"Slow down when you eat..."
Song Chuyu was stunned by his younger sister's eating manner. He signaled to her with his eyes that a well - bred young lady should eat more gracefully!
He stole a glance at Zhongli Mingye. The latter was always looking at Jinyu with a faint, doting smile.
Song Jinyu stuffed a mouthful of rice into her mouth. After swallowing it, she said, "Do you know how many days I've gone without eating?"
She looked at Song Chuyu pitifully. "I was afraid that the Golden Water Palace would poison my food, so I didn't dare to eat there."
Hearing this, Zhongli Mingye took over the conversation, "It's all my fault..."
"If I had sent you home that day, you wouldn't have had to go through this ordeal."
He sincerely apologized to her.
Song Jinyu took a sip of soup. "Sooner or later, this was bound to happen. If not today, it would be some other day."
"Now, he surely doesn't dare to act recklessly anymore!"
Thinking of Ouyang Jinse, Jinyu stopped the spoon in her hand. The red color of the blood was too eye - catching.
Song Jinyu felt a bit sad. There was a time when they were good playmates in their youth.
If she had to say when things started to change, it might be from the day he proposed marriage to Tianmen Mountain.
She had underestimated this man's paranoia after all.
Zhongli Mingye noticed that she was still wearing the red wedding dress. Although it looked beautiful, it somehow seemed out of place.
He called the innkeeper's wife and asked her to pick out some clothes for Jinyu. Jinyu also felt that it was inconvenient to wear luxurious clothes in a small inn. So she changed into ordinary clothes and went out.
At night, Qinghe Pass was very quiet. Zhongli Mingye was waiting for her.
"You..." They spoke at the same time, then looked at each other and smiled.
"You go first..."
Jinyu sat down. The words she had prepared seemed to disappear when she saw Zhongli Mingye.
"Your Highness..."
"Thank you for saving me today."
Song Jinyu's heart was gradually calming down. She wanted to have a good talk with Prince Yu.
Oh? Just a thank - you?
"Just..."
Zhongli Mingye looked at Jinyu indifferently. He knew what she wanted to say. He poured a cup of tea and sipped it lightly.
The tea in the inn was of poor quality, bitter and astringent...
He could more or less guess what she wanted.
"I'm from a different world from Your Highness. Please, Your Highness, stay away from me in the future."
Song Jinyu said these words indifferently on the surface. She didn't dare to look at Zhongli Mingye for fear of drowning in his gentle and affectionate gaze.
"Um..."
"You heartless woman."
Zhongli Mingye walked closer to her and handed her a cup of tea.
It was hard to tell whether he was talking to her or to himself. "Sometimes, I ask myself why it has to be you?"
"There are so many women in the world..."
Suddenly, he leaned close to Jinyu and whispered in her ear, "But there's only one Song Jinyu."
She quickly took a few steps back. "You..."
"Hmm?" Zhongli Mingye saw the red tips of her ears and felt like teasing her again.
"If my heart is set on Jinyu," "then I'll just follow my heart!"
Song Jinyu didn't know what to say at this moment. After all, she was not yet of age. Facing Prince Yu, she felt a bit overwhelmed.
Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, she said goodbye and left.
Zhongli Mingye watched her graceful figure and recalled the scene of their first encounter. "My heart has already fallen there. How can I forget?"
In the Golden Water Palace, the fire had just been put out. Fortunately, due to the presence of a lot of flowing water, the fire was not very big. But the wedding hall was in a mess.
Madam Jinhua was still sitting on the chair, but she was already dead. When the fire started, the maids and servants were either in a coma or running for their lives. No one took care of the woman slumped on the chair.
Although the fire was not big, the smoke was billowing. Many maids and servants who had been fainted by the smell of "Ying leaves" died of suffocation. It was only after the fire was put out that the people in the Golden Water Palace found that the former palace master had died on the chair.
Ouyang Jinse walked step by step towards the wedding hall without saying a word. His fox - like eyes now shot out a terrifying look. Recalling that moment during the day,
She had said, "I will never worship your mother!"
In the blink of an eye, she had set fire to the Golden Water Palace, fought her way out, and fled on that man's horseback.
That man had held her waist, and she had laughed merrily. All this had stabbed his eyes.
"Song Jinyu!"
He knelt down in the wedding hall and shouted loudly. No one around dared to step forward.
When Ouyang Weiyi came in, he saw that Jinse was on the verge of collapse.
You're good, very good. You've killed my mother and jilted me at the altar!
Ouyang Jinse frantically smashed all the decorations in the wedding hall! The two most important women in his life. One had once tried to murder the other, and the other had really killed his mother.
Hehe...
He slumped on the ground powerlessly, only leaving behind grief. Now, there was no possibility between him and Song Jinyu. The only thing that tied them together was hatred, boundless hatred.
He never thought that if it weren't for his paranoia, how could he have accidentally killed his mother?
"Deputy Palace Master, a message from the Crown Prince has arrived by carrier pigeon." Ouyang Weiyi took it and put it away. "We'll give it to him in a few days."
On Tianmen Mountain, it was as peaceful as ever. Each department was doing its own job. Miao Yunshen received a special guest.
This person's voice was extremely shrill, just like that of a eunuch in the palace. "Master Miao, why are the holy medicines being delivered later and later?"
"I'm here by the emperor's order to ask."
Miao Yunshen replied indifferently, "The emperor's body has become too dependent on the holy medicines. In the long run, it's not good for his health."
Then he sighed. "The output of the spiritual roots is getting less and less. They can only be irrigated by rainwater, which leads to a decrease in the production of the holy medicines."
These words might not be taken seriously by those in high positions.
The eunuch sneered, "The current emperor doesn't care about these things. Tianmen Mountain has enjoyed peace over the years thanks to the holy medicines."
"Anyway, you must ensure the emperor's well - being."
After seeing off the eunuch, Miao Yunshen summoned Yan Fei. "You give this to Jinyu."
Yan Fei didn't understand why his master was giving the sect leader's token to his junior sister.
But he always obeyed his master, so he didn't ask any more questions and set off for Liuzhou.
At the same time, Tianmen Mountain received a condolence letter from the Golden Water Palace: Madam Jinhua had passed away!
Miao Yunshen frowned and immediately started coughing. The attendant beside him quickly helped him sit down. "Master, how's your body?"
"It's okay!" After coughing for a while, Miao Yunshen took some pills and felt much better.
"The emperor is becoming more and more dependent on the holy medicines. This is not a good thing." "Now Tianmen Mountain is in great danger."
Miao Yunshen frowned tightly. Was the peaceful life of the past twenty - odd years about to be broken?
The sudden death of Madam Jinhua really surprised him. After so many years of friendship, he should go there no matter what.