They rested in the mansion for a few more days and prepared to set off before the end of the month.
Last time Mrs. Ye wrote a letter saying that Gu Yan would give birth around mid-May. Ye Chuyan calculated that she should have given birth by now, but she didn't know whether it was a boy or a girl.
Her heart was completely filled with this matter, and she had been extremely kind to Pei Xiuyan these days. She just looked forward to going to Ning Gu Pagoda as soon as possible.
She kept packing up the little things, wishing she could bring all the things from Kyoto that Mrs. Ye once liked. I also bought a lot of baby food, including everything to eat and drink.
Tomorrow is the day to set off. Pei Xiuyan was in the study tonight and did not return. Ye Chuyan was worried that Pei Xiuyan would be too busy and delay tomorrow's schedule, so she planned to go to the study to look for him.
Yan Qi and Bai Zhi had just got married, and Ye Chuyan forcibly ordered them to take a month's rest without being in the house.
Pei Xiuyan has not assigned new guards to her yet. Only the two maids in Xiuyan Garden follow her every day to the outside of the study. Ye Chuyan asks the two maids to wait outside.
Pei Xiuyan's study is an important place, and maids and servants are generally not allowed to approach it without permission.
The guards guarding outside the courtyard naturally did not dare to stop Ye Chuyan, so she walked in like this.
Walking through the winding corridor and walking outside the study door, she heard a low conversation inside, vaguely containing the word Wu Shaozhu. Ye Chuyan couldn't help but feel worried, and quietly squatted under the study window to eavesdrop. dialogue.
"What? Wu Mu is okay? What did you trash do?" The speaker was Pei Xiuyan, a little angry!
"Young Master Wu's current skills are very different from before. The eighteen people we went to can only barely tie with him, and they won't be able to hurt him at all for a while."
"When my subordinates saw him guarding the main house, they thought that someone important to him was hiding in the house, so they wanted to kidnap the people inside and threaten him. Who knows, there was an eight-year-old girl inside. After the girl was kidnapped by us, Seeing that we forced Master Wu to cut off her right arm, she committed suicide on the spot."
"We didn't expect that an eight-year-old girl would be so upright and unwilling to hurt others."
"Young Master Wu saw that the girl was dead and went crazy. He did not hesitate to use up all his skills and killed all of us with red eyes. I was also stabbed with a sword at that time, but it missed my heart pulse with one finger and fainted. , not really dead.”
"When I woke up, I found myself in a mass grave. I secretly went back to inquire about it and found out that the girl was Ye Wan."
"Idiot! I asked you to cripple Wu Mu's arm, but you accidentally killed Ye Wan!!!"
Accompanying Pei Xiuyan's roar, a muffled groan came from the room. It seemed that the person who spoke had his knees broken by Pei Xiuyan's kick.
The man gritted his teeth and continued to report.
"It was only after I inquired that I found out that Ye Wan was seeking help from Young Master Wu. Gu Yan was having difficulty giving birth, and all the female family members of the Ye family were accompanying Gu Yan. She wanted Young Master Wu to help find some better doctors. ”
"Before Young Master Wu could go out, he noticed that our people surrounded the courtyard and secretly hid Ye Wan in the main room."
"As a result, a misunderstanding occurred due to a combination of circumstances."
"Where's Gu Yan?" Pei Xiuyan's voice was cold and biting.
"Gu Yan had a difficult delivery. When she found out that Ye Wan was dead, she started bleeding heavily and the baby could not be saved. Mrs. Ye couldn't stand the stimulation and didn't survive that night, so she went there too."
"Now, there are only some female relatives of the Ye family left in Ning Guta, and all the direct branches of the Ye family are gone. Young Master Wu helped with the funeral and then returned to Beijing."
"Master, these are all the faults of this subordinate. I know that I made a mistake and failed to hurt Young Master Wu. I also implicated the female members of the Ye family, so I came here specifically to be punished."
Pei Xiuyan didn't say anything.
With a muffled sound, a blood flower exploded on the window. The person who reported the report had his heart broken by Pei Xiuyan's palm and died.
Outside the house, Ye Chuyan squatted under the window, like a stone statue.
She forgot to breathe, forgot everything, and felt that her mind was blank.
The conversation between the people in the room turned into a net, trapping her tightly.
Ye Wan is Ye Chuqing's favorite daughter and his niece. She is just eight years old this year. She is smart, lively and smart.
She inherited the character of the Ye family and would rather die than harm others. She never imagined until her death that the person who held her hostage was sent by her own uncle.
My sister-in-law Gu Yan died, one body and two lives.
My mother is already old. With such stimulation, it is better to go. She does not have to live a life worse than death, enduring the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person to her every day.
All of this was caused by Pei Xiuyan's desire to kill Wu Mu.
What did Wu Mu do wrong? After he said goodbye to her in Tianlang Village, he didn't have any entanglement. He just went to the border to help him visit his mother silently.
Pei Xiuyan was so crazy that he followed Wu Mu and even wanted to destroy his arm.
So, all of this is ultimately my fault.
If he had died underground in Tianlang Village, maybe there wouldn't have been so many things.
The more Ye Chuyan thought about it, the more confused she became.
She had no tears, no shouts, and no pain.
Her soul seemed to be withdrawn from her body, and her whole body was floating lightly in the air, unable to perceive anything outside.
It turns out that human instinct is so magical. When the pain is extreme, you will lose all consciousness in order to protect yourself from harm and enter a state of selflessness.
After a long time, Ye Chuyan said silently: "It's time to end."
She stood up slowly and knocked on the door gently.
Pei Xiuyan was staring at the corpse in the room. He was thinking about how to conceal this matter from Ye Chuyan and how to cope with tomorrow's trip to Ninggu Pagoda.
A sudden knock on the door startled him.
"who!"
"Ace, it's me."
Hearing Ye Chuyan's voice, Pei Xiuyan panicked, "Don't come in, Ayan, I'm dealing with secret matters."
"Well, Ace, we have to leave for Ninggu Pagoda tomorrow. Don't be too tired. Come back early and rest."
There was a hint of worry in Ye Chuyan's voice, which was nothing unusual.
Pei Xiuyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that Ye Chuyan had just come to the study and did not hear the conversation between himself and the secret guard.
"Ayan, don't worry, I'll be back soon."
Ye Chuyan gave a few more instructions before leaving.
She walked out of the yard and said to the maid at the door: "Let's go. The prince said he would be done in a while. He asked me to go back and wait for him."
The guards and maids outside the courtyard thought that Ye Chuyan and Pei Xiuyan had met and chatted for a long time, without any suspicion that something was going on.
Pei Xiuyan asked someone to dispose of the body, and washed himself twice. The smell of blood was completely gone from his body and between his fingers. He wrote another letter and sent someone to send it out of the house, and then returned to Xiuyan Garden leisurely.
When he was lying on the bed holding Ye Chuyan as usual, he found that Ye Chuyan had already fallen asleep and was breathing evenly. He smiled to himself that it was just a false alarm.
The next day, Ye Chuyan got up early, sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Pei Xiuyan, so that Pei Xiuyan was startled when he woke up.
Ye Chuyan smiled and said: "Ace, we are leaving for Ninggu Pagoda today. Get up quickly."
Pei Xiuyan pretended that nothing happened and said gently as usual: "Yes, we are leaving today. It's all my fault that I was too tired and slept a little longer."
Ye Chuyan quietly watched Pei Xiuyan get up and wash up. She had an illusion that the person in front of her was not Pei Xiuyan.
He is now terrifyingly cold and violent.
After hearing the news of the death of the female members of the Ye family, he could act as if nothing had happened and pretend that nothing happened.
How ruthless is he in his heart?
Now, he still pretends to take him to Ninggu Pagoda. Who does he want to take him to see? Looking at my dead mother? sister in law? niece?
She really wanted to open Pei Xiuyan's heart and see what was inside.
The two of them packed up, got into the carriage as promised, and went out with a group of guards and maids.
Ye Chuyan sat in the carriage and did not want to look at Pei Xiuyan. She stared out the window in a daze. Pei Xiuyan couldn't help but ask, "Ayan, what are you thinking about?"
Ye Chuyan glanced back at Pei Xiuyan, twitched the corners of her lips, and pretended to be happy: "Ace, I'm really happy that you can take me to see my mother-in-law."
Pei Xiuyan was heartbroken, but the expression on his face remained the same, "As long as Ayan is happy."
It was still early, the city gate had not yet opened, and there were no pedestrians on the street. When the carriage arrived at the city gate, the driver showed his Qing Palace badge and asked for the city gate to be opened.
After waiting for half a stick of incense, the city gate did not open. I saw Shi Lu leading a group of officers and soldiers blocking the road, shouting: "Stop!"
Pei Xiuyan opened the curtain and saw Shi Lu. He lowered his face and said, "Shi Lu, you are so brave! You dare to stop my carriage!"
Shilu Dada stepped forward on his horse, jumped off the horse, and said with a sullen face, "Your Majesty, the Emperor said that you have worked hard in providing disaster relief. Take a good rest at home recently and don't travel far away."
Pei Xiuyan's face turned serious and his voice was unhappy, "What do you mean, Mr. Shi?"
Shi Lu still had a businesslike tone, "Your Majesty, please come back. I will act as ordered. Your Majesty, please don't embarrass me."
He made a waving gesture, and a row of officers and soldiers blocked the carriage in front of them, with the intention of refusing to let him go until death.
Pei Xiuyan was about to get out of the car and confront Shi Lu when Ye Chuyan grabbed his sleeve and sighed quietly.
"Ace, forget it, let's go back first."
Pei Xiuyan refused and continued to get out of the car. Ye Chuyan grabbed his sleeve and refused to let go, shaking his head.
"No! If you force yourself out of the city today, you will be disobeying the decree."
"But, Ayan, I promised you to go..."
"It's okay. I don't blame you. Aniang and the others won't run away over there. It will be the same if we go and see them after a while."
She was almost gagging during this scene.
She didn't expect that Pei Xiuyan would think of countermeasures so quickly. Now that Pei Ye was taboo on Pei Xiuyan, it was normal for him not to leave the capital at this time.
If she hadn't known about it in advance, the scene would have been seamless.
The veins on the back of Pei Xiuyan's hands gradually healed. He took a deep breath and said coldly: "Go home!"
