My Love Comes to See the Grass on my Grave - Chapter 40

“Master?” Zhao Zhuo saw Gu Lang staring at the blood on his finger motionlessly, afraid that he would be like last night, “Are you all right?”

Gu Lang blushed, like waking up from a dream, he hurriedly stood up and knocked down the stool, “No… it’s okay.”

There seemed to be blood red rushing out of his mind, but he suddenly broke into Murong Yan’s close eyebrows, and bit his lip in the scorching breath…

Gu Lang felt hot all over, and even his legs were a little soft. He wiped the blood from his fingers and hurried back to the room, but when he saw the bamboo bed, his heart was beating wildly again. He wanted to turn around and walk, but his feet seemed to be disobedient, and he slowly approached the bed. There seemed to be that person’s breath remaining on the quilt, hooking him to reach out and drag him unconsciously, like the firelight that he met after traveling for half an night in the cold winter night.

“Murong…” He whispered softly, barely audible.

The next day, when Gu Lang went downstairs, he saw Zhao Zhuo and Inunsi muttering by the well, not knowing what they were talking about.

Seeing Gu Lang coming down, Zhao Zhuo looked at Inunsi with a look of hesitating to speak.

“Uncle Zhao,” Gu Lang said strangely, “what’s the matter?”

“Master…” Zhao Zhuo hesitated, then turned his head and asked Canni in a low voice, “Can you say it?”

Inunmi shook his head, “I don’t know, His Highness didn’t explain it.”

Gu Lang frowned, “What happened?”

Zhao Zhuo had no choice but to say: “Zheng Yufei rebelled, and now the palace is surrounded by the forbidden army.”

Gu Lang was surprised: “What?!”

Zhao Zhuo said: “I heard that the Prime Minister carried a bunch of ledger books to the presentation, saying that Zheng Yufei had corrupted the money and bent the law for many years, and fished the common people. The emperor said that a thorough investigation was needed, and Zheng Yufei jumped over the wall in a hurry.”

Gu Lang remembered that Murong Yan had told him that Xu Zhiyan and Zheng Yufei had already torn apart their faces. If it wasn’t for Qu Fengyun’s secret help these days, the position of prime minister would have been lost long ago. Xu Zhiyan’s performance today is mostly what Murong Yan meant.

“Where’s the prince?” Gu Lang asked Inunsi, “Is he in the palace too?”

Inunmi still shook his head, “My mission for the past few days is to guard here, and the other His Royal Highnesses didn’t say anything.”

Gu Lang’s hand hanging by his side tightened. He returned to his room, took a saber, and hurried into the city, “I’ll take a look.”

“Master!” Zhao Zhuo was about to chase, but seeing Inunsi eating peanuts leisurely, he couldn’t help but hurriedly said, “You are good at kung fu, hurry up and stop the young master! If something happens…”

Inunami said: “His Royal Highness didn’t say to stop the Crown Princess, so don’t stop.”

Zhao Zhuo: “…” Yes… Is it?

Gu Lang stood on the corner of the street, not far from the palace, the castle was closed, and he couldn’t see what was going on inside.

Murong…

Gu Lang tightened the knife in his hand, and just as he moved his foot, he was suddenly covered by someone from behind and pressed against the wall.

“Hmm…” Gu Lang drew his knife halfway and was kissed on the side of his face. Murong Yan trapped him between his arms and smiled, “You came to me? Did you miss me?”

Gu Lang took the knife back, “Aren’t you in the palace?”

“If I were in the palace,” Murong Yan said, “are you going to save me?”

Gu Lang: “Collect the corpse for you.”

Murong Yan raised his hand and pinched his waist, “I don’t have a conscience, they all say that a couple is a couple for a hundred days in one night. I was busy that night, didn’t I?”

Gu Lang pushed him away and was about to leave, but Murong Yan hurriedly pulled him back, “Alright, alright, don’t tease you, don’t run around.”

Gu Lang puzzled: “Aren’t you going? What are you doing here?”

Murong Yan: “Wait.”

Gu Lang: “Wait for what?”

Murong Yan looked at the vast sky to the north and said, “Wait for my soldiers from Dayan.”

Inside the palace city, the Imperial Army came and went, searching for the old emperor and the prime minister. During the mutiny, the old emperor was guarded by Eunuch Chen, and the prime minister was also taken away by Qu Fengyun.

Qu Fengyun shoved the Prime Minister into a hole in the rockery of the Imperial Garden with all his strength, and said in disgust, “I ate too much.”

The Prime Minister was not convinced, “This hole is too small!”

Qu Fengyun ruthlessly moved the stone to block the entrance of the cave.

He hid from the guards who came and went, and was thinking about when the prince would come, when he heard the sound of “gurgling” in the lake behind him.

Qu Fengyun watched the bubbling lake water warily. Suddenly, a familiar figure suddenly emerged from the water.

“Cough cough…” Ruan Nian was choked by the water, and when he looked up in a panic, he saw Qu Fengyun standing on the shore. He exclaimed in surprise, “Ah!”

Qu Fengyun pulled the person up and asked, “Why are you here?” Before he went out in the morning, he clearly told him to stay in the house and not come out.

“Master said he prepared a new antidote, I don’t know if it works.” Ruan Nian took out a small bottle from his arms, “I wanted to take the medicine and go back, but unexpectedly, the forbidden army suddenly came and said that Zheng Yufei was injured. I took my master away. I sneaked out when they weren’t paying attention, but there were banned soldiers everywhere, so I jumped into the lake when I was in a hurry.”

Qu Fengyun: “…” You are a real tiger.

Ruan Nian wiped the water off his face and asked, “Didn’t Zheng Yufei rebel? Why was he injured?”

Qu Fengyun: “I was beaten by Eunuch Chen.” Although Eunuch Chen was quite old, he was not ambiguous in the fight. He kicked Zheng Yufei to the ground in three or two strokes, and ran away with the old emperor.

Footsteps were heard not far away, Qu Fengyun looked sullen, looked left and right, hugged Ruan Nian and jumped onto a leafy tree, blocking his figure with the thick branches and leaves.

“Don’t make a sound.” Qu Fengyun looked down and saw a team of forbidden troops searching for him.

Ruan Nian moved in his arms, rubbing against his chest a little. He couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong?”

Ruan Nian raised his head and said with a bitter face: “My clothes are all wet, it’s so uncomfortable to stick to my body, I want to take them off.”

Qu Fengyun: “…”