It was about time. Nanny Lu whispered, "The prince ordered that no one should enter. How did Concubine Gu get in?"
"The maid knows her mistake. Please forgive me, Nanny."
Nanny Lu deliberately made some noise for Liu Yushu inside the room to hear.
Liu Yushu sensed the noise and clearly panicked for a moment. But her mind didn't go blank. She quickly picked up the candlestick on the table. First, she set Concubine Gu on the ground ablaze all over, then stuffed the candlestick into Concubine Gu's palm and made her hold it. On the other side, she set the curtains on both sides of the bed on fire and then lay down on the bed.
Nanny Lu pushed the door open in time. The room was already filled with thick smoke. Liu Yushu pretended to be weak and rolled off the bed, shouting, "Help! Someone, save me!"
"Don't be afraid, miss." With an order from Nanny Lu, several maids immediately carried Liu Yushu off the bed.
Liu Yushu looked terrified and disheveled. She pretended to be out of breath, looking at Nanny Lu with teary eyes and choking, "It's so scary. That woman wanted to kill me." After saying that, she closed her eyes and pretended to faint.
The noisy sounds around faded away. Liu Yushu felt herself being carried to a quiet place. Some maids wiped her face and changed her clothes.
Nanny Lu showed the clothes Liu Yushu had changed out of to Dugu Fuya. Dugu Fuya glanced at the burn marks on them and lazily waved her hand. Nanny Lu gave the clothes to a maid to take away.
She was even willing to hurt herself to put on a show. It seemed that she was determined.
Liu Yushu was rescued. As for Concubine Gu, Dugu Fuya divorced her on the charges of setting fire to harm others and causing trouble in the mansion, and she was thrown out of Yu Mansion overnight.
Dugu Fuya had long wanted to find a reason to drive out these concubines. But since they were personally assigned to him by the emperor, it was not good to divorce them all at once. Today, Liu Yushu just gave him a reasonable excuse.
The room was completely quiet. Liu Yushu secretly opened her eyes. Seeing no one around, she let out a sigh of relief and opened her eyes wider. When she got up, her arm accidentally touched something warm and soft. She quickly turned around and instantly widened her eyes in panic, her pupils trembling.
On the side beside her, Dugu Fuya was lying on his side, propping his head up with his arm. He was looking at her with a smiling face, squinting his eyes from time to time. The teasing and ambiguous look in his eyes made her confused.
But one thing was clear to Liu Yushu: the man in front of her was by no means a kind person.
Liu Yushu hurriedly got out of the bed and knelt on the ground respectfully, saluting, "Your Highness."
"Running so fast. Do you think this prince is dirty?" Dugu Fuya's tone was laced with teasing.
"No. It's just... this little girl is terrified." Liu Yushu replied respectfully.
Dugu Fuya curled his lips and smiled. Terrified? She didn't look terrified at all when she was教训 Concubine Gu just now.
Only then did Liu Yushu realize that there were only the two of them left alone in the room.
A man and a woman alone in a room, and he had shown special attention to her before. She knew exactly what he might want to do next.
Before coming here, Liu Yushu was already prepared to make sacrifices. It was just her body. As long as it could help her achieve her goal, if he wanted it, he could just take it.
Anyway, she was tired of living. After she found Wu Qing and avenged herself, she would find a beautiful and scenic place and end her own life.
Dugu Fuya smiled but didn't say a word. He got up and sat on the edge of the bed, his feet hanging on the ground. He gently waved his hand, and a cat immediately ran over and jumped onto the bed. After sniffing his finger, it started to lick it.
Liu Yushu was shocked when she saw the pattern on the cat. This cat looked so much like the one she used to raise. She observed it more carefully and found that the color was exactly the same.
My God. Could there be two identical cats in the world? Or...
Liu Yushu didn't dare to think further. Just thinking that Dugu Fuya might know about her past made her scalp tingle.
"This cat is so obedient, isn't it?" Dugu Fuya murmured in a low voice. "It stayed in a temple when it was a kitten. When I went to the temple to offer incense, it ran to my feet and rubbed its head against my feet. So I brought it back to the mansion. It's so obedient. Maybe it was influenced by the temple." He turned his head and gave Liu Yushu a bright smile. "Female cats are very affectionate."
"..." Liu Yushu was speechless. She was already panicking inside. Dugu Fuya clearly had something hidden in his words. Moreover, Liu Yushu was sure that this was the same cat she used to raise. The time and place matched. Could it be that Dugu Fuya had set his eyes on her since then?
If so, did he also know everything about her and Wu Qing?