ADWMCES Chapter51

The jailer walked one step ahead of Chu Fengqing, and no one noticed him. He ran in one direction without stopping after leaving the prison.

The next day after that, Chu Fengqing got a letter from his father’s old friend and prepared to go to Jiangnan, but he hadn’t told Ji Yujin about it yet. How to start the conversation was the problem. Ji Yujin would probably not allow him to go…

Also, how to ensure his father’s safety after he leaves the capital…

Chu Fengqing sat in front of the window and pressed his brows. It would take at least half a month to rush from the capital to Jiangnan, even if he had to travel day and night under the stars. In half a month, he could not guarantee what would happen. The worst way was to break the prison and rescue his father first.

But if he rescued his father, all his persistence, this evidence, and all the suffering his father had endured would be in vain.

It’s really a dilemma.

“What’s wrong?”

A voice interrupted his thoughts, Chu Fengqing looked up and saw Ji Yujin. Ji Yujin was wearing a dark cape, a red bullfighting suit, and a Liangguan on his head. His clothes were very stable, which suppressed his rebelliousness.

Chu Fengqing shook his head. “Nothing.”

He asked, “Did you just come out of court?”

Ji Yujin nodded, dragged a chair, and sat in front of Chu Fengqing and said, “I have to go on a trip for business and will be gone for a while. I came to tell you.”

Chu Fengqing was stunned for a moment, suppressed what he was about to say, and said, “When are you leaving?”

Ji Yujin: “It’s urgent, I have to leave in the evening.”

Chu Fengqing nodded. He wasn’t in a position to inquire about Ji Yujin’s official affairs, and never did. He simply said, “Alright, take care on your way.”

Ji Yujin: “Don’t run around while I’m out. I’ll let Qing Niao follow you. I’ll feel more at ease.”

Chu Fengqing shook his head, “I will be in the mansion, and I didn’t go out much, let Qing Niao help you.”

Ji Yujin looked at him suspiciously, unconvinced. “Really?”

Chu Fengqing’s eyes flashed, “Of course.”

Ji Yujin did not force him. He had kept someone behind anyway, Chu Fengqing also didn’t know about it. “Lord Chu, I will send someone to watch over you. You don’t have to worry too much.”

Chu Fengqing pursed his lips and looked at Ji Yujin. His biggest problem was solved just like that…

Ji Yujin didn’t receive his gaze and said, “Also, the old man from the Imperial Observatory said that it will be even colder in the next few days. I sent someone to make a thicker fur cloak, which should be delivered to you in the evening.”

He explained everything in detail and took out a bottle of medicine from his pocket, “This is a newly made medicine, it’s your prescription. I always feel that your prescription is better than theirs.”

Chu Fengqing took the medicine from his hand, opened the bottle cap, and the aroma of medicine wafted into his nose. It was the medicine for his asthma.

His throat was a little dry, “How did you get this prescription?”

Ji Yujin said nonchalantly, “I found it in your room before and showed it to Imperial Physician Li. He said it was for asthma, and he can’t put your prescription down. He kept asking me who wrote it, but I kept it a secret and didn’t tell him.”

There were several medicines on the prescription that were difficult to find. Although Ji Yujin has a wide network of contacts and great power, these things are hard to come by, and it should also be difficult for him. Chu Fengqing doesn’t know how he managed to find all the medicines in such a short time, but it must have taken a lot of effort.

He tightened his grip on the bottle, “Ji Yujin… you don’t have to treat me like this.”

He can’t bear it.

Ji Yujin didn’t buy it. “I haven’t even talked about you yet you’re talking about me first. I’ve tasted this medicine, you fed me the last pill when I was injured, so there was no medicine left when you got sick, right?”

Chu Fengqing frowned, he was thinking the wrong thing. Ji Yujin could actually taste the medicine. Was he gifted?

Ji Yujin pressed his hand between his eyebrows. “You heartless little sickly seedling, you are even distracting now. Don’t you know that I was almost scared to death when you were sick? You just gave away your life-saving medicine like this. You are really a living Bodhisattva.”

“Now you are finding fault with me. What do you mean by that? Only the official is allowed to set fire, but the people are not allowed to light lamps¹It used to express a double standard that someone may do as one wants but not allow others to do it.? That’s too overbearing.”

Chu Fengqing pursed his lips and said nothing. He could never beat Ji Yujin in an argument, so it was not worth his effort.

Ji Yujin smiled, “You know you are in the wrong now?”

Chu Fengqing shook his head and said in a cold voice, “I can’t win an argument against you, and I don’t want to waste my breath.”

Ji Yujin laughed loudly, but Chu Fengqing sighed lightly. A smile flashed in his cold eyes, and it was unclear who was being overbearing.

Ji Yujin left in a hurry. He said he would leave in the evening, but he left in the afternoon. When the group of people saw Chu Fengqing, they all shouted in unison, “Wish you happiness, Madam.”

Chu Fengqing curled his fingers, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. In the end, he just nodded slightly. When he raised his eyes, he met Ji Yujin’s smiling gaze. Chu Fengqing frowned. He understood that this person did it on purpose.

Before leaving, Ji Yujin reminded him, “The situation is turbulent. I am no longer with you and cannot protect you all the time. Don’t run around in the city. If you want to go out, you must bring the guards with you. Do you understand?”

Chu Fengqing only thought his tone sounded as if he were speaking to a child, yet in the end, he still gave a nod.

After Ji Yujin finished his instructions, he said, “It’s cold outside, go in.”

There was a group of people and horses, the sound of their horses’ hooves shaking the earth.

As soon as Ji Yujin rode out of the city gate, his heart returned to his home. His mind was full of Chu Fengqing. He wished he could run back and hug him in his arms. He cursed “useless” under his breath and rode forward with a serious look.

After Ji Yujin left, Chu Fengqing also went out the next day and told Steward Mo that he was just going to visit relatives.

Steward Mo originally disagreed, but then he thought about it, his master didn’t say that the madam couldn’t go on a long journey before he left. Besides, the madam hasn’t returned to her parents’ home since she got married. It didn’t seem to make sense, so he stopped talking.

After Chu Fengqing packed up his things, he did not change into men’s clothes in the mansion.

Instead, he waited until the carriage reached the city and then found a clothing store to change into men’s clothes.

Chu Fengqing, dressed in a cloud-blue robe, sat with a straight posture, his black hair fastened with a jade hairpin. He was indeed “a man as beautiful as jade, a youth unmatched under heaven.”

He remembered that Ji Yujin had told him to take guards along whenever he went out, so he complied. Traveling to Jiangnan wasn’t the same as wandering about the city, so it didn’t count as breaking his agreement with Ji Yujin.

As he stepped out of the clothing store dressed in men’s attire, a few young women had already tossed sachets in his direction. Throwing sachets was a way of showing goodwill. Chu Fengqing was stunned for a moment. He always received many sachets when he went out before. He was a little uncomfortable after not wearing men’s clothing for so long.

But his first reaction was—if Ji Yujin saw this scene, he would definitely be jealous and might say something shocking again. However, if Ji Yujin was around, there would be no one who would dare to throw a sachet at him.

As he was thinking about it, the next moment the corners of his lips slightly curled up. The girl who threw the sachet to him stared at him, and then, as expected, he got several more sachets on his body.

Chu Fengqing nodded apologetically to the girls, turned, and walked towards the carriage. The coachman’s position was replaced by Qing Niao. Chu Fengqing was not surprised at all. It was within his expectations. When has Ji Yujin ever been obedient?

It was Qing Niao—the forlorn, aloof man who served as a secret guard. He was usually stone-faced and expressionless, but the moment he saw Chu Fengqing, his demeanor shifted and his eyes opened wide.

No…

Where’s my Madam?!

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  It used to express a double standard that someone may do as one wants but not allow others to do it.