It was Su Mingyu who reacted first. She grabbed Tang Ziyan's arm and pulled him behind her. Then she steadily held the bird's nest in his hand.
Tang Ziyan patted his chest in a panic. There was a look of fear on his handsome face. Just as he was about to say something...
A cold and arrogant voice sounded from behind: "Your Highness the Princess and Young Master Tang, what are you doing here..."
Su Mingyu instinctively pushed Tang Ziyan away a step, then looked back at Mei Qing: "Mei Qing? Are you here at the Prince Ruixian's Mansion to see Gu Ruobai?"
Mei Qing sized up Su Mingyu and Tang Ziyan from head to toe, then squinted her eyes: "I have something to report to my master."
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows: "He probably hasn't come back yet. You may need to wait."
Saying that, Su Mingyu pointed in the direction of the study: "Go over there first. The Prince of Yu is in the main hall."
Mei Qing nodded, but there was clearly something wrong with her gaze on Su Mingyu and Tang Ziyan.
However, Su Mingyu pretended not to see it. She returned the tray to Tang Ziyan with one hand and picked up her own bird's nest with the other: "You go and deliver the things to Zhizhu first. I'll take Mei Qing to the study."
Tang Ziyan nodded: "Okay."
After seeing Tang Ziyan leave, Su Mingyu spread her hands to Mei Qing: "After you."
The two walked along the deep alley. Just as they were about to turn into Gu Ruobai's study, Mei Qing suddenly called out to Su Mingyu.
"Your Highness the Princess."
Su Mingyu looked back at Mei Qing: "What's up?"
"Your Highness the Princess..." Mei Qing took a step forward. There was a hint of darkness in her peach - blossom - like eyes: "I want to ask you a question."
Su Mingyu's eyes were clear and she didn't dodge at all: "What do you want to ask?"
"About Tang Ziyan." Mei Qing didn't beat around the bush and just said directly: "Your Highness the Princess, although Tang Ziyan is a young man, don't you think you're getting too close to him?"
Saying that, Mei Qing lowered her eyes and glanced at the bird's nest in Su Mingyu's hand, then said in a deep voice: "If I tell the Prince what I saw today, how long do you think this Tang Ziyan can live?"
Su Mingyu thought she was going to talk about Mo Wenyuan, but it turned out to be just this.
Su Mingyu spread her hands and motioned for Mei Qing to stretch out her hand: "Your hand."
Mei Qing didn't react for a moment and just obediently stretched out her hand, being caught right by Su Mingyu.
Su Mingyu made her palm face up and then casually placed the bird's nest in her hand: "Gu Ruobai knows everything about my relationship with Tang Ziyan. If Miss Mei Qing wants to tell him, then go ahead. I, Su Mingyu, act uprightly."
Looking at the purity in Su Mingyu's eyes, Mei Qing squinted her eyes and casually placed the bird's nest on the railing beside: "But anyway, Your Highness the Princess should avoid suspicion."
Su Mingyu nodded: "Miss Mei Qing is right. I'll pay attention in the future."
"Okay, now that the warning is over, I have another matter I'd like to ask Your Highness the Princess about." Mei Qing got closer to Su Mingyu. There was no emotion in her pair of pitch - black eyes.
Seeing her coming with ill intent, Su Mingyu's heart skipped a beat: "What else?"
"I remember that Your Highness the Princess told me before that although Mo Wenyuan was saved, he chose to live incognito in another place." Mei Qing said, taking another step closer to Su Mingyu: "Right?"
Su Mingyu's heart skipped a beat. So it finally came?
She looked up at Mei Qing and said almost word by word: "Yes. Didn't Miss Mei Qing go to confirm it herself?"
"I did go to confirm it." Mei Qing admitted quite generously: "But I think no one knows better than Your Highness the Princess where this Young Master Mo Wenyuan has really gone, right?"
Su Mingyu pretended not to understand: "I don't know what Miss Mei Qing means."
"Since I'm back, Your Highness the Princess should know that I couldn't have come back without finding out anything." Mei Qing forced Su Mingyu into a corner and then looked at her coldly: "Su Mingyu! I thought of you as a friend, but you lied to me like this! Aren't you conscience - stricken?"
Saying that, Mei Qing rolled up her sleeve. The whip marks on her arm were clearly horrifying.
Mei Qing excitedly thrust her arm in front of Su Mingyu, then said with red eyes: "In the middle of the night, when I look at myself covered in blood, do you feel really relieved? It was so easy for you to deceive me who knew nothing. Do you think I'm really stupid for pining away for Mo Wenyuan?"
Every word from Mei Qing was like a growl. Her pained expression was really pitiful.
Su Mingyu did feel a bit self - reproachful, but in matters of the heart, she didn't think she had done anything wrong.
So she reached out and grabbed Mei Qing's wrist and looked at her with her cold eyes, saying word by word: "If I hadn't hidden it from you, you, a secret guard, a shadow, actually falling in love with your own master. If others found out about this, how would Gu Ruobai handle himself?"
"Mei Qing, you're a smart person. Think about it for yourself. If I really told you that the person you like is Gu Ruobai, given your situation at that time, do you think you could have accepted it?"
Su Mingyu's words were harsh and sharp. Every word stabbed at Mei Qing's heart.
Indeed, when she first found out that the person she liked was Gu Ruobai, she struggled for a long time.
She really didn't know how to face it, but this wasn't a reason for Su Mingyu to hide it from her.
Only she knew how bitter those hopeless days were.
So Mei Qing grabbed Su Mingyu's wrist in turn, her eyes full of coldness: "Whether I can accept it or not is a matter between me and my master. You shouldn't interfere, and you don't have the right to!"
Hearing Mei Qing's accusation, Su Mingyu sneered: "Mei Qing, do you think I could control Gu Ruobai's entire secret guard department? Only a few people in the entire secret guard department know who Mo Wenyuan really is. Guess why?"
Mei Qing wasn't stupid. She almost immediately understood that Su Mingyu was telling her that only Gu Ruobai could have hidden Mo Wenyuan's identity so perfectly.
Just thinking of that person watching her suffer from afar without doing anything, Mei Qing felt as if her heart was being stabbed.
Her eyes turned red. Mei Qing flipped her wrist, and her finger - knife was directly pointed at Su Mingyu's neck.
Su Mingyu didn't expect Mei Qing to make a killing move. Her wrist was tightly grabbed by Mei Qing, and for a moment, Su Mingyu couldn't break free. Just as she was about to raise her free right hand to block Mei Qing's knife, a flash of cold light passed by.