Feeling the warmth from Gu Ruobai's palm on her cheek, Su Mingyu bit her lips, her eyes a bit red. "I came today to tell you... I've decided to be with the King of Yu."
"Don't be silly, Mingyu. How could you be with the King of Yu?" Gu Ruobai was initially stunned, then he spoke up. "You're my princess and carrying my child. How could you be with the King of Yu?"
Looking at the self - deception in Gu Ruobai's eyes, Su Mingyu bit her lips, feeling a bit reluctant. "I'll give birth to the child. The King of Yu said he'd help me raise the child well..."
"That's my child!" Gu Ruobai's face instantly changed. He glared at Su Mingyu angrily. "That's my flesh and blood. How dare you let someone else raise my child!"
"Why are you glaring at me!" Su Mingyu got a bit angry too. "Don't you know your own situation?"
Su Mingyu's face was gloomy, and her words were a bit out of line. "You're in no position to get out of here. Without you, what should I and the child do as a single mother and her orphaned child?
"I can't raise the child alone, can I? Gu Ruobai, you once said you liked my intelligence. You should know that I can't leave myself without a safeguard after losing you."
Su Mingyu's eyes were blood - red. "I was just an unwanted concubine - born daughter. I can't let my child be an unloved one! You can't give me anything now. Do you understand?"
Gu Ruobai listened blankly, feeling a bit dazed for a moment. After a long while, he slumped his head dejectedly, then looked at Su Mingyu with a desperate gaze. His voice trembled, losing all of its usual coldness. "So, he's the safeguard you've chosen?"
Gu Ruobai cast his gaze towards the King of Yu. Su Mingyu followed his gaze and nodded in his blood - shot eyes. "I'm sorry. I like you, but I have to face reality."
Saying that, Su Mingyu withdrew her hand. Her small face looked a bit pale from holding back her emotions.
Gu Ruobai covered his face painfully and let out a low laugh, which sounded so desolate.
After a long time, Gu Ruobai looked up at Su Mingyu. "Yes, I liked your intelligence. I just didn't expect you to be so heartless. Are you really the Su Mingyu I knew?"
Saying that, Gu Ruobai looked at her as if she were a monster, his eyes full of disappointment. "Get out. I don't want to see you again."
After saying that, Gu Ruobai closed his eyes on his own and didn't want to say another word.
Su Mingyu's heart ached seeing Gu Ruobai like this, but she was helpless. She could only look at him from afar, her bright eyes filled with glistening tears.
The King of Yu lowered his eyes and watched all this. A look of triumph flashed in his eyes. So what if Gu Ruobai had been glorious in his lifetime? So what if he was a war god? He had married Su Mingyu first and even had a child with her. But what was meant for him, the King of Yu, would not escape.
The King of Yu narrowed his eyes, glanced at the distressed Su Mingyu, then sneered at Gu Ruobai. "Since we've delivered the message from the old acquaintance, we'll leave first."
Saying that, the King of Yu reached out and took Su Mingyu's hand. Although Su Mingyu instinctively resisted at first, under the King of Yu's warning look, she finally let him hold her hand obediently.
Seeing that Su Mingyu stopped resisting, the King of Yu raised his eyebrows, held her hand, and strode out like a victor. Just as he was about to reach the prison door, the King of Yu suddenly stopped. He looked back at Gu Ruobai and said coldly, "Oh, by the way, Father asked me to tell you that for some things, even if you say nothing, he can still find evidence. But if you confess on your own, maybe he'll spare your life for the sake of father - son relationship."
Gu Ruobai let out a snort from his nose. "Spare my life? Do you really think I'm stupid? Our father is extremely suspicious and ruthless. With the charges I've been framed with, I deserve to die a hundred times. How could he spare my life? You go back and tell him that if he really can't find evidence, he should think about why a useless person like me with a crippled leg would want to fight for a throne that means little to me."
Hearing Gu Ruobai's explanation, the King of Yu didn't say much. He just raised his eyebrows. "Alright. For the sake of our brotherhood and Mingyu, I'll convey your words."
After saying that, the King of Yu led Su Mingyu away, leaving only a proud back for Gu Ruobai.
Watching the two leave from afar, a look of gloom flashed in Gu Ruobai's eyes. Then he lowered his head and looked at the note that Su Mingyu had slipped into his hand when she stroked his cheek.
After reading the note, Gu Ruobai didn't think twice and stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it. The eyes that had been red with pain were now filled with bottomless darkness, like a swirling quicksand. Anyone who looked into them would be drawn in.
As soon as they stepped out of the prison gate, Su Mingyu immediately shook off the King of Yu's hand. "Are you satisfied now?"
The King of Yu raised his eyebrows and smiled. "Not bad."
"Humph. I used to think you were upright and a worthy opponent. Now I know you're just sneaky and shameless!"
Su Mingyu was clearly angry and poured out all her unhappiness.
The King of Yu wasn't angry when she pointed at his nose and scolded him. He just raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly. "I know you're in a bad mood. I won't argue with you. You showed me an interesting scene today, so I've decided to give you a dose of antidote when we get back."
"A dose of antidote?" Su Mingyu was stunned for a moment, then she realized. She glared at the King of Yu venomously, almost out of her wits. "You've clearly captured two people! But you only give me one dose of antidote. How am I supposed to choose?"
"That's your problem." The King of Yu squinted and smiled. He was increasingly fond of the angry look in Su Mingyu's eyes.
Before, although Su Mingyu was confined in the courtyard by him, every time he saw her, she seemed carefree, as if she knew everything but also didn't care about anything, like a puppet without a mind. That calm and detached look made him furious.
But now Su Mingyu was different. Although she was angry and unhappy, she was obviously more vivid than before. There were even many expressions he had never seen on her face. This was the kind of Su Mingyu he wanted by his side.
"It's no use being angry with me." The King of Yu curled his lips. "Instead of wasting your energy, you'd better think about how to explain to the other person who won't get the antidote."