His eyes grew increasingly gloomy as he looked at the flushed woman in his arms, "How did Jiang Yin know of the danger in Yueyang?"
Gu Ying was taken aback, damn it, she had let something slip. But it didn't matter, after all in the Prince's eyes, she could use dreams to explain everything.
So she rolled her eyes and said seriously, "Actually, I had a dream some time ago...and dreamed that Jiang Yin had big plans, not only to kill us who were busy with the Yueyang plague, but eventually even killed Prince Shu and took his place...Then deceived the Emperor with clever words and accused the Prince and Lord Zhou and others of being sinners for all eternity. He obtained merit from providing disaster relief and was bestowed the title of Marquis."
Zhao Changdu's thin lips pursed together without saying a word.
"A person like him who uses any means to achieve his goals is truly frightening, I even feel like he is capable of anything. It's not impossible that he caused the plague by poisoning. I've read the Yueyang county records, decades ago someone boiled dead plague-ridden mice in water and poured it into the river, leading to outbreaks of plague in several Yueyang counties. Especially a city like Yueyang that relies on the Yu River flowing through it, it's even easier for someone to poison the water."
Gu Ying had a grave expression.
"Also, Jiang Yin is extremely skilled with poisons. He has a book that records many exotic poisons lost to history, I think he must have read about it in there."
Zhao Changdu keenly asked, "What book?"
Gu Ying's eyes flickered slightly and she pulled up the corners of her lips saying, "I...also only saw it once in a dream, but I didn't see the name of the book clearly, I just heard Jiang Yin say in the dream that it was a forbidden book from the palace."
Zhao Changdu's mouth curved up imperceptibly. His wife, yet she dreamed of another man.
Gu Ying gazed at his dark eyebrows and eyes like stars, and saw a hint of hurt on his otherwise calm face.
Thinking about their recent cold war, a surge of inexplicable sourness rose in her heart. She suddenly threw herself into his arms and wrapped her hands around his firm waist.
She didn't want to be separated from him or be at odds with him.
She loved him, and always regretted not making things clear to him about Shen Ru's situation that night.
Her eyes turned red as warmth welled up. She choked out, "Ah Du, I know I upset you those days in Xianlin, don't blame me okay? Don't be so cold to me...I'm actually not that vicious, I was just afraid Shen Ru had ulterior motives and might hurt Nian in the future...so I deliberately set her up. I didn't mean it...really...If you think I'm no good, you can scold me, anything is fine, just don't treat me like this okay?"
Zhao Changdu had not expected her to bring up Shen Ru.
He pulled the girl out from his arms with an exasperated laugh. Seeing the glistening tear tracks on her face, it felt like his heart was roughly squeezed by a large hand. "I forgot about Shen Ru long ago. What is she worth remembering for eh, that you'd keep her in your mind?"
"Huh?" Gu Ying was stunned, teardrops hanging from her lashes looking extremely pitiable. "But..."
"But what?"
"That night, you didn't even come back to sleep with me..."
"I was in a bad mood."
"You see, Ah Du, I did upset you didn't I?"
"It wasn't because of Shen Ru." The gloom that had been weighing down Zhao Changdu's mood for days finally lightened a bit. He wrapped his arm around the girl's shoulders and rubbed his chin lightly on the top of her head, also feeling that he had been making a mountain out of a molehill. "I was just disappointed that Ah Rong was not being completely honest with me. But now that I think about it, it's not that big a deal. Nothing is more important than your and the child's safety."
Hearing this, Gu Ying immediately bit her lower lip.
A flood of words surged to the tip of her tongue but she still couldn't say them.
"I..."
Zhao Changdu knew she didn't want to speak of it and didn't press her further. He tilted his head up to interrupt her, pinching her nose and pretending to be angry. "In your dreams, why am I never there hm?"
Gu Ying's attention was diverted. She said innocently, "Maybe because Jiang Yin is related to the plague? Anyway...next time I'll definitely dream about Ah Du, how about tonight?"
She also wanted to tell him about the Prince, but in her past life other than that one night, they had very little interaction.
She didn't even know how his story ended in the end, she really couldn't find any clues related to him.
The only way was to ask Jiang Yin, but now she and Jiang Yin were like fire and water. It wouldn't be easy to find out the Prince's ending from him.
"Ah Du~"
"Don't be angry anymore, you're the wisest and most valiant man I've ever seen. You don't look cute at all when you're angry."
"How can Jiang Yin compare to even one of your fingers? Compared to Nian's father he falls far short."
"I pray the gods will let me dream about Nian's handsome, spirited and masculine father tonight."
Seeing the girl trying so hard to coax him, Zhao Changdu's mood turned cheerful. He lifted her chin, his gaze growing increasingly dark and deep. "What you just said about Jiang Yin poisoning..."
Gu Ying worried that he didn't believe her and quickly said, "Ah Du, you have to trust me. I would never joke about your life. Everything I say and do is for you and for Yueyang. If my guess is wrong, the worst outcome would be me dying alongside all of you in Yueyang. I'm not afraid, I'm willing to take this gamble."
Her voice was soft but her tone firmer than ever before.
"Don't talk nonsense. I won't let anything happen to you and Nian." How could Zhao Changdu possibly be willing to let her die here? He immediately moved closer to seal her lips with his.
Gu Ying's eyes were red as she felt the man firmly caress her lips again and again. Tears slowly rolled down her cheeks.
When the kiss ended she lay weak and flushed in his arms.
"My lord, I'm not deceiving you, believe me this once okay?"
Zhao Changdu affectionately kissed her fair nose. "Alright, I believe in Ah Rong."
Gu Ying's brows and eyes curved gently as she lightly nuzzled his straight nose with hers. "I know Ah Du has kept the focus on the infirmaries and patients because of the people's life and death. But I have an even better way that can force certain scumbags standing by to take action."
Zhao Changdu lowered his eyes to see a trace of cunning flashing brightly in the girl's eyes. His heart warmed and he picked her up horizontally.
"I'll do whatever you say." His rich, mellow voice fell by her ear.
Gu Ying blinked as she watched him carry her to the couch. Her breathing became slightly chaotic in expectation as she looked at him.
Now that their quarrel was resolved, shouldn't they be intimate?
However he only looked at her for a while before placing his palm on her lower abdomen over her clothes, gently caressing her stomach.
Nian, Nian, who was the one she couldn't stop thinking about?
His eyes grew increasingly gloomy as he looked at the flushed woman in his arms, "How did Jiang Yin know of the danger in Yueyang?"
Gu Ying was taken aback, damn it, she had let something slip. But it didn't matter, after all in the Prince's eyes, she could use dreams to explain everything.
So she rolled her eyes and said seriously, "Actually, I had a dream some time ago...and dreamed that Jiang Yin had big plans, not only to kill us who were busy with the Yueyang plague, but eventually even killed Prince Shu and took his place...Then deceived the Emperor with clever words and accused the Prince and Lord Zhou and others of being sinners for all eternity. He obtained merit from providing disaster relief and was bestowed the title of Marquis."
Zhao Changdu's thin lips pursed together without saying a word.
"A person like him who uses any means to achieve his goals is truly frightening, I even feel like he is capable of anything. It's not impossible that he caused the plague by poisoning. I've read the Yueyang county records, decades ago someone boiled dead plague-ridden mice in water and poured it into the river, leading to outbreaks of plague in several Yueyang counties. Especially a city like Yueyang that relies on the Yu River flowing through it, it's even easier for someone to poison the water."
Gu Ying had a grave expression.
"Also, Jiang Yin is extremely skilled with poisons. He has a book that records many exotic poisons lost to history, I think he must have read about it in there."
Zhao Changdu keenly asked, "What book?"
Gu Ying's eyes flickered slightly and she pulled up the corners of her lips saying, "I...also only saw it once in a dream, but I didn't see the name of the book clearly, I just heard Jiang Yin say in the dream that it was a forbidden book from the palace."
Zhao Changdu's mouth curved up imperceptibly. His wife, yet she dreamed of another man.
Gu Ying gazed at his dark eyebrows and eyes like stars, and saw a hint of hurt on his otherwise calm face.
Thinking about their recent cold war, a surge of inexplicable sourness rose in her heart. She suddenly threw herself into his arms and wrapped her hands around his firm waist.
She didn't want to be separated from him or be at odds with him.
She loved him, and always regretted not making things clear to him about Shen Ru's situation that night.
Her eyes turned red as warmth welled up. She choked out, "Ah Du, I know I upset you those days in Xianlin, don't blame me okay? Don't be so cold to me...I'm actually not that vicious, I was just afraid Shen Ru had ulterior motives and might hurt Nian in the future...so I deliberately set her up. I didn't mean it...really...If you think I'm no good, you can scold me, anything is fine, just don't treat me like this okay?"
Zhao Changdu had not expected her to bring up Shen Ru.
He pulled the girl out from his arms with an exasperated laugh. Seeing the glistening tear tracks on her face, it felt like his heart was roughly squeezed by a large hand. "I forgot about Shen Ru long ago. What is she worth remembering for eh, that you'd keep her in your mind?"
"Huh?" Gu Ying was stunned, teardrops hanging from her lashes looking extremely pitiable. "But..."
"But what?"
"That night, you didn't even come back to sleep with me..."
"I was in a bad mood."
"You see, Ah Du, I did upset you didn't I?"
"It wasn't because of Shen Ru." The gloom that had been weighing down Zhao Changdu's mood for days finally lightened a bit. He wrapped his arm around the girl's shoulders and rubbed his chin lightly on the top of her head, also feeling that he had been making a mountain out of a molehill. "I was just disappointed that Ah Rong was not being completely honest with me. But now that I think about it, it's not that big a deal. Nothing is more important than your and the child's safety."
Hearing this, Gu Ying immediately bit her lower lip.
A flood of words surged to the tip of her tongue but she still couldn't say them.
"I..."
Zhao Changdu knew she didn't want to speak of it and didn't press her further. He tilted his head up to interrupt her, pinching her nose and pretending to be angry. "In your dreams, why am I never there hm?"
Gu Ying's attention was diverted. She said innocently, "Maybe because Jiang Yin is related to the plague? Anyway...next time I'll definitely dream about Ah Du, how about tonight?"
She also wanted to tell him about the Prince, but in her past life other than that one night, they had very little interaction.
She didn't even know how his story ended in the end, she really couldn't find any clues related to him.
The only way was to ask Jiang Yin, but now she and Jiang Yin were like fire and water. It wouldn't be easy to find out the Prince's ending from him.
"Ah Du~"
"Don't be angry anymore, you're the wisest and most valiant man I've ever seen. You don't look cute at all when you're angry."
"How can Jiang Yin compare to even one of your fingers? Compared to Nian's father he falls far short."
"I pray the gods will let me dream about Nian's handsome, spirited and masculine father tonight."
Seeing the girl trying so hard to coax him, Zhao Changdu's mood turned cheerful. He lifted her chin, his gaze growing increasingly dark and deep. "What you just said about Jiang Yin poisoning..."
Gu Ying worried that he didn't believe her and quickly said, "Ah Du, you have to trust me. I would never joke about your life. Everything I say and do is for you and for Yueyang. If my guess is wrong, the worst outcome would be me dying alongside all of you in Yueyang. I'm not afraid, I'm willing to take this gamble."
Her voice was soft but her tone firmer than ever before.
"Don't talk nonsense. I won't let anything happen to you and Nian." How could Zhao Changdu possibly be willing to let her die here? He immediately moved closer to seal her lips with his.
Gu Ying's eyes were red as she felt the man firmly caress her lips again and again. Tears slowly rolled down her cheeks.
When the kiss ended she lay weak and flushed in his arms.
"My lord, I'm not deceiving you, believe me this once okay?"
Zhao Changdu affectionately kissed her fair nose. "Alright, I believe in Ah Rong."
Gu Ying's brows and eyes curved gently as she lightly nuzzled his straight nose with hers. "I know Ah Du has kept the focus on the infirmaries and patients because of the people's life and death. But I have an even better way that can force certain scumbags standing by to take action."
Zhao Changdu lowered his eyes to see a trace of cunning flashing brightly in the girl's eyes. His heart warmed and he picked her up horizontally.
"I'll do whatever you say." His rich, mellow voice fell by her ear.
Gu Ying blinked as she watched him carry her to the couch. Her breathing became slightly chaotic in expectation as she looked at him.
Now that their quarrel was resolved, shouldn't they be intimate?
However he only looked at her for a while before placing his palm on her lower abdomen over her clothes, gently caressing her stomach.
Nian, Nian, who was the one she couldn't stop thinking about?
