Li Yuan quickly checked up and down the boat to confirm that there was no one else on board, and then returned to the cabin with confidence.
In the boat hall, Gu Yingying was lighting a candle. Seeing this, Li Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and blew out the candle.
Gu Yingying was stunned for a moment, and soon understood that Li Yuan was afraid that lighting up the lights would attract other people's attention.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think about it that much." Gu Yingying whispered. Li Yuan said calmly: "Close the curtain and light the lamp, be careful. Although this is a secret place, it is also a desperate place with no way to escape."
"Got it." Gu Yingying said softly, and then she walked over quietly, rustlingly closed the thick floor-to-ceiling curtains, and closed the door of the ship's hall tightly, and then fumbled to light it up. candlelight.
The candle was lit, Li Yuan took a long breath and sat on a chair. Gu Yingying held the candle and walked to Gu Yaode who was lying on the ground. She carefully inspected Gu Yaode's appearance and stretched out her hand to feel his breath. She was obviously worried about Gu Yaode's life and death.
But seeing that Gu Yaode's face was rosy and his breathing was normal, he felt relieved. When she raised her head, Gu Yingying saw Li Yuanzheng looking at her with bright eyes. She lowered her head and whispered softly: "He is my brother after all." Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, he won't die. No matter what happens, he will die." He will wake up soon, and I will give him a slap to keep him asleep." Gu Yingying bit her lower lip and said, "If you are worried, just tie him up, no, no, no. Hurt him." Li Yuan snorted noncommittally.
Gu Yingying sighed softly, placed the candlestick on the table, and carried a teapot out of the cabin. When she came back soon, the teapot was already steaming. She obviously got some tea from the old boatman.
Gu Yingying placed a cup of hot tea in front of Li Yuan. She slowly sat in front of Li Yuan and whispered, "Have a drink of hot tea." Li Yuan nodded and said, "Thank you." Gu Yingying Ying was silent for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Are you really the Emperor of Chu, Li Yuan?" Li Yuan said lightly: "Didn't you tell your brother that you had already figured out my identity?" Gu Yingying's face turned red and she said: "I do suspect that you are Li Yuan. I have already doubted your identity in Changzhou. My entourage saw the officials in Changzhou who were respectful to you. Although they did not hear your conversation, they Among the Chu troops who have just arrived, who can quickly mobilize the officials and people of the two counties? Then I can only guess that your identity must be extremely prominent. And I heard that Li Yuan is about the same age as you, and your Jiangbei accent is also consistent with the rumors. It is consistent that Li Yuan is a native of Chuzhou. Besides, your words and deeds along the way, and your behavior in setting up the city defense after arriving in Suzhou are not like a captain at all, so I guessed that you deliberately concealed your identity. Maybe you are Li Yuan himself. Of course, I am not completely sure. After all, which emperor in the world dares to risk his own life at the expense of his own family?" Li Yuan frowned and said, "But you told your Gu family about your guess, right?"
"You are wrong. I didn't mention a word about your guess. Firstly, I am not sure who your identity is, and secondly, I am not the kind of person who talks too much. How did my grandfather and the others know your identity? Yes, I don’t know at all. They kept many things from me, such as asking me to marry the king, but I didn’t know until tonight." Gu Yingying lowered her head and said.
Li Yuan nodded lightly and said: "I believe you. Maybe I was careless and didn't realize my identity was exposed. It was destiny that I escaped tonight. Your brother ordered someone to poison my tea." I took the anesthetic, but luckily I didn't drink the tea, otherwise I would have been sitting here without my life." Gu Yingying was frightened in her heart, and she was secretly happy for Li Yuan.
Suddenly seeing Li Yuan staring at the cup of tea in front of her, Gu Yingying said hurriedly: "There is no anesthetic in this tea. If you don't believe me, take a sip before you drink it." In order to prove her words, Gu Yingying picked up the tea cup and drank it. After one sip, he choked himself because he drank too quickly, and he covered his mouth and coughed.
"Why is that? I said, I believe you, I will just drink." Li Yuan spoke softly, reaching out to pick up the tea cup, but he stayed there for a long time without making any move.
Gu Yingying felt strange and hurriedly took a peek. Li Yuan was looking at the tea cup in a daze. Following his gaze, Gu Yingying's face turned blood red again.
It turned out that a faint lip mark on the edge of the teacup was just visible when he drank water.
What he did in desperation just now proved his innocence, but how could Li Yuan drink the tea he had drank?
This is not to prove innocence, but to convey ambiguous feelings.
"I'll give you another cup." Gu Yingying hurriedly reached out to grab the cup, but Li Yuan had already handed the teacup to his mouth and drank it all in one gulp.
"It smells so good." Li Yuan smacked his lips, not sure whether he meant the fragrance of tea or the fragrance of beauty's saliva. Hearing these words, Gu Yingying was even more ashamed.
"Mrs. Gu, I have some questions that I would like to get your answers to." Li Yuan's voice instantly brought Gu Yingying back to reality from her shy mood. At this moment, I was afraid that it was not the time for me to express my emotions. I'm afraid Li Yuan doesn't have the time to think about anything else.
"Just ask." Gu Yingying said. Li Yuan stared at Gu Yingying with burning eyes and said: "You said you knew nothing about the things that your Gu family wanted to do against me, so why did you ride to Sanhua Building in the middle of the night tonight?" Gu Yingying frowned. Said: "I know you will definitely ask about this matter, and I was planning to tell you about it. This morning, my father came to talk to me. In his words, he seemed to blame me and blame me for leaving with you. It means too close. He said that he would arrange for you to live in Sanhua Building and ask you to move out of my Gu family mansion. He also warned me sternly not to go to you or have any contact with you." Li Yuan frowned and said: " Are you saying that I moved to Sanhua Building because I had a close relationship with you? Your father means that he is afraid that I will ruin your reputation?" Gu Yingying said with a red face: "My father also I didn't say that. I didn't understand what he meant at the time, but now I understand. My father and others must be afraid that I will make a mistake because of the king's marriage to my Gu family. They are worried that they can't explain it. ." Li Yuan frowned and said nothing, he was a little confused about what Gu Yingying said.
In Li Yuan's view, the reason why the Gu family asked him to move to Sanhua Building was to get rid of him, but from Gu Yingying's narration, it is obvious that this is another version.
"I was a little confused at the time, but after all, my father had spoken, and I couldn't disobey him. So I didn't go to see you during the day, nor did I go to see you at night. I myself felt that I could get along with you. , it is indeed closer. From the perspective of outsiders, this may be another idea." Gu Yingying whispered.
Li Yuan smiled and said: "Yes, the eldest lady of the Gu family is tired of being with a strange man. There are a lot of rumors outside, and I blame me for not paying attention. It doesn't matter that I am a man, but you are a daughter-in-law waiting for marriage, so that's It can't be like this, but actually nothing happened between us." Gu Yingying felt slightly disappointed, and she seemed to hear a kind of indifference from Li Yuan's words.
Especially the last sentence, Gu Yingying felt very sad. Did nothing really happen? So what can we say about riding together and rubbing shoulders with each other?
How about sharing a bowl of soup and a cup of tea? However, when I think about it carefully, I feel that nothing really happened.
Li Yuan did not notice the turmoil in Gu Yingying's heart, and only asked to himself: "Then how did you know that I was in trouble at Sanhua Building, and why did you run out in the middle of the night?" Gu Yingying said softly: "Actually, today I went to bed very early in the evening, but because what my father said during the day made me very unhappy, I never fell asleep, so I got up and planned to go to my grandfather's study to read for a while. I passed by my second uncle's When I was in the yard, I saw the lights on in the second uncle's main room. I was just passing by, but for some reason, I accidentally entered the second uncle's house. Then I saw the second uncle and the third uncle from the corridor drinking and talking in the house. The two of them The people spoke in low voices and looked a little sneaky, which made me very curious. So I hid at the door and listened to them secretly. Unexpectedly, I heard what my second and third uncles were saying about their hopes for tonight. Yaode was able to succeed and killed the man named Li... Of course I was shocked when I heard such words. Thinking of the fact that you moved out of my mansion today, I suspected that my brother was going to do something bad to you. So I I ran out on horseback and planned to go to Sanhua Building to warn you. But I didn’t expect that it was already too late by then. Fortunately, God bless you, Jiren Tianxiang was not burned to death in Sanhua Building, otherwise our Gu family would have killed you. If you are the emperor of this country, a great disaster will come in the future, and the whole clan will be wiped out."
