Chu Fengqing’s breathing was disordered again and again during the short walk. With Ji Yujin by his side, he couldn’t reveal the fact that he had asthma. After all, it was no secret in the capital that Chu Fengqing was born with asthma.
Ji Yujin stopped and looked at him with some inquiry in his eyes. Chu Fengqing gritted his teeth and tried his best to breathe steadily. It was really difficult to hide the outbreak of illness under other people’s noses. Fortunately, this was not the time when the illness really broke out.
He was rarely in such an embarrassing situation. Under his gaze, Chu Fengqing’s snow-white skin was tinged with a hint of red.
Ji Yujin: “Tsk, you acted fearless in front of me, but it turns out you are just a coward with only a stern face.”
The next moment, Chu Fengqing was suddenly suspended in the air. His pupils shrank slightly. It turned out that Ji Yujin had picked him up horizontally.
Chu Fengqing raised his eyes and met Ji Yujin’s. He heard the low voices of the crowd from behind. His face instantly turned red, and even his earlobes turned red. “Ji Yujin… put me down.”
Seeing him like this, Ji Yujin couldn’t help but curl his lips, with a smile in his eyes. “Oh, you still get shy? We’re already an old married couple, and you’re still shy.”
Chu Fengqing: “……” So after a few months of marriage, one is considered an old married couple?
“Your injury…”
Ji Yujin interrupted him, “That’s not a big deal, it’s fine.”
Chu Fengqing closed his eyes and wanted to say something, but his slightly rapid breathing made him unable to speak, so he simply let him be.
He breathed with his mouth slightly open. The pain in his lungs made him feel uncomfortable. He frowned. He clearly took in a lot of air, but he couldn’t feel his lungs. He was like a fish thrown onto the shore, dry and suffocating.
Ji Yujin lowered his eyes and glanced at him, realizing something was wrong: “Are you feeling unwell?”
Chu Fengqing pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and shook his head. “No—”
As soon as he opened his mouth, his breathing was disordered. He closed his lips and took a while to breathe out, “It’s fine. It’s a little cold. Ji Yujin, take me back to the tent.”
Ji Yujin’s smile faded, and he quickened his pace. He looked at his increasingly pale lips and nodded. “Alright.”
Chu Fengqing could hear his strong heartbeat and slow, rapid breathing. He raised his eyes to glance at Ji Yujin. In the icy and snowy weather, a trace of sweat appeared on his forehead. He slowly raised his hand, and his bony hand grasped a corner of his robe.
Chu Fengqing asked softly, “Ji Yujin, if there is…”
He paused and said, “Forget it.”
Ji Yujin: “Do you know that there is a type of person that is most annoying?”
He paused and continued, “People who speak half of their sentences. Our dynasty should establish a law to forbid speaking half sentences.”
Chu Fengqing’s eyes curved slightly. “Fortunately, it’s not you who make the laws.”
Ji Yujin raised his eyes. “So in order to prevent me from really enacting such a law, could you please finish what you have not finished saying?”
The color of Chu Fengqing’s pupils was a few shades lighter than that of ordinary people. If there was no expression on his face, he would look a little cold. He pursed his pale lips, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes that had never been sad or happy. “If someone has hidden something from you…”
He thought about it and changed to a more straightforward way: “If someone lies to you, would you kill him?”
Ji Yujin paused and pursed his lips. “I hate it when people lie to me. There are also many people who lie to me, it depends on who they are.”
“If a spy or assassin hides something during interrogation, he will be tortured. If an enemy still plays these tricks, kill him immediately. If someone under me deceives me, he deserves death for deceiving his superiors and subordinates. If someone close to me deceives me, we will be enemies when we meet again.”
He lowered his head and looked at Chu Fengqing, then smiled and said, “Why are you asking me this? Could it be that you deceived me too?”
Chu Fengqing’s breathing was slightly choked, and he avoided Ji Yujin’s sight. He didn’t know which category he should put himself in, but no matter which category he was in, the results didn’t seem to be very good.
Ji Yujin poked his upper jaw with the tip of his tongue. “You’re not really lying to me, are you?”
He looked at Chu Fengqing’s expression carefully and said slowly, “Then I’ll give you a chance. As long as you tell me now, we’ll be even.”
Chu Fengqing’s pupils shrank, and his heartbeat quickened.
Both of them were pretending to understand while being confused. Ji Yujin had tested Chu Fengqing countless times, and Chu Fengqing knew that he was suspicious, he only knew that he was hiding something from him, but he should not know that he was a man.
Chu Fengqing thought about the ridiculous things that happened on their wedding night, the kiss, and the two of them sleeping in each other’s arms.
It is normal to do these things with a wife, but if this “wife” is a man, then it is a disregard for human ethics.
He thought of himself as Ji Yujin. If someone deceived him like this, he might not be able to kill him, but from then on, this person would be his biggest enemy.
Chu Fengqing didn’t dare to gamble. If he were the only one involved, he wouldn’t be afraid, but… his entire family’s lives were at stake.
After rescuing his father, he will confess to Ji Yujin, and it’s up to him whether he wants to kill or cut him.
Chu Fengqing closed his eyes and slowly said: “No.”
Ji Yujin’s hands tightened, a dark light flashed in his eyes, and after a while, he curled his lips and smiled: “Alright, I believe you.”
Believe me?
Chu Fengqing had an ugly expression on his face. He broke free from Ji Yujin’s arms. He had been too reckless recently and really immersed himself in this “Madam” role.
Chu Fengqing, you are such a despicable person.
“Your arm is injured, I can… walk by myself.”
Ji Yujin looked at his empty hands and slowly clenched them into fists. He looked at Chu Fengqing’s back, he still didn’t trust him.
For the first time, he realized so clearly that he had never had a place in that person’s heart. “She” married him only because of the emperor’s order, and “she” stayed only because of her father.
The two people walked to the camp in silence. Apparently nothing had changed, but a wall seemed to have been inserted between them. The wall was as solid as a rock, and they had no idea how to break it down.
On the other side, the head looked at Lin Ying lying on the ground and asked Qing Niao, “My lord, what should we do with this man?”
Qing Niao kicked him, but there was no response, and his master did not tell him what to do with him. Normally, at this time, people would assume he was dead, but the madam fed him some medicine and saved his breathing.
Hmm…
He thought about it and decided to leave, since he didn’t know what to do anyway.
The head of the organization: “……”
“Hiss, these people each have a weirder personality than the other.”
As eunuchs, they were both more empathetic. He glanced at Lin Ying and called a few servants over. “Send this person back to the palace he belongs to.”
Whether he can survive or not depends on how his master treats him and on his own luck.
The imperial physician was bandaging Zhao Lin’s wounds. The tiger’s claws had left three deep wounds on his lower abdomen and thighs, leaving him with visible wounds. Not to mention applying medicine, the pain was so severe that he broke out in cold sweats even if he didn’t move.
Tears wet his temples, and the pain in his lower body made him subconsciously call out to Lin Ying. He waited for a long time but did not see those warm eyes, nor did he get the gentle words of comfort. Zhao Lin was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly remembered that Lin Ying helped him lead the white tiger away.
Oh, he must’ve been dead.
Zhao Lin gritted his teeth, and his tears fell even harder. He covered his eyes and cried bitterly, his white teeth biting on his red lips, trying to suppress his voice but failing.
The imperial physicians were so frightened by his behavior that they dared not take any action. Several of them stood aside and looked at each other.
Zhao Lin cried heavily. “Why are you all looking at me? Do it now.”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Zhao Lin sniffed and tried to sit up, but found that he had no strength to do anything, so he moved his legs again.
……
“Why-why can’t I move my legs?”
The imperial physician was startled and rushed to check, and what he saw was terrible.
Zhao Lin panicked. “What’s going on?”
The imperial physician dared not say, “It may be that the bones in the back were injured, but it may also be a temporary paralysis of the tendons and veins. It is impossible to be sure for the time being.”
There was just a hint of pity in his eyes. If his spine was really injured, he might never be able to stand up again.
As soon as the imperial physicians left the Seventh Prince’s tent, they rushed towards the Emperor’s tent.
After his leg was finally bandaged, he had cried enough. He lay on the bed and said to the new eunuch, “You, send a few people to find Lin Ying’s body.”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone came in to report, “Your Highness, someone has brought Lin Gonggong back.”
Zhao Lin was stunned and wanted to get up. He tried several times but failed. Thinking of what the imperial physician said about not being able to move for the time being, he gritted his teeth and said viciously, “Have someone carry him in.”
He glanced at Lin Ying. His hair was messy, his clothes were dirty, and there was a large blood stain on his chest. This was completely different from the impression he had of Lin Ying, who was always meticulous.
His eyes heated up, and he asked cautiously, “Is-is he still alive?”
“Answer Your Highness, he still has a breath left.”
“Quick, call the imperial physician.”
……
At night, the Emperor ordered the Seventh Prince to be sent back to the palace. No one knew what had happened, and they only said that this was not a suitable place for recuperation. Only a few imperial physicians knew the truth.
Also, the one accompanying him was his half-dead eunuch, who was also sent back.
Although there was an accident while hunting today, the dinner went on as usual. The old emperor was obviously not in good spirits, but he still forced himself to join everyone.
Today’s winner is Ji Yujin. Although he didn’t hunt in the second half, but the hunting in the first half was enough.
Ji Yujin threw the dagger to Chu Fengqing and said, “Keep it for self-defense.”
Chu Fengqing was dressed in white, looking very unhappy, and was also forcing himself to sit. He said softly, “No need…”
Before he could finish his words, Ji Yujin said, “If you don’t want it, throw it away.”
Chu Fengqing: “……”
He said no more and put away the dagger.
Ji Yujin drank one glass after another without stopping all night, and soon there was a pile of wine bottles on the table.
Chu Fengqing pursed his lips. He understood that Ji Yujin was angry.
Li Yu came over and sat down next to Ji Yujin. Seeing his appearance, he was a little surprised: “What’s wrong with you? Are you going to drink until you die? Don’t you dislike drinking alone?”
Ji Yujin glanced at him coldly and said nothing.
“Well, I’d better shut up and let Saozi speak.”
Li Yu said as he looked at Chu Fengqing. Before Chu Fengqing could speak, Ji Yujin said to Li Yu, “If you don’t speak, no one will think you are dumb.”
Chu Fengqing’s lips turned pale. Ji Yujin frowned when he saw it, but he couldn’t help but say, “You can go back after showing up. It’s so cold here, and there’s nothing good to eat either. Why are you sitting here?”
Li Yu was stunned. “Did you eat firecrackers today ah? You are talking so harshly.”
Just as Ji Yujin was about to speak, the sound of swords clashing was heard outside.
He put the cup down and said, “Tsk, what a hassle.”
“Isn’t this expected?” Li Yu had already stood up, drew out his Embroidered Spring Sword and ran towards the emperor’s side.
A group of assassins in night clothes have already attacked the emperor.
People went up to the emperor.
Ji Yujin also drew out the soft sword from his waist and looked back at Chu Fengqing. He should be fine since he was so far away from the emperor, but if he was too close to him, something might go wrong.
After hesitating for a moment, Ji Yujin turned around and flew towards the emperor.
Chu Fengqing opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, that person had already left. He pursed his lips and whispered, “Be careful…”
He was originally already full of anger today, and this was just the right time for him to vent his anger. The soft sword was like the scythe of the god of death, leaving corpses wherever it passed.
Li Yu wiped the blood from his face and said, “Damn it, watch out, you almost cut me.”
People came one after another, and it seemed that they could not kill them all. Ji Yujin’s red clothes were covered with blood spots, and the wound on his hand was slightly painful. The hand holding the soft sword was trembling slightly.
Li Yu was also a little tired, so he looked down to see who was the leader and took care of him first.
Suddenly, his eyes froze, and he shouted, “Ji Yujin! Saozi!”
Ji Yujin: “What?”
He followed his gaze and saw a man in black holding a sword and stabbing a man in white.
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The plot may take a big turn next, hold on, everyone! Isn’t it just a reveal? I will arrange it for you right away.
T/N: CFQ’s identity revealing next xD
