Chapter 55 - Cant speak? (1/2)
Wu Yixing ċȯċks his head and smiles slyly. ”I am curious about why you are coming with me.”
Li Jun ignores the question and resumes reading the poetry that Wu Qiuyue, the 13th princess gave to him before they left the capital. He can't make the head or tail of the words. He is reading it because it would be tiresome if he can't answer her questions when she asks him when they meet again. She gets upset easily. His son becomes upset when she is upset. Two years ago, his first wife died. Wu Qiuyue takes care of his son alone after her sister's death.
Wu Yixing grabs the paper and throws it out of the window.
Li Jun scowls at him. ”Fifth prince.”
”I liked my sixth sister. She wouldn't impose on you with poetries that you would never read if you were given a choice. She knew that you don't have the intelligence to understand the words from the heart.” Wu Yixing leans back. ”But, you never loved my beautiful sister.”
Li Jun becomes silent. He looks out of the window. Love. He cared about Wu Xiuying. He respected her a lot. But, love? He doesn't know what it is. Sometimes, he wonders if he is capable of love. If she hadn't asked him to take Wu Qiuyue as his concubine, he would have never brought her into his household. Wu Qiuyue is the complete opposite of Wu Xiuying. She is not satisfied with respect like Wu Xiuying. She wants to be loved.
”I wonder what kind of woman can catch your heart, my friend.” He hears Wu Yixing say. ”It won't be that witch, right?”
Li Jun's expression turns dark. ”Don't joke.”
”Then, you aren't here because she seemed interested in Yu Chen and his exile?”
The amusement in his tone is hard to miss. When Li Jun was young, he babbled to Wu Yixing about meeting the witch again on his 10th birthday. He was curious why the witch would be interested in Wu Yixing and Yu Chen.
Li Jun regrets doing it to this day.
”Yu Chen's mother was the enemy's spy. She got closer to the empress to gather information.” He tells him quietly, ”He might be used again.”
”The Yu family is planning to ȧssassinate him before he reaches the capital.” Wu Yixing yawns. ”It's better if he dies here or goes back to exile. His life won't be good in the capital.”
As the carriage approaches the inn, the small figure dressed in a white robe becomes clear. ”Stop.”
”Are we stopping at this inn?” Wu Yixing raises his brow. Li Jun rushes out of the carriage. He takes long strides toward the figure in the male's clothes and grabs her arm.
”Witch?”
Looking at that face, anyone can tell that she is a female in male's clothes. His intuition is right. She is interested in Yu Chen. That's why she is here. She doesn't look a day older.
”Why are you not saying anything?” He asks her with a deep voice.
She purses her lips and kneels on the ground. Li Jun remembers the witch who proudly met his father and told him about the ȧssassination attempt. She never kneeled in front of his father. Seeing her kneeling in front of him, he becomes irritated. ”Get up.”