Chapter 1035: Chapter 588: The Lord Knows Not (Double-Length, Part 2)

Chen Yi didn’t know what to say, and after a long pause, he said faintly, "There’s no need."

......

Chen Yi pinched the Ziwei flower and looked at it, pretending to nonchalantly put it down.

Yin Weiyin noticed his little actions. He said there’s no need, yet Chen Yi clearly enjoyed it. She had seen through this ordinary man long ago.

The female crown brushed past the colorful flowers along the way. Although she had some plans and outlines in her heart, it was mostly taking advantage of the situation, and her earliest thought was merely to send a flower,

Borrowing this idea...from Min Ning

Pah, it was to extract the essence, discard the dross, and make it her own.

At the Sword Pool, she saw Min Ning give flowers to Chen Yi to express her feelings. Although as the First Lady, she disdained such concubine-like tactics of vying for favor, she did see it, and in any case, she did it better than Min Ning, with more aesthetic grace.

Furthermore, this Ziwei flower was just an appetizer. Yin Weiyin knew he was lust-driven, so in a moment, she’ll take him to see Lin Wanxiao, to surprise him, and let him forever remember her goodness.

Thinking of this, Yin Weiyin quickened her steps, walked side by side with him and said, "How is it?"

"How is what?"

She glanced at the flower in Chen Yi’s hand. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Chen Yi smiled lightly and said, "A petty trick."

Yin Weiyin immediately felt displeased, her carefully prepared effort dismissed as a petty trick from his mouth.

Chen Yi slightly turned his gaze, and after a moment he said, "But... I quite like it."

The female crown didn’t feel satisfied by this, but rather more displeased, always feeling as if she was begging Chen Yi to say he liked it,

"Is it so hard to say two more words? Not a bit of sincerity."

Chen Yi slightly frowned, endured patiently and said, "Luan Huang, isn’t this sincere enough?"

Yin Weiyin replied clearly, "How is it enough?"

"I am very sincere," Chen Yi paused, "Don’t you believe in my feelings for you?"

Believe, of course, she believed.

She also believed in his feelings for Yin Tingxue, Zhou Yitang, Lin Wanxiao, Min Ning, Qin Qingluo, Zhu E, and so on.

With distracting thoughts floating by, Yin Weiyin immediately felt discomforted. The quicker the woman’s love comes, the quicker the jealousy, so she kept silent.

Chen Yi naturally noticed and laughed, "Why are you sulking like this? Always muddled."

"You often say I’m muddled, are you even clear then?" Yin Weiyin retorted.

"I’m unclear, then tell me, where am I unclear?"

Yin Weiyin snorted coldly, confidently said:

"You never know how much you treasure me, just that you don’t even realize it yourself."

Chen Yi: "......"

He was momentarily speechless, tried to say something several times, but swallowed the words back.

Yin Weiyin gave him a glance, seeing him speechless, evidently having no rebuttal, she thought for a moment, then gave him a step down by saying:

"Let’s not talk about this, I know you are sincere."

Chen Yi, who composed himself, looked at Yin Weiyin, deciding not to argue with her, silently noted it down, then nodded.

In places unknown to the female crown, Chen Yi had noted down many accounts, if compiled into a book, it would stack high, keeping daily notes, the more recorded, the more they accumulated.

The two found a pavilion to sit, quietly enjoying the beauty of Dragon and Tiger Mountain.

Yin Weiyin intended to compose a lyric, first a pure lyric, then a boudoir lament, the first for herself, just a start, the latter to introduce Lin Wanxiao, but she had just begun two or three lines, walked two or three steps, when something suddenly caught her eye.

"What’s that?"

Chen Yi followed her gaze and looked down, finding her looking at the blue sachet hanging at his waist.

Blue rain silk, with golden thread stitching graceful characters.

It was given by Lin Wanxiao.

Yin Weiyin furrowed her brow, recalled that night, and said, "Didn’t you say... it was lost?"

Her tone was somewhat aggressive, but Chen Yi was not in a rush to be displeased, and said, "She gave it back to me."

Yin Weiyin found this hard to believe. She had interacted with Lin Wanxiao before, and seeing how complicated and confused that young lady was, she would never do something so shameless.

That young lady could spend a whole day melancholic just by staring into the distance, seeing magpies fly by, "Bluebirds do not deliver messages from beyond the clouds," seeing flowers bloom in corners, "Lilacs weave empty sorrows in the rain."

Yin Weiyin stopped composing verses and paced to stand in front of him.

"What about the things I gave you?" She asked directly.

"Can’t you see? They’re right here," Chen Yi gestured to the Square Land beside him and smiled, "Jealous again?"

The female crown slightly lowered her eyes, thought about it, and instead of making a fuss, she mused, "If I say no, you’d definitely not believe me. Speaking of her, I met her once when I returned to the capital to visit family."

"Oh?" Chen Yi was somewhat surprised by this and immediately scanned her with his eyes.

Yin Weiyin instinctively said, "I didn’t do anything bad." Then, coming to her senses, she complained, "You only suspect me and never doubt anyone else."

"Lessons learned, treasures before," Chen Yi said, "Continue."

"I met her once, and it was because of you that I went. And also... we talked about your matters," Yin Weiyin carefully observed Chen Yi’s expression.

Chen Yi indeed cared about this and asked, "You talked about things related to me?"

If it didn’t concern him, why would a Taoist focused on purifying the mind visit the long-fallen Cui Mansion and bring the Lin family’s young lady here? But that’s a story for another time.

Yin Weiyin pondered for a moment and then said, "She wants to see you but dares not. The farther you are, the more she wants you to come see her; when you are near, she wishes for eternal separation. One moment she wants you, the next she hates you, but ultimately, she doesn’t really hate you... That’s what you call truly confused."

Chen Yi listened, helplessly nodding. This was indeed something Lin Wanxiao would do, indicating that Yin Weiyin truly met her.

Women are always entangled in love and cannot decide resolutely. Whether it’s rules or love, it seems both are unbreakable dictates. Unable to break free or fully commit to one side, they survive in the gaps. It’s known as being troubled by love, but in truth, it’s just building walls around themselves.

Chen Yi once built such walls himself, envisioning a lifetime with Zhou Yitang. Now, he’s much freer.

"She certainly is more confused than you," he said softly.

Yin Weiyin frowned slightly and then said, "I invited her to Dragon and Tiger Mountain, hoping she might run into you."

Chen Yi raised an eyebrow, his thoughts stirred.

Yin Weiyin shook her head, saying, "She refused to see you."

Chen Yi was silent for a long time. To say he wasn’t a bit disappointed would be a lie. He smiled and said, "That’s only natural."

"What do you mean ’only natural’? She just doesn’t want to be entangled with you anymore, cutting off all thoughts, sort of like staying as a layman at home," Yin Weiyin said, grabbing that sachet, "It’s a pity you still keep this thing."

Thinking of that young lady from the Lin family, Yin Weiyin didn’t feel annoyed, but rather as if watching petals fall without attachment.

Upon contemplating this, she suggested, "Why not just end it?"

Chen Yi glanced at her.

Yin Weiyin felt a little intimidated, but then, thinking why not stir things up a bit, making him angry, and then when he sees Lin Wanxiao, he’d feel guilty and grateful.

"I’m just stating the truth. What good is a little widow? It’s tasteless to eat, but a pity to discard," the female crown remarked.

"I’m not picky," Chen Yi replied somewhat coldly, "Yin Weiyin, you’re meddling too much."

"I was thinking of you, and you say I’m meddling," Yin Weiyin suppressed her fear as if dancing on a knife’s edge and dryly said, "If not for you, why would I meet her to listen to her endless grievances?"

Chen Yi didn’t want to argue with her, gave her a couple of more glances, and she immediately closed her mouth. He then said, "I’ll deal with it myself."

"If you wait for your return to the capital, you might be too old by then," Yin Weiyin pressed her lips together for a while and then casually suggested, "Why don’t I return to the capital and persuade her, even forcibly if needed, and afterward, you play the good cop, and I’ll play the bad cop?"

The female crown’s proposal wasn’t entirely unreasonable. After contemplating it, Chen Yi glanced at her, "You’re planning to cause trouble?"

"If I wanted to cause trouble, I would have already set it up," the female crown protested confidently.

That’s reasonable... Chen Yi glanced outside the pavilion and said, "Then go have a look."

Yin Weiyin was secretly delighted,

she had indeed tricked him.

The female crown discreetly fiddled with the sachet at his waist, tracing the golden words...

Those golden words flowed before her eyes, each stroke seeming to cry, as if the young lady who embroidered the characters was sobbing at the time,

There is wood on the mountain, and wood has branches. I am fond of you, but you do not know...