Chapter 282 Tit for Tat
Yun Chen rejected Ye Yan, Hua Jue and Buyan's suggestion to escort her to the Su family, and got into the carriage alone with Su Zhengyang.
Su Zhengyang was very surprised that Yun Chen agreed to the banquet so easily. He thought that with so many festivals involved, Yun Chen would refuse.
But now it seems that Yun Chen looks relaxed and not on guard at all, as if he has never taken anything with anyone in the Su family to heart.
Disguised as a man, she became the famous Xuandu guard and the majestic Major General Xuanwei.
Brave, generous, intelligent, and fearless.
Su Zhengyang looked at the unruly yet unique woman in front of him, and felt curious.
He looked at Yun Chen carefully again. She had changed out of her black, gray and flour-colored clothes and had combed her hair again, but there was still a bit of snow-white flour behind her ears.
He resisted the urge to brush it off for her and asked:
"You agreed to the banquet so easily, aren't you afraid that I will take the opportunity to retaliate against you?"
"You don't have the guts." Yun Chen said, and seeing Su Zhengyang's face stiffen, he quickly explained:
"I mean, you're different from your sister. You're an honest person. I can see that."
Speaking of woad, Su Zhengyang's face darkened.
"Actually, I'm inviting you to a banquet to apologize for my previous misunderstanding. Secondly, Song Lan was reprimanded and dismissed from her position in the Eastern Palace for offending you. Now she refuses to eat or drink, and won't see anyone. I hope you can go and enlighten her a little."
After hearing this, Yun Chen was stunned for a moment and immediately stopped the carriage.
The carriage didn't stop, and she was about to jump out of the window.
Su Zhengyang hurried to stop her, his hands hesitantly moving in the air, but he didn't know where to grab her, so he had to block the car window with his body and asked in a funny way:
"What are you doing? The mutton pot is already cooked. Don't you like eating mutton very much? Why don't you go and eat it?"
Yun Chen had no idea that Su Zhengyang already knew that she was a woman, and she pulled his body hard, making Su Zhengyang's face blush.
She tried to squeeze under Su Zhengyang's arm, and one of her legs had already stepped out of the car window.
"You definitely have a problem with your brain! Song Lan was definitely not fired because she offended me! I was just taking the blame! But Song Lan has always hated me, and you want me to persuade her? What? Are you sending me to your sister to kill her? Let her vent her anger? Get out of the way, I want to go home!"
Yun Chen was very strong, and Su Zhengyang didn't dare to touch her, so she almost escaped through the window.
Su Zhengyang had no choice but to say:
“People usually only listen to the advice of two kinds of people: those they love deeply and those they hate deeply.”
Yun Chen understood that she was the "greatest hatred".
Song Lan hated her, but took her words to heart.
Now no one in the Su family can persuade Song Lan, only Yun Chen, the "greatest hatred", can try.
It’s true, Su Zhengyang’s trick does make some sense.
Yun Chen gave up the idea of jumping out of the car and could only pray that Song Lan would not fight when she met her later. She was really not good at fighting with women by pulling hair.
She was afraid that if she was too careful, she would pull the wicker's hair out and make it cry.
As they were talking, the carriage arrived at the Su Mansion. Yun Chen was not in the mood to eat mutton, so he suggested going directly to see Song Lan.
Songlan's yard is in the inner house, and Su Zhengyang rarely goes there, let alone Yun Chen who is dressed in men's clothes.
In order to avoid suspicion as much as possible and avoid spreading rumors that would be detrimental to Song Lan's current reputation and make things worse, Su Zhengyang ordered all the servants to stay away and personally took Yun Chen to Song Lan's yard.
Stepping into the yard, Yun Chen saw that the dormitory door was closed, and food and broken porcelain pieces that had not been cleaned up were scattered at the door, obviously knocked over by Song Lan during his hunger strike.
Su Zhengyang felt a little embarrassed when Yun Chen saw this scene. "The servants in the mansion are all afraid of Song Lan. They probably didn't dare to step forward to deal with her. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Yun Chen looked at Su Zhengyang deeply and said, "It's okay. I'm also afraid of your sister. She has a lot of bad intentions and is always giving me trouble. I understand."
Su Zhengyang grinned awkwardly, not knowing how to respond, and hurried forward to knock on the door.
"Song Lan, open the door, Yun Chen is here." Su Zhengyang said.
Seeing that the bedroom door was not open and there was no movement inside, Yun Chen decided to do something drastic and open the door first. He cleared his throat and said:
"Lord Songlan, ah, sorry, I forgot you were dismissed - Miss Su, I came all the way here to laugh at you, bah, um, to talk to you."
Yun Chen had already stepped back and was on guard, ready for Song Lan to rush out and tickle her.
However, there was still no movement in the house.
Yun Chen and Su Zhengyang both put their ears to the door to listen to the sound. They happened to be facing each other and very close. Su Zhengyang quickly got up and moved away, leaving Yun Chen alone to listen.
"It seems like... there is a sound, like a puppy humming?" Yun Chen couldn't tell what the sound was, but she heard a very short and struggling breathing mixed in. Her face changed immediately and she kicked the door.
With a bang, the door opened wide.
The room was empty, with no one in sight, only a few stools lying on the ground.
Su Zhengyang was wondering, "The guards said that Song Lan hasn't come out since he was dismissed. Where is he?" Yun Chen had already raised his head and looked towards the tall beams.
There was also a woad that was swinging on its neck, struggling to survive and making sounds like a puppy.
She nudged Su Zhengyang with her elbow and pointed with her chin:
"Your sister is there!"
Looking in the direction Yun Chen indicated, Su Zhengyang exclaimed, jumped onto the beam, and rescued Song Lan, who had begun to roll his eyes.
Isand took two deep breaths and began to cough violently.
Su Zhengyang supported her, feeling distressed and surprised:
"It's just a female official position! Just dismiss it?! Why are you so desperate? You still have me and daddy, so why worry about the future?!"
"Cough cough cough...don't...don't..." Song Lan's voice was hoarse, he kept coughing and couldn't speak complete sentences.
Yun Chen came over with a cup of tea, handed it to Song Lan, and spoke on her behalf:
"She wants to say 'Leave me alone, let me die'. Right?"
Song Lan glared at Yun Chen, opened the teapot, struggled to push Su Zhengyang away, went to stack the stools, grabbed the white silk and put it around her neck.
"Song Lan, you?!" Su Zhengyang pulled Song Lan down from the stool, and Song Lan climbed up again.
This went on and on, and Su Zhengyang was so angry that he almost started a fight.
Yun Chen stood aside feeling quite embarrassed, not knowing whether to leave or not.
Looking around Song Lan's boudoir, it was simply furnished, even a little empty and deserted, which was in stark contrast to her usual gorgeous and exquisite style.
Yun Chen thought that it was probably because Song Lan had been with Nan Lijun since she was a child, serving him day and night and rarely returning to her own home.
Such deep feelings and dedication collapsed overnight, and anyone would feel lost.
But with Songlan's strong character, he would not commit suicide for this reason.
Perhaps there was something shameful that could not be made public, so he could only use the excuse of "Song Lan offended the military general Yun Chen".
Yun Chen couldn't guess the story behind it. He couldn't imagine what made Nan Lijun and Song Lan go from being childhood sweethearts to being so ruthless.
But she noticed that the ground near the side door of the dormitory was wet, so she stuck her head out to take a look and saw that it should be the door leading to the bathroom.
From the door, one could glimpse the bathtubs, towels, and clothes scattered all over the floor. It seemed like Wolan had done nothing but take baths in the tub day and night these days.
Looking at Isandan again, in just a few days, she had become so thin that her cheeks were sunken and her eyes were blue. From her haphazard clothing, it was clear that her wrists, fingers, and even her neck were covered in burns, redness, and peeling.
Yun Chen had only seen this kind of mark on one person before, and witnessed this exact same scene of collapse with his own eyes—
Huo Luyu.
Yun Chen had a vague guess, and she asked Su Zhengyang to let go of Song Lan.
No longer tied up, Song Lan didn't even look at Su Zhengyang and Yun Chen, climbed onto the high stool again, and grabbed Bai Ling shakily.
Su Zhengyang looked at Yun Chen anxiously, while Yun Chen looked up at Song Lan, whose face was covered in tears, and said softly:
"If I were you, I would drag him down with me even if I died."
Song Lan's body trembled, and she almost couldn't hold Bai Ling steady. She tried hard to suppress her sobs, as if she didn't want to show her weakness in front of Yun Chen, and said coldly:
"What do you know?!"
Yun Chen said, "I don't understand, and I don't know who 'he' is. I'm not interested in your story, and you don't have to tell it to me or anyone else. But everything in this world is a tit-for-tat. Wouldn't it be too easy for 'him' if you died like this?"
Song Lan was stunned, tears welling up in her eyes and rolling down.
She knew that she had been plotted against, but she would never have the chance to stand in front of Nan Lijun and defend herself.
When Nan Lijun glared at her with the most jealous and disgusted eyes and told her to get out of the East Palace, she knew that the truth was no longer important and she had lost Nan Lijun's trust forever.
She left the Eastern Palace in the most shameful way, and her name will only live on in the rumors of Kyoto.
Nan Lijun cares about his own face, Zhi Luo cares about his own future, and Yan Shijiu is afraid of being alienated from Nan Lijun.
No one will mention the "erotic" things in the autumn hunting tent again.
Isatis could only quietly put away her shattered innocence, like a mouthful of coptis stuck in her throat, and force herself to swallow the injustice and grievance that was as sharp as a knife.
"Songlan, you are not that weak." Yun Chen said.
Song Lan burst into tears, finally let go of Bai Ling, and slowly fell into Su Zhengyang's arms.
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