His voice sounded somewhat blank.
"The prince and princess have been married for almost a year."
He was unaware that his master's hands, hidden beneath his wide sleeves, were clenched so tightly they were trembling.
They got married, almost a year ago.
This was something Yu Shuo would never have dared to imagine before.
"She...she really likes Xue Huai'an from the Duke's mansion, doesn't she?" He could barely hear his own voice, his eyes fixed on Qin Su in the courtyard.
She was wearing a simple cloak and seemed to be holding a handful of fruit.
Despite the extremely simple environment, she was still incredibly elegant and unaffected by it in her eyes.
The setting sun could only talk more when it was facing its master.
"It is said that the princess broke off the engagement with Xue Huai'an on the very night of their wedding and almost killed him."
He had heard all of this, and he didn't really want to confide in anyone, but since his master had asked, he decided to tell him.
It's not exactly a secret anyway.
Yu Shuo was not pleased to hear this; instead, he frowned.
No one knew better than him how much Qin Su cared about Xue Huai'an, and what she had gone through to make her willing to give up that kind of relationship.
He must have hurt her.
The girl in his eyes seemed to notice him and quickly walked towards him.
Yu Shuo took a step forward uncontrollably, and before he could speak, the girl in front of him asked with a smile, "Have you finished your work?"
Yu Shuo didn't know what she was talking about, but he nodded nonetheless.
"Then come with me." She took Yu Shuo's hand and walked into the courtyard.
She knew that Yu Shuo's memory had not fully recovered; that's what Luo Zhi had told her.
But the way he rescued her was so practiced that Qin Su felt he at least remembered that they were married, so her action of holding his hand was also natural.
Yu Shuo looked at the two clasped hands, and although he didn't say anything, his eyes were particularly deep.
The group sat in the courtyard, and Qin Su asked Aunt Chen to bring the petition.
Aunt Chen had just returned, and Qin Su had Lian Tao call her back. In the current situation, staying at home is relatively safer. They've almost completely broken ties with Shacheng, making their situation rather dangerous.
"This is a petition from the people of Huang County, which is basically an accusation against the county magistrate and the city lord for their crimes. Although the evidence is currently insufficient, it is enough for His Majesty to thoroughly investigate this matter again," Qin Su said to Yu Shuo, word by word. He now had the ability to handle this matter.
Qin Su hadn't told him about it the past few days.
Seeing that Yu Shuo was staring at her, Qin Su felt a little strange. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"We're married?"
He asked a completely unrelated question.
Qin Su was taken aback, clearly not expecting Yu Shuo to ask such a question. She instinctively put the petition back.
"You...don't remember?"
Yu Shuo remained silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Since you're married, why don't you call me Imperial Brother?"
Qin Su: ? ?
Why didn't I see him being this serious before?
She did indeed rarely refer to Emperor Mingyang as her elder brother, but Yu Shuo did not correct her.
"I don't remember much. I'm sorry." He took the letter of request from Qin Su and handed it to Xie Yang beside him, instructing him to handle the matter.
"Should we personally deliver the petition to His Majesty... or even to my elder brother?"
"I'll listen to you."
Qin Su felt that Yu Shuo was acting very strangely now, and his eyes seemed to have returned to the time before they got married.
Gentle and restrained, well-educated and reasonable, but lacking in intimacy.
Qin Su touched her nose and moved the small stool a little.
"You don't want to sit with me?"
"Um?"
Yu Shuo lowered his eyes and said nothing more.
Why did we get married? Did I force you?
He rarely referred to himself in this way in front of Qin Su, but he didn't remember it very clearly.
"No, that's not it. It was Your Highness who helped me." She didn't say that the two were in love, because Yu Shuo probably wouldn't believe it at this point, and besides, she still had some pride.
"Huh?" Yu Shuo was puzzled.
Help? Marriage?
Qin Su recounted the past, "Back then, Xue Huai'an and I broke off our engagement, or to put it bluntly, we got a divorce. My elder brother wanted me to find a suitable person to marry, and I couldn't avoid it. So His Highness proposed that we get married."
"At that time, His Highness was also being urged by the Empress Dowager to get married."
Yu Shuo recalled that this was indeed the case.
"...Why did you break off the engagement with him? I remember you were in love with him."
Qin Su pouted unhappily; constantly bringing up past embarrassing incidents was really not a pleasant experience.
She said, "Xue Huai'an had affairs with other women before the marriage, and I found out, so the engagement was called off."
Yu Shuo fell silent again.
Indeed, she wasn't the kind of person who could accept her husband having other women.
“He is indeed not a good man,” Yu Shuo said.
He always knew, though of course, his own selfish motives also played a part.
Regardless, they got married, and their long-cherished wish was fulfilled.
"Let's not talk about him anymore. I don't like bringing him up."
Yu Shuo nodded.
At this time of the regular month, he returned from outside, followed by two men being escorted by others.
"Qin Su".
He called out from afar.
Yu Shuo turned his head when he heard the sound. He knew Lu Chayue; in fact, he was very familiar with him. When they were children, he and Qin Su would go fishing in the river, and he would guard the fish basket.
Later, he also contributed a lot to the regular recruitment of Baihu Village.
However, his close relationship with Qin Su made him quite jealous.
"Why did you bring someone here?" It goes without saying who the person being held captive is.
"I just didn't want to stay outside, did I? Huang County is under martial law today, I don't know what happened." He pulled over a stool and sat down, only then noticing that Yu Shuo was still there.
"Your Highness Prince Chen?"
"Is His Highness Prince Chen here too?" He looked at Qin Su with a questioning gaze.
"Did you find out anything?" Qin Su didn't want to go into detail about Yu Shuo's matter, so she asked him instead.
"She's very stubborn."
Qin Su was not surprised. She said, "I was discovered when I went to Shacheng today. I have completely broken ties with the city lord of Shacheng. The martial law in Huang County must be to arrest us."
"The army from Wucheng has arrived. Once the Imperial Guard arrives, we can take Shacheng. This time, we'll act first and report later." The last sentence was addressed to Yu Shuo.
"Um."
Now that Yu Shuo has woken up, this matter is more suitable for him to do, and Qin Su is happy to have some free time.
But when night fell, Qin Su was in a dilemma.
Yu Shuo stood at the door, unsure whether to go in or back.
"I'll sleep on the floor," he said, noticing Qin Su's concern.
Qin Su quickly waved her hand, "Never mind, you're not fully recovered yet, I'll sleep on the floor."
How could she let Yu Shuo sleep on the floor...?
"Or I can sleep with Xiaozhi." Although the Liu family has a lot of rooms, they can't handle so many people suddenly.
"Your Highness is going to see Tuoba Yan?"
This way, the rooms can be perfectly assigned.
"I don't want to find anyone else." He didn't want to be separated from Qin Su, even if it meant sleeping on the ground.
Qin Su scratched the back of her head. "Well... if you don't mind, let's sleep together. It's not like we've never slept together before."
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