Chapter 291 The fake uncle has designs on Luo'er?

Jingchuan: "She's my own sister! Did you ask for my opinion before you decided to do this?"

Zheng Wanxiu stepped out from behind: "I am your mother too!"

"You willingly faced death, but did you ever ask my opinion? Do I want you to leave me like this?!"

"Xiao Chuan, you're my only child!"

“It was Li Qingluo’s own mother who caused me to lose so many children and caused you to suffer from this kind of health since childhood. Now, shouldn’t we let her daughter from the Qu family exchange for my son’s life?”

Zheng Wanxiu angrily grabbed Jingchuan, hoping he would come to his senses.

Don't let these useless feelings cost you the chance to live.

Jingchuan lowered his head and coughed rapidly again.

Zheng Wanxiu's expression changed, and she released him abruptly.

"Ogawa——"

Jingchuan looked up, his gaze deep and melancholy: "Mother, Luo'er's life is just as bitter as mine."

“She never received any love from the Qu family, and she spent more than ten years in the mountains as a child, suffering all kinds of hardships. Even after returning to the Li family, she never had a peaceful day. So why should she pay off the Qu family’s debts now?”

"And the person the son would rather die is the son himself—"

Zheng Lingzhou waved his sleeve, his face cold and commanding, "Alright! Men, hurry up and help the young master back to his room to rest!"

Jing Chuan gave a bitter laugh: "Even if you manage to save a body, so what? I've already had enough of living."

"If you really kill Luo'er and try to prolong my life through witchcraft, even if I regain my health, I will absolutely not live on—"

Jingchuan couldn't struggle and could only be taken away.

With red eyes, Zheng Wanxiu looked at Zheng Lingzhou: "Azhou, what do you think... what should we do if this child really does something foolish in the future?"

"I think he really cares about that daughter of the Qu family; he truly treats her like a blood-related sister!"

“I overlooked this. Xiao Chuan has always been soft-hearted. He gets teary-eyed when he sees injured animals on the street. How much more so when it comes to his own sister whom he would feel pity for?”

“He carries not only the blood of the Zheng family, but also the blood of the Li family!”

"I'm really afraid... I'm really afraid that all my efforts will be in vain, and what if Xiao Chuan turns his life around and does something foolish again?"

Zheng Lingzhou reassured her, "Don't worry, sister, he won't do anything foolish."

"When he finally understands how a normal, healthy person walks, eats, sleeps, and finally lives like a human being, he will no longer be willing to die."

"Besides, he'll be living with Luo'er's life on his hands, how could he dare to die?"

Zheng Wanxiu was somewhat surprised to hear her younger brother use the word "dare" through gritted teeth.

"A-Zhou, could it be... that you really have feelings for Luo'er that you shouldn't have?"

A hint of panic flashed across Zheng Lingzhou's cold face.

"Sister, what nonsense are you talking about? This is not true!"

Zheng Wanxiu stepped forward and looked Zheng Lingzhou straight in the eyes: "Then why don't you dare to look at me?"

“A-Zhou, I’ve seen you holding a dagger and laughing like that several times.”

"That dagger was made by Luo'er. Is it that hard for me to guess?"

"And perhaps you haven't even realized it yourself, but your eyes light up whenever you talk about Luo'er. You like her?"

Zheng Lingzhou: "I consider her my apprentice."

Zheng Wanxiu: "Was it really my disciple, or was it after spending some time with her that I discovered her resilience, hard work, and adorable nature, and that I couldn't help but fall for her?"

"Every time you say you're going to arrest her, how many times have you actually done it?"

"A-Zhou, are you really willing to trade her life for Xiao-Chuan's life?"

As Zheng Lingzhou listened to these words, his eyes gradually became fixed.

He stared at the courtyard where Li Qingluo was staying and said softly, "What if I'm reluctant to part with her? No one in the whole world can compare to Chuan'er."

"Even if it's her, it won't work."

Li Qinglu sneezed.

She quickly closed the open window herself.

Turning around, I found that there was already someone sitting inside.

Li Qingluo was naturally startled.

"Your Highness, when did you appear?"

The visitor was none other than Prince Su, Duan Rongshi.

Li Qingluo was shocked. This Jingyun Manor was so big, how could he just walk in like that?

Moreover, how did he know where he lived, sneaking into his room without making a sound?

That's really impressive!

Duan Rongshi leisurely picked up a piece of exquisite pastry that Li Qing had left on the table and smelled it.

"just."

"Have you caught a cold?"

Li Qinglu coughed a few times.

"I did it on purpose."

"hey-hey……"

Duan Rongshi realized that she was indeed ill.

Then he pulled a roasted chicken out of his pocket.

"Eat."

Li Qinglu smelled the aroma and happily sat down, unwrapped the oil paper, tore off a piece of chicken leg, and began to devour it without any manners.

In no time, her red lips were glistening with oil from eating.

Duan Rongshi smiled slightly, "Eat slowly."

He poured her a cup of tea, smelled it himself first, and then handed it to her.

After swallowing, Li Qingluo watched his actions curiously: "Does Your Highness also know medicine? What are you smelling?"

Duan Rongshi: "I don't know medicine, but my mother taught me how to smell poison since I was a child."

This was the first time Li Qingluo had heard him mention his mother.

Although she was extremely curious, she didn't dare to ask too many questions, and simply praised her sincerely, "That empress is truly amazing."

Duan Rongshi gave a faint "hmm".

He suddenly remembered something, and his eyes paused for a moment.

Then he reached out and took the roast chicken from Li Qingluo's hand, even the chicken leg that he had already finished eating.

"Your Highness?"

Why is that?

Duan Rongshi: "As Physician Luo once said, even a god cannot cure a cough by eating chicken. I was careless."

The main reason is that I didn't expect her to get herself into this state so quickly before I came.

Li Qingluo stared pitifully at the chicken; it smelled so good…

"Then I can feed it to the butterflies."

Duan Rongshi had already wrapped it up and put it back in his bosom: "No, I suspect you'll steal some."

Li Qingluo: ……

Well, he hit the nail on the head.

Li Qingluo quickly revealed the truth: "Your Highness, did you come here tonight after you've already figured out the details of Jingyun Manor?"

"It's really strange that such a big manor has no other Lotus Cult members. It's all empty. It's really unreasonable."

Duan Rongshi: "It's just that we're squeezed into a place where you can't see us."

Li Qingluo was taken aback: "You mean, those people are still in Jingyun Manor?"

Duan Rongshi: "There are at least a thousand followers here. The rest are scattered all over the country, in various strongholds."

Li Qingluo: "So this place can be considered the Lotus Sect's stronghold?"

After she finished speaking, she coughed a few more times.

Duan Rongshi stared at her with a hint of doubt in his eyes: "Why did you make yourself sick?"

Li Qingluo: "This evening, a female doctor came and said she wanted to take my pulse and examine me."

"In the evening, someone brought me a bowl of herbal soup. I dared not drink it, so the maid said it was just a tonic and even tested it for poison herself."

"Such strange behavior makes me suspect that Zheng Lingzhou has ulterior motives."

"Since he wants me to have a healthy body so badly, I'll just have to go against him... cough cough... let's see how he reacts tomorrow."

Duan Rongshi wore an expression of disbelief.

This is truly a foolish method that hurts the enemy eight hundred while also damaging yourself a thousand.

Li Qingluo had no other choice but to take the first step, otherwise how would Zheng Lingzhou reveal his true colors?

"By the way, Your Highness, how is my grandmother doing?"

Li Qingluo didn't hide her trip from her grandmother this time. At first, Madam Pei strongly opposed it, but she only relented after Li Qingluo repeatedly assured her that she would cooperate with Prince Su from the inside.

Duan Rongshi: "I went to see General Pei before I came. She was quite relieved when she knew I was coming."

Li Qinglu smiled and said, "That's good."

"Did Zulya reveal anything?"

Just as Duan Rongshi was about to tell her about this, footsteps came from the courtyard.

Li Qingluo and Duan Rongshi exchanged a glance. It was already past midnight, and someone was still coming?

There was a knock on the door, and a maid's voice came from inside: "Miss Li, our second master ordered some late-night snacks to be brought to you. I'm coming in."

Li Qingluo: "No need! I'm not eating, get down!"

She coldly rebuked him, but quickly got up and pulled Duan Rongshi behind the tent curtain.

However, since the tent curtain didn't reach the ground, Li Qingluo could still see Prince Su's large feet as soon as she came out.

A sudden headache struck, and with nowhere to hide, she told Prince Su to quickly put on his shoes and lie down on the bed as well.

Fortunately, Li Qingluo had bolted the door, so the maid who originally wanted to come in directly could only shake the door.

"Miss Li, Miss Li?"

"Our second master said that Miss Li is a bit thin and frail, so it would be better for her to have some late-night snacks. It's good for her health."

"Miss Li, please open the door. It's just a bowl of red date and lotus seed soup, it won't take up much of your time..."

Li Qingluo pulled the quilt over Prince Su, then thought for a moment, jumped on top of him, lowered the bed curtains, wrapped himself in the quilt, and shouted angrily again, "Get out! I already said I'm not eating, don't you understand?"

"I've already gone to sleep, you—"

Before he could finish speaking, the door was violently flung open by the maid.

Li Qingluo realized that these maids all knew martial arts!

Perhaps they weren't real maids at all.

Instead, they are followers of the Lotus Sect...

Li Qingluo was truly angry at this moment.

She grabbed a pillow and threw it.

"Insolence! I am your Second Master's honored guest, and this is how you treat your guests?!"

"I already told you I'm asleep, didn't you understand?"

"Get out of here right now! Otherwise, I'll kill you all tomorrow!"

Her domineering and fierce tone did indeed make the maid somewhat hesitant.

She quickly put down the lotus seed soup she had just eaten and said repeatedly, "Miss, I will come back to collect the bowls early tomorrow morning. The Second Master said that if you don't eat, he will lock that old nanny back in the dungeon tomorrow."

After saying that, she quickly ran away, without suspecting for a moment that there was a living person lying on Li Qingluo's bed.

Li Qingluo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning her head, she met Prince Su's dark and deep eyes.