Su Mingyu looked at Gu Ruobai. After a long while, she suddenly knelt on both knees and looked at the King of Yu with almost pleading eyes. "I'll do whatever you say from now on, but please let me see Gu Ruobai. I really want to know how he is now."
As she spoke, although Su Mingyu's voice trembled a little, her eyes were firm. "If you really want me to use this child to avoid the emperor's punishment, you should know that if I'm worried all the time, I might miscarry before the emperor finishes the investigation and convicts Gu Ruobai."
"Su Mingyu, I used to think you were just ruthless. I didn't expect you to even use your own child. Do you think threatening me like this will work?" The King of Yu glared at Su Mingyu, obviously extremely angry.
Su Mingyu shook her head without thinking. "I know threatening you won't work. So I'm just telling you one of the possibilities. You don't want everything to go wrong, do you?"
Seeing Su Mingyu so insistent, the King of Yu heaved a heavy sigh. "I'll find a way to arrange this for you, but I have a requirement."
Su Mingyu looked at the King of Yu. In fact, she knew what the requirement was even without him saying it. If it were in the past, she would never have agreed to it. But now the situation was urgent. She had to see Gu Ruobai first and then figure out how to deal with what was to come.
Seeing that Su Mingyu didn't say anything, the King of Yu then spoke. "I want you to tell Gu Ruobai in person in front of him that from now on you'll be with me, and I'll raise the child in your belly."
Sure enough, the King of Yu was a man who wouldn't act without some guarantee.
Su Mingyu gritted her teeth. "Okay, I agree."
Seeing this, the King of Yu raised an eyebrow. "Good, straightforward. I like your decisive character."
Saying that, the King of Yu stepped forward to help Su Mingyu up, then gently patted the dirty clothes on her. He said very softly, "Go back and rest today. I'll come to you after I've made the arrangements."
Feeling the warmth of his hand on her arm, Su Mingyu just felt a deep disgust from the bottom of her heart. But now she was at his mercy and had no way out. She could only obediently let him do as he pleased.
After seeing off the King of Yu, Su Mingyu felt as if all the strength in her body had been drained. The exhaustion all over her body made her stagger. If it weren't for Xia Mian who came up to support her, she might have fallen to the ground long ago.
Seeing Su Mingyu's pale face, Xia Mian felt a bit distressed.
She had seen everything that had just happened. "Actually, even if you didn't do this, Qi Yue would surely get some useful information."
Su Mingyu sighed tiredly. "It's not that simple. What the King of Yu wants is to see me collapse. So I can only show in front of him that I'm almost driven crazy because of Gu Ruobai."
Saying that, Su Mingyu waved her hand. "Go into the room first. I want to be alone for a while."
Xia Mian answered with a soft "mm" and put a cloak on Su Mingyu's shoulder. "It's dark and cold at night. You're now carrying a child. You must take care of your body."
Su Mingyu answered with a faint "mm". "I know."
Although she had shown such a vulnerable side in front of the King of Yu, Su Mingyu knew better than anyone else that the only thing she had to do at present was to get in touch with Gu Ruobai.
Since the King of Yu wanted to see her show weakness, she would just let him see. As a special agent from the 21st century, Su Mingyu knew better than anyone that face was the most worthless thing in the world. So the struggles just now were just a show to make the King of Yu happier.
Maybe she had acted too well. The King of Yu came to her with good news in just a couple of days.
Since the Ministry of Justice hadn't found out anything, the emperor had specially approved him to go in and have a look. He could have a good talk with Gu Ruobai. Maybe they could find out something.
The King of Yu gave Su Mingyu a set of men's clothes. "Put this on and come in with me."
Su Mingyu didn't waste any words. She went into the room and changed her clothes directly. "Let's go."
Seeing how impatient she was, although the King of Yu felt a bit unhappy in his heart, thinking of the painful expression on Gu Ruobai's face later, he curled his lips.
The carriage of the two of them soon arrived at the place of the water prison. The King of Yu showed the token given by the emperor and had a smooth journey all the way. Soon they arrived at the place where Gu Ruobai was imprisoned.
Finding an excuse to dismiss the guard at the door casually, the King of Yu squinted his eyes and came to Gu Ruobai's side. Looking down at him who had become a prisoner, he sneered, "How about it? The feeling of being locked in a water prison."
"It's quite cool in here on such a hot day." Although Gu Ruobai's face was very pale, he didn't show any sign of weakness at all.
Seeing this, the King of Yu raised an eyebrow and smiled sinisterly. "It's not me who wants to see you today. It's an acquaintance..."
Saying that, the King of Yu stepped aside to show Su Mingyu behind him. "How about it? Surprised?"
The moment Gu Ruobai saw Su Mingyu, his face suddenly changed. He crawled to the railing and glared at the King of Yu with venomous eyes. "This is a matter between the two of us. Why do you involve her!"
Although Su Mingyu had imagined tens of thousands of miserable situations of Gu Ruobai on the way here, she never thought it would be like this.
She saw that there was water below Gu Ruobai's knees and his whole body was half-hung above the water. If it were an ordinary prisoner, he might just feel that his feet were slippery and he couldn't exert his strength. But Gu Ruobai was known to be a man with disabled legs. For a man like him to stand steadily in such water, he had to rely entirely on the strength of his upper limbs. So Gu Ruobai looked very uncoordinated.
Su Mingyu looked at him lovingly. Her pair of clear eyes were full of red blood streaks. "You... Are you okay?"
Gu Ruobai gave her a comforting smile. "It's okay. I've done nothing wrong. This matter wasn't done by me. It will come to light sooner or later."
If he hadn't comforted her, it would have been okay. But with this comfort, Su Mingyu just felt even more uncomfortable in her heart.
Gu Ruobai was clearly suffering here, but she had no way at all.
Seeing the affectionate look of the two of them, the King of Yu coughed lightly. "Mingyu, don't you have something to tell Gu Ruobai?"
Su Mingyu looked deeply at Gu Ruobai, then reached out her hand to touch his cheek and said in a voice almost on the verge of crying, "Gu Ruobai... I... I have something to tell you."
Thinking that Su Mingyu had been wronged, Gu Ruobai quickly reached out his hand to hold Su Mingyu's hand and said in a very doting voice, "What's wrong? Have you been bullied?"