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Chapter 54 - Freezing atmosphere

Yun Qianliang once again picked up the wood that was not yet carved and polished into a shape, she did not even raise her eyelids, "Between your family's young master and I, we are not those couples who talk about love and love, or who get jealous of each other. I even turned a blind eye towards the things that Wen Meng was allowed to do, what else could we possibly argue about?"

The other day, when he heard that she had not left him with no other choice, Gu Yicheng guessed her thoughts. She had said that the path she was going to take was to plot against the Jin Wang, and at that time, he had said a few words to her.

"Qian Chao, you can try relying on me." He spoke with sudden sincerity, not a joke.

That was her answer, she remembered.

"I'm sorry, I only believe in myself right now."

She was always in a dangerous situation. Other than her, her companions who were connected to her boss all had to be wary of her, afraid that something might happen to her when she logged on and that her identity as a spy was on the verge of being exposed. In that situation, she was used to believing in herself.

To her, when Gu Yicheng was his trade target, both parties were profitable and trustworthy for the time being. But if this relationship did not exist, Gu Yicheng's biased treatment of Wen Meng would be hard for her to trust him for, other than according to her principles.

"The prime minister has been busy these past few days, and has not been able to sleep or eat. Madam, why don't you serve him well and persuade him to return so that he won't tire himself out." It was rare for the Gu San to take over the position of master and servant, and interfere in the master's private affairs. However, he really could not watch any longer, the relationship between the two masters was at a stalemate, and he could only watch helplessly as the prime minister troubled his body.

"Surrender?" Hearing those two words, Yun Qianliang frowned, the carving knife in his hand drew a mark on the wood, and when she noticed it, she looked at the damage done, and his frown deepened, "What does it have to do with me if he leaves by herself without a word, why should I go and beg him to come back?"

"That's right. It's one thing for the young master to treat my master badly, but why do you have to lower yourself to his level?" Qiu Yue growled in dissatisfaction as she bent down to pick up the tools on the table.

"It can't be called a request, it's just …" The Gu San explained.

It had nothing to do with her stature, but rather, she did not feel that she was in the wrong.

There are some things you can't give me right now, so why pretend to put on a show later on and put on a show for the whole thing?

"It's not good to cause a huge ruckus." Gu San was still struggling.

"Which husband and wife in this world doesn't quarrel? Not to mention my arrogant and reckless personality, even if I were to be a bit unruly in the eyes of others, it wouldn't seem like I was pretending to be in love, and there's nothing wrong with it." Yun Qianliang's self-deprecating words caused everyone to be speechless.

Gu San's words of persuasion were stuck in his throat, he could not utter a single word, and in the end, could only resign himself to his orders and leave.

"Chun Hua, help me pack. I need to leave the capital in a few days." Yun Qianliang took the cloak that was on the shelf in front of the door, and after putting it on properly, he walked out of the warm room, "I'm going to the courtyard to take a walk."

As the New Year approached, the weather grew colder and colder.

The north wind whistled, chillingly cold.

Yun Qianliang strolled along the bluestone path, looking at the red plum planted into the courtyard.

The precious peony flowers in the yard had all been moved into the garden, and would only be transplanted back during the flowering season next year. In the winter, the red plum flowers were more suitable for this season's occasion, they were gorgeous, but they did not seem out of the ordinary. Compared to the unseasonable peony flowers, the red plum flowers were much easier to accept.

Yun Qianliang walked along the bluestone path, circling around Hongmei. She conveniently picked a few that looked good, and prepared to put them back in her house to put them on, so that Qiu Yue wouldn't complain that the color in her room was too plain.

Her white, goose-like eyes fluttered down from in front of her eyes. Yun Qianliang stopped in his tracks and looked up at the sky.

He saw scattered snowflakes falling from the sky. They were light as goose feathers, yet they were also like dandelions falling from the sky.

"It's snowing." Yun Qianliang muttered.

Yun Qianliang raised his hand to catch a snowflake in front of his. The icy cold snowflake landed on his palm, but she actually could not feel its cold intent.

She stared at the snowflake in her palm. Slowly, the snowflake melted into water, wetting her palm.

"I thought I could turn you into ice along the way." Yun Qianliang pursed his lips and laughed to himself.

As Gu Yicheng stepped into the distance, he saw a beautiful scenery.

In the scattered snow, there was a light black dress with a moon-white cloak covering it, and a circle of pure white rabbit hair at the corner, making her face look even more exquisite and small. She had a bouquet of bright red plums between her left arms, which were especially dazzling in the simple and elegant moon-white light.

She tilted her head slightly upwards as she looked at the falling snow with a smile on her face. Her pair of beautiful eyes were pitch black and bottomless. The corners of her eyes were slightly raised as her smile was as bewitching as the night.

In an ordinary courtyard, the color of light and red seemed to have become a unique color. She was born in white and stood in front of the snow-covered red plum blossoms.

Seeing that it was snowing outside, Qiu Yue did not bother to clean the sawdust inside the house, instead, she quickly found an oil-paper umbrella and rushed out of Cloud Water Pavilion.

Gu Yicheng quickly walked into the courtyard, his footsteps crossing the path and stopping Qiu Yue's anxious figure, "Give me the umbrella."

With unwillingness in his eyes, Qiu Yue looked at the person standing in front of the red plum blossom and said, "Madam, your body …"

"I know." Gu Yicheng quickly replied as he took the oil-paper umbrella from Qiu Yue's hands and walked towards the person who was standing in the snow and refused to move.

Seeing that, Qiu Yue gave up and ran back to the Cloud Water Pavilion.

Under the roof, Chun Hua was holding onto an umbrella, preparing to come out, but seeing the situation, she had no choice but to put it aside.

"Chun Hua, what exactly do you think Gu Xiang wants to play?" Qiu Yue patted the snow on her head, puzzled.

"I don't know." Chun Hua forced a smile, the worry in his eyes grew deeper, but there was nothing he could do. "I'll ask Shui Qin to make some soup to warm his body, so that Madam won't catch a cold."

With that, Chun Hua opened her umbrella and walked towards the kitchen.

"I wonder when this snow will fall and whether it will affect my journey. I need to prepare more …" Yun Qianliang retracted her hand, and placed her right hand on the red plum tree branch between his left arm, turning around, wanting to turn back. But just as he was about to do so, her voice suddenly stopped, a look of surprise and worry flashed past his eyes, and then, he hid his strange emotions.

"You didn't realize it was me." Gu Yicheng saw through her disguise with a glance.

With her sensitive ears, she should have recognized the sound of footsteps a long time ago, but she didn't.

"A moment of absent-mindedness." Yun Qianliang explained while smiling, and easily changed the topic, "Gu San even asked me to go find you just now."

"You talk too much." Gu Yicheng chided in dissatisfaction, "Your health is not good, once it snows you should go and hide."

He held onto his umbrella and turned around. After waiting for a while, he finally walked away, and Yun Qianliang had no choice but to follow behind him.

"How could the prime minister understand the strange hobbies women have?" Yun Qianliang frowned, his words revealed his mischievousness, "Also, Master doesn't think that if I were to sacrifice my beauty for you to see, it will make the next step go even smoother?"

"Your body isn't suitable to go." Without waiting for Yun Qianliang to explain herself, Gu Yicheng rejected him with a serious face.

"Of course I will." Yun Qianliang was also a strong leader. She would never be able to get back what he had decided to do no matter how hard he tried.

The poison in her body had already affected her body more and more. She had to find the antidote as soon as possible, she had to go to Tan Yue City.

Gu Yicheng stopped in his tracks, and stared at the person beside him. The coldness in his eyes was like snow, "Would you rather drag this body to Song Shujin to get the antidote than talk to me about it?"

Did she really need to do so much of the stuff that caused him to be at a disadvantage?

In a matter of life and death, she restrained her superb acting skills and let her take advantage of the loophole.

"Gu Yicheng, I am a person who has been hiding myself in the darkness all year round, I know better than anyone else how to survive in the darkness. You pulled a person who has always been living in the darkness into the light and gave me an important order badge, then you told her, you can trust me and rely on me. You might think that you have trusted me, but the other party should understand your intentions, but I have no way of making such a hasty decision."

"In this precarious situation, I have no one to rely on. If I want to live, I have to fight for my life myself, so I can't afford to lose at all."

In the silence of the snow, she withdrew her playful thoughts as her words resounded with force.

"Even if I said I would get you the antidote, would you still go?" Gu Yicheng felt helpless in his heart, it was the first time he felt that the person in front of him had a strength that could not be destroyed, and he was unable to control it.

Using a secret to exchange for the antidote was originally a transaction between the two of us, but right now I have no bargaining chip, so you taking the antidote for me is unfair, it's my fault for scheming against Song Shujin, I have a clear conscience, but I can scheme against someone who has saved me, I will feel uneasy. Yun Qianliang lowered his eyes and avoided the burning gaze.

If he hadn't saved her, she probably wouldn't have been so constrained.

"In the end, you still won't believe me." The emotions in Gu Yicheng's eyes faded like the tide, and he once again took a step forward.

"Yes." Yun Qianliang was indeed honest.

"The reason." Gu Yicheng asked, his tone returning to his usual relaxed joke.

Yun Qianliang was silent for a moment, her thoughts unknown, but in the end, she still answered truthfully, "There are two of them. Firstly, I do not understand you well enough, and secondly, you let Wen Meng do as she pleases to contradict my principles."

Although she endured these things, she would not allow such actions to cross the line.

After that, Gu Yicheng no longer spoke, and sent his back to Cloud Water Pavilion in silence.

Gu Yicheng put away the umbrella and walked towards the Qing Hu Tong without saying a word.

"Before I leave the capital, I want to make a trip to the House of the Marquis of An." Yun Qianliang said to his back.

"I'll arrange it." Gu Yicheng replied without turning his head.

Yun Qianliang retracted her gaze, turned and went back into the hut, and the two of them seemed to nod casually.