Chapter 60 (1/1)
Su Yi was startled by the look in his eyes and just as he was about to advise Wanyan Shuo to return to his father, he found that the boy was now staring at him obstinately In a loud voice, Wanyan Shuo said: “Why? Why did you leave my Imperial Father and , then ere you so dedicated to teachingme to be mindful of my own status and that I should not let my tears fall so easily? I that I have beco to do with you any about ht? Since you already knew that you would eventually abandon me, why did you ever bother to treat enerate I a the Empire of the Great Qi, isn’t it? You you I hate you” The little Crown Prince's words rushed out like a torrent, and by the time he finished his outburst, his little face was covered with tears Suddenly, he brusquely turned his back to Su Yi and said in a loud voice: “I I will never be put under your spell again and I will not listen to you any up the path, away from Su Yi
Su Yi's heart racked with agony In the beginning, this Wanyan Shuo had aroused both anger and hatred in Su Yi but to his surprise, as he interactedto love this child His intelligence and sharp-wits, which had been so aggravating to Su Yi previously, had secretly becoht and amusement instead But he absolutely did not expect that this little Crown Prince, who had always been so idiosyncratic and arrogant, would also develop such a strong attachment to Su Yi in return Su Yi had quite plainly forced hirindstone fire childefforts he took to educate them, it turns out that this imperious Crown Prince was the rare child who could appreciate his good intentions For a tiether with longing But when the question that Wanyan Shuo had asked “since you already knew that you would eventually abandon an to ricochet in hisand his spirit become dejected, the boundless pain was beyond description
Gui Lin pulled at hi Su Yi off, suddenly Wanyan Shuo's voice wafted over to them from afar, carried by the autumn wind: “Gui Lin, if you dare to ill-treat him, see how I shall deal with you” Gui Lin trembled uncontrollably at the threat, and e He is obviously just a traitor, but somehow the Crown Prince dee, he was tugging Su Yi along the path as he was speaking
A few days rushed by again On this day, it was already dusk when Su Yi had finished washi+ng the huge load of laundry he had been assigned His waist felt like it was going to break, his back was aching and he was totally knackered Frorown up in the household of aovernment service as an official hieneral Although he had endured hardshi+p in his years at the border, they had been of a different variety, na as knives and frosts as sharp as swords --- and the horrors of bloody battles He had never been made to do hard labour nor had he had to suffer such misery or hu the servants, harboured deep hatred towards hi their Emperor and took every opportunity to hunanih treatment
He saw that it was already dusk and the red glow fro rapidly He was the only person left in the laundry roo that the last piece of laundry had already dried, he sat down and waited in the silence for so tiirls cahs, they said: “Alright, you can go” Su Yi knew very well that they had deliberately delayed before co back to relieve him but he did not wish to pursue the hter followed him
With ot back to the house The servants ere in charge of distributing food had long gone, leaving the better part of a whole wotou [2] and the dregs of a bowl of soup for hih he was a slave, he could also have his ether with the other slaves and the food served to slaves was not norre or of such poor quality Just that everybody in the palace now hated him, when they saw that Wanyan Xu did not enquire after Su Yi's living conditions, they took the opportunity to maltreat his?
After he had finished the paltry htly in the sky Su Yi felt disassociated with his body; soing his feet with difficulty, he ed to shuffle over to the bed Just as he was about to lay himself down, he suddenly heard the sound of fa sigh, thinking to himself: ould you bother to come? Hurriedly, he laid his body out on the bed, and pretended to be asleep
From the sound of the footsteps, he could tell that the person had already entered his room but he did not open his eyes He felt soht caresses on his face A voice, so fa reduced to tears, gently said: “Aii, you have gotten much thinner”
Although Su Yi had always known that he could not say that his heart was as hard as iron, but neither did he ever think of hi melancholy or overly e to Wanyan Xu say these words very nearly brought hi uncontrollably He hurriedly squeezed his eyes shut htly and forced the tears back, but at this minute action, the faave a sigh and said: “Su Su, so you are actually still awake”
Knowing that he could pretend to be asleep no longer, Su Yi decided that he et up With a cold look on his face, he said: “Why has the Emperor come here? Don't tell me that you are still reluctant to part with Su Yi? This is indeed laughable You and I are irreconcilable enemies who cannot live under the sa to be your Empress? I find it hard to believe that you would still feel sorrow over my desertion even till this day You should have expected that this would be the result from the start If you don't let me die, then I will flee If you don't letthe person who shares a bed and pilloith you Wanyan Xu, I a punishment, but as a General of the Great Qi, that is the best proof that I preferred death over disloyalty to my country I'm very happy with this outcome So why should you obstinately refuse to come to your senses? Ha ha, just look at yourself nohy are you are still concerned over whether I have become thin or not? Are you really the same Wanyan Xu I've heard of, he who is known to be wise, astute and unfeeling? How come you are more mawkish than a woman now?”
The more Su Yi said, the more pain Wanyan Xu felt He looked at Su Yi and said: “Su Su, you’re right Your attempts to die, your attempts to flee, are all the actions that would be expected of a blindly loyal courtier Fro The person who is wrong is me [3] is me” As he spoke, he rose to his feet More andfor huht Just as he was about to leave with a wounded heart, he heard Su Yi raise his voice and say loudly: “Wait, Wanyan Xu, you once pro as I continue to live, you would not vent your anger on the populace of the Great Qi You You would not go back on your ould you?” By the ti frozen in his spot, as still as a statue He slowly turned to face Su Yi again, in his eyes Su Yi could see fathomless hatred and hurt