Song Ruiyang pulled Liu Yue away without saying a word. Seeing this, Siyan suddenly jumped up and pounced on Song Ruiyang.
"Si Yan!" Yi'er called out, and Si Yan crawled down obediently. Yi'er felt that there was something strange between her mother and this uncle, so she wanted to explain it to them. She believed that all people who had grudges should clarify the misunderstanding and everything would be fine.
The two men entered the next room, and Song Ruiyang closed the door with a loud slam that was deafening.
When Prince Li saw them come in, he pulled Murong Jie and Zi'an aside and said, "Liu Yue said that as long as I admit that I am Yi'er's father, she will send the blood antelope horn to me tonight. You should not make things worse and make your confession consistent that Yi'er is my daughter."
After saying that, he forced a smile towards Yi'er who had been looking at him. He thought this smile was very kind, but Yi'er was so scared that she wanted to cry, it was too hideous.
Zi'an and Murong Jie looked at each other. Zi'an felt helpless. Why did he become so funny? He used to be a very serious person.
Zi'an said, "Even if you don't admit it, she will still take out the blood antelope horn. She didn't take it out before because she was afraid that Song Ruiyang would know she was here. Now that they have met, she has no scruples. She will save Zhuangzhuang. She looks strong, but she is soft at heart. Otherwise, she wouldn't let Yi'er come here, and Xiao Tuo wouldn't go to her and say that King Liang wanted to see Siyan, so she brought him here personally."
Prince Li's eyes widened and he said angrily, "Why do these people always play tricks? I hate them the most."
After saying that, he ran out and chased after the princess.
Zi'an and Murong Jie looked at each other, both feeling a little powerless.
Murong Jie said, "He is a man of one thing and two things. He won't tolerate any beating around the bush. Asking him to admit that Yi'er is his daughter today is putting him in a difficult position. He cares about Zhuangzhuang, and that can only lead to confusion."
Zi'an naturally understood and felt relieved. At least, Zhuangzhuang was saved. As long as Zhuangzhuang was alive, there would be no ghost marriage, so the crisis was resolved.
However, this ghost marriage incident has gradually brought the conflict to the surface.
Song Ruiyang and Liu Yue entered the wing room. Liu Yue saw him closing the door hard and looking angry. She felt guilty, but then she felt that she was the one who was right, so she said angrily: "Don't think I'm afraid of you. This is the Great Zhou, not your Liang State. If we really fight, those people under you may not be my opponent."
"Come here!" Song Ruiyang's eyes were fixed on her face, and his anger gradually faded away.
"I'm not afraid of you." Liu Yue walked over and stared at him warily.
Song Ruiyang grabbed her hand and rolled up his sleeves. Seeing the scar, his expression changed several times. Finally, he just asked softly, "Does it hurt?"
Liu Yue was a little surprised. She thought he was going to attack her, but he asked her if it hurt. She took back her hand and waved it. "It doesn't hurt. We are people who travel the world and live on the edge of a knife every day. What's this?"
As she spoke, she wanted to roll up her clothes, but after thinking about it, she put it down again. "But your Gongsun Yan is really cruel. This knife is a light one. The knife in the stomach almost killed me and Yi'er."
Song Ruiyang's eyes changed slightly, "When did that happen?"
"The pursuit has never stopped since I left Daliang. It was not until I gave birth to Yi'er and hid in Ye Town that the pursuit stopped," said Liu Yue.
She had no idea that she had exposed Yi'er's identity.
Song Ruiyang pretended not to know and said calmly: "You finally hid in Da Zhou, no wonder no one could find you."
"Isn't it? You would never have thought that I was hiding in the Great Zhou." She was a little complacent and refused to admit that she had followed him.
"How many years have you been in Da Zhou?"
"Eleven years." She blurted out, then froze for a moment, "No, that's not right, I remembered it wrong, it should be sixteen years, I hid in Ye Town for a month and then came to Da Zhou."
"Really?" Song Ruiyang looked at her, "Then you know Yi'er is my daughter, right?"
Liu Yue opened her mouth wide and looked at him in shock, "How dare you say that?"
"Is that so?" Song Ruiyang stared at her and asked.
Liu Yue was suddenly confused. This man had chased her many times when she was pregnant with Yi'er, and had even slashed her stomach.
"I was pregnant with your child at first, but Gongsun Yan stabbed me in the stomach and the baby died. I got pregnant with this one later." As she spoke, she took off her clothes, eager to prove that she had had a miscarriage.
The more anxious she was, the more clumsy her movements became. Suddenly, Song Ruiyang stretched out his hand and hugged her into his arms, sighing deeply, "How long are you going to run away?"
Liu Yue leaned on his chest, resisted for a second, and then began to wipe her tears. The tears could not be stopped, and her nose was soon blocked. "What is this? First you find someone to hunt me down, and then you coax me. You know I can't resist this. You are too cruel."
"I'm sorry!" Song Ruiyang's voice was also heavy with sorrow. He closed his eyes and hugged her tightly.
Liu Yue felt indescribably strange and confused. What was going on? He thought we would never see each other again in this life, and even if we did, we would fight to the death.
After a long while, he let her go and looked down at her, "Show me your scars, all of them."
Liu Yue was not embarrassed and directly undressed. There were six scars on her abdomen, chest, back, and arms, all covering her fair skin.
The light in Song Ruiyang's eyes gradually condensed into anger, but then disappeared. He swept his fingertips across the scars, carefully, as if she would still feel pain. Then, he put clothes on her and asked in a hoarse voice, "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt. What kind of pain is that? It was painful when I gave birth to Yi'er." Liu Yue wiped her tears and smiled brightly. "So, if you want to kill Yi'er, I will fight you to the death, because she is the one I exchanged my life for."
"I won't kill her, no, she is my baby, the best gift you have ever given me." Song Ruiyang said softly. He had sworn that after finding her, he would beat her severely and thought of all kinds of ways to torture her, but when he really saw her, he found that he couldn't bear to even hit her lightly.
He is not young anymore, and he no longer has the anger of his youth. In the past seventeen years, from the initial rage to the subsequent bone-wrenching longing, he understands that this reunion is not a coincidence, but a fate accumulated from his years of longing.
So, face is not that important, as long as she is there, that's enough.
Liu Yue listened to him talking and felt like she was dreaming. She felt like he had become a different person. "You ordered people to hunt me down in the beginning, why are you so nice to me now? Are you playing some trick? I tell you, if you want to deal with me, do it openly and don't play tricks on me."
Song Ruiyang did not make any excuses, but only asked: "I did something wrong before, can you forgive me? I apologize to you."
(End of this chapter)