Chapter 43

  Can't she just say no? Damn it!

  Yun Qian took a deep breath and waved her hand at Cai Lian, "Hurry up and get ready!"

  "Yes! Miss!" Cai Lian suddenly ran down happily.

  Yun Qianyue gazed out the window at the dark night, thinking resentfully that this time she would definitely stay at Xiangquan Mountain Lingtai Temple for a year or two. She wouldn't return to the manor to learn how to manage the household accounts, whoever wanted to take care of this broken manor could do so themselves!

  Rumor has it that the young lady is going to Qingquan Mountain's Lingtai Temple to pray for blessings, and Shuange Pavilion suddenly becomes lively. Led by Cailian, everyone hastily starts packing their things. Those who can follow along are overjoyed, while those who cannot also feel a sense of relief wash over them as they start thinking about how they can sneak out of the mansion to have some fun after the young lady leaves. As a result, everyone's face is filled with smiles, and the atmosphere is filled with joyful energy.

  Yun Qianyue listened to the joyful laughter of the crowd outside, her face gloomy. What she was thinking about was that tomorrow when they meet, she must strangle Rong Jing, that scourge. If she couldn't strangle him to death, it would be best if he went back to Lingtai Temple and became a monk, never to return. Thinking this way made her feel slightly better, she yawned and went back to bed to sleep.

  Cai Lian and others were busy until midnight, and Shallow Moon Pavilion finally quieted down.

  At the fifth watch on the second day, Cai Lian came over to wake up Yun Shangyue.

  Yun patted the moon and said, "It's early! Sleep a bit longer!"

  "Miss, don't sleep anymore, it's already the fifth watch. You need to get up and make time to dress up properly. Today, many young ladies will be going to Xiangquan Mountain, you can't let others surpass you. Moreover, Xiangquan Mountain is over 20 miles away from here, Young Master Jing will probably come early to take you on the journey. You shouldn't keep him waiting either." Cailian reached out to pull Yun Shangyue. If it were in the past, she would never have dared to do so, but now she felt that although Miss sometimes had a bad temper, she wouldn't really hit or scold her.

  "Just wait and see! Go ahead, I'll sleep a bit longer." Yun Qian Yue pulled away Cai Lian's hand.

  "Miss, how can Jing Shizi wait? You'd better get up quickly!" Cai Lian stretched out her hand to pull again.

  "I don't want to wait for him to leave, I'll just go myself." Yun Shangyue pulled the quilt over her head with both hands. These days, she had been tormented by Yun Wuheng and hadn't slept well at all. Now that she didn't have to recognize characters anymore, she might as well sleep a good long while first.

  Cai Lian looked at Yun Shangyue, who had wrapped herself up like a big rice dumpling, and sighed helplessly. She begged: "Miss, how can this be? Old Master Wang has specially sent Uncle Meng to instruct you, how can you let Jing Shizi's pigeon fly away? Do you know how many young ladies in the capital are eager for Jing Shizi to come and fetch them? You're blessed with good fortune but don't even realize it."

  "Shut up or I'll throw you out!" Yun Qianyue was annoyed and warned loudly.

  Cai Lian immediately shut her mouth, only able to stare at Yun Shang Yue with wide eyes, while she herself was completely hidden under the covers. From what she had learned in recent days, although Miss was usually easy-going, she was clear-headed and if truly provoked, Miss would indeed throw her out, and she would do as she said. Helplessly, Cai Lian threw down the new clothes in her hand and turned to leave.

  Cai Lian had just arrived at the door when Yun Meng rushed hastily into the courtyard.

  "Is it Master Jing's son who has arrived?" asked Cai Lian immediately.

  "Jing Shizi hasn't arrived yet, it was Old Master Wang who sent me to call Missy to get up. He said that if Missy dares to make Jing Shizi wait, he will flay her alive. He said that if Missy doesn't believe him, she can try it out." Yun Meng stopped in his tracks and faced Cai Lian: "Isn't Missy still asleep? Hurry and go wake her up!"

  "The servant girl has called out, but Miss says she hasn't slept enough." Cai Lian said with a bitter face.

  "Hurry up and go tell Miss what Old Master Wang said, she'll naturally get up. Princess Qingyan has sent someone to pass on a message asking the Young Master to come to the palace to pick her up, the Young Master is already up now, I still need to help him tidy up a bit, you hurry up and go wake Miss up." Yun Meng's words fell, and he hastily walked away again.

  Cai Lian could only turn around and go back to the house, where she saw Yun Shangyue had already thrown off her covers and sat up, with a look of annoyance on her face. She immediately walked over, smiling and saying: "Miss, you must have heard what the steward said? You should get up quickly!"

  "Hmm!" Yun Shangyue hummed, damned old man!

  Cai Lian immediately delightedly took over the new clothes and unfolded them, and the dim room was suddenly brightened. The pearl rings emitted a clear and crisp collision sound, which was extremely pleasant to hear. As she put it on Yun Shangyue's body, she said with joy: "This is the only seven-layer brocade purple gauze dress from Xianpin Pavilion this year. According to the steward, it was ordered by the young master for Miss long ago. Even the gentle Princess Qingwen in the palace wanted it but couldn't get it! It's said that because of this, Princess Qingwen asked the young master to give it to her, but he refused, saying that Miss had been working hard studying these days and gave it to her as compensation. Princess Qingwen didn't say anything else, but she must be unhappy in her heart."

  Yun Shallow Moon glanced at the clothes on her body, and indeed they were high-quality soft satin, extremely smooth to the touch, especially with a simple yet elegant style, messy but not complicated, luxurious but not showy. Especially the butterfly knot made of silk brocade on the right side, she loved it very much. Such a piece of clothing must have cost Yun Wuhan a lot of silver.

  "Miss, the young master is very fond of you!" Cai Lian said with a smile.

  Yun pouted and said, "If you give me a piece of clothing, I'll forgive you."

  "Yesterday, I heard that the young master is also going to Lingtai Temple, and I was wondering why Old Master Wang would give up on having the young master take Miss there and instead send someone to Rongwang Fu to invite Jing Shizhu to take Miss together. Now I understand that the young master is actually going to the palace to pick up the princess." Cailian said while helping Yunshangmo tie the silk ribbon around her waist.

  Yun Shallow Moon blinked her eyes and suddenly came to some spirit, asking: "Is my brother engaged to Princess Qingyuan?"

  "Miss, I've found that you're not paying attention to anyone except the crown prince these years." Cai Lian shook her head and continued, "Princess Qingyuan and the young master haven't engaged yet, but who in the imperial court doesn't know that Princess Qingyuan has a crush on our Young Master of Cloud King Manor? Princess Qingyuan is one year older than you, already at the age of marriage, and so is the young master. However, the emperor hasn't expressed his opinion yet. Now, Princess Qingyuan wants to go to Lingtai Temple to pray for blessings but doesn't want to walk with the crown prince; instead, she wants the young master to pick her up. I think this matter is likely to happen. Maybe one day, when the emperor is in a good mood, he'll issue an imperial decree to marry off the young master and Princess Qingyuan."

  "Oh! So it's about being a son-in-law!" Yun Shangyue suddenly realized, her sister-in-law was actually Princess Qingyan. No wonder Yun Muhanchen was so angry that day! Indeed, as a princess, she had everything she needed, and probably didn't even know how to manage the household. She hummed in disapproval, "Looking all proper on the surface, but secretly flirting with someone else's princess."

  "Miss, shh..." Cai Lian immediately covered Yun Shangyue's mouth with her hand and looked around nervously. Seeing that there was no one outside, she let go of her hand and whispered: "Miss, you must not let the prince hear this. If the prince hears you say this, he will probably be angry. In my opinion, the prince does not like the princess, but rather it is the young master who is chasing after the prince. I think that it must have been an imperial decree from the emperor or empress that ordered the prince to go and receive the princess, otherwise the prince would definitely not have gone."

  "It's his good fortune that the princess likes him, yet he's still not satisfied." Yun Qianyue commented.

  Cai Lian looked at her young mistress with some speechlessness, thinking that the prince had indeed wronged her deeply over the past half month. She couldn't help but speak up for Yun Wu Han, "Miss, have you forgotten? That Qing Wan princess and Rong Wang Fu's second miss Rong Ling Lan as well as Xiao Qin Wang Fu's young duchess Leng Su Li all bullied you together. If she really marries the prince, then in the future, she'll be living in this palace, won't she become even more arrogant in front of you? And what about the princess? Our prince is a man of both literature and martial arts, she's just got the status of a princess, but in my humble opinion, she's not as good as you, miss! The prince doesn't necessarily have to like her just because she's a princess!"

  "Go ahead! Little girl can't see that you don't have a class concept at all." Yun Shallow Moon suddenly smiled and turned to look at Cai Lian.

  Cai Lian's face turned red, and her voice dropped, "I don't like that princess either! I don't like anyone who bullies Miss. If she really marries the prince, how can Miss have a good life? What I'm saying is true."

  "Hmm, it's true. She didn't marry well and neither did I have a good life." Yun Qianyue smiled. She was no longer the original Yun Qianyue now, whoever bullied her would be paid back eight times over. Just like Feng Ce Fei and Yun Xianghe. Thinking of those two, she asked: "What about Feng Ce Fei and Yun Xianghe? How are they doing?"

  "Miss, from now on, Feng Ce Fei is no longer Feng Ce Fei, she has been demoted to a concubine by the king. At most, you can call her Feng Yi Niang in the future. As for Big Miss, it's said that she started making trouble, asking the king to release Feng Yi Niang, but the king was annoyed and ordered her to take good care of her injured hand, not allowing her to leave Xiang He Yuan for three months. In the past few days, it's said that she cried every day in Xiang He Yuan, breaking many things, but now Xiang He Yuan is quiet again, I suppose Big Miss has also come to terms with reality."

  Yun Qian nodded slightly. Thinking of Yun Xianghe's temperament, it was strange that she could see the situation clearly. However, she didn't bother to care about it either. Lowering her head, she saw Cai Lian still busy with her clothes and couldn't help but frown, "This dress is really complicated, I'd rather not wear it."

  "It's not fancy, it's just fine." Cai Lian said as she fastened the last button, let out a sigh of relief, and wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve. She stood up straight and looked at Yun Shang Yue with admiration, saying: "Miss, you should take a look in the mirror. With this dress on, you're like a completely different person. In my opinion, you're even more beautiful than Yu Jing, the famous beauty of Tian Sheng's Prime Minister's estate. The people on the street were right, Miss is really beautiful. And especially your temperament, it's even more noble than that of Princess Qing Wan."

  "There's nothing good to take a picture of, just a piece of clothing and a leather bag." Yun Qian Yue stood up, stretched out her hand to tidy up the complicated ribbons on her dress, frowned at how troublesome it was to walk in this outfit, and headed towards the clear water basin.

  "Miss, you don't care about your appearance and dressing up. Which young lady in the capital doesn't want to be prettier than others?" Cai Lian pouted her mouth and followed Yun Shangyue, taking over the towel and standing beside her waiting for her to wash her face. Although she said so with her mouth, she sincerely said: "However, I like it when Miss is not very concerned about this, I think being natural is better than being deliberate."

  "You've said all the good things!" Yun Shuoyue couldn't help but laugh, and without needing a mirror, she saw her stunning face reflected in the water basin. Although this face was now hers, and she had seen it for several days, she still wasn't quite used to it. Perhaps deep down, she was still entangled with the memory of her past self, full of spirit and vigor. She sighed, scooped up some water, and gently splashed it on her face.

  Cai Lian always felt that the young lady seemed to have something on her mind, although she sometimes smiled, but often lost in thought. Could it be that the young lady had only superficially declared her separation from the prince, but still secretly cared about His Highness? Thinking this way made it seem even more possible, after all, the young lady had liked the prince since childhood and was determined that he was her soulmate. Forcing herself to give up on him wouldn't be something she could do overnight. She also let out a sigh.

  The little girl sighed day after day, careful not to get old. Yun Qian Yue straightened up and dodged the handkerchief in Cai Lian's hand to wipe her own face. She sat in front of the mirror as usual, waiting for Cai Lian to comb her hair.

  "The slave will grow old with the young lady." Cai Lian smiled and picked up a comb, stroking Yun Qianyue's black hair: "Today, I'll braid a peacock coiffure for my lady!"

  "No way." Yun Qian Yue immediately vetoed, "I'd rather not be a peacock."

  "Miss, it's not about making you a flower peacock, but a very beautiful hairstyle. Nowadays, most women don't know this style. My grandmother once met an old lady who used to serve in the palace of the previous dynasty, and that lady taught my grandmother how to do this hairstyle for women. She said that with this skill, my grandmother would have a worry-free life, but unfortunately, she didn't like fame or wealth, and instead liked farming, so she only passed it on to me. Now, this style has been lost!" Cai Lian heard this and burst out laughing, saying...

  "Is it troublesome?" Yun Shallow Moon came with some interest. Or she was interested in new things.

  "It won't take long, the maid will finish Miss's hair soon." Cai Lian said immediately.

  "Alright then, hurry up and let me take a look." Yun Qianyue casually picked up the book that Yun Wuhuan had left on the table and started reading it. It was a collection of interesting stories from the Jianghu world. She couldn't help but think that this guy actually liked to read this kind of thing, no wonder he's a young master with unrealistic chivalrous dreams. She flipped through the pages, wanting to see what else was written inside.

  Cai Lian picked up Yun Shangyue's hair with her hand and saw that Yun Shangyue was looking at the book of Shizi, but the book was upside down. The young lady seemed to be unaware of it and was staring intently at it. After waiting for a while without seeing her turn around, she couldn't help but remind her out loud, "Miss, your book is upside down."

  "Oh, I see." Yun Qianyue nodded, but still looked at the book, without correcting herself.

  Cai Lian hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Miss, since you've turned it over, why don't you turn it back?"

  "It doesn't matter if it's upside down, I think it looks more comfortable this way. I really don't understand who created these characters, obviously they look more comfortable like this, why do they have to be written in reverse? Ah, if it were me, I wouldn't create characters like that, I'll definitely create a kind of character that's easy to write and comfortable to read." Yun Shu Yue sighed. For her, reading from top to bottom or from bottom to top made no difference, as long as she could understand it.

  "Miss, creating characters is a tradition passed down from ancient scholars. How can you create them casually!" Cai Lian couldn't help but laugh and cry.

  "That's not necessarily true. These characters are so complicated, just like these clothes, later generations won't use them anymore. Sooner or later they will be simplified." Yun Shangyue said.

  "The servant cannot outtalk the young lady. Young lady, you sit up straight, it's not good for me to comb your hair like this." Cai Lian had already gotten used to Yun Shang Yue's occasional peculiar thoughts in these days and tactfully stopped speaking. Her hands moved nimbly.

  Yun Shallow Moon once again showed a kind of distress that no one understood. She could only sit upright and let Cai Lian comb her hair.

  Half a time later, Cai Lian put down the comb and looked at her masterpiece with satisfaction. She knew that Yun Shang Yue didn't like gold and silver, so she chose a biyu hairpin and a jade step shake from a pile of accessories, as well as two white jade-made pearl flowers. After everything was properly arranged, she stepped back and gazed at Yun Shang Yue in the mirror, exclaiming: "Miss, I thought you were already incredibly beautiful when I dressed you up that day, but today's attire has taken you to an even higher level! If Miss goes out like this, I'm afraid all the men under heaven will be left breathless."

  Yun Qian Yue snorted, what did men have to do with her? She didn't need to rely on her beauty to make a living. Yet she still lifted her head, and when she saw herself in the mirror, she was taken aback by her own stunning appearance.

  Only in the mirror, a woman with high hair and jade pins, emerald jade hairpins and jade pendants complement each other, white jade beads shining brightly. Wearing a seven-layered purple brocade silk dress, the collar is slightly narrow, revealing a slender neck as white as snow, her face as smooth as jade, like frozen fat. The embroidered lotus on the silk clothes are elegant from inside to outside.

  Is this her? Yun Shangyue suddenly covered the mirror with her hand, turned around and ordered Cai Lian, who was stunned, "Take down this hairstyle, and find another set of clothes to change into. Don't wear this one either."

  How can she go out like this? People will turn into wolves and swallow her alive! Let alone the wolf itself!

  "Miss, you look so good, why are you demolishing?" Cai Lian was shocked.

  "How ugly!" Yun Qiu Yue took matters into her own hands and started dismantling it.

  "Miss, don't! It really looks good on you. I went to a lot of trouble to make it, and besides, it's the young master's gift to you. If you don't believe me, call in Zhao Mama and Ting Yu, Ting Xue to ask them, they'll tell you it looks great on you. Don't take it off!" Cai Lian immediately stepped forward and covered Yun Shang Yue's hand with her own.

  "I say it's ugly and it must be demolished! If you don't listen to me, then there's no need for you to follow me today." Yun Qianyue said resolutely.

  Cai Lian looked at Yun Qiu Yue with a hint of resentment, seeing her resolute attitude slowly loosened his grip. But still unwilling to give up, he muttered that she was just being stubborn.

  Yun Qian Yue ignored her and reached out to pick a pearl flower.

  "Miss Shallow Moon, Master Jing's carriage has arrived. Old Master Wang told you to hurry up and go, no need to bid farewell." At this time, Yu Mei's voice came from outside, her footsteps were also hurried.

  "Miss, there's no time for this, you'd better not change. If you do, Young Master Shallow will definitely be kept waiting. Old Master Wang won't forgive you if he finds out you made his son wait. Have you forgotten what the chief steward just came to say?" Cai Lian was overjoyed and hastily covered Yun Shangyue's hand again.

  Yun Shangyue's hand stopped in mid-air, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "I knew I had a natural feud with this person, and it seems I wasn't wrong."

  "Miss, Jing Shizi is a good person, didn't offend you, and even saved you that day. Why are you being so biased against him?" Cailian saw Yunshangyue had given up on changing clothes and let out a sigh of relief, then hastily said to the outside, "Yuzhuo sister, Miss has gotten ready, we can go out now."

  "All right, I'll go tell Jing Shizi to wait for a moment." Yu Mei turned and left.

  "Miss, let's hurry up!" Cai Lian saw Yun Shang Yue was still resentful, so she pulled her and walked out. While walking, she shouted: "Yin Yu, Yin Xue, are you ready? Let's go quickly!"

  "Here!" Ting Yu and Ting Xue were also very excited, rushing out of the room. When they saw Yun Shang Yue come out, their eyes widened in surprise and admiration.

  Yun Shallow Moon glanced at the two of them, originally she wanted to take only Cai Lian with her, but looking at the two little maids who were also around the same age as Cai Lian, they must have also wanted to go and join in the fun. After all, everyone has a childlike heart, and she couldn't bear to disappoint them, so she could only take them all along. Zhao Mama volunteered to stay behind and watch Shallow Moon Pavilion. She said to Zhao Mama as she passed by the two of them: "Mama, this Shallow Moon Pavilion is off-limits to anyone I don't allow in. If someone comes to cause trouble, you just chase them out with a stick. If someone gets killed, I'll take responsibility. You absolutely can't let people bully you."

  Madam Zhao immediately cheered up and hastily said, "Miss can rest assured and go out to play with Young Master Jing. I will definitely guard the Shallow Moon Pavilion well. However, now it's likely that no one dares to come to our Shallow Moon Pavilion looking for trouble. After all, Miss will be in charge of the household in the future, and they won't even have time to fawn over her!"

  "Me too!" Yun Shangyue felt she had worried for nothing and didn't say another word, lifting her feet to walk outside.

  Cai Lian and Ting Yu, Ting Xue immediately followed her with quick steps, and soon the four masters and servants left Shallow Moon Pavilion.

  After passing through two long corridors, Yun Shangyue arrived at the front yard and saw that the main gate of Yun Wangfu was wide open. The two familiar black carriages were parked in front of the gate, and the cold and expressionless servant in black brocade clothes was still standing in front of the carriage. Rong Jing was nowhere to be seen, apparently waiting inside the carriage. Meng Shu, the chief steward of Yun Wangfu, stood beside the carriage, smiling and saying something to the person inside, his expression extremely delighted.

  Yun Shallow Moon pouted, thinking that Meng Uncle saw Rong Jing as if he had seen their family's ancestor!

  Yun Meng saw Yun Shangyue arrive, immediately stopped talking, turned around, and when he saw her dressed in finery, he was taken aback for a moment. His eyebrows and eyes narrowed into a line as he smiled even more happily, saying repeatedly: "Miss has arrived! Jing Shizi has been waiting for you for a while, please get on the carriage quickly!"

  "Where's my horse? Bring it over!" Yun Qianyue nodded at Meng Shu with a still gentle expression.

  "Miss, why are you still thinking of riding a horse today? It's not allowed, you'd better take a carriage!" Yun Meng immediately shook her head. This is obviously a young lady from a respectable family, riding a horse is out of the question!

  "I said ride a horse!" Yun Qian Yue waved her hand and shooed away Cai Lian behind her, "Hurry up and lead the horses!"

  "Miss......" Cai Lian reluctantly looked at Yun Shang Yue, and under her gaze, she still compromised, "Yes..."

  "Hold on!" Cai Lian had just turned around, and the car curtain was already lifted from the inside, revealing Rong Jing's poetic face. He saw Yun Shangyue standing in front of the car, her eyes slightly fixed on him for a moment, before he said warmly to her: "From here on out, it's all mountain roads outside the city, and horses can't move forward. Why don't you ride with me instead?"

  Yun Qianyue felt an urge to rip his skin off when she saw this face again after half a month. But she still couldn't bear to hurt him, so she could only endure it and frowned: "I won't ride with you or sit in the same carriage." As soon as she finished speaking, she asked Yun Meng: "Uncle Meng, where is my horse-drawn carriage?"

  "Hey, my good miss, you've never taken a carriage, only ridden horses. Where would you have a carriage? In the mansion, there are only two carriages. One is exclusively for the king and used when he goes to court; the other is for the young master. Now that the young master has gone to the palace to pick up Princess Qingwen, you can only share a carriage with Jing Shizi." Yun Meng said immediately.

  Yun paled and her heart sank, "Isn't there any other car?"

  "Is there anywhere else? The young servants and maids of the mansion going out on errands, where can they afford to take a carriage ride? Of course not. Even if they could, it wouldn't be suitable for Miss's status to ride in one!" Yun Meng said as he immediately urged: "Miss, hurry up and get in the carriage! Don't keep the young master waiting."

  Yun Shallow Moon looked at Rong Jing, one hundred and eighty unwillingness.

  "Hmm..." Rong Jing smiled softly, his warm voice also carrying a hint of amusement as he raised an eyebrow at her, "It's only been a few days since we last met, yet you look like you've seen a ghost. I don't recall doing anything to offend you in the past few days."

  "It's all your fault!" Yun Shangyue grumbled, taking a step forward and grabbing the carriage handle, ready to jump aboard.

  "Miss, be careful not to scratch your clothes or mess up your hairdo." Cai Lian suddenly let out a cry of surprise. She thought to herself that the missus was probably beyond help, she was fine when she wasn't moving, but as soon as she moved, she didn't look like a young lady from a good family at all. Which young lady from a good family would jump onto a carriage by herself? In the capital city, which missus didn't need to be supported and helped up slowly into a carriage?

  Yun Shang Yue seemed to be in a daze and didn't hear him. She said to Rong Jing who was blocking the car door, "Move aside!"

  Rong Jing sat still, his gaze falling from her hair to her face and then to her purple clothes, his slender eyebrows seeming to furrow slightly as he said: "I've been waiting for you for a moment, why don't you change this outfit and hairstyle again?"

  "Hmm?" Yun Qiu Yue stopped in her tracks, looking at him. At this moment, the two were very close, and she could clearly see Rong Jing's eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth, once again amazed and admiring his natural beauty. Even the most exquisite craftsmanship couldn't compare to this person's innate elegance.

  "Never mind, you come up here!" Rong Jing suddenly shifted inside, making room for him.

  "Didn't you tell me to change clothes and hair? Changed your mind again?" Yun Shangyue looked at him in confusion. She also wanted to change. Unexpectedly, this person had the same idea as her.

  "It's still you even if you change. Wearing golden clothes doesn't make a lady, and it's a waste of time to do what?" Rong Jing said slowly.

  "You..." Yun Qian Yue glared, looking at Rong Jing grinding his teeth, but since today they were going to borrow someone's carriage, she didn't dare make a scene, and could only glare fiercely at him before jumping onto the carriage, causing the carriage compartment to creak loudly.

  "This carriage is made entirely of agarwood, worth ten thousand taels of gold. If you damage it, I won't ask for a single penny less in compensation." Rong Jing looked at her feet, his voice still gentle.

  Wow! More expensive than gold! Yun Shang Yue's footsteps immediately became light and silent. She lowered her head to look at the carriage board, and indeed it was made of agarwood. This wood is so expensive, yet it's used to make a horse carriage, isn't that excessive? Too luxurious! She raised her head to look at Rong Jing with disdain, "You have so much money that you don't know where to spend it!"

  "The Rong Wang Fu is nothing special, just rich. Do you want to count it?" Rong Jing smiled at her.

  "Keep you as a coffin board!" Yun Qianyue sat down without courtesy, keeping a certain distance from Rong Jing. The carriage was spacious and could accommodate several more people. She turned around and beckoned to Cai Lian and the others, "All come up!"

  Cai Lian was startled, and instead of moving forward, she took a step back, shaking her head vigorously. "I'll ride with Ting Yu and Ting Xue in the luggage cart at the back. You two can take the main carriage!" As soon as she finished speaking, she grabbed Ting Xue and Ting Yu and hastily ran to the back. Even if she had a hundred lives, she wouldn't dare sit in the same carriage as Young Master Jing. What was his noble carriage to her, a lowly little maid?

  "My little sister saw you as if she had seen a ghost." Yun Qianyue turned back to Rong Jing.

  "Hmm, your little girl saw me as if she had seen a ghost. But the entire capital city and even the people of Tian Sheng saw you as if they had seen a ghost too. I am one person compared to tens of thousands of people, proving that you are more like a ghost than I am." Rong Jing said slowly.

  Yun Shallow Moon heard this and almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

  Wow! What's called a poisonous tongue? That day she thought Ye Qingchen was the second to none, but in fact, she was wrong. There is someone even more poisonous here! He is the one who should be called the number one poisonous tongue. She stared at Rong Jing, "Are you Rong Jing, the number one prodigy of Tian Sheng? I think he shouldn't be called the number one prodigy, but rather the number one poisonous tongue."

  "Hmm, what you said makes sense. This title of First Talent was bestowed by the Emperor himself, and I've been troubled by it for a long time, feeling that it doesn't suit me at all. These years have been spent worrying about this, why don't you go to the palace one day and ask the Emperor to change it for me?" Rong Jing said, looking like he was in great distress as he spoke to Yun Shang Yue.

  Yun Shang's mouth twitched, this is indeed a realm! What kind of person can refine such an extreme realm? No wonder he was sealed as the number one prodigy in the world! Who else but him? She fell silent for half a moment before saying: "Never mind, I now think that this title really suits you, it's best to keep it, leave it for eternity, let your descendants gaze at it for generations."

  Rong Jing suddenly looked at her with a profound gaze, "Whatever you say goes! I'll listen to you."

  How can this sentence be so ambiguous? Yun Qianyue was at a loss for words for a moment, and could only stare at him silently.

  Rong Jing didn't look at her again, and with a stunned expression, Yun Meng said: "Uncle Meng will tell Grandfather Yun to rest assured, Rong Jing will definitely bring Shallow Moon back safely."

  "Then it's trouble for Shizhi!" Yun Meng finally came back to his senses. He thought that just now, he must have been seeing things and hearing things, was the person who had just argued with the young lady really Jing Shizhi? He rubbed his eyes again and again, and the two of them sat facing each other in the carriage, with no one else inside, it was unmistakable. Only then did he believe that what had happened earlier wasn't an illusion.

  "String song! Set off!" Hong Jing lowered the curtain and instructed the black-clad guard in front of the carriage, who was also somewhat dazed.

  "Yes!" The guard immediately sat in front of the carriage, whipped the horse, and the carriage drove away from Yun Wang Fu. However, he was shocked in his heart. He had been following his master since childhood and had never seen his master speak so much to anyone. Even Old King was only a few words. Now he actually argued with Shallow Moon Miss, which really made him shocking.

  Yun Qian Yue thought to herself: So that black-clad guard's name was Xuan Ge! What a nice-sounding name!

  "He is my personal bodyguard, following me since I was a child." explained Rong Jing.

  "No wonder he has a cold face, with his eyes and nose pointing towards the sky. It turns out that there are such masters and such servants." Yun Shangyue commented.

  The song outside the car was heard clearly, and his cold face stiffened involuntarily.

  Rong Jing glanced at Yun Shangyue and smiled faintly, but didn't say a word.

  Yun Shallow Moon also felt that she was sitting in someone else's carriage, being led to Xiangquan Mountain, and still being so arrogant on someone else's turf, which was not wise. She pursed her lips and closed her mouth, but she couldn't sit still, and began to examine the carriage. The carriage had a wardrobe, a cabinet, a jade table, tea utensils, an ancient zither, a chessboard, bookshelves... everything one could need was complete, this wasn't just a carriage, it was a small living room. Especially since all of these things looked like they were high-quality goods, very valuable. Indeed, there's no such thing as the most luxurious, only more and more luxurious. She curled her lips, what a way to indulge!

  Rong Jing seemed to know what Yun Shang Yue was thinking, but didn't say anything. He glanced at the interior of the carriage and asked, "What kind of books do you want to read? Or do you want to play something? After all, the journey is quite long."

  Reading? No way! Playing? What's fun about that? She glanced at the piano, chess, books and paintings. The ancients were nothing but these things, she had long been tired of them, not interesting. Yun Shang Yue waved her hand listlessly, "I don't want anything, I want to sleep. You get out of here, give me some space. I'm dead tired."

  "Do you want to sleep? Aren't you afraid that your bun will get messy later on? Not everyone can braid such a complicated peacock-shaped coiffure." Rong Jing raised an eyebrow.

  "It's all messed up, might as well take it down." Yun Shangyue didn't think so, this hairdo was really heavy, and her neck was almost broken. These days she hadn't done anything else, except for recognizing characters, she had been twisting her neck, now she still couldn't get used to it, and she hadn't even inserted a few pearl pins yet, she really didn't understand how those women with their heads full of hairpins could walk on the road with such heavy things on top.

  "Alright! Then go to sleep!" Rong Jing moved out a bit more, making room for her and casually tossed a pillow and a thin silk quilt over.

  Although this person is venomous in both words and heart, sometimes knowing how to make things convenient for others still has its advantages. Yun Qian Yue took the pillow and placed it under her head, trying not to mess up her hairdo, after all, re-doing it would be a hassle. She reached out to pull over the silk quilt and covered herself with it, the light and elegant scent of medicine instantly filled her nostrils, like lotus and snow, consistent with the occasional whiff from Rong Jing's body. Her eyebrows furrowed slightly as she threw the quilt back, "No need. It's not cold."

  Her eyes moved slightly, and she covered the quilt over her again, saying softly: "Now it's just early summer, and the weather is still very cold in the morning and evening. If you catch a cold while sleeping, it won't be good."

  "My body is fine! Stop cursing me." Yun Qianyue pulled the quilt outward.

  "Don't move! If you're infected with typhoid fever, I'll have to take care of you. After all, Master Yun entrusted you to me, so if you don't want to give me trouble, listen up." Rong Jing's voice dropped slightly, leaving no room for refusal.

  Yun Qian Yue stopped her hand immediately. Who can't bow their head under the eaves? Bear with it! After all, this smell isn't hard to take either.

  Rong Jing saw that she was no longer moving, loosened his grip, and ignored her. He reached out to take a book from the bookshelf and began to flip through it.

  Yun Shallow Moon glanced at him, thinking that the ancients had no entertainment, and not reading books was indeed nothing to do. She yawned, feeling sleepy, closed her eyes and fell asleep, and in a moment, even breathing sounds came out, light and shallow.

  He raised his head slightly and glanced at her, then lowered it again, the movement of flipping through the book suddenly becoming light and silent.

  The horse carriage left the Yunwang Mansion and entered the market, where the noise of vendors was much less than usual. However, the carriages coming and going were endless. It was clear that most of them were heading out of the city towards Xiangquan Mountain. Many carriages made way for Rong Jing's carriage when they saw it approaching, even though there was no sign on the front. The coachman knew whose carriage it was and hastily gave way. Xuan Ge didn't glance sideways, still with a cold expression, and they drove out of the city unimpeded.

  Three miles outside the city, there are two pavilions on both sides of the road. One pavilion has a plaque that reads "Send-off Pavilion" and the other has a plaque that reads "Welcome Pavilion". The Send-off Pavilion is now empty with no one in sight, while the Welcome Pavilion is filled with numerous carriages and hundreds of attendants.

  "The crown prince, ahead are the carriages of Prince Taizi, the fourth imperial son, Princess Qingyuan and the young master of Yunwangfu, as well as Miss Yuqing from the prime minister's residence, our second miss, and the county princess from Xiaoxinwangfu. It seems they're waiting for you to head out together." Xiang Ge took a glance at Hou Junting, understanding the situation at once, then turned back to softly inform Rong Jingyi.

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing responded faintly.

  Xuan Ge didn't say another word, and the horse carriage arrived at Hou Jun Pavilion. At this time, several carriages almost simultaneously lifted their curtains, revealing a few familiar faces looking towards Rong Jing's carriage. Xuan Ge pulled on the reins, made a slight fist in the air from the carriage, but didn't utter a single word.

  Ye Tianqing didn't mind, as if it was a usual thing. He nodded slightly towards Xuan Ge and slowly said to the tightly closed curtains inside the carriage: "This prince heard that Sheng Shi Zi is also going to Lingtai Temple, so I'm waiting here to travel with Shi Zi on the same road. It's also good for this trip to play a game of Go with Shi Zi, to alleviate Shi Zi's boredom along the way. What does Shi Zi think?"

  "Your Highness is thinking of Rong Jing, it's Rong Jing's good fortune. But now there are people sleeping lightly in the carriage, and it's not convenient to talk much. Rong Jing thanks the prince for his kindness, let's do it another day!" Rong Jing didn't lift the curtain, her gentle voice was soft and light, neither disturbing Yun Shang who was asleep, nor letting the people outside like Ye Tian wait unclearly.

  "What? There's actually someone in the young master's carriage? I wonder which esteemed guest has the honor of sharing a ride with the young master?" Ye Tianjing was taken aback, staring at Rong Jing's horse-drawn carriage, its interior completely shrouded, revealing nothing but an all-black exterior.

  "It's Miss Shallow Moon of the Yun Wang Fu." Rong Jing's voice was still light and clear, stating the fact without any emotion or hesitation.

  Yitian Qing heard the words, Feng's eyes suddenly widened, and the black patterns inside condensed instantly. He pursed his lips, and suddenly smiled: "So it was Moon Sister, I wonder why Moon Sister is sleeping lightly in the young master's carriage?" The last two words were spoken in a low voice.

  "Rong Jing received the entrustment of Grandfather Yun to take this trip to Xiangquan Mountain, so she naturally wants to accompany me. Since today's sky is too early, she is sleepy and continues to sleep, which is also fine." Rong Jing's voice was faintly weak, seemingly unwilling to talk more, and said to Ye Tianqing: "The prince can go first! Rong Jing will follow later!"

  His hand suddenly clenched tightly in his sleeve, he didn't hear Yun Qianyue's voice was somewhat reluctant, and suddenly released a true energy to probe into the carriage. He wanted to see if Yun Qianyue was asleep or awake, deliberately ignoring him. But the truth had not yet approached the horse-drawn carriage when it was repelled by a strong true energy, he couldn't resist, his body shook, and involuntarily took a step back, his face slightly pale.

  "The crown prince forgives the crime, but Gong Jing is afraid that the crown prince will disturb Shallow Moon, so he makes this move." Gong Jing's words are neither humble nor arrogant, calm and gentle, yet warm and unyielding.

  The night sky's complexion suddenly changed, the hand in his sleeve suddenly relaxed, and he smiled at Rong Jing's carriage. "The young master's illness over the years has not affected his martial arts progress at all. This prince admires him. Since Moon is sleeping soundly, it would be inconvenient to disturb her. This prince will take a step first, please follow later."

  "Very well, Your Highness, please!" Rong Jing said in a warm voice.

  The night sky heavily dropped the carriage curtains, the curtain fell down to cover his face, suddenly turning pale and white for a moment, then becoming gloomy like rain. You, Yun Qian Yue, are you taking revenge on me for ignoring you in the past? Now you want to throw yourself into Rong Jing's arms? Don't even think about it!

  The prince's carriage moved forward, and Xuan Ge didn't care about the others who were stunned and holding up the curtain. With a wave of his whip, he followed behind the prince's carriage. Immediately afterwards, Yun Wuhan gave an order to the coachman, and the Yunwangfu carriage also followed closely behind.

  The gentle Princess Qing Wan slowly lowered the curtain, a beautiful face with a hint of sadness. All these years she had been bullying Yun Shang Yue, only to find out now that she had offended Mu Han's dislike. Now that Yun Shang Yue was being treated differently by Rong Jing, if she wanted to marry into the Yun Wang Fu in the future, she would have to get close to Yun Shang Yue. After all, she was Mu Han's only younger sister, and she couldn't understand why she had been so foolish as to help Rong Ling Lan and Leng Su Li bully Yun Shang Yue before. Now she still had to make amends, hoping it wasn't too late.

  Rong Linglan snorted and put down the curtain. She just couldn't understand why Yun Shangyue was so favored by her brother, what merits did she have? In Rong Linglan's eyes, no woman in this world was worthy of a glance from her brother, if there had to be someone, it would be the talented and beautiful Yu Jing, the daughter of the Prime Minister, who excelled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and was skilled in needlework and embroidery.

  Cold and distant, he also put on a cold face, the prince from that day after Yun Shangyue was imprisoned in the palace, he seemed to have changed, and became estranged from them. In the past, when they met, there was still a warm smile on his face, but now he had become increasingly gloomy. She found it hard not to think that all this had something to do with Yun Shangyue. Her heart really didn't want to think that the prince seemed indifferent to Yun Shangyue on the surface, but actually cared about her in his heart. Thinking like this made her feel suffocated. No, she definitely couldn't let Yun Shangyue get any closer to the prince again.

  The carriage of the Second Miss of Rong Wang Fu and the carriage of the young lady of Xiaoqin Wang Fu followed slowly behind Princess Qingyan.

  The last prime minister's mansion, Yu Jing's carriage was quietly stopped in its original place. Yu Jing lifted the curtain and didn't move, her beautiful eyes staring at the black carriage walking in front without blinking. Her pink lips were tightly pursed, and her hand holding the curtain had unknowingly clenched to death, her fingernails having pressed red marks through the fabric onto her palm. Yet she seemed completely unaware, her facial expression changing unclearly, lost in thought.

  "Miss?" Yu Jing's personal maid, Chun Xi, softly called out to Yu Jing. She roughly knew what her mistress was thinking about, but Miss's thoughts were usually deeply hidden and she didn't dare speak carelessly.

  "Hmm?" Yu Jing remained still.

  "The carriages ahead have all gone far away, shouldn't we also set off?" Chu Xi asked in a soft voice.

  Yu Jing only came to her senses now, and saw that her carriage was already more than a mile away from the cold and distant one. She immediately loosened her grip, feeling a sharp pain in her palm. Looking down, she found two red marks on her palm. Fortunately, the curtain had separated them, or else her palm would have been scratched open. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she casually covered her palm with her sleeve, turned around and glanced at Chu Xi with a gentle smile, "Hmm, let's set off!"

  "Yes!" The initial joy ordered the coachman to set off, and his face did not reveal any expression that he had already peeked at the young lady's secret.

  The carriage of the Grand Chancellor's mansion slowly started moving.

  In the disturbance at Houjun Pavilion, Yun Shang naturally knew about it. Even if she was sleepy and drowsy, the alertness consciousness cultivated for over 20 years in her past life had taken deep root in her soul, and even changing bodies couldn't easily change that. She didn't think that Rong Jing would protect her to the point of not buying Night Sky's account, and silently blocking his true energy. Night Sky was the crown prince, one person below him and a million people above him, maybe one day he would be the emperor. He dared to offend him, she wondered if it was because his abilities were too high that he didn't need to care about Night Sky, or if he had a grasp on Night Sky and knew he wouldn't dare move against him? In her heart, she couldn't help but think that this person wasn't bad, if he wasn't too ruthless and poisonous, letting him take charge wouldn't be wrong.

  The cloud is shallow and the moon seems to be sleeping, but his mind is constantly turning.

  "If you're not sleepy, then don't sleep!" Rong Jing's voice suddenly rang out.

  Wow! She thought she had reached a certain level of pretending to sleep, but unexpectedly this person was able to discover it? In the past, when a senior master from the National Security Bureau conducted hypnosis experiments on her, she pretended to be asleep so convincingly that he thought she had really been hypnotized. Later, when she opened her eyes and smiled at the old man, his blood pressure soared. Recalling the past, Yun Shang Yue couldn't help but open her eyes and look at Rong Jing, asking in puzzlement: "How did you know I wasn't sleeping?"

  Rong Jing glanced at her and spat out two words, "Feeling!"

  Yun Shallow Moon almost fainted. She stared at Rong Jing, this person had already turned black to the point where she had nothing to say.

  "It will take about an hour to get to Xiangquan Mountain, come and play chess with me when you wake up!" Rong Jing put down his book.

  "No!" Yun Qianyue spat out two words and closed her eyes again.

  "It's said that these days you've been doing nothing but sleeping and recognizing characters. You sleep a lot." Rong Jingdao said.

  "I'd be happy for you to take care of it." Yun Qianyue hummed in response.

  How many years has it been since she had such a good sleep? Three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, twenty-four hours in a day, sixty minutes in an hour, sixty seconds in a minute. Other people's time is calculated by the day, her time is calculated by the second. She can't calculate how long it has been since she slept well, but she can definitely calculate that the good sleep she had over the years only adds up to a few days, which are just the days off during the year. Now that she finally has the opportunity, how could she not love sleeping?

  "In the past, I couldn't take care of you, and in the future, I don't know if I'll be able to. But now that you're in my carriage, Young Master Yun has entrusted you to me once again, so naturally, I can take care of you." Rong Jing spoke slowly, seeing Yun Shang Yue ignoring him, he calmly said: "Since you won't play a game with me, then I'll call the Crown Prince over to the carriage to play with me instead! I think he'd be delighted to."

  "You..." Yun Qian Yue opened her eyes and glared at Rong Jing with annoyance.

  Rong Jing looked out but didn't see anything, and instructed someone outside the carriage, "Xian Ge, go call Prince Taizi over..."

  "I'll go down with you!" Yun Qian Yue sat up abruptly. She hated that scoundrel Tian Ye, and if he came, she would probably vomit just by seeing him, what a lousy sleep.

  "Good!" Rong Jing's mouth slightly curved, a faint smile, stretched out his hand to the car wall hidden compartment touched, hidden compartment popped out, he took out a black ink jade made square box, he on the square box again lightly pressed, "click" a light sound, the box opened, inside exposed black and white chess pieces. The chess pieces were all made of high-quality white warm jade and black warm jade, exquisite beyond compare.

  "What a luxury!" Yun Shallow Moon sighed as she looked at the chess pieces. If this were to be taken to modern times, it would probably be enough to buy an entire city.

  "If you win against me, I'll give this chess set to you. How about that?" Rong Jing gazed at her with a slight tilt of his head.

  Send her? Yun Shallow Moon's eyes lit up, but only for an instant before extinguishing. She pouted and slowly moved to the table to sit opposite Rong Jing, raising an eyebrow to ask: "Do you say this sentence to anyone who plays chess with you?"

  "No, just you. That year, Ye Niangzi made a bet with me, saying that if he won, this chess piece would belong to him, and if he lost, his汗血宝马 would belong to me." Rong Jing's jade-like hands slowly unfolded the chessboard, speaking slowly.

  "What about later? Did he lose?" Yun Qianyue thought that the chess was still in this person's hands, it seemed that Ye Qingran hadn't won.

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing nodded.

  "Is he giving you his Sweat-Blood Horse?" Yun Shang Yue suddenly became interested. It is said that when running, the horse's body flows out with sweat as red as blood, hence it is called "Sweat-Blood Horse", also known as "Tian Ma" in Chinese historical documents. It is a treasured horse that can run thousands of miles a day.

  "Given." Rong Jing glanced at her and found that her eyes were now shining brightly, like a night pearl.

  "How many years ago did you make that bet? Is the horse still around?" Yun Shangyue wasn't very interested in the chess piece, but she was more interested in the horse. She thought to herself that if he used the precious horse as a bet, she would definitely play her best to win it from him. It would be great to experience the thrill of riding on the precious horse's back.

  "Ten years ago, now it's all gone." Yong Jing shook his head.

  "Where did he go? Did he die of illness?" Yun Shangyue was somewhat disappointed. Ten years were long enough. He's gone...

  "He didn't die of illness." Rong Jing shook his head.

  "Was it given to someone else by you?" Yun Shangyue's hope was rekindled.

  "There's no one else to give it to." Rong Jing looked at Yun Qian Yue, seeing her interest was extremely keen, hesitated for a moment, seemingly reluctant to tell her, but still said: "It's said that the meat of the汗血宝马 is very delicious, I've never had it before. So on that day after winning over the汗血宝马, I ordered Xian Ge to kill it."

  "What?" Yun Shangyue was stunned.

  "The horse meat was indeed as delicious as rumored, and I still savor the memory to this day." Rong Jing seemed to be reminiscing.

  "Ah!" Yun Shang sprang up from the ground, and with a loud crash, she bumped her head against the carriage. Ignoring the pain, she scolded Rong Jing furiously, "You're truly a waste of heaven's gift!"

  "Hmm, at that time Ye Qing also told me so. And had a fight with me too." Rong Jing nodded.

  "You've definitely lost, Ye Qing will find you to fight to the death." Yun Qianyue said. What kind of person is this? That's a precious horse, and it was actually eaten by him as if it were a big meal. She thought with some resentment that if she had come ten years earlier, she would not have let him eat it.

  "He tried his best to beat me, but never succeeded. In a fit of anger, he saw that I was eating well and also ate a lot." Yung Jing said.

  Yun Qian's face turned completely black. No need to see her with your own eyes, you can imagine the situation back then. Ye Qingran is such a shameless person! But thinking again, that was a precious horse! Not eating it would be a waste. Otherwise, where else could she find another one to kill and eat? She somewhat understood Ye Qingran, if she were also willing to follow and eat together. However, it's likely that at the time, Ye Qingran ate the horse meat in anger and didn't digest it well.

  "You must have never eaten it before? Wait until I get the Sweating Blood Horse again, and I'll definitely kill one for you to eat first." Rong Jing said.

  "Ah! You're going to kill it again? Yun Shangyue's face turned even darker, and she shouted: 'If you dare to kill it again to eat its meat, I'll eat your meat instead!'"

  Rong Jing was stunned, and his movement to pick up the chess piece suddenly stopped.

  Yun Shallow Moon's words had just left her mouth when she realized that she had misspoken. She was suddenly filled with regret. What did it mean to eat his flesh? He wasn't even Tang Seng. Looking at Rong Jing's stunned expression, she twitched the corner of her mouth and blushed, coughing awkwardly before hastily making amends, "I meant that's a BMW! You know what a BMW is, right? It's more precious than gold."

  "I know." Rong Jing nodded. He's not even eating his precious food!

  "So, don't waste things anymore, even Buddha will be fed up with it." Yun Qianyue said solemnly.

  Rong Jing suddenly lowered his head, looked at his fingertips, and remained silent for a moment.

  Yun Shallow Moon also looked at his fingertips, and then lowered her head to take a look at her own fingertips. She muttered to herself, "What's the point of being such a handsome big man?" Not only is he good-looking, but so are his hands.

  "Alright! I won't eat anymore." Rong Jing suddenly lifted his head and smiled at Yun Shangyue, saying in a gentle tone.

  Yun Shallow Moon was once again dazzled by this light and shallow smile. Thinking that this child knew to repent and correct his mistakes, there was still hope for him. But truly, that horse was pitiful! Although she hadn't seen it, just thinking about it made her heart ache.

  "Do you want white or black?" Rong Jing asked, pointing at the black and white pieces in the ink jade box.

  "White!" Yun Qianyue said without thinking.

  "Good!" Rong Jing picked up a black piece and placed it on the chessboard. Seeing that she still looked pained, he said: "Your turn!"

  "Don't you know ladies first? How rude!" Yun Qian glared at Rong Jing, took the black stone from his hand and returned it to him, then placed a white stone in its original position. With a stern face, she said: "I'll go first!"

  "Hmm..." Rong Jing smiled lightly and nodded, "Alright!"

  Yun Shallow Moon raised an eyebrow, Rong Jing didn't think much of it, and casually placed a chess piece in a position. Yun Shallow Moon also picked up a white piece and carelessly put it down without thinking. Rong Jing picked up another black piece and casually placed it, and Yun Shallow Moon did the same. The two alternated between white and black, with pieces continuously falling onto the board.

  In the blink of an eye, the chessboard was cluttered with a messy arrangement. No shape can be seen.

  Rong Jing's complexion was natural and at ease, leaning against the car wall with a relaxed elegance. Yun Shang Yue lay on the table like a skeleton, occasionally scratching her fingers, yawning, and randomly waving the white piece in her hand.

  The young master couldn't help but feel curious, wanting to see how good Miss Shallow Moon's chess skills were. He wondered why the prince would use his title to threaten her into playing with him. So he lifted up the curtain and took a peek inside. When he saw that the chessboard was in disarray and Cloud Shallow Moon was picking at her fingers, his cold face twitched slightly. He put down the curtain, thinking that the young master didn't need to find Miss Shallow Moon to ruin a good game of chess. The crown prince's chess skills were far inferior to the young master's, but they were still not bad. At least they were much better than Miss Shallow Moon's.

  Yun Shallow Moon turned her head and took a look, just in time to see Xuan Ge putting down the curtain. She smiled, "Your family's little guard can't even bear to watch me ruin a good game. Ah, heroes are always lonely. I won't play anymore, I won't play anymore. Otherwise, it'll spread out and become a laughing stock."

  As he spoke, he threw down the chess piece in his hand and began to mess up the chessboard.

  Rong Jing held her hand back, smiling faintly, "As long as I don't say you're wasting a good game, it's settled. Continue."

  "It's not worth continuing, it's just a game. Who can't do that?" Yun Shangyue looked at Rong Jing with disdain and lifted the curtain to look outside. She saw that on both sides were lush green mountains, and the official road was actually a relatively wide dirt path. The carriage in front of and behind them had horses and carriages proceeding, forming a long and impressive procession. She sighed, "The scenery is magnificent, it's something that only existed in ancient times, but can't be seen again today! I'm really lucky to have seen it now."

  Rong Jing heard this and her eyes flashed slightly, but she didn't say a word. Originally blocking Yun Qian Yue's hand, seeing that she really wasn't going to make a move, he automatically messed up the chessboard.

  "Hey, we've been walking for half a day, how come we're still not there? How much longer will it take?" Yun Shangyue put away her sigh and turned to ask Rong Jing.

  "About half an hour." Rong Jing said.

  "I really want to ride a horse!" Yun Shallow Moon looked at the guard riding on the horse, her eyes filled with envy.

  "Behave yourself! We're about to enter the mountains, and if we arrive at Lingtai Temple today, I'm afraid you won't have a moment's peace." Rong Jing glanced outside through the curtain lifted by Yun Shangyue.

  The cloud was shallow and the moon had set, she lay down again with her eyes closed, "It's probably you who can't rest. I'll have plenty of time to sleep. I won't go with you to listen to lectures on Buddhist scriptures. This lady doesn't believe in that."

  "Hmm, I don't believe it either." Rong Jing also closed his eyes to rest.

  "What are you still discussing with that monk?" Yun Shangyue scolded, "Fishing for fame and fortune!"

  "That old monk is still interesting, nowadays there aren't many interesting people left. Once you see him, you'll know what I mean." Rong Jing seemed to have thought of something and a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, different from his usual elegance, but with a unique charm.

  "It's still just a monk, I'm not interested in monks." Yun Qiu Yue yawned and warned: "Don't disturb me anymore! I want to sleep. Even if we arrive at our destination, don't wake me up unless I wake up myself. You do what you need to do, just let me sleep in the carriage."

  Rong Jing did not respond.

  The cloud was shallow and the moon was bright when he fell asleep, seemingly having acquiesced.

  Before long, the carriage began to jolt and seemed to have gone up a mountain road. The wheels of the carriage pressed against the rocks, making a creaking sound, one carriage made a small noise, two or three carriages made a louder noise, and it was imaginable what the whole team of carriages sounded like together.

  Yun Shangyue couldn't sleep at all, and not only that, but she also felt nauseous from the bumpy ride. She finally understood why the man hadn't responded to her words - it was because he knew she couldn't sleep. Gnashing her teeth, she opened her eyes and said in a huff: "What a terrible mountain road, I want to get off!"

  "If you can get off the car, I won't stop you." Rong Jing said in a warm voice.

  Yun Shallow Moon immediately sat up and opened the curtain. In front of her eyes was a winding mountain range, and their team had just started climbing. The road could only allow one horse carriage to pass through, and both sides of the road were full of thorns, with ancient trees surrounding the outside of the thorns, giant rocks standing upright, and no other place to set foot. Those guards all led their horses up the mountain, taking three steps at a time. She couldn't help but gasp in surprise, turning her head to ask Rong Jing, "This mountain path is completely blocked, how can others come down?"

  "This is the road up the mountain, and there's a special road for going down." said Rong Jing.

  "What suffering!" Yun Shallow Moon dropped the curtain and went down to take a look, but it was even more unbearable than being jolted around in the horse carriage! She began to miss the modern asphalt roads, train tracks, light rail, subways, airplanes, and even ships would do - speedboats, yachts, cruise ships, cargo ships... Ahhh... she wanted to go home, but didn't know if there was a way back?

  "You eat this first and bear with it for a moment." Rong Jing came back and handed her a pill.

  The cloud was shallow and the moon was just right, but she felt uncomfortable when she saw the crystal clear medicine pill in front of her. A refreshing fragrance wafted over, like snow or a lotus flower - wasn't this the scent on that person's body? She furrowed her brow, "Could it be poison?"

  "It's poison. I think you'd rather suffer than take this medicine, so don't eat it." Rong Jing was about to put the pill back into the white jade bottle.

  "Who said they didn't want any? Give it to me." Yun Qian Yue snatched the bottle from Rong Jing's hand and poured some into her mouth. Instantly, her mouth was filled with a refreshing scent. Her rolling stomach immediately felt better, and she stared at Rong Jing in surprise, "What kind of medicine is this that works so well? Give it all to me?"

  "You're not even a little bit greedy!" Rong Jing didn't even look at her and put the medicine bottle back into his bosom.

  Yun Shallow Moon rolled her eyes, who doesn't love good things? Besides, the thing in this person's hand is definitely not bad. But she also knew when to be satisfied, closed her eyes and started humming a little tune. It was the same one she hummed that night under the light moonlight.

  "What's gotten into you tonight?" Jing asked, his hand pausing in her pocket as he raised an eyebrow.

  "No, he sings what I teach." Yun Qianyue said honestly.

  Rong Jing stopped talking and withdrew his hand, slowly pouring himself a cup of tea as if he was intently listening to her humming.

  Yun Qianyue hummed a tune and suddenly felt relieved. She thought that this little ditty was actually a great way to relieve pressure. She remembered the two sentences Night Light Stain had said, which made the Crown Prince's consort roll out of Yunwang Fu and return to the Crown Prince's mansion for introspection. She couldn't help but laugh and say: "Night Light Stain is indeed a clever person!"

  "He's indeed a wonderful person." Rong Jing glanced at Yun Shangyue's smiling face and slowly spoke, "It's said that during his travels, he once stayed in the southern border for two years. There was a tribal chief's daughter who liked him and would sing songs for him every day. It seems like she sang this very song."

  Puff! Yun Qian Yue suddenly opened her eyes wide, stunned for a moment, and then slapped the carriage board, suddenly enlightened: "It turns out that this is Ye Qing Ran's and that girl's engagement song? No wonder they're so happy!"

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing nodded, took a light sip of tea, and said casually: "So you'd better not sing again in the future, lest he misunderstands that you have a crush on him. If that woman from Nanjiang hears about it, she'll definitely come to the capital to find you. Killing you is a small matter, but if you ruin someone's relationship, you're done for."

  Yun Qian nodded in agreement, "You're right, I absolutely cannot sing again." Rong Jing raised an eyebrow and looked at her, his long eyelashes falling to cover a pair of phoenix eyes, and he remained silent.

  At this time, the carriage stopped shaking, and a stiff and strange voice came from outside, as if suppressing something, "Young Master, Lingtai Temple has arrived!"

  "Hmm!" Rong Jing responded with a murmur, sitting still and unmoving.

  It's finally here! Yun Shangyue immediately lifted the curtain and looked outside.

  Digression

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