Chapter 79: Not Getting Married For Now!

  Liu Qingyu felt that Zi Ruoye didn't respond to his kiss, and his heart ached even more. However, he still stubbornly bit onto Zi Ruoye's lips. He didn't know how to kiss, it was awkward and unskilled, but he tightly closed his eyes, like a small beast struggling at the edge of pain, only knowing how to express his inner fear through biting.

  After a while, Liu Qingyou's eyes, which were originally painful, became increasingly dim. Although he didn't understand women's thoughts, if there was a man who took the initiative to send himself over, at least it wasn't a reaction like this... Even if he took the initiative, would he not accept himself?

  "Damn it... Can't I?!" Liu Qing's dim and gloomy eyes looked at Zi Ruoye, but saw that she was quietly looking at him at this moment. His heart skipped a beat, he had already given up, but now was he being disliked? Being disliked, how could he still stay by her side when she was ill?! His heart skipped another beat as his lips left Zi Ruoye's, only his eyes remained dull and lifeless.

  "Fool." Zi Ruoye smiled lightly, looking at Liu Qing's dim and melancholic eyes. Her heart seemed to knot into a ball. How could there be such a foolish man... Yun Cong is, even you are too.

  "Why are you crying? I was just asking if you'd give me that jar of wine." The gentle question was directed at the person in front of her, whose tears had fallen like rolling pearls, and were now spreading a faint salty taste on their lips. Zi Ruo Ye's delicate kiss landed softly, and she could feel his entire body trembling as he bit into her lip, releasing a sweet flavor.

  Liu Qingyou's eyes widened, and a soft sensation spread from her lips as she was suddenly kissed by Zi Ruoye, leaving her stunned and unable to react. Zi Ruoye gazed at Liu Qingyou's reaction, a smile flashing across his clear eyes, as he gradually gained ground.

  "Uh..." Although his brain hadn't reacted yet, he slowly softened under Ziyueye's kiss, only able to tremble and grab onto her clothes, humming softly...

  Damn it, he's actually kissing him...

  "Damn it...... um......" He wanted to say something, but except for being able to softly call out to her, his mind was a complete blank and he couldn't think. He could feel the tenderness and pity in the damn guy's kiss...

  As soon as the kiss ended, Liu Qingyou had already softened in Zi Ruoye's arms, breathing lightly, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes still held unshed tears and shyness. Zi Ruoye, on the other hand, smiled gently, and it could be felt that she was in a very pleasant mood.

  "Fool." Zi Ruoye called out softly, embracing Liu Qingyou tightly, and said in a low voice, "I just asked if you would give me that wine, why did you react so big? I was just thinking, if the person you like is not me, then wouldn't I be at a loss?"

  Liu Qingyou only realized at this moment that he had fallen for Zi Ruoye's provocation, and with a hint of regret in his eyes, he said, "This young master thought you..."

  Wait? What did that dead bastard just say? She said if she doesn't like her, then she's at a loss? When did this dead bastard know what was on her mind?

  "What did you think I was?" Zi Ruoye leaned against Liu Qingyou's ear, gently biting his delicate little ear, causing Liu Qingyou to shudder slightly.

  "Damn it, I thought you... I thought you despised me, I thought you wouldn't even bother with me, I thought you even hated me...... Liu Qingyou looked at Zi Ruoye's eyes full of smiles, but couldn't say a single word."

  "Young master... so you've actually liked me all along?" Looking at the person in front of her, she should have known better. A man who has been running around with her for so long must have feelings for her, especially when it comes to Liu Qingyu, who never backs down and always argues with her.

  It's one thing to muster up the courage to say it yourself, but it's another thing entirely when someone else says it. Liu Qingyu turned around, still leaning on Zi Ruoye, and said with a scowl, "Who would like you? You're useless, stupid, dull, foolish, and a perverted good-for-nothing!"

  Hmm... such a long string of praise...

  "But you just kissed me directly, and the one you kissed is this useless, stupid, silly, foolish, and lecherous good-for-nothing...” She didn't need to turn her head back with a smile, she could already imagine Liu Qingyou's face being not only regretful but also slightly shy.

  Is she accepting herself? Liu Qing's face was red, her heart beating rapidly, unable to calm down, leaning on Zi Ruoye's body, he could even hear the breathing of the dead bastard, so close... so close...

  "Serene..."

  "Huh?" He subconsciously responded, but his eyes closed again in embarrassment. How did he respond like that? It was because hearing the person he liked call him with such a familiar term made him feel really different. The arrogant air that used to make him angry enough to want to kill someone was gone, replaced by a gentleness that seemed to melt him into a puddle of water.

  Zi Ruoye gently hugged Liu Qingyou in her arms and whispered in his ear, "Qingyou, let's get married when we return." After circling around, he still returned to her embrace. Zi Ruoye smiled with some complacency, "Qingyou, this lifetime you can only be my husband."

  "Who said I'm going to marry you!" Liu Qingyao raised her head, staring at Zi Ruoye with a glance. For the past month living in the Wang Manor, Officer Guan would often pester Yun Cong about his proposal, calling him a dead fool. He sat quietly on the side, listening silently, feeling envious in his heart. Thinking of how that fool had spared no expense for Yun Cong's ten-li red wedding... what about him? Even if he didn't want to compare, there was still some bitterness in his heart. Indeed, Yun Cong was the most important person in that fool's heart...

  Zi Ruoye was taken aback, this person had already said he liked her, could it be that he still wanted to change his mind? "Qingyou, if you don't marry me, who will you marry?" Zi Ruoye narrowed her eyes, a hint of danger flashing in her gaze, this was always the person who sang a different tune from her, and now that she had finally managed to say something, was he going to go back on his word?

  "In short... I won't get married for now!" Liu Qingyao turned his head, could it be that he wanted to say that in fact he also wanted such a proposal? Listening to Yun Cong's narrative, every word and sentence was sweet as sugar, he too thought... he too wanted to have such a memory, every time listening to Yun Cong's repeated narrative of the one-of-a-kind things she did for him, his heart was filled with an inexpressible sense of loss.

  "That's going back to marry." Now, of course, they can't get married yet. They haven't even arrived at Gui City, let alone returned to Ning City, which is still far away. Qing Lan's envoy won't arrive until September, and there are still five months left. Hopefully, they can rush back by then. Thinking of Qing Lan, the tenth prince, Zi Ruo Ye's head started hurting again. Zi Yan Ran buried his head in his shoulder and let out a soft sigh.

  Liu Qingyou was taken aback, not knowing why Zi Ruoye sighed. Was she regretting what she had just said about marrying him? But he was clearly her husband-to-be; it's just that the wedding date had been postponed. Thinking of the postponed wedding date, his eyes dimmed slightly, "Damn it, what are you sighing about?"

  Zi Ruoye leaned against Liu Qingyou's shoulder and said softly, "I think Zhao Yu should already know that we escaped from the secret passage. I don't know if the governor has escaped or not. Ning'er must have known that we were trapped in the coal mine, and he must be worried about us again. Xiao Tuanzi doesn't know whether she's crying or not... And then there's Qinglan's matter after May..." Unconsciously, her heart was already tied to so many things, and Zi Ruoye herself was a little frightened when she said it out loud.

  Liu Qing listened quietly and calmly, asking out his doubts, "Dead guy, Qing Lan is just a defeated country's envoy coming to pay tribute, why are you still worried?"

  Zi Ruoye subconsciously returned, "That's because there is a person in the tribute, and that person is Qing Luan's tenth prince... coincidentally, Zi Xiangran also gave me that trouble." After saying this, Zi Ruoye's voice became smaller and smaller. She hadn't told Yun Ning about this matter yet, thinking that if Yun Ning heard it, she would get an answer that was up to her, but when she thought of his enduring and accommodating eyes, she felt a pang in her heart.

  "What!?! You won't even let go of Qing Luan's tenth son?!?" Liu Qingyou turned her face, glaring at her with hatred. This dead man already had Yun Cong and Shang Guan Meng, now...now he also has him, can't she be satisfied yet? Are all women this overly emotional?!

  "It's not that I won't let go, it's just that Zi Yanran won't let me go." Zi Ruoye said in a stifled tone.

  Liu Qingyou only then discovered that Zi Ruoye actually directly called the emperor's name, "Damn it……who are you exactly?" Sometimes he felt that the person in front of him was a useless prince who could be bullied, but more often than not, he couldn't see through her at all, like a fog.

  "Hehe, of course I'm me! I'm a master, a high-handed master!" Zi Ruoye gently nibbled on Liu Qingyou's earlobe, causing him to shudder slightly. "Sleep, rest for a while."

  Quietly in Zi Ruoye's arms, she slowly fell asleep. Zi Ruoye looked up at the white clouds floating in the sky and asked herself, who was she? Was she a soul that accidentally fell into this historical torrent, or was she Prince Zi Ruoye of the Purple Mystic Sect? Or...

  But no matter who it is, no one can hurt the people she wants to protect...

  After learning that Ziyue Ye was safe and sound, the ghostly spirits immediately sent a message to Yun Cong in the capital. It wasn't until five days later that Yun Cong received it. Holding the note in her hand, she finally put her mind at ease.

  It's all right as long as the king is safe...

  Shangguan Meng sat to the side, and only after learning that Ziyue Ye was safe did he finally relax the tense nerves of over ten days. In just a short dozen or so days, his originally somewhat chubby baby face had already thinned out by a large margin, and as a whole person, he looked extremely lacking in spirit.

  "You go rest first, now that you know the prince is safe and sound, you should also be at ease." Yun Cong smiled lightly to Shang Guan Meng, these past ten or so days they had all been spent in worry and fear, after this time Yun Cong had already decided that next time no matter what the prince said, she would definitely go with her.

  "Master Yun... " Wu Er's voice came from outside the door, with an inexplicable sense of annoyance and difficulty.

  Yun Cong opened the door and saw Wu Er's knotted face, "What's wrong?" Wu Er rarely showed such a worried expression.

  "Li Yu is here again!" Wu Er said indignantly, why can't that person just leave?! And taking advantage of the king's absence to frequently enter the mansion and talk to Yun Zhu Zi, he has seen the disgusting look in Li Yu's eyes! What kind of gaze is that?! Yun Zhu Zi has been the king's person all his life, but that gaze makes it seem like Yun Zhu Zi belongs to her. If he weren't just a small servant, he would have chased her away with a broom long ago!

  "Li Yu?" Yun's brow furrowed, these past few days she had been so worried about the prince that she had forgotten this matter, but Li Yu's repeated visits were really getting on her nerves.

  "Tell her to come back, say I'm unwell and can't see guests. Besides, the king hasn't returned yet, and as a mere husband, I don't have the authority to receive her." The previous few times he had received her, but this time he was really fed up, he didn't have time to waste on Li Yu, nor did he want to see the possessive desire in Li Yu's eyes that made him feel like he belonged to her.

  "Yes, Wu Er will go back to her." Wu Er nodded and backed away.

  Wu Er indeed made a cold and detached statement, and directly asked Li Yu to leave. Li Yu stood in front of the Wang Fu gate, her face gloomy, gritting her teeth in anger. The news from Ning City was that Zi Ruo Ye hadn't died? How could she be so lucky, being buried in the coal mine and still managing to escape alive? With a dark expression, she got into her own carriage.

  If Zi Ruoye doesn't die in a day, then she won't be able to get Yun Ning...

  Li Yu didn't notice that after she came out, Shangguan Meng's small body had been staring at her all along. This shameless Li Yu! She's come to bother Yun Gege again! The little body moved with a ghostly gait, weaving through the crowd. As the esteemed disciple of Tianji Lao Ren, how could she not even know a bit of martial arts? It was just that Shangguan Meng usually leaned more towards array formation.

  Li Yuyi returned to her own courtyard, but felt that the atmosphere was not quite right. The surrounding area had actually risen with a hazy fog... She had indeed entered the General's Mansion, but why did her small courtyard...

  A figure suddenly appeared in the air, and Li Yu was caught off guard and scratched her arm! As she looked closely, it turned out to be an arrow! Her eyes widened slightly, and someone had actually set up a formation in her courtyard! Her body shuddered for a moment, after all, which mastermind had managed to sneak in undetected? The General's Manor was also extremely strict about security.

  Before Li Yu could react, several arrows shot towards her from all directions! She had to deal with the formation first!

  Shangguan Mengmeng was already outside the General's Manor, patted her own small hand, and her sparkling eyes returned from cunning to pure clarity. She skipped away with little steps, bouncing up and down as she went.

  Let her always bother Brother Yun, most importantly, she also bullied his wife, half an hour later that spell will automatically lift, can't die. Knowing the wife is fine, he should obediently return to the Wang Fu and wait for his wife, as for this small prank, it's just a lesson from that broken jade.

  What a joke, Li Yu is clearly just a broken jade, not even comparable to his wife's single hair, the bright and clear eyes reflect the light that can see through people, but in an instant it hides again. Cloud Gege can't come out because of his wife's identity, so he'll help his wife teach this broken jade a lesson! Next time if she bothers Cloud Gege again, he'll turn her into a broken stone head!

  Li Yuben wanted to call for help outside, but found that no one came even after shouting for half a day. She then realized that the formation had actually blocked her voice, and was shocked in her heart, "I don't know which master set up this formation to trap me?"

  No one responded even after half a response, and Shangguan Meng had already returned to the Wang Fu, covering himself with his quilt and falling asleep. Li Yu repeated the same words several times but still got no response, and was exhausted from fending off arrows that came flying in from who-knew-where. Half an hour later, the formation suddenly disappeared on its own.

  He fell to the ground like a lump of mud, his body covered in many small, shallow wounds, but none were severe. It was clear that the person who set up the formation had not intended to take Li Yu's life.

  Who is it? Who wants her dead?

  Zi Ruoye and Liu Qingyou finally arrived in Guicheng after walking for five days. Unlike Ningcheng, which is rich in coal mines, Guicheng got its name from the numerous Osmanthus fragrans forests. Legend has it that when the Osmanthus flowers bloom, the air is filled with a sweet fragrance.

  Zi Ruoye and Liu Qingyou were immediately noticed by the people in the city, because they looked too wretched. Not only were they disheveled, but Zi Ruoye's face was covered with coal dust, her clothes were torn into strips, and Liu Qingyou, although slightly better off than her, was almost as dirty and unkempt. Wherever they went, people would retreat in shock, after all, the two of them had not bathed for nearly twenty days!

  Zi Ruoye looked at the pedestrians who retreated with a hint of helplessness, and took Liu Qingyou to a nearby inn. The pedestrians were even more surprised, their eyes wide with wonder - in this day and age, even beggars could afford to stay in an inn?

  The innkeeper saw the tattered clothes of Ziyue and the man, who was actually a handsome guy. However, the woman's face was covered in soot, and it seemed like she might be deceiving him. Lately, there had been some unrest in Guicheng...

  "Hey, kid, give these two people a few buns. You can take the buns and leave. After all, this small shop also needs to do business." Although the boss's tone was not good, he didn't drive Ziyue Ye and his companion away, instead letting the young servant bring out some buns for them to eat their fill before leaving.

  Zi Ruoye was taken aback, looked at herself, and then looked at Liu Qingyou again. Just as she found that Liu Qingyou's angry face was about to erupt, she gently pinched the palm of his hand. They were like this, so it was no wonder others took them for beggars.

  "The shopkeeper, we are here to stay. " Zi Ruoye stepped forward and said politely, they were indeed obstructing the view now, so it was not surprising that the shopkeeper's face was not good. Immediately took out the silver and put it on the table, "I want two rooms upstairs, then prepare bath water for us and some small dishes from your place. Then help us buy two sets of clothes."

  The shopkeeper stared at the two silver ingots in front of him, and his eyes widened instantly. It turned out that he was a careless master who had accidentally fallen into poverty. He hastily called for Xiao Er to take Zi Ruoye and Liu Qingyou up to their room, instructing them to treat them well.

  "Take a good shower. I'll come find you later to eat together." Zǐ Ruò Yè smiled and sent Liǔ Qīng Yōu into the house, then turned around and went to her own house.

  After sleeping outdoors for so many days, he can finally take a good bath. For Liu Qingyou, who has always loved cleanliness, it's even more exciting. Although accompanying her on the outdoor adventure wasn't suffering and was actually sweet, being able to take a proper shower is something he has been craving all along. Looking down at his clothes, he never wants to wear such revealing attire for the rest of his life; it's just too exposed.

  Zi Ruoye returned to the house, her face suddenly turned white, fortunately, the coal ash covered up her pale face, and a thread of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth. If she hadn't arrived at Gui City, she would have been exposed. On that day, in order not to make Liu Qingyou worry too much, she forcibly suppressed the poison when it broke out, and for these twenty days, she had been using her internal energy to suppress it, enduring great hardship. Only when she knew that Xiao Er was bringing hot water did she lean against the door with great effort, lightly panting.

  "It hurts to death... That unruly vagabond is going to be the death of me." Zi Ruoye leaned against the door, her mouth still bleeding, and muttered. Then she convulsed all over and fell to the ground.

  If it weren't for suppressing the poison with internal energy, how could a day and night's worth of poison be resolved in an instant? Yet, ironically, the ice and fire poison is most taboo to suppress with internal energy...

  Digression

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