Ninth Imperial Glorious Phoenix Chapter 682

Chapter 682: Are You Crazy?

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Yuwen Chu quietly instructed Huayang Wang, Yu Wenxin, and followed up, “I happen to be free. I’ll accompany Ninth Brother on this trip.”

Yuwen You’s lips curled up, and he laughed coldly.

Outside the palace gate, Mingzhu got on her horse as usual, regardless of whether Yuwen You and the others followed. She urged her horse forward. Not long after, she saw Yuwen You catching up, as if he wanted to compete with her, deliberately keeping his horse just a horse’s length away from hers and occasionally glancing at her.

Mingzhu found him annoying and gave him a fierce look. “What are you looking at? Don’t you know not to look where you shouldn’t?”

Yuwen You said lightly, “So you know this saying too. When you used to pester me in the past, why didn’t you understand this principle?”

Mingzhu sensed trouble and hurriedly said, “I’ve already settled the old accounts from the past. Why are you bringing them up now? Does it make sense?”

Yuwen You said expressionlessly, “Doesn’t it? Let me tell you, Fu Mingzhu, I’ll never forget how you got together with Yuwen Chu and then betrayed me.”

Why doesn’t he say she used him and then abandoned him? Mingzhu sneered, “Enough, don’t act like a resentful woman. If you can’t forget, you should remember how you treated me in the first place. I’m not inherently despicable, knowing I’m despised yet still insisting on being humiliated. Let me tell you, even if there were no Ying Wang, even if I remained unmarried for life, I would never be with you again.”

As for what Yuwen You said about whether there was any collusion or betrayal, she couldn’t be bothered to argue with him. Winning the argument would only prove how boring and blind she used to be to stick to him; losing it would be even more meaningless, proving not only her boredom but also her shamelessness. She didn’t care; she just didn’t want to drag Yuwen Chu into it. He shouldn’t be involved in these rumors. He was the best, and he deserved to be treated the best.

Yuwen You was quite provoked. He yanked the reins fiercely, and his horse charged towards Mingzhu’s horse. “Say that again?”

His big black horse was carefully selected from the imperial stable after he followed Yuwen Bai. It understood human nature and knew what to do when given an order. It not only charged at Mingzhu’s chestnut horse but also opened its mouth to bite and kick at the chestnut horse.

In his mind, someone as delicate as Mingzhu, even if she could ride a horse, would only be able to ride, and the horse she rode must be very gentle and couldn’t withstand such an attack. When she fell off in panic, he would take the opportunity to pick her up and ride together with her, and see how Yuwen Chu’s always calm and composed face would change.

Thinking like this, Yuwen You felt his blood boiling. It was as if Mingzhu was already in his arms. He even felt a great desire, a desire that exceeded all his other desires, as if today’s disturbance was all for this moment.

However, Mingzhu’s chestnut horse was not easy to deal with. As soon as his black horse approached, it bared its teeth and counter-bit back, while also kicking up its hind legs, showing fierceness and unwillingness to lose just like Mingzhu.

The big black horse was used to being dominant, and it intended to continue being so today. It never expected that the usually calm and gentle chestnut horse would suddenly turn hostile, even more ferocious than itself. Caught off guard, it actually took a kick and felt quite sore, so it became somewhat apprehensive.

It wanted to see whose mouth was bigger, whose hooves were harder, and whose teeth were sharper, but the chestnut horse, once it started, had no intention of backing down. After landing a blow, it continued to pursue fiercely, and the person riding the chestnut horse showed no fear or panic. Instead, they shouted loudly, “That’s right, Ruby, bite hard, kick hard, and I’ll give you treats later!”

The chestnut horse became more and more arrogant as it fought. The big black horse lost its momentum and realized that it definitely couldn’t overpower this lunatic. It could only sneak away to the side, allowing Yuwen You to hint and kick it however he wanted, but it firmly refused to get close to the chestnut horse again.

Yuwen You watched helplessly as the once domineering big black horse slinked away to the side. The chestnut horse gloated at him, baring its teeth and glaring, annoying him to the point where he wanted to give it a good beating. But it was just wishful thinking. Even if the horse lost the fight, he couldn’t bring himself to retaliate against the other horse. He could only say grudgingly, “Sixth Sister-in-law has really raised a good horse. How did she manage to train it like this? There’s a saying, ‘a horse reflects its owner.’ I used to not believe it, but now I’ve truly seen it.”

Mingzhu didn’t care at all. Instead, she proudly praised the chestnut horse by stroking it, saying, “Linan Wang said a lot of nonsense, but only the last sentence was correct. A horse reflects its owner. Your horse is a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong. No wonder you chose it.”

Yuwen Chu caught her sarcasm and sneered, “Indeed, I was blind back then. I didn’t even know when Sixth Sister-in-law became such a good horse rider.”

Mingzhu said lightly, “There are many things you don’t know, but they have nothing to do with you anyway.” If he had said this before, she might have felt a little sad. She had put in so much effort, but he didn’t even know what she liked or was good at. But now, she felt nothing because she truly had nothing to do with him anymore.

However, Yuwen You urged the big black horse closer and whispered, “Indeed, there are things you know, like the bed crossbow diagram and the drip dew pot. These are things I don’t know. But when you say it has nothing to do with me, that may not be true. Jiang Shanshan told me all your secrets. I wonder what kind of waves would be stirred up if these secrets were to spread. Are you afraid?”

Mingzhu’s heart skipped a beat. She remembered Jiang Shanshan’s crazy and malicious look before she died, and then she believed Yuwen You’s words. Someone like Jiang Shanshan wouldn’t just let her and Yuwen Chu live freely. There must be one trap after another, and even if she died, her spirit would not rest.

Yuwen You watched as fear flickered in her eyes and felt extremely pleased. “Don’t think I’m just trying to scare you. I’m not. Before Jiang Shanshan was sent to the palace by Yuwen Cong to act as bait, she sent a message to me, explaining everything about you and her. I know you’re not the real Fu Mingzhu.”

Mingzhu knew she was the real Fu Mingzhu, but she couldn’t explain it to Yuwen You. She could only deny it, “Are you crazy?”

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