19 Chapter 19 Let Me Go
◎The elm and willow seemed to be fixed by the cloud crane◎
Although the man looked young and strong, his skin was as dark as the black wooden door behind him. His face was frosted and fierce, like a soldier who had experienced many hardships. He was like a sword in its sheath, full of murderous aura.
He stared at the smiling beauty Yuliu with sword-like eyebrows and fierce eyes, but he had no sympathy for her. Instead, he looked ferocious as if he was about to draw his sword at her in the next second.
"You... Jiang Jingmo?!" Yuliu suddenly recalled the name in her mind.
She originally thought that the fear of the palace servants who led the way was due to the Fourth Prince's orders, but now it seems that part of their fear also came from the pressure from Jiang Jingmo.
In the later period, Jiang Jingmo was the general who defended the country of Chu. He was invincible in the battle of Sand City. As the most powerful general under the command of the crazy villain, he captured three cities of Xiao State as soon as he appeared, which severely dampened the fighting spirit of Xiao State and even punished the fourth prince of Xiao.
But these are actually secondary.
More importantly, the war between Xiao and Song was broken by Jiang Jingmo's sword, and the flames of war burned the superficial brilliance of this marriage to ashes. No matter how glorious the Xiao and Su couple were in the past, they became so ridiculous after the war between the two countries.
But no matter what...
All of the above are plots from the later stages!
Now the rumored villain behind the scenes is still unknown, how come Jiang Jingmo has already appeared first?
Yuliu didn't expect to see Jiang Jingmo here. The surprise in her heart had already surged, but she was already used to disguising herself, and she still had that smiling face.
However, others may not be able to see through such a smiling mask, but it is obvious that Yun He can now feel when Yuliu is really smiling and when she is pretending to smile, so he frowned and subconsciously reached out to take Yuliu's sleeve to lead her behind him, while he flashed between Jiang Jingmo and Yuliu to separate them.
Yuliu was being led by Yunhe's sleeve, and for a moment she felt dizzy. When she opened her eyes again, she could only see Yunhe's broad back. She heard Jiang Jingmo roar at them in a loud voice, as if he saw a loyal dog guarding the yard: "You know me? But I don't know you. Who are you?"
"This is the residence of the Fourth Prince's wife." Yun He didn't wait for Yu Liu to answer and calmly blocked Jiang Jingmo's question. "Who are you? Why are you here?"
What Yunhe asked was exactly what Yuliu wanted to know, so she simply bent down and stuck behind Yunhe, waiting patiently for Jiang Jingmo's answer.
Jiang Jingmo frowned. He looked at Yunhe's calm and reserved appearance. He had no idea what this man wanted to do. He was just like that gloomy and damnable Fourth Prince.
He can't see through this kind of people, and he is the worst at dealing with them!
Jiang Jingmo scratched his curly hair in annoyance and replied as a matter of course: "Since I am here, I must be Miss Su's person. Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Yuliu keenly sensed from Jiang Jingmo's tone his respect for the Su family.
Before Su Yunyue got married, she was naturally the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Su family, but now she has married into the Xiao Kingdom as a concubine. Jiang Jingmo actually still calls Su Yunyue Miss Su?
"I, Su Yuliu, am the Fourth Prince's younger sister. I came here today specifically to visit my elder sister." With a sense of security in her heart, Yuliu stood on tiptoe and emerged from Yunhe's shoulder. Her watery eyes, like the tip of a lotus just beginning to emerge, gave Jiang Jingmo a sly smile and began to make friendly advances. "But who are you? You claim to be from our Su family. Could it be... that you are a private soldier raised by the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Although the Su family's mansion was in ruins, it was still a wealthy family. A few months would not be enough to uproot the family's power.
With just one word from Yuliu, the murderous aura that was on the verge of a fight immediately melted away like snow in the spring breeze.
Jiang Jingmo looked at Yuliu and Su Yunyue's somewhat similar faces and immediately dispelled his doubts.
"I?"
Jiang Jingmo said this with a click of his rough thumb, and put back the half-sheathed sword in his hand.
"I'm just a small guard, but I was once a benefactor of the Su family's prime minister's mansion. Now that Miss Su is in trouble, I will help her if I can. I can't just sit back and watch!"
In just a few words, Yuliu suddenly understood.
This can explain why the heroine did not avoid suspicion after falling off the cliff, but instead insisted on bringing a foreign man back to the palace.
It turns out that one reason was to express gratitude for the life-saving grace, and the other was to meet an old friend in a foreign land. The two had a close relationship with each other, and in times of crisis they were naturally willing to trust and help each other.
Since the Su family had given Jiang Jingmo a new life, the matter would definitely not be as obscure as Yumei said.
Um.
Sure enough, the character of the heroine Su Yunyue did not collapse.
However, if we infer based on Yumei's statement, then this time the Fourth Prince is most likely deaf and cruel. Regardless of whether he believes the Fourth Prince's wife's explanation or not, he is determined to nip the possibility of the Fourth Prince's wife having an affair with a man outside the family in the bud.
After all, the Fourth Prince's road to succession cannot tolerate any stain on him.
Yun He saw that the murderous aura around Jiang Jingmo disappeared immediately after the two of them started talking, so he no longer worried that Jiang Jingmo would attack and hurt anyone for no reason. He walked to a position half a step behind Yuliu with the food box in his hand and stood there, leaving the situation completely to Yuliu.
"I see." Yu Liu thanked Jiang Jingmo slowly and said with a smile, "I heard that my sister was pregnant before, and I was worried that the bumpy ride for half a month might hurt her body. But now it seems that it is all thanks to Lord Jiang for taking good care of my sister in times of crisis."
"This is all as it should be. Hiss... I'm actually confused. You understand this logic clearly, but what's going on with the Fourth Prince? Are mere rumors no match for his own flesh and blood?"
Jiang Jingmo put away his sword, and the fierce aura in his body also subsided. However, after hearing Yu Liu's words, a hint of anger emerged in his tone. He was so angry that he almost wanted to curse, "Is there something wrong with that Fourth Prince's brain? He neither helps the right nor helps his relatives!"
However, he probably took into consideration that this was the Fourth Prince's palace, and out of consideration for the Fourth Prince's wife's face, he forced himself to keep his words to himself.
Now that Jiang Jingmo knew Yuliu's identity and purpose, he naturally restrained his murderous aura. He looked at the two people in front of him and explained with a somewhat honest and dry expression:
"Before, anyone who came here to visit the Fourth Prince's wife would always be dealt with by the Fourth Prince, so the Fourth Prince's wife is actually not very willing to see guests now. Just now, I heard someone talking outside the door, and I was suspicious, so I suddenly opened the door. I should... I should not disturb you, right?"
Jiang Jingmo's eyes swept back and forth between Yuliu and Yunhe, remembering the soft conversation he had vaguely heard before.
Although he really didn't hear anything clearly, when he thinks about it now, he still inexplicably feels guilty as if he had eavesdropped.
He scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly and asked, "Do you need me to step aside for a moment so you can continue chatting?"
"No need." After hearing the Fourth Prince's tough behavior, Yu Liu felt very disappointed in him and just wanted to go in as soon as possible to find out what the Fourth Prince's wife was thinking.
Yun He nodded: "Thank you very much."
Yuliu raised her eyebrows slightly: "......?"
Yuliu didn't expect Yunhe to have something else to say to her, and was a little surprised. Although she was a little curious, the matter of the Fourth Prince's Consort was imminent, and she could not care about it. So she lowered her voice and whispered to Yunhe, "If you have anything to say, we can go back to Yuqing Courtyard and talk slowly."
Yun He lowered his eyes and looked at the person beside him, but glanced at Jiang Jingmo silently. Jiang Jingmo received his gaze and suddenly felt that he seemed special and redundant here. He consciously closed the door for the two of them, leaving the place quiet.
Yuliu originally thought that if Yunhe had something to talk to her about, they could just go back and talk about it, but she suddenly heard a rapid sound of a door closing behind her. She was quite surprised and subconsciously wanted to turn sideways to see what was going on.
However, just as she turned her head slightly, Yunhe's slender hand suddenly blocked her way.
As if he had calculated it in advance, Yun He put his five fingers together and floated in the air, horizontally above Yuliu's peach eyes and pretty nose, without touching Yuliu directly.
But Yuliu seemed to be fixed by Yunhe.
With a slight blink, her long eyelashes seemed to be able to sweep across the warm palm of the other person. Yuliu's movements suddenly paused, and she subconsciously held her breath and concentrated, not daring to move. The curve of her neck became smoother as she held her breath, winding all the way from her chin to the beating chest under the collar of their necks.
"Just...say whatever you want to say."
Yuliu was strong and calm, her expression and tone were unperturbed, but only she knew how fast her heart was beating.
"But... a gentleman uses words, not fists. Please let me go first."
"You're always like this."
After hearing what Yuliu said, Yunhe noticed that her breathing was a little disordered. He slowly moved his palm down, revealing her misty eyes bit by bit and returning his gaze to her. However, his palm only moved down and did not completely leave. It was still floating in the air above Yuliu's melon-seed face, covering the lower half of her face.
Yun He looked into Yu Liu's eyes and repeated softly, "You know, you're always like this."
Yunhe had no intention of restraining Yuliu, and even restrained his movements so as not to touch Yuliu's skin at all. As long as Yuliu felt uncomfortable, turned her head or moved, or even gently raised her hand to wave him away, Yuliu could easily escape from Yunhe's palm.
Yunhe gave Yuliu a choice.
But Yuliu did not move.
"...What's this and that?" She only frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "I don't understand what you are talking about."
"You might not even realize it yourself, right? Even though you're always smiling..."
Yunhe paused as he spoke, lowering his eyes to look at Yuliu, as if observing Yuliu's reaction.
He could clearly feel that Yuliu would occasionally be curious about what he wanted to say, but for some reason, she always pretended to be indifferent.
When Yun He saw the mist in her eyes floating up, he suddenly revealed a knowing smile, taking her silence as a kind of indulgence, and continued slowly: "It's just like just now, you wanted to stop me with your words, but your eyes were telling me..."
"You're curious."
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