Chapter 479: Kang Ying Did Not Die

One person was poisoned in the imperial palace, one person guards the northernmost frontier of Da Ning, and one person currently has no trace.

And Master, his eyes……

Only he remained.

"Sit." Jiang Zeyang gave a light smile, then smoothed his wide sleeves, and poured Ning Chengyan a cup of tea.

"Try the new tea; these tea trees were planted by Ying Ying back then and can now be harvested." When Jiang Zeyang mentioned Kang Ying, he couldn't see the expression in his eyes, but he could feel the upward turn of his lips.

"Madam she……"

Ning Chengyan thought of his Young Princess Consort, his expression turning serious; should he really tell Yun chu the truth?

"She married Jiang Er; it was also a last resort, for at that time I was trapped and couldn't escape."

"Ning Chengyan, from now on take good care of your Young Princess Consort."

He didn't know……

Ning Chengyan abruptly lifted his head; on that calm face, he could not discern Master's emotion.

How could Master not know?

How could Master possibly not know?

Why did this happen?

He thought Master had fled, leaving Kang Ying to bear the burden alone, but the current situation seems different from his understanding.

"Master, what exactly happened back then?" Ning Chengyan asked, bewildered.

Heaven knows, over these years, whether it was the imperial elder brother or the great general, how much they resented Master.

Even he himself, deep down, probably resents him as well.

"It doesn't matter anymore."

Jiang Zeyang shook his head; Ying Ying is already dead, and nothing matters anymore.

The one he loved most is no longer in this world; his life is like that of a walking corpse—what does it matter even if he tells everyone?

"How could it not matter? How could it not matter?" Ning Chengyan looked at Master, agitated.

He wanted to know the truth of those years.

Even these people want to know.

"Kang Ying didn't die."

As soon as Ning Chengyan's words left his mouth, a tremendous pressure came from opposite him, like a great mountain pressing down on him.

Ning Chengyan's face instantly turned crimson, and the wooden stool he was sitting on, unable to bear the pressure first, cracked with a 'pa' sound.

And that sound of breaking instantly restored Jiang Zeyang.

"What did you say? Ying Ying isn't dead? Where is she?"

"Tell me."

Jiang Zeyang looked at Ning Chengyan; although his eyes were blind, Ning Chengyan still felt the gaze, that fixed stare pressing on him, making him dare not move at all.

At this moment, Master is at his most dangerous.

Perhaps only one person in the world could cause Master to lose control.

"Or… you could ask me?"

When Ning Chengyan was suffocated by this pressure, unable to breathe or speak.

At that moment, a sweet, lively voice came from outside, followed by the sound of footsteps.

One step, one step, one step……

In this quiet bamboo grove, those footsteps were so clear.

"Yun chu……"

Ning Chengyan abruptly lifted his head; wasn't she supposed to be resting?

Why did she appear here?

Jiang Yun chu looked at his face, flushed red, then glanced at that man who was clearly sitting there, motionless, yet exuding endless pressure.

"Where is Ying Ying?"

Jiang Zeyang did not look toward Jiang Yun chu, but his ears twitched toward her direction.

"I don't know."

As soon as Jiang Yun chu's words fell, a shadow leapt up and rushed straight at her.

Those large hands, both scarred, seized Jiang Yun chu's neck; at some point, the white cloth covering his eyes drifted down, revealing hollow eyes.

Yet his eye sockets were already red, his whole person seeming to have fallen into a frenzied state.

"Don't think that being Ying Ying's daughter lets you do as you please."

"Tell me, where is Ying Ying?" Jiang Zeyang's hands kept tightening, his face still expressionless.

"I… I don't know." Jiang Yun chu gripped his hand, staring at him with icy eyes.

Ning Chengyan shouted loudly, "Master, show mercy."

Jiang Zeyang laughed hahaha, "No one can stop me from finding Ying Ying, no one can speak of Ying Ying, not even you!"

Just as Jiang Zeyang was about to move again, Ning Chengyan suddenly said, "Master, she is your daughter."

As the words fell, Jiang Zeyang's hand, which had been preparing to tighten, suddenly halted in midair.

Following that, a force descended from the heavens.

"Jiang Zeyang, if you dare touch Yun chu even a little, I'll kill you." The ever-refined Jiang Wen Fu suddenly appeared from the side.

And the jade pendant hanging on Jiang Yun chu's neck suddenly shattered.

"My daughter?"

"She is my daughter?"

"Jiang Er, she is my daughter, right?" Jiang Ze Yang embraced the already unconscious body; that body was so light!

No wonder every time I face her, I unconsciously want to yield and dote on her.

If it weren't for mentioning Ying Ying, he would never have laid a hand on her.

So...

Is she his daughter? Is she the daughter of him and Ying Ying?

Is that so?

Jiang Wen Fu's main body is still in the northern great tent; this is a remnant soul left behind, merely to protect Jiang Yunchu. When she suffers a fatal injury, the jade tablet storing the soul will shatter directly.

"Jiang Ze Xian, over twenty years ago you abandoned the pregnant Ying Ying, and now you still want to harm Yun Chu?" Jiang Wen Fu shouted angrily in a stern voice.

If it weren't for Jiang Ze Yang leaving, if it weren't for him telling the Jiang family about Ying Ying's special constitution, people wouldn't have discovered the secret of her constitution, and none of what followed would have happened.

Jiang Ze Yang, everything began because of him.

"No, it's not like that, it's not like that." Jiang Ze Yang shook his head, yet he paid no attention to anything else, merely gazing at the daughter in his arms.

It turns out, she is Yun Chu, the daughter of Ying Ying and himself.

Ning Chengyan saw the situation before him, finally breathed a sigh of relief; had he known the current situation earlier, he would not have started probing from the beginning.

"Jiang Er, I will protect Yun Chu." Jiang Ze Yang lifted his head at this moment, those hollow eyes, the marks of insect bites all over him—originally a handsome young man, after all these years, what has he endured?

Jiang Wen Fu gave him a deep look, then softened his gaze toward Jiang Yunchu, saying, "My mission is already completed."

"Ying Ying said that when you return, hand Yun Chu over to you and tell you the truth."

"Jiang Ze Yang, you've returned too late."

Making Ying Ying wait all these years, letting Yun Chu suffer so much injustice and hardship.

Too late.

Jiang Ze Yang seemed unable to hear his voice, merely "gazing" at the girl in his arms.

He had never examined her with his divine sense; it turns out she looks so much like Ying Ying, her visage indistinguishable from Ying Ying's.