Ink Burns

Chapter 193 The Peril of Xinglin Hall
Shui Guang's disregard for life angered Shan Yue even more: "Your life was given to you by your mother! How can you not live well! He Shui Guang, tell me why you can't live well!"

"Then why do you have the right to die?" Shui Guang retorted, tears welling in her eyes. "You can die, so why can't I?!"

"I'm the older sister!" Shan Yue shouted, raising her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Because I'm the older sister!"

Shui Guang bit her lower lip tightly with her upper teeth, her nose and the corners of her eyes trembling as she curled up in a ball, resentful but at a loss.

Shan Yue's voice choked with sobs, a cry escaping her throat. She lowered her head, took a deep breath, but her voice still trembled: "Shui Guang, I just want you to be well. I want you to always be happy with the Wei family. I want you to live. I want you to live well with me in place of your mother! The road we've traveled has been arduous and difficult, and the road ahead is full of thorns and obstacles. I only want you to walk a smooth, straight path, to live to be 120, to live with a house full of children and grandchildren, to live until you can no longer walk, to live until I pass away and call you 'sister.'"

The tremolo was weak, carried by the rain-dampened wind that crept in through the narrow window and circled the wooden beams.

Silence fell over the room.

There was silence for a long time.

Shan Yue's hands trembled, and her wrists unconsciously tapped the wooden table slightly but quickly.

Shan Yue gently pulled her hand back into her sleeve.

Finally, there was a sound from inside the room.

"But I...I don't want to take that path."

When Shui Guang raised her eyes, the corners of her mouth turned down sharply, and as soon as she opened her mouth, two lines of tears "whooshed" down her cheeks.

"I don't want to take the path you pointed me down!"

Tears streamed down her face like beads on a string, and her sobs grew louder: "I want revenge too, sister! Second Aunt said that nothing tastes good to you because you were burned on the mouth with charcoal when you were a child in the acrobatic troupe! I wish I could grab a knife and rush up and kill them all! Kill them all! Kill them all! Once we get our revenge, everything will be alright! We'll be alright! I don't want to see you like this, like a caged beast that can only walk back and forth!"

So, she went into the cage too!
She should go into the cage too, okay?
They're both in cages, two trapped beasts, stronger than each other, they'll bite these scumbags watching the show to death sooner or later!

Even when Shui Guang cries, she still looks like a little girl, tilting her head back and letting tears stream down her cheeks and fall to the ground.

Drop by drop, it quickly formed a large cloud.

Seeing this, Shan Yue felt an unbearable soreness rise in her chest and her nose tingle. She wanted to pull her sister into her arms, but in the end, she turned her head away.

Shan Yue suddenly stood up, took two quick steps forward, and then turned around: "The Chang family is like a turtle under the sun, biting someone and refusing to let go no matter what. Although Lord Xue has placed two or three trusted men to keep watch at Qiushui Ferry, it is still not safe. Tomorrow I will discuss with Lord Xue whether sending you to the palace to be 'under the lamp' is the safest way out."

Judging from the current situation, 'Qingfeng' may not have yet extended her reach into the Forbidden City. If 'Qingfeng' already had useful spies in the palace, why would she cherish this selection of virtuous women so much?
Rather than sending Shuiguang out of the capital and living in constant anxiety, it would be better to send her into the palace.

Xue Xiao has a past relationship with the Sage, so perhaps he can protect her to some extent—Shan Yue had already planned this route while on the carriage before they arrived.

However, he now owes Xue Xiao an enormous favor.

Debts accumulate and accumulate, how can they be repaid?

Shan Yue sighed softly.

"After entering the palace, behave yourself and live a quiet life in the city. We'll make plans after we've gotten rid of the Chang family. If you continue to act secretly, I will no longer care about you!" Shan Yue hardened her heart.

Shui Guang continued to cry, her sobs gradually subsiding as she sobbed, "I devised a plan! I saved the Grand Eunuch of the Six Departments! He promised to get me into the palace!"

Shui Guang felt deeply wronged and amplified her fading sobs, tilting her head back and squinting as she cried, "I clearly prepared an escape route for myself! I didn't do it secretly! I wasn't reckless! I had a plan! Sister, oh sister! Don't abandon me! Take care of me! You have to take care of me!"

"What Grand Supervisor of the Six Departments?" Shan Yue asked in surprise, his eyebrows furrowing.

Shui Guang sniffled: "Wu Cuishao, oh no, Wu Dajian, and there's another Grand Supervisor whose name we don't know! They're very high-ranking! They have jade tokens from the Six Ministries! That high-ranking and powerful Grand Supervisor fell ill at sea and was almost dead! I saved him with acupuncture."

The description of the patient's condition here is rather vague, and the doctor is not in a position to disclose the patient's illness.

Shui Guang continued, "He said he wanted to repay a debt of gratitude, and he was very certain that he would get me out of jail in two or three days."

Supervisor Wu?!

Shan Yue knew that the current emperor's chief attendant was surnamed Wu.

Shan Yue suddenly turned his head to look east. There was a dock to the east, the only dock and ferry crossing in the Gyeonggi region.

Xue Xiao once said that the current emperor has close ties with the Grand Canal Gang; this is a trump card the emperor is hiding. Could it be that the Grand Eunuch went to sea on behalf of the emperor and happened to encounter the swan?

Could it be that I've encountered counterfeit goods?
Shan Yue thought for a moment, then realized, no, it couldn't be that simple. What could Shui Guang possibly be up to? The two sisters were as insignificant as ants. To deal with them would be as easy as flicking a finger; there was no need for elaborate schemes. Most likely, her guess was correct. The other party was probably just using the pretense of repaying a debt of gratitude to keep Shui Guang by their side as a way to keep her in check and prevent the current sage from revealing his true intentions.

Whether it's true or false, real or fake, you only need to ask to find out.

Shan Yue stepped forward and pushed open the door.

Shui Guang quickly caught up, sobbing behind her, "Sister, are you still going to care about me?"

Shan Yue stopped in her tracks, without turning around, blinked hard, and struggled to hold back her tears: "You, are you still going to act on your own? Are you still going to be so stubborn?"

Shuiguang remained silent, only tugging at her sister's hem and crying: she still did not want to lie to her sister, so she remained silent.

Shan Yue placed her hands on the handle, lowered her eyes, and tears finally streamed down her face, soaking her clothes.

That stubborn mule!

That stubborn mule!

That stubborn mule!

Be hard-hearted!

Shan Yue pulled her clothes back down and took a deep breath: "I have never believed in the word 'fate' in my life. I would rather keep this wretched life in my own hands than leave it to fate. If the Grand Eunuch of the Six Departments hadn't happened to come along today, how would you have ended up? How would you have survived? Where would you have ended up?"

"He Shuiguang, think it over carefully."

Shan Yue pushed open the door and went out, turning the corner of the wall, only to hear her younger sister's pitiful low sobs.

Shan Yue suppressed the urge to turn back and comfort her younger sister, and quickly walked out through the side door.

Qiushui Ferry is not large, but the terrain is not simple. After wandering through the alleys for a while, you can see thick black smoke rising from the east.

In the drizzling, gradually subsiding rain, it was abrupt and frightening.

"The boats on the dock are sailing! They're sailing!"

"Go put out the fire!"

In the streets and alleys, people rushed out of their doors!
Shan Yue feared fire, and looking at the smoke drifting to the east, carrying both fire and moisture, he unconsciously took a step back.

The instant my back pressed against the wet wall tiles.

Shan Yue snapped out of her daze, lifted her skirt, turned around, and ran back!

Qiu Yu immediately followed: "Madam?"

"Something's not right! Something's not right!"

As Shan Yue ran, panting heavily, she said, "The fire at the dock is a major incident! The boats are all made of wood, and the boats are moored tightly together at the dock. Once a fire starts, it will spread rapidly and burn everything, including people and valuables! Anyone who can move should go to the dock to help—do you think Luo Feng will go to the dock to help?!"

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Luo Feng was not a bodyguard raised by Xue Xiao; he was not hard-hearted or ruthless enough.

When things are calm at Xinglin Hall, he will leave only one person to guard Xinglin Hall and take the rest of the idle people to the dock to put out the fire.

Therefore, Xinglin Hall is in danger.

Don't scold the older sister, and don't scold the younger sister either.

They grew up in different environments and had different backgrounds, so they could only rely on their love for each other to get along and make things work.

The older sister wasn't stubbornly foolish, and the younger sister wasn't self-righteously clever. They both wanted to do something for each other, but they were also reluctant to let the other do anything for them.

The two of them will talk things out soon, please give these two sisters some time.