Chapter 159 The Truth

Su Chengnan and Lu Chaofeng had been in a cold war for several days.

Today, Lu Chaofeng took the opportunity to worship his mother and invited Su Chengnan to join him, and the two met in person.

Although Su Chengnan still had some grudges against Lu Chaofeng because of Jiayi's incident, the Su family had been taken care of by the Ningyuan Palace many times along the way, so it was reasonable for her to go and pay her respects.

When Li Shanqi saw Lu Chaofeng taking her with him, she was stunned for a moment, and her curiosity and respect for Su Chengnan increased a little more.

After the worship was over, Li Shanqi asked her, "Miss Su, where are you from?"

"The capital."

"oh?"

Li Shanqi narrowed his eyes, thinking that there were not many families with the surname Su in the capital. Apart from Marquis Xiaoyong, there were only two or three other families, and none of them were wealthy families. Logically, they would not be worthy of Lu Chaofeng's attention.

However, this girl has outstanding appearance and extraordinary temperament. It seems that this child is also unable to resist the temptation of beauty. Unfortunately, the timing was just not right.

"General, if you have nothing else to do, I will take my leave now."

"Well, please go ahead, Miss Su."

Su Chengnan bowed politely with very standard movements. Her every move revealed the upbringing of a lady from a noble family. This made Li Shanqi puzzled. Could it be that Su family?

But... didn’t I hear that there was a big fire and everyone was burned to death?

Seeing Su Chengnan turn around and leave, Lu Chaofeng couldn't help but cough lightly, "Uncle, I am busy with military affairs, Feng'er will not disturb you today, you go ahead and do your work."

Li Shanqi withdrew his gaze from Su Chengnan, glanced at Lu Chaofeng with a smile, and said with a smile: "I see that you, kid, have long been thinking about something else. Okay, let's go, an old man like me doesn't need you to accompany me."

Lu Chaofeng blushed slightly, bowed and left.

He caught up with Su Chengnan and said, "The ground is slippery, walk slowly."

"Um."

"Thank you for coming today."

“It should be.”

"I...I'll take you back."

“No need.”

Every word Lu Chaofeng said was met with a rebuff. Su Chengnan didn't even glance at him, let alone smile at him.

His heart seemed to be weighed down by something, feeling stuffy and uncomfortably tight.

The two of them walked one after the other until they turned a corner and Su Chengnan slipped, "Ah."

As soon as she reached out to hold on to the big tree next to her, she fell into a warm embrace, and Lu Chaofeng quickly supported her.

"Let me go."

"good."

The brief touch lasted less than two seconds, so fast that it seemed as if nothing had happened.

"I...I was just saying that out of anger that day. I didn't intend to kill him." Lu Chaofeng's hoarse and low voice sounded, and there was a rare hint of submission in his uncomfortable tone.

"Yeah?"

"yes."

"Then put him back."

Lu Chaofeng fell silent, and after a long while he said hoarsely: "I can't come back for the time being."

Su Chengnan looked at him deeply, then turned around and continued walking.

"He was arrested and taken back to Beijing."

"What?!"

Su Chengnan's tone suddenly became louder, and her heart was lifted as well. Countless terrible thoughts flashed through her mind, and she didn't dare to think further.

"I didn't tell you before, and even misled you, because I was afraid you would worry. His life is not in danger now, and my people have rescued him."

Su Chengnan's heart was beating fast, like a roller coaster, rising and falling with his words.

In a hurry, she turned around and grabbed his wrist tightly, "Lu Chaofeng, tell me everything!"

"this

It’s a long story.”

"Don't lie to me again, okay?

Lu Chaofeng's breathing stagnated, and he nodded involuntarily.

"good……"

…

…………

Before in Yuqing Village, the situation was critical. Su Chengnan gave Lu Chaofeng's jade pendant to Jiayi for many reasons and asked him to take it and cross the mountain to seek help.

Unexpectedly, it rained heavily.

The flare lost its effect, and he unexpectedly met Feng Ling who had sneaked out to collect herbs.

Feng Ling slipped and fell into the water and was bumped by Jia Yi, who rescued him even though he was in a hurry.

But Feng Ling recognized the jade pendant on him. It belonged to Lu Chaofeng, whom she had seen before. The other piece was very similar to the one her master had mentioned many times, so Feng Ling directly tied Jia Yi back to Lan Ling Kingdom.

There was frequent exchange of medicinal herbs between Penglai Valley and Lanling Kingdom, so Lu Chaofeng left some men there. After the other party found out, they helped Jia Yi escape.

Unfortunately, they had just returned to Beiling.

The Queen Mother's men arrived.

The other party had never seen Lu Chaofeng before, and mistook the black-clothed man Jia Yi, who was of similar build, for the Prince of Ningyuan. They immediately attacked him, tied him up and took him away.

"So the Queen Mother sent people directly to Beiling in order to kill you?"

"That's right."

"Before that, someone suspected our identities, but someone intercepted the note and threw it into my house. This person..."

"It's mine."

"Lu Chaofeng you...!"

Facing his honesty, Su Chengnan subconsciously took a breath of cold air, "You really are..."

"He was slightly injured, but fortunately his life is not in danger. You will be able to see him soon."

"Okay, thank you."

“This incident was caused by me.”

Su Chengnan shook his head in silence. "It's useless to blame anyone. It's all caused by the war. Now the people of White Bear Country have come to attack us. How can the Queen Mother still think about these things? Shouldn't she be thinking about how to kill the enemy?"

Lu Chaofeng sneered, "The court has been controlled by the uncle of the emperor. The empress dowager and the emperor may not know everything, or they may pretend to know. Anyway, it makes the people suffer."

"General Li..."

"My uncle will guard the Beiling checkpoint, and the entire route will be in chaos."

"Um."

"Let's talk about it when we get back."

"good."

The two men walked back with heavy faces and ran into Qingshan who was hurrying over.

As soon as he saw the two of them, he said solemnly: "Prince, Miss Su, something happened."

Lu Chaofeng took a step forward and instinctively protected Su Chengnan behind him, but she silently moved and stood beside him.

"explain."

"Prince..." Qingshan lowered his head and leaned close to Lu Chaofeng's ear, and spoke the truth in a voice that only the three of them could hear.

After hearing this, Lu Chaofeng immediately frowned.

However, Su Chengnan was thinking, when the Queen Mother mentioned cutting the grass at its roots, was she targeting the Su family or Lu Chaofeng?

"What do you think?"

"Be careful with food and water, and as for the rest, just keep your hands off and don't alert the enemy."

"Well, I'll let Qingshan take you back, and I'll go find my uncle."

"Will General Lee help us?"

"The Queen Mother wants to do it right under his nose, what do you think?"

Su Chengnan didn't know Li Shanqi, so she naturally couldn't make a judgment, but Lu Chaofeng was certain that he would not sit idly by.

"Then come back to me when you're done."

"Okay. Go back first and be careful."

"Yeah, you too."

Lu Chaofeng winked at Qingshan and handed Su Chengnan to him, "Miss, please."

"Okay, let's go..."