Wei Dongling exclaimed anxiously, "It can't be! I'll go back right away and get the pair of purple-gold agate jade bracelets bestowed by the Empress Dowager to guarantee it for you!"
Mu Rong Yunxi waved to the maids at the door, ordering them to fetch the token. Then she said coldly to Wei Dongling, "Remember your words. Come back before nightfall. Otherwise, I'll tell Father Emperor that you snatched the token!"
Wei Dongling quickly nodded, grabbed the exit token, and ran off in a hurry.
Unexpectedly, the arrogant and willful Mu Rong Yunxi was actually a person who responded to kindness rather than toughness. Showing weakness and pretending to be miserable in front of her would arouse her compassion, and she would then take out the token in due time.
Wei Dongling rushed back and hurriedly instructed La Mei to send the pair of purple-gold agate jade bracelets to the Seventh Princess. Then she took Ruan Niang and rushed out of the palace in a hurry.
The two of them headed straight for the Yu Mansion. Wei Dongling climbed over several walls and rushed into Yu Zixi's courtyard. She saw that the servants of the Yu Mansion had already started to paint the doors and windows with festive red paint.
It seemed that the Yu Mansion was really going to hold a wedding!
Did the Emperor and Lord Yu also readily agree and accept Yu Zixi's marriage to Qi Jinxuan?
Wei Dongling searched everywhere but couldn't find Yu Zixi's figure at all.
She randomly grabbed a person and asked. The person stammered that the young master had come back yesterday, given some instructions, and then left. They really didn't know where he was.
Wei Dongling let the servant go and took Ruan Niang straight to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion to find Ruo Chen.
This time, instead of kicking the door, she climbed in through the window.
She startled Ruo Chen, who was sleeping in the bed. Seeing that it was Wei Dongling, Ruo Chen frowned unhappily and said, "Why is it you again?"
Wei Dongling made sure there was no man in her bed before carefully stepping forward to pay respects. Her voice was hoarse as she said, "Miss Ruo Chen, please help me. I can't find Yu Zixi."
Ruo Chen frowned and looked at Wei Dongling, waving her hand and saying, "I have nothing to tell you. Don't bother me!"
Wei Dongling was stunned for a moment. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Is what Concubine Shu said true? Is he really going to marry Qi Jinxuan? Then what about me..."
Ruo Chen sighed and said, "Have you ever thought that maybe such an ending is good for both you and him?"
Wei Dongling slumped to the ground and said sadly, "Unless he tells me himself! Otherwise, I won't believe he would do this!"
Ruo Chen, with her natural beauty, had extremely delicate features. She got up, put on her clothes, and tied her belt. Looking at Wei Dongling sitting on the ground, she sighed and said, "My silly sister, behind Miss Qi is the full support of General Qi and real military power. It is the support that Young Master Yu can call on whenever he needs it! And you? Although you are a noble princess, you are just a pawn for the royal family to be sent for a political marriage. Look at yourself in the mirror and see clearly. What can you really bring to Young Master Yu? And on what basis do you want to find him? On what basis do you want to disrupt his plans?"
Hearing this, Wei Dongling trembled all over. She was in a flurry of panic and kept shaking her head.
She and Yu Zixi were clearly in love with each other, but Miss Ruo Chen was right! She was just a pawn for the royal family to be sent for a political marriage. She couldn't give Zixi anything!
But if that was the case, what was the love they had for each other all this time?
Wei Dongling only felt a sharp pain in her heart, twitching painfully. She was in a daze and murmured to herself, "Even if we are really destined not to be together, at least we should make it clear face to face, right?"
Ruo Chen sighed softly and said, "Why force it like this? Maybe some things are best left unresolved. Isn't it good to let go gracefully?"
Wei Dongling endured the pain in her chest and pleaded, "Miss Ruo Chen, please. I just want to see him once! I'll leave after hearing what he has to say. I won't pester him."
Ruo Chen felt a little pity in her heart, but she was also afraid that if the two of them met, Young Master Yu would ignore their master's plan and just leave with her.
Seeing that Ruo Chen was reluctant to tell her, two lines of clear tears streamed down Wei Dongling's eyes. If that was really the case and it was really time to let go, she could accept it. She just wanted him to say it himself!
As long as Yu Zixi said himself that he had a better choice and didn't want her anymore, she could give up.
But now he hadn't said a single word. How could she just let it go like this based on a few words from others?
Suddenly, Ruan Niang at the door rushed in. She stepped forward and grabbed Ruo Chen's neck. Two silver needles on her fingertips pressed against Ruo Chen's beautiful face. She said in a deep voice, "Where is that ungrateful brat Yu Zixi? If you don't say, I'll scratch your face!"
The tips of the silver needles in Ruan Niang's hand glinted with a strange cold light. Ruo Chen knew that they were poisoned. If they really scratched her face, she would definitely be disfigured!
Ruan Niang glanced at the sad Wei Dongling and tightened her hand on Ruo Chen's neck, roaring, "Still not saying?"
Ruo Chen's face turned pale. She had no choice but to whisper helplessly, "At... General Qi's Mansion..."
Hearing this, Wei Dongling was struck by lightning. Yu Zixi was actually in General Qi's Mansion?
Ruan Niang pushed Ruo Chen away, grabbed Wei Dongling on the ground, and flew out.
Wei Dongling covered her chest and endured the pain. She leaned on Ruan Niang and was on the verge of collapse.
Ruan Niang placed her under a big tree in the backyard of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. She quickly picked up the Nine Needles for Reviving Yang and stabbed them into the acupoints on Wei Dongling's body one by one. Then she grabbed her right middle finger and used the thinnest silver needle to prick it for bloodletting. Small dark-brown blood beads slowly oozed out from the edge of her fingernail, and Wei Dongling's heart palpitations gradually subsided.
Ruan Niang gently wiped the poisonous blood with a handkerchief and said in a low voice, "I'll accompany you to General Qi's Mansion to see him and make it clear! But remember, even if what they said is true, you are still a noble princess of a country. You must never lose your dignity."
Wei Dongling gritted her teeth and nodded. After taking a short rest, the two of them joined hands and headed straight for General Qi's Mansion. When they returned to the entrance of the general's mansion again, Wei Dongling's thoughts were in a whirl.
She never thought that one day she would come back here to look for the man in her heart.
She never thought that the world was so unpredictable. The man she loved so much was actually going to abandon her and marry Qi Jinxuan instead!
Ruan Niang held Wei Dongling's hand and directly climbed over the wall and broke in. The two of them headed straight for Miss Qi's courtyard.
The position of every plant and tree in Qi Jinxuan's courtyard remained the same as before. From the depths of the courtyard came intermittent sounds of the zither.
Wei Dongling remembered this piece of music!
It was the "Wild Geese Descending on the Sandy Beach" that Shangguan Yun had once held her hand and taught her to play!
The flowing sounds of the zither were extremely familiar now. Qi Jinxuan's zither-playing skills had improved even more.
Wei Dongling jumped down from the high wall and walked in. After walking a few steps, she heard Qi Jinxuan's charming laughter. She said softly to the person beside her, "I didn't expect that Young Master Yu also knows a lot about the art of the zither. I underestimated you in the past."
Hearing this, Wei Dongling only felt a surge of blood in her heart. Yu Zixi was really here?