However, Yong Yaxuan grabbed the arm she had tucked under the quilt, pushed up her sleeve, and leaned closer to examine the rash on her forearm. Then he said, "Someone has had such a rash before. What's your connection with the person who can use this kind of poison?"
Ji Feiyu almost spat out blood upon hearing this. No way! This guy said nothing in public, but behind closed doors, he was exposing one suspicion after another. What on earth was he up to?
"Hey, the imperial physician hasn't prescribed medicine for you yet. How come you don't hurt anymore and you're not saying a word?"
"I..." Ji Feiyu suddenly felt hot with her head under the quilt. Sweat was even starting to break out on her forehead.
Yong Yaxuan gave a cold laugh. "Your instructor isn't Ran Wei, is it? It's Ji Feiyu, right?"
Ji Feiyu almost fainted upon hearing this. She really couldn't keep up with his train of thought. Fine, she was wrong. She shouldn't have used the "Plum Blossom Nightmare" that Ji Feiyu often used to cause the rash! But she had been so obvious. How could he still not guess that she was Ji Feiyu? Who had misled him?
"It doesn't matter if you don't answer. I've already had someone find out that your instructor's name is Xia Ling. Xia Ling, Ling is just another way of saying Yu. It turns out that over the years, she went to the Northern Cold Region. I said you looked so much like her. You dared to risk your life to come in front of me and ask me to marry you. You also dared to eavesdrop on the roofs of the concubines' chambers. And you even dared to poison yourself. Did she send you here on purpose to amuse me?"
Wuwu. So he had actually seen her secretly climbing onto the roof before. But something wasn't right. Wasn't his eyesight bad? How did he know that she had jumped off the roof that day?
As if he knew what she was thinking, he snorted. "My eyesight isn't very good, but I'm not blind."
Ji Feiyu almost spat out blood again. Your Majesty, could you be any more scheming? He saw everything but said nothing. In public, he pretended to be an innocent little lamb, always looking sad and pitiful. But in reality, he was still that scheming wolf, only showing his true self when no one was around.
"Fine, I admit that my instructor is Empress Feiyu. But I didn't know about this when I first said I wanted to marry into the palace. I admit that my poisoning skills were taught by my aunt. But the Flavorless Powder was really poisoned by the beauty in front of me. If you don't believe me, go check her fingernails. If there's no accident, there should still be a little residue left. Just add a bit of 'Lotus Intent' to it, and you can test it out." Ji Feiyu covered herself under the quilt and imitated Shuanghua's coquettish and anxious voice. Since he hadn't suspected that she was Ji Feiyu, she'd continue to act as Shuanghua to show how great his analysis and speculation were.
As expected, he fell silent upon hearing this. After a long while, he said, "How... is she doing now?"
Ji Feiyu was about to say she was fine, but then thought better of it and said, "She should have gone back to Liuyun with the Butterfly Man. She seemed to leave after my wedding."
"Damn it!" Ji Feiyu suddenly felt the bed shake violently and was startled. She lifted the quilt and peeked out. She saw Yong Yaxuan's face full of anger.
"How could she be with that guy? She could have chosen anyone else and it would be better than that guy!"
Ji Feiyu couldn't help but cough lightly. She didn't expect Yong Yaxuan to be jealous at this time. She thought he'd say something like, "Fine, I wish her happiness" sadly. But no, it seemed that it wasn't just her who hadn't let go.
"But Your Majesty also married me. Why can't my aunt be with someone else?" Ji Feiyu deliberately asked.
Yong Yaxuan said excitedly, "How can I rest assured if she's with that guy? No, I'm going to Liuyun..." It seemed that the Butterfly Man had left quite a psychological shadow on him.
"Hey!" Hearing that he was about to leave, Ji Feiyu quickly lifted the quilt and sat up. "What about me if you go to Liuyun? Do you want others to laugh at me?"
He turned around and saw the rash on her face that even the veil couldn't cover. Suddenly, he felt he had been impolite. He grunted and stopped in his tracks.
Ji Feiyu quickly said, "Your Majesty, you can't go back on your word!"
But he said in a low voice, "What's wrong with being despicable for her once? I regret it now..."
"Is regret useful?" Ji Feiyu retorted.
Hearing this, Yong Yaxuan looked a bit dejected. "Yes... is regret useful? I've regretted it since I said those words to her. But so what? Should I blindly chase her back?"
Hearing this, Ji Feiyu was stunned and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "When did Your Majesty's eyes start to see again?"
Yong Yaxuan said sadly, "I thought my eyes would never get better. I didn't want to drag her down and let her take care of me... She wanted to leave the palace so much before. Without me, she would have more and better choices. Why should I trap her in the deep palace?"
Ji Feiyu also felt a bit dejected. Yes, he didn't know that in fact, she had already been willing to stay...
"I just didn't expect things to take a turn. One day, a wandering sorcerer came and said that my eyes could be cured. After I could see again, I wondered if she would be willing if I took her back. Later, I couldn't find her. I thought she had gone to great lengths to avoid me, so she probably wasn't willing anymore... But I wanted to find her. In fact, I just wanted to see how she was doing..." Yong Yaxuan let out a deep sigh.
Ji Feiyu fell silent upon hearing this. Thinking of her own state of mind over the years, it seemed that the two of them had never really expressed their true feelings to each other. As a result, they had almost missed each other and drifted further apart.
Ji Feiyu was just about to open her mouth and tell him her true identity when Yong Yaxuan suddenly remembered something and angrily said, "But I didn't expect that even Ran Wei would keep it from me with her. The most excessive one is Yu Chi Yanyan. Every year, he would bring Ran Wei to Dayong to see me and complain to me that he had searched all over the Northern Cold Region but couldn't find her. He's really hateful!"
Ji Feiyu thought silently. If he knew that she had pretended to be Shuanghua to amuse him, he would probably think it was even more hateful. Well... come to think of it, she was a bit angry about this too. It was his own fault for missing the opportunity to lift the veil. And even after she had given him a hint, he still couldn't guess. Let him regret it on his own!
So Ji Feiyu continued to act. "Hey! Don't speak ill of my elder brother!"
The more Yong Yaxuan thought about it, the angrier he got. "Your elder brother is just a scoundrel! I'll teach him a good lesson in the next martial arts competition!"
Ji Feiyu couldn't help but find his angry look funny. Thinking that Yu Chi Yanyan, who had knocked her out and sent her back without saying a word, would also be taught a lesson by him in the future, she finally felt a bit better. She couldn't help but curl her lips, but Yong Yaxuan gave her a cold look. "What are you laughing at?"
Ji Feiyu quickly pursed her lips, adjusted her mood, and said in a low voice, "I'm not laughing. I'm just mourning for my elder brother."
"Is this how you mourn?" He looked at her contemptuously. "You're really naughty!"
Uh, how did the focus turn back to her again? Seeing this, Ji Feiyu quickly covered her face with the quilt and shouted, "Ah, it hurts so much! It hurts all over my body!"
Yong Yaxuan immediately rubbed his forehead. What kind of people had he gotten involved with?
Just then, a maid came in with a bowl of medicine in her head bowed. She said, "This is the medicine the imperial physician ordered to be sent. It was just boiled. Please take it while it's hot, Your Highness..."