When Song Jinyu was seen again, she was about to return to Tianmen Mountain. "Master is not in good health. I want to go back early."
"Oh..."
Looking up at him, she said, "I'll come back soon!" It was both a promise and a reluctant farewell.
But before that, she wanted to go to Qingshui Nunnery to offer incense to her mother first. It would be her mother's anniversary in a few days.
Zhongli Mingye walked up to her and put his arm around her slender waist. "What are you doing?" Song Jinyu was startled by his action and quickly looked around. Fortunately, no one saw them.
Seeing her reaction, he was immediately dissatisfied. "What's wrong with the prince being affectionate with you?"
"..."
"I'm leaving first..." Song Jinyu looked up at the increasingly dazzling sunlight and wanted to go to Qingshui Nunnery earlier.
He refused to let go of her hand. "The prince is going too!"
Well, she had no choice but to take Zhongli Mingye to Qingshui Nunnery with her. Now Liuzhou City was calm. Except that Magistrate Song had been dismissed from office and the new magistrate had not taken office yet, the decision - making power of all affairs in Liuzhou City had fallen into Zhongli Mingye's hands.
On the way, Zhongli Mingye suddenly asked, "Why didn't you plead with the prince for your father?"
The news of her father's dismissal had spread like wildfire in Liuzhou City, but Song Jinyu seemed like nothing had happened.
"What's there to plead for? Father doesn't care."
After thinking for a while, Song Jinyu chose to answer Zhongli Mingye from her father's perspective. "He never had much ambition in his official career. Otherwise, he would have gone to the capital to be an official several years ago."
"My father simply didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the court. He just wanted to do some good and proper things for the people of Liuzhou City."
Hearing these words, Zhongli Mingye was quite comforted. He had thought that Song Jinyu would come to plead with him, but he never expected that this young girl didn't intend to ask him for help because of this matter at all.
He didn't know what to say. Should he say she was sensible? But Zhongli Mingye hoped that Song Jinyu would rely on him more; should he say she was overly smart? He did like this kind of intelligence.
Sighing, he said, "Don't worry. The prince won't stand by and do nothing."
"I don't mean that!"
Don't misunderstand.
Her father was actually eager to be free and at ease, okay?
After a conversation in the carriage, Zhongli Mingye finally understood that Song Jinyu didn't care about this matter. But why did he feel a bit dissatisfied? He really wanted to hear Song Jinyu ask for help. Alas... Then he could "tease" her by the way.
Who would have thought... She never thought about it at all.
Looking at the young girl thoughtfully, she was about to climb the steps. Unexpectedly, she suddenly stopped.
"Listen!"
There seemed to be some sounds coming from the thorn bushes near Qingshui Nunnery.
Their eyes met, and both saw doubt in each other's eyes. "Qingfeng, go and investigate!"
A quarter of an hour later, Qingfeng emerged from the thorn bushes.
"Report to Your Highness, Lady. There are several women fainting on the ground in the forest!"
After Song Jinyu rushed over, she gave them some medicine. After a while, the gorgeously - dressed woman slowly woke up.
"Where's my child???" She shouted in panic.
After the others woke up one by one, they were all in a panic. "Young Master!"
The woman shouted at Song Jinyu like a madwoman, "It's you. You took my son away!"
What nonsense? Song Jinyu was completely confused by her shouting. Zhongli Mingye was afraid that she would be hurt, so he reached out and pulled her up to leave.
Unexpectedly, the woman grabbed Song Jinyu's hand. "Don't go! It's you who took my son away?"
Zhongli Mingye was extremely angry. He waved his hand, and the woman let go of her hand in pain and squatted on the ground, wailing.
"Presumptuous! How dare you stop Prince Yu!"
As soon as Qingfeng's voice fell, the woman didn't dare to shout anymore and only sobbed softly. Song Jinyu thought for a while and said, "Is your child missing?"
Seeing that she was beautiful and exquisitely dressed, the woman guessed that she was a noble person. So she sobbed and told the whole story. It turned out that she was the wife of the county magistrate of Chengyin County. She had brought the young master of the mansion to Qingshui Nunnery to do a Taoist ritual today.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the door, they suddenly fainted. When they woke up, the child was gone!
"My child! He's only eight months old... Woo..."
The county magistrate of Chengyin County used to be under her father's jurisdiction. This matter was of great importance.
"It seems that someone wanted to kidnap that child."
Immediately, Song Jinyu pulled Zhongli Mingye to look around the scene. "She slandered you as soon as she saw you. Why do you still want to help her?" Zhongli Mingye was very angry. The woman had grabbed Song Jinyu's wrist, and it was red.
Rubbing her sore wrist, Song Jinyu forced a smile. "Who asked me to run into this? Besides, she was just desperate in a hurry."
After an incense - burning time, they found nothing. They had to give up the idea and let the woman's husband take over first. After this little episode, Song Jinyu came to Qingshui Nunnery to offer incense to her mother, Qiushui Xin.
Zhongli Mingye also picked up an incense stick, lit it, and inserted it into the incense burner, muttering something.
"You..."
What was he doing? Song Jinyu sort of understood his intention but couldn't believe that the great Prince Yu would do this for her.
"The prince is reporting to the mother - in - law that I will take good care of you and make her rest assured." His tone was joking but also undeniable.
She lowered her head so that no one could see the emotions in her eyes. "What nonsense..."
Suddenly, Zhongli Mingye pulled her and knelt in front of the Buddha with her.
He said, "The prince swears in front of the Buddha that this heart will never change for the rest of his life."
What was he saying?
Song Jinyu's mind went blank. He was actually swearing in front of the Buddha. This man... She became even more shy and didn't dare to look into his eyes. She naturally knew that his feelings had always been strong and passionate, gradually melting her heart.
Looking up, she just fell into those phoenix - like eyes. Suddenly, her heart skipped a beat, and she also swore, "My heart will never change either."
Hearing this clear voice, Zhongli Mingye looked at her in surprise. All along, Song Jinyu had always passively accepted his feelings. Now he finally got this precious response.
The two swore in front of the Buddha. A perfect couple, from then on, their hearts were connected.
After coming out of Qingshui Nunnery, they went to the county government office of Chengyin County. Song Jinyu thought that this matter was not ordinary and must be investigated thoroughly.
Since her sister - in - law gave birth, she had really liked children. Those soft and cute little babies were so lovely.
Therefore, the woman's desperate look when she lost her child really touched her. Seeing that she was determined to take care of this matter, Zhongli Mingye had no choice but to follow her.
"Tang Ze, the county magistrate of Chengyin County, pays homage to Prince Yu. Your Highness, long live, long live, and live forever!"
Madam Li, the wife of the county magistrate, never expected that the people who saved her in Qingshui Nunnery had such a great background. For a moment, she was a bit scared and timidly hid behind the county magistrate Tang Ze.
This bit of fear caught Song Jinyu's attention. She thought something was wrong. Why was this lady afraid of them?