C21

Chapter 21 - Giving Marriage Truth

Gu Yicheng stayed inside for less than the time it took to make a cup of tea, before he came down in high spirits.

When he entered the carriage, he saw that Yun Qianliang was looking at the injury on her neck through the copper mirror. His gaze landed on her beautiful neck, which had a red circle imprint on it.

"Why did you go and provoke him when you knew he hated you?" Gu Yicheng acted as though he did not know what was happening, his eyes swept past her neck, and looked at the table between the two of them. He picked up the pot of tea and poured Yun Qianliang a cup.

He didn't plan to come, so he read some books in the study room. He was indeed curious about what Yun Qianliang would do, so he secretly followed him and peeked on the rooftop.

If Song Shujin had not lost control of his actions, he would not have revealed himself.

However, Yun Qianliang had brought a dagger with him, and her actions were surprisingly nimble, shocking him.

This kind of technique was similar to how she had the ability to back up her skills. She was already familiar with how to move around and attack, to the point where she was already able to carve it into her bones.

"I was in the wrong first. I got humiliated and even got angry when I was retorted to. How embarrassing." Yun Qianliang withdrew the copper mirror and adjusted his collar to cover the red scar on his neck.

"I can't hide it." Gu Yicheng raised his chin, and sincerely reminded his.

"Huh?" Yun Qianliang was startled at first, but before he could react, he understood what he meant and stopped, "Oh."

If Yun Qianliang did not speak, Gu Yicheng would not deliberately find words to reconcile the atmosphere, and the carriage became quiet.

"Master, there's something I don't understand. May I ask?" Yun Qianliang moved his body and faced Gu Yicheng.

"Speak." Gu Yicheng drank his tea and revealed a serious expression.

"What's the meaning of this marriage between you and me?" Yun Qianliang placed one leg on the chair and sat on the side. He moved the Go board on the incense table towards his and swept the neatly arranged black and white chess pieces back into the chess bowl, then picked out a few black pieces and placed them on the chess board. Finally, he placed a white piece in the middle of the black board.

"You could say that." Gu Yicheng stared at the situation on the chess board.

"Black Chess has long surrounded me, and I have no one to rely on." Yun Qianliang knocked on Bai Qi, took out a white chess piece from the chess bowl and placed it in the encirclement, then placed the white chess piece one by one onto the table. As the number of black chess pieces was the same, they sat opposite to each other, and she said as she played: "This is you, you have brought enough people to deal with Black chess, you and I are of the same colour, so we can consider ourselves allies, thus I am temporarily safe."

Yun Qianliang placed the White Chess that represented him into a position furthest from Black Chess and also being protected by White Chess.

"Continue." Gu Yicheng nodded his head in acknowledgement.

Yun Qianliang looked around, searching for something he wanted. In the end, he couldn't find it, so she simply poured a cup of tea on his hands and dripped it onto a white board that was close to her.

"This is a spy from a potential Gu Xiangfu. The reason he wants to kill me is to suppress you." Yun Qianliang put down the teacup and asked in puzzlement: "Don't you think that this move is not thorough enough? You were forced to accept the grant of marriage, so the enemy could have killed me before the wedding and then framed you. It was obviously easier to kill me before entering the Gu Xiangfu, but the enemy tried to assassinate me on the wedding night.

Seeing her shake off her wet hands, Gu Yicheng took out the brocade handkerchief from her body and gave it to her. She casually took it and dried the water droplets on her hands, then threw it back to him.

Gu Yicheng frowned as he looked at the wrinkled handkerchief. He brought it back with his finger and folded it before placing it on the incense table, "The situation will be completely different if you die in Yun Xiang Mansion compared to if you die in Gu Xiangfu. To put it plainly, the Yun Xiang Mansion has nothing to do with me. It is indeed a good thing that you lost your life to me before marriage, and it is easy for others to misunderstand that it was me, but how can the Yun Xiang Mansion be considered an ordinary family, with even the right side of the direct daughter unable to protect them. On the contrary. "

"If your goal is for me to die in the Gu Xiangfu and weaken your power, the infamous me would definitely not be the best candidate." Yun Qianliang retorted.

"You are wrong on this point, if you were to be pampered, you will definitely not be a good candidate, and instead be favored by your father in the Yun Xiang Mansion, moreover you are a thorn in the eye of your mother." Gu Yicheng said sternly: Amongst the noble women in the imperial court, only the princess, princess and the Right Premier were able to match up to the Gu Xiangfu, the Emperor was well aware of the Jin Wang's thoughts and naturally would not risk the life of the princess, but at this time, only the Duke Ming Palace is suitable for the marriage, the Emperor is very wary of the two families, and cannot make the two families marry each other, so it would be better for the unfavoured and notorious you to be his chess piece.

Yun Qianliang listened and thought seriously. His curly eyelashes flapped like butterfly wings.

Song Shujin had always been meticulous and had a thorough plan, but this time, he made such a big mistake.

It was fine to have two birds with one stone, but the probability of success or failure was obviously higher. Would Song Shujin be that greedy, be that confident or underestimate Gu Yicheng's strength?

"Once I enter the Gu Xiangfu, you have to take my safety into consideration. Wouldn't my plan of dying fail as well?" When Yun Qianliang said that he was concerned about his safety, he was a little hesitant, as she was not too sure about his attitude.

"Then I have to ask you a question." Gu Yicheng looked at the modesty in the eyes that asked for advice, "On what basis do you think that the plan to kill you started on the night of your wedding? Don't forget, you have lived in the Yun Xiang Mansion for more than ten years.

Yun Qianliang's expression changed. A layer of cold sweat appeared on her back as she stood up.

If it was just a sudden thought, and she was treated as a dead end, then the entire situation and unforeseen events were to be forced to make sense, but if she was already treated as someone who was destined to die, thus marrying Gu Yicheng, then the Yun Family's thoughts were truly ruthless.

She was a chess piece that had been abandoned a long time ago and was placed on a dead end by the Yun Family.

"Chronic... Poison? " Yun Qianliang said these four words in shock.

Gu Yicheng nodded, confirming her words, "That's why, you don't have any leeway to retreat."

Yun Qianliang blinked, dispelling the shock in her eyes, her eyebrows knitted in thought.

No wonder the Yun Family feared that if she gained power after marrying Gu Yicheng, she would side with Gu Yicheng and go against the Jin Wang.

No wonder when Song Shujin heard about how difficult it was to kill her after entering the Gu Xiangfu, he could still request the Tianhui Emperor to bestow her with a high authority.

The Yun family had long treated her death as a certainty, and informed Song Shujin of the situation. That was why Song Shujin had used her as a chess piece, and the assassination attempt just now might not have been a slip of the hand, it was extremely possible that he had done it on purpose, to hide the truth of the poison in her body, so as to convince Gu Yicheng that he needed to borrow strength from the outside world to kill her, and had neglected the danger to her own existence.