After picking up the White Cut Black Prince

Song Yusheng looked normal, just like when he was helping her put on her clothes. Even though his movements were erotic, to him it was just an ordinary thing like eating or reading.

Could it be that he used to do these things often?

Even though Wen Chu was a thick-skinned person, she had never experienced such a situation before. She blushed unnaturally, and she couldn't help but tighten her toes in embarrassment. The candle burned, occasionally making a "crackling" sound, and Wen Chu's heart beat faster and faster.

Song Yusheng noticed Wen Chu's panic. He raised his eyes and saw an inexplicable blush on Wen Chu's face, and his fingers were nervously clenched on the corner of his clothes.

He sneered, "Mrs. Chu, what are you thinking about?"

He was clearly speaking in such a gentle and cheerful tone, yet there was an unspeakable sarcasm in his voice. After hearing this, Wen Chu's eyes darkened and he wished he could faint immediately.

He must have done it on purpose.

After Song Yusheng helped Wen Chu put on his shoes and socks, he stood up and walked towards the door. Wen Chu calmed himself down and immediately followed him.

In the Lin Mansion, only Song Yusheng could make her feel a little at ease, and she followed him closely.

When the door opened, everyone looked towards Song Yusheng, but they could only see Song Yusheng's back, not the woman.

Lin Ping finally saw the woman hiding behind Song Yusheng through his body. He quickly approached and wanted to talk to Wen Chu. He said as he walked, "My dear girl, I never thought that you are the lifesaver of our prince. Don't worry, I will definitely teach this brat a lesson."

Lin Ping was about to walk to Wen Chu, but Song Yusheng changed direction without leaving a trace, and hid the man tightly behind him. He said, "Really? Lord Neitai, why don't you discipline your son now? After all, robbing a commoner girl is not a trivial matter. As the saying goes, 'love but not lust', Master Lin is really frivolous this time. If it gets to the capital, I don't know what kind of rumors will be spread in the court. Will Lord Neitai say that he doesn't teach his son well? Beijing officials are inspected every six years, and officials outside the capital are inspected every three years. Now is the time."

Only a few of them knew about what happened today. As long as Song Yusheng didn't tell anyone, how could it get out?
Lin Ping heard the threat in Song Yusheng's words.

If he didn't punish Lin Sujian today, Song Yusheng would be able to expose this matter tomorrow.

Even though Lin Ping was not in Kyoto, he had heard of Song Yusheng's reputation. He was a decent person and always cold-hearted. Even the Duke of Lian Guo had to give him some face.

When his teacher, Prime Minister Song, was still alive, the position of the Duke's mansion's heir was still between the eldest and second sons of the Xie family. Logically speaking, it was only natural for the eldest son to inherit the title, but seeing that the eldest son of the Xie family was not as good as the second son of the Xie family, the Prime Minister had a private idea and wanted to pass the throne to the second son.

Later, after Song Yusheng was born, there were strange signs in the sky, indicating that he was born with auspicious signs. A master passed by the Duke's Mansion and said that this child had extraordinary abilities. Therefore, the Prime Minister passed the throne to the current Duke of Xie's family.

If there was no Song Yusheng, the current Duke might be the second master of the Xie family.

Looking at Song Yusheng's abilities now, he really lives up to the praises and compliments from all sorts of people back then.

Song Yusheng was unwilling to let this matter go, so Lin Ping could not let it go easily.

He is about forty years old, but he is being bullied by a younger generation and there is nothing he can do.

Lin Sujian was silent for a long time, and finally spoke. He took out the note written by Wen Chu from his sleeve and said, "This is written by Wen Chu herself. It says that she accepted five hundred taels and said that your kindness to him should be given to our Lin family in the future. Doesn't it count? Don't you admit it?"

Lin Sujian had never encountered any trouble since he was a child, and his ideas were always crude and simple. He didn't think as much as Lin Ping, but just thought that with this, Song Yusheng would at least take it into consideration.

Song Yusheng took the note and read it. It was written in neat small characters with flower-shaped hairpins. When Song Yusheng was recovering from his injury, he had nothing to do. Wen Chu brought him some books from home to read. There were many notes on them, which were similar to the handwriting on the note. It was obvious that they were all written by Wen Chu.

The content of the document was nothing more than transferring the favor of Song Yu being born in Wen Chu to the Lin family.

Song Yusheng couldn't help but clench his fingers as he looked at the receipt. He suppressed his troubled mood and looked up at Chunfeng. Chunfeng quickly understood what Song Yusheng meant, took out five hundred taels and handed it to Lin Sujian.

This time, not only Wen Chu was dumbfounded, but also the three members of the Lin family. How could a good person in his family take out five hundred taels? Even Lin Sujian had spent two days to raise the five hundred taels.

Song Yusheng said, "Five hundred taels? Take it back."

How could Lin Sujian be willing to accept it? He even wanted to argue. How could Lin Ping dare not accept it? If he didn't accept it, wouldn't Song Yusheng think he was trying to blackmail him into repaying his kindness? He quickly took the money and said, "Since the prince said so, we naturally dare not refuse it."

Lin Ping thought of what Song Yusheng had just said about the three-year inspection. He gritted his teeth and asked, "What does the prince want?"

Song Yusheng smiled and said, "When I was at home, my father repeatedly told me to be upright and honest. If I did something like Master Lin, my father would beat me with 20 sticks and make me kneel in the ancestral hall for a day. Not to mention my grandfather, Lord Neitai should know better than anyone that if any of the younger generation dared to do such a thing, it would not be too much to expel them from the family."

The Song family has a strict family tradition, which is known to everyone. Lin Ping often has contacts with the Song family, so he should know this even more.

Lin Ping looked up in astonishment, "What?" He must have heard it right, twenty lashes? ? !
Lin Sujian had never suffered such an injury since he was a child. Wouldn't these twenty strokes of the cane be fatal?
When Wen Chu heard Song Yusheng's words, he thought of the scar on his back.

When Wen Chu was applying medicine on him, he saw the scars on his back. The scars covered almost the entire back, and they looked very old and scary. At that time, Wen Chu didn't know who had hurt him, but now it sounded like he was beaten by his father.

Mrs. Lin loves her son dearly, so she stepped forward and said, "The prince has also said that those are the rules of your Song family, not our Lin family's rules! We don't have any of these rules of the old man!"

Song Yusheng ignored Madam Lin and just looked at Lin Ping with a smile. There was no smile in his cold eyes. He asked, "Master Neitai, is it true?"

Lin Ping faced Song Yusheng's gaze and didn't dare to say the word "no".

Who is he? He is Song Yusheng, the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion, the Left Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple, and the hero who quelled the rebellion of Prince Li.

Lin Ping didn't dare to argue with him.

After a long while, he turned to Mrs. Lin and said, "You go back first. I will handle this matter."

She must give him an explanation for what happened today, otherwise he will have plenty of ways to make her unhappy. If she says something here that offends Song Yusheng, she will be doomed.

Mrs. Lin wanted to stay longer, but Lin Ping had already given a look to the servant beside him, and soon she was taken away.

Lin Ping glanced at his son standing next to him, and finally said with a grim heart: "Come here! Use the family rules!"

Lin Sujian was originally glaring at Song Yusheng angrily. He didn't believe that his father would beat him because of a word from an outsider. But when he actually heard Lin Ping talking about the family rules, there was a hint of disbelief in his eyes.

He looked at Lin Ping and said, "Father, father."

Lin Ping was reluctant to hit him, but what could he do? If he didn't hit him, Song Yusheng would keep holding on to this matter.

Soon a thick and long court cane was brought over. Wen Chu hid behind Song Yusheng and watched Lin Ping beat Lin Sujian with the cane twenty times with his own hands.

Perhaps because Song Yusheng was staring at him, Lin Ping didn't dare to let up and could only push hard. After a while, a lot of blood oozed out of Lin Sujian's back. Wen Chu felt pain just watching from the side and gasped from time to time.

She never knew Song Yusheng's methods were so powerful. In the past two months, he had always been gentle as jade. This was the first time she saw the fierceness in Song Yusheng.

Of course she would not feel sorry for Lin Sujian. The twenty lashes of the cane today were all his own fault.

But today's Song Yusheng made Wen Chu realize that Song Yusheng was a powerful official, and that was how powerful officials should be. Even if he looked bright and sunny, he could still make people feel uneasy for no reason.

Wen Chu thought that if Song Yusheng found out that she was Huai He, he would send her to the palace without hesitation.

He asked him to go back to Beijing with him. Could it be that he had already discovered it?

Song Yusheng did not notice the twisted thoughts in Wen Chu's mind. He just thought that she had not yet recovered from the fear. He dealt with the matter here and took Wen Chu away.

After they left, Lin Ping looked at his son, who was beaten half to death by his own hands. He was so scared that tears came out of his eyes. He shouted, "Quick! Go call the court doctor!"

After Mrs. Lin saw that the man had left, she hurried over. She saw that Lin Sujian was now lying on the boy, her eyes closed, and she didn't know whether she had died or not. She cried out in a sad voice, "My son! My son!"

She turned to Lin Ping and yelled, "Lin Ping! I'm not done with you! You beat my son like this just to please your boss's son!"

Lin Ping was also very angry, "Foolish woman, you still don't understand. Even if you don't listen to the Duke, you have to listen to Song Yusheng! He gets face in front of the emperor. Among the children and grandchildren of the teacher, he was the most respected. If it weren't for him, his father wouldn't be able to sit in the position of the Duke today! The emperor has to give him some face. Do you think I dare to offend him?"

He was so angry that he continued, "I am still an official in Shanxi. You put me in Kyoto, in front of the Duke's Mansion. Is that enough? Let me ask you, who is it enough? Today, Jian'er offended his lifesaver. He gave him twenty strokes of the cane for the sake of a third-rank official like me. You have to let him arrest Jian'er and put him in the prison of the Dali Temple to be happy, right?!"

Mrs. Lin was speechless after hearing what Lin Ping said. She couldn't argue with Lin Ping, so she turned around and hugged Lin Sujian and started crying.

This night, the Lin family was destined to be restless.

*
There were only a few horses outside the Lin Mansion. Wen Chu thought that Song Yusheng might be looking for an inn to stay in.

But she doesn't know how to ride a horse, so is she going to run behind the horse?

Actually, it’s not impossible. Wen Chu often runs from the village to the town alone. If she rides slower, she might still be able to keep up.

As she was thinking this, Song Yusheng had already climbed onto his horse. Wen Chu looked up at him and said, "Sir, run slower, or I can't keep up."

Dong Yue, who was standing by, sneered when she heard this. Is this little Taoist priest really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? How could she think that those two legs could compare to a horse?

Dong Yue stopped laughing when he noticed Song Yusheng looking at him.

Wen Chu had just noticed the group of men in black. Judging from their attire, perhaps Song Yusheng's secret guards had found him. In this case, everything made sense. No wonder he had discovered that I had sold him out so quickly and found this place so quickly.

She didn't know when these people came to her, and she didn't even notice it at all.

Wen Chu didn't know why Dong Yue was laughing. What was so funny? She was talking about this matter very seriously!

Song Yusheng turned around and looked at Wen Chu. Seeing that she looked serious when she said this, and didn't seem to be joking, Song Yusheng was almost laughing out of anger. What was going on in Wen Chu's head?

How could she tell that he was going to let her run after the horse?

"Mother Chu, although you sold me, I am not so cruel." After saying that, she stretched out her hand towards Wen Chu.

Wen Chu felt even more embarrassed because of what he said. Song Yusheng always brought up the fact that she sold him out. He mentioned it several times this evening alone. The more he mentioned it, the more guilty Wen Chu felt.

But since Song Yusheng said so, there was no need for her to refuse anymore. Who would want to run when they can ride a horse comfortably?

Song Yusheng's hands were very beautiful, with white, slender fingers and distinct bones. Wen Chu thought of this hand touching her feet just now, and she got goose bumps again. She quickly dispelled the lingering image in her mind, and then placed her hand on Song Yusheng's hand.

As expected, it was cold.

Song Yusheng exerted force with his palms and pulled the person into his arms, and the two of them rode on the same horse.

Chunfeng and Dongyue both felt strange watching from the side, as this was the first time their master acted like this.

Tonight, he not only saved the little Taoist priest, but also vented her anger. After knowing that he was sold out, he was still depressed and wanted to kill her, so how come he was sitting on a horse now?
However, they could neither see through nor guess their master's thoughts. Seeing that Song Yusheng had already ridden away on his horse, they immediately whipped their whips to chase after him.

*
In the middle of the night, they rode on the road, and attracted many stewards to intervene, but when they saw that the people were from the Duke's Mansion, they did not dare to interfere. Soon, the group found an inn to rest. Wen Chu was tired after a day's work. When she knew in the morning that Song Yusheng was looking for Huaihe, she was terrified. Later, she took the risk and sold Song Yusheng. In the end, she was captured by Lin Sujian.

In just one day, there were many ups and downs. As soon as I arrived at the inn, I fell asleep as soon as I touched the bed.

Inevitably, I had another nightmare.

"Li Zhaoxi, that evil concubine is dead. Didn't you see her being ripped out of her heart with your own eyes? What's the use of your father loving you so much? Look, who will save you now? You will have to live and sleep with pigs like livestock, eat and live with them! In the future, you will become a pig-man! Your father doesn't want you anymore, and he won't come to save you! We all have mothers and grandmothers. Your mother was just the most humble palace maid. Now that your father is gone, let's see what you can do!"

Wen Chu was annoyed by the sharp noises. She wanted to kill all the noisy people, but she found herself chained and unable to move. She felt like she was almost suffocating. After much difficulty, she finally broke free from the nightmare. When she woke up, she found that it was already bright and the sun was high in the sky.

I had another nightmare last night.

She was breathing heavily and touched her head, finding it was covered in sweat.

She wiped the sweat off her face, stood up, and sat by the window to enjoy the breeze. It was almost noon, and the streets were bustling with people.

She saw two men in black standing at the door of the inn, and wondered, are they afraid that she will run away? Why bother guarding the door of the inn? Why not just send two people to guard her door? Wouldn't that be more straightforward?

She was hungry, so she didn't think much about it. She got up, opened the door and walked out.

As soon as she opened the door, the two secret guards standing at the door looked at her in unison, the three of them staring at each other.

Wen Chu:.
I never realized that Song Yusheng was so petty before.

Wen Chu was disturbed by last night's nightmare, and his face looked a little ugly.

Wen Chu asked: "What are you two doing?"

One of them bowed and said, "If the young lady is hungry, we will go and bring the food over. The master said that he was afraid that the young lady would run around again, so he asked us to keep an eye on you."

Wen Chu thought Song Yusheng was crazy. Was he trying to restrict her personal freedom? She was wrong, but he shouldn't have been so heartless!
She was so angry that she didn't even want to say anything. She turned around and was about to close the door, but in just a moment, her stomach made a sound, so she stopped and opened the door again, saying, "I'm hungry."

After saying that, without caring about the expressions of the two people, he closed the door and lay down on the bed.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Was it necessary? He looked at her like a criminal. It was just five hundred taels! He didn't want to give it back! What on earth did he want to do?

Her divination was indeed accurate. When she saw the disaster, she said she would never save him.

Now I have caused myself a lot of trouble.

She was very angry and when she heard the door open, she thought it was the secret guard coming to deliver food, so she stood up suddenly.

Since we are here, we might as well make the best of it. Even so, we still need to fill our stomach first.

Unexpectedly, it was not a secret guard, but Song Yusheng.

Wen Chu's face fell.

As soon as Song Yusheng stepped into the room, he saw a series of changes in Wen Chu.

"Waiting for food?"

Wen Chu didn't want to pay attention to him, but thinking that he was now living under someone else's roof, he still nodded reluctantly.

Song Yusheng pretended not to notice her reluctance, sat down on the chair and said, "I haven't eaten yet, let's go together."

Outside the door, someone had already come in with food, quickly set the dishes on the table, and left.

Wen Chu looked at the food, which was obviously much better than what she had eaten at her home. It was so good outside, and it was even better at home. No wonder Song Yusheng said that he was suffering by following her. She must have suffered all the sins of her life in living with him for two months.

Wen Chu said she was hungry just now, but when the table of delicious food was placed in front of her, she stopped eating.

Song Yusheng knew that Wen Chu was extremely angry, otherwise he wouldn't even refuse to eat.

Sure enough, she said slowly, "Mr. Song, how can you let people look at me like this?"

Song Yusheng said innocently: "Mother Chu, you sold me before, how can I not be afraid?"

Of course he had to have someone watch her. Since she was able to betray him the first time, she would definitely run away the second time. It was enough for him to be deceived once, and he would never believe this little liar who was full of lies again.

Wen Chu had already changed out of the red clothes he wore yesterday and put on his usual rags again. It was clear that he looked better that way yesterday, but Song Yusheng still found Wen Chu more pleasing to the eye like this.

In this case, he was willing to indulge her temporarily and deal with the betrayal later.

Well, the fact that she betrayed Song Yusheng alone was enough to completely nail Wen Chu to the pillar of shame. Whenever Wen Chu wanted to get angry, Song Yusheng would always bring this up, and in this way, no matter how reasonable a thing was, it would no longer be reasonable to her.

Wen Chu was so upset about this that he said, "I want to clarify something. I didn't sell you! I only sold your kindness, and I didn't sell you! Can you please stop saying I sold you out? And, Mr. Song, didn't you lie to me? You told me that you were a relative of the Duke's Mansion, but I understood it yesterday. You are the prince, not some side branch who went to Beijing for refuge."

Being strict with her and lenient with himself is what Song Yusheng is like. Didn't he also deceive her? Why does he keep holding on to his own affairs?

Song Yusheng was not embarrassed or angry after being exposed. He smiled, and his voice was a little mellow. He said, "I was afraid that you had bad intentions at first, but who knows, I told you that I was a relative from another family, and you could treat me so well. At first, I thought that Chu Niang was really a kind-hearted girl. But I never thought that Chu Niang wanted to sell me for a good price. If that's the case, it would be better to tell you directly that I am the prince, so as to avoid being sold out."

"Okay, okay! It's all my fault. Please don't mention it anymore, okay?"

Wen Chu couldn't compete with Song Yusheng at all. He was a person who could pass the imperial examination. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't win. But fortunately, after listening to Song Yusheng's words, he only blamed her for selling him out. He shouldn't have discovered her identity. But this matter has always been a huge rock pressing on her chest, making her uneasy and unable to breathe.

In the next few days, Wen Chu followed Song Yusheng and went to Kyoto from the Shanxi Provincial Administration.

Because he was weighed down with worries and had to travel non-stop, Wen Chu was almost exhausted when he arrived in Kyoto.

Song Yusheng had been away from Beijing for more than two months and had a lot of things to deal with, so the two of them rode in two separate carriages.

But when they were almost in Kyoto, Wen Chu vomited more and more violently and couldn't even eat. The carriage kept stopping and starting. Song Yusheng couldn't stand it anymore and brought him to his side.

His carriage was very different from Wen Chu's, which could be seen from the outside. Song Yusheng's carriage was made of exquisite wood carvings and metal decorations. It was spacious and comfortable inside, and even the chairs were covered with fine blankets.

Wen Chu looked listless, because she had a poor appetite for several days, and her already thin body had become even thinner after tossing and turning. She was carried to his carriage by Song Yusheng while she was still conscious, and she didn't react at all, but once she got on the carriage, she curled up and lay down on the seats on both sides of the carriage.

She curled up into a ball, her brows furrowed.

Song Yusheng only glanced at Wen Chu who was lying on the chair, and then continued to pick up the memorial in his hand to read it. He said coldly: "Mother Chu, I didn't realize you were so delicate before. You can torment yourself like this just by working as a carriage."

Wen Chu used to be able to walk ten miles without breathing heavily. Song Yusheng really didn't expect that she would end up in this state just by riding in a carriage.

The sun shone in from the car window, shining on his jade-like profile. He was dressed in white, with an upright posture, and he looked so extraordinary just by sitting there.

Only this gentle gentleman could be so unforgiving in his words.

There was a smell of medicine in Song Yusheng's carriage. It seemed that the medicine Wen Chu had used on him before was not very good. It could only save his life and did not replenish his body with anything else. He had been drinking medicine so frequently in recent days, probably to replenish his body that had been depleted during that period.

Wen Chu fell on the chair. When she heard what Song Yusheng said, she was so angry that she vomited blood. Her stomach was churning again, but fortunately, she really had nothing else to vomit, so she suppressed the nausea.

When Song Yusheng was living under someone else's roof, Wen Chu had no idea he could be so irritating. But now that he has regained his status as the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion, he has become like this.

Wen Chu's voice became very hoarse due to days of vomiting. She said, "You said you didn't know me like this before, and I didn't know you like this either. Since you are so annoyed with me, why did you bring me back to Beijing? I said I would return the money to you, but you didn't want it. You insisted on torturing me. Isn't this a problem?"

She has only lived with Father Wen for these years, and the most she has been involved with is Doctor Zhao and Aunt Yang's family. She doesn't want to have anything to do with Song Yusheng, let alone return to Kyoto.

So seeing that Song Yusheng's attitude was so tough and he himself was being tormented in such a way, it was inevitable that there was a bit of anger in his words.

Song Yusheng was always good at hiding his feelings. Although Wen Chu's words made him uncomfortable, his expression did not change much. He said in a gentle voice, "Mother Chu, who taught you to say such things? If you say it again next time, you will be spanked. You will be punished for doing something wrong or saying something wrong."

The carriage was moving non-stop. Even if it was moving on the road, it would feel like it was still inside the carriage, and there would be no feeling. Wen Chu looked up at him, and his expression did not change. When he saw her look up, he looked back at her.

Wen Chu felt more and more suffocated by this look. No matter how angry she was, Song Yusheng always looked calm and composed. Her anger meant nothing to him.
So irritating.

She said no more, but clenched her fists secretly. Damn Song Yusheng, one day she would run away, the farther the better, so as not to make him angry to death.

Wen Chuguang dared to think in his heart, but did not dare to show it on his face.

After a while, Song Yusheng asked Chunfeng to bring hawthorn slices. He pushed the small plate of hawthorn slices in front of Wen Chu and said, "Eat some of this to whet your appetite first, otherwise you will lose your appetite later."

Wen Chu struggled to sit up, eating hawthorn slices intermittently. She looked unhappy, and Song Yusheng stopped blaming her. He just reminded her, "You will arrive in Beijing today, and go home with me. You should know what to say and what not to say. The more you say, the more mistakes you make. The less you say, the fewer mistakes you make. If they ask you, just say that you are my savior, and they won't treat you harshly. Do you understand?"

Wen Chu was a little stunned when he heard this. He didn't have time to swallow the food in his mouth. He said vaguely: "Do I still have to go to the Duke's Mansion?"

She really didn't expect Song Yusheng to take her to the Duke's Mansion. It was not good. The Song family was a noble family with such strict family traditions. She was really a little scared.

Song Yusheng ignored Wen Chu's anxious look and said coldly, "When you get to the Song family, don't talk with something in your mouth, it will make people dislike you."

Wen Chu was speechless and quickly swallowed the food in her mouth. She said hastily, "Mr. Song! I think I shouldn't go with you. I can live somewhere else. I promise I won't run around and cause you trouble!"

Song Yusheng glanced at her calmly, and seeing that she raised three fingers to swear, he hit her hand with the letter, "Don't swear blindly."

The little liar rarely speaks the truth. Even when he swears, he is still lying.

Wen Chu felt pain and withdrew his hand angrily.

Song Yusheng said, "Since you are my benefactor, how can you live outside? It doesn't make sense. Chu Niang, just stay by my side. No one will bother you in front of me."

"What if you're not here?"

"So you have to follow me closely."

(End of this chapter)