Chapter 68: Counterattack Furious Kiss

  Yun Shallow Moon hummed in her heart, thinking of letting this black-hearted scoundrel continue to be arrogant. Look! He deserved it, best if everyone laughed him to death. Let him be so ashamed that he couldn't show his face, better yet, die by his own hands.

  "Shi...shi zi..." The sound of Xiang Ge's voice was stuttering.

  "Ah..." Rong Jing sighed softly, and although the sigh was light, it still clearly reached Yun Shang Yue's ears.

  Yun Qian's eyebrows rose in satisfaction, who made him that poisonous mouth provoke her, today let him taste the severity. She tidied up her own disheveled skirt, rolled up the light gauze on her arm, and touched the hairpin on her head to make sure it was securely inserted between her hair, before stretching out her hand to lift the curtain.

  Only saw Xuan Ge staring at Rong Jing with a ghostly face, Rong Jing rubbed his forehead and stood there weakly.

  "Miss Qianyue... You're choking my young master..." Xiang Ge turned his head to look at Yun Qianyue, he hadn't seen the commotion inside but had clearly heard it. When Miss Qianyue was viciously choking his young master, he almost couldn't bear to rush in. But he had already received orders from the young master that no matter what she did to him, he wasn't allowed to intervene without permission. He barely endured it. Hoping Miss Qianyue would show some mercy, although the person hadn't been choked to death, looking at the young master's appearance now, this Miss Qianyue didn't leave any face at all.

  "Your family's young master wanted to report to King Yan early, but couldn't bring himself to do it, so I'll help him out." Yun Shangyue said with an unchanged expression. As soon as she finished speaking, she lifted her skirt and lightly jumped off the carriage. Compared to He Rongjing, she seemed full of vitality.

  Xuan Ge's mouth twitched, still feeling heartache for her own young master. She glared at Yun Shang Yue with a reproachful gaze, "Miss Yun Shang Yue, my young master has been so good to you, yet you're so willing to hurt him! He caught a chill yesterday and is still ill! Look at the state he's in now..."

  How can he go out and meet people in this state now? Even he couldn't bear to look at it, let alone others.

  "Yes, that's why I want to be good to him too!" Yun Shangyue looked at Rong Jing with a serious expression, feeling that his little white rabbit appearance made her even more want to bully him, and said so to Xuan Ge.

  Xuan Ge silently watched Yun Shang Yue. She feared that if Miss Shang Yue continued to treat the young master so well, his life would be in her hands. However, thinking about how Miss Shang Yue had risked her own life to cure the young master's deadly poison and save him, all his resentment immediately dissipated. He was too worried, Miss Shang Yue wouldn't kill the young master after all. But...how could the young master go to Xiangxiang Building for dinner in this state?

  Zui Xiang Lou was one of the top restaurants in Tian Sheng City. At this time, it was noon and the place was packed with people. Those who could afford to dine at Zui Xiang Lou were either wealthy or of high social status in Tian Sheng City and beyond. If the young master entered looking like that, wouldn't he ruin his image?

  "What are you still standing there for? Let's go! Isn't this the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion you mentioned? The one that serves delicious lotus leaf smoked chicken." Yun Qianyue saw Rong Jing standing still, took a step forward and walked on, not forgetting to beckon him. Looking at this wine house, it was quite large, with luxurious decorations outside, and there was a faint fragrance wafting out from inside the wine house, smelling which made one feel very hungry.

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing responded softly and followed Yun Shangyue.

  "Your Highness, you...you'd better not go in!" Xuan Ge immediately stopped Rong Jing. Now that the news of Shallow Moon Miss and Rong Feng Young Master's affair had spread far and wide, the capital was already lively enough. He didn't want the Crown Prince to give the citizens of the capital another exciting topic to discuss over tea and dinner, especially with Shallow Moon Miss entering together with him - what would everyone think?

  Rong Jing raised his head and glanced at Xuan Ge, shaking his head, "Nothing!"

  "But... you..." Xuan Ge didn't know how to express himself, wondering if the young master had been driven crazy by Shallow Moon. He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a complete sentence for half a day, and finally shook his head nervously, "Young Master, let's go back to the mansion for dinner! It won't be too late to have Miss Shallow Moon invite you another day!"

  "Xuan Ge, what are you dawdling about? If it were a Japanese girl, she wouldn't even be invited. After today, there won't be another chance." Yun Qian Yue walked ahead in big strides, and upon hearing Xuan Ge's words, immediately turned her head back and hummed at Rong Jing: "Hurry up! Do you still want to eat or not? I don't think you're hungry at all!"

  "Hungry!" Rong Jing's thin lips slightly raised, uttering a word before following Yun Shangyue.

  "The Crown Prince..." Xiang Ge's face was cold and stern, but his eyes were almost in tears.

  Rong Jing glanced at Xuan Ge, who immediately stopped talking and took a step back to make way. He looked at Yun Qian Yue walking quickly in front of him and said weakly, "You're going too fast, I can't keep up!"

  Yun Shallow Moon originally wanted to ignore him, but thinking that others would laugh at him and she couldn't help but take a closer look at his expression. She immediately stopped in her tracks, "Then I'll wait for you!"

  "It's no use walking! You waiting for me won't work either, you should come over and pull me up." Gong Jing stopped in his tracks.

  "Xuan Ge, aren't you going to take your family's young master away?" Yun Qianyue ordered Xuan Ge, who was standing there like a wooden stake.

  Xuan Ge looked at Rong Jing, seeing that his family's heir didn't care about him, but instead was staring at Yun Qian Yue. Having followed the heir for so long, he naturally understood what the heir meant. He let out a helpless sigh, knowing the heir wanted to humiliate him, and he refused to follow along. Seeing the people entering and exiting Zui Xiang Lou had stopped in their tracks, he shook his head at Yun Qian Yue, "I'm not hungry, so I won't go in. Miss Shallow Moon, you just take good care of my family's heir!"

  The words fell, and the strings sang in harmony with the shallow clouds and moon. He got on the horse carriage, pulled the reins, and the carriage headed towards the parking area.

  Yun Shang Yue glared at him, "This guy is completely tactless!" She looked at Rong Jing, who was standing there motionless, looking weak and frail. The red mark on his neck was even more noticeable in the sunlight. She furrowed her brow, "You can't even walk these few steps?"

  "Ah, can't go on." Rong Jing nodded.

  "He can't walk? He has to!" Yun Shang Yue didn't believe that this guy couldn't walk. After being ill for ten years, suffering from the cold poison pill and physical ailments, he could still hold on - what kind of pain was that? Compared to this, a minor chill was nothing! Now that his body had recovered, he suddenly couldn't move - who would believe it?

  "I'm really exhausted now. Originally, my body was fine, but because of the journey rushing day and night to help you climb Lingtai Temple for that..." Rong Jing looked at Yun Shangyue, seemingly understanding what she was thinking.

  "Alright, alright, don't say anymore, it's as if you're afraid the whole world doesn't know about our good deeds. I'll take you away." Yun Shangyue saw that this guy was actually shaking off the Buddha statue that the old emperor was currently investigating in broad daylight, wasn't he asking for death? She saw that the people entering and exiting the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion had stopped in their tracks to look over, her face darkening as she walked back to grab onto Rong Jing's arm, pulling him forward.

  Rong Jing shifted his entire body weight onto Yun Qianyue, and as he glanced around at the people entering or exiting, they all stared at him and Yun Qianyue with their mouths agape in shock. He lowered his head, took a glance at the clear red mark on his neck, and smiled slightly, taking over Yun Qianyue's words, saying in a still weak voice: "It's your own doing, nothing to do with me!"

  "Hmm, it has nothing to do with you!" Yun Shangyue thought that the money had no relation to him at all. He just needed to acknowledge it, and it would all be hers. Thinking this way made her feel extremely good. Even her footsteps, as she pulled along Rong Jing, became lighter by a few degrees. She didn't think about anything else at all.

  Rong Jing no longer spoke, lowering his head as Yun Shangyue pulled him forward.

  Before long, the two of them arrived at the entrance. Rong Jing raised his eyes and took a glance around, seeing that those people were still maintaining their postures when they saw them, not moving an inch. Everyone's face was filled with shocked expressions, as if they had all been petrified. He blinked his eyes weakly and said: "We... might as well go back! Let's not eat anymore! I don't need you..."

  "No way!" Yun Shangyue flatly refused. They had already reached the door, and she seemed to have caught a whiff of the lotus leaf smoked chicken. Besides, how could she let him off the hook so easily? Dream on! She was going to make sure he paid for this meal no matter what.

  "Me... " Rong Jing spoke again in a weak tone, his voice extremely low. But in this quiet place where even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard, his voice easily entered everyone's ears, "Qian Yue, I'm really too tired, don't want to eat anything. It's not good for us to be seen like this by others..."

  Yun Shangyue heard that voice and felt a chill, turning her head to glare fiercely at Rong Jing, warning: "Behave yourself! If you don't listen, I'll strangle you to death."

  Want to run? The door is gone! Who made him offend her?!

  Rong Jing seemed to sigh again and this time obediently stopped talking.

  Yun Shallow Moon thought to herself, "If this guy's mouth was always so obedient, that would be great." But she couldn't understand why he had just been willing to be choked to death rather than yield, and yet now he was suddenly being so obedient. Was it because of the crowd? She glanced around and only then did she realize that those people were all staring at her and Rong Jing in a daze, no, most of their gazes were fixed on Rong Jing. Suddenly, she felt satisfied. This was just right, this was exactly what she wanted - to make this guy lose face!

  Rong Jing suddenly raised her head, her eyes gleaming with a hint of amusement as she glanced at Yun Shangyue, before quickly lowering her eyelashes to conceal the smile in her eyes. She was pulled along by Yun Shangyue's steps into the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion.

  Two people entered the Drunken Fragrance Building, one foot inside and one foot outside, and before they even went in, they became the focus of attention at the Drunken Fragrance Building.

  "Two guests..." The shopkeeper's "please" got stuck in his throat. The tray in his hand fell to the ground, making a crisp sound, and the dishes were all spilled on the floor, splashing him with water stains. He seemed unaware of it, his eyes wide open, his mouth agape, frozen in shock, staring at the two people as if he had swallowed a fly.

  After a clear sound, the shopkeeper at the door heard the pen in his hand "pa" fall to the ground. He opened his mouth wide and wanted to make a sound, but not even half a voice came out. He was also stunned, with a look like he had swallowed a fly. In shock, he seemed to have turned into a statue, motionless, staring at the two of them.

  Immediately afterwards, countless gasps sounded at the same time, and some people even exclaimed.

  Then countless clear and crisp sounds rang out one after another, chopsticks fell to the ground, plates were overturned, chairs were kicked away, and even a table was knocked over by being startled, for a time, the sound of crackling and popping continued uninterrupted inside the Drunken Fragrance Building.

  Yun Shallow Moon was startled by this array. She had expected that bringing Rong Jing in with this appearance would cause a stir, but she hadn't expected it to be such a stir. Her gaze swept towards the crowd inside the Drunken Fragrance Building, and all she saw were people with the same expression as the shopkeeper and his apprentices earlier - everyone was frozen in shock, their faces twisted into a single expression, like ancient Greek sculptures, each one's pose contorted into an expression of astonishment.

  Such a scene quickly reached the brain from Yun Shallow Moon's eyes, and after swirling in the brain for a while, it formed into a painting, or a great masterpiece.

  She thought at once that she must paint this picture!

  And then look back at Rong Jing's expression for the second time!

  Only to see Rong Jing's face and expression were as familiar as ever, clear and calm, warm and gentle, without a hint of awkwardness, shame, regret, or even the expected turning around and walking away. There was no emotion at all. She couldn't help but feel disappointed, thinking that this wasn't a wolf in sheep's clothing, but rather a black fox that had become a spirit.

  Turning her head to look at the crowd, the crowd still maintained their shocked posture as they had just stepped into the Drunken Fragrance Building. Without even blinking an eye, Yun Shang Yue felt that this scene where everyone was turned into a sculpture was a bit exaggerated, but it indeed matched Rong Jing's identity!

  "You're going to be the talk of the town from now on!" Yun Qian Yue tilted her head and smiled at Rong Jing. Isn't this what she wanted? The more people pointed fingers and laughed at him, the more satisfied she'd feel.

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing responded with a barely audible voice and smiled, saying: "Thanks to your blessing!"

  "You'd better behave yourself from now on and don't provoke me again. Otherwise..." Yun Qianyue hummed, warning.

  Rong Jing looked at her triumphant expression, as if she had won a battle. He lowered his head and smiled without saying a word.

  "Go!" Yun Qian Yue supported him and stepped across the threshold, loudly asking the shop assistants and the boss, "Is there still room? Find us a place!"

  Her words fell, and no one responded.

  Yun pouted, looking at the young man and the shopkeeper closest to her. Had they really turned into statues? She shouted again: "Hey, I'm asking you if there's still room! We want to eat!"

  Still no one responded.

  "Are you deaf?" Yun Qianyue shouted again.

  Still no one answered. Everyone's expression didn't change at all.

  Yun Shallow Moon felt a bit disappointed, "Can't be, right?" She and Rong Jing were two living people, why did these people look like they had seen a ghost? She tilted her head to look at Rong Jing, "How about we change places?"

  "Are you not going to have lotus leaf smoked chicken anymore?" Rong Jing raised an eyebrow.

  Nature has to eat! But it also needs to be loud and moving! Yun Shangyue stared at the young man in front of her and the shopkeeper, wondering if she needed to go over and kick him to make him work?

  Yun Shang Yue hadn't acted yet, and only heard Rong Jing slowly and leisurely ask the shopkeeper in a moderate tone, "Shopkeeper, is there still room to sit?"

  "Yes...yes..." The shopkeeper woke up with a start and hastily replied.

  What! Isn't this a blatant contempt for her? Is her character that bad? Yun Shang Yue's originally comfortable heart suddenly became uncomfortable.

  "Lead the way!" Jingwen ordered in a warm voice.

  "Alright, alright, I'll lead the way..." The shopkeeper seemed to want to throw down the pen and ledger in his hand, but after throwing it for a moment, he found that his hands were empty. He immediately left the table, trembling as he walked towards Rong Jing and Yun Shangyue, even brushing against the corner of the table without noticing.

  As expected, the table fell with a loud "crash". The account books on the table scattered all over the floor. The shopkeeper also fell to the ground with a "thud" after being tripped. A big toad let out a painful cry.

  The cloud was shallow and the moon had passed by, unable to bear looking at it. Thinking that after this fall, the old man who is over fifty years old can still get up, is Rong Jing so terrifying? No, should I say Rong Jing is so terrifying?

  She obviously underestimated Rong Jing's position in the minds of the people of Tian Sheng!

  The high-flying Cloudstone fell to the ground one day, and that would have crushed a large number of people!

  At the sound of this loud noise, the guests in the Drunken Fragrance Building finally came back to their senses, but they didn't move, just rolled their eyes, only for a moment, and quickly turned them back again, once more gazing at Rong Jing and Yun Qian Yue.

  Yun Shallow Moon silently gazed at the roof. The roof was inlaid with pearls and jade, shining brightly, extremely luxurious. The interior decoration of the Drunken Fragrance Building was obviously more elegant and refined than its exterior appearance, with an extremely high grade. She thought that by taking a look at this crowded scene, she would know that the owner of the Drunken Fragrance Building must have made a fortune.

  The shopkeeper on the ground didn't get up for half a day, with a stunned expression on his face. Yún Qiū Yuè saw Róng Jǐng standing still, thinking that as a human being, he couldn't be so cold-blooded, immediately loosened his grip on Róng Jǐng's arm and walked over to offer the shopkeeper a hand, "Did you get knocked down? Let me help you up!"

  "No...no need..." The shopkeeper suddenly stopped hurting and quickly scrambled to his feet. He hastily dodged Yun Shangyue's hand, looking flustered.

  Yun Qianyue's body was slightly bent, her hand stiffened in mid-air, and she thought gloomily, "Is she that scary?" Unconcerned, she withdrew her hand, but asked with concern, "Do you want to call a doctor? That knock just now wasn't light!"

  "No, no need, thank you...... Miss Shallow Moon..." The shopkeeper immediately took two steps back, keeping a certain distance from Yun Shangyue, and bowed repeatedly in fear.

  "It's fine since nothing happened. Is there anywhere to sit? Let's eat." Yún Qiǎn Yuè thought that if she had known it would be so difficult to have a meal, even if she wanted to see Róng Jǐng laugh at her, she wouldn't have come. She didn't know why she had insisted on arguing with that scoundrel just now. Now it seemed like it really wasn't a wise move! When did she also become childish?

  "There is... there is..." The shopkeeper didn't dare lift his head and hastily said: "Young master, please... Miss Shallow Moon, please..."

  "Let's go!" Yong Jing walked over slowly.

  "Yes, old man will lead the way..." The shopkeeper immediately turned around and stumbled upstairs.

  Yun Qian Yue followed closely behind. Rong Jing also lifted his feet slowly, his footsteps were as light and elegant as ever.

  Yun Shang Yue went up two steps before she realized that her body was lighter, without the burden of dragging along. She turned back to look at Rong Jing with a cold hum, just now still looking like he was about to die and couldn't move, but now he looked fine. It was clear that he had been pretending. She gritted her teeth, in order to get food from good places, she decided to ignore him.

  Rong Jing gazed at the back of Yun Qian Yue, his eyes catching the crowd in Zui Xiang Lou following their gaze, a hint of smile seemed to settle in his clear spring-like eyes, and if one looked closely, they could see that the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

  He went upstairs, and the shopkeeper's stumbling footsteps seemed to have stabilized a bit, but his body still couldn't stop shaking. It was unclear whether he was excited or afraid.

  Yun Qianyue watched from behind as the shopkeeper, thinking that this old man would probably age a few years in just one day.

  The shopkeeper didn't stop on the second floor and turned another corner towards the third floor.

  "Isn't there a place on the second floor?" Yun Shangyue raised an eyebrow, what she wanted to ask was how hot this business is? How much money can be made? Isn't the owner of this store getting rich?

  "Welcome... welcome Miss Yun Shangyue, the third floor has a room with a sky character number one, a elegant room by the window. It's always been reserved, except... no one has ever used it..." The shopkeeper immediately trembled his voice to respectfully explain to Cloud Shallow Moon.

  Yun Qian nodded slightly and stopped asking. She thought that she shouldn't be considered a noble guest, it was the guy behind her who deserved such treatment. Turning back, she glanced at Rong Jing again, meeting his gaze directly, and clearly saw the smile in his eyes. She gave him a fierce stare before turning away.

  He went up to the third floor and came to a position by the window. The shopkeeper immediately pushed open the door, lifted the curtain, stood at the door with his body bent, and said in an extremely humble tone and gesture: "This room has been cleaned every day just in case... Young Master... Young Master please, Miss Shallow Moon please!"

  The shopkeeper hadn't finished speaking when Yun Shangyue completely ignored what he was saying and walked in.

  Rong Jing glanced at the shopkeeper with a faint look, swept his eyes around the room, and nodded, "Not bad!"

  "It's really great, indeed the best room! Is this your best room?" Yun Shu also looked around the room, which was spacious and bright, clean and dust-free, elegantly decorated, with every piece of furniture carefully arranged. On the side facing the street was a large window made of a transparent material that resembled crystal but wasn't crystal. She walked over to touch it and found out it was actually just simple glass, only without the modern technology to make clear glass, so the view outside wasn't as clear, but still astonishing enough.

  "Back to Miss Yun Shangyue, it's the best room..." The shopkeeper immediately replied. His waist also straightened a lot, I don't know if it was because of Rong Jing's praise or because of Yun Shangyue's astonished expression when looking at that glass.

  "Rong Jing, come and see this! It's actually glass!" Yun Qiu Yue forgot the grudge between them and turned around to excitedly wave at Rong Jing.

  Yun Qianyue's face was filled with shock again as she shouted out Rong Jing's name, her mouth agape.

  Rong Jing followed Yun's gaze and walked over to the window, looked at it, then turned back to her with a look of surprise and excitement, smiled faintly, and slightly raised an eyebrow, "Glass?"

  "Isn't this glass? Then what is it?" Yun Qianyue was taken aback and asked.

  "The glass... is indeed so." Rong Jing lowered his head in thought for a moment, then raised it and said lightly: "This is probably the glass you were talking about! It fits its meaning." As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something and asked the shopkeeper, "Does this window have a name?"

  "Hui Shi Zi, not yet..." The shopkeeper hastily shook his head.

  "Then let's call it glass from now on!" Rong Jing said.

  "Yes!" The shopkeeper nodded immediately.

  Yun Shallow Moon was taken aback again, and the names of the glass and the cat's whiskers were all given by her. Her mouth twitched, feeling that something was wrong, but she didn't bother to care. She touched the glass again, looking at the street below, and thought of her own high-rise office building, where she would often stand in front of the window, exhausted, with a faint sadness on her heart. She tried to shake off the sadness and turned to the shopkeeper: "Bring out all your best dishes, and do it quickly!"

  "Yes, I'll go right away!" The shopkeeper glanced at Rong Jing and saw that he had no objection, so he hastily turned around and left.

  "He seems to be very afraid of you?" Yun Shangyue looked at Rong Jing, sizing up his face. "You have one nose, one eye, and one mouth, so why do others look at you as if you're a three-headed, six-armed monster? Why are they all so afraid of you?"

  "How come you don't think it's because I'm afraid of you?" Yun Jing raised an eyebrow lightly.

  Yun Pian Yue thought of the shopkeeper's distant attitude towards her, and felt a pang of depression in her heart. She was after all a good young woman who had done countless good deeds to save the country and its people. But how did she become someone that everyone feared and avoided? She gave Rong Jing a cold glance, hummed softly, turned around and sat down on the soft couch by the window with a plop, stretching her waist comfortably. Feeling the couch was made of high-quality wood, she immediately asked, "What's the boss's surname and name here? Do you know?"

  "What do you want to do? Are you going to move this place away and hide it for yourself?" Gong Jing raised an eyebrow.

  "A gentleman loves wealth and takes it in a proper way. Do you think everyone is as greedy for money as you are? This place is good, the boss here hasn't offended me yet, I haven't had the heart to take advantage of him. It's just that I want to make friends with him. With so much money, after becoming friends, it'll be great to hang out and eat and drink together!" Yun Shuoyue said calmly, her face not turning red at all.

  Rong Jing raised an eyebrow, turned around and slowly sat down on another soft couch, seemingly exhausted as he rubbed his forehead, closed his eyes and said: "I think you can forget it, the boss of this place hasn't appeared since the establishment of this wine house. You probably won't be able to find him."

  "Don't you know either?" Yun Shangyue asked.

  "Do you think I know everything? Don't forget that I've been bedridden for ten years with a serious illness." Jing reminded her.

  "It's also!" Yun Shallow Moon thought that there were many capable people in the world, and it wasn't just this guy in front of her who was a capable person. She didn't ask any more questions.

  Rong Jing didn't say another word.

  "Hey, what about those people down there?" Yun Shangyue asked again after sitting for a while.

  "You can go out and take a look!" suggested Rong Jing.

  "Boring!" Yun Qian Yue snorted, also closing her eyes. After sitting for a while, she still couldn't help but wonder if the stone statues downstairs had come back to life. She got up and walked out of the room, looking down from the stairs, only to see that they were still in the same state as when they came up. She couldn't help but reflect on herself and Rong Jing, wondering if they really looked so terrifying? Feeling a bit depressed, she turned around and walked back into the room.

  "Everyone below has been petrified!" Yun Qiu Yue walked up to Rong Jing, saw that he had his eyes closed and wasn't making a sound, with an expression of not being interested in asking questions. She kicked him with her foot, "No one was killed, right?"

  "Aren't you worried about losing lives? I said I wouldn't come in, but you insisted on dragging me in." Rong Jing opened his eyes and looked at her, seeing her gloomy expression, he smiled and said: "Aren't you someone who fears neither heaven nor earth?"

  "Nonsense! We've already arrived at the entrance, and not eating is not my style! Besides, who told you to look so enticing? This appearance of yours is rare in a hundred years, naturally everyone wants to take a look, come and worship the noble son of the Jing family who has descended from heaven and been tainted with color. What are they afraid of? They should thank me." Yun Shangyue said with her face upturned.

  "Hmm, I should thank you! You've smeared my reputation black." Rong Jing gazed at Yun Shang Yue with a profound and enigmatic look, his words seeming to imply something yet not quite.

  Yun Shallow Moon suddenly glared, "Is it my good white paper that was smeared black by your wicked heart?"

  How dare you play the villain and inform against others first!

  "In these years, who has been stirring up trouble and making a big show? Whose evil reputation has spread far and wide? Who is the spoiled brat that everyone avoids? Who makes the Emperor's head ache and Old Master Yun jump with rage, yet Master Yun can't do anything about it?" Rong Jing raised an eyebrow, looking at Yun Shangyue.

  The clouds are shallow and the moon is bright, it must be her!

  "I haven't left the mansion in ten years, and to outsiders, I'm like a blank sheet of paper. But since leaving the mansion and meeting you, I've been constantly smeared by you. For example, at the imperial palace, I saved you from Night Sky's clutches and prevented you from being imprisoned. Again, at Lingtai Temple, I was locked in the underground Buddha hall with you to save you. And again, when you were detained at Rong Wang Fu for half a month, I taught you how to be a prince, but it seems I didn't teach you well enough. Now, this situation is also thanks to you. I wonder what rumors will start circulating outside from today on!" Rong Jing stretched out his hand to support his forehead, sighing repeatedly, seemingly extremely helpless. "I'm afraid I'll be killed by you!"

  "You should have died!" Yun Qianyue snorted, no matter how she thought about it, it didn't feel right. She furrowed her brow and said: "Of course outsiders would mock you, the number one prodigy of Tian Sheng, for seeking fame and fortune! What else can be spread around?"

  "Spread it... Ah, never mind!" Rong Jing had a helpless and wronged expression.

  "It's not like I'm going to say anything, anyway it's definitely about you. I came in fine and left fine, didn't do anything, what can they possibly say about me?" Yun Shangyue sat back on the couch with a nonchalant attitude, closed her eyes, and started thinking about lotus leaf smoked chicken. She thought to herself, why is that shopkeeper taking so long to bring it over?

  "Rumors are the most frightening, a real event can be twisted into a hundred different versions. Although outsiders may have laughed at me now, I'm sure you won't be able to escape either. After all, your reputation has been further elevated due to today's imperial decree of betrothal. However, judging from the current situation, Rong Feng is someone who values face, so even if the emperor agrees, he probably wouldn't dare marry you now. Alas, I was still looking forward to you marrying him and serving me tea, pouring water, and addressing me as 'uncle' morning and night. Now it seems quite difficult."

  The faint moonlight dissipated and the fiery energy retreated, but upon hearing this matter, it suddenly surged up again, irritably saying: "Can't you not mention it?"

  "Aren't you curious about my relationship with Rong Yun? How come I'm not even allowed to mention it now?" Rong Jing raised an eyebrow, smiling ambiguously at Yun Shangyue. "Wasn't it you who swore in the arena that you wouldn't marry anyone else? Who said your heart was truer than gold? It turns out it's just a fleeting change of heart? Is this what they mean by 'a heart truer than gold'?"

  Yun Qian Yue was choked with emotion and stared at Rong Jing without saying a word.

  "At that time, my nephew saw a woman who was so devoted to him with the determination of not marrying anyone else. He must have been very happy and touched. But if he found out that the woman who made him happy and touched was actually someone who was insincere, had no integrity, changed her words easily, spoke nonsense, and fooled people around, what do you think he would feel?" Rong Jing asked with a smile.

  Yun's face suddenly turned black again.

  "You must have never thought of these things, right? You probably don't want to marry him now either. Just thinking that if you don't marry him, you won't have to serve me morning and night, ask for my well-being, and pour tea for me whenever he calls me uncle... Ah, poor kid, who made me his uncle?! This is really depressing."

  Yun Qian Yue's face was blacker than the coal in Shanxi Datong, she glared at Rong Jing angrily.

  Rong Jing stretched out his hand and stroked her forehead again, as if he was worried about her and also pitied Rong Feng.

  Yun Shallow Moon looked at Rong Jing, and as she looked, her dark face faded away, and suddenly she smiled, a smile that was extremely light, extremely warm, like the spring breeze and fine rain. After a moment, she said word by word: "Who says I regret not marrying him? Although I'm disappointed, although I'm resentful, although I hate to put you and him back in your mother's womb to be reborn again without any relationship, although I think about it in my heart, but from start to finish, I never said I wouldn't marry him?"

  Rong Jing was taken aback, his hand paused as he stroked his forehead.

  Yun Qian's smile became even more gentle and charming, her voice no longer harsh but soft and melodious, extremely pleasant to the ear. She spoke slowly and clearly: "Why should I be afraid of giving you morning and evening greetings? Since I married Rong Feng, I am his wife, and as a couple, we are one entity. If he calls you uncle, that's proper. As his wife, it's natural for me to call you that too. What's there to fear? It just proves that you're older than Rong Feng! Who wouldn't want their husband to be young, handsome, and strong? Rong Feng is skilled in martial arts, looks good, and I'm sure his writing skills are also excellent. I don't think I've lost out at all! Compared to giving you morning and evening greetings, the time I spend with him every day is still longer than the time spent on greetings."

  Rong Jing's eyes slightly sank, and a hint of blackness surged up from the clear bottom of her eyes.

  Yun Shallow Moon continued to smile extremely warmly, while using a scrutinizing and disdainful gaze to size up Rong Jing, saying: "With your current state, who knows when you'll be facing down into the yellow earth and backing into the coffin? At that time, your memorial tablet will be enshrined in the Rong Wang Fu ancestral hall! I know, I'll definitely give you three loud kowtows. Every year during festivals, we'll congratulate you on joining the Rong Wang Fu ancestors' ranks. Rong Feng and I will burn incense for you together. If by then you're married with a wife, we'll also pay respects to her; if not, we'll arrange a ghostly marriage for you."

  In an instant, a black shadow swept across his eyelids, and his hand trembled as he touched his forehead.

  The cloud was shallow and the moon was faint, but the smile on his face grew deeper, illuminating the entire room with its warmth. He continued, "Don't worry, when the time comes, you'll definitely find a woman who's worthy of you. Qin Yuxin has literary talent, beauty, and is more than enough to match you. Why don't you just marry her first? It would be delightful for me and Rong Feng to have such a beautiful woman as our younger sister-in-law. At least it's better than marrying some ugly woman who makes people uncomfortable. If Qin Gong or the Emperor doesn't allow her to marry you, and you can't live without her, I'll wait until Qin Yuxin dies and then steal her corpse from her husband's family to bury her with you. That way, your heart's desire will be fulfilled..."

  "Are you done talking nonsense?" Rong Jing suddenly interrupted Yun Qianyue, his usual gentle voice deepened. Looking at her, his entire eyes were dark and deep, the whirlpool expanding larger and larger, as if wanting to suck Yun Qianyue in and drown her.

  Yun Qian Yue looked at Rong Jing, feeling completely relieved in her heart. Her face still smiled like a flower, "No! I haven't finished speaking yet, if... ah..."

  Yun Qian Yue was about to continue speaking when, out of nowhere, Rong Jing's arm reached over and pulled her with great force. She was dragged into his arms in an instant. She didn't know that this weak-bodied man who had been pretending to be dead for half a day actually had such strength. She let out a cry of surprise as she crashed into him, and just as she was about to get up, he pressed her down firmly.

  "Hey, what are you doing?" Yun Qianyue growled in a low voice, her anger rising.

  Rong Jing lowered his head, looking at Yun Shang Yue, one hand grasping her wrist and the other pinching her slender waist. He remained leaning against the soft couch, unmoving, locking her in his embrace. The two were only a hair's breadth apart, intimate and inseparable. His face was mere inches from hers, his eyes fixed on Yun Shang Yue's angry countenance, where a hint of darkness seeped through her normally radiant complexion, and a glimmer of danger flickered in the depths of her eyes. Yet, his voice was as gentle as a cloud on a breeze, low and soothing, "You haven't finished speaking, continue, just like this, I'll let you speak your fill today, how is that?"

  "Let go, I can't talk like this!" Yun Shuoyue's heart was slightly panicked as she used force to withdraw her hand and the body that had been locked in place by him. She found that whether it was her wrist that he had grasped tightly or her body that he had locked in place, neither of them moved an inch. She thought to herself that she had truly underestimated this black-hearted man - how could she have forgotten that he was a black mushroom and also a fox spirit who had cultivated to perfection? In a moment of complacency, she had let her guard down and fallen into his trap.

  "Can't say? Hmm?" Rong Jing's voice was extremely low, a rare calmness like water.

  Although Yun Shang was nervous in her heart, she didn't show fear on her face. She said irritably, "Of course I won't say anything! If you let me go, I'll definitely tell you everything. I guarantee you'll enjoy listening."

  "Did I shut your mouth?" Rong Jing's gaze fell on Yun Shangyue's lips, his eyes narrowing slightly.

  Yun Qian Yue saw his expression, and her head immediately hid backwards. She had just dodged away for a moment when Rong Jing's body slightly leaned forward, getting closer to her by another inch. She immediately shouted loudly, "Get back! Let go quickly! Ah...... you......"

  Rong Jing gazed at Yun Qian Yue, seeing the turmoil in her emotions, and yet he remained unmoved. He looked at her for a long time, then slowly leaned in, his cool lips accurately covering hers just as she opened her eyes wide to avoid him, but there was no escape.

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