Chapter 193 The White Lotus Cousin in Ancient Chinese Literature (22)
Cui Ling had already woken up. Su Yu went to see him but was turned away.
Bai Shan explained embarrassedly: "Well, cousin, the doctor said that the young master needs to rest recently, so the young master has been closed to visitors during this period, and he hasn't even seen his wife."
Su Yu had no choice but to leave first.
After watching her back go away, Baishan pushed the door and walked into the room. When he looked carefully, he found that the room was empty, with no one in it.
The claims about needing to rest and closing the door to visitors are all false. The real reason is that the owner of the house is not there at all.
A few days later, Su Yu heard a rumor in the court.
It was rumored that Cui Ling was assassinated by the Third Prince, because people from the Cui Mansion found a token from the Third Prince's Mansion in the assassin's clothes.
The third prince defended himself with tears, saying that if he was a death warrior, why would he carry a token that would expose his identity? It was obviously a frame-up by someone.
Many old ministers thought it made sense and pleaded for the third prince.
The emperor also found it strange, so he handed the matter over to Cui Ling, the victim of the assassination, to investigate.
The investigation indeed revealed the problem, and the real culprit behind it was actually the eldest prince.
The eldest prince assassinated his ministers and framed his own brothers. Even if his followers pleaded for him, the evidence was sufficient.
The emperor was very angry and directly stripped the eldest prince of his power. He sentenced him to reflect on his mistakes in seclusion for half a year and sent people to Cui's house to deliver a lot of things as compensation and appeasement.
There were so many twists and turns in the process that outsiders cannot tell.
In short, the result was that the third prince and Cui Ling joined forces, used themselves as bait, and destroyed a lot of the eldest prince's power.
Prime Minister Cui, Cui Ling's father and the current head of the family, could not have been unaware of this matter. Unfortunately, Cui Ling was becoming more and more powerful, and the contest between the third prince and the eldest prince was also a contest between Cui father and son.
In short, the atmosphere in the mansion was very subtle during this period.
Su Yu also secretly investigated the reason for the change in the assassination location.
In the original plot, the eldest prince arranged the assassination because he accidentally learned that Cui Ling had a private relationship with the third prince, which made him suspicious. He would rather kill the innocent person than let him go.
But this time, something unexpected happened.
The eldest prince learned about this matter as in the original plot, but because he was concerned about the beauty some time ago, he specially arranged a few people to the Cui family to keep an eye on her movements.
Coincidentally, one of them was also on the trip to Huguo Temple.
The man was bold and careful, and when he found something wrong he immediately reported it to his superiors, which led to the assassination being brought forward and the location being changed.
After hearing the whole story, Su Yu was silent for a long time: […Damn, it’s really because of me?!]
Even if she is not a direct factor, she is an indirect factor.
The system also didn't expect that the host would encounter this one in ten thousand chance. This is such great luck.
The system was thankful: [Fortunately, the hero was fine, otherwise we would have to pay back all the points we earned in the last world. ]
Su Yu wanted to cry. What was this, karma?
Finally, Su Yu learned from her mistakes and decided to speed up the task process.
The task progress bar is almost 50% full, and Su Yu feels that the next stage can be started.
Unexpectedly, the next day, before she went to find Cui Ling, he came to her house first.
Cui Ling's injuries had not yet fully healed, but his complexion had recovered a little. He had been taking the blood-replenishing and qi-nourishing prescriptions non-stop, and his complexion was finally not as pale as before.
"Cousin!" Su Yu was surprised to see him coming.
"Cousin, please sit down."
Su Yu asked Zi Tong to make tea, and she sat down with Cui Ling, concerned about his injuries: "How do you feel, cousin? Has your injury recovered? Is it painful? Is the medicine prescribed by the doctor effective? It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, cousin wouldn't have gone to the peach forest with Miss Lin. Fortunately, cousin is fine, otherwise I won't forgive myself."
Su Yu spoke one sentence after another like pouring beans, leaving Cui Ling overwhelmed.
Finally, he smiled and said, "I'm fine. I'm almost well again. Don't worry."
Cui Ling usually had a very expressionless face and he was almost never seen smiling. But at this moment, his eyes and brows were smiling, as bright as the morning glow, as colorful as the flowers in the spring morning, as joyful as the ninth spring, making people's expression slightly shaken.
Su Yu was also stunned: "Cousin, you look so beautiful when you smile."
Cui Ling was stunned for two seconds, and then the smile on her face became more genuine, her eyebrows and eyes were like clouds, and her complexion was like jade. When she was not smiling, she was like clear sunshine, and when she smiled, she was like a warm halo of jade beads, just like moonlight dissipated in the hazy mist, thrilling.
If it were in the past, his smile might not have had such a big impact.
But at this moment, his face was still a little pale, and his figure was thinner than before, making him look like a handsome and frail nobleman, with a touch of frail and noble air.
Even though Su Yu had seen so many male protagonists in the world, she couldn't help but sigh: What a monster.
The system quietly recorded this scene.
When the host returns to the fast-travel game, he can watch the video and miss the person when he remembers him one day.
Seeing Cui Ling actively exuding her charm as if she was unaware of it, Su Yu suddenly covered her face with her hands.
Cui Ling: "What's wrong?"
Su Yu said in a muffled voice: "My cousin is so handsome, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist the temptation."
She is a staunch supporter of the Grand Prince...for the mission.
With a light laugh, Cui Ling was in a good mood.
"Okay, let's get down to business."
Cui Ling suppressed his smile and then told her the purpose of today, "Do you know your mistake?"
Su Yu was stunned and bewildered.
Cui Ling looked really good when he smiled, and he looked really serious when he had a straight face: "Who asked you to come to such a dangerous situation that day? Didn't you ever think about the possibility of getting hurt when you blocked the sword for me? Didn't you ever think about your own safety?"
Su Yu hesitated: "I, I didn't think so much, I was just worried that something might happen to my cousin."
For a moment, Cui Ling didn't know whether to say it or not.
He could tell that Su Yu was sincere in what she said.
But why did she go this far? For him, why did she go to such an extent that she even disregarded her own safety and life.
For so many days, Cui Ling escaped for a long time and thought for a long time.
He is dull, but not completely heartless.
When facing Lin Jinse, he could give her advice calmly and remain unmoved, but when it came to Su Yu...
Memories of her kept flooding into his mind. Cui Ling thought carefully about what Bai Shan said. To her, he was indeed special, a specialness that he himself did not even realize.
And is she the same to him?
Using one's body to block a sword and disregarding one's own safety is something that cannot be achieved with ordinary emotions.
Not to mention her vague intimacy and probing during this period, like a timid but persistent little animal, she stretched out her claws step by step to test his bottom line, to please him, to get close to him, and unknowingly occupied an unshakable position in his heart.
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