"Is that Jin Yu?"
Song Chuyu could hardly believe his eyes. Was this his younger sister?
The young woman was dressed in a beautiful wedding gown. The hairpins on her head tinkled merrily with each of her running steps. A smile played on her face as she lifted the hem of her dress in her hand, with a group of people chasing after her.
Zhongli Mingye was so captivated that he immediately rode his horse towards her. At the same time, Ouyang Jinse, who was still on the wind-blocking platform, leaped down to catch Jin Yu back.
Unfortunately, he was still no match for Zhongli Mingye's speed.
Jin Yu ran towards her elder brother with a smile. "Whoo!" Finally, she had escaped!
However,
Suddenly, she was snatched onto the horse's back by a hand. "Hey, you..."
In panic, she took a closer look and found that it was none other than Prince Yu!
Seeing Jin Yu getting away, Ouyang Jinse shouted in exasperation, "We've already bowed in the wedding ceremony!"
Song Jinyu shouted back at the people behind her, "I've been playing wedding ceremonies since I was a kid..."
"Not to mention just a wedding ceremony. Even if we'd consummated the marriage, I can leave whenever I want..."
Hearing what she said, Zhongli Mingye angrily spurred his horse to go faster. He hugged Song Jinyu and galloped away in a flash!
Thick smoke billowed from the Golden Water Palace. Song Chuyu ordered his men to arrest Ouyang Jinse.
"Slow down..."
Although Song Jinyu was grateful for this man's rescue, the bumpy ride was really painful.
"Whoa..." The horse stopped, but Zhongli Mingye didn't let go of Jin Yu. He still held her in his arms.
Finally feeling at ease, she looked up into the man's passionate eyes and felt a bit embarrassed under his intense gaze.
She looked away, only to hear her heart pounding wildly.
"What are you looking at?"
After a long while,
Zhongli Mingye scrutinized the little woman in his arms. "You've been playing wedding ceremonies since you were a kid?"
He gritted his teeth. "Huh?"
Seeing his darkened face and not knowing what he was angry about, Song Jinyu could only say, "I was just joking!"
"You've already had the wedding ceremony?" Just thinking about this, Zhongli Mingye got angry and only wanted to kill Ouyang Jinse.
Sitting in his arms, Song Jinyu calmed down and said, "Well, the ceremony wasn't even finished!"
Judging from her tone, was she regretful?
The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he felt. Seeing her in the wedding gown only made him feel worse. That gown should have been worn only for him, but Ouyang Jinse had gotten the first look.
Suddenly, he lowered his head and kissed her. Seeing Song Jinyu's wide-open eyes, he smiled and stroked her face.
At this moment, she had no strength to resist and could only let him do as he pleased.
After the man was satisfied, he gently let her go. Unexpectedly, the next moment, Jin Yu slapped him. He caught her hand and held it in his arms.
"Don't even think about running away..."
Her heart skipped a beat. Seeing his imposing manner, she could only sigh and look up at the sky. The trees in the forest were so thick that sunlight filtered through.
A beautiful face could be a curse.
Now that she had set the Golden Water Palace on fire, wasn't it a perfect example of a beautiful woman bringing disaster?
It was just that when this beautiful woman was herself, things got a bit troublesome.
She didn't dare to move now. She hadn't been eating or sleeping well these days and now had no strength to resist the overbearing man beside her. She didn't know what was wrong with her. Every time she faced Prince Yu, she just didn't know what to do.
When they returned to the front of the Golden Water Palace, the people from the palace were confronting Song Chuyu and his men. The vice-master of the Golden Water Palace stepped forward.
"Although the master of the palace acted rashly, it's because the two of them have known each other since childhood."
"Now that the ceremony is not completed and Miss Song is not injured." The vice-master, Ouyang Weiyi, said calmly.
Song Chuyu was enraged. "Humph..."
"My younger sister is fine, but her reputation has been damaged. How are you going to settle this score?"
Ouyang Weiyi was the younger brother of the former palace master and the uncle of the current palace master. He was the second-in-command in the Golden Water Palace. Now that Ouyang Jinse had caused trouble, he had to step forward to settle the matter himself.
"We will surely send generous gifts to console the young lady."
"If General Song is worried about Miss Song's reputation, then the Golden Water Palace will marry her as the palace master's wife in a proper wedding."
He was sure that the Song Mansion had no choice in this matter. Either Miss Song would marry into the Golden Water Palace or they would have to swallow this bitter pill. If they arrested Ouyang Jinse, then Miss Song's reputation would be ruined.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent a letter today, asking Master Jinse to go to the capital." Seeing that Song Chuyu wouldn't give in, he had to bring out the Crown Prince.
Zhongli Mingye rode his horse over with Jin Yu in his arms. Ouyang Jinse immediately got excited. "Come back to me!"
Song Jinyu didn't even bother to look at him.
Ouyang Jinse watched as Prince Yu held Jin Yu possessively. Waves of jealousy and anger welled up in his heart.
"The Crown Prince? Humph..."
The man sneered contemptuously. "What should be the punishment for attempting to kidnap my fiancée?"
"Fiancée?" As soon as these three words came out, everyone present was stunned.
Ouyang Jinse's eyes widened, and Song Chuyu was even a bit nervous. If this got out, probably no one would dare to marry Jin Yu anymore. Jin Yu stared accusingly at Prince Yu. She thought they had made things clear that day. Why was he saying this?
But the man didn't care how she looked at him. He just stared coldly at Ouyang Jinse. "Who gave you the guts? The Crown Prince?"
Ouyang Weiyi immediately panicked. The fire in the Golden Water Palace hadn't been put out yet, and now they had to save the palace master. It was truly a double whammy.
"Your Highness, please forgive us..."
He quickly knelt down. At this moment, he didn't dare to use the Crown Prince as a shield anymore. Now he could only pray that Prince Yu would spare the Golden Water Palace.
Song Chuyu was thinking in his heart that if they really arrested Ouyang Jinse, it would mean offending the Crown Prince. If the Crown Prince blamed them, their Song Prefect's Mansion definitely couldn't bear the consequences.
He tightly grasped the reins of his horse. His younger sister's reputation and the future of the prefect's mansion. No matter what, they couldn't take Ouyang Jinse away today.
Prince Yu Zhongli Mingye said, "What do you think?" He turned to ask Jin Yu.
"What?"
Looking at Song Jinyu's confused eyes, he couldn't help but flick her on the head.
Seeing their intimacy, Ouyang Jinse felt heartbroken. He grabbed the sword pointed at him and stabbed it deeply into his own body.
He only looked at Song Jinyu. "If I can't have you in this life, there's no point in living."
Ouyang Weiyi was frightened. He tightly held onto Ouyang Jinse to prevent him from hurting himself further.
Song Jinyu looked at him, recalling their past. She said, "Jinse, let me go and let yourself go too."
She turned to her elder brother and said, "Let's just pretend this never happened."
Prince Yu didn't expect Ouyang Jinse's self - harm to make Song Jinyu want to let him go. He was a bit dissatisfied. Feeling the stiffness of the man behind her, Jin Yu turned back and smiled at him. "I'm hungry..."
Melted by the pleading look in her eyes, Zhongli Mingye spurred his horse and galloped away with Jin Yu. Ouyang Jinse, who was kneeling on the ground, saw this scene and his heart shattered into pieces.
Blood flowed all over the ground, and he no longer felt any pain.