Chapter 29: Mission
As the days passed, Shen Yunyou still lived in King Rui's mansion, and Situ Rui was still investigating the tragedy of Liu Yuheng's family. And after Situ Liuyun lived in King Rui's Mansion for a few days, he was finally recalled to the palace by the emperor's decree.
Shen Yunyou sent Situ Liuyun out of the palace, and after standing at the door for a while, he returned to the room boredly and lay on the bed in a daze. But soon, she was dragged up from the bed by Situ Rui.
"What's wrong, Lord Wang?" Shen Yunyou looked at Situ Rui's solemn expression and asked cautiously, "What's the progress of the Liu family's case?" ”
"Nope. Looking for you because of something else. Situ Rui clasped his hands in front of his chest, looked at Shen Yunyou condescendingly, and said in a low voice: "In the next month, you will go to live in the palace." ”
Entering the palace?
"Why?" Shen Yunyou listened to Situ Rui's words, and immediately frowned and asked. It was because she didn't want to go to the palace that she moved to the Rui Wang's Mansion to live. But why is it brought up again now?
Shen Yunyou's reluctant expression was completely seen by Situ Rui. Raising the corners of his mouth with disdain, Situ Rui sneered and looked at Shen Yunyou. Being able to enter the palace is too late for others to be happy. But when she came to Shen Yunyou, it seemed that she had been forced to do so. What's going on in this woman's head?
"Liuyun can't leave the palace every day, but she keeps thinking about you. So you have to go into the palace to accompany her for a while, this is the emperor's will. ”
"Go to the palace to accompany the princess?" Shen Yunyou narrowed his eyes slightly, repeating Situ Rui's words. Puzzled, he asked, "Is this what the princess means?" ”
"You don't care about this, in short, you just go to the palace."
Situ Rui's resolute tone made Shen Yunyou unable to refute, and he didn't have the courage to refute. Gritting his teeth, Shen Yun looked at Situ Rui's calm expression intently, but there were waves in his heart.
The Imperial Palace, the place that has always made Shen Yunyou feel frightened and depressed, is it really going to live for a month? Why did Situ Rui let himself enter the palace? Is this what Situ Liuyun means? But before Situ Liuyun left, he obviously didn't say that......
Neither of them spoke, and the room fell silent. Shen Yunyou sat there with his head bowed and silent, while Situ Rui stood aside, carefully observing Shen Yunyou's every move.
"Lord Wang, Ye Zixuan asks to see you."
An announcement outside the door made Shen Yunyou and Situ Rui both stunned suddenly, and returned to reality from their respective contemplations.
Situ Rui secretly clenched his fists, and after thinking for a moment, he strode out of the room, looked at the guard at the door, and asked, "Where is he?" ”
"Waiting at the gate."
"Bring him in." Situ Rui said with a cold gaze, then walked to the courtyard, sat on the stone bench, and waited for Ye Zixuan to appear.
Shen Yunyou hid in the house, looking at the scene in the courtyard a little nervously along the gap in the window. How could Ye Zixuan suddenly come to Rui Wang's Mansion? Isn't he incompatible with Situ Rui? What the hell is he trying to do?
Ye Zixuan, under the leadership of the guards, walked slowly in front of Situ Rui. Standing in the courtyard, Ye Zixuan glanced around at the scenes and objects in the courtyard, then smiled slightly, sat on the stone bench next to Situ Rui, and said lightly: "I came here today to borrow someone from the prince." ”
"Borrow someone?" Situ Rui frowned, "Who?" ”
"Shen Yunyou." The corners of Ye Zixuan's mouth smirked and said Shen Yunyou's name, and under Situ Rui's surprised gaze, he said quietly: "I have something to do with her, and I will send her back safely before dark." ”
"What if I don't agree?"
"Disagree?" Ye Zixuan glanced at Situ Rui, glanced at other places, and smiled lightly.
Ye Zixuan's silent smile made Situ Rui's fists clench tighter and tighter. Ye Zixuan has never taken the initiative to say a word to himself for so many years. Unexpectedly, the first time he came to him, it was for Shen Yunyou......
Situ Rui slowly closed his eyes, trying to calm himself down a little. Soon, Situ Rui returned to his usual appearance. His gaze swept across Shen Yunyou's door, Situ Rui stood up, left a word, and turned to leave.
"I don't know what you're looking for Yunyou, but I hope she's back unharmed."
Situ Rui and the guards left, and only Ye Zixuan was left sitting there alone in the courtyard. Standing up, Ye Zixuan stretched unscrupulously. After seeing Shen Yunyou push the door and walk out, Ye Zixuan chuckled and said, "Let's go, I have something to say to you." ”
Shen Yunyou walked beside Ye Zixuan with an expressionless face, and after leaving the Rui Wang's Mansion, he finally relaxed a little. Taking a big breath, Shen Yunyou turned his head to look at Ye Zixuan's side face and asked, "What are you looking for me?" ”
"It's okay, can't I look for you?" Ye Zixuan glanced at Shen Yunyou and asked rhetorically. After failing to answer Shen Yunyou's question, Ye Zixuan quickened his pace, left Shen Yunyou behind, and strode in the direction of the outside of the city.
To Shen Yunyou's surprise, Ye Zixuan brought her not somewhere else, but Sigu Mountain.
Shen Yunyou looked at the medicinal herbs all over the mountains, and the light in his eyes unconsciously flashed.
Ye Zixuan looked at her eyes shining, hooked the corners of her mouth and smiled, and lay on the grass casually, basking in the sun. Under Shen Yunyou's repeated questioning, Ye Zixuan sat up slowly, and then before Shen Yunyou could react, he grabbed Shen Yunyou's wrist and dragged her into his arms.
"...... you" Shen Yunyou's eyes widened and he looked at Ye Zixuan in surprise. But soon, she understood what the reason for Ye Zixuan was doing this.
They're being followed!
Shen Yunyou cautiously held the paper in his hand and looked at Ye Zixuan with gloomy eyes. Looking at Ye Zixuan, he raised his eyebrows indifferently, and then let go of himself. Shen Yunyou sighed weakly, stuffed the thing into his arms without a trace, and lay down on the grass with Ye Zixuan.
"Why did you want to come here?" Shen Yunyou thought about it, found a topic, and asked.
If you want to send a letter to her, you can do it anywhere, right? Why should you choose here?
"Quiet, no one is noisy." Ye Zixuan closed his eyes and answered Shen Yunyou's question casually. "I used to come here by myself a lot."
After speaking, Ye Zixuan suddenly stood up and began to walk back and forth on the grass. Finally, he walked towards a tree not far away.
"I remember one time, I was under this tree ......"
"Be careful, don't touch it!" Shen Yunyou watched Ye Zixuan approach the tree defenselessly, stretched out his hand to touch the leaves on the branches, and hurriedly warned loudly.
Bringing Ye Zixuan, who was dazed, to a place a little farther away from the tree, Shen Yunyou breathed a sigh of relief. It was poison arrow wood, and it was also the material that Shen Yunyou picked back to make poison last time. If Ye Zixuan accidentally got his skin cut by that branch and leaf, it wouldn't be fun.
Ye Zixuan looked at Shen Yunyou's nervous appearance, glanced at the tree over there, and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?" ”
"It's okay, remember to stay away from the tree in the future." Shen Yunyou glared at Ye Zixuan angrily, refusing to tell him the truth. In his heart, he secretly scolded Yezi Xuan for his fate, and he came here so many times, but he was not poisoned by poisonous weeds.
The two were lying side by side on the grass, the warm sunlight shining on their bodies, and before they knew it, Shen Yunyou actually fell asleep. And when I woke up again, it was already afternoon.
Rubbing his eyes, Shen Yunyou looked around for Ye Zixuan's figure. When he saw Ye Zixuan sitting on the hillside not far away, Shen Yunyou got up and walked over slowly.
"Situ Rui's people are gone." When Ye Zixuan first sat down beside Shen Yunyou, he asked softly, "Are you used to living in King Rui's Mansion?" ”
"It's good that at least the shadows won't appear next to me at any time." Shen Yunyou thought about it and answered Ye Zixuan's question with a mocking smile.
"Is it ......" Ye Zixuan nodded, glanced at Shen Yunyou playfully, and said with a smile: "If he hears this, it is estimated that you will not be able to live a good life in Rui Wangfu." ”
"You're going to tell him?"
"Maybe."
"Even if you tell him, it doesn't matter, I'm going to enter the palace soon." Shen Yunyou shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and then under Ye Zixuan's gaze, he took out the letter he had stuffed into himself not long ago from his arms. "Given by the Shadows?"
"Well, your next task." Ye Zixuan looked at Shen Yunyou intently, watched her slowly open the letter, gradually turned a little pale, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The hand holding the letter trembled a little, Shen Yunyou bit his lower lip, and read the contents of the letter again in disbelief. She was not mistaken, what the Shadow asked her to do this time turned out to be ......
Shen Yunyou handed the letter to Ye Zixuan, and after Ye Zixuan read the letter, Shen Yunyou asked coldly, "Doesn't he have a lot of people under him?" Why are you looking for me for this kind of thing? And, moreover, this person? Is he crazy?! ”
Ye Zixuan saw Shen Yunyou's frantic expression in his eyes and handed her the letter. After Shen Yunyou calmed down for a while, Ye Zixuan said aloud: "Imperial Doctor...... The goal is really not small. ”
Shen Yunyou had a headache and turned the letter in her hand into a ball, no matter what she thought, she didn't expect that that bastard Shadow would actually send her to kill someone! And the target is still the imperial historian of the dynasty!
Who is Dr. Goshi? That's the equivalent of a position as a deputy prime minister! He was in charge of the ministers, issued the emperor's edict, and was responsible for supervising hundreds of officials. This kind of object, how can Shen Yunyou do it?
"Ah......" Shen Yunyou wailed weakly, and at Ye Zixuan's compassionate gaze, Shen Yunyou pursed his lower lip and asked, "Did he let you do this kind of thing before?" ”
Shen Yunyou looked at Ye Zixuan and nodded after hesitating for a moment. He continued to ask, "Who is your mission?" ”