Imperial Treasure

Chapter 1450: Chapter 846: Resentment That Lingers

At that time, Chu Yezui stood under the willow, with the willows gently swaying. She gazed at the distant flowing water, her figure slender and solitary, that gaze... Could it be love in a tumultuous world?

Sui Yi was shocked at that moment and hurriedly stepped forward to grab the other’s hand.

"Don’t seek death."

"Huh?" Chu Yezui almost got pulled into the chest of the person behind her. Her black hair fluttered as her head shook slightly. Then she fixed her gaze on the legendary, world-renowned Seventh Prince.

She was lost in thought.

Such a face, coupled with such a simple yet exquisite robe, could only belong to the Seventh Prince.

In terms of beauty, he surpassed her mother — the legendary Consort Li, who was known as the most beautiful woman under the heavens.

No wonder the emperor loved him dearly.

But... seeking death?

Thus, Sui Yi saw this famously noble daughter of Chancellor Chu showing an expression of some embarrassment and awkwardness.

"Your Highness, I wasn’t seeking death... I just wanted to see the river..."

It seemed she didn’t know how to describe what she thought before, nor did she fully understand her thoughts, so she said, "I just think, if ever given the chance, I must build a boat neither too big nor too small, to drift between heaven and earth... roaming freely."

Such words had never been spoken even by her parents.

Such defiance was indeed contrary to the reputation of a noble daughter of the Chu family.

But... she only saw the Seventh Prince smile.

"Then you must learn how to helm a boat... Roaming the world relies not on the boat, but on the person."

With a smile, they met, never forgetting.

Beautiful back then, but now a single sentence hits the truth.

She had a boat, but people could never be free.

Until this moment... considering the time, it had been thirteen years or so.

Chu Yezui saw Sui Yi going forward to untie the boat rope...

"Ah Zui, come aboard."

That day, they drifted along with the current, not caring where the boat would go, nor looking at the surrounding landscape. The two sat at the bow, removing their shoes and socks, like children of the fishermen playing and frolicking on the river, with splashes of icy water on their feet.

It seemed like everything, the past or the future, had drifted away from them... No longer at the heart of the moment.

Until night fell.

Still, it was Ye Zui who lit the candle, and light burst forth, illuminating the face of Sui Yi, who had washed up.

In her haze, she finally understood that the Seventh Prince, once renowned for his world-class looks... was now even more so.

Such a person...

Ye Zui opened the cabinet, inside were rows of fine wines. She took out a jug and placed it on the table, just about to open it...

"You never handle your liquor well, don’t drink."

Sui Yi spoke out as he saw her taking the wine, stopping her.

It was well-known that Chu Yezui couldn’t handle alcohol; just a little would make her fall asleep and prone to headaches...

As a result, Ye Zui just smiled at his words and gently pushed away Sui Yi’s hand.

"At first, I couldn’t handle my liquor, but as I drank more and more, I got better... You probably don’t know, those people have all kinds of tricks... If I didn’t drink, I wouldn’t just be accompanying someone in sleep... It’d be far more complicated....."

Sui Yi’s lips tightened severely, grasping her hand, using her fingers to open the stopper.

Her voice was colder than the night, trembling with the wind.

"Tonight you can drink, as much as you want..."

"With me here, never again."

Such a taciturn and indifferent Seventh Prince, it was said she was also very indifferent to the emperor... Stingy with smiles, someone once said that when the emperor saw the Seventh Prince occasionally smile at a lost pet cat, he found it adorable and rewarded the owner consort of that cat generously, directly promoting her by a rank...

What unparalleled favor.

And this Seventh Prince, whom everyone under the heavens envied... was now so gentle...

Ye Zui lowered her head to look at the hand pressing hers, slender and fair, even more beautiful than a woman’s.

After gazing for a long while, she spoke: "Aren’t you going to ask why the proud and aloof noble daughter of the Chu family back then, why she was willing to fall, and did not seek death?"

Many noble daughters, if implicated, would often seek death before being apprehended.

That was the intrinsic spirit of noble families.

On that day... the deceased daughters of the Chu family could form a mountain.

Only the most noble and aloof noble daughter of the Chu family survived.

She served one after another who devoured the Chu family’s glory in Swallow Tower.

Drunk in dreams.

Without waiting for Sui Yi’s response.

Chu Yezui bent down, looking down at Sui Yi’s brows and eyes, her breath like orchid.

"If I said... I’ve been waiting for your return, would you believe it?"

She saw the tremor in Sui Yi’s eyes.

"You believed?"

"Haha, Your Highness, you don’t really think Chu Yezui couldn’t live without you, do you?"

"I was waiting for your return, so you could see that the person you didn’t want, still had many others who did... You know, those people fought and schemed against each other to have me for a night... And the winner could sleep with me on the same bed..."