been lowered, to be erected again in an instant.
Su Yunyue held up the candlestick and looked through the screen at the two figures standing very close to each other, as if conjoined. She lowered her eyes and said, "If you... are here to persuade me on his behalf, then there is no need to say more."
"I don't want to go back."
Su Yunyue heard her own voice speaking these words, echoing in the room.
But she heard an almost inaudible voice mixed in her heart.
However, the inner voice was so weak that Su Yunyue couldn't make out the words that were spoken for a moment.
Yuliu was originally still thinking about how to make Su Yunyue believe that she was not a lobbyist sent by Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyan.
However, when Yuliu heard Su Yunyue's almost straightforward statement, her mind suddenly flashed back to when she had finally mustered up the courage to tell Yunhe that she "didn't like to drink bitter medicine" after much hesitation, and Yunhe's answer to her was "If you don't want to drink it, then don't drink it. I won't force you."
At this moment, time and space seemed to overlap.
Yunhe was standing silently under the eaves about one or two steps in front of her. However, in Yuliu's mind, she clearly recalled the tone and expression of Yunhe when he spoke to her.
Yuliu was surprised to find that those things that she had thought were just insignificant details or conversations were triggered in her memory at this moment. Every word and sentence was vivid in her mind as if they had just happened.
"elder sister……"
As Yuliu spoke, Yunhe's voice traveled through time and space. The clear voice echoed in her mind, and the words spoken to Yuliu overlapped perfectly, as if guiding her word by word, saying: "If you don't want to go back, then don't go back..."
"I'm not here to persuade you."
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