flstandardbreds Chapter 303 Sad Lover
Chapter 303 Sad Lover
Ye Jintang and Liuli walked side by side towards the carriage. Liuli deliberately lowered her voice and said, "You don't know, Madam, Zhou Quankun's last sword almost landed on my face. I was scared to death at that time. I have a human skin mask on my face. If it was scratched, I would be exposed."
"So you cut your arm severely to hide your guilt?"
Ye Jintang opened the gauze on Liuli's arm and gasped. A two-finger-wide scar was left on her slender arm. The wound was very deep and had not been sutured. Fortunately, the weather was cold and there was no sign of inflammation. If it was summer, such a large wound would not be treated carefully and might cause other diseases.
"Fortunately, I didn't think much about it at the time. Even if I lost my life, I didn't want Shi Bin to know that I was still alive."
When she said this, Liuli's voice became a little softer.
Having been with Shi Bin for the past few days, she felt even more uncomfortable. The person she loved was right in front of her, but she could only pretend not to know him. This feeling was really tormenting.
"I'll help you treat your wound."
"Liuli, listen to my advice. No matter what happens in the future, save your own life first, then consider other things."
"I have given up my obsession. I will definitely cherish my life more in the future. I want to live a long life to repay the queen for saving my life."
While Liuli was talking, Ye Jintang had already deftly applied numbing powder on her arm, picked up a knife to help her clean the dead flesh on the wound, then sewed it up, applied medicine, and re-bandaged it.
"Did you see Yao Zhen when you were chasing Zhou Quankun?"
"No, Yao Zhen was not with Zhou Quankun when we went there. Later, we arrested a few minions and asked them about it, but they didn't know. They said Yao Zhen was always mysterious and Zhou Quankun never said much about her."
"Send someone to ask around for Yao Zhen. She's also a nuisance. If we keep her around, something bad will happen to her."
In Ye Jintang's memory, Yao Zhen was the key figure in Ye Yanran's becoming the queen in the future. Even if Zhou Quankun died, she would separate Yao Zhen and Ye Yanran.
After losing Yao Zhen's help, she wanted to see how Ye Yanran could still be the queen.
That night, Shi Bin and Xiao Mo drank together in the tent. The sorghum wine, which was not very strong to begin with, made Shi Bin, who usually had a good alcohol tolerance, drunk.
Late at night, Shi Bin sang loudly in the tent while drunk. The tune was extremely cheerful, but Ye Jintang could hear the sadness in his heart.
What does it matter if Zhou Quankun died? The harm he had done to Lin Ruoyu had already been done. Even if he died a thousand times, time would not go back.
Ye Jintang wanted to call Liuli over to see if he could help her resolve her emotional issues, but he looked around but didn't see Liuli.
Finally, she found Liuli, who was already crying inconsolably, next to the stable.
"My lady, this is the song that Shi Bin and I sang together when we were young. After all these years, he still remembers it."
Liuli's voice was a little hoarse. She was really upset, but was afraid of being discovered, so she hid beside the stable and cried alone in the freezing weather.
"If you want to cry, just cry loudly. I'm here and no one will say anything."
Ye Jintang walked forward and hugged Liuli tightly, patting her back gently to comfort her.
"I already have a lot of slaves."
Liuli lay in Ye Jintang's arms, her shoulders shaking as she cried. The sadness emanating from her whole body made Ye Jintang feel very uncomfortable.
After comforting Liuli for a while, she felt better.
Ye Jintang did not let her go back to her own tent, but kept her in the king's tent. As for Xiao Mo, she chased him into Shi Bin's tent. Both of them drank a lot of wine today, and she didn't want to smell the alcohol on Xiao Mo.
With someone to talk to, Liuli felt much better. After she had calmed down a little, she felt embarrassed to stay in the king's tent, so she went back first.
As soon as Liuli left, Xiao Mo came back.
"Ah, why didn't you let me come back all of a sudden? Even if you and Liuli wanted to discuss medicinal herbs, you could have talked about it during the day while you were on the road. Why did you stay up late at night to discuss it?"
"Well, did you drink the hangover soup tonight?"
"Yes, you asked Lian Qiao to bring us such a big basin, and Shi Bin and I drank till we were full."
While talking, Xiao Mo approached Ye Jintang, but she pushed him away.
"Don't come near me after drinking so much. I stink."
"Why didn't I smell it? Besides, it was Shi Bin who was drunk, not me."
Xiao Mo just watched Shi Bin drink, and he didn't even have two glasses in total.
"I don't care, just stay away from me, I feel like you stink."
Liuli was affected by Shi Bin and was in a bad mood. Ye Jintang did not try to persuade her. She needed to heal herself slowly and accept the current fact.
As soon as December began, the temperature in Ningchuan Prefecture dropped sharply and everyone put on thick cotton clothes.
When Ye Jintang was collecting a carrier pigeon, as soon as she stretched out her hand, the pigeon did not fall down, but a small snowflake fell on her hand.
"My Lord, it's snowing."
Xiao Mo followed Ye Jintang's gaze and saw tiny snowflakes slowly falling from the gray sky.
If it was in the capital, snow would be a very interesting thing, but at the moment, neither Ye Jintang nor Xiao Mo had any smile on their faces.
They came all the way to Ningchuan Prefecture and still wasted a lot of time on the road. It would be good if they could reach Ningchuan City in mid-December. If it snowed heavily halfway, it would be hard to say when they could arrive.
"I hope the snow isn't too heavy."
"I hope so. We have tried our best to rush to Ningchuan City, but who would have thought that the official road into Ningchuan Prefecture would be so difficult to travel."
The official road in Ningchuan Prefecture is not much different from the road in the town, and can only allow two carriages to barely pass each other. The official road is bumpy and if you sit in a carriage for an hour, you might vomit every other meal.
As long as people have a little strength, they would rather ride a horse or walk than ride in a carriage.
Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo had been riding horses for two days in a row and were really tired, so they got in the carriage and sat for a while.
It was only an hour before and after, but Ye Jintang was already dizzy from the bumpy ride.
Xiao Mo felt very distressed when he saw Ye Jintang in such pain.
The snowflakes were getting bigger and bigger, but after half an hour, the fine snowflakes had turned into heavy snow, and the temperature continued to drop.
It was impossible to travel in such heavy snow. With the north wind blowing, the coachman couldn't even see the road ahead.
Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo were both a little worried, afraid that if things continued like this, they wouldn't be able to continue on their journey.
After walking for a while, the heavy snow showed no sign of abating. The snow on the ground became thicker and thicker, and the speed of the carriage slowed down instantly.
Xiao Mo glanced at the difficult official road outside the carriage and suggested, "There is a small county town called Yunliang ahead. Let's set up camp there first to avoid the snow, and then continue on our journey when the snow is lighter."
"Okay, it's snowing so hard that it's hard for everyone to travel, why don't we find a place to rest?"