The snow gradually became lighter and the wind became tired of blowing.
The guards found some dead wood in the forest and built a few fires to warm themselves.
You Yuji sat silently beside the fire, with her eyes downcast and no expression on her face. Some people are born with a smiling face, and even if they don't smile intentionally, there is always a faint smile between their eyebrows and eyes. You Yuji is like this, with a faint smile on her slightly raised eyes, and her eyebrows are naturally gentle.
However, at this moment, her eyes were drooping, and the smile that always curled up the corners of her eyes was nowhere to be seen.
Si Que sat not far from her, glanced at her, then looked back at the flames in the fire.
Zhuo Wen stood up and handed two skewers of freshly grilled meat to You Yuji: "It's not easy to catch something alive. Eating hot food will warm your stomach!"
You Yuji smiled at him and took it.
Zhuo Wen handed over two skewers of barbecued meat, one for You Yuji and one for Si Que. Zhuo Wen had known You Yuji for a long time, but had no contact with Si Que. Therefore, the piece for Si Que was also handed to You Yuji. Anyway, everyone below knew that the lady and Princess Que had a good relationship, and they were sticking together all the way.
You Yuzhi stared at the two skewers of barbecue in her hand for a while before handing one of them to Si Que.
Si Que saw the charred roast meat. He turned his head and looked at You Yuji along the roast meat. However, You Yuji lowered her eyes and did not look at him.
Si Que went to get the wooden stick, and his fingers touched You Yuji's hand. He clearly felt You Yuji's fingers stiffen for a moment before moving back and letting go.
Si Que curled his lips and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Thank you, sister."
You Yuji pursed her lips, didn't reply, and didn't even look at him. She lowered her eyes and bit into the barbecue. The cool breeze blew, and even the outer layer of the freshly grilled meat didn't feel much warmth. You Yuji took a bite, and the meat inside was hot. A warm current slowly passed into her body, forming a sharp contrast with the severe coldness of the broken glue and fallen fingers at this time.
There was a sound of footsteps, Lin Yingying, Cuiyu, Chunxing and Jing Niangzi came back from the hot spring. All of them had red faces, and when they saw the flesh here, their smiles became brighter.
You Yuji slowly took another bite of the barbecue. The snow was still falling, and two flakes of it fell on the barbecue.
Everyone has been to the hot spring, except her.
Just now, Si Que walked into the hot spring water, so she naturally couldn't go in. She didn't tell others, so they just thought she was the first one to soak in it.
Fortunately, I sat by the fire and warmed up my wet socks.
Everyone ate and then continued walking.
Madam Jing was the first to notice that You Yuji was not in a good mood. After all, she had taken care of You Yuji for many years and knew You Yuji very well. Looking at You Yuji's expression, she knew that she was worried.
Soon, Chun Xing, Lin Yingying and Cui Yu also noticed that You Yuji was not in the right mood. They thought that You Yuji was worried about the current situation.
The women were already terrified, and You Yuji had been leading them calmly with a smile on her face. Now You Yuji's smile was gone, and they were all worried, as if they were already thinking about their afterlife...
Even Zhuo Wen noticed something.
But You Yuji just kept walking forward while looking at the snow-capped mountains in the distance, completely unaware of the inquiring glances from people around her.
Si Que took everything in.
He suddenly found it very interesting.
"Sister." He suddenly spoke, his voice was not lowered intentionally, and everyone could hear it.
You Yuji was startled, and subconsciously frowned, then she looked over and asked in a normal tone, "What's wrong?"
Si Que looked at You Yuji with bright eyes, his clear eyes full of sincerity: "Everyone is very worried about my sister."
You Yuji was stunned for a moment, and then he glanced at the people around him and suddenly realized.
Si Que slowly raised the corners of his lips and smiled: "Sister, if you have any difficulties, don't keep them in your heart. Tell us and we can discuss it together."
He looked at You Yuzhi with eyes filled with a burning smile.
The feeling of being teased rose in You Yuji's heart, and then disappeared in an instant. She lowered her eyes again, her eyebrows and eyes curled into a gentle smile. She also moved her gaze away from Si Que's eyes and looked at Zhuo Wen, asking: "How long will it take us to get out of this mountain?"
"It takes less than three quarters of an hour to walk out of this mountain. After leaving this mountain and passing through a pine forest, you will reach Yunping Temple."
You Yuji nodded and said in a gentle voice, "The people behind the scenes have made up their minds this time. The reason they didn't chase us into the snowy mountains is because of the bad weather. If I'm right, we will be ambushed by them when we go down the mountain."
Lin Yingying's face turned pale with fear and she exclaimed, "What should I do?"
You Yuji sighed and looked at Cuiyu: "Cuiyu is right, the other party should be coming for me. You are innocent people who are trying to cover up. It is my sister who has implicated you."
"It's no use saying this now..." Cuiyu whispered, "I don't want to die. What should we do?"
You Yuji smiled and explained: "I have naturally arranged some manpower. If everything goes well, after we go down the mountain, those who were ambushed should all be captured alive."
Cuiyu and the others were visibly relieved.
Cuiyu complained: "Since you have already arranged everything, why are you still saying these words to scare us?"
"Although I have made preparations, nothing is absolute. I am halfway up the mountain and I cannot be sure that everything will be safe down there. So you should walk a little further behind me. If the situation is not right, turn around and run back and hide in the mountains for a while. When the wind and snow stop completely, we can think of ways to escape."
You Yuji looked at Zhuo Wen and raised her hand: "Give me the bow and arrow."
Zhuo Wen immediately handed the bow and arrow to You Yuji.
You Yuji tied the quiver to her waist in a neat and tidy manner, at the angle that was most convenient for her. She clenched the bow in her hand and was about to move forward, but hesitated for a moment. For the first time since the shocking situation at the hot spring, she took the initiative to look at Si Que. She said, "Did you hear that?"
Si Que looked up at her with some surprise.
Our eyes met, and it was only a moment, but it seemed as long as four seasons.
Si Que slowly raised the corners of his lips and said obediently: "Okay, I'll listen to my sister."
You Yuji felt a strange feeling in her heart. She tried hard to get rid of the image in front of her eyes and walked forward with big strides. Her steps were not those of a lady from the capital, but the agile steps she took when she was a girl hunting with her father.
The whistling wind blew in You Yuji's ears. You Yuji looked forward, but her heart was a little confused. She couldn't help but think about hiding in Si Que's arms and asking him to help cover her when she was taking off her clothes in the carriage, and she also remembered those unintentional skin-to-skin contacts.
She didn't even dare to close her eyes. As long as she closed her eyes, she would always remember the countless times she had taken the initiative to pull Si Que's hand.
She even... had once shared his bed with him, slept beside him in his bed with the cat in her arms.
It wasn't that You Yuji was avoiding looking directly at Si Que, but she hadn't recovered from the shock she had felt by the hot spring. He was now dressed neatly, but when You Yuji looked at him, she couldn't help but imagine the image of him taking off his clothes by the hot spring.
But she still had to pretend nothing had happened in front of outsiders and still responded to his call of "sister".
Thinking of this, You Yuji, who was always calm, felt a little angry and blamed Che Que for "teasing" her.
Emotionally, she blamed it on Si Que's "teasing". But she was a rational person, and she knew clearly that those repeated excessive physical contact was initiated by her without her knowledge.
You Yuji frowned and pursed her lips tightly. She tightly grasped the bow in her hand and said to herself in her heart -
You Yuji, don't be an unreasonable person.
Those uninformed physical intimacy seemed normal at the time, but now when You Yuji recalled it again, she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.
Si Que walked behind You Yujie, looking at her slender back, thinking that now that she knew he was not a woman, she would avoid him from now on, and might even think he was a shameless hooligan. Maybe she was cursing him in her heart at this moment.
There is no more beautiful sister who gently held his hand and smiled at him.
But if he were given another chance to choose, he would still tell You Yuji that he was a man, not a little sister who needed her protection.
Si Que drooped his eyes, the smile on his face disappeared, and he looked listless.
Boring.
He didn't want to stay in the Jinnan Palace anymore.
Boring.
So boring.
Si Que raised his eyes again and glanced coldly at You Yuji's back. Was she cursing him in her heart? Even someone as gentle as her could curse? Si Que suddenly wanted to see You Yuji scolding him.
I don’t know what scene he imagined, but he suddenly laughed.
Cui Yu, who was walking on the other side, looked at Si Que, then looked at You Yuji in front of her, and her eyes turned around. She quietly pulled Lin Yingying's sleeve and whispered, "Don't you think that since Madam and that guy took a hot spring bath together, both of them have become strange?"
Lin Yingying was worried about whether there would be many evil people waiting for her at the foot of the mountain. She was absent-minded and didn't hear Cuiyu's words clearly. She asked blankly, "What did you say?"
Cuiyu shook her head and said no more.
Before she reached the bottom of the mountain, You Yuji saw Zhao Sheng waiting below. Nanny Gu, who was by the side of the Jinnan Princess, stood beside Zhao Sheng.
The tension in You Yuji's heart instantly loosened. She relaxed her frown, smiled gently, and handed the bow and arrow back to Zhuo Wen, saying, "It's okay."
"That's great!" Lin Yingying trotted over to You Yuzhi and looked down.
Lin Yingying was puzzled: "Hey, is that Nanny Gu who is beside the princess? Why is she there too?"
You Yuzhi didn't explain for the time being.
Seeing You Yuji, Zhao Sheng immediately went to meet her anxiously and said, "Are you frozen? Come to the carriage and have a rest!"
Gu Ma also came over quickly, put a cotton coat in her arms on You Yuji, and reached out to help You Yuji. She lowered her voice and said, "Madam is very good at predicting things. All the people have been taken into custody. The prince and princess are in Yunping Temple right now."
You Yuji couldn't help but be a little surprised. She didn't expect that the King of Jinnan and the Queen would come to Yunping Temple in person.
After tossing around in the snow and wind in the mountains, everyone looked a little embarrassed. You Yuji didn't say much, thanked Gu Mama, and got on the carriage first.
The driver shouted "Gee", and the carriage passed through the pine forest and headed towards Yunping Temple.
Not long after the carriage drove out, You Yuji, who was sitting by the window, opened the curtain and looked out the window.
Zhao Sheng seemed to have known that You Yuji would ask questions, so he rode on horseback and waited beside the carriage.
In You Yuji's original plan, Zhao Sheng would take his men to the snowy mountains to meet her after dealing with the ambushes in the pine forest. However, You Yuji waited and waited in the snowy mountains, but did not see Zhao Sheng. She thought the plan had gone wrong and even worried that Zhao Sheng was in danger.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Sheng was waiting at the foot of the mountain but did not go up the mountain.
It was impossible for You Yuji not to be surprised.
Seeing You Yuji open the window and look over, Zhao Sheng immediately explained in a low voice: "Your Majesty is in Yunping Temple."
You Yuji was stunned, a little bit unable to believe it.
Zhao Sheng nodded and explained in a low voice: "The King of Jinnan sent someone to say that family affairs should not disturb His Majesty. If I lead the officers and soldiers up the mountain, it will be easy for the people around His Majesty to find out. The people have been captured in advance, and the lady and her group will not be ambushed when they go down the mountain. The prince said that if the people around His Majesty ask, the lady can just say that the carriage broke down in the mountain."
Zhao Sheng was not a subordinate of King Jinnan, so he did not have to listen to King Jinnan's words, but the matter was of great importance and he had to be cautious.
You Yuji frowned and thought for a while, then nodded slowly.
Si Que did not sit next to You Yuji when Rulai came, but sat opposite her. He watched You Yuji turn around and look outside the car. As she moved, her waist became even thinner.
Si Que suddenly turned his head to look at Cui Yu: "Do you have any copper coins on you?"