Zhao Jin Yu’s eyes were fixated on that red-purple good

fortune slip of paper, using all her strength she swam over, less than half a

wall’s length away, she could take it immediately, unfortunately the believers

on the sh.o.r.e saw Zhao Jin Yu’s movements, very quickly they discovered there

was actually still a personal good fortune paper overlooked on the river

surface, many people one after the other jumped into the water prepared to

fight over it, amongst them was a shameless man closest to Zhao Jin Yu, he went

as far as to use his robust body, directly smas.h.i.+ng into the side of Zhao Jin

Yu’s body, splas.h.i.+ng up sprays scorching Zhao Jin Yu’s eyes closed, she was

inattentive for a moment, almost slipping into the water.

Chen Rong obscurely said d.a.m.n, in three quick steps, she

lightly jumped up, using the bannister for a boost she successfully

jumped to Zhao Jin Yu’s side pulling at her collar, again using the force from

wrapping a whip around a willow at the sh.o.r.e, using her strength to pull, Zhao

Jin Yu was pulled free from the water. The entire motion was natural and

unforced, in one go, it was very pretty and clear-cut.

Zhao Jin Yu was dripping wet from head to toe, she didn’t

feel it in the water, but once she got out of the water she felt the ice cold

wind blowing, freezing her bones, she however shook off Chen Rong’s hands,

saying, “The fortune paper!” Having spoken she wanted to struggle free from

her, to again enter the water.

Chen Rong did not imagine Zhao Jin Yu to be this determined,

in a moment without paying attention she had thrown her off and once again with

a splash, she jumped into the water.

“Lady Zhao! What are you doing!” Chen Rong was again

worried, she couldn’t help sternly shout.

However it was like Zhao Jin Yu did not hear her and heading

towards that good fortune paper, when that st.u.r.dy man who had leapt in the

water saw Zhao Jin Yu head over once again, he used more energy to swim over to

it, the two people one from the right one from the left, that good fortune

paper was in fact floating two chi

away from them on the water surface.

It was at this time, a shadow treading on water came over,

effortlessly picking up that good fortune paper, again holding onto Zhao Jin

Yu’s waist, utilising a piece of plank floating in the water, he jumped back, jumping

on a small boat by the sh.o.r.e.

Zhao Jin Yu’s teeth rattled from the cold, however she had

no time to control it, she urgently and panickily opened up the wet good

fortune paper in the hand, making sure it was in good condition before

releasing a breath.

A warm and fluffy fox skinned cloak wrapped around her, a

familiar voice came from above her head, “Is this good fortune paper so

important? To even give up your life?”

“Lord Su?” Zhao Jin Yu raised her head, sure enough she saw

Su Qing Chen who she hadn’t seen in a long time standing in front of her, seeing

Zhao Jin Yu look at him, in an explanatory manner he said, “I’m also pa.s.sing by

here, I saw you by coincidence.”

Zhao Jin Yu did not have the time to question why Su Qing

Chen was here, at that moment she had an even more important thing to do, she

raised the good fortune paper up highly, yelling, “I got a personal good

fortune slip of paper!” Seeing someone approach her, she then sighed, facing Su

Qing Chen she bowed, solemnly saying, “Many thanks Lord Su.”

Su Qing Chen frowned, silently enduring for a while before

saying, “I’ll see you back.”

At that time Chen Rong had also hurried over, seeing Su Qing

Chen she was stunned, but very quickly she naturally said, “Many thanks Lord

Su, but we truly are destined.”

Su Qing Chen courteously smiled, saying, “Precisely, indeed

we truly are destined.”

Niceties rushed forth between the two of them, Zhao Jin Yu unwaveringly

stared at the Xianjun, she itched to grow wings at this very moment to fly over

there.

In a short while, Zhao Jin Yu was escorted onto the vessel,

Chen Rong and Su Qing Chen also followed on either side, the lotus flower

vessel actually had several decks, there was a lofty platform in the middle, on

either side stood believers the red attire of the sect, lotus flower lanterns

hanging down from their hands, looking from a distance there was nothing more

beautiful, looking closely it was also exquisite beyond compare.

Zhao Jin Yu got more and more nervous as she got closer, on

top of that having previously been soaked in the water, walking her hands and

feet trembled, when she arrived in front of the Xianjun, 

she unconsciously fell

to her knees.

The thin light muslin was pushed aside, revealing the

Xianjun’s face, from afar she had only felt his appearance was picturesque, up

close he had an even more handsome and smart charm,

truly a rarely seen handsome man, in accordance to the customs of the

believers, naturally she could not raise her head, Zhao Jin Yu however fixedly

looked, the chamberlains at the side couldn’t help heavily cough once to warn

her.

The rims of Zhao Jin Yu’s eyes turned red, tears streamed

down, “Older brother, why are you here?”

The Xianjun looked at Zhao Jin Yu indifferently, “I don’t

know you.”

Zhao Jin Yu seemed to be struck by thunder, asking instead,

“You don’t know me?” Zhao Jin Yu removed her hat, rubbed her face, making her

cheeks slightly rosy, and asked, “Older brother, look carefully, how can you

not recognise me?”

The Xianjun’s gaze lingered on Zhao Jin Yu’s pale face for a

while, finally turning his gaze, he said to the chamberlains to the side, “Take

her away.”

Zhao Jin Yu had been shocked from the start, it was hard for

her to quell the later pleasant surprise, until now her heart cooled like the

water…, she only thought it had only been less than an hour, but it seemed like

she had experienced a lot, crossly she asked, “You are sure you don’t know me?”

“Young lady must have made a mistake.” The Xianjun voice was

cold like the wintery river water, freezing people’s hearts.

Having gotten off the vessel, faced with the cold wind, Zhao

Jin Yu was so cold like she had lost her soul, disappointed she sat paralysed

on the ground, Chen Rong’s face was filled with concern, Su Qing Chen at her

side said, “This won’t do, I have booked a tavern room in the town, let’s go

over to get some hot water to bathe in, and drink some ginger soup.”

Zhao Jin Yu hearing Su Qing Chen speak unhurriedly, but

considerately and attentively arranging things, like the older brother she had

from long ago, again thinking that her older brother already no longer

recognised her, her heart was even more miserable, she however said, “Many thanks

Lord Su, I was too headstrong today.”

Su Qing Chen saw the tears in Zhao Jin Yu’s eyes, his

immense anger also vanished completely, saying, “We’ll go back first then

discuss it.”

Chen Rong also understood this wasn’t the time to be

courteous, because the believers were pouring in, the taverns in the town were

packed with people, the s.h.i.+p did not supply hot water to bathe, right now since

Su Qing Chen extended this olive branch, she naturally needed to take it, wrapping

Zhao Jin Yu up, she said, “Then we will trouble Lord Su.”

***

Inside a tavern in the town, Zhao Jin Yu was soaking in a

wooden tub, her expression numb, like a person who lost their soul, the emperor

hung from Zhao Jin Yu’s neck, trying hard to forget the handsome and wonderful figure

on the water, he coldly asked, “Is that person really your older brother?”

Zhao Jin Yu buried her face in the water, until she almost

suffocated then did she come up, she took a firm breath, tears again

soundlessly flowed, “He is my older brother, supposedly he had returned to

native Jinling, who would have imagined…, in a wink he actually became what

Xianjun.” Thinking about Zhao Jing Feng’s indifferent appearance just now, she

only felt a pain her chest like someone was heavily punching it.

“My older brother treated me wonderfully.” Zhao Jin Yu recalled

even though adoptive father had loved her dearly when she was young, but he was

too busy, and adoptive mother had an indifferent personality, it was older

brother who brought her up, taking good care of her in every possible way like

a treasure, able to say it could be considered her older brother by four years

had raised her, giving her m.u.f.flers to wear in the winter, fanning her in the

summer, taking her to pick fruits in the autumn, taking her out for hikes in

spring, so long as she wanted it he would always take great pains to give her

it, in this way she was able to grow up carefree and without worries, mostly

because of this older brother.

She even thought…, if she married her older brother, then

the family could stay together forever.

“Little thing, he had clearly said he was going back to

Jinling, why would he be here acting as the Xianjun? Also even if he became the

Xianjun again why did he not recognise me? Could it be Tiangui sect requires

relatives to separate? There isn’t any reason for this right?”

The emperor scoffed, “He treated you well by leaving you all

alone in the capital city?”

Hearing these words Zhao Jin Yu dejectedly hung her head,

saying, “You might laugh at me, but I always thought…, they had their own

difficulties.” Zhao Jin Yu suddenly got up, droplets rolling down her body,

revealing a beautiful and fair body, the emperor only felt his heart flutter

terribly, 

“This won’t do, I had better go and ask, why he is here.”

“Such a shameless woman, do you know we are a man?”

Zhao Jin Yu rubbed the stone, in the right and confidently

saying, “Every day you sleep on my chest, why don’t you call yourself

shameless?”

“But we did not ask you to be naked!”

Seeing the stone’s reaction, Zhao Jin Yu rubbed her cheek

against the stone, acting coquettishly she said, “Fine, from now on I’ll take

note of it, anyway I don’t need you to take responsibility, why are you so

fl.u.s.tered every day?”

Having lived with the stone for some time Zhao Jin Yu had

sussed out a certain pattern, this stone was amenable to coaxing but not

coercion, so long as she humbled herself every time, it would obediently feel

better.

The young lady’s cheeks were soft and fragrant, sticking to

his skin it was like the softest cloud in the sky…, the emperor again felt his

heart flutter, he pushed down his heart beat, saying, “Don’t go, the Xianjun is

the second most important person in the Tiangui sect apart from the founder, he

won’t rashly see strangers.” Immediately he carried on, “Even if that Xianjun

is your older brother, it’s best for you to forget him as soon as possible.”

“Why?”

“Because the Tiangui sect…” A dense coldness rose in the

emperor’s eyes, “They really are an evil cult, the men are thieves and women

are prost.i.tutes, it is a malignant tumour of our Hanzhen, we are bound to wipe

them out.”

Zhao Jin Yu felt these words of the stone really held a

little att.i.tude of an emperor, unconsciously she was a little blank, she asked,

“How do you know so much?”

The emperor coughed loudly once, saying, “We are a spirit

stone, we are different from an ignorant and narrow-minded woman like you.”

Zhao Jin Yu thought after all he was a stone spirit, he must

have some remarkable ability, that’s why she did not linger on this, instead

asking, “Since this sect is an evil sect, then isn’t my older brother in

danger?” Immediately she firmly patted her head, with an expression like she

suddenly realised something, saying, “No wonder older brother didn’t recognise

me, maybe he’s scared to involve me?”

The emperor sneered, saying, “Do you think anyone can be the

Xianjun? That position isn’t insignificant.”

At night, in bed, Zhao Jin Yu was tossing and turning on the

bed like a flat bread, the emperor was agitated by the noise, asking, “What are

you doing?”

“Little thing, I really miss my older brother, I still think

this matter isn’t simple, you also said, not anybody can become the Xianjun…,

that clearly states you can’t become it without the qualifications, but my

older brother has always acted according to convention at home, he has never

left the capital city, again how could he get to the position of Xianjun in

such a short time? Also my mother? Where is my mother?” Zhao Jin Yu blinked

miserably looking at the stone, “Has your spirit power recovered? Can you find

out some news?”

The emperor felt the Zhao Jin Yu’s begging appearance was so

different than the people in the palace, making you feel she was both pitifully

adorable, and without that charming means, but…, why did it make his heart feel

at ease?

“We need to sleep on the pillow.”

Zhao Jin Yu hurriedly gave her pillow away, saying, “Is this

okay?”

“Sh.e.l.l melon seeds for us.”

“Ma.s.sage us.”

“We want to eat sugar-coated tangerines.”

“And I want meat wedged in steam bun.”

Zhao Jin Yu gritted her teeth, saying, “Little thing, tell

me Lord Su treats me so well, if I asked him to do this for me today, do you

think he would handle it for me?”

“Shut up.” The emperor lividly said.

Literal saying is `The carp has leaped through the dragon’s gate`.

A

Chinese foot, a third of a metre.

Literally

it means the drunken handsome guy looks like a jade tree blown by the wind.

From a poem.