But in just a mont, Su Yu composed herself, the whole process so quick that Su Yaoqi didn’t have ti to notice or react.
He only saw Su Yu slightly lowering her head, worried that she had been outside for too long and might not endure, "Big sister, is your wound hurting again? If it hurts, let’s go back first."
Su Yu nodded accordingly, stood up, and slowly walked back to the retreat.
She had almost recovered, and to avoid suspicion, Su Yaoqi only escorted her to the courtyard gate and stopped.
There were no wells in the mountain courtyard. Amber had previously gone to the back mountain spring to wash Su Yu’s dirty clothes and returned to find her master standing alone in the courtyard. She asked, "Miss, why did you co back so quickly? Where is Fourth Young Master?"
"He escorted back."
Su Yu said as she stepped into the house.
After airing out the clothes, Amber ca in to wipe her hands, not forgetting to inquire, "How do you feel today, Miss?"
Su Yu shook her head, "Even though it’s scabbed, it still hurts."
After all, the wound was not shallow, and it was difficult to recover in a short period of ti.
Moreover, even if it healed, a scar would remain, but fortunately, she no longer intended to marry, so whether or not a scar remained wasn’t as important.
Thinking this way, Su Yu instructed Amber, "Pack up our things, and we’ll return to the city early tomorrow morning."
Amber was taken aback, "Didn’t you just say your wound would hurt? The Duke instructed that we must return only after full recovery."
There was a cold smile on Su Yu’s lips; how could she continue her act of self-sacrifice if she fully recovered?
"Pack up, Fahua Temple isn’t as convenient as Duke Mansion, and I can recuperate there too."
Amber nodded and no longer persuaded her.
She didn’t particularly like staying at the temple either.
Every morning she was startled awake by the morning bell, and the als were bland; eating once or twice was fine, but for ten days or half a month, one would always feel hungry.
...
The next morning, Su Yu and her servant were packed and ready to descend the mountain.
Before leaving, Su Yu wanted to express her gratitude to Master Xu Yun, but before she saw him, she encountered Su Yaoqi.
Su Yaoqi was watering the flowers and plants in his master’s courtyard and was very surprised to see Su Yu.
At first, Su Yu wanted to say she ca to see Master Xu Yun, but considering how powerful Master Xu Yun was, what if he detected sothing from her and jeopardized everything? Why should she trouble herself unnecessarily?
In that mont, Su Yu changed her words, "I’m here to say goodbye to you."
Su Yaoqi put down his watering can and stared at her, "What, is big sister leaving?"
"I’ve already disturbed you for too long." Su Yu showed a slight hint of embarrassnt, "I’m now seventy to eighty percent recovered, I can continue my recovery after returning to the city."
Su Yaoqi, being present at the incident, knew best about the severity of the assassination attempt; Su Yu was seriously injured.
To be honest, half a month was barely enough for her wound to scab, full recovery was almost impossible.
But seeing Su Yu’s firm attitude, Su Yaoqi didn’t insist on her staying. He only reminded her to be careful with her diet and to rest.
After that, he personally escorted her and her servant to the gates of the mountain.
He stopped and watched Su Yu’s figure from behind, "Big sister, I can only send you this far, take care on your journey."
Su Yu turned to look at him, her gaze gentle, and after a mont of silence, she spoke, "Little Four, rember, if one day big sister becos utterly unforgivable and harms others, I will never harm you."
Su Yaoqi took it as a joke, uttered an "Amitabha Buddha," and urged her to leave quickly, noting that it might rain later.
Su Yu said no more, and with Amber, went to fetch the carriage.
The horse and carriage were at the ho of the farr’s wife who had previously cared for Su Yu, sothing that Duke Su had specifically instructed, fearing there would be inconvenience when she returned.
On the way, Amber asked Su Yu, "What did you an by that statent, Miss?"
"What statent?"
"The one when you were saying goodbye to Fourth Young Master. When you ntioned that if one day you beco utterly unforgivable." At this point, Amber found it amusing, "A kind person like you, Miss, who would stand up to defend Fourth Young Master with your own body, how could you beco utterly unforgivable?"
After listening, Su Yu faintly smiled, "Who knows?"
Good and evil are not that easy to distinguish.
Amber laughed and said, "Miss said that without fearing to scare the young master."
"He’s no longer a child." Su Yu said, "If he can’t even handle a joke, then he’s wasted in this family."
...
After retrieving the carriage, the master and servant leisurely headed onto the official road, and when they arrived at the Duke Mansion, it did not stir any waves, except Aunt Qiu received the news and was the first to co see her. After sending the people away, she asked her how her injury was.
With no one else around, Su Yu pressed her chest lightly and said in a low voice, "Mother was too harsh; if the assassin’s blade had been a little more off, I could have lost my life."
Aunt Qiu held her hand, "I specifically instructed them, their skills are excellent, they know how to control it. They will only seriously injure you, not take your life. Yuyu, grit your teeth a little longer, once these days pass, everything will be fine."
Su Yu recalled Duke Su’s attitude at Mile Mountain and thought it was worth it. "Though the price is quite high, getting him to change his opinion of makes it mostly a success for us."
"Mm." Aunt Qiu nodded, "I see your condition; you’re probably not fully recovered yet. Although I have quite a few healing dicines, the play has reached this point, it cannot be abandoned halfway, so you’ll still have to endure a bit these days."
"I understand."
The mother and daughter were speaking softly inside the house when suddenly the door was knocked, and Amber’s voice ca from outside, saying people from the main courtyard had co, and the Duchess requested her presence.
The mother and daughter exchanged a glance, Aunt Qiu said, "Most likely the Lady heard you returned to the city and wants to have you over to inspect your injury."
Su Yu imdiately responded, painfully saying to the people outside, "I’ve jolted my wound during the journey, and can’t go. Let the ssenger go back and report that once I’m fully healed, I will personally go to see the Lady."
Upon hearing this, Amber went out and before long returned to tell her the people from the main courtyard had left.
The ssenger was the Duchess’s companion, Ning Ma.
After returning to the main courtyard, she relayed Su Yu’s original words.
The Duchess had previously heard from the household doctor who went to Mile Mountain with the Duke that Su Yu was badly injured, but she refused to believe it, always feeling that the wicked girl was just playing tricks.
Now that she had returned, it was ti to assess the injury.
To prevent the household doctor from being bribed, the Duchess specifically instructed Ning Ma to invite another doctor from outside.
Subsequently, she led the doctor along with a group of maidservants and old won, storming towards Su Yu’s Tinglan Garden.
Su Yu feigned that her wound was painful exactly to entice the Duchess to personally inspect the injury. Upon seeing everyone, she was not surprised at all, rely lying on the bed unable to get up, face completely devoid of color, pallid and unpleasant looking, with faint sweats on her forehead.
These outward signs couldn’t be faked, and Su Yu’s wound couldn’t be rely painful on command; she had roughened it violently before the Duchess arrived, tearing the originally scabbed wound apart.
The excruciating pain left her unable to unclench her teeth and speak to the Duchess.
Aunt Qiu beside her turned into a crying ss.
The Duchess glanced at her coldly, sneering, "Useless thing! Your daughter is in such pain and you only know how to cry, can’t you personally go to invite the household doctor?"
Aunt Qiu nodded submissively, not daring to answer the mistress, though she tried to stifle her sobs, tears still fell unstoppably.
Seeing this annoyed the Duchess and she turned to the doctor saying, "Quickly examine the young lady, see what’s going on with her injuries."
The doctor took a seat, placed a kerchief on Su Yu’s wrist to begin checking her pulse, and after pulling back his hand told the Duchess that the lady’s energy was very weak.
He couldn’t examine the wound, thus it was difficult to diagnose any further symptoms.
Using the excuse of the doctor being unable to view the wound, the Duchess assigned Ning Ma to personally change Su Yu’s dicine.
Ning Ma seized the opportunity to see the shocking wound on Su Yu’s chest, slightly bleeding due to rupture.
After changing the dicine, she revealed the truth to the Duchess.
The Duchess hadn’t expected Su Yu was truly seriously injured, and considering it happened while saving her son, she refrained from saying anything unpleasant, only asked Su Yu, "It’s been half a month, why is the wound still like this?"
Su Yu weakly said, "Perhaps, perhaps during the journey back, it suffered jolting leading to the wound reopening."
The Duchess frowned, "Then why didn’t you recuperate well at Fahua Temple?"
Amber spoke, "The conditions on the mountain weren’t good, besides, Mile Mountain is so high, nights inevitably get chilly, which isn’t much beneficial for Miss’s recovery."
This explanation seed sufficient.
Originally Amber was rely standing up for her master, not realizing in doing so she actually lent a hand.
The Duchess understood, after returning, she had many valuable supplents sent over.
Su Yu, having lived in the Su Family for years, finally saw such wonderful things for the first ti, her mood was imaginable.
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