Chapter 26: A Sudden Turn of Events

  Although it was a beautiful night scene, the shallow clouds and moon were really too tired. After dinner, he couldn't bear the drowsiness anymore, and even getting up to bed was too lazy, his body leaned over and fell onto Rong Jing's body, closed his eyes, and soon light and even breathing sounds came out.

  Rong Jing was taken aback, and he turned his head to look at Yun Shangyue, who had fallen asleep with her head down, her face tired. His eyes were filled with emotion and tenderness. After a moment, he put down his chopsticks, gently picked her up, and walked towards the bed. When they reached the bedside, he placed her on the large bed, carefully removed her clothes, and saw that her smooth skin was not as radiant as it usually was. He changed her into pajamas, adjusted her position to make her comfortable, and then covered her with a quilt. Throughout this process, Yun Shangyue remained very still and quiet.

  After helping Rong Yue to lie down, Yong Jing did not go to bed or leave immediately. Instead, he sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her. For many years, he had been sleeping alone, suffering from the cold poison's torture. He thought that this life was very short and would pass like this until he slowly died from the cold poison's torment. But unexpectedly, heaven favored him, letting her help him resolve the cold poison and reclaim his life. So what reason did he have to not hold onto her?

  No matter how noble the position bestowed upon him by the people, no matter how heavy the responsibilities entrusted to him by the royal court. No matter how vast and wide the outside world may be, or how dazzling and resplendent it may seem, he felt that his world was contained within this one person. Just gazing at her lying on his bed, without a shred of defense, sleeping peacefully and soundly, made him feel content.

  If time could stop at this moment, he thought he would be willing to trade his life for it!

  "Your Highness!" A voice in a blue robe came from outside.

  Her thoughts were interrupted, and she suppressed the emotions that had leaked into her eyes, responding faintly with a simple "Mm!"

  "Old Master Wang has sent someone to pass on a message, saying that you should go there once." Qing Shang said in a soft voice.

  "Now?" Rong Jing raised an eyebrow.

  "It's now!" Qing Shang nodded.

  Rong Jing glanced at Yun Shangyue, saw that she was sleeping soundly, and got up to leave. When he reached the door, he looked at Qing Shuang and whispered: "She's already asleep, keep your voices down so you don't wake her."

  "Yes!" Qing Shang immediately responded.

  Rong Jing walked slowly out of the Purple Bamboo Garden.

  Qing Shuang saw Rong Jing leave, hesitated for a moment, thinking that the young master had specifically instructed him, and did not leave, but instead guarded the door.

  Rong Jing had just left for a short while when suddenly someone burst into the Zizhu Garden, Qing Shuang was shocked and the eighteen hidden guards appeared instantly, their swords drawn, surrounding that person.

  Qing Shang immediately ignited the flint, and saw that the eighteen hidden guards surrounding the person were Ye Qianyan. She hastily walked forward, her face not looking good, saying: "Dye Xiao Wangye, if you want to see my family's heir, send someone to notify us! Knives and swords are blind, how can you enter in the middle of the night like this? If you get hurt, who will be responsible?"

  "What a formidable little lass! Do they think they can harm this young king?" Ye Qingyan smiled proudly, looking at the eighteen Yin Guards surrounding him, his eyebrows raised high. "This young king has long wanted to experience the martial arts of the eighteen Yin Souls under the weak and beautiful woman's command, but unfortunately, there hasn't been an opportunity. Today is just right for a try!"

  Qing Shang furrowed her brow and said in a low voice, "Dye Xiao Wang Ye, you can learn the martial arts of the Eighteen Hidden Souls, but not today, and not now. Miss Shallow Moon is sleeping. If you wake her up, I won't be polite to you. Although your martial arts are strong and you're not afraid of the Eighteen Hidden Souls' skills, it's hard to guarantee that you won't get hurt. If you get hurt, I won't take responsibility."

  "Oh? So early and Little Xiao is already asleep?" Ye Qingran raised an eyebrow.

  "Miss Shallow Moon is indeed asleep." Qing Shang nodded, looking at Ye Qianyan, her voice as low as possible. "Are you here to find my young master? My young master has gone to Old Master Wang's place. I can send someone to take you to Old Master Wang's place."

  "I'm not here for him, I'm just here for Xiao Yatou." Ye Qingran shook her head.

  "Are you looking for Miss Shallow Moon?" Qing Shang was taken aback, she naturally knew that Miss Shallow Moon and this Young Master Wang were close, and somewhat awkwardly said: "I just said, Miss Shallow Moon is too tired today, she went to sleep early. If Young Master has anything, please come back tomorrow after Miss Shallow Moon wakes up!"

  "Is she tired? What did she do to be so tired? She's sleeping so early?" Ye Qingran clearly didn't believe it, looking at Qing Shuang, "I must see what kind of tricks this weak beauty is playing, hiding Xiao Yatou in the Purple Bamboo Garden and not letting her out."

  "It's not that our young master is hiding Miss Shallow Moon, but rather Miss Shallow Moon's body is too weak. Our young master is helping Miss Shallow Moon adjust her breath." Qing Shan immediately shook his head.

  "This talk may fool others, but it won't work on me. Although Little Sister's body is weak, don't think I don't know that it was Weak Beauty who used her tricks to make Little Sister so frail. That day, I didn't expose him because I was thinking of what's good for Little Sister." Ye Qingran looked at Qing Shuang with an unpleasant expression.

  Qing Shuang thought that this Dye Xiao Wang Ye was indeed a master who couldn't be fooled, she hesitated for a moment and truthfully said: "It's Miss Shallow Moon who studied needlework and embroidery all day today. She was really too tired and went to sleep early."

  "What is she learning needlework and embroidery for?" Ye Qingran was somewhat surprised.

  Qing Shan shook her head, "Miss Shallow Moon suddenly wants to learn, I don't know either." As she finished speaking, she saw Ye Qingyan looking puzzled and said in a low voice, "All girls love this, where is there one who doesn't? Perhaps Miss Shallow Moon wants to embroider something!"

  The night lightly furrows her brow.

  Qing Shang hastily said: "Miss Shallow Moon has really fallen asleep, Young Master Wang, if you have anything to do, come back tomorrow. If not, what can I tell Miss Shallow Moon when she wakes up?"

  "No way!" Night Light fell silent for a moment, then suddenly waved her hand, her tone firm. "I must see her today! You go wake her up for me right now. She knows I'm here, she'll definitely get up! Otherwise, tell me where she lives and I'll go in myself to wake her."

  Qing Shang's eyebrows furrowed tightly as she stood still, shaking her head. "Miss Shallow Moon is really too tired! You'd better..."

  "What's with all the nonsense?" Ye Qingchen was too lazy to listen anymore, and warned Qing Xiu: "If you don't want me to personally destroy this precious treasure of your family's young master, then hurry up and call for help. Otherwise, I, the young prince, won't show any mercy."

  Qing Shuang hesitated, looking at Ye Qing Ran, if she were to wake up the Eighteenth Young Master and the others, they might disturb Miss Shallow Moon. But if she went to call for help, the Young Master had instructed her not to disturb Miss Shallow Moon, so she would be disobeying his orders. She looked at Ye Qing Ran with some difficulty, trying to persuade him, "Young Master Ye, is there something very important? I won't deceive you, Miss Shallow Moon really is sleeping from exhaustion. From dawn till dusk today, she didn't rest, and didn't even eat lunch, only falling asleep after dinner."

  "Just learn some needlework and be done with it! Why must you study to the point of risking your life?" Ye Qingran clearly didn't believe her, thinking that Yun Shang Yue's exhaustion was probably real, but what she was studying might not necessarily be needlework. A surge of irritation suddenly rose up in his heart, and he angrily said: "Are you trying to stop me? Then I won't hold back!"

  The words had barely fallen when Ye Qing suddenly made her move, a burst of palm wind whistling past like an avalanche, heading straight for the direction of Qing Shan.

  The blue shirt was shocked and didn't dare to harden, hurriedly dodging. The eighteen hidden souls saw the night lightly stained with movement, and in an instant, they took action. In a flash, more than a dozen silver lights flashed by, and more than a dozen figures entwined together.

  Yun Qian Yue was woken up by the noise, opened her eyes, frowned and looked outside, just about to get up. At this moment, Rong Jing walked in from outside, his warm voice with a hint of gloominess, "Everyone stop!"

  Yun Qian Yue's body, which was about to sit up, lay back down again. With a thick layer of drowsiness, she closed her eyes and continued sleeping.

  The eighteen hidden souls stopped immediately after hearing Rong Jing's words, and Ye Qing also stopped. Turning back to see Rong Jing at the door, he hummed with a bad face: "Weak beauty, you hide Xiao Yatou in your mansion! What kind of evil plan are you up to?"

  "You came here today, just to see what kind of evil intentions I have?" Rong Jing waved his hand at Shi Ba, who retreated immediately. He raised an eyebrow and looked at Ye Qing Ran.

  "Of course this is the most important thing! I, Xiao Wang, want to see what you're doing with your black heart and lungs! Little girl's thoughts are simple, don't corrupt her." Ye Qingran said.

  Rong Jing heard Ye Qing Ran say that Yun Shang Yue's thoughts were pure and simple, wanting to laugh. Was she deceiving the world, even deceiving Ye Qing Ran? If her thoughts were pure, then who was the cold and rational woman he saw that morning, who controlled her feelings within a certain limit? If her thoughts were pure, did someone else do those shocking things in private all these years? If her thoughts were pure, why did he have to work so hard to bind her to his side, and even now, when she lived in his courtyard, slept in his bed, and said she liked him with affectionate eyes, gasping for breath, lying in his arms, still couldn't make his heart feel at ease?

  "I must see Xiao Yatou today!" Ye Qingran stared intently at Rong Jing, not missing the expression on his face that seemed to be a mix of sighs, amusement, and helplessness, but felt an inexplicable discomfort in her heart. Her tone became even more resolute.

  "What do you think I can do to her?" Rong Jing looked at Ye Qingyan with a smile.

  "You can do anything! You're the most versatile!"

  "You're one to talk!" Rong Jing chuckled, neither confirming nor denying. He walked slowly into the courtyard, came to Ye Qing's side and continued walking without stopping, saying to him: "If you want to see what I did to her, why don't you follow me in and take a look? Or you can ask her yourself, see if I wronged her."

  Ye Qing followed behind Rong Jing with a frown on her face.

  Arriving at the door, Rong Jing didn't turn his head back, nor did he say "please come in", he simply lifted the curtain and walked in.

  Ye Qing's footsteps suddenly came to a halt.

  Rong Jing entered the room and took a glance at Yun Qian Yue, who was still fast asleep on the bed. His eyebrows were gentle, but he didn't hear Ye Qing Ran's footsteps approaching from behind. He turned his head to look towards the door, "What? Not coming in? Didn't you want to see her? She's right here in my room, sleeping."

  Ye Qingran suddenly turned around and walked away, saying coldly: "Tell Little Wang to come again tomorrow!"

  Rong Jing raised an eyebrow but didn't speak, watching as Ye Qingchen walked away, his eyes calm as still water.

  Ye Qingyan took two big strides forward, suddenly turned her head to take a glance, and then lightly tapped her toes, her figure flashing as she floated out of the Purple Bamboo Garden.

  Qing Shuang felt as if her heart had stopped beating at this moment. She thought that originally, Xiao Wang Ye also liked Shallow Moon Miss! Then what about the Princess Ye from Nanjiang? She was somewhat puzzled, looking towards the main house, and hurriedly came over to apologize, "Young Master, slave..."

  "It's nothing! You've had a long day today, go and rest!" Yong Jing waved his hand, his voice calm.

  "Yes!" Qing Shang responded with a single word and turned around to walk away.

  Rong Jing came to the bedside and sat down, looking at Yun Shang Yue. He brushed away her disheveled hair that covered half of her face, smoothed it out, and gazed at her serene sleeping expression. After a long while, he leaned in, lowered his head, and planted a kiss on her lips. In a low, murmuring tone, with a mix of annoyance and melancholy, he whispered: "It's not that I should have embroidered a rotten peach blossom for you, but rather you should have embroidered one for me!"

  After he finished speaking, he gently got into bed, wrapped his arms around her and closed his eyes.

  Yun Shallow Moon slept soundly for one night, but Rong Jing didn't fall asleep until deep in the night.

  On the second day, Yun Shang woke up early and saw that Rong Jing was still asleep. Probably because of her sleeping position last night, she had squeezed him to the edge of the bed. She felt a little guilty, thinking that he must not have slept well all night. She wanted to get up but didn't dare move, afraid that one movement would wake him up, so she just lay there with her eyes open, looking at him.

  No matter how many times she looked at him, she could only describe him with the four words "brow and eyes like a painting". She thought that the creator was truly amazing, able to create someone as beautiful as Rong Jing. It made her feel that envy was a crime. Unbeknownst to herself, she became infatuated, turned her body sideways and kissed Rong Jing's lips.

  Her lips hadn't even touched his, yet her heart was racing. The closer she got to him, the faster it beat. At a distance of one inch from his lips, she finally gave up. Like a thief, she suddenly closed her eyes tightly. Her small face turned red as if it had been set on fire. In her heart, she scolded herself, Yun Shang Yue, you're becoming more and more useless! Can't even steal a kiss from a man? You have no guts!

  Just as she was scolding herself, her lips were suddenly kissed. She was startled, opened her eyes, and saw Rong Jing's eyes smiling at her, her face instantly turned even redder. She reached out to push him away, but Rong Jing gave her another deep kiss before releasing her, his voice low and husky with laughter, saying: "So you're that timid!"

  Yun Qian's face turned red with anger, "I'm just not brave enough, what can I do?"

  Rong Jing looked at Yun Qian's puffed up face and her embarrassed eyes, lightly smiling: "You woke me up and you're still being reasonable?"

  Yun Qian Yue immediately shut her mouth, but with a reddened face, she said: "The sky is already bright, and you're still sleeping without end. Aren't you ashamed?"

  "I don't know who it was, but someone kept kicking and pushing me in the middle of the night, waking me up several times. I finally fell asleep again towards dawn, only to be disturbed once more." Rong Jing said slowly.

  Yun Qian Yue immediately shut up, half a moment later, with a red face, she muttered strongly: "That's still for embroidering a fragrant sachet for you! You clearly know I sleep poorly and don't go elsewhere to sleep, can you blame me? Besides, you clearly know you look demonic, but let me open my eyes in the morning and see you, it's not my fault that you're startled awake, I'm being infatuated by you."

  Rong Jing couldn't help but chuckle lightly, and as he tilted his head, his lips fell on Yun Shangyue's again. He smiled softly and said, "Good, it's all my fault! The fact that I can confuse you proves that this face of mine still has some redeeming qualities!" As soon as he finished speaking, he stood up and pulled Yun Shangyue up with him, saying gently, "Let's stop embroidering for today. When I said I wanted to wear it on Qixi, it was just a casual remark. Making you tired is a sin, and even a hundred pairs of mandarin ducks wouldn't be worth it."

  "Is it the fourth day today? There are still three days left! I'm not tired, I've done more tiring things than this. What's this!" Yun Shangyue thought for a moment, shook her head, and saw Rong Jing's eyes moving slightly as she looked at her. She immediately changed her clear voice, stood up from the bed, gave her a standard ladylike courtesy, and smiled softly and reservedly in imitation of Qin Yuying: "It's an honor to let Shizhe wear something embroidered by this humble woman's own hands, so naturally it can't be delayed."

  Jing was taken aback, then burst out laughing, got out of bed, put on his shoes, stood in front of the bed, bowed to Yun Shangyue, and said with a serious face: "Being able to receive Miss Shangyue's favor is also Jing's good fortune!"

  Yun Shallow Moon smiled and burst out laughing, saying: "Rong Jing, you can pretend! I'll see how long you can keep up the act!" And what about "Brocade clothes, snowy jade complexion, a smile that turns the world upside down"? What about Rong Jing, the young master? To her, he was just a big grey wolf in sheep's clothing. Few people in this world could see his true nature, and Ye Qing Ran had spoken the truth! She looked at Rong Jing and struck him with her words: "Wait until the day when your dark heart and evil nature are exposed to the world, you'll be waiting to hit a wall! I won't be there to save you."

  "I know you'll follow me and hit the wall together." Rong Jing smiled.

  The cloud is shallow and the moon has no words, her face turned red as she stuttered out a phrase, "You stinky beauty!"

  Rong Jing smiled and stopped talking, extending his hand to Yun Qian Yue. Yun Qian Yue placed her hand in his, and with his support, she lightly jumped off the bed. As soon as her feet touched the ground, Rong Jing immediately let go of her hand, sighing helplessly, "You really don't have even half the demeanor of a gentle lady, how did I end up falling for you!"

  "Yes, it's really frustrating! How could the great King Rong's son, Wang Jing, take a liking to a lowly woman like me? I'm just a pampered and ignorant young master who doesn't know big characters, with a notorious reputation. Cloud Shallow Moon bent down to put on her shoes, counting her own virtues, also helplessly sighed: "Unfortunately, he took a liking to me, what can be done? Or should you go hit the wall?"

  Rong Jingzheng was about to pick up the moon-white brocade robe on his bedside, but upon hearing this, he paused and looked at Yun Qianyue. Seeing her start to put on her clothes, he raised an eyebrow and smiled: "When did you become so sharp-tongued?"

  "I'm learning from you!" Yun Qiu Yue gave him a triumphant glance and quickly put on her clothes.

  Rong Jing looked at her, nodded slightly and said, "Hmm, not bad. A bird is known by its feathers!"

  Yun Shallow Moon's hand paused, "Why don't you say that those who are near ink are black?" Can being with him still be called those who are near cinnabar are red?

  "Isn't it the same thing?" Rong Jing took over the clothes and started dressing as well.

  The cloud is shallow and the moon is speechless, looking up at the sky. He's still the number one prodigy of Tian Sheng, yet he says that "near vermillion, red" and "near ink, black" are the same meaning! However, what he said isn't wrong either. She, facing him day and night, is both "near vermillion, red" and "near ink, black".

  The two of them stopped talking, each getting dressed on their own. After they were fully dressed and had washed up as usual, Rong Jing helped Yun Shang Yue tie her hair, and then she automatically picked up a comb to brush his hair. As she brushed his hair, she couldn't help but sigh in amazement at how quickly she had become familiar with him, integrating into his life, and letting him integrate into hers. It was as if they had always been this way. This made her think of the phrase "raising the case together". For a moment, she felt deeply moved. But what moved her even more was that she didn't feel any discomfort or awkwardness at all; on the contrary, she actually enjoyed it. She thought to herself that she really had been poisoned!

  He was poisoned by something called "Rong Jing"!

  Qingyuan put out an early breakfast, and the two of them ate as usual. One person had a bowl of chicken soup, and one had a bowl of herbal medicine soup.

  After dinner, Yun Qian Yue didn't go to Qing Shuang's courtyard, but instead took the needle and thread and embroidered a fragrant sachet with mandarin ducks according to what she had learned yesterday. She had an excellent memory and talent, so it wasn't as difficult as she thought, and soon she made some progress. Rong Jing also didn't go to the study room, but sat beside her watching her.

  After embroidering for a while, Yun Shangyue smiled with satisfaction and raised an eyebrow at Rong Jing, "Look! If it's like this, before the Double Seventh Festival, I can not only embroider a pair of mandarin ducks' sachet for you, but also a peach blossom!"

  "At this speed, you can embroider two peach blossoms!" Rong Jing did not comment.

  "You want two? That's okay!" Yun Qianyue nodded.

  Rong Jing looked deeply at Yun Shang Yue for a moment, but didn't say anything.

  "You're just staring at me like that? Don't you have anything better to do? As the young master of Rong Wang Fu, aren't you a bit too idle?" Yun Shangyue embroidered for a while longer before looking up and raising an eyebrow in inquiry.

  "You're the legitimate daughter of Yun Wang Fu and still hold the position of mistress of the house, isn't that a very leisurely life?" Rong Jingdao said.

  "How can that be the same! I won't take over as the queen of Yun Wang Fu in the future." Yun Qian Yue pouted. She thought about how she had taken over the power of the household from that day, settled the side branches of Yun Wang Fu, and then discussed with Yu Diao and Lu Zhi for an entire afternoon to come up with a systematic plan. After that, the two of them took care of everything inside and outside Yun Wang Fu in an orderly manner. Where would they still need her?

  "Is it Her Majesty?" Rong Jing raised an eyebrow and nodded immediately, "Indeed, no need! Being a princess is just about right."

  Yun Qian's hands paused as she embroidered a sachet, raising an eyebrow at Rong Jing, "The Princess?"

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing nodded.

  "It's said that the heir of the four major royal families must get married before taking over the family business. If you don't get married, you can't enter the imperial court and become a prince. Where would a princess come from?" Yun Qianyue asked with a smile.

  "Then let's start with being the Crown Prince's consort!" Rong Jing said.

  "You're really good at adapting!" Yun Qian Yue snorted in disdain, giving him a sideways glance. "If you don't have anything better to do, then just stand aside and watch me embroider."

  "Just pretend I don't exist!" Rong Jing sat still.

  "You're a living person, how can I pretend you don't exist?" Yun Shangyue gave Rong Jing a sideways glance and shooed him away. "Do you still want to wear the sachet on Qixi? If so, then hurry up and stay far away."

  "Alright!" Rong Jing shifted his body over a bit.

  Clouds looked at him, still not moving a palm-sized distance away, glared at him with one eye, and didn't bother to waste any more words. She lowered her head and started embroidering, threading the needle, although it was her first time embroidering something. She adhered to the principle of either not doing it or doing it well. Soon she calmed down and began to embroider very seriously.

  Rong Jing gazed at Yun Shang Yue with a tilted head, her gentle eyes gradually settling.

  Inside the house is quiet, only the sound of cloud shallow moon needle thread occasionally rubbing against the white silk brocade can be heard.

  Half a time later, Qing Shang stepped extremely lightly to the door and didn't call out as she usually did, but instead looked quietly inside.

  Rong Jing raised his eyes to look at the door, Qing Shang looked at Yun Qianyue who was lowering her head and seriously embroidering a sachet, beckoning Rong Jing with her hand. Rong Jing raised an eyebrow, also turned his head to look at Yun Qianyue, slowly stood up, and stepped out of the room.

  Rong Jing had just stepped out of the door when Qing Shang sidled over and whispered to him, "Young Master, the Seventh Prince has arrived!"

  Rong Jing's eyes narrowed slightly as he asked in a low voice, "What is it?"

  "The steward has come to say that the Seventh Prince is here to thank you for your hard work in welcoming him on the day he answered the Crown Prince. He specially came to thank you." Qing Shang continued to transmit the sound secretly: "Now the steward has already welcomed the person into the front hall, after all, the Seventh Prince is not what he used to be, and the Emperor attaches great importance to him, cannot be slow in treating him. Come to ask for your instructions, do you want to go see him? If you don't go see him, I'll go tell the Crown Prince that today is not a good day... and have the Seventh Prince dismissed..."

  "Enough!" Jing cut off Qing's words.

  Qing Shang immediately stopped talking.

  Rong Jing turned his head to look inside the house, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly turned around and entered the room. He came to Yun Qianyue's side and saw that she didn't even lift her head. He asked in a soft voice, "The Seventh Prince came to our mansion today, are you going out with me to see him?"

  Yun Shang's hands didn't stop moving as she hummed: "When others come to your house, why should I go with you to see guests? I'm not the master of this place!"

  "Yes, Seventh Prince is indeed a guest! But you are not the host. If not, then so be it!" Rong Jing suddenly smiled, and as soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and walked away.

  Yun Qian Yue raised her head and glared at Rong Jing for a moment, then lowered it again. Although the embroidery in her hand didn't stop, it had clearly slowed down.

  Rong Jing walked out of the room with a gentle pace, and Qing Shang also quietly retreated.

  The house fell silent.

  Yun Shallow Moon embroidered for a while, suddenly stopped the movement in her hand, and frowned. The Seventh Prince won't be returning to Beijiang anytime soon, and she can't truly hide in the Rong Wangfu as an invisible person after all, her identity is now placed here, she's not the mistress of the Rong Wangfu, didn't marry Rong Jing, can't have him shield everything for her. Rather than getting entangled now, it's better to meet earlier. What exactly is her relationship with the Seventh Prince? After clearing things up, it would spare her from suffering so much torture. Thinking of this, she immediately stood up and walked out.

  Yun Shallow Moon had just walked into the courtyard when Qing Shang immediately came up to her, asking cautiously, "Miss Shallow Moon, where are you going?"

  Yun Qian Yue thought that if she wanted to see the Seventh Prince, it wouldn't be at the Rong Wang Fu with Rong Jing together. How could she ask in front of Rong Jing? Thinking this, she immediately said: "Return to the manor!"

  Qing Shang was startled, "Shallow Moon Miss, are you returning to the manor?"

  "Hmm!" Yun Qianyue nodded.

  "This... Do you want to go back to the mansion? Does Young Master know?" Qing Shang asked.

  "I don't know yet! When the time comes, you tell him that I've returned to the manor!" Yun Shangyue shook her head.

  "Miss Shallow Moon, wait for the young master to return before going back to the mansion! If I, a slave, lose you while the young master is not around, I will be skinned alive when he returns." Qing Shang shook her head. Although she didn't understand why Yun Shallow Moon suddenly returned to the mansion, seeing that her expression wasn't quite right, she thought there must be something wrong.

  Yun Shallow Moon frowned, looking at Qing Shan. Qing Shan shook his head at her repeatedly. She sighed and suddenly walked into the house, waving her hand, "Forget it, I just remembered something, I want to go back to the mansion for a while."

  Qing Shuang let out a sigh of relief and hastily asked, "What's the matter? I'll go to Yun Wang Fu to take care of it for you!"

  "It's nothing big, it doesn't matter if I don't go back! You go ahead and busy yourself! I'll wait for your family's young master to return before saying anything." Yun Shangyue shook her head, went back inside and sat down again to continue embroidering the sachet. Her slightly disordered heart quickly calmed down.

  People are most prone to making mistakes when they're impulsive, so it's best not to do anything. She is still unclear about the Seventh Prince. Therefore, it's better to follow the natural course and observe changes calmly. Since the Seventh Prince won't be leaving the capital for a while, she'll see him sooner or later, no need to rush at this moment. Moreover, whether the Seventh Prince is good or bad, and how close their relationship is, still depends on her own exploration. Whether it's Rong Feng's words or Rong Jing's abnormal behavior in recent days, just like Grandfather said, anyone can mislead her.

  Qing Shang stood in the courtyard and looked towards the house for a while. Seeing that Yun Shang had regained her usual composure, she quietly retreated.

  An hour later, Rong Jing returned to the Purple Bamboo Garden. Qing Shang went up to meet him and quietly informed him of what had happened earlier. Rong Jing's expression remained calm, showing no signs of abnormality. After Qing Shang finished reporting, he nodded slightly and walked into the room.

  Yun Qianyue had already embroidered half of a mandarin duck's body by this time.

  "How did you embroider so quickly?" Rong Jing stood in front of Yun Qian Yue, smiling at her.

  Yun Shallow Moon didn't even lift her head, "You don't disturb me, I'll naturally finish embroidering faster!"

  "Stop embroidering, staring at this for a long time is bad for your eyes!" Rong Jing pressed down Yun Shangyue's hand and said to her: "I'll take you out for a trip."

  "Where are you going?" Yun Qian Yue raised an eyebrow.

  "De Qin Wang Fu!" Rong Jing said.

  "De Qin Wang Fu?" Yun Shallow Moon was taken aback, "What's going on there?"

  "Ye Qian woke up! Don't you want to go take a look?" Rong Jing asked back.

  "Go! Let's go!" Yun Qian Yue immediately put down the sachet, stood up and pulled Rong Jing's hand. She remembered that Nan Lingrui said Ye Qian was unconscious for 7 or 8 days, but now it had only been 4 or 5 days. She couldn't help asking: "It's only been 4 or 5 days, didn't you say she would be unconscious for 7 or 8 days?"

  "The palace and the Duke's mansion have many good medicines! Ye Qingchen has been taking care of her for several days, so it's not surprising that she woke up so quickly." Rong Jing smiled, glanced at Yun Shangyue holding his hand, and followed him out.

  Yun Qian Yue nodded slightly and suddenly remembered that Ye Qing Ran had come the day before. She was really sleepy, so she asked: "What did Ye Qing Ran come for last night?"

  "Let's see if I can take you down!" Rong Jing said.

  Yun Pian Yue rolled her eyes and asked again: "Has Qin Yu Xing woken up?"

  "I woke up yesterday," said Rong Jing.

  "So fast? Even faster than Ye Qian?" Yun Shangyue narrowed her eyes.

  "The night sky tilted and gave the emperor's five hundred year old lingzhi half to Qin Yuxin to make medicine, so she recovered quickly! Rong Jing paused and said: "The other half was taken by Ye Qian to make medicine for herself, otherwise you think they could recover so quickly?"

  Yun Qian's footsteps stopped, her face looking unwell. "It's fine if Ye Qian used it, but the Emperor himself gave me the Lingzhi. Why did Ye Tianqing take half of it to give to Qin Yuying? He didn't even ask me! Who allowed this?"

  "It's just a 500-year-old lingzhi! It's not that rare. I have several of them if you want!" Rong Jing smiled reassuringly at her and said in a warm voice, "It was Ye Tian who personally went to ask the Emperor for his decree. The Emperor originally disagreed, saying that since it was given to you, he should have asked for your opinion first. But this time, he cleverly used Ye Qian as an excuse. The Princess of Nanjiang was severely injured while investigating the person who cast the curse, and at the same time lost the treasure of Nanjiang, the Wan Zhou Wang. This is all because the Emperor has a guilty conscience. So, he agreed. And that's how the lingzhi was halved."

  "Even Ye Tianqing has his clever moments!" Yun Qianyu sneered coldly, "He's actually nervous about Qin Yuying!"

  "He's anxious about Qin Yuxing, which isn't a bad thing! The more anxious he is about Qin Yuxing, the more it shows that he wants that position, and the colder the Emperor will be towards him." Rong Jing said with a smile.

  "Also!" Yun Shangyue did not express her approval or disapproval, but Qin Yujing would probably have to bear the burden of being called "worthy of being a queen mother" for the rest of her life. Ye Tianqing was eager to marry her just because of these four words, and in her opinion, he had been in the position of prince for long enough! Or perhaps he felt that his position in the emperor's heart was already threatened, which is why he was so impatient. Little did he know, it was precisely this impatience that would be his downfall. However, she couldn't wait for this annoying guy to step down sooner rather than later, let alone try to give him any advice.

  Rong Jing didn't say another word.

  Yun Qian Yue suddenly asked in a low voice, "You said the old emperor has now had the idea of deposing the crown prince, so who will be the next crown prince? Will it be Ye Tian Yu?"

  "What's wrong?" Rong Jing smiled and didn't answer.

  "Hmm?" Yun Shangyue looked at Rong Jing, "Ye Tianyu's mother was Chen Guifei, although Chen Guifei is dead, but Chen Old General is still alive, his maternal family is his backing. Moreover, he was also taught under my aunt the Empress Dowager's name, with a noble status. Among the emperor's sons, there isn't anyone with a more noble status than him. And now the old emperor seems to be heavily relying on Ye Tianyu, entrusting him with many important matters such as the Martial Arts Competition and the curse at Meridian Gate that day. Moreover, Ye Tianyu clearly also has thoughts of competing with Ye Tianqing for supremacy. If Ye Tianqing falls, he would be able to take his place."

  "Yè Tiān Yù is a talented individual, but not a leader!" Róng Jǐng said.

  Yun Qian thought to herself, it's indeed the case! Although Ye Tianyu's status is noble and he has the support of his in-laws, what makes her think that Ye Tianyu's thoughts are heavy is that he also has means, but from his actions, he still appears too petty. Ruling the world requires not only strategy and tactics, but also a broad mind. Ye Tianyu is indeed not worthy of great use.

  "Could it be..." Yun Qian Yue suddenly thought of someone and hesitantly spoke up.

  "We've arrived at the entrance!" Rong Jing suddenly interrupted her, saying softly.

  Yun Shallow Moon suddenly raised her head, and saw that there was still a distance from the entrance of Rong Wang Fu, but she could already see the situation at the entrance. She saw two carriages parked at the entrance, one was Rong Jing's carriage made of ebony wood, and the other was an ordinary wooden carriage, which was even more common than the carriages used by ordinary officials' families. The chief steward of Rong Wang Fu was standing in front of the carriage, smiling and saying something. She turned her head to look at Rong Jing.

  Rong Jing smiled faintly at her and said in a warm voice, "It seems that the Seventh Prince has not left yet!"

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