Chu Fengqing: “……”
The maidservant serving beside him covered her lips and laughed. Chu Fengqing glanced at Ji Yujin. This person is too impulsive. Fortunately, his sister didn’t really marry him; otherwise, he wouldn’t know how many times she would have cried because of her thin face.
Seeing that he didn’t speak, Ji Yujin wasn’t angry either. He reached out and took his hand, pulling him up.
After getting on the carriage, Ji Yujin did not let go of his hand. Instead, he pressed his palm with his fingers. Chu Fengqing’s fingers were long and slender, and his wrists were thin, which looked better than a woman’s.
There was a thick layer of calluses on Ji Yujin’s fingertips, which hurt him a little, and this kind of contact made him very uncomfortable. He tried to pull his hand back, but his strength seemed to be totally insufficient compared to Ji Yujin.
Ji Yujin touched the callus left by his calligraphy practice and asked meaningfully, “Do you like practicing calligraphy?”
Chu Fengqing knew that this was another test for him. He nodded and said, “En, in the Chu family, both boys and girls have to learn to read and write when they are young. I have lived in Jiangnan with my second brother since I was young. When I have nothing to do, I spend my time practicing calligraphy.”
Ji Yujin raised his eyebrows, lowered his eyes, and saw Chu Fengqing’s red wrist. He was slightly stunned. How could it become like this after just a touch? He frowned and said, “Are you made of tofu?”
This sentence was said in a low voice, and Chu Fengqing did not hear it clearly. He asked, “What?”
Ji Yujin shook his head. “Nothing.”
The carriage had a large space, but the interior was very simple, just like Ji Yujin’s bedroom. Apart from the necessary things, there was nothing else. Even the curtains of the carriage were not windproof and would be easily blown away if the wind was strong outside.
Chu Fengqing was afraid of the cold and almost buried his whole face in his cloak. Even so, he still felt the cold wind like a needle, piercing into his bones bit by bit through his cloak. On the other hand, Ji Yujin didn’t seem to be afraid of the cold at all. In this cold winter, he only wore his official uniform, there was no charcoal burning in the room, and there was nothing to keep warm in the carriage either. When the two of them put their hands together just now, the other’s hand was also hot.
Chu Fengqing felt a rare sense of envy; people are different.
When the carriage was about to depart, Lao Mo suddenly opened the carriage curtain and handed over a hot water bottle. “Madam, it was the old servant who was negligent. The Master likes cold weather, so the mansion has not prepared anything for winter in previous years. Today, thanks to the Master’s reminder, the old servant remembered this matter.”
Chu Fengqing was stunned for a moment before he thanked him and took the hot water bottle.
Then he looked at Ji Yujin. They were obviously together. When did he give the order to Lao Mo?
Ji Yujin propped his chin on his hand, looked at Chu Fengqing lazily, and said, “You even thanked him, why don’t you thank me?”
Chu Fengqing pursed his lips and said softly, “Thank you.”
Ji Yujin’s lips curled slightly. “That’s right.”
As he spoke, he yawned. No one knew what he did last night or when he returned home. His eyes were dark, and he looked very tired.
Ji Yujin originally wanted to tease him, but he was a little lazy. The carriage was not small, and the two of them were too far apart. As soon as Chu Fengqing got on the carriage, he sat in the farthest place from him. He narrowed his eyes and suddenly waved at Chu Fengqing.
Chu Fengqing lowered his eyes and looked at him in confusion.
“Come closer.” Ji Yujin said.
Chu Fengqing: “……”
Although he is reluctant, but people still have to know the situation when they live under someone else’s roof.
He stood up and sat closer, but Ji Yujin was still not satisfied and asked him to get even closer. Chu Fengqing frowned. Ji Yujin seemed too lazy to wait for him and pulled him over so that the two of them were almost face-to-face.
He leaned back uncomfortably. Ji Yujin yawned again and collapsed on Chu Fengqing, resting his head on his legs.
Chu Fengqing wanted to move back, but Ji Yujin held him back. He said, “Be good, don’t move. Let me sleep for a while.”
The heat from his body was clearly transmitted through the thin wedding dress. Chu Fengqing closed his eyes and turned his head away in forbearance. After a long while, the breathing of the man who was resting his head on his legs gradually became steady and even.
Chu Fengqing then opened his eyes and looked at him. Ji Yujin had narrow eyes and naturally red lips. When he opened his eyes and looked at people, there was more or less a bit of contempt and arrogance in his expression. When he closed his eyes, he was less fierce, and even his outline seemed to be softened, making him look more pleasing to the eye.
The carriage was moving on the street. It wasn’t sure if it was because it was snowing today and there were not many pedestrians on the road or because there was Ji Yujin’s logo on the carriage, but everyone stayed away from it, and the journey was a little too quiet.
Just as Chu Fengqing was about to draw aside the curtain to take a look outside, he saw a flash of cold light. Within a few seconds, the sound of cold objects colliding was heard outside.
This is… an assassination?
When he looked down again, Ji Yujin’s narrow eyes had opened, with a few bloodshot veins in them.
The person outside moved to the curtain and said to the inside, “Governor, there are about 10 to 20 people.”
“En.” Ji Yujin responded and even raised his eyes to glance at Chu Fengqing. “Are you scared?”
Chu Fengqing was about to shake his head, but after thinking about it, he nodded.
Ji Yujin laughed. Chu Fengqing didn’t know what he was laughing at. The next moment, an arrow shot through the curtain and came towards them. Ji Yujin didn’t move. His eyes were still on Chu Fengqing’s face. It wasn’t until the arrow hit the carriage behind them that Ji Yujin said, “Little liar.”
Chu Fengqing pursed his lips, his eyes flickered as he whispered, “As long as you are here, I’m not afraid.”
He hope that these words can awaken Ji Yujin’s conscience and that he won’t push him out to take the blame.
Ji Yujin paused, chuckled a few times, and put his hand on his cheek to brush off the sawdust that had splashed on his face. The two of them looked like an ordinary couple, and from the picture alone, it was a beautiful scene.
It was not until the clash of swords outside became more intense that Ji Yujin said, “You should be more afraid because I’m here.”
Chu Fengqing: “……” He is quite self-aware.
After jumping off the carriage, even Chu Fengqing’s pupils shrank. The snow was trampled into mud by countless footprints. Several corpses were lying on the ground in a mess. The blood dyed the white red bit by bit, which was extremely dazzling.
There were also a few Jinyiwei guards wearing flying fish uniforms who appeared from nowhere and were fighting fiercely with the assassins.
Ji Yujin looked at the group of people opposite him calmly. These things were just like three meals a day to him. They were daily routines. “Tell me who is behind this, and I will spare your lives. How about that?”
The assassin attacked without saying a word. Ji Yujin pulled out a soft sword from somewhere, which glowed coldly. “Looking for death.”
Chu Fengqing consciously found an inconspicuous corner to stay in. He didn’t want to get into trouble, but trouble just wouldn’t let him go. He didn’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but Ji Yujin got closer and closer to him during the fight, and he could even be splashed with smelly blood.
Ji Yujin seemed to be at ease when facing the siege of a group of people. Sometimes he could even pay attention to him by looking at him a few times. There were also people who attacked Chu Fengqing, but they were all dealt with by the Jinyiwei. It was obvious that they had only one target, and that was Ji Yujin.
There were only about twenty people, and they thought they could be dealt with quickly. However, the number of assassins kept coming, and now the number has far exceeded that number. The people on the street had already hidden in their houses.
There were a few spots of blood on Ji Yujin’s face, and his originally enchanting face now looked extremely evil. He seemed to never get tired, and instead he fought more and more vigorously. Chu Fengqing could even find a hint of pleasure in his eyes—a bloodthirsty pleasure.
Chu Fengqing frowned slightly. At this moment, he realized very clearly that he was courting death. Human life might mean nothing to Ji Yujin.
At this moment, a person suddenly appeared from behind Ji Yujin, and Ji Yujin’s entire back was exposed. Chu Fengqing, standing aside, saw it clearly. He clenched his fists, and countless thoughts flooded into his mind in an instant, but the clearest one was: Ji Yujin cannot die.
If he died, there would be even less hope for him.
With so many thoughts in his mind, he closed his eyes and finally just called out, “Ji Yujin.”
But swords have no eyes, and the attack was so fierce that even after he called out to Ji Yujin, he was unable to escape the battle that quickly. Seeing that it was too late, he rushed forward without thinking.
Almost at the moment he rushed out, Ji Yujin turned around, wrapped his soft sword around the man’s neck, and pulled hard, and the man fell silent.
Chu Fengqing felt uncomfortable with the stench of blood, and his lips turned even paler. Ji Yujin looked at him deeply, then turned around and joined the fight again.
The horses that were parked there were startled by the sound of swords and began to become restless. Chu Fengqing noticed this and was about to say stay away when he saw a mother and daughter coming out from behind. The little girl was only three or four years old and pointed at this place and said innocently, “Mother, there are a lot of uncles playing in front.”
Her mother looked up, and her expression changed instantly. She pulled the little girl away and was about to go back. At this time, the frightened carriage began to gallop in the direction where the mother and daughter were.
In a flash, Chu Fengqing pushed the mother and daughter away, but the next moment a carriage came rushing over, and he himself had no time to run away. Suddenly, a whip was wrapped around his waist, which pulled him aside, and he dodged.
The carriage sped past, and the few people were frightened.
The little girl next to him burst into tears out of fear. Chu Fengqing curled his lips slightly, touched her little head, took out a candy from his sleeve, and gave it to her. “Be good, don’t cry.”
This candy was taken from the burnt-out dragon and phoenix candles because he had not had breakfast today. It should have been the tribute for the wedding yesterday.
The little girl looked at him with tearful eyes, but she finally stopped crying and carefully took the candy from his palm. He then raised his eyes and said to the little girl’s mother, “Take the child away from here.”
“Yes, yes, yes, thank you.”
On the other side, the battle was over, and Ji Yujin walked towards him with his boots covered in blood and snow.
Chu Fengqing stood up and said to him, “Thank you.”
The horsewhip just now came from his hand. If it weren’t for that whip, he might have been trampled by the horse by now.
Ji Yujin glanced at him and asked a very strange question. “Why do you want to save them?”
Chu Fengqing didn’t understand. His voice was as clear and cold as the snow. “Human life is at stake.”
“Human life is at stake…”
Ji Yujin was silent for a moment, looking at the corpses on the ground, and smiled sarcastically: “Then why did you save me?”
Chu Fengqing said softly, “I saved them because their lives are at stake, and I saved you because that person is you.”
The snow slowly fell and landed on the hairs of both of them. Ji Yujin looked up, and a snowflake landed on his lips. He pursed his lips, and the water moistened his lips.
Chu Fengqing added, “What should I do if you die?”
If Ji Yujin died, as his wife, he would definitely not have a good ending. He had too many enemies, and they didn’t care whether he was forced or not. They only knew that he was Ji Yujin’s wife, not to mention his father…
Ji Yujin was stunned for a moment. He understood that if he died, Chu Fengqing would lose his appetite and would not be able to live.
“Tsk, burden.” Ji Yujin said, he expressing his love again. This time, he was even willing to sacrifice his life for him. He paused and said, “With your small body, who can you save? If you see that sword again, find a place to hide. Do you understand?”
Chu Fengqing: “……” He also didn’t want to do that, and he didn’t know if Ji Yujin had the problem of being a know-it-all or not. Why does he sound so much like his nephew’s tutor?
Chu Fengqing had no expression on his face. “I understand.”
Only then was Ji Yujin satisfied.
Both of them were in a bit of a mess, and Ji Yujin was covered in blood. Chu Fengqing thought he would go back to the mansion to take care of it first, but he didn’t expect him to have someone lead a horse over, jump on the horse with his hands, and then reach out to Chu Fengqing and say, “Get on.”
Chu Fengqing: “So you want to meet the emperor like this?”
Ji Yujin: “Otherwise? Still want Laozi1It means me, but in an impolite and arrogant way. to take a bath and change clothes?”
Chu Fengqing: “……”
This is a very brazen statement. Ji Yujin is really…
Chu Fengqing thought for a long time but couldn’t think of a suitable word to describe him. He always felt that he lived a reckless, fearless, yet full of danger kind of life, and he had to live his life with his head hanging on his belt too.
Chu Fengqing put his hand in his. Ji Yujin was stunned for a moment. Chu Fengqing’s hand was as cold as snow. He pursed his lips tightly, but after a moment, he jumped off the carriage and ordered his men beside him, “Go find a carriage.”
“Yes.”
Sitting back in the carriage, this time it was covered with fur and had a heating stove. It was warm and comfortable. Chu Fengqing breathed a sigh of relief.
Ji Yujin shamelessly approached again. After the battle just now, he still had the mind to sleep. Chu Fengqing closed his eyes, thinking that he had just saved his life, so he had to bear with it.
Ji Yujin still rested his head on Chu Fengqing’s legs and closed his eyes. Suddenly, he sniffed, put his face against his waist, and smiled. “You smell so good.”
Then he once again put his hands around his waist and said, “Your waist is so thin, it can be held in one hand.”
Chu Fengqing opened his eyes suddenly, his pupils trembling slightly. Ji Yujin’s breath, with moisture, all fell on his waist, making him itchy and numb. He pushed him away with force. “Ji Yujin!”
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Ji Yujin: “You saved others but not me!! Don’t you love me anymore?!”
Chu Fengqing: “……”
