Meng Yanting's voice sounded pleading when she listened carefully. Yun Chaomu let out a breath and said, "Daddy, I will think about this matter carefully. Daddy is also tired all day, so you should rest early."

After Yun Chaomu said this, Meng Yanting, who was standing outside the yard, did not say anything for a long time. His eyes were red and he felt uncomfortable and depressed. After all, his maid was resentful and did not agree to move out of the Meng family.

The night wind blew, and he covered his mouth and coughed twice before he spoke, "Girl, you should also go to bed early. Daddy will come to see you tomorrow."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left in the night, but his back was slightly bent.

As Meng Yanting walked away, the room fell silent, with only the sound of Chu Ling's heavy, alert breathing.

He didn't bother to find out what happened between Meng Qingge and her family, he was just surprised by something else!

"Meng Qingge, what do the words you just wrote on me mean?"

He asked through gritting his teeth, his peach blossom eyes fixed on Yun Chaomu.

What did Yun Chaomu write? He wrote a name, Yu Chu.

That was Chu Ling's nickname, but it wasn't. Everyone knew that the young Marquis Chu's courtesy name was Yunzhi, but only she knew that when Chu Ling heard her recite poems at Yun's house, she could only sigh and say, "Sister Chaomu, you said that this poem has a deep meaning and is so beautiful. It would be great to use "Yu Chu" as my courtesy name. I will go back and ask Dad to change my courtesy name."

He is a very free and easy person, he does whatever he wants.

It is said that when he returned that day he asked Duke Liang to change his courtesy name, but was beaten with a stick. Later he came to her with a grin on his face, saying that his courtesy name had been recorded in the family tree and was given according to seniority, so it would not be changed. However, in his heart his courtesy name was Yu Chu, and this was their secret.

Thinking about it now, what I remember is the young man who was as bright as the sun and never gave up.

A courtesy name, it was a little secret between him and Yun Chaomu, even Xiao Zhan didn't know it.

"Chu Ling, get up from me first."

Yun Chaomu was much calmer than Chu Ling, she said softly.

But it was obvious that Chu Ling was not a person who could easily get along with others. He did not stand up, but still kept the dagger against Yun Chaomu's neck, but the force was a little looser than before, at least it did not cut the skin.

"Meng Qingge, what are you doing? Speak, why do you know the name 'Yu Chu'?"

He asked, staring at Yun Chaomu, as if trying to see something from her eyes.

"Chu Ling, not only do I know this name, I also know where it came from. I also know that you heard her reciting poetry under the peach tree in the backyard of the Yun family in the spring of the 46th year of the Pingli calendar. You insisted on changing her courtesy name from Yunzhi to Ruchu..."

Yun Chaomu looked at him and spoke word by word.

Then she saw Chu Ling's eyes widened, his pupils seemed to be trembling, and even his breathing became heavier. The dagger slipped out of his hand at some point, and he stared at Meng Qingge, "You, what did you say? Why do you know this? You have seen Sister Mu...right? Meng Qingge, speak up!"

Yun Chaomu looked at him, his heart aching, "Chu Ling, get up first, I'll tell you slowly..."

This time, Chu Ling was very obedient. He loosened his grip on Yun Chaomu, but his eyes were still fixed on her. At this moment, Yun Chaomu groaned and felt the pain belatedly. A large amount of blood on the front of her shirt dyed red.

The wound left by the previous assassination attempt on Yun Qianqian had not healed yet, and now it broke again under Chu Ling's strong grip.

A trace of panic appeared in Chu Ling's eyes. He originally thought that the blood on Meng Qingge's body was stained with him, but now it seems that he was injured.

"You are hurt?"

Chu Ling said in a deep voice.

Yun Chaomu sat up and shook her head. "It's okay. Just apply some medicine and bandage it again."

She took off her cloak and was only wearing a single layer of clothing. The wound burst open and blood oozes out, staining half of her body red. It looked horrifying.

Chu Ling stared at the bloodstained spot. In a flash, she thought of Xiao Zhan's search for assassins in Jingdu and the attack on Prince Han's concubine. Her pupils shrank. "Your shoulder blade is injured? Why is your shoulder blade injured? Meng Qingge, are you the one who assassinated Prince Han's concubine Yun Qianqian?"

He was a little shocked and narrowed his peach blossom eyes.

Yun Chaomu didn't want to hide it anymore, but she knew she couldn't. She sat up and looked at the young man in front of her, nodding slowly, "It's me."

"why?"

Chu Ling asked, as if he was meeting Meng Qingge for the first time, looking at her with a pair of peach blossom eyes full of inquiry and confusion.

Yun Chaomu didn't say anything. She was thinking about how to tell Chu Ling the truth.

Seeing that Yun Chaomu was slow to speak, Chu Ling's anxiety almost overflowed. He stared at Meng Qingge, "Meng Qingge, what's going on? How did you know about what happened between me and Sister Mu? Why did you try to assassinate Yun Qianqian? What is your relationship with Sister Mu?"

He was full of confusion, and he paced back and forth anxiously. Looking at his right foot that paused every time he took a step, Yun Chaomu's eyes were sore. She didn't know how to tell Chu Ling. After a while, she said, "After I left you the day before yesterday, I met Yun Qianqian and then assassinated her. I covered my face at the time, and she didn't know my identity. But in order to force me out, she sent people to attack you and Aunt Liu.

When I went there, I happened to see them kidnapping Aunt Liu. Now I have taken Aunt Liu away and settled her in Prince You's Mansion. She is not in danger of death, so don't worry."

Yun Chaomu spoke very quickly.

Chu Ling looked at her steadily, into her anxious and worried eyes.

I wanted to kill her the moment before, but now I easily believed her.

From her anxious face to her injured shoulder blade, he gritted his teeth and said, "Meng Qingge, tell me now, why did you want to assassinate Yun Qianqian? You didn't explain clearly why you knew the name 'Yu Chu'? Do you know Sister Mu? Have you met her? You have a good relationship with her, right? Where is she? Is she okay now?"

Chu Ling asked anxiously, one question after another.

With so many questions, where should Yun Chaomu start?

She thought about telling a lie, making up a lie, saying that she was Meng Qingge, and that she had become close friends with Yun Chaomu during their wandering days. But, what was next? How was she going to tell it?

Ah Ling, I am Yun Chaomu. If I tell you the truth, will you believe me? My body is dead and my soul is reborn. Is this such a weird thing?

But if there is anyone I can trust in this world, it is you, only you, and Aunt Liu...

"Chu Ling, Yun Chaomu...is dead."

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