Chapter 112 My People
Seeing Shu Wan smile, Rong Chen finally felt relieved.
"I heard you talking about grilled fish from far away!" Yu Wenyan's laughter suddenly came from behind, "The princess must have never eaten such wild fish. Why don't we catch some fish today and grill it!" He walked towards the two of them with a very natural smile.
Hearing his voice, Shu Wan and Rong Chen turned around. Rong Chen had a blank expression on his face, while Shu Wan curled the corners of his mouth perfunctorily.
"Then why don't you please trouble His Royal Highness Prince Li to go down and catch these lively fish?" Shu Wan looked at him with a smile, "Fish are cunning, Your Royal Highness Prince Li must be careful!"
"Since the princess has said so, how can I not obey?" Yuwen Yan still had a smile on his face, and he jumped into the river. "Princess, just wait and see. I will catch all these fish today and let you enjoy a feast!" As he spoke, he actually caught a fish.
"Thank you, King Li!" Shu Wan had a typical fake smile on her face. "King Li, please be careful. Don't let any fish slip through the net!" She spoke with hidden meaning.
Before Yu Wenyan could speak again, Rong Chen beside her had already stood up.
"Your Highness Prince Li has brought many followers today, so you should give the fish to them!" He then jumped into the water, "Since the princess is my guest, I will naturally be responsible for her."
"What the Imperial Master said is wrong. Although the princess is staying in the Imperial Master's residence and is considered his guest, she has come from afar to marry Chi Yan, so she is even more of Chi Yan's guest!" Yu Wenyan responded.
"Really?" Rong Chen asked back calmly, "That's right, to King Yu Li, the princess is indeed a guest." But to him, she is not!
"More than a friend!" There was no trace of anger on Yuwen Yan's face.
"Just catch the fish. If you keep chatting, the fish will be scared away!" Shu Wan interrupted them. There was a slight smell of tension between the two of them. They decided not to fight.
So Yuwen Yan and Rong Chen really stopped confronting each other, and instead put their focus on the fish. Although they stopped talking, both of them had a vague desire to compete with each other.
The servants found two buckets from somewhere, one for each person.
Before long, both of them caught a lot of fish.
Then, Shu Wan saw a carriage approaching from a distance.
She was really curious, who was following here?
She could never have imagined that the person coming would be Yuwen Zhu!
Wasn't she just put in solitary confinement? She was released so soon. Who let her out?
"I heard that you were preparing to grill fish here, so I brought you some other food!" Yuwen Zhu shouted loudly after getting off the carriage, "Come on, come on, help me move the things down!" She also called on the servants to move the things down from the carriage, including the condiments for grilled fish and some meat that could be grilled.
Shu Wan sighed.
Yuwen Zhu was called by Yuwen Yan with the purpose of separating Rong Chen and Shu Wan. These two were too close, which was not a good sign.
Emperor Chi Yan would naturally agree to this.
Shu Wan also understood the twists and turns involved and felt it was a pity. She had set such a fire, but Yu Wenzhu was only locked up for two days.
The loss outweighs the gain! The loss outweighs the gain!
"Princess, let's go fly a kite!" Xiaoju ran over with a kite and called Shu Wan with a smile on her face.
"I'm not going. You guys go!" Shu Wan wasn't interested. She just wanted to sit quietly for a while.
"Let's go by ourselves, don't worry about her!" Yu Wenzhu said arrogantly, "With her like that, does she know what a kite is? Ha!"
"This..." Xiaoju hesitated. Shu Wan was her master. Since Shu Wan was not going, then as a servant, she should not be able to go either.
"Xiao Ju, go and have fun by yourself, don't worry about me!" Shu Wan ignored Yu Wenzhu and spoke directly to Xiao Ju.
"Yes, thank you Princess!" Xiaoju thanked happily, then ran away with the kite.
"Xiao Ju, hurry up, why are you so slow!" Over there, Ping'er, the maid from the Prince's Mansion, was already urging her.
"Hey, Sister Ping'er, wait for me, I'll be right there!" Xiaoju responded quickly.
Xiaoju and Ping'er have been getting close these days.
Seeing Shu Wan ignoring her like that, Yu Wenzhu became furious, and the kite in her hand didn't look good anymore, so she stuffed the kite to the maid beside her and deliberately ran to squat next to Shu Wan.
"Master Imperial Master is so awesome!" She raised her voice to cheer for Rong Chen, "Come on, Master Imperial Master, hurry up, don't let the fish get away!" She was watching from the shore and was more nervous than the two people catching fish in the river.
"You girl, you are so eager for your brother to lose!" Yu Wenyan said with a smile.
"Second brother, you have been competing with others for many years, so I naturally hope that you can win. But there is no way. Who told you to compete with the national master today? You can't blame your sister." She said while laughing.
Rong Chen frowned fiercely, and the fish were scared away.
He jumped ashore.
"Master Imperial Master, look, the clothes are all wet." Yu Wenzhu ran over and spoke with concern.
Rong Chen ran up, and Yuwen Yan no longer stayed in the water alone, and followed him up.
"Imperial Master, Imperial Master, please wipe it with this handkerchief!" Yuwen Zhu continued to move closer to Rong Chen and handed him the handkerchief.
"No need!" Rong Chen refused coldly.
"Why don't you care about me?" Yuwen Yan reached out and snatched the handkerchief from Yuwen Zhu's hand, trying to ease her embarrassment.
"Oh, second brother!" Yuwen Zhu stomped her feet, "There are so many fish!" Her attention immediately shifted to the fish in the bucket.
Shu Wan walked closer and bent down to look at the fish.
He reached out and teased the fish, then spoke with a smile.
"Little fish, little fish, you said that the sea is wide enough for fish to leap freely. Why did you choose to go anywhere else but crash into my hand? You can't blame me!" As she said that, she pinched the water droplets on her fingers and withdrew her hand.
"Tsk, how shameless!" Yuwen Zhu said sarcastically, "These fish were obviously caught by Second Brother and the Imperial Master, but she insisted that the fish fell into her hands by themselves. How shameless!" Yuwen Zhu did not hear her hidden meaning.
Yu Wenyan's expression was a little subtle, but he didn't say anything.
"Princess, please stop being sentimental." Rong Chen had a rare smile on his face. "If we continue, we have to release these fish. If we eat them, we will be guilty."
"You've already caught it, why are you letting it go?" Shu Wan looked at him in annoyance. "Light a fire and grill the fish!" She knew what Rong Chen meant.
"Qi Xiu, clean the fish!" Yu Wenyan ordered his subordinate Qi Xiu.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey your command!" Qi Xiu accepted the order.
"Let's go together!" Yu Jianning prepared to go over to help.
"Mr. Yu, catch it!" Qi Xiu picked up a fish and threw it towards Yu Jianning.
The force of this movement is so great that people without some basic skills cannot handle it.
Yu Jianning reached out and caught the fish, but it took a lot of force to catch the fish steadily, and then he threw it back.
"Master Qi, I'll give you this fish!" As he spoke, the fish had already hit Qi Xiu in the face.
This time, Qi Xiu used all his strength to barely catch the fish, and he even took a step back uncontrollably.
"Mr. Yu, you have great skills!" Qi Xiu praised after he stood firm.
"Master Qi is not bad either." Yu Jianning said without changing his expression.
"I have always admired Mr. Yu's martial arts. Today, I would like to take this opportunity to learn from him. I hope you will be generous in giving me some advice!" Qi Xiu said this as he rushed over with a dagger for scraping fish scales.
"Please teach me!" Yu Jianning drew his sword slowly and fought.
"Stop it and don't hurt anyone!" Shu Wan said to Jianning while standing aside.
"Yes, Princess!" Yu Jianning responded.
"Since it's just a competition, Qi Xiu shouldn't take it seriously!" Yuwen Yan also warned.
"I obey your command!"
A few people pushed aside to make room for the two men, and the two men fought back and forth, having a lot of fun.
Qi Xiu was holding a dagger, so he had to fight in close combat, so he kept looking for opportunities to get close to Yu Jianning.
Facing his close combat, Yu Jianning's long sword seemed a little out of place.
He lost his focus and was stabbed by Qi Xiu.
Blood immediately gushed out of the wound. Although he was wearing black clothes, he could not hide the gushing blood.
Yu Jianning's face suddenly turned pale, and his face was full of pain.
Seeing this, everyone was stunned, and Qi Xiu was also stunned. Yu Jianning should be able to dodge such an attack from him.
Shu Wan reacted faster. She took a step forward, raised her foot, and kicked Qi Xiu in the chest with all her strength. Qi Xiu, who was still in shock and hadn't recovered, was kicked away by Shu Wan. With a bang, Qi Xiu fell into the river.
Qi Xiu hurriedly stuck his head out to prevent himself from drowning.
"We said we were going to have a sparring match, but Master Qi hurt people for no reason. What does this mean?" Shu Wan asked with a cold look on his face.
"Princess, please forgive me!" Qi Xiu endured the pain in his chest, climbed to the shore, and then knelt down to apologize.
"Qi Xiu, what's going on?" Yu Wenyan looked at Qi Xiu with murderous eyes, "I said that I should stop, why are you hurting others?"
"Your Highness, please forgive me!" Qi Xiu kowtowed, "It was I who accidentally hurt Master Yu." No matter what, it was an indisputable fact that he hurt Yu Jianning.
He has to be punished, and he accepts it. He deserves it!
"If you dare to touch my people, you're seeking death!" Shu Wancai didn't want to listen to his explanation. She was very angry now.
"Princess!" At this time, Yu Jianning spoke out to stop her, "It was my own carelessness, don't blame Master Qi! Please don't let the harmony between everyone be damaged because of me!" He forced himself to stand up, then smiled.
He was very happy that Shu Wan classified him as one of her own.
"Princess Shuyin, I failed in my duty. Please forgive me!" Yuwen Yan quickly bowed his head to apologize to Shu Wan. "Mr. Yu's injury is something no one wants to see. But since it has happened, I will take responsibility to the end. Don't worry, Princess. I will cover all expenses until Mr. Yu recovers. I hope you can calm down!" He was very humble.
"Since His Royal Highness Prince Li has said so, what else can I say?" Shu Wan smiled with a fake smile, "That's it, that's fine, but I hope there won't be a next time. Otherwise, Master Qi, I'm afraid your life won't be enough to pay you back!"
"Yes, thank you for your teachings, Princess. I will definitely keep them in mind!" Qi Xiu had no choice but to agree.
"I'm going back. The fish will be left to His Royal Highness Prince Li!" Shu Wan couldn't stay here in the first place, and now he didn't want to stay any longer.
"Goodbye!" Rong Chen said these two words sparingly, and then left.
"Imperial Master!" Yuwen Zhu shouted loudly in desperation, but Rong Chen didn't even turn his head.
Yu Wenzhu was almost angry to tears.
"Princess!" Seeing Shu Wan was about to leave, Xiao Ju hurried over and looked at Shu Wan awkwardly.
"If you want to play, play for a while and then go back. I'll have someone send you to the Imperial Master's Mansion!" Shu Wan said very considerately.
"Thank you, Princess!" Xiaoju was overjoyed.
The carriage left.
"This Fu Shuyin is going too far!" Yuwen Zhu stomped her feet.
"What happened today?" Yu Wenyan did not answer her, but asked Qi Xiu who was still kneeling on the ground, "You have never been such a reckless person before!"
"Your Highness, I didn't use much force in that attack, and in the previous fight, I predicted that he could have easily avoided it! But somehow, he didn't!" Qi Xiu answered truthfully.
"Get up!" After all, things had already happened, and blaming Qi Xiu would be of no use.
Today's incident was actually a pre-arranged test.
The Prince Li's mansion was attacked last night. The assassin fled in the direction of the Imperial Master's Mansion and then lost his trace. Yu Wen naturally suspected Shang Rongchen and others.
Yuwen Yan knew that Feng Ling had left the capital, and he had sent people to follow him, so the only ones to test today were Rong Chen and Yu Jianning.
The assassin was injured in the abdomen. Rong Chen had personally tested it. If the assassin last night was Rong Chen, then Rong Chen would have been exposed underwater just now.
That's why Qi Xiu and Yu Jianning had a discussion.
Originally, Yu Jianning seemed to be agile and didn't look like someone who had difficulty moving due to injury, but as luck would have it, he was actually injured by Qi Xiu at this time.
It’s really... intriguing!
"Second brother, you mean that it was Fu Shuyin's subordinate who got injured on purpose?" Yu Wenzhu smelled something unusual, "Could it be that he got injured on purpose, and then Shu Wan took the opportunity to go back and take the national teacher away? Fu Shuyin, this is too much!" Sure enough, her brain was only normal for three seconds.
In the carriage.
Shu Wan's scrutinizing gaze remained on Jianning.
"Shu Wan?" Yu Jianning felt a little uneasy. "What's wrong?" He felt uncomfortable looking at him like that.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Shu Wan looked like she saw through everything. She wanted Yu Jianning to say it himself.
"What did you say?" Yu Jianning's eyes flickered, and he asked instead of answering, and looked at Rong Chen twice as if asking for help.
"What's the point of looking at him!" Shu Wan didn't miss his eyes, "What are you two hiding from me? Don't think I didn't see you deliberately giving your abdomen to someone to chop. Are you going to tell me that you weren't careful?"
(End of this chapter)
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