Chapter 48
What Mei Liangyu was most concerned about was actually that night when he rushed to the Saint Hall, only to be stopped outside by Master and not allowed to enter.
After Yu Sui came out of the Saint Hall's main hall, she could use Five Elements Energy and cultivate Nine Schools Arts, no longer being an Ordinary Practitioner.
The key point was actually that night.
If Yu Sui hadn't been able to seal the Breath Soil and learn the Eight Trigrams Living Arts that night, perhaps when she was attacked in the Outer City, the Strange Fire wouldn't have been able to enhance the Nine Schools Arts, but would have directly burned the person to nothing like the first time.
Going from an Ordinary Practitioner to becoming a practitioner who could cultivate was already surprising enough.
But Master hadn't let him know Yu Sui's secret, and Mei Liangyu hadn't delved deeper into it. Even if Yu Sui said one thing to his face and another behind his back, he didn't care, since Master could handle it anyway.
Who didn't have some unknown secrets?
Mei Liangyu knew that Nian Qiuyan was reminding him that seeing Yu Sui tonight wasn't a coincidence. Even if Yu Sui hadn't participated directly, she was indirectly involved.
"It is indeed rare for sacred wood divination sticks to have this kind of situation during divination." Mei Liangyu looked at the sacred wood sticks in Nian Qiuyan's palm and pondered, "Even if Junior Sister was involved, she probably had no malicious intent, otherwise Master would have taken action."
Nian Qiuyan nodded, "I think so too. I can't think of any reason why your Junior Sister would attack you, unless you bullied her using your Senior Brother status."
Mei Liangyu lifted both hands from the medicinal water, removed the medicinal cloth and rewrapped them, saying casually, "She's not that easy to bully."
Whether Yu Sui's appearance was a coincidence and what significance it had, Mei Liangyu didn't care much about it, since there was no malicious intent anyway. What he was slightly interested in was the person who had eliminated his Nine Schools Arts tonight.
"It should be Divine Mechanism Arts." Nian Qiuyan said thoughtfully, "The ability to eliminate others' Nine Schools Arts, the School of Names is quite skilled at it, but they can't achieve this level. Like the Golden Thunder and Void Constellation General you used, these are all Heavenly Mechanism Arts from various schools, yet they were eliminated the instant you used them. This is already at the level of a Saint from the School of Names."
"There couldn't have been a Saint among those people tonight. If a Saint wanted to kill Meimei, there would be movement from his Master's side too." Cang Shu changed the medicinal water for Mei Liangyu and added, "If it's Divine Mechanism Arts, it could be 'Heavenly Official' or 'Six Paths'."
Nian Qiuyan put away the sacred wood sticks and said, "Both of these are highly ranked Divine Mechanism Arts, and both can break others' Nine Schools Arts."
"Divine Mechanism Arts don't need to borrow Five Elements Energy, but he was initially hiding in the shadows to perform eliminations, probably relying on communication with Wei Kun through the Wind-Listening Ruler, which means he didn't dare expose to Wei Kun that he had Divine Mechanism Arts."
Mei Liangyu recalled, "But when he eliminated Nine Schools Arts, he made no movements, and it failed once midway. If the master of Shadow Swallow hadn't nearly died, he might not have taken action at all."
"There are distance and usage limitations, and while eliminating techniques, he can't use Five Elements Energy to manifest Nine Schools Arts himself." Nian Qiuyan nodded, "Then it's the ninth-ranked Heavenly Official."
Regarding records of various Divine Mechanism Arts, some were detailed while others had only a few sentences, because too few people knew about them or had seen them, or because those who possessed such Divine Mechanism Arts had never exposed their abilities for the world to know.
Yu Sui downstairs was listening to Shi Yuezhen explain the essentials of calming the mind and sleeping peacefully, her eyes following the medicine Shi Yuezhen was taking and writing, but she was actually watching the second-floor scene through the Five Elements Light Core monitoring.
Hearing Senior Brother and the others discuss Gu Qian's Divine Mechanism Arts, their final guess matched her own thoughts.
Gu Qian probably thought tonight's operation would definitely succeed. Relying on having Divine Mechanism Arts: Heavenly Official, he believed Mei Liangyu would certainly die. Although he had eliminated Mei Liangyu's various Nine Schools Arts multiple times, he still underestimated this person.
Mei Liangyu wasn't a fool either, and none of the people around him were fools. They were all Class A disciples who had risen through their own talent and effort, and hadn't stopped there but continued moving forward. As long as they exchanged information with each other, it would be easy to find the person.
If Mei Liangyu had died, there wouldn't be these troubles, but unfortunately Mei Liangyu hadn't died.
"Heavenly Official, the ninth-ranked Divine Mechanism Arts. Quite a few people would be envious of that." Mei Liangyu raised his eyebrows slightly, his handsome face showing a malicious smile. "If this news gets out, I won't even need to take action. There will be plenty of people to help me find him."
After all, the Academy would announce that he had killed Wei Kun tonight, which would indirectly help him publicize that someone possessed Divine Mechanism Arts: Heavenly Official.
"You also lost points." Cang Shu said.
Mei Liangyu said indifferently, "I can make them back by staying on Mechanism Island for a few days."
"I think you'll need to recuperate for a while." Cang Shu added, "At least a month."
Mei Liangyu frowned, somewhat unhappy, but there was nothing he could do.
"Will Yuezhen still be on duty at the clinic this month?" Nian Qiuyan looked at Cang Shu and asked.
Mei Liangyu also looked at him, "I've never seen any Medical School disciple guard the clinic for two consecutive months, and all by herself. With so many Class A disciples in the Medical School, not one will come?"
Cang Shu looked somewhat helpless, "The Medical School has the most competition, and there's the most to learn. For most Medical School disciples, guarding the clinic is a waste of time. Sometimes during Hundred Schools Night March or other trials, disciples guarding the clinic can't go due to time constraints, so not many people are willing to come."
Only some Class B and below disciples who wanted to practice were willing to come, but they couldn't stay for more than a few days because they had even more to learn and were very busy.
Mei Liangyu said coldly, "Guarding the clinic and saving people doesn't earn her a single point. Tell her not to guard it anymore. If disciples won't guard it, there are still instructors."
"Clinic duty is a required task for Medical School Class A disciples. Right now she's the only one." Nian Qiuyan smiled, "Those Medical School Senior and Junior Brothers and Sisters, they wouldn't be trying to slow down Yuezhen's cultivation speed through this method, would they?"
Mei Liangyu soaked his bandaged hands back in the medicinal water, "If it were just one or two, that might be possible, but if none of them come, it's not as simple as wanting to drag down her cultivation speed."
Cang Shu said slowly, "Although I'm not very happy watching this, she seems to have her own ideas. If she doesn't ask me for help, I can't act rashly."
After listening, Yu Sui couldn't help but turn her gaze back to Shi Yuezhen, who was standing in front of the medicine cabinet, opening drawers and looking down to check the medicines.
A few days ago when she was studying externally at the Medical School, she had seen many Class D disciples who had just entered the Medical School. Just starting out, they listened with complete confusion to the instructors' discussions of various medicinal materials, Nine Schools Arts injuries, and aftereffects.
They were all very busy, frantically taking notes in class, or using Wind-Listening Rulers to send messages back and forth recording key points.
Next door was a Class C disciples' class, where injured disciples were brought to class by instructors for personal demonstrations of how to use Five Elements Energy to guide and soothe injuries, while listening to the demonstration subjects cry out in pain.
The Medical School was indeed very busy, with intense competition.
For Shi Yuezhen to rise to Class A disciple and master Medical School Heavenly Mechanism Arts already made her a top figure among Taiyi Academy Medical School disciples.
Would such a person still be ostracized by Medical School disciples?
Yu Sui rested both hands on the table, leaning into her arms and tilting her head to look at Shi Yuezhen in front of her, asking softly, "Sister Yuezhen, why have you been on duty at the clinic for so long continuously? Don't other Class A disciples come?"
Shi Yuezhen, with her back to her, smiled warmly, "They're busy with cultivation and don't have time to come here."
"It's been almost two months. Aren't Class A disciples required to do clinic duty?" Yu Sui said softly, full of confusion. Shi Yuezhen turned around to look, seeing the girl with her face buried in her arms looking like a curious little cat.
"It's fine if they don't come. It hasn't been busy lately, and if the clinic gets too busy, I'll call for people." Shi Yuezhen smiled with curved lips, "Besides, staying at the clinic isn't bad at all."
Yu Sui could see that this Senior Sister wasn't the type to just endure bullying silently, but rather had her own thoughts, so she didn't ask more to avoid arousing suspicion.
Shi Yuezhen prepared a bowl of calming medicinal soup for her to drink. Although her poor sleep at night was due to the Strange Fire, Yu Sui still wrinkled her nose and finished the bitter medicine.
She didn't want to return to the dormitory right now to deal with Gu Qian and his group, so she lay down on the small bed in the first-floor compartment and took out her Wind-Listening Ruler to ask Li Jin Shuang, that unlucky person, when she would return to the dormitory.
Li Jin Shuang was breaking through Military Formation arrays at the Military School. When she came out and received Yu Sui's message, she looked at it for a while with pursed lips, then moved her fingers to reply, "Morning."
"Want to eat together then?" Yu Sui said, "I'm at the clinic and haven't gone back either. Let's go to the dining hall when you're done with your work."
Li Jin Shuang hesitated in her heart.
She remembered Shu Chujun's words. Shu Chujun said the Saint Maiden's meaning was not to get too close to the Qingyang Princess.
The Qingyang Princess hadn't done anything inappropriate, and there shouldn't be any grievances between them and her. Li Jin Shuang didn't quite understand why this was necessary. Shu Chujun glared at her and muttered, "The Saint Maiden rarely develops feelings for a man. She's just started to be moved, and then the Qingyang Princess, who has deep feelings with Gu Qian, arrives. Do you still want to have a good relationship with her?"
If that man was Gu Qian, Li Jin Shuang felt the Saint Maiden's taste wasn't very good.
Occasionally when she saw Gu Qian and Yu Sui walking together or dining in the hall, Li Jin Shuang would think that this man definitely wouldn't marry only one wife. If the Saint Maiden liked him, what would happen to Nangong Sui?
Looking at Yu Sui's message, countless thoughts flew through Li Jin Shuang's mind. Although she didn't think keeping distance from the Qingyang Princess was the Saint Maiden's idea, she still declined Yu Sui's invitation.
Li Jin Shuang put away her Wind-Listening Ruler. Though she was the one declining, her heart felt restless and uneasy. She had decided not to look at the Wind-Listening Ruler again, but couldn't help herself.
She threw herself into the newly opened Military Formation, no longer thinking about these matters.
Rather than worrying about who the Saint Maiden liked, she should think about her own sword spirit.
Although Yu Sui was declined by Li Jin Shuang, she wasn't too surprised.
After dawn, the Strange Fire's heat diminished. Yu Sui raised her hand to fan herself with cool air and heard Mei Liangyu coming downstairs outside. She also lifted the curtain and went out.
Mei Liangyu's hands were wrapped in white medicinal cloth, and his neck and other places under his clothes were also wrapped. It was a familiar state that reminded Yu Sui of last month when she had been in about the same condition.
Yu Sui was the first to greet him, "Senior Brother."
Seeing that she was still energetic, as if she hadn't slept at all, Mei Liangyu asked, "You didn't sleep?"
"No." Yu Sui shook her head.
Mei Liangyu: "Didn't she give you medicine?"
"It might not work immediately." Yu Sui said, "I need to keep drinking it."
Mei Liangyu looked her over and said, "Then keep drinking it."
Yu Sui nodded and walked outside with him, then looked back at the clinic, "Senior Brother, are you going back to the dormitory? Do you want me to go to the dining hall and bring you some breakfast?"
"No need. I'm going back to change clothes and then leaving. I won't be at the Academy for the next few days." Mei Liangyu said lazily.
Yu Sui asked in confusion, "Where is Senior Brother going?"
Mei Liangyu: "To earn points."
After he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, narrowed his eyes slightly, stopped walking and said, "The clothes you gave me are still at the clinic. What do you want to do, have your Junior Sister wash them clean and return them, or buy a new one to return to you?"
Mei Liangyu's words carried a teasing tone.
Yu Sui shook her head, "Just keep them."
Mei Liangyu: "They looked expensive."
Yu Sui waved her hand generously, "It's fine, I have money. I can buy as many more as I want without feeling bad."
Mei Liangyu thought to himself that he wasn't asking her to buy new ones, but seeing Yu Sui's smiling eyes and face that clearly read "I really don't lack this bit of money," he held back.
Yu Sui followed behind him and asked again, "Senior Brother, do you like them? I could also..."
Mei Liangyu cut off her words, "I don't like them."
Yu Sui blinked, "Oh."
Mei Liangyu's tongue pressed against his canine tooth as he held back, then still spoke up, "Spend less money on men and more on yourself. I saw those new dresses you bought were very pretty. You can buy more of those."
Yu Sui smiled with curved eyes, "I also think the dress styles this time are all very pretty."
Because she didn't want to return to the dormitory to deal with Gu Qian, she parted ways with Mei Liangyu on the road and went to the dining hall by herself.
The table was filled with food, and Yu Sui unhurriedly held her bowl and drank porridge.
The Wind-Listening Ruler buzzed, with Zhongli Que sending her a message saying she was bringing Su Feng to see the Little Medical Saint at the clinic today and was on her way.
Zhongli Que said, "In a few days it's my mother's birthday. She wants to invite Sister Chu to the mansion for a banquet, but I always feel that similarity to Lord Nangong is uncomfortable. I'm afraid I'm being suspicious and wrongly accusing her, so I'm bringing Second Brother Su to take a look together and see if I'm the only one who feels this way."
Yu Sui held a small piece of breakfast meat pie in her mouth and looked down at the message while pressing the character grid with one hand, "Is Second Brother with you right now?"
In the carriage, Zhongli Que looked up at Su Feng sitting across from her. The man had shed his youthful innocence from his younger days. His previously lively and spirited eyebrows now carried more tranquility, making him more mature and steady, though he still retained some boyish charm.
Su Feng sat with his arms crossed, leaning sideways by the carriage window, looking outside. Noticing Zhongli Que's gaze, he slightly raised his eyebrow and looked back, "What did she say?"
Zhongli Que held up her Wind-Listening Ruler honestly, "She's asking if Second Brother Su is with me."
Su Feng made a light humming sound and took her Wind-Listening Ruler to reply to Yu Sui, "You can remember I exist now?"
He went on to ask how Yu Sui was doing at Taiyi, whether she was eating and dressing well, whether Sheng Hao was having tantrums with her again over Gu Qian's matters, and so on.
Yu Sui answered each question, then told them about Qian Ying, "I saw her yesterday. She's already a Class A disciple of Taiyi Academy's Medical School."
Zhongli Que lightly covered her mouth, her eyes widening in surprise. What a huge change.
She also remembered Qian Ying, the sister Gu Qian had asked Yu Sui to care for at the manor.
The day after Yu Sui fell into the water, this matter spread throughout the aristocratic circles. When she was at the National Academy, many people were still talking about it.
Those children who disliked Yu Sui because of Gu Qian would deliberately laugh very loudly when walking past her.
From that time on, Zhongli Que disliked Gu Qian, extremely disliked him, yet knowing the relationship between Gu Qian and the Nangong family, Yu Sui couldn't possibly separate from him.
Gu Qian wasn't in the capital then. Coincidentally, the next day Yu Sui's eldest brother Han Bing returned from Taiyi Academy. Han Bing was nineteen then, already a tall adult man. He had been mature and steady since childhood, taking great care of his two younger brothers and sister.
After learning about this, he first beat up several of the aristocratic young masters who had been stirring up trouble, then a few days later stole the Crown Prince's spotlight at the hunting grounds, earning the Qingyang Emperor's favor, who praised him repeatedly and even gave Han Bing the bow and arrows the Crown Prince had wanted.
The Qingyang Crown Prince was so angry he left on the spot.
By the time Gu Qian returned to avenge Yu Sui, it was already too late.
Han Bing always told Sheng Hao to restrain himself and not always conflict with Gu Qian, but sometimes Sheng Hao just couldn't control himself.
Su Feng felt he was completely blinded by jealousy. As a child, he had been Nangong Ming's favorite, but when he grew up, Sheng Hao was the one who cared most about Nangong Ming.
When both older brothers were present, Sheng Hao could still be suppressed, but after he went to Taiyi Academy and eldest brother Han Bing was no longer at the Academy, then Gu Qian came, and there was no one who could suppress him anymore.
Later when Sheng Hao encountered Qian Ying at the Academy, the two found each other mutually disagreeable. Especially during the time Qian Ying was on clinic duty, Sheng Hao would rather die in pain than go to the clinic when injured.
He just couldn't stand the way Qian Ying chased after Gu Qian calling him "Brother Gu," which always reminded him of his foolish sister.
During the Academy's Hundred Schools Night March trials, they inevitably encountered each other several times. Adding childhood grievances to new ones, Sheng Hao had been tricked by Qian Ying's Medical School pupil techniques many times. He practically hated Qian Ying to death. That crazy woman was truly willing to do anything for Gu Qian.
Qian Ying's dislike of the Nangong family was largely thanks to Sheng Hao's contributions.
Su Feng replied, "Your third brother probably feels terrible, but don't worry about him. Let him suffer a bit."
Zhongli Que replied again, "Since Gu Qian brought Qian Ying to Taiyi and is still in contact with Xiang Feifei, and even cooperating with the Nanjing Saint Maiden, he's really a playboy!"
Yu Sui smiled, "Yes."
Zhongli Que angrily pressed the character grid, "Sui Sui, you should give him some attitude!"
Yu Sui thought that after Senior Brother exposed Gu Qian's Divine Mechanism Arts, his days probably wouldn't be too pleasant.
Zhongli Que said to Su Feng, "I'm really afraid Lord Nangong will marry Sui Sui to Gu Qian."
"I definitely won't agree to that." Su Feng said.
Zhongli Que sighed, "But in matters like this, as long as Lord Nangong agrees, it won't be easy to handle."
"You're worrying too far ahead." Su Feng raised his eyebrow slightly, "If Father really wanted to do this, I'd be the first to assassinate Gu Qian."
He added silently in his heart that even if such a day came, there would be many people in the capital who would try everything to ruin this marriage. If they couldn't ruin the marriage, there would only be more and more people wanting to kill Gu Qian.
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Although Chu Jin's clinic in the capital was located in a bustling area, the surroundings were quiet because the nearby shops all sold calligraphy, paintings, and jade stones. Few people usually came, and those who did were either wealthy families seeking novelty or experienced regular customers.
After her clinic opened, this street became lively, with people coming daily to get medicine or treatment.
Many of them were Nine Schools practitioners. Chu Jin also provided consultations and treatment for ordinary people, so everyone praised her as kind-hearted and soft-hearted, calling her a living Bodhisattva.
This was Su Feng's first time coming to the clinic. After getting off the carriage, he glanced at the plaque, then looked up and caught sight of a white figure passing by the second-floor railings.
In no time, this white figure came down to the main hall downstairs, greeting Zhongli Que with a smile, "Miss Zhongli."
"Sister Chu, today I brought a guest for you." Zhongli Que stood beside Su Feng and introduced him, "I don't understand his condition either, so I brought him to Sister Chu to take a look."
Su Feng calmly observed the woman before him. She seemed about the same age as him, with smiling watery eyes and the gentle, approachable temperament of Medical School people. To have such temperament, she must have practiced Medical School pupil techniques and had at least Fifth Realm strength.
"Come this way." Chu Jin led them to a consultation table on the side. As she organized the table, her white sleeves lightly swept across the surface, revealing fair hands. When listening to Su Feng's description, her eyebrows were focused and calm, and she asked careful questions.
Su Feng watched her write prescriptions with pen and paper, then asked with feigned curiosity, "I wonder if Physician Chu uses pupil techniques to treat patients in daily practice?"
"Though I've practiced pupil techniques, my skills are lacking, so I dare not attempt them lightly." Chu Jin continued writing prescriptions, her gaze fixed on the black words on white paper, but smiled with curved eyes, "Usually I just earn small money to make ends meet."
Su Feng rested his face on one hand, also asking with smiling eyes, "I heard before that Physician Chu went to the manor to help look at Aunt Su's old illness. My aunt has been sick for many years. If not for someone skilled in Medical School pupil techniques, they couldn't even enter the manor gates. Physician Chu is probably being too modest."
Chu Jin was stunned and looked up at Zhongli Que in confusion. Only then did Zhongli Que say, "This is the manor's Second Young Master."
"So it's the Second Young Master." Only then did Chu Jin smile with relief, then gently shake her head, "But although I went to the manor that day, I didn't actually see the lady. I assume the lady learned midway that my pupil techniques were lacking, so she didn't meet with me."
Su Feng asked in surprise, "Wasn't it Aunt Su who invited Physician Chu?"
"I only received an invitation from the manor." Chu Jin shook her head, "I don't know who sent this invitation."
She stood up and handed the prescription to a medical assistant in the clinic to get the medicine, then stood at the corner of the stairs leading upstairs and said to Zhongli Que and Su Feng, "The massage teaching room is full of women. The Second Young Master probably isn't convenient to enter, so please wait here."
Zhongli Que greeted Su Feng and followed Chu Jin upstairs.
Su Feng sat in place without moving, his gaze following the two as they went upstairs, his expression calm and unreadable. After a moment, he turned his gaze to carefully observe the surroundings.
Zhongli Que came to the upstairs room where several medical assistants were already preparing massage ointments.
"That invitation wasn't actually sent by Lady Su?" Zhongli Que asked curiously.
Chu Jin smiled and shook her head, "It really wasn't. Initially when I heard someone say the manor had sent me an invitation to see a patient, I thought it was an invitation from the Princess for her mother."
Zhongli Que's movements holding the medicine jar paused as she gently looked down.
It couldn't have been Sui Sui.
"Later I heard that the manor's Princess had already gone to Taiyi Academy, so it wouldn't have been the Princess." Chu Jin elegantly rolled up her sleeves and also helped Zhongli Que arrange her sleeves, saying softly, "However, Lady Su has had her old illness for years. As her only child, if the Princess hadn't gone to Taiyi Academy, she should have sought someone to treat the lady."
Zhongli Que gently looked up at the person arranging her sleeves in front of her, pursing her lips in silence.
The most foolish and regrettable thing she had ever done in her life was once trying to make Yu Sui and Lady Su become close.
When both were still thirteen or fourteen-year-old children, every time Zhongli Que saw Lady Su and Yu Sui at banquets, she felt their relationship didn't seem like mother and daughter.
Sui Sui was so adorable, why wouldn't Lady Su like her?
Zhongli Que had even suspected that Sui Sui wasn't Lady Su's biological child, but the truth was that she had guessed wrong. Yu Sui was indeed the child of Lady Su and Nangong Ming.
She thought Yu Sui was so wonderful that no one in this world wouldn't like her.
That year when the palace held a flower-viewing banquet, the innocent and naive girls in the capital all loved the triennial flower-viewing banquet, when fresh exotic flowers cultivated from various places would be brought to the palace for them to admire and play with.
Two large halls in the palace were filled with flowers of different colors. On the day of the flower-viewing banquet, there were also Agricultural School Nine Schools practitioners who would give people spiritual flower seeds to plant and play with.
Using the spiritual flower seeds given by the Agricultural School, after planting and watering, flowers would bloom within a quarter hour.
The palace had specially laid out several acres of land just for these children to plant flowers and play.
Because giving beautiful flowers to their mothers after planting made the mothers smile happily, and other ladies were also happy to receive flowers from children, Zhongli Que encouraged Yu Sui to also get spiritual flower seeds and then give the flowers she grew to make Lady Su happy.
Yu Sui didn't think such tricks would work on Lady Su, but she quite wanted to play with the spiritual flower seeds from the Agricultural School herself, so she planted a large area and waited patiently.
Zhongli Que went to help bring Lady Su and others over.
The plan was originally quite good.
Until golden sunflowers with long stalks and green leaves grew in a large patch in the field, Yu Sui felt her scalp go numb.
When she wanted to destroy them and replant, it was already too late.
Zhongli Que brought Lady Su and others over. People were all amazed at this large patch of vigorous and beautiful green sunflowers, praising Princess Nangong, when Lady Su stood in place and for the first time showed Yu Sui a cold expression in public.
Yu Sui could only play dumb, pretending she knew nothing, gently pulling at the flower leaves with an obedient expression as she looked toward Lady Su.
Lady Su walked step by step toward Yu Sui in the flower field.
Only then did Zhongli Que notice something was wrong. Before Lady Su could speak, prophetic images flashed through her mind: Yu Sui being punished to kneel again after returning to the manor, Lady Su arguing with Nangong Ming in the room with a cold expression, the dim yellow light of evening falling on Yu Sui's back as she knelt at the door, looking somewhat desolate.
She was shocked. How could this happen?
Lady Su walked in front of Yu Sui with obvious oppressive presence and said to the girl before her, "Did you plant these?"
Yu Sui's eyebrows showed some timidity, "I used spiritual flower seeds to plant them, wanting to give them to Mother."
Lady Su's eyes were deeply cold, her tone brooking no refusal, "Destroy them."
She said, "I don't like this kind of flower."
The other ladies sensed something was wrong and came forward to smooth things over, but Lady Su gave no face and directly left with a sweep of her sleeves.
The ladies present looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Zhongli Que was dying of regret, looking at Yu Sui standing in the flower field. The large patch of green sunflowers bloomed bright and lively, while Yu Sui in her golden dress hidden among them became the only cold color.
Lady Zhongli had Zhongli Que go comfort Yu Sui and took the other ladies away, not letting the adults' gossip disturb the children's peace.
"Sui Sui, I'm sorry." Zhongli Que frowned, full of regret, "I shouldn't have made you do this. It's all my fault."
"It's fine." Yu Sui smiled at her and turned to break off the flowers, "Help me remove these flowers and replant. We'll plant different flowers. I don't like this kind either."
Zhongli Que had been holding back from crying, but seeing her smile, her eyes and nose suddenly felt sour.
"I'm sorry." As soon as Zhongli Que opened her mouth, it was a crying voice, startling Yu Sui to look back, "Why are you crying?"
Zhongli Que hated Lady Su. She didn't understand why, but right now she hated herself more for making Yu Sui do such a thing and suffer such embarrassment.
Fourteen-year-old Zhongli Que finally understood that there really would be people in this world who didn't like Yu Sui.
Not everyone in the world would like Yu Sui, but that was okay, because she liked Yu Sui.