Su Mingyu twitched the corner of her lips. After a long while, she finally said, "Let him go."
Seeing Su Mingyu like this, Gu Ruobai finally let out a silent sigh. "Mu Yi, go and make the arrangements."
Mu Yi nodded, tapped his toe, and disappeared into the tea garden.
Only then did Gu Ruobai turn his gaze back to Leng Ziyue. "After this, we'll be even."
Leng Ziyue also knew that he had been too impulsive just now. He nodded, then bowed deeply to Su Mingyu. "Sorry, I was too impulsive just now."
Su Mingyu didn't blame him. "I understand."
After saying that, she pushed Gu Ruobai out of the tea garden.
Back in their room, Gu Ruobai closed the door and got out of the wheelchair.
Without a word, he lifted Su Mingyu's face. His pair of pitch - black eyes stared intently at the red mark on her face.
Su Mingyu felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze. "It's just a little red mark. Don't be so excited."
Gu Ruobai took out a ceramic bottle from his bosom, dug out a bit of the ointment, rubbed it in his hand until it melted, and then applied it on Su Mingyu's face. "Even if he was emotional, he shouldn't have hit you."
Or rather, if Su Mingyu hadn't gone to see Concubine Chen and cleared things up, Leng Ziyue would still be kept in the dark and would still hate Yan Shiqi to this day.
Now Su Mingyu had helped him find the truth, but he blamed Su Mingyu instead.
Seeing that Gu Ruobai was defending her, Su Mingyu held Gu Ruobai's slightly hot big hand. "It's okay. It's just a slap."
In the 21st century, she always got injured during missions, so Su Mingyu didn't think it was a big deal.
"If Leng Ziyue and Concubine Chen can reconcile, it's worth getting this slap."
Su Mingyu sighed as she said, "I understand now why Concubine Chen didn't turn to Leng Ziyue even when she was pregnant."
"But... no matter what, Concubine Chen's child is not of royal blood..."
Su Mingyu looked up at Gu Ruobai. "You..."
Before she could finish, Gu Ruobai held her hand back. "He's just a child who knows nothing. I won't do anything to him."
Although she knew that Gu Ruobai wasn't a ruthless person, hearing him say this, Su Mingyu finally felt a little relieved.
The two leaned on each other for a while. The sun shone slantingly through the window, and the atmosphere became sweet.
They thought that Leng Ziyue would take a long time to come back after going to the palace to find Concubine Chen, but unexpectedly, he came back at dinner time.
His face was a bit gloomy, and Su Mingyu couldn't tell whether they had reconciled or not.
But Su Mingyu didn't ask. She just told someone to prepare an extra pair of chopsticks.
Seeing that he hardly touched his chopsticks, Su Mingyu and Gu Ruobai glanced at each other. Neither of them said a word. Finally, Leng Ziyue spoke first. "Su Mingyu... your plan..."
Su Mingyu stared at him intently. "Did Concubine Chen agree?"
Leng Ziyue hummed. "She said... it's time to break free from Jiang He's shackles."
Su Mingyu nodded. "Actually, I guessed long ago that Concubine Chen would agree."
"But..." Leng Ziyue looked at Su Mingyu. "Do you know that this might make Concubine Chen completely fall out of favor?"
Su Mingyu frowned and looked at Leng Ziyue suspiciously. "Did Concubine Chen ever care about the emperor's favor?"
"Coming to the palace was just a last resort. Later, she was discovered by Jiang He and threatened. She had no freedom at all. Finally, she had to give birth to a child who might cause a bloodbath at any time. Do you think Concubine Chen's life is good now?"
Su Mingyu looked at Leng Ziyue and said word by word, "She just wants to be Yan Shiqi."
Leng Ziyue's chopsticks fell to the ground at some point.
Before, he had so sanctimoniously said that he wanted to help Yan Shiqi, but now it seemed that he simply thought that Yan Shiqi was doing well. If there was no coercion from Jiang He, maybe Yan Shiqi's life would be better.
But he never thought about whether Yan Shiqi really wanted to be Concubine Chen.
Leng Ziyue stood up from the stool and walked to an empty space beside. Then he bowed deeply to Su Mingyu. "Thank you, Miss Su."
Su Mingyu was startled by this grand gesture. It took her a long while to react and help him up.
"Mr. Leng, don't say that. We owe you."
Leng Ziyue shook his head. "What you've done for me and Shiqi is far more than the favor we should have received."
Su Mingyu waved her hand. "You don't have to be so polite."
She helped Leng Ziyue sit back on the stool and pointed to the dishes on the table. "Mr. Leng has been out for so long. You must be hungry. Have something to eat."
The atmosphere at the dinner table wasn't great, but it wasn't too bad either.
Early the next morning, Su Mingyu took Gu Ruobai to Sinnan Pavilion, of course, to get the clothes made for Gu Ruobai.
When Su Mingyu helped Gu Ruobai change into the clothes in the second - floor room and tied his black hair behind his back, he actually looked a bit modern.
Gu Ruobai had never seen such clothes. They fit so well. Although they didn't seem grand at first glance, they gave a unique feeling.
Gu Ruobai raised his hand, and his wrist was exposed.
He frowned slightly. "The sleeves are too short. Although the clothes are nice, they're not grand."
Too short? Su Mingyu was stunned for a moment and then realized that he was complaining about the short sleeves.
In this era, people believed that longer sleeves were more grand, because making such long and impractical sleeves meant that the family was wealthy.
This was exactly the same as in the ancient times of Su Mingyu's world.
Su Mingyu stepped forward to tidy up Gu Ruobai's clothes and said firmly, "We can't make the sleeves longer. It won't look good. If you like longer sleeves, I can make another set for you."
Gu Ruobai was just saying it casually. Since Su Mingyu disagreed, he naturally had no objection.
The two spent a long time changing clothes sweetly. By the time they came out, several hours had passed.
Mu Yi had been standing outside waiting. When he finally saw Su Mingyu and Gu Ruobai come out, he stepped forward to report. "My lord, Yan Liping has arrived in the capital and has indeed been transferred under Shi Minglong's command."
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows. "I was just afraid he wouldn't be transferred."
Su Mingyu took out the receipt she had got from Yan Liping before from her bosom and handed it to Mu Yi. "Give this to Zhang Yuan of the Ministry of Justice. He'll understand."
Mu Yi nodded, took the thing, and turned away.