ebookland Chapter 157: Being stopped
Chapter 157: Being stopped
Scenes flashed through her mind: from the moment she met Gulin at Lanruo Temple, to when he had taken the initiative to punish Zhou Lai on her behalf, to when he had accepted her sycamore blossoms under the sycamore tree on the day the Buddha statue was unveiled, and to when he had placed them in her hair, and when he had been holding his concubine selection banquet in the peach forest today, he had pulled her behind the tree and held her, shielding her from the imperial concubine's prying eyes...
All these things, every single one of them, seemed to be engraved in her mind at this moment.
She recalled how she looked when she faced him, the awe she felt when they first met, the shock she felt when she put the flower in his hair, and the confusion, bewilderment, and fear she felt today.
She couldn't understand why he did those things to her, and she really couldn't figure it out.
Even if he fell in love with her, she was a married woman. He was a prince, so handsome, and the emperor's uncle. He could get any noble lady in the capital that he wanted.
He wouldn't be so interested in a woman like her!
This reason could not convince her at all, and she did not think she had such great charm that could make such a person love her.
Moreover, Gulin had never appeared in her life in her previous life, so it was even more impossible for him to fall in love with her.
But what she couldn't understand was that since Gulin had not appeared in her life in her previous life, why did he appear in her life so frequently in this life? Why was that?
Why do these inexplicable things happen?
Jiang Xiyu felt like her head was about to explode from thinking so much that she immersed herself in the bathtub.
The warm water flowed over her head, reminding her of the hot spring pool and the masked man.
She had completely forgotten about the masked man. Not only had he had physical contact with her at the bottom of the hot spring pool, but he also chased her to the Yonglin Marquis Mansion, kissed her, bit her, and sucked her blood.
Jiang Xiyu became even more annoyed when she thought that the masked man knew her secret.
These are obviously people who have never appeared in the previous life, so why do they appear one after another in this life?
Did God give her so many men because he saw that she had suffered a lot in her previous life?
Even Xu Rui, who didn't even look at her in the eye in his previous life, is so clingy to her in this life. Before leaving Beijing, he even told her not to fall in love with other men.
Is this still Xu Rui?
Why is this life so different from the previous one?
One, two, three, these gifts from God, she really is not worthy of them!
late at night.
Gulin couldn't help himself and sneaked into the Princess's Mansion next door again.
They arrived at Jingyu Garden smoothly, but were stopped outside Jingyu Garden by a group of assassins.
Gulin thought of the assassins that Bai Ri Deji mentioned, and suddenly narrowed his eyes.
These assassins are actually her people?
No, it should be Xu Rui's people. I didn't expect that after Xu Rui left Beijing, he would still leave a group of death squads to guard her yard, to prevent him.
The leader of the Golden Guards was also a little shocked when he saw Gulin in black clothes and a silver mask.
Someone actually came to look for a woman in the middle of the night. What does this mean?
Could it be that the lady is fickle and has an affair?
The leader of the Golden Guards waved his hand, and the Golden Guards behind him immediately rushed towards Gulin.
Gulin was not polite and started fighting with these assassins directly.
The leader of the Golden Guards did not go forward to fight with Gulin. Firstly, they had enough people and it was more than enough to catch this petty thief. Secondly, in order to prevent the other party from luring the tiger away from the mountain, he had better guard his wife. After all, the young master attached great importance to his wife, and he could not take it lightly.
Gulin was fighting against dozens of people alone, and it was no longer a matter of pretending that he knew martial arts. After all, he had already exposed himself in front of Xu Rui.
This is probably also the reason why Xu Rui wanted to leave his assassins behind even when he was going to war, even if it meant exposing his assassins.
What happened between them would not alarm anyone, not even her, and would only be resolved between them.
That's why Xu Rui dared to use his assassins in front of him without restraint.
Soon, Gulin repelled all those assassins.
Seeing how powerful Gulin's martial arts were, the leader of the Golden Guards was shocked.
Who is this person?
What kind of martial arts did he use to be so powerful?
Even their carefully trained death squads could not stand up to him, and so many people could not get close to him even with their combined attack. This man's martial arts skills were unfathomable.
Just when the leader of the Golden Guards was facing a formidable enemy, Gulin simply jumped away.
The assassins wanted to give chase, but were stopped by the leader of the Golden Guards. "No one is allowed to chase. Protecting the lady is the most important thing."
The death warriors finally returned to their positions.
The appearance of Gulin made the leader of Jinwei feel a sense of crisis. He had to report this matter to Xu Rui no matter what, so he gave Jinwei a few instructions and went to see Deji.
"Someone visited Jingyuyuan at night?" Deji stood up in surprise.
"Yes." The leader of the Golden Guards immediately gave a detailed description. "A man dressed in black, eight feet tall, wearing a colorful mask, so his face couldn't be seen clearly. However, his skills were very impressive. Even if we all tried to stop him together, we couldn't get close to him. His martial arts were also very unique, something we had never seen before."
Deji carefully noted down the words of the Jinwei leader. "Have they left?"
The leader of the Golden Guards nodded. "He probably saw that there were too many of us and knew we couldn't enter Jingyu Garden, so he left."
The leader of the Golden Guards was thinking of something and looked at Deji, wanting to say something but hesitating.
Deji seemed to have guessed what he was thinking and warned him solemnly, "You only need to obey the Young Master's orders and protect the Madam. Don't worry about anything else. Go back and protect the Madam. I will report all these matters to the Young Master."
"Yes." The leader of the Golden Guards responded and immediately disappeared.
Deji immediately sent another letter to Xu Rui.
It was not until dawn that Xu Rui received Deji's message.
After Xu Rui took the letter, he opened it and took a look. His face looked very ugly and he crumpled the letter into a ball with force.
In the past, Xu Rui would always have a blank expression on his face when he saw the letter, but now he was so angry that the guards were a little curious about what was written in the letter, but they didn't dare to ask too much.
After a while, Xu Rui wrote a reply.
The next day.
After receiving the reply, Deji immediately strengthened the guard of Jingyuyuan.
Jiang Xiyu was completely unaware of what was happening outside.
When she woke up in the morning, she felt dizzy and her eyelids felt heavy as if they weighed a thousand pounds. When Qing'er came in, she saw that Jiang Xiyu had a high fever. She was so scared that she immediately went to find the court doctor.
After examining Jiang Xiyu, the court doctor prescribed some medicine for her, saying that she had caught a cold. He told her to have a good rest and then left.
After Qing'er gave her the medicine, she fell into a deep sleep again.
Before going to bed, she did not forget to instruct Nanny Yu to send all the medicinal foods she had developed in the past two days to Gu Yunling for tasting.
After Jiang Xiyu fell asleep, Nanny Yu delivered the medicinal food to Gu Yunling as Jiang Xiyu wished.
Gu Yunling tasted the medicinal food and found it delicious. When she asked about Jiang Xiyu, she found out that she was sick. She immediately hurried to the Princess's Mansion with the imperial physician and some medicinal herbs.