Chapter 535: Life-saving Grace
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "Thank you for your kind words."
She also hoped that the outcome of this matter would surprise Yin Shu.
If she worked so hard for so long and ended up falling into someone else's trap, then everything would become a joke to her.
Ji Yunshu asked Yin Ye to guard outside the courtyard gate, while she continued to sit in front of the window. When she was eating the second piece of dessert, footsteps were heard outside the door.
She ignored the person who came in and continued eating snacks.
Xiao Kun sat down on the chair Yin Shu had been sitting on before. He tilted his head and looked at her for a while before asking, "Are the snacks delicious?"
Ji Yunshu took a sip of tea before replying, "It's okay."
Xiao Kun also picked up a piece of dessert with his fingertips, tasted it, frowned and said, "It's not even as good as the desserts in the palace."
Ji Yunshu wiped his hands with a handkerchief and said, "If any cook could surpass the imperial chef, then what was the point of you and your son's hard work over the years?"
Xiao Kun stared at her face and said, "Since you've come here, you should know why I did all this."
Ji Yunshu: "...You're not going to say it's all for me, are you?"
Xiao Kun looked at her for a while, unable to discern any emotion. Unaware of her true feelings, he replied, "Even when I was very young, I knew I wasn't liked by him. But that didn't matter. I still had my mother. But then he sent me to the capital, repeatedly threatening me with my mother's life to get me to work for him, saying I was his crown prince and everything he had would be mine."
At this point, he couldn't help but sneer, "In his eyes, I must be a fool, to believe his nonsense."
Ji Yunshu stroked the raised patterns on the teacup in her hand and listened silently to him talk about the past that she had never known.
Xiao Kun didn't care about her silence and continued, "But life in the palace wasn't easy, especially since everyone knew I was a prince who had been abandoned by him. That year, I hadn't learned to protect myself yet, and it was extremely difficult. You probably can't imagine how those people could torture a child."
Ji Yunshu really didn’t know. The Queen Mother protected her very well, and no one dared to let her know those things.
But she understood one thing: "Your appearance in front of me is not an accident?"
Xiao Kun laughed inexplicably. "At first, I searched the entire palace for someone who could protect me, but they turned a blind eye to my plight, so I gradually gave up hope. But then, I couldn't hold on any longer, so I set my sights on you, who had just been ushered into the palace by the Queen Mother. I tried every possible way to get myself in front of you, and at the same time, I made a bet with myself."
Ji Yunshu looked at him.
"I bet you would save me or I would die. I won the bet."
Ji Yunshu couldn't tell what he was feeling for a moment.
The original owner seemed arrogant, but she was actually a kind-hearted person. She rarely made things difficult for others in the palace, and would help anyone who could when they encountered injustice.
She didn't care about saving Xiao Kun at all.
"So this is how you repay me for saving your life?"
After listening to such a long speech, Ji Yunshu just asked lightly.
Xiao Kun stared at her. "You know it's me who leaked the news about Suzhou and Southern Xinjiang. And whether you went to Suzhou or Southern Xinjiang, I did my best to ensure your safety. You are braver than I thought."
Ji Yunshu certainly knew that Lan Ting and Yin Shu were both his people.
If Xiao Kun had not exposed the matter, even if she knew that Prince Yong was planning a rebellion based on the information in the original book, she would not have thought of investigating Suzhou.
But if it was a step later, Suzhou might have fallen into the hands of the people from Mobei.
Ji Yunshu didn't avoid his obsessed gaze and asked frankly, "Why would Lan Ting do things for you?"
Xiao Kun didn't understand what he meant, so he told the truth: "Because I saved his life."
Ji Yunshu said confidently, "According to what you said, since you saved Lan Ting, he became your man and works for you. So I also saved your life, so shouldn't you help me?"
Xiao Kun was stunned. His dark eyes seemed to be a bottomless abyss, but his tone was smiling: "When I become yours, your business will be my business. I will help you in any way you want."
Ji Yunshu looked at the affection that seemed to be overflowing from his eyes and couldn't help but sigh: "Since you have this idea, why didn't you let me know before I got married?"
The original owner really didn't realize Xiao Kun's feelings at all, and even the book didn't mention this.
When Xiao Kun heard her words, his eyes showed a hint of surprise, and then a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "What if I told you earlier? You are the daughter of General Ji, who commands a large army, and I am the prince of a feudal lord. No matter who sits on the throne, they will not agree to our marriage, not to mention that you have a marriage arranged by General Ji himself."
Ji Yunshu felt a chill in his heart: "So you watched me jump into the fire pit with your own eyes?"
With Xiao Kun's ability, he must have known that Zhao Heng was the son of Yao and King Yong, so he must have known about the affair between Zhao Heng and Yao Ruolan a long time ago.
As long as he reminded her in advance, the Queen Mother would definitely not let her suffer any injustice.
Then the original owner would not have ended up like that.
Her gaze was too cold for Xiao Kun to bear. He had not expected that Ji Yunshu was indifferent to his long-standing plot, but was angry that she had not told him her feelings in advance.
What was he thinking at the time?
His wings were not strong enough to directly break off relations with the palace, and Ji Yunshu would never marry him no matter what.
So he chose to remain silent.
He knew that after Ji Yunshu married Zhao Heng, she would soon find out about Zhao Heng and Yao Ruolan's affair. In this way, there would be someone between her and her husband, and she would not be attracted to the other person.
On the day of her wedding, he was drunk the whole day, and only when he sobered up did he know what she had done on her wedding night.
At that moment, he actually realized that he was wrong.
Ji Yunshu is not a puppet at the mercy of others; she has her own pride and self-esteem.
Zhao Heng is not a good man, but Zhao Shen is an opponent that he has to take seriously.
Everything started to get out of control afterwards.
Xiao Kun didn't want to admit his decision-making mistakes in front of her, so he pretended to be relaxed and said, "Zhao Heng is nothing but a pit of fire. You're not Wei Yuanmin. With your ability, neither mother nor son will be able to escape from your hands."
Ji Yunshu couldn't tell what he was feeling. Xiao Kun might like the little girl who saved him.
But after so many years, he still doesn't seem to have figured out his feelings.
"You're right. Even if I marry Zhao Heng, he won't be able to get any advantage from me. But all this is in the past. Let's talk about the present. Who is the person who is ambushing my father?"
Ji Yunshu was no longer in the mood to delve into the past.
Anyway, everything has developed to this day.
Xiao Kun's feelings were not for her. He could have changed the original owner's tragedy, but he chose to stand idly by, so she didn't need to feel any psychological burden.
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