62 Chapter 62 Shao Die Xiang
"I won't force you."
...State affairs?
Yuliu was slightly stunned.
Although the Fourth Prince is a prince, his family affairs can generally be considered state affairs.
But Yuliu looked at the complex expression in Su Yunyue's eyes, and intuitively felt that what Su Yunyue wanted to say might be far more complicated than her previous guess of "husband deceived her and brother took advantage of her."
"The marriage between the Xiao and Song families is a union between two nations. The relationship between us is too mixed with other things. As time goes by, our feelings are no longer as pure as they were at the beginning. If they were simply using me for their own benefit, I wouldn't be so heartbroken..."
"After all, over the years, haven't I used his power and status as the Fourth Prince to seek what I want?"
After hearing this, Yuliu subconsciously exchanged a glance with Yunhe, and both of them saw the same surprise in their eyes:
——Su Yunyue really knew something else!
But Su Yunyue didn't notice the little movements of Yuliu and Yunhe at all.
Her eyes were slightly unfocused, and she was completely immersed in memories. But even when she was just thinking about it, she still felt that what the Fourth Prince Xiao Tianmin did was too dirty and too inhumane.
"But..." Su Yunyue silently clenched her fist beneath her sleeve, frowning in disdain, "He absolutely shouldn't be playing with the lives of ordinary people just to add to his own fame! How could he... How could he dare to do this!"
Are you treating the lives of the people of the world as a joke?
Upon hearing this, Yuliu couldn't help but open her eyes slightly and thought to herself, "What on earth did Xiao Tianmin do to deserve such a severe sentence from Su Yunyue?"
She asked in surprise, "Did the Fourth Prince do anything?"
Su Yunyue didn't answer but asked, "Do you still remember the Yangzhu County flood?"
There was a hint of confusion in Yuliu's eyes.
In ancient times, floods occurred every year. Once they occurred, the impact would probably be far more than just a county or town.
Yuliu's understanding of this world originally revolved around the "protagonists". As for Yangzhu County, she only felt that someone seemed to have mentioned it to her, but she only felt that it sounded somewhat familiar and did not have a very deep impression.
"I remember."
Yun He caught Yu Liu's eye from the corner of his eye. His dark eyes shifted slightly as he spoke slowly, "I remember that after the flood in Yangzhu County was brought under control, a plague broke out in the surrounding towns. So the Fourth Prince wasn't with you the last time you entered the palace. I guess he went to deal with the plague that broke out after the flood, right?"
After hearing this, Su Yunyue nodded slightly at first, but then quickly frowned and shook her head to deny it.
Perhaps because of her shaking head, Su Yunyue's voice trembled, but her weak tone suddenly rose three points higher as she retorted, "That can't be called a solution at all..."
"...Because he was the one who controlled the plague!"
At first, Yuliu was stunned by Su Yunyue's sharp voice, which was unprecedented. She was stunned for a while before she realized the meaning of the words.
The causes of plagues after floods are complex, and the large-scale population gathering leads to the rapid spread of the plague. It is often as difficult as climbing to heaven to eradicate it in a timely and thorough manner.
But after Yunhe's reminder, Yuliu silently calculated the time in his heart.
If we exclude the round-trip journey from the capital of Xiao State to Yangzhu County, the Fourth Prince would have contained the epidemic in its early stages with a divinely assisted speed.
Yuliu used to think that the Fourth Prince was able to grow up so smoothly because he was the center of this world and the son of destiny. However, now after hearing what Su Yunyue said, she felt horrified.
Could it be that Xiao Tianmin... just wanted to add a few more words to his past achievements, so he deliberately allowed the plague to wreak havoc, and when the epidemic broke out in its infancy, he would act like a god savior and send down the "medicine" he had prepared in advance?
Otherwise it is impossible to explain why even the right prescriptions for common difficult and complicated diseases require doctors to spend a long time to write a prescription, but why is it that the Fourth Prince was able to develop a magic medicine that cures diseases so quickly and so coincidentally this time!
"Yes. Just as you understand..."
Su Yunyue did not explain in detail, but just by vaguely mentioning the matter, she felt that Xiao Tianmin's behavior was so shameful that she could not raise her head. She suddenly felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.
She lowered her head, covered her lips, and silently endured the discomfort in her body. It took her a long time to calm down. She raised her head again and met Yuliu's gaze. Although her voice was weak and powerless, it was also relieved and free as she said, "So, if Xiao Tianmin asked you to persuade me to go back with him..."
"...Sorry, I refuse. I don't want to go back with him."
The moment Su Yunyue finished her words, the candlestick standing on the round wooden table suddenly burst out with a few star-like sparks, which fell on the edge of the dark wooden table like meteors, and turned into empty light-colored fireworks that rose in Yuliu's eyes, reflecting the light of glass in her light-colored pupils.
Yuliu's gaze lingered silently on Yunhe's fingertips for a moment, as if she remembered something. She couldn't help but smile slightly and called softly, "Sister."
"……Um?"
"Don't apologize. You've clearly been wronged. The Fourth Prince is not a good man. You don't want to continue to be entangled with him. You have the courage to make a decisive decision. This is a good thing."
Yuliu looked at Su Yunyue, but as her eyes moved, she seemed to be in a trance and returned to that morning with the scent of rain and dew when she disliked the bitterness of the medicine and wanted to secretly pour out the medicine without Yunhe's knowledge.
The clear and mellow voice in her mind, with a hint of mellow herbal fragrance, overlapped with the words uttered by the lips covered with elm and willow, and said to Su Yunyue together:
"I won't force you."
Su Yunyue suddenly looked up, her eyes, which were somewhat similar to Yuliu's, widened silently, as if in shock and surprise: "Are you serious...?"
"Of course I'm serious." Yuliu smiled softly and nodded. "Sister, you were able to stop and cut your losses in time. I'm so happy for you. But, sister, have you thought about how you're going to deal with the future?"
It’s not that Yuliu wants to spoil the fun, it’s just that this era is always too harsh on women.
Xiao Tianmin knew that his original actions had been exposed, but he was still confident that Su Yunyue would go back to the palace with him outside the suburban villa. This was because Su Yunyue was marrying above her station in this marriage. Even though Su Yunyue was marrying the fourth prince of the Xiao Kingdom as a princess of a different surname, the title of princess was also given because of him, the fourth prince.
The Su family is now in decline, and no one from her mother's family can protect Su Yunyue. If she really leaves suddenly, the identity of a princess has brought her so much glory, and the backlash of rumors and bad words after she leaves will only be more fierce.
The marriage between Xiao and Su is full of glory and wealth, but it is all glitz and glamour. Serving the king is like serving a tiger. How many people know the dangers within?
Yuliu did not explicitly say what Su Yunyue had to deal with, but she believed that the other party understood what she meant without saying it.
Even Su Yunyue will face not only the pressure from public opinion in the two countries in the future, but more importantly...
It was Xiao Tianmin who "wanted" Su Yunyue to go back to the palace with her.
Yuliu could follow Su Yunyue's wishes and let her go today, but this matter was much more complicated than her original reluctance to drink a dose of bitter medicine.
Xiao Tianmin holds the power, but Su Yunyue has nowhere to rely on. It is easy for her to escape for a day, but if she wants to gain true freedom, it is probably impossible unless the Fourth Prince falls from that position.
Just by thinking about it briefly, Yuliu felt tired for Su Yunyue.
The original novel is indeed an ancient, melodramatic and abusive novel. The plot of her running away and him chasing her has been completely understood by Xiao Tianmin and Su Yunyue.
There is even a buff for running with the ball added at this time.
Su Yunyue seemed relieved after hearing this. She pulled out a simple scented sachet from under her long sleeves and gently placed it on the wooden table, explaining, "The day I arranged for Jiang Jingmo to leave the palace, he left me a bag of scented powder, saying it was for use in times of crisis, so it would let him know my whereabouts."
"I heard that there is a Chimo tribe in the land of Baiyue who can guide butterflies with their scent." Yun He sniffed and nodded, "The fragrance of Shao butterflies is better than seeing it once."
Yuliu immediately looked at Yunhe: "The Chimo clan?"
"The Chimo tribe lives in seclusion, and I am just..." Yunhe said, but suddenly stopped and hesitated for a while.
...but what?
Have you seen it in ancient books?
Have you been told by the Chimo people?
Yun He, however, only felt that the memory was as vast as the ocean, with no trace to be found anywhere. It was only the moment he saw the sachet that he reacted subconsciously.
He lowered his eyes and said casually, "I just heard a little bit about it."
As soon as he finished speaking, as if to verify the truth of what Yunhe said, a butterfly as black as ink flapped its wings and flew in from the open wooden window of the outer room. Accompanied by three evenly spaced knocks outside the wooden window, the ink-black butterfly folded its wings and landed on the sachet that Su Yunyue placed on the wooden table.
Su Yunyue raised her eyebrows slightly after hearing Yun He's words, and said with a hint of surprise, "When Jiang Jingmo gave me this sachet, he didn't say much, and I didn't know it was meant to attract butterflies to find their way... Young Master Yun is truly worthy of being from the Poison Doctor Valley; he truly has a wealth of experience."
Yunhe lowered his eyes and did not answer.
Fortunately, Su Yunyue just casually praised him and did not require Yunhe to respond.
But Yuliu's focus quickly shifted from the Black Ink Butterfly and the Shao Diexiang to Jiang Jingmo, who had also come to the suburban villa for Su Yunyue. She asked softly, "Sister, do you want to go through the border with Jiang Jingmo and return to Xiao Kingdom?"
"Well... originally, this was my plan. As long as I could successfully reach the border of Chu, I'd finally have a place to rest my mind for a while." Su Yunyue paused, then looked at Yuliu through the flickering candlelight and pleaded, "However, before I reach the border, I need you to do something for me."
"Sister, do you want me to help you hold Xiao Tianmin back? But I..."
Yuliu reached out and moved the candlestick aside, and the faint candlelight burned alone in the room.
Just like Yuliu herself, she was weak and alone, and her slight glimmer of light was unlikely to shake the power of the Fourth Prince.
Besides, no matter how scumbag or idiot Xiao Tianmin was, he was still the designated male protagonist of this ancient, bloody novel. He was ultimately the center of this world, and going against the son of destiny was a thankless task...
Even though she sympathized with Su Yunyue's experience, it didn't mean that she, Yuliu, would take such a risk for Su Yunyue.
However, just as the heavy base of the candlestick landed on the dark wooden table, Yu Liu suddenly connected the events of the night into a clear chess game. She put down the candlestick and suddenly turned her head to look at Su Yunyue's pleading eyes. She hesitated and said, "Could it be that, sister, you want me to reveal..."
"...Is this the truth behind the flood in Yangzhu County?!"
【Author’s words】
Yuliu was caught pouring medicine, the plot guides Chapter 12 Health Soup~
The flood in Yangzhu County has been mentioned intermittently. I wonder if you have noticed 2333
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