This pitiful appearance, however, Gu Youyou couldn’t pity her, and said again, "Even if your aunt agrees, do you think the Empress would agree?"
At these words, her complexion whitened even further.
Gu Youyou really couldn’t bear it and was about to say something when the maid sighed as if her heart had died, "You don’t need to say anymore, I understand."
Gu Youyou’s heart tightened, she patted her shoulder and lowered her voice, "If you can’t find your mother, I’ll go see my grandmother, perhaps she has a way."
Lin Qianqing’s eyes brightened, suddenly coming to life.
"Really? I knew my cousin was the best, thank you, cousin."
"Okay, come here early tomorrow to wait for me."
Today, a most unwelcome guest arrived at Sanqing Temple.
The arrival of this unwelcome guest took everyone by complete surprise.
"Master, why have you come?" Yue Rujing jumped up in fright when she saw the old man with the black wig.
"Shush, why so loud? Want to die?" Tian Jizi immediately hit Yue Rujing’s head without hesitation.
Jin Zijin said, "Master sneaking down the mountain, let’s not have the martial uncles and brothers worried sick."
"If it weren’t for you two little rabbits, would I risk coming here?" With that, he sat down directly on the table.
Yes, on the table, not on a chair.
Tian Jizi has always been highly esteemed and very conventional. After his mind began to fail him in recent years, he changed. To quote the brothers that serve him, he’s becoming more childlike the older he gets.
Yue Rujing and Jin Zijin exchanged glances, unsure whether their Master was in a state of confusion or lucidity at the moment.
The guess was that he was confused.
"Zijin, come here and kneel!" Tian Jizi shouted while sitting on the table.
Jin Zijin, with no choice, walked forward a few steps and knelt down in front of him.
Yet Tian Jizi clicked his tongue, poked him with a scroll from the table, and said, "I told Zijin to come kneel, Ajing, what are you kneeling for?"
The kneeling Jin Zijin: "..."
The innocent Yue Rujing standing aside: "..."
Indeed, he is confused.
"Aren’t you going to come kneel down too!" Tian Jizi roared at the innocent Yue Rujing.
Yue Rujing said, "Master, you’ve mistaken, that is..."
"Nonsense!" Before he could finish, Tian Jizi roared back at him and righteously said, "You think I’ve gone blind just because I’m old? Let me tell you, the most reliable part of my body is my eyes."
Yue Rujing swallowed the rest of his words, utterly innocent.
So, your eyes work fine, but your brain doesn’t.
Yue Rujing had no choice but to resignedly kneel down next to Jin Zijin.
He remembered Yixi’s words, the more muddled Master was, the less you could reason with him; the best approach was to just agree with whatever he said. When he’s lucid, he will be fine.
"Master, ah... Zijin doesn’t know what he did to make you so angry," Yue Rujing glanced at Jin Zijin and resignedly said.
"Hmph, you still don’t know what you did?" Tian Jizi snorted coldly and poked the side of Jin Zijin with the scroll, saying, "Ajing, you go out first and guard the door, don’t let anyone come near."
Yue Rujing: "..." He opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but looking at his raving mad Master, he ultimately said nothing.
Jin Zijin kowtowed to Tian Jizi, looked sympathetically at Yue Rujing, and acquiesced with a word.
"Hey, Senior Brother, you’re not going to be that dishonorable, are you? You’re really going?" Yue Rujing’s gaze followed Jin Zijin, until he disappeared outside the