Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Ah Yun, be patient, it’s not time yet…
Seeing the water surface gradually calm down without any fluctuations, she let go.
He took the hot tea handed to him by the maid and sipped it comfortably, but his eyes fell on the woman who ran over like crazy and tried to jump with him but was stopped.
Princess Jining leaned against her and watched her collapse in a daze. Then, as if grasping at a last straw, she pleaded, "Qingfeng, go, go and save him! He's still alive and can be saved. Go, go!"
As if to echo her words, the dark surface of the river surged, stirring up red, strands of it, shocking to the eye. It made people feel as if a huge rock had fallen in their hearts, so heavy that they could not see the light of day for a long time.
The last bit of strength was gone. Song Simun's eyes were blank, as if his life force had also dissipated. Qingfeng gritted his teeth and stood up to enter the water, saying, "Take care of yourself, young lady. Whether you live or die, Qingfeng will bring you back."
No one listened to what he said, and no one believed him. Because the girl with a tough, ugly face suddenly raised her eyes, like a man-eating wild dog...
Come here to die.
Princess Jining smiled slightly and leaned back in her armchair in a good mood, watching how the ant tried to shake the tree.
She was walking towards her, but when she was approaching, she suddenly turned her head, looked at Li Wenxu, and ordered in a cold voice: "Quick, quickly dispatch troops from the government office to rescue them, quickly!"
“Bold.”
Before Li Wenxu could say anything, Princess Jining fanned her and slapped her on the back of the forehead. "What an unruly girl! How dare you address the Minister of Works by his name?"
The man looked over, his eyes red and angry, just like the wild dog just now.
Seeing her in such a state of disgrace, his anger suddenly dissipated. With a glance, the maid beside him forced her to kneel.
Jining raised his foot, lifted the girl's chin with the tip of his shoe, leaned over and sneered: "The person is dead, why save him?"
"Miss Yunsong, if you have some free time, you might as well think about your future. After all, Master Gu in the capital is a man who doesn't tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes."
She stood up with a smile, and finally spoke as if giving alms:
"Miss Yunsong and I are destined to be together. Why don't you stay by my side and serve me like Qiqiao did? After a few years, when the hype has died down, I'll find you a suitable match from a good family. How do you think?"
Princess Jining raised her chin and looked down at her condescendingly.
Song Siyun raised his eyes, his gaze going from the veil up to her cold and playful eyes, as if he wanted to see through her.
What kind of fate was this? He just treated her as a trophy captured after killing Gu Yanzhou, and kept her by his side to watch and humiliate her.
It's really disgusting.
The most important thing at this moment was to save people. Song Siyun endured it and didn't argue with her anymore. Instead, he turned his head and looked at Li Wenxu who was silent, and said coldly:
"Sir Li, you were the one who spearheaded the construction of the water embankment, and it was you who took the initiative to invite us to attend the ceremony today. Sir Gu was a special envoy sent by His Majesty. If His Majesty learned that the water embankment you personally supervised was malfunctioned, resulting in the deaths of thousands of civilians, and that Sir Gu tragically died in the flood while trying to protect them, how long do you think you can continue as a minister?"
"Who are you to threaten me?"
Her head was kicked away with such force that she fell backwards. Her throat hurt even when she breathed. Song Siyun covered her neck and looked up, a little surprised.
This was the first time today that Her Royal Highness, who was so high and mighty and had everything under her control, got angry.
Her eyes moved between the two of them, and she had already concluded that this one was the real one.
After all, rumors spread throughout the capital that it was Princess Jining who first fell in love with Li Wenxu, then a minor official in the Ministry of Works, and despite his poverty and helplessness, she begged for an imperial decree granting him marriage. She also declared, "In the future, I will be his support."
Li Wenxu also relied on Princess Shang's appearance to rise to the rank of Vice Minister. With just one more achievement, he could be appointed Minister of State.
"Yunsong," he slowly raised his gaze and saw the high and mighty princess, her veil lifted, sipping her tea. After a moment, he looked up at her, her brows deep, her expression unremarkable. "Now that your biggest supporter, Gu Yanzhou, is dead, there's no one here to protect you. You'd better be sensible."
"Go, lick Lord Li's shoes clean, and I will forgive your crime of disrespect."
The man in the high seat closed his teacup and handed it to the maid, not even glancing at her. He simply glanced at her and gave her instructions, with a disdainful and arrogant air, a coldness that only comes from someone in a higher position.
She didn't know if she was seeing things, but Song Siyun could actually sense the same bloody aura from Gu Yanzhou, which was left on his hands by blood.
She called herself "Ben Gong" because she was giving orders in her royal capacity, not Madam Li.
Song Siyun lowered his eyes, his fingers unconsciously clenching as he dug into the soft ground, his chest heaving with anger. He had never suffered such humiliation in his entire life!
But in the end, he closed his eyes and endured it. He slowly looked at Li Wenxu and asked in a low voice, "Yunqu is Dayuan territory, and it belongs to Your Majesty. Sir Li, are you really not afraid that Your Majesty will find out and punish you for your incompetence?"
"Miss Yunsong..."
Li Wenxu, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, but he was trying to evade the question: "It's not that I don't want to help, but I'm really short of manpower. The county constables are all gone to repair the east water stack, so I can't do anything about it."
“Heh—”
Song Siyun lowered his eyes, and after a while he stood up with a sneer, "I see, I see."
He stumbled about like a wandering spirit, bursting into laughter. His gaze swept across the faces of those around him, his expression as mournful as an oriole.
He laughed until he could barely stand up straight, then stopped. His mud-stained fingertips slashed at everyone, ferocious like a madman, "Disgusting, really disgusting!"
She snarled with bloody tears in her eyes, "I thought you were good people, but it turns out you're all just birds of a feather."
Grabbing the corner of his robe, he suddenly turned and rushed towards the broken plank road and the torrent. His bloodshot eyes were like knives, like a devil from hell. "You'd better pray that I die here today, or I will swim back to Kyoto and file a complaint before His Majesty."
After saying this, he jumped up.
The imagined coldness and suffocation did not come over her. Instead, she heard a very familiar smile and teasing: "My husband is not dead yet, why did Ah Yun commit suicide for love?"
He opened his eyes in disbelief.
It’s Gu Yanzhou.
Although his face was pale and his black hair was stuck to his face and neck like a water ghost, he was still alive.
"Are you okay?"
Song Siyun held his shoulders in disbelief, then hugged him again crying, "You're still alive, Gu Yanzhou, you're still alive."
"very nice."
Strings of tears slid down the lapels and fell into the river, turning the surface red.
The man's eyelids shrank sharply. He held her face, swallowed the tears from the corners of his eyes, and replied slowly, "I'm back, Ah Yun."
In the cold river water, the two embraced each other and did not separate for a long time.
Meanwhile, Qingfeng had already reached shore. His robes were soaked through, and as he moved, he moved like a stream. He strode forward, dragging the dead stray dog he had salvaged from the water, each step a swift one.
Just like that, he walked up to Princess Jining with blood all over the ground and threw a blurry dead body at her feet.
The splattered blood stained the hem of Princess Jining's elegant bright yellow skirt, but she showed no fear and kicked it away. He looked at his master calmly, his beautiful eyes narrowed in a dangerous and sharp tone, "Master Gu, what do you mean by this?"
Gu Yanzhou embraced the soaked Song Siyun and walked over. His eyes fell on her, and a chill penetrated her bones. "Wild dogs are the best for nourishing the body. I have heard that Madam Li is weak, so I captured them to nourish her. I hope she will recover soon."
"Gu Yanzhou, you!"
The man who had been calm for a long time and thought he was in control of the situation lost his composure for a moment, but he immediately grasped the handle of his fan and adjusted himself. His eyes fell lightly on the person who was shivering with cold in his arms: "Master Gu, I will naturally accept your kindness. But now that you are okay, let us come and see your brave servant."
Jining reached out her hand and, with the help of someone, stepped over the stray dog's corpse and walked forward. With every step, red spray splattered everywhere, some even flew onto the hem of her skirt, but she paid no attention, staring intently at Song Siyun. When she raised her finger to twitch her chin, someone blocked her way.
He glanced sideways and saw that it was Gu Yanzhou with a gloomy face. He smiled again and withdrew his hand.
"Master Gu, you don't know that your servant's words are disrespectful and powerful. It makes me very angry. If you commit treason, you should be beaten to death according to the law." The waving fan fell silent. Jining raised her eyes and smiled at the man with a heavy face. She raised her fingers to support her hair and sighed.
"But since I'm kindhearted, I can't make up my mind. How about Master Gu help me with some advice?"
Gu Yanzhou lowered his eyes and looked at her quietly, with his lips raised in his usual arc, but there was no smile in his eyes.
After a while, he suddenly glanced at Li Wenxu, who was silent beside him, and slowly said, "Madam Li, what you said makes sense. However, Yunsong was anxious to protect his master when the water stack collapsed, so it is understandable that he was in a state of panic. What do you think, Madam?"
He looked at her, the curve of his lips still unchanged.
The lifted veil fluttered in the wind, yet she dared not utter a single sound. Suddenly, a soft laugh broke the eerie atmosphere.
"Master Gu is right." Princess Jining turned around, fanning herself, and finally took a step back. "I'm tired today too, so I'll go back and rest. I hope Master Gu can help me out here."
"Of course." He nodded vaguely, and the matter was over.
As the person walked away, the person in his arms tugged at his collar, tiptoed closer, and whispered, "Princess Jining is not sick."
Gu Yanzhou lowered his eyes, his expression softening slightly. Seeing her worrying about all this even though her lips were purple from the cold, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He urged her to go to the carriage and change clothes: "We can talk about these things later. The most important thing now is to change into clean clothes to avoid catching a cold."
"But……"
Song Siyun wanted to argue, but he pinched his hand. When she looked up, she knew that he knew what was going on.
I simply stopped arguing and just saw him standing outside the carriage politely when he got on. When the water on his body splashed onto the ground and formed a mud puddle, I was silent and whispered, "Why don't you get on too?"
As if afraid that he might misunderstand, she hurriedly explained, "Don't overthink it. I'm just worried that you might catch a cold and delay your return to the capital to request the imperial edict."
The man under the car was stunned at first, then he smiled and lowered the curtain for her, saying jokingly: "Ayun, be patient, it's not the right time yet."
What's going on?
Song Siyun really felt that this man couldn't tell good from bad, and his mind was full of romantic thoughts, which wasted her kindness. She glared at him fiercely and raised her hand to open the curtain, "I need to change clothes, don't look."
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