Chapter 18 is boring and dull.

Qi Nanfeng stared at her face, feeling quite unfamiliar.

He had known about his ex-wife for a long time. She had been a widow in the mansion for three years and had worked hard for him without complaint.

But she was just a merchant's daughter after all, and was no different from an ordinary maid at home.

Boring and dull.

Unlike the pampered Fifth Princess, she was a daughter of heaven with a free and easy temperament. She was raised outside, so anything could arouse her great interest and arouse his desire.

Ruan Mian, who had been submissive, now seemed to be not what he thought.

At this moment, Ruan Mian stretched out his hands, lifted up his trouser leg, and touched his fractured calf.

Qi Nanfeng lowered his eyes and saw her small nose and her gently trembling eyelashes, which made him feel distracted.

He had never imagined before that Ruan Mian was actually a beauty! ?

Perhaps it was because she was always covered in dust and looked like an old woman when she was in the Qi Mansion, but now that she was on the road of exile, she became bright and charming?

Thinking of this, Qi Nanfeng spoke slowly.

"Mianmian, I know I hurt your heart, but you still helped me despite the past. I'm really grateful."

Ruan Mian continued to touch his other calf and suddenly became interested in what he said.

Seeing her stop, Qi Nanfeng seemed encouraged and continued.

"I've suffered for three years away from home, and the princess has taken a fancy to me. It's not something I can change. She took the initiative, and there's nothing I can do! Besides, since ancient times, men have always had three wives and four concubines. Even if I don't marry the princess, now that I'm back in the Qi family, I'll have to take a concubine sooner or later."

"You are the mistress of the house, so you must be magnanimous. Think about it, if I had married the princess, our entire Qi Mansion would have benefited from it, and you would have lived a better life. Besides the princess being superior to you, wouldn't you have been in charge of all the concubines below you?"

He softened his words and tried to coax her: "Mianmian, now I have seen the princess's true face. Compared to you, she is far inferior. I was blind at the time. Why don't you forgive me and give me another chance?"

"It must be so hard for you, a woman on the road of exile, without a man by your side. I'm worried about you too...ah!!!"

Before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of bones crackling!

Ruan Mian violently twisted his other leg to the side. The severe pain made him speechless, his face flushed and veins bulged.

Liu was startled. Seeing Qi Nanfeng in so much pain, she immediately rushed forward and yelled, "Ruan Mian, what did you do!"

Ruan Mian clapped his hands and pushed her away calmly: "Didn't you ask me to treat his injury? How can a broken bone be healed so easily?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he broke his bones again, and the feeling of excruciating pain came back to him all over again.

With a "click", Liu felt as if she were there!

Qi Nanfeng was in so much pain that he almost bit off his tongue!

Finally, she stood up, wiped her hands vigorously, looked at Qi Nanfeng and said something.

"You really think you're a nobody."

"What do you mean by that? Ruan Mian, stop right there! Stop right there!"

Liu had a hunch that this little whore definitely didn't say anything nice.

She kept pestering him, yelling behind his back, "You're not treating his wounds at all! You're using this to harm my son!"

Ruan Mian spread his hands and stopped walking: "If you still think it's not enough, I can consider breaking him again."

When Liu heard this, she almost fainted.

"Bitch, I trusted you so much, I'm going to fight you!"

She thought she had used the wooden hairpin to control Ruan Mian and make her give in, but she didn't expect that she would be blamed by her, causing Nan Feng to suffer even more harm.

But at this moment, an officer walked by quickly.

"There's news about the eldest daughter of the Qi family!"

After hearing this, Liu no longer had the heart to fight with Ruan Mian.

He turned around and ran to the officer, asking hurriedly: "Sir! But is there any news about my daughter? Where is she now? What's her situation now?"

The officer was annoyed by her questions and pushed her away, reporting only to his boss.

He took out an embroidered handkerchief and said, "Boss, this should be hers. There's even her name embroidered underneath. We searched around it and found some signs of dragging. If I'm not mistaken, she must have been taken away by those beggars."

"What did you say?"

Liu suddenly felt like the sky was falling.

He took the handkerchief and burst into tears.

"Why is my life so miserable? My daughter!" She hugged the official's thigh and kowtowed, begging, "Sir, my daughter has been taken away by beggars. Isn't it very dangerous? You must find her!"

The officer kicked her away.

"What are we looking for? An exiled prisoner goes missing on the road, and that's something no one can control. Are we going to delay the entire team's journey just because of her?"

His eyes were cold and stern. “If we don’t get to Wu Heng within the stipulated time, all of us will be in danger! Get out!”

Now they have been delayed for a day and should have reached the post station by now, but now, due to the delay, they can only speed up.

So the official announced: "We will set off in four hours!"

The team immediately became excited: "Doesn't that mean it's still dark?"

"How can we travel in the dark, sir?"

But what answered them was the sound of several lashes.

No one dared to say anything and could only get some rest as soon as possible.

Liu came to Qi Nanfeng crying, her voice trembling, "Nanfeng, your sister said she was taken away by those beggars! She's a virgin, and those people... What should I do? I might as well die!"

Qi Nanfeng was still in pain, and she cried like that, making him feel like his body was about to break apart.

I couldn't help but roar: "How stupid!!"

Liu was startled, tears welling up on her face with a look of grievance, and then Qi Nanfeng lowered his voice again.

"What did I tell you before? Those beggars are my people! Linlin will be fine in their hands. I've just left a letter in the bushes and given a secret signal. They will send Linlin back to the next post station safely. No one will die!"

After growling, he thought of Qi Lin's words again, and now he couldn't help but complain: "Cry, cry, cry, all you know is to cry!"

Hearing that her daughter was fine, Liu naturally stopped crying.

"I'm just worried about you, Nanfeng. Mother knows you'll find a way. If it weren't for that little whore, your leg injury wouldn't be this serious. When we get to the post station, Mother will take the money from the secret compartment of your prison carriage and find a doctor to treat your injury."

Qi Nanfeng also didn't expect that his leg injury would become more and more painful the more Ruan Mian treated it. He could walk before, but now he can't even touch the ground.

He could only find a thick wooden stick and walk step by step with difficulty with the help of his servants.

He asked Liu to look for the medicine bottle in the secret compartment so that he could make some preparations before leaving.

Because they had to leave early, Ruan Mian woke up after a three-hour nap.