Chapter 53: Borrowing a Knife to Kill

  Her eyebrows and eyes were born with beauty, but at this moment they shot out a gloomy and cold sharpness.

  Su Lin suddenly felt a chill in her heart, and she coughed lightly to cover it up, saying, "It's just a momentary impulse, but what if... the East Palace won't be easy to deal with either!"

  Chu Lingyun's animosity towards Chun Xiang seemed to come out of nowhere, while Su Lin had a blind infatuation with her, thinking that the best things in life should all be given to her. As for Chu Mianyang, who was almost as famous as Chu Lingyun in the capital...

  It's just like they say: one mountain can't hold two tigers.

  It's just that Chu Youyang's identity is extraordinary, if it's just for this that you want to kill people——

  This is no laughing matter.

  Chu Lingyun said just this one sentence, then looked at him with a smile that was not quite a smile, before continuing to walk forward.

  Zi Wei expressed some concern, "Young Mistress, this matter may still require careful consideration. Su Shouzi may not necessarily be a match for the Marquis of Junyang."

  The last time the horse was startled in the bustling city, although Su Wei was pushed away, because the Su family's slaves were involved in the case, they were still impeached by the censor and not lightly. The emperor scolded the Su family people like a dog at the early court, and ordered King Changshun Su Hang to rectify the family style.

  It's not entirely the fault of Su family siblings' low IQ, if Chu Youyang's personality was soft and weak, they could only accept that hidden loss, but who would have thought they'd run into a stubborn person, everything completely spiraled out of control.

  Ziwei is worried that Su's family will make another mistake and ultimately implicate Chu Lingyun.

  Chu Lingyun heard this and raised an eyebrow, coldly smiling as she said, "What he wants to do has nothing to do with me. Did I say anything just now?"

  Zi Wei was taken aback and then looked shocked.

  It's settled, Chu Lingyun only said that she couldn't tolerate Chu Mianyang, but didn't ask Su Lin to do anything for her. Even if Su Lin were to get into trouble with Chu Mianyang in the future, it would have nothing to do with Chu Lingyun.

  This trick of killing with a borrowed knife is something Chu Lingyun can do with ease.

  She never intended to marry Su Lin, but maintained a reserved attitude and repeatedly urged the other party to take the lead for herself.

  Not prepared to take responsibility at all.

  Zi Wei's heart was startled, and she subconsciously turned her head to take a look.

  Su Lin stood still for a moment, her face changing from cloudy to sunny, finally clenched her fist and followed quickly with big strides.

  Yanling Jun and Chu Jiu Yang went ahead one step, entering the large flower garden. Yanling Jun deliberately chose a quiet small path to avoid the crowd.

  After shaking off the crowd behind him, Chu Mo Yang turned to look at him and asked, "You came to the entrance looking for me on purpose? Is there something you want?"

  Marquis Yanling looked down at the ground with his eyes cast downward, seemingly a bit distracted, and only stopped after a moment before lifting his head.

  He looked into her eyes, and his expression, which had just been elegant and refined, turned serious and solemn as he said, "I think you must still have questions for me. Since the opportunity has arisen today, I've invited you over."

  Chu Youyang smiled slightly and gently stroked the branches of a nearby flower tree with his fingertips, "You know what I want to know, but..."

  She said with a shrug of her shoulders, as if it didn't matter.

  As for the true identity of Yanling Jun, if he were willing to say it, he wouldn't have waited until today.

  Yanling Jun looked at her and slightly exhaled, then followed by a stern and indifferent glance at Qingteng and Qingluo who were following behind him.

  The two girls were also worldly-wise, but they were inexplicably intimidated by his gaze and hastily walked to the side to avoid him.

  Yanling Jun seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and without hesitation, he opened his mouth and said, "My mother was a disciple of Guiguzi Yanling Shou, and the relationship between her and my master is not shallow. They were as close as father and daughter. When I was born, my mother had some problems, so I have been in poor health since childhood. I grew up following Master around, and he taught me all his skills, hoping that I could inherit his legacy."

  The implication of Yanling Jun's words is obvious, deliberately avoiding some issues.

  But as he spoke, his expression remained calm, even when mentioning his mother.

  "I've heard of this, Chen's master is that mysterious and elusive Guigu Xiansheng." Chu Jinyang murmured.

  "Shibo is already considered a genius in medicine, but Shigong said that his talent does not match my mother's." Yanling Jun smiled faintly, and the smile seemed to contain a very shallow and subtle emotion that was hard to grasp. He looked at Chu Sunyang and spoke sincerely: "My identity is indeed inconvenient for me to speak clearly to you now, but whatever I can say to you, I will absolutely not deceive you. I suppose you have already guessed it, yes, the three words 'Yanling Jun' are not my real name, and 'Junyu' is the courtesy name given to me by my mother before she passed away, derived from the phrase 'a gentleman is like jade'."

  It's just a pity that he didn't grow up to be the kind of person his mother had hoped for.

  Yanling Jun was just a pseudonym, and Chu Ziyang had indeed expected this, so when he got confirmation from his own mouth, there wasn't much surprise, but instead added a few weak points of discomfort to his candor.

  "Sorry, I didn't mean to pry into your private matters." Chu Jiu Yang cleared his throat and continued, "But..."

  "I have no malice, neither towards you nor the imperial court of Xiyue. I hope you can believe me on this." Duke Yanling took over her words.

  There's a saying: "A different clan has a different heart", and how much more so for Yanling Jun, whose identity is already predetermined to be not simple.

  But for some reason, Chu Yunyang looked at him with a kind of impetuous emotion in his eyes, and he actually completely let go of his guard against him.

  She smiled sideways and then stepped lightly onto the corridor ahead.

  "Ah——" Yanling Jun suddenly hurried and was about to chase after him.

  Chu Youyang turned around from the corridor, a bright smile at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, raised his chin and said, "Then it depends on your performance in the future, how you prove yourself to me!"

  A loud and clear voice, with a bright smile, accompanied by the overflowing laughter from the corners of his mouth, all merged into his heart, instantly stirring up a ripple in Yanling Jun's heart.

  The footsteps of Yanling Jun came to an abrupt halt.

  Chu Xiangyang turned around again, and as she walked past the corridor, her hands moved lightly to pluck a handful of tender yellow flower petals from the nearby osmanthus tree. With a flick of her wrist, she scattered a soft rain of flower petals behind her.

  Yanling Jun watched her back disappear, and the corners of his lips also rippled with a gentle curve like the petals of flowers in the rain.

  After meeting with Yanling Jun, Chu Ziyang's mood improved greatly, and he followed the palace maid's guidance to the horse grounds where others were gathering.

  At that time, Chu Yu Yan had already changed into riding attire and sat tall on the horseback, her chin raised high as she said, "We're going to have a hunting competition, do you want to come together?"

  Hunting?

  Chu Nanyang's eyes narrowed as she glanced at Su Wei standing beside her, holding the reins of the horse.

  Don't they want to resort to their old tricks again and make a move on him?

  No, things won't be that simple.

  Digression

  Yeah, Yanling is working hard, I'm also working hard, you naughty kids, always urging me to join the membership, let me be carefree for a few more days hehehe~