Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 359 Young Master Yutai

A flash of murderous intent crossed Yunming's eyes, but he quickly calmed down and respectfully replied, "Miss is joking. This servant has always had this face."

"Hehe." Yun Yi laughed, "How could the dignified Young Master Yutai's bearing and charm be hindered by an ordinary face?"

Yunming's face darkened, and he moved to make a move, but he stopped after only a slight movement because a sword was already pointed at his throat.

"You want to fight with the young lady?" Yun Hong scoffed. "Don't you even know your place?"

Yunming clenched his fist involuntarily: "I didn't."

Yunyi waved her hand at Yunhong: "Alright, he can't hurt me."

Yun Hong then put away the sword.

Yunming glanced at Yunyi with surprise. He had sold himself to come here because he had seen Xiao Jinxiu coming and going, but after arriving, he only knew that his master was a very capable woman, and he could not find out anything else.

He wasn't sure when he would see Xiao Jinxiu, so he made a long-term plan. He originally thought that he would be happy as long as he could see her once and say a few words, but he never expected that he would actually see her. As if possessed, he made the same snacks they had eaten when they first met.

What I didn't expect was that this young lady would see through my scheme.

The Yu family was implicated by the Marquis of Zhenyuan and almost all of them died. His survival was purely accidental, and he did not want to implicate anyone.

"Since the young lady has recognized me, then do with me as you please..."

"Why would I kill you?" Yunyi interrupted him directly. "My apprentice is still unmarried because of you, and she's practically an old maid."

Yun Ming, or rather Yu Hongming, had a complicated expression: "You..."

“Although I wasn’t even born when the Marquis of Zhenyuan had his accident,” Yunyi smiled. At that time, not only did she not exist, but the original owner of this body hadn’t even been born yet. “But that didn’t stop me from learning about the Marquis of Zhenyuan later. He was a hero of the Great Zhou. It’s just a pity…” She paused for a moment, “Later, Jinxiu also mentioned Young Master Yutai to me. She said that if you haven’t seen real pearls and jade, you might think that ordinary pebbles are also very good. It’s a pity that she saw the most outstanding man when she was so young. So, if it weren’t for him, she would rather live her whole life alone.”

Yu Hongming's eyes reddened slightly: "That little girl..." How could he not know her feelings? But they were seven years apart, he was too old.

"I don't know how you survived, nor how you found this place, but it's a waste of your talents for a dignified young master like Yutai to be the steward of my humble Yun residence. So, why don't you consider changing your identity?"

“I…I am a sinner.”

"I know, but everyone around me is an exile."

"what?"

"Go talk to Jinxiu first, and we'll discuss it again after you've made your decision," Yunyi said, turning to leave.

"Young Miss," Yu Hongming called out to her, "I was just about to kill you, why did you still believe me?"

"Because... I can read faces." Yunyi said, then walked away without looking back.

Actually, looking at facial features is one aspect, but the main thing is that this person's inner strength is a pure white, which only a truly pure person would have. Although his luck is shrouded in gray, it is slowly turning red, which means that this person is beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Add to that his previous reputation—being called the Jade Terrace Young Master in his teens—is that something an ordinary person could achieve? At the very least, his scholarship must be first-rate, and his wisdom must also be first-rate.

Such people need to be placed in the right positions so they can shine.

Xiao Jinxiu was not in a good mood. Although she knew that the person had been gone for many years, she still couldn't help but think back to the first time they met. He had rescued her from the water and bought her pastries when he saw her crying. She said she didn't like the smell of roses and preferred the smell of magnolias. So he actually made magnolia-flavored rice cakes himself. Later, he even planned to go and visit her.

Although she was only seven years old at the time, she was very precocious and already understood the feelings between men and women. So she said that she would definitely marry him when she grew up. He laughed and said that the little girl was thinking too much and that they would talk about it when she grew up.

So she studied hard to grow up, but what she received was an imperial edict ordering the execution of the entire Yu family, and she never received a letter from that person again.

Her family had arranged marriages for her, and she had thought about forgetting that person. However, no matter who she met, she would always unconsciously compare herself to him. She was not as tall as him, not as good-looking, not as well-educated, and her voice was not as pleasant as his...

Later she stopped thinking about it and felt that being alone was fine.

But today, a piece of fermented rice cake stirred up her thoughts again; she really missed him.

A handkerchief was handed over.

"Thank you." Xiao Jinxiu then realized that she was already in tears. She reached out and took the handkerchief to wipe her face. "I'm fine, I..." Suddenly realizing something was wrong, she looked up abruptly and met a stranger's face, but with familiar eyes. "You..."

"Miss Jinxiu, I'd like to tell you a story."

"it is good."

"Seventeen years ago, a young boy rescued a little girl who had fallen into the water. Not wanting to see her cry, he made her a magnolia petal-filled rice wine cake. The little girl was easily won over; she fell for him after just one cake and said she wanted to marry him. Unfortunately, the boy thought she was too young and was just joking. But the little girl persistently wrote him letters, expressing her feelings in a very innocent way..."

The young man suddenly thought that it wouldn't be bad to wait for the little girl to grow up. If she still liked him then, he would definitely ask her for her hand in marriage.

"Unfortunately, fate is unpredictable. The Yu family was implicated and imprisoned. When he was sentenced to death, the young man was truly regretful. He hadn't even watched the little girl grow up yet. How could she die like this? It must be a terrible sight to have his head separated from his body. However, before the young man could be beheaded, he fell ill and died with his body covered in sores. In the end, he was thrown into a mass grave."

"Perhaps God took pity on him, because he woke up in a mass grave and was then rescued by a beggar."

Xiao Jinxiu stared at the other person with wide eyes: "And then? Where is that boy?"

"The boy was disfigured."

"What about people?"

Yu Hongming took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and poured out a pill: "Jinxiu, do you really want to see this?"

"Yes." Xiao Jinxiu nodded. "I want to see."

"But that face is no longer that of the Jade Terrace Young Master, but..."

“No matter what his face looks like, I want to see him. In my heart, he will always be my Prince Yutai.” Xiao Jinxiu sniffed. “Please, let me see him.”