"Are you okay?" Song Jinyu asked worriedly, looking at him and reaching out to touch his stubbly beard.
"Um, not okay!" He rarely saw Song Jinyu so concerned about him, so he decided to enjoy it. "Did they torture you?" Her small hand started to check his body.
He caught her delicate hand and pulled her into his arms. "They dare not!" Without absolute evidence, these people wouldn't torture a prince.
Her delicate body trembled slightly in his arms. Was she scared? "Don't be afraid. I'll be fine."
"Speaking of which, it's really fate. You just got out of the prison not long ago, and now I'm in it."
"We're really a good couple!" The teasing in his words made Song Jinyu burst into laughter.
The food box on the table emitted an alluring aroma. "Have something to eat first!" It was different from home in this prison.
Just as they sat down to have a meal, they heard an unusual voice. "Where is Prince Yu?" It was a cold female voice, somewhat familiar.
Zhongli Mingye quickly hid Song Jinyu under his cloak.
"My lord... Long time no see?"
Song Jinyu, hiding under the cloak, blushed because Zhongli Mingye's hands were really naughty. He knew she dared not move, so he was unscrupulous.
From the front, it seemed he was just standing with his hands behind his back. Only the woman behind him knew that those hands were wandering on her body.
Zhongli Mingye said indifferently, "Miss Ling, are you recovered from your illness?"
"Thanks to you, I've just been detoxified."
Ling Yufei's thin and sallow face showed that she had just recovered from a serious illness. After she regained consciousness, she gradually understood everything. The emperor had given an order, and Prince Yu couldn't disobey.
So she had to "be ill" and couldn't marry into the prince's mansion. What a well - calculated plan! The princess must have been involved in this.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She was no longer the woman trapped by love. But marrying into Prince Yu's mansion had become an obsession.
Thinking of this, Ling Yufei said lightly, "My lord, you're in great danger this time."
"If you're willing to divorce Song Jinyu and welcome me into your mansion."
"I'll ask my father to reverse the case for you, Prince Yu!"
Song Jinyu, hiding under the cloak, was stunned. Did Zhongli Mingye have such great charm? There was a woman willing to do such a thing for him.
She sighed and pinched the flesh on the man's waist. It was all his fault for attracting such romantic debts.
"Ouch..."
Zhongli Mingye gasped slightly and grabbed Song Jinyu's hand.
He sneered, "Miss Ling, what makes you think you're qualified to ask me to do as you wish?"
Ling Yufei looked at him hatefully. This was the man she had liked since childhood. She thought she could marry him when she grew up.
"I know, my lord, you're not willing to be just a prince. With my father's support, it won't be long before you ascend the throne!"
Hearing this, Song Jinyu felt a headache. This woman was really brainless! How could she say such a thing so unscrupulously?
Sure enough, the scheming man in front of her "lured" her, "Then how does Miss Ling plan to reverse the case for me?"
Seeing that he was calm, Ling Yufei thought Zhongli Mingye was considering this matter. She said proudly, "My father dotes on me the most. Now, as long as my father goes to speak well of you in front of Concubine Qin, he can surely reverse the case for you, my lord."
"Oh? Hehe..." Zhongli Mingye scoffed. "Don't bother, Miss Ling!"
"My princess will always be her, and I only love her."
"If I rely on you to get out of trouble, it would really be a joke!" He gently brushed his fingers across the soft palm behind him. The warmth on his fingertips made Song Jinyu's heart race.
The warm palm left the soft palm and suddenly touched her slender waist, hugging her tighter.
"What's so good about her? She's just the daughter of an official from a small border town!" Ling Yufei was crazy with jealousy. "She has no talent at all. She's not worthy of being a princess!"
She became even more jealous. A terrifying light shot out from Ling Yufei's eyes.
"I'm afraid, my lord, you're in prison and will never have the chance to reunite with her again!"
Just as she was about to say some more cruel words, Ming Ruyi walked out from the dark, clapping his hands. "Tsk tsk, amazing... The daughter of Prime Minister Ling is really thick - skinned."
Ling Yufei was so frightened that her face turned ashen. She immediately knelt down. "I pay my respects to the prince!"
"Don't let me see you again... You're really disgusting!" Ming Ruyi lowered his head and whispered something in her ear.
Then, "Get out!"
Ming Ruyi "escorted" Ling Yufei out.
Zhongli Mingye turned around and pulled Song Jinyu out. He kissed her fiercely. "You little rascal!"
Who was the rascal? Humph. Hugging him, Song Jinyu was very reluctant to part. But dawn was approaching. "Don't worry about this."
"I have my own plan."
"Just take good care of yourself and wait... " He stroked her pink earlobe and couldn't help biting it. "Wait for me to go back and have a baby with you."
"You!"
At a time like this, he was still thinking about such things!
Until she left, Zhongli Mingye didn't say much. He just gave a few instructions to Ming Ruyi.
"The good show is about to begin."
On the way back, although Song Jinyu was still worried, seeing Zhongli Mingye so confident, she didn't say much.
Ming Ruyi couldn't bear to see her so dejected.
"Don't worry. I'll get him out." It was just a matter of time.
"Okay. Thank you, uncle!"
Uncle?
Ming Ruyi suddenly grabbed her hand. "What did you call me?" Song Jinyu struggled hard to break free. "You're Mingye's uncle. I... "
"Isn't it right to call you uncle?"
Ming Ruyi stared at her coldly. "Song Jinyu! I can let him live, and I can also let him die... "
"If he dies, I won't live alone!"
Even though Song Jinyu was slow in matters of love, she understood that Ming Ruyi still had feelings for her. But... She loved Zhongli Mingye.
She originally didn't want to ask him for help, but now she had no choice. "Back then, if he hadn't forced the emperor to grant the marriage... "
"Today, you might not belong to him." Ming Ruyi always hated that Zhongli Mingye had acted so quickly when he thought of this. Song Jinyu was already in a depressed mood because Zhongli Mingye was in prison and couldn't get out.
Now seeing Ming Ruyi so out of control, she was even more angry. "Do you think I married him because of the imperial edict?"
"I already had feelings for him before the imperial edict."
"If I didn't want to marry, there were plenty of ways!" Her beautiful eyes were misty. Her angry look was really cute.
"From the very beginning, I... was attracted to him." For the first time, she admitted this in front of another man.
Micu outside the carriage sighed. If the prince were here, this would be such an exciting confession!
Under her momentum, Ming Ruyi didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore.