Chapter 1390: 1385: Xiao Yu, Wants to Find Miaoyan

Chapter 1390: Chapter 1385: Xiao Yu, Wants to Find Miaoyan

“Stand up.”

Chu Yihan knew his purpose. “Since Xiao Yu has contributed much to the war for Great Cheng, I will cancel out the Xiao family’s prior actions from our records, and no further punishment will be inflicted upon them. Tell him to rest at ease and purify his house.”

“The Xiao family is deeply grateful for the emperor’s compassion,” said Xiao Qingyu as he kowtowed to thank Chu Yihan. Then he presented a set of blueprints. “Besides transporting provisions, I have also brought a request from my brother for the emperor to review.”

Mo Qi handed the blueprints to Chu Yihan. After examining them closely, Chu Yihan frowned slightly. “Xiao Yu wants to build a road?”

In the bottom right corner of the blueprint was a line of handwriting personally penned by Xiao Yu: Desperately seeking approval.

Chu Yihan looked it over again. “The road construction project is enormous—it might not even be finished in five years. It even involves moving mountains and filling in rivers. Why would Xiao Yu go to such lengths?”

Although the Xiao family could afford it, such a large expenditure was completely unnecessary for him to bear alone, especially since the Ministry of Works had not even planned for it.

Whether anyone lived in that area was debatable. Exerting such great effort for this matter was a waste of resources and a burden to the people. It simply wasn’t worth it.

Xiao Qingyu explained, “My brother’s intention is that even if it’s a dried-up corpse, a hairpin, a fragment of cloth—anything that belonged to my sister-in-law—he wants to recover it, at all costs.”

What Chu Yihan had said was accurate—it would be a drain on resources and funds, moving mountains and filling rivers, with no clear completion date.

But that was the cliff where Su Miaoyan had fallen. Even if he had to level the cliff or fill in the entire mountain, he was determined to search.

Chu Yihan didn’t have to approve Xiao Yu’s request. In his eyes, it was unreasonable and even unlike Xiao Yu, who was a very astute man, to suggest such a thing.

However, after contemplating Xiao Qingyu’s resolve to “give everything,” Chu Yihan wrote a secret letter.

Sealing it with his own stamp, he handed it to Mo Qi. “Send someone to deliver this back to the Ministry of Works, instructing them to approve the request and send people to start building the road.”

“Yes!” Mo Qi sent out his secret letter.

Xiao Qingyu immediately kowtowed to thank Chu Yihan. “Thank you, emperor, for your understanding of my brother’s plight, for your generous favor.”

Chu Yihan raised his hand, signaling him to rise, then asked, “How is Xiao Yu’s recovery?”

He remembered Su Yingxue’s diagnosis that Xiao Yu’s legs had suffered lasting damage and wondered if he would ever be able to stand again.

Previously sickly, now his legs were crippled.

The double blow to both body and spirit was no small matter for Xiao Yu.

Xiao Qingyu’s smile was somewhat bleak. “I am at a loss for words to describe his condition. To say he is not doing well… he has cleaned the Xiao family’s name and managed business affairs, and the Xiao family remains as powerful as before. However, I have never again seen the spark of life in his eyes. He looks at everyone as though he were a walking corpse.”

Or rather, Xiao Yu was now just a walking corpse, living only for the Xiao family.

The dullness in his eyes made it difficult to look at him, to gauge the sorrow in his heart.

A life that shone as grey as ashes, yet still had to burn for his family.

Chu Yihan nodded, hoping that by approving Xiao Yu’s impulsive request, he would recover sooner.

After all, he was the holder of Great Cheng’s economic lifeline, with no right to indulge in despair.

Xiao Qingyu left the military tent and ran into Rong Sheng, a smile gracing his features. “Doctor Rong.”

“Indeed.” Rong Sheng nodded. She was in a hurry to find Su Yingxue and did not greet Xiao Qingyu for long. But when she went to see Su Yingxue, she bumped into Chu Yifeng.

Chu Yifeng seemed to intentionally make it difficult for her, trapping her at the back, while Mo Qi made it clear, “His Highness is speaking with the emperor; it’s not convenient for Doctor Rong to enter right now.”

“Pass on a message for me; I am looking for Yingxue.” Rong Sheng’s demeanor was very stern.

She listened to Saint Ruan complain about the weariness of making medicine, but having seen the inside story, she needed to discuss it with Su Yingxue.

Mo Qi was somewhat troubled, “Your Highness is of such a temperament, as you well know.”

Rong Sheng insisted on going in, but that would certainly result in someone collapsing, their blood splattering on the spot.

“Chu Yifeng!”

Rong Sheng gently bit her lip.

Why must you always be against me?

Chu Yihan saw Chu Yifeng, “We’ll be going to battle in two days, are you prepared?”

“Your Highness doesn’t need to prepare, those corpse-controlled by gu, Your Highness is not afraid of them.” Chu Yifeng never changed his perverse stubbornness, wherever he went, he didn’t seem like a normal person.

But now, sitting in front of Chu Yihan, he drank from his teacup, and watching the figure blocked outside the military tent, he felt somewhat elated.

Chu Yihan, seeing that he didn’t make mistakes on important matters, didn’t expect him to act normally, just dissatisfied, “Why are you always opposing Rong Sheng?”

Hadn’t he already forgotten her?

Why still entangle with her?

“Your Highness just finds her annoying, this damn woman made me think of her incessantly, yet she embraced that Xiao Qingyu right in front of me,” said Chu Yifeng, finishing his tea and slamming the cup down.

They were said to be a perfect match, making him seem like a brute?

“You don’t need to be angry over a woman who is not related to you,” Chu Yihan reminded him, “You have a daughter now, think about how to be a good father in the future, that is the important matter.”

To Chu Yifeng, Chu Yihan was like a monk chanting scriptures every day, trying to teach him.

Chu Yihan kept talking, he just didn’t listen.

Rong Sheng finally waited until he came out, and when she was about to go in to find Su Yingxue, Chu Yifeng took her away.

Chu Yihan seized the person and flew, flying out of the military camp, and cornered her in a small alley.

By the green stone wall, his towering figure loomed over Rong Sheng, his incomparably handsome face, with a smirk of evil charm, terrifying and astounding.

“Chu Yifeng, get out of the way!”

Rong Sheng pushed him away, but Chu Yifeng grabbed her hands and leaned down to kiss her.

His wild and domineering actions, without warning or reason, forcefully took possession.

By the time Rong Sheng reacted, he was excited, gripping her slender waist with a firm grasp, shamelessly, leaving her blushing with shame.

Chu Yifeng’s lips lingered at her ear, gently biting her pearly earlobe, panting heavily, “Rong Sheng, dare you deceive me? Such a body that makes me so familiar, unrelated to me? Hmm?”

Deceive him! Damn it!

Rong Sheng knew he was extremely familiar with every part of her body, but she absolutely couldn’t admit it, “It was unrelated from the start, where is there any deception? Does Your Highness have no other women, only targeting me?”

“Trying to enrage me? You think I would fall for it?” Chu Yifeng sneered, and with that, he began to undo her dress.

Caught off guard, Rong Sheng bit her lower lip so hard, “Chu… Chu Yifeng!”

Chu Yifeng’s gaze suddenly turned fierce, “Rong Sheng, still trying to deceive me? Such a familiar body, even the postures are instinctive, you still say you are unrelated to me? Believe it or not, I’ll kill Xiao Qingyu right now!”

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