Chapter 322 I Want to Save You

After class, Li Nanke ignored Wang Tongyun, who was trying to pull her out, and hurriedly went next door to find Shen Cong.

Unexpectedly, Scholar Wu also went next door and was assigning homework to Shen Cong.

She couldn't go in, so she could only patiently wait for the morning classes to end.

Jingxing Academy only holds classes for half a day. In the afternoon, there are usually other arrangements, such as returning to the palace to study other things, or being accompanied by eunuchs and imperial guards to experience the hardships of ordinary people.

As soon as the morning classes ended, Li Nanke, Wang Tongyun, and Princess Zhaokang told each other in advance and immediately ran to find Shen Cong.

When she went in, Shen Cong was sitting in a chair with his legs crossed, looking like he was waiting for someone.

"Is Ninth Brother waiting for me?"

She sat down opposite Shen Cong with a smile.

Shen Cong paused for a moment, his gaze towards her carrying a complex expression.

"You...aren't angry with me?"

Li Nanke's round eyes darted around.

Why should I be angry with you?

Shen Cong lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes trembling.

“That day I told you not to investigate any further, and that it was all over. I thought you would be very angry.”

"Oh, you mean this? I was a little angry at the time, but I'm not angry anymore after thinking about it."

Li Nanke said with a smile.

Shen Cong stared at the small dimples on her face and asked softly, "Are you really not angry?"

Li Nanke nodded seriously.

"certainly."

"If you're not angry, why haven't you come to Prince Xuan's residence for so many days?"

"I......"

Li Nanke felt a little guilty.

Besides her business with Yunqiwu, she has also been secretly working with Huang Sheng to gather information on restaurants in the Hongqiao Night Market.

The information involved the Rebellion of the Five Princes six years prior was extremely difficult to gather, and much of it was disorganized.

It needs to be sorted out step by step.

I completely forgot about going to Prince Xuan's residence.

"She's clearly angry, but she's still being stubborn with me."

Shen Cong looked over with a deep, melancholy expression, his narrow eyes quiet and serene, yet carrying a hint of grievance.

Li Nanke was surprised, thinking he was seeing things.

He is King Xuan, Shen Cong, how could he possibly feel wronged?

Before he could take a closer look, Shen Cong had already lowered his eyes.

She quickly explained, "I was angry at the time, but after I went back and thought about it, I realized that if someone told me that my grandmother or parents were secretly harming me..."

I wouldn't believe a single word of it, after all, they are my closest relatives.

Ninth Brother doesn't want us to investigate further, probably because he's afraid of damaging our relationship with His Majesty. I understand.

Li Nanke's words struck Shen Cong like a heavy hammer, making his heart skip a beat.

This little girl actually understood the complex and hidden feelings in his heart!

There are people in this world who truly understand him; it turns out that's what it feels like.

Shen Cong was so engrossed in his own thoughts that he forgot to speak.

"Your Ninth Brother resigned from his position as Commander of the Imperial Guards because he didn't want the court officials to impeach you, fearing that it might arouse unnecessary suspicion if it went on for too long?"

Shen Cong's expression became even more complicated.

The little girl in front of me was clearly only nine years old, but the light shining in her bright, round eyes and the words she spoke were completely beyond what a nine-year-old child could say.

"What's next? What does Ninth Brother plan to do? Is he going to volunteer to go to his fiefdom? But I've heard that the climate in Chengdu is hot and humid."

The blood curse within you will only flare up more frequently in a hot and humid environment, and your body can't handle it.

Li Nanke then asked.

Shen Cong slowly sat up straight and shook his head.

"I will not go to the fiefdom for the time being. There are regulations in the Great Chu that only princes or nobles can go to the fiefdom when they reach the age of twenty."

Li Nanke breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good. We'll try to find a way to break the blood curse before you go to your fiefdom."

"us?"

Shen Cong stared blankly at Li Nanke.

Li Nanke smiled slightly.

"Ninth Brother doesn't think I've really given up, does he?"

Shen Cong frowned.

Li Nanke stood up, walked up to him, and looked at him intently.

“If it weren’t for Ninth Brother, my whole family would have been exiled long ago. Ninth Brother has helped me escape danger many times. How could I sit idly by and watch Ninth Brother suffer from the blood curse?”

"I don't care how complicated things are, or how deep the water is, I have to save you, I must save you!"

Shen Cong pursed his lips into a straight line.

"you......"

Li Nanke interrupted him.

“Ninth Brother can’t stop me. He won’t let us continue the investigation. We can stop investigating, but I will use my own methods to find a way to help him.”

"I am confident that one day I will be able to break the blood curse on Ninth Brother, so that he can be safe and healthy and will no longer be as pale and weak as he is now!"

Shen Cong's pupils contracted slightly, and a warm, moist feeling welled up in his eyes.

The little girl was the first to say with absolute certainty that she could break the blood curse and bring him peace and health.

His nostrils twitched slightly, and his voice became a bit hoarse.

"what are you up to?"

Li Nanke smiled slyly.

"You don't need to worry about that, Ninth Brother. You just need to wait for my news."

After saying that, she turned and walked outside.

"Wait a moment."

A deep, hoarse voice sounded from behind.

She turned around.

"Is there anything else, Ninth Brother?"

Shen Cong pulled a whip from his sleeve.

It was an ebony whip, about a foot and a half long, with a blade woven from dark blue calfskin, about two fingers thick, and a wrist guard at the end wrapped with ice silkworm silk in the shape of a bow.

Li Nanke's eyes lit up.

"Is this whip for me?"

Shen Cong nodded and casually handed over the whip.

“Nangong Qiang said you need to prepare to practice whip techniques. I happen to have a whip on me, which is useless to me, so you can take it.”

"I just found it while I was tidying up."

Li Nanke fell in love with the whip at first sight and couldn't wait to reach out and take it.

Just as his hand touched the whip, someone rushed in from outside and snatched it away.

"Oh, Your Highness, so this whip wasn't made for me after all."

Wei Zizhao gripped the whip, his dark eyes glaring at Chen Cong.

Shen Cong hummed softly.

"Which ear of yours heard that I made this for you?"

Wei Zizhao stomped his feet and shouted.

"If it wasn't made for me, why are you asking me what weapon I used? And why are you asking my father how to weave the whip body from dark blue oxhide?"

The soft silk used as the inner core of your whip was provided by me, and the soaking solution was a special recipe given by my father.

The inner core of the silk, soaked in my father's special recipe, is both supple and resilient.

Wei Zizhao looked heartbroken, as if someone had taken away his beloved possession.

"The whip you spent seven whole days making isn't for me! I protest, I..."

Before Wei Zizhao could finish his protest, Li Nanke abruptly interrupted him.

"Did Ninth Brother make this whip himself?"

Wei Zizhao glared at her angrily.

"Otherwise what? You think it fell from the sky?"

After saying that, he realized something was wrong and his eyes widened even more.

"Wait a minute, what did you call the prince? Ninth Brother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Cong's sinister voice rang out from behind him.

"Wei Zizhao, put down the whip and get out!"