"I don't want to leave," Su Wanyan answered truthfully.
Yu Nanqing's dark eyes flickered, and he stared intently at her face, his lips pressed together: "Did you fail? Or were you discovered?"
"No." Su Wanyan stepped forward and rested her head on the edge of the bed, looking him straight in the eye. "I just didn't want to leave, so I came back."
"Su Wanyan!" Yu Nanqing suddenly grabbed Su Wanyan's collar, his eyes blazing with anger, his gaze red as he looked at her: "Do you know what you're saying? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you don't leave today, do you think you'll have another chance? Do you really think you can leave this capital city on your own?"
"Sister!" The little beggar's heart clenched at the sight.
Su Wanyan tightened her grip on his hand that was clutching her clothes, frowning: "I will leave, but not now."
"Overestimating yourself!" Yu Nanqing shoved her away, his heart filled with a mixture of anger and worry, a strange emotion swirling in his voice as he sneered, "What do you want to do here? Are you going to defy the court? Or do you really want to wait for me to die?"
She couldn't fight against the imperial court; she had to wait for him to die, but the woman in the palace wouldn't stay still until then.
What can she do if she stays?
Are we just going to wait to die together?
Su Wanyan remained silent. To be honest, she didn't know what she could do if she stayed.
She only knew that if Yu Nanqing's sacrifice was required for her escape, she was unwilling.
Although she wanted to leave, she knew she would feel guilty if she left now. If Yu Nanqing died in the future, for whatever reason, she would likely remember this day every night.
She would think every day about whether there were any other options available at the time.
Faced with Yu Nanqing's questioning, Su Wanyan had nothing to say. She had only been here for a few days, and she knew far too well how deep the waters of the capital were compared to Yu Nanqing's understanding.
He had painstakingly paved the way for her to leave the city, but in the end she refused to go. Anyone would be furious in that situation.
Su Wanyan thought for half the night but couldn't come up with a single word, so she finally changed the subject: "By the way, today is the day you change your dressing."
She went to the cabinet next to her and took out some medicine and gauze. Then she said to the little beggar, "Sister, go and ask Xu Si to fetch some hot water and have him call a maid to tidy up the room."
The pastries that the maid had just smashed were still scattered on the ground.
The little beggar nodded repeatedly, then turned and ran out.
Yu Nanqing was still angry, and the look in her eyes seemed to want to bore a hole through her.
Su Wanyan acted as if she hadn't seen him, placed the gauze and medicine on the bed, and reached out to remove the bandages from his body. Yu Nanqing couldn't hold back any longer and angrily grabbed her hand: "Su Wanyan!"
"Yu Nanqing!" Yu Nanqing's voice was loud, but Su Wanyan's voice was even louder: "Are you blaming me now?"
Yu Nanqing was taken aback. What?
"I know you did all this so that I could leave the capital. I've wasted your efforts. It's my fault. I apologize. I'm sorry!" Su Wanyan said angrily.
As for why he was angry, it was simply because he couldn't find a reason to argue with Yu Nanqing.
"I..." Yu Nanqing was stunned: "I didn't say I was going to blame you!"
Su Wanyan shouted, "Then why are you so angry? I finally made up my mind to stay. The thought that you might be killed if I leave, and the thought that Master Wang finally settled down and has to move again because of me, makes me feel uncomfortable!"
"You ask me what I can do if I stay? How would I know what I can do? But I'm staying now, and the best opportunity has already passed. What am I supposed to do? Who told you to send me out of the city on your own without consulting me in the first place!"
"If you had discussed this with me, I would have been prepared since I knew I could leave. You did all this without a word, and are you going to add 'it's for my own good' at the end? Bah! Now you're blaming me for not leaving the city! Blaming me for not following your orders! Go ahead and blame me! Who can blame you more!"
"Me!" Yu Nanqing was speechless, choked by her words. This matter was clearly beneficial to her in every way, so why was she more righteous than him when they argued?
Yu Nanqing gritted her teeth: "I told you I'm not blaming you!"
"Then why are you angry?!"
Yu Nanqing had a headache and couldn't help but reach up and pinch her brow. How did we end up back here again?
He pursed his thin lips and changed the subject: "Was it Wang Zhang who sent someone to bring you back?"
It would have been better if this hadn't been mentioned. The mere thought of it stirred up a wave of resentment in Su Wanyan's heart, and she raised her voice even louder in anger: "Do you know I almost got arrested?"
Yu Nanqing's heart sank, and she frowned.
"I was planning to come back as soon as I could after saying goodbye to Master Wang, but I didn't expect that Marquis Yuanning had already secretly sent people to arrest me. Do you know that even if I hadn't disappeared, they would have created the illusion that I had? Do you know who I met at the gate of the Prince's Mansion when I came back? My father! Marquis Yuanning!"
"He was already planning to frame you the moment I got lost. If I hadn't come back, you wouldn't have survived tonight, you know that? And yet you blame me!"
"I stole their carriage and escaped! I was chased by people everywhere, and yet you still blame me!"
Yu Nanqing's face turned pale with anger, and she retorted, "I told you! I'm not blaming you!"
"You are who you are, you are who you are! You came back and scolded me without even asking what happened, isn't that my fault!"
It was clearly a very dangerous situation, but Su Wanyan described it in such a way that it didn't sound dangerous at all.
"I...you..." Yu Nanqing was at her wit's end. This woman...this woman...is simply being unreasonable and utterly incomprehensible!
He had never seen anyone so good at being a rogue!
Seeing that he couldn't explain himself, Su Wanyan pressed him down on the bed and angrily ordered, "Change the dressing!"
"……you!"
Su Wanyan's face was dark, her lips were pursed, and her cheeks would unconsciously puff up when she got angry. Her two little faces were now red because of her words just now, which she had spoken without taking a breath.
She was clearly angry, but Yu Nanqing saw that she was getting more and more aggrieved as she got angrier, and her eyes were even red.
At this moment, no matter how angry he was, he couldn't muster any anger. He frowned, looked at her silently for a long time, and suddenly let out a helpless laugh, raising his hand to cover his eyes: "That's simply... sophistry."
"You're the one who's being unreasonable! Your whole family is being unreasonable! The Emperor is your half-brother, he's the one who's being unreasonable, but every single one of you in your family is being unreasonable!" Su Wanyan retorted angrily.
Yu Nanqing ignored her rambling and said in a calm voice, "Do you know that my days are numbered? If I live, I cannot protect you; if I die, the Emperor will not let you go."
As long as someone is associated with Prince Gong's Mansion, the people will remember his existence. The man in the palace will absolutely not allow anyone to challenge his authority.
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