"This is what you said. Don't regret it in the future.
Hearing her cold voice, Xue Rui chuckles, tightens his arms to hold her thin body in his arms, and says seriously,
"If you get married and have children with someone else, I will regret it."
It is partly because of him that she doesn't want to be the one who breaks her life and stays with Jing Chen. Facing such a woman who dares to love and hate, how can he give her up? As for the risks in the future, she is not afraid, so why should he be afraid?
There will always be a way out. Now he only knows that if he lets her go, he will definitely regret it.
"Shu, don't be afraid. I will think of a way with you."
Yu Shu told Xue Rui about the secret of Calamity An, and when she saw Xue Rui's clear attitude, the heavy burden in her heart seemed as if half of it had been lifted off her shoulders, and she instantly felt relaxed. What followed after was a sweet feeling of peace in her heart — At least, he didn't disappoint her.
Looking at Xue Rui's handsome face in front of her, an idea comes to her mind. She climbs his arm, raises her head, and gently bites his thin and moderate lips.
Xue Rui's eyes flicker. He only feels that his lips are bitten by her sharp tiger teeth. There is a little flattery in the intimacy. It is indescribably itchy, as if he is holding a wild cat with its claws in his arms. He can't help but feel pity.
The next moment, he takes the initiative. He holds Yu Shu's slender nape and lowers his head to bite her mouth. His flexible tongue sweeps over her two sharp teeth and caresses her soft and fragrant mouth. He is not impatient, but does not allow her to retreat. Feeling that she is breathing nervously, he gently rubs her neck with his thumb, one by one, to make her relax.
After the long kiss ended, Yu Shu buried her head on Xue Rui's shoulder and wrapped her hands around his lean waist as she lightly panted for breath. She licked her lips that were sore from being kissed and bitten by him, and she didn't have the time to think about where he'd learned such teasing methods.
Xue Rui caresses her back, calms down the restlessness in his body, clears his throat, and says,
"Let's have lunch first, and then we will discuss how to deal with it."
"Well, okay."
In the afternoon, the two of them went to the courtyard on the third floor.
Xue Rui stood at the edge of the Fengshui Pool at the corner of the balcony, looking down at the colorful lights at the bottom of the pool. Even though he had seen thousands of treasures, he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"This move of yours is really amazing."
Yu Shu shook her head, "This is also my first time building this Wind Pond, so I boldly changed a lot of places. Who would have thought that I would hit the mark by a stroke of luck. Just a few days ago, I was discussing with Uncle Pei about selling these crystals, and he bought them all."
Xue Rui walked over and sat down on the couch beside her. He straightened the hem of his clothes and returned to the topic at hand.
"According to what you said, His Majesty and the Great Teacher do not intend to expose you, so they found a substitute in the Taishi Library with the intention of luring the snake out of its hole and capturing the group of people who were secretly targeting Jing Chen."
Yu Shu nodded and sneered, "I'm afraid that Cao Youling did the same thing before. The people who tried to kill Jing Chen on the river and the people who committed the murder in the Taishi Library are the same group. I don't know how they found out about the existence of the great calamity, but they want to destroy the fate of this country. They have evil intentions and deserve to be punished. If His Majesty can't uproot this group of people today, how would he dare to expose me, the true master? "
She was not Jing Chen, who was skilled in martial arts and had a profound cultivation. She lived in the impenetrable Princess Mansion and was not afraid of being plotted against.
In the eyes of the Emperor and the Great Teacher, she was now a "weak woman" who did not know anything.
"In other words, before you kill that group of people, no one can do anything to you." Xue Rui understood the crux of the matter and quickly discovered that Yu Shu was safe for the time being.
"That's right. During this period, no one will force me to risk my life for Jing Chen, and no one can touch me. After all, I have a name in the eyes of the current Emperor."
Yu Shu turned her head to look at Xue Rui and said hesitantly, "Actually, I don't intend to keep it from you.
"Actually, I don't plan to keep it a secret from you. I'll have to inform you sooner or later. After all, the relationship between us can't be passed to the higher-ups. If we don't pay more attention, both of us will be in trouble."
As a person who had lost her life, she had to marry the calamity and have children. This was the right way in the eyes of the current Emperor. How could she be entangled with another man in her heart?
If Xue Rui insisted on facing it together with her, then the relationship between the two could not be known by outsiders. To put it bluntly, she wanted Xue Rui and her to be a pair of lovers secretly.
Xue Rui's face was gloomy for a moment. However, when he saw the guilt and helplessness on Yu Shu's face, his heart softened. He took her hand and put it on his lap. He narrowed his eyes and said,
"I still say the same thing. I want to marry you, not just talk. You will be mine sooner or later. I will not be in a hurry."
After falling from the clouds to the bottom of the valley for three years, he did not lack patience.
The worries in Yu Shu's heart were eased by a single sentence from him, and she felt that she owed Xue Rui even more in her heart. She felt that she hadn't done much for Xue Rui, and since they'd known each other until now, the kindness he'd shown her could be counted in detail, yet she'd always suspected that he came from a wealthy background, so he couldn't be devoted to her.
However, Xue Rui always exceeded her expectations. It made her look like a fool who worried about nothing. She had wronged him for no reason.
Next, Yu Shu told Xue Rui everything about her plan, including how she got information from Jing Chen, aroused his suspicion, and asked him to inquire about the Book of Mystic Fairy's Six Rens.
"I think the key is still in that book. There is something fishy about the calamity of Da An. Why can a person's fate shake the world's peace? If we understand the meaning behind it, there might be a solution." Yu Shu said.
"The Book of Mystery Woman's Six Rens, huh?" Xue Rui muttered to himself as he linked the few things he knew together. He didn't want to let go of even the slightest clue. He seemed to be lost in thought for a while before a bright light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"I think we can also investigate the matter of Princess Royal and Yun Hua's son dying for love."
"Huh?" Yu Shu looked at him in confusion.
"Do you remember when Ji Xingxuan was in prison, you told me that you met a storyteller?"
When Xue Rui mentioned it, Yu Shu remembered that she heard a storyteller in a teahouse on North Street last month. He told a story about Yun Hua's son and Princess Luyue meeting. She still remembered clearly that the storyteller talked about a little-known matter.
Before Princess Luyue, Yun Mu Feng had a wife.
This inevitably made people think that Yun Hua's son was a Chen Shimei who abandoned his wife and chose riches and honor. It was a great slander.
The people of Yun Hua had been dead for so many years, but now there was someone who brought up this old matter. Whether it was true or false, it was suspicious.
Xue Rui said, "I sent someone to the teahouse at the end of the street to ask. The shopkeeper said that the storyteller who called himself Old Ge would occasionally come to his teahouse to tell stories. But after telling the story about Yun Hua's son, I never saw him again."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean — Yun Hua's death that year was strange."
Yu Shu was stunned. Everyone in Anling City knew that Yun Hua died for Princess Royal after she died of illness. But Xue Rui said it wasn't so?
"Think about it, the question about the astrology in the Grand Yan Examination twenty years ago is the same as this year. Among the three thousand Yi Ke, only Yun Hua's son can solve it. And this' big trouble 'is his biological son. How can there be such a coincidence in this world? Jing Chen is a trouble, this can't be changed. Then the one with the problem is Yun Hua's son. "
The more Xue Rui analyzed, the clearer some of the ideas in his mind became. The layers of confusion in front of him aroused his curiosity.
"Do you think that he knew about the 'big trouble' long ago, but for some unspeakable purpose, he came to the capital to participate in the Grand Yan Examination and to get close to Princess Royal. He planned so carefully, but in the end, the matter was exposed, so he had to 'die for Princess Royal'.
Hearing Xue Rui's speculation, Yu Shu's eyelids suddenly twitched. There was an inexplicable strange feeling in her heart. She couldn't help but think — if Xue Rui's speculation was true, then why did Yun Hua come to the capital, and why did he abandon his wife to become the princess's son-in-law?
Could he be the same as her? Was he also aiming for the Book of Fairy Maiden's Six Rens?
Xue Rui didn't know that Yu Shu was entrusted to destroy the Book of Mystery Fairy Six Rens, so when he saw her eyes flickering, he only thought that she was surprised.
"In any case, the Great Calamity of Calamity is definitely not as simple as what Jingchen told you. We'll split up. You continue to get more information from him. I'll go investigate what happened twenty years ago and see if I can find anything."
Yu Shu nodded, but still said worriedly, "Then you must inquire carefully. This is a serious matter, and there are many spies in the dark. Don't let someone with ulterior motives target you."
The two of them discussed and decided on a plan. Because Yu Shu's current situation was delicate, and it hadn't reached the point of a life-and-death struggle, so they subconsciously didn't plan for the worst case scenario.
For example, one day in the future, they would have to go against the high and mighty imperial power.
Ever since Yu Shu found out that she confronted Jing Chen at the observatory that night, and was troubled by her identity as the person who broke her life, she hadn't been able to sleep well for the past few days.
With Xue Rui sharing some of the burden, she felt tired, and in front of him, she yawned a few times.
"You don't have to go anywhere in the afternoon. Just sleep here," Xue Rui arranged the pillows on the couch, got up, and made space for her to lie down.
Yu Shu was indeed sleepy. She rubbed her forehead and fell down. When she saw him turn around to leave, she didn't think twice and grabbed his clothes.
"Big brother, stay with me for a while."
Xue Rui looked down at her, "I'll go get a blanket, and I'll be back soon."
Only then did Yu Shu let go of him. She covered her mouth and yawned again, and her eyes were watery.
Not long after, Xue Rui came up from downstairs. Before he got close, he heard her soft snoring. He walked to the side of the couch and saw that her mouth was slightly open, and her sleeping posture was not elegant. He couldn't help but smile, bent down to take off her shoes, and shook out the thin blanket to cover her stomach.
Then he quietly sat on the side of the couch, clasped his fingers, and turned his head to focus on her sleeping face. His eyes were calm and contemplative.
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