0p0 Chapter 489 The Sharpest Sword
Chapter 489 The Sharpest Sword
Chapter 489 The Sharpest Sword
When the carriage stopped at the side door of the palace, Su Lingyue had stopped crying, but her originally clear eyes were now incredibly red.
Xiao Yu lowered his eyes to look at her, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his slender white fingers, and whispered: "You are so scared, do you regret coming here?"
Su Lingyue felt uncomfortable in her heart. She sniffed and held Xiao Yu's other hand. The familiar coolness made her feel at ease.
"I feel bad for Zhao Xuan. The people he wanted to save cheered for his death, which shows that they are also a bunch of idiots. It's really not worth it for such a group of people to die tragically."
"I saw that he was smiling before he died."
Xiao Yu looked at her with a gentle expression, "That is his last dignity and his last belief. If one of them becomes like him in the future, it will be worth it to him."
Su Lingyue looked at Xiao Yu in a daze.
These words were like opening a door for her in a dark alley with no way out. The suffocation and pain in her heart dissipated in an instant, and the sunlight shone in, illuminating the way forward.
Zhao Xuan is dead, but those students still have a few decades to live. Perhaps there will be another Zhao Xuan, or several more, in the future.
Maybe they will be like him, serving the people wholeheartedly, maybe in the court, maybe in a small county, and will not regret dying for the people.
Su Lingyue raised her head and met Xiao Yu's gentle gaze. The previous haze was swept away, and her big eyes were full of light again. She said confidently: "If it weren't for these things, you would definitely become friends."
Xiao Yu smiled faintly and squeezed Su Lingyue's hand.
After getting off the carriage, Su Lingyue took Xiao Yu's arm and walked into the mansion.
Remembering that she had just vomited in the carriage, he asked, "Do you want the kitchen to send some food?"
Su Lingyue thought of the bloody and cruel scene on the execution ground, and her stomach felt uncomfortable again. "I have no appetite. If you are hungry, please eat by yourself. After changing clothes, I will go to find Uncle Lu and Ling'er. I haven't learned what they taught me two days ago!"
Recently, since Su Lingyue followed Doctor Lu and Ling Ling to learn how to use poison, she has not focused all her attention on Xiao Yu like before.
Xiao Yu lowered his eyes, glanced at Su Lingyue again, and found that Su Lingyue didn't care about his emotions at all.
He withdrew his gaze with a sullen face and instructed Yun Ting, "Send someone to Zuixianju to buy the lotus cakes that the princess loves to eat, as well as the preserved fruits in the south of the city. Prepare them for the next few days."
Yun Ting responded and turned to leave.
Li Jing watched silently. She didn't understand why Xiao Yuming knew that Yun Ting had ill intentions, but still asked him to handle the princess's affairs.
On the way back to Furong Pavilion, Xiao Yu glanced at Su Lingyue again. Su Lingyue walked with her arm around his. There was no reaction on her face. Only her curled eyelashes blinked occasionally. No one knew what she was thinking.
After they washed and changed their clothes, Su Lingyue took Caidie to the Baicao Garden, while Xiao Yu went to the dining hall to eat alone.
There were fresh river shrimps for lunch, which were hard to buy in this season. Xiao Yu picked up one and peeled the shell slowly. After peeling the shell, he didn't see the person next to him out of the corner of his eye, so he picked up the shrimp and took a bite.
Although the shrimp was fresh, he had no interest in peeling a second one.
After lunch, Yun Ting just came back with some lotus cakes from Zuixianju and candied fruits from Chengnan.
Glancing at the barely perceptible sweat on Yun Ting's forehead, Xiao Yu curled his lips lightly and instructed Cai Yi, "Keep some in Furong Pavilion and send the rest to Baicao Garden. The princess was frightened today, persuade her to eat some snacks and don't go hungry."
Seeing the prince's concern for her young lady, Caiyi smiled and bowed, "Yes, I will persuade her."
After letting the others in the hall go, Xiao Yu instructed Yun Ting: "Go and find out if Grand Tutor He has woken up. If not, take Uncle Lu over. Also arrange for someone to send Zhao Xuan's body back to Yushan County and bury him with his parents, wife and children."
"Yes, Your Majesty." When Yun Ting mentioned the execution ground, his expression became even colder, and he said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor will not release Su Heng just based on rumors. Do we need to do something else?"
Xiao Yu looked past Yunting and towards the sunlight outside, saying, "Don't worry, it will be done in the next two days."
After leaving the hall, Yun Ting couldn't help but think about Xiao Yu's calm and composed appearance, and wondered what method he would use.
After following Xiao Yu for seven years, Xiao Yu taught him everything by words and deeds, but he still couldn't see through Xiao Yu.
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Arriving at He's residence, Yun Ting asked a familiar servant and learned that Doctor Zhang was still treating him in the residence and that Master He had not yet woken up. He then told He Wen what Xiao Yu meant.
After getting He Wen's consent, he returned home to Baicao Garden to look for Doctor Lu.
Entering the courtyard, the herbs drying in the garden exuded a faint fragrance. In the house, there were the voices of Ling Ling explaining and Su Lingyue and Doctor Lu asking questions.
Yun Ting looked up and saw Su Lingyue sitting at the round table, listening carefully to Ling Ling's story, then carefully observing the medicinal materials in her hand. After observing, she took up the pen to write. Her white fingers were like jade carvings, and her expression was serious and determined.
Ling Ling was the first to see Yun Ting and told Su Lingyue.
Yun Ting usually doesn't come here. Su Lingyue's heart tightened, and she hurried out to ask, "Is there something wrong, my lord?"
Because they were too anxious, the two of them were a little close to each other, only one step away.
Her clear eyes were filled with worry.
Yun Ting lowered his eyes and replied softly, "Don't worry, Princess. It's not the prince, it's Master He."
He told Su Lingyue what Xiao Yu had told him.
Hearing that Xiao Yu was fine, Su Lingyue's brows relaxed, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Uncle Lu is in there, go talk to him."
After hearing Yun Ting's reason, Doctor Lu agreed without hesitation.
Hearing that his grandfather was going to treat a high-ranking official, Ling Ling became worried, "Grandfather, if you can't cure him, will they want your head?"
Doctor Lu burst into laughter and tapped his granddaughter's head gently.
"Xiao Ling'er, the prince will not harm grandfather. Besides, the imperial physician of the Imperial Hospital has been there, but he can't cure it. If grandfather can cure it, he will be a benefactor of the Imperial Tutor's Mansion. If he can't cure it, it doesn't matter."
Ling Ling rubbed his head which didn't hurt and nodded, but he was still worried, so he said, "I want to go with my grandfather. I haven't seen what the Taifu family is like yet!"
Doctor Lu has been always willing to respond to requests from his granddaughter ever since he got her. Naturally, he couldn't refuse her request.
As he packed his things, he earnestly reminded her, "You can go, but you must follow me and don't run around."
"Okay! I'll listen to grandpa!" Ling Ling skipped to Doctor Lu's side and helped to clean up.
The lecturer is no longer here, so Su Lingyue has to give up her studies today.
Yun Ting did not leave. A young man in black clothes was standing outside the door.
When Su Lingyue came out with the notes on the study content, he nodded and said respectfully: "This place is close to Muyun Pavilion. I will escort the princess back."
The workers at Muyunxuan are all members of the Jiang family, so normally they wouldn't be in danger.
But after Yun Ting said this, Su Lingyue also felt that it would be better to have someone escort her, so she did not refuse.
*
Xiao Yu sat alone in a rocking chair in the garden, basking in the sun. Although he was holding a book, he couldn't concentrate at all.
At the stone table opposite, Li Jing sat there with her arms folded, looking straight at him. The sunlight shone on her, making her look like a stubborn sculpture.
That sharp look seemed to poke a hole in Xiao Yu, making him feel uncomfortable.
In the end, Xiao Yu compromised, put the book on his lap, and said calmly: "Just say whatever you want to say!"
Li Jing put down her arms and sat down, lowered her eyes and raised them again, and asked, "You won't vomit blood again, will you?"
"No." Xiao Yu looked at her doubtfully, not knowing what she was going to say.
After Xiao Yu was prepared, Li Jing frowned and asked, "I don't understand why you let Yun Ting get close to the princess. Aren't you afraid that he will hurt her and betray you one day?"
Xiao Yu lowered his eyes and looked at the book. His white fingers stroked the cover of the book and he smiled faintly. "Just now I asked him to send someone to buy cakes for the princess, but he went there himself."
Li Jing looked puzzled. "So what?"
Xiao Yu raised a faint arc at the corner of his mouth, and said solemnly: "She is in a lot of danger when she is with me, and there is no certainty about what will happen in the future. If anything happens, this desire may save her life."
Although Xiao Yu was smiling, Li Jing saw deep sadness in his eyes, and regret and reluctance in his voice.
Li Jing understood what Xiao Yu meant, and her heart tightened. She said unhappily, "What are you talking about! I will steal that half of the Spirit Fire Grass for you even if I have to!"
Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Don't take it seriously. It's not a critical moment yet, so you don't need to steal."
Li Jing stared at him and snorted coldly: "Princess, I will protect you! Anyway, you can restrain him and don't let him succeed! I'm going back to practice swordsmanship!"
After saying that, he took the sword and left.
Xiao Yu was very sure that Yun Ting would not succeed.
Yun Ting’s sword once almost cost Su Lingyue her life. Yun Ting also knew that it was precisely because of this that Xiao Yu was able to control the extent of Yun Ting’s covetousness.
Xiao Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he recalled how Su Lingyue had repeatedly said that if anything unexpected happened, she would go to accompany him once everything was settled.
How could he give up.
If anything unexpected happens, his Yue'er will be left alone, and Su Heng, as her father, will eat her till there is not a bone left.
If there was anyone who could protect her at that time, it was only Yun Ting.
As long as this desire is deep and heavy enough, if there is danger in the future, Yun Ting will sacrifice his life to protect Yue'er and will become the sharpest sword.