No one dared to ask any further, though doubts still lingered in their hearts.
Zhu Yanyu narrowed his eyes slightly, tossed his folding fan aside, and made to jump into the lake to save Gu Qiurong, but Qingzhi threw herself at him and blocked his path. "I beg the Heir to let my mistress go! My mistress has already let the past go concerning Princess Mingli. Please, Heir Zhu, stop forcing my mistress! Her life is already difficult enough; she has just come out of prison and suffered every imaginable hardship. I implore you, with your magnanimity, not to ruin my mistress's reputation!"
As soon as Qingzhi said this, everyone looked at Zhu Yanyu with shock.
Chapter 29