C4 Spending a Lot of Money

The next day, Dugu Jingyu was woken up by the faint sounds of chattering outside the door. Dugu Jingyu opened her eyes in a daze, and the first thing that entered her eyes was Zhu Shuang, who was sleeping soundly beside the bed.

Zhu Shuang was only wearing thin clothes, and he looked so pitiful in the cool spring air that Dugu Jingyu felt guilty when she thought back to what happened last night.

The sound of Dugu Jingyu lifting the blanket made Zhu Shuang's tightly curled eyelashes tremble. Slowly, his amber eyes opened.

Seeing that Dugu Jingyu had woken up, Zhu Shuang first smiled gently at Dugu Jingyu, then stood up and rubbed the towel in the wooden basin on the table. After wringing out the water, he gently wiped Dugu Jingyu's face.

"Did Yu sleep well?"

Dugu Jingyu did not expect Zhu Shuang to still be so gentle, and the guilt in her heart grew stronger and stronger. "I've wronged you last night. I'm sorry."

"Didn't I say that I can do whatever Yu wants me to do here? There's no need to apologize."

Zhu Shuang's infatuated expression almost made Dugu Jingyu mistakenly believe that it was real. It took a long time for Dugu Jingyu to realize that this was the Floating Immortal House. Dugu Jingyu looked out the window at the bright sky and thought: Oh no.

Usually, Dugu Jingyu would finish making breakfast for Zhu Qing before dawn, but today, she was probably going to be delayed.

"What time is it now?"

In the Floating Immortal House, there was a fixed time when the guests returned to their residences, so Zhu Shuang could roughly guess what time it was just by listening to the footsteps outside the door.

"It might be another quarter of an hour until dawn."

Dugu Jingyu thought that she would still have the chance to make breakfast for Zhu Qing, so she sat in front of the mirror and frantically combed her hair, shouting towards the door, "Zhiqin, prepare the carriage."

Soon, Zhiqin's reply came from outside the door, "Yes."

"Are you leaving?"

"Yes."

Dugu Jingyu was hesitating. She urgently wanted to comb her hair, but the more she combed, the messier it became. She even stuck her hair on the wooden comb.

Zhu Shuang held the comb in his hand and used his slender hands to help Dugu Jingyu remove her hair from the comb. As Zhu Shuang's movements were very gentle, Dugu Jingyu did not feel any pain.

"Although I don't know what made Yu so anxious, no matter how anxious she is, she can't panic. I don't think Yu knows how to comb her hair. Let me do it."

Zhiqin had been sent to prepare a carriage, and that was all she could do now.

Dugu Jingyu sat upright, and not long after, Zhu Shuang combed a cloud bun for Dugu Jingyu. In the past, Dugu Jingyu always combed her hair high to emphasize the majesty of the royal family, but this time, Zhu Shuang combed it a little more exquisitely.

Dugu Jingyu looked at herself in the mirror as if she were a different person.

"Does Yu still like it?"

Dugu Jingyu nodded, and Zhu Shuang picked up a hairpin from the table and put it on for Dugu Jingyu. When Zhu Shuang picked up the second hairpin and was about to put it on for Dugu Jingyu, he covered his mouth and coughed lightly a few times.

"But you caught a cold last night?"

"No problem."

After Zhu Shuang finished coughing, he continued to insert the hairpin into Dugu Jingyu's hair. From time to time, he would turn his head and cough a few times.

Dugu Jingyu looked at Zhu Shuang's sickly and delicate appearance in the mirror and instantly thought of the first time she had met Zhu Qing. At that time, Zhu Qing was as weak as the current Zhu Shuang, coughing in front of her.

"Madame, the carriage is ready."

Zhiqin's voice came from outside the door, and just then, Zhu Shuang also stuck the last hairpin into Dugu Jingyu's hair.

"Got it, I'll be right out."

Zhu Shuang tidied up Dugu Jingyu's makeup and sent her off with a gentle smile.

Although this was the first time Dugu Jingyu had stayed in a brothel, she knew the rules of the building after staying with Dugu Pingyang for a long time. Dugu Jingyu took off the jade pendant at her waist and handed it to Zhu Shuang.

"Thank you for your hard work last night, this jade pendant is yours."

Dugu Jingyu did not bring her palace maid with her when she left, and the only thing she could give was this jade pendant.

Zhu Shuang raised the jade pendant in front of his eyes and carefully observed it. "This jade is spotlessly white and has a good luster... It was a rare piece of jade. The immortal crane carved on the jade pendant was very lifelike. One could tell that it was the work of a master with a single glance. Even the tassels under the jade pendant were woven from peacock feathers. This jade pendant was worth more than a thousand gold coins. But nothing happened last night. Yu is really generous. Cough, cough... "

Dugu Jingyu did not expect Zhu Shuang and Lian Yu to study it so thoroughly. This jade pendant was given to her by her mother, Princess Anyang, on Dugu Jingyu's birthday, so it was naturally of the highest quality.

To Dugu Jingyu, this jade pendant was nothing at all. Hearing Zhu Shuang's cough, she felt pity for him.

"After I leave, I'll ask for a medicine to eat. Don't let your body get hurt."

"It's true that medicine has its own poison. My body has never needed to take any medicine. I'll be fine in a few days."

Dugu Jingyu shook her head. As time was of the essence, she did not say anything else and quickly left the Heaven Pavilion.

Dugu Jingyu sat in the carriage that Zhiqin had prepared, and just as Zhiqin was about to get on the carriage and return home together, Dugu Jingyu stopped her.

"Go and ask a doctor to take a look at Young Master Zhu. After personally seeing Young Master Zhu take the medicine, you can leave."

"Yes, Princess."

Zhiqin got off the carriage, and the driver drove Dugu Jingyu back to the Princess' Mansion. Originally, Dugu Jingyu had calculated that the time was enough for Zhu Qing to make breakfast, but on the way, she encountered disaster victims blocking the gate of the government, causing Dugu Jingyu's carriage to be unable to move forward. Dugu Jingyu had no choice but to let the driver take a detour, so when she arrived at dawn, Dugu Jingyu was unable to return to the Princess' Mansion.