Ning Xihua was filled with remorse. Bai Queyue seemed to be well-behaved, dignified and polite, but she didn't expect that he was even more ruthless than Lin Mengli.
She was just trying to hide from the rain and didn't notice that Bai Queyue was following her. How could she have expected that she would dare to reach out and push her down.
If the ground had not been covered with soft leaves along the way, and she had been lucky enough to have only hit a few trees before falling into this pit, if she had really rolled to the bottom of the slope, she would probably have died there.
It would be really funny if he didn't die from the poisoning of the heroine in the original book, but died at the hands of Su Bi's bad love affair.
Ning Xihua curled up her good leg, huddled up and hugged herself tightly because of the cold.
She looked up at the small patch of gray sky at the entrance of the cave and sighed helplessly.
She couldn't climb up, so she could only wait for Su Bi's men to notice that she was missing and come looking for her.
After an unknown amount of time, Ning Xihua, who was already somewhat dazed, was shaken awake.
"Wake up, you have a fever."
She squinted hard and saw Su Bi's pale face.
He didn't even bring rain gear, but he was still soaked. Water droplets slid down his eyebrows, washing away the worry in his eyes even more clearly.
"Are you hurt anywhere else?"
Ning Xihua opened her mouth, but only a hoarse sound came out, "Legs..."
Su Bi also noticed her unnaturally stretched right leg, and his eyes became even darker.
He took off his coat, put it on Ning Xihua, and then carefully picked her up.
"It's okay, we'll be home soon." Su Bi soothed gently.
Ning Xihua moved her mouth again, but this time no sound came out.
Su Bi lowered his head and leaned over to her lips, "What do you want to say?"
She gritted her teeth and used all her strength to utter a sentence as soft as a mosquito's hum.
"Su Bi... bastard..."
Su Bi, however, hugged her arms tightly and replied softly with tolerance: "Yeah, I'm a bastard."
The voice was mixed with self-blame and guilt.
When Ning Xihua woke up again, she was already in Linhua Palace.
She had been changed into dry and comfortable clothes, and her injured right leg had been bandaged.
Su Bi sat beside her bed, and when she woke up, she brought her a bowl of medicine.
"You caught a cold and have multiple bruises on your body. Fortunately, your right leg is only dislocated at the ankle, not fractured."
Ning Xihua rolled her eyes, furious.
The arrow wound on my shoulder finally healed and I finally didn't need to take medicine. But now, the old wound hasn't healed yet, and I have a new one.
Not only will I be lame for a while, but I've also caught a cold. Not only will I have to continue taking bitter medicine, I don't know how to explain to my old man when I get home!
"It's all your fault!"
She admitted that she was a little unreasonable. It was Bai Queyue who pushed her, and it had nothing to do with Su Bi, but she still couldn't help but vent her anger on him.
When she thought that Bai Queyue was so cruel to her because she loved him, she felt annoyed and started to dislike everything about Su Bi.
Su Bi found Ning Xihua looking angry and felt a little amused and distressed at the same time.
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have left you there alone. Was your fall down the hill related to Bai Queyue?"
He was not a fool. The secret guards could not find her in the direction Bai Queyue pointed, and finally he found her in the completely opposite direction. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that there was something wrong.
Ning Xihua became even angrier when she heard Bai Queyue's name. She sat up straight and started to complain.
"Your good cousin heard the news from somewhere and thought that our two families were going to marry, so she rushed over to remove me as an obstacle. She pushed me down such a high slope because she was afraid that I would come back alive."
Ning Xihua was in pain all over now. She wished she could catch Bai Queyue back and kick her down the hill again to let her experience the same uncomfortable feeling.
Su Bi's eyes darkened when he heard this, and even his breath turned cold.
Ning Xihua felt a little worried when she saw him like this.
"I know Bai Queyue is the Duke of Zhenguo's man, but don't tell me to keep quiet for a while. I, Prince Ning's Mansion, will definitely get back at him. Don't say I don't give you face."
Su Bi sighed, "You think too much. I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter."
He held the medicine in one hand and reached out with the other to smooth the scattered hair around her cheek.
"And remember, no one is more important to me than you. Not even the Duke of Zhenguo, and not even the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion."
Ning Xihua was stunned by his firm tone, and when she came to her senses, her earlobes felt a little hot.
This sounds... so much like a confession.
Su Bi said no more, blew on the spoon and brought it to her lips.
"Be good and take your medicine."
Ning Xihua was coaxed into opening her mouth obediently. When the medicine entered her mouth, her facial features instantly wrinkled together.
Fuck, that’s so bitter.
"It's all your fault!"
Su Bi, who had just coaxed the man into submission: …
…………
Late at night, at the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion.
"I have already dealt with all the spies you planted in Linhua Palace. I didn't touch them before because of your face."
Su Bi's face was gloomy as he looked at the old man sitting upright on the armchair in front of him.
"But you shouldn't have told Bai Queyue about my whereabouts. You also gave her delusions and made her hurt Ning Xihua."
The Duke of Zhen slapped the armrest heavily and said in a sharp voice, "Is this how you talk to your grandfather?"
Su Bi laughed sarcastically, "It is because you are my grandfather that I am standing here talking to you. If it were anyone else, I would have just taken action."
The Duke of Zhenguo was furious and stared at him fiercely, "You have grown wings, haven't you? You come to question your grandfather in the middle of the night just for a woman?"
Su Bi remained calm, "Excuse me, she is much more important than you."
"you!"
The Duke of Zhen looked at the unruly young man in front of him, and finally lowered his head and softened his tone.
"Princess Yuexi has the support of Prince Ning's Mansion and she saved your life. I have no objection to you marrying her."
He looked up at Su Bi and saw that Su Bi was indifferent.
So he continued, "But Queyue was originally the wife prepared by the Bai family for you. She was carefully raised since she was young and is the most suitable for you. Although Princess Yuexi cannot become the principal wife now, you can take her in as well."
Su Bi's sarcasm intensified when she heard this. "I'm afraid my grandfather can't make the decision on my marriage."
Duke Zhenguo was furious, "This is all for your own good. I have already given up my position as the principal wife as you wish and only allowed you to take a concubine. What else do you want?"
"For my own good?"
Su Bi laughed out loud.
"For my own good, you sent me to Ryukyu? For my own good, you ignored me? For my own good, you specially trained this thing when I returned to your country, just to occupy my position as your legal wife?"
He stopped laughing, and approached the Duke of Zhenguo step by step, staring at him coldly and asking, "Are you doing this for my own good? Or for yourself, or for the good of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion?"