Chapter 14: White Rabbit Eating Grass Yun Yang was stunned. Although the tent was large, it...
Yun Yang was stunned. Although the tent was large, there was no place to hide. Apart from the screen, there was only a wardrobe and an ebony bed on the left and right.
What does it mean when he shakes his head?
Wardrobe? How could she and Xue Yu hide in it? Even if they could, the noise they made would surely be discovered.
So where could he hide? On the bed? If he got stabbed, wouldn't that be where he'd end up?
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the direction of the king's tent, and the dark night sky suddenly lit up, with fireworks bursting out.
Now is the time!
Yun Yang pulled Xue Yu's arm with lightning speed and quickly pulled him to the side of the ebony bed against the wall.
Xue Yu sensed her intention and didn't want to cooperate, but Yun Yang was as strong as an ox and pulled him so hard that he staggered and had to lie on the ground with her on the side of the bed.
Yun Yang quickly pulled off a piece of the stacked blankets and covered himself and Xue Yu with them, and made a "lie down" gesture to him.
Xue Yu pursed his lips tightly and frowned at her in the darkness.
Seeing that he was still holding up his head, Yun Yang simply reached out and pressed his head, pushing him to the ground.
The bedding covered the two of them tightly, and in the darkness, they completely blended into the ground.
Yun Yang didn't dare to make a sound and subconsciously grabbed Xue Yu's clothes.
Their bodies were pressed tightly together through the fabric, leaving no gap at all; even her long, soft hair was entangled with his.
In the darkness, the five senses were infinitely magnified. Xue Yu frowned, and the tingling and numbness on the side of his neck went straight to his heart.
This strange and unbearable feeling overwhelmed the pain in my arm.
His injured arm was pressed by her against his lower back.
Xue Yu moved his fingers gently. His fingers were so long that they could actually wrap around Yun Yang's slender waist.
Her skin was soft, and the strange touch from her fingertips was dense and dense, sweeping over his limbs like a tide, as if to disturb his calm mind.
Her fingertips seemed to be burning, beating in resonance with his heartbeat.
Xue Yu closed his eyes, calmly distanced himself from the two of them, and tried to pull his hand away.
Yun Yang's attention was completely on the thief, his heart was in his throat, so he had no time to notice Xue Yu's actions.
The young man's clear eyes swept across Yun Yang's face. Faced with such a critical situation, she was not as panicked as he had imagined. Her dark hair flowed like a waterfall to one side, covering half of her face, revealing only her alert and clear eyes.
Their eyes met.
He stood up under her surprised gaze.
Yun Yang's scalp tingled. She didn't know what Xue Yu was thinking. The current situation was that he was injured, and she was alone without even a weapon for self-defense. Although they were in the dark and that person was in the light, what if that bad guy was a skilled killer and killed them all in a rage!
Thinking of this, she quickly grabbed his sleeve.
"Let go."
In the darkness, the man's voice was cold, yet revealed an unquestionable calmness that calmed her panicked heartbeat.
Before he finished speaking, he rose into the air as fast as lightning in the darkness. With just one hand, he subdued the dark shadow that had not yet reacted and pressed it down on the table.
"Someone come here." Xue Yu said.
With his order, the people hiding outside rushed into the tent like a tide and surrounded the thief in an instant.
The torches illuminated the tent brightly. Yun Yang stood up and looked at Xue Yu's profile.
"It's you." Xue Yu said.
The crouching thief struggled in vain, then resigned himself to his fate and said bitterly, "You've been lying in wait here for a long time! Just waiting for me to fall into your trap!"
The man looked up and met Xue Yu's indifferent gaze. His heart trembled, and as if he suddenly remembered something, he changed his previous attitude and begged for mercy, "Master Xue! Please forgive me. I have followed you for many years. If it weren't for the eldest prince forcing me with my family, I wouldn't have taken the risk to assassinate the crown prince... My Lord, the crown prince is neither the eldest son nor the legitimate heir, so he can't defeat the queen and the eldest prince!"
He smeared the scent that the beast liked on the robe of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in advance. When the Crown Prince was hunting, he deliberately kept the female leopard alive. As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince approached, the female leopard would smell the secret spice mixed with the blood of the little leopard and would pounce on him madly.
It was a perfect plan. The prince died in the mouth of a wild beast, and no one would suspect the prince.
What went wrong was discovered by Xue Yu!
Xue Yu looked down at the man, his face calm and indifferent. In fact, he had no intention of oppressing him, but it made people feel inexplicably cold in their hearts.
"My lord, have you spread the word that someone has delivered a secret letter tonight, which contains the secret of a female leopard attacking a person. Is it to lure the snake out of its hole?" The man struggled to open the letter he had just found. The letter was blank. Instantly, tears streamed down Xue Yu's sleeves. "My lord, I have followed you for many years. Please, please give me another chance."
The black-clad attendant beside him quickly stepped forward and pulled him away.
Xue Yu brushed off his clothes and turned his gaze to Yun Yang who was still squatting on the ground, ignoring the man's pleading.
"Get up." He walked up and stretched out his hand to Yun Yang.
Yun Yang reached out his hand to him hesitantly, and he pulled him up from the ground.
"There are many wild beasts in the mountains. If someone goes missing at night and dies in the mouth of an animal, Your Highness will not be surprised." Xue Yu's face was calm, and his eyes looked towards the dark forest, as if he was talking about a trivial matter. "Go."
The black-clad attendant received the order, covered the man's mouth, and dragged him out.
Yun Yang felt a chill in his heart. Was he going to feed that man to wild beasts?
Moreover, it turns out there is an ambush outside the tent, there are helpers...
The group of black-clad attendants all retreated. A drizzle began to fall without them noticing, and the bonfire not far away had long since gone out.
Yun Yang was just a fifteen-year-old girl, and the changes in her heart were written on her face, which Xue Yu could see clearly at a glance.
"You came to see me at an inconvenient time," Xue Yu said calmly, pulling out a stool and motioning Yun Yang to sit down. "That man is already near the tent, so I have no choice but to ask you to lie down inside the tent with me and wait."
Yun Yang calmed down and thought for a moment, then he understood what was going on. He hung his head and asked, "Did I ruin your plan?"
Her delicate cheeks were no longer as bright and beautiful as they were during the day. There was some dust on her fair face, and her disheveled little head was drooping.
He said gently, "Ignorance is not a crime. It's great that you are so alert."
"Ah, brother-in-law, you're bleeding?" Yun Yang then noticed that the white cloth on his arm was seeping red again. "What's going on? Let me take a look."
Xue Yu took a deep breath.
"No, I didn't hurt you just now, did I?" Yun Yang held his arm with both hands, trying to recall what she had done in the dark. It felt like something was pressing down on her waist. She looked at him anxiously, "Is it, is it me?"
"It's okay." Xue Yu said.
Yun Yang felt really embarrassed… His arm was already injured, and he was pinned down by himself, yet he didn’t make a sound and didn’t let the man notice it in advance.
She looked at Xue Yu apologetically and whispered, "I'm sorry, brother-in-law... I'll ask the doctor to come and bandage you again."
After saying that, he turned around and ran out, but Xue Yu's voice came from behind him, "Wait."
His face looked cold and desolate in the pitch-black night. The dim candlelight made his face half bright and half dark, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.
"Yun Yang," he said calmly, "In front of the Emperor, in the capital, every step you take must be careful. You must not act recklessly, and you must not speak without restraint."
Yun Yang was momentarily unable to react to what Xue Yu was pointing at. He turned around and said hesitantly, "Brother-in-law, what do you mean? Don't tell anyone about what happened today? I won't tell anyone."
The cool night breeze blew, and the candlelight flickered slightly. The flame rippled between the young man's eyebrows, and there was an unpredictable flickering light. He stood with his hands behind his back, "And the Crown Prince, he is the most respected person in the world. In front of him, you must be especially careful when speaking."
"Brother-in-law, are you referring to what I told the Crown Prince during the day, about someone betting on who would win between him and the First Prince?" Yun Yang said seriously, "But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed very kind. He didn't seem unhappy when I mentioned using him as a stake."
Xue Yu raised his eyelids. "Kind? It's too hasty to easily judge a person's character based on just this one thing."
"No, I heard the prince didn't kill many animals because he was compassionate and grateful for the kindness of heaven. He's very kind..." Yun Yang continued, "Besides, if I say or do something wrong, I'll take the responsibility alone. What's there to be afraid of?"
Xue Yu looked at the innocence unique to this young person and asked her, "Don't you have any nine clans?"
Yun Yang was stunned.
"You take the blame for your mistakes alone? That's chivalrous." Xue Yu sneered, "How can you still choose when the imperial power is overthrown? The Crown Prince is a different person from you and me. He can kill or murder someone, or even exterminate an entire family, in an instant."
Yun Yang stared at him blankly. In the night, Xue Yu had lost his former purity and gentleness, and there was an incomprehensible darkness.
Yes, she has nine clans.
The Xue family lived in a continuous area, thousands of households, how many people were there? Yun Yang could hardly imagine what would happen if Xue Yu made a mistake and implicated all nine clans...
Looking at the girl's dazed look under the moonlight, Xue Yu sighed with disappointment.
Yun Yang is still too young. For fifteen years, she has been protected by her parents. The evil she has seen is limited to the family affairs in the inner house. In the court, the struggle for power is a fight without the smoke of gunpowder, and people's lives will be taken at the slightest touch.
"I've learned my lesson, brother-in-law. Are you angry?" Yun Yang said softly, stepping forward and gently tugging at his sleeve. "It's my fault for being short-sighted and ignorant. Don't be angry, brother-in-law. I'll listen to you. I won't talk nonsense anymore."
"They harmed the prince, but they always bring disaster upon you. Today it's okay, only your arm was injured, but what about next time? If you really die in the mouth of a beast... what will we do then?" Yun Yang said worriedly, pulling out a handkerchief and wrapping his bleeding arm. "I'll go find a doctor for you right away."
Even though he holds a high position, there are many dangers. If he dies one day, wouldn't my sister become a widow at such a young age?!
Xue Yu looked at the girl's receding back, raised his hand and took the moon-white handkerchief in his hand to examine it. The stitching was rough, and one could barely make out that the embroidery was of a white rabbit. The fabric was also just ordinary, and it was obviously not made by the embroiderer in the mansion.
It must have been embroidered by her, a picture of a white rabbit eating grass?
It's quite interesting...
Xue Yu stared at the handkerchief for a long time.
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