At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and someone spoke at the door. Yi Ning was playing chess when someone came in: "... said it was the maid of the Duke of Ying's family."

Lu Jiaxue let her in.

It was Fuhong, a second-class maidservant of Yining's, assigned to her by Luo Shenyuan. She walked in and whispered in Yining's ear, "Madam, the Madam Lu you were talking to just now has sent someone to ask you..."

The chess piece in Yining's hand fell onto the chessboard with a snap.

"We'll talk about this later." Lu Jiaxue was right next to him. Yi Ning was afraid of revealing any clues, so her expression was calm. "Didn't you see I was playing chess?"

Fuhong immediately agreed and retreated to the door.

The others didn't seem to hear her maid's words either. Yi Ning glanced sideways at Lu Jiaxue, who also didn't seem to hear anything, his hand holding the teacup very steady.

She finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she shouldn't have spoken to Xie Min just now.

Master Fu said leisurely as he played chess: "My Lord, let's forget about playing chess today. Why don't you come with us to Yonglefang to play a few games next time? You're really not good at cultivating yourself..."

Yonglefang was a gambling den, a favorite of many high-ranking officials, where they played lavishly. Yining remembered that many years ago, Lu Jiaxue would often go there secretly at night with those young men, often winning. He would then come back and buy her some snacks.

"Let's talk about it when we have time." Lu Jiaxue's voice was a little soft.

"Listen, Miss Wei, your adoptive father is so stingy. He must be afraid of losing money." Lord Fu spoke to Yining with a smile.

"Foster father is good at gambling, so he's probably not afraid of losing money." Yi Ning also smiled. "He's afraid that if he wins Master Fu's money, Master Fu will stop playing with him."

As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed that Lu Jiaxue suddenly stopped drinking tea.

Then he slowly tightened the teacup in his hand.

Lord Fu and several other guests looked at Yining with strange eyes, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little cold.

Yi Ning didn't understand what she had said wrong. Thinking carefully, she wondered if it was a joke that went awry. Just as she was about to speak, one of Lu Jiaxue's retainers suddenly asked her, "Miss Wei, our master has never gambled. How do you know he's good at it?"

Yi Ning was a little stunned. He obviously knew how to gamble, and he was very good at it. Didn't everyone know that?

"My Lord, you know how to gamble with cards. Why didn't you tell me before?" Lord Fu asked Lu Jiaxue with a smile.

When Yi Ning heard this, her whole body stiffened, and she felt a wave of heat in her body, and her palms began to sweat. Did she say the wrong thing again? Had he stopped gambling since then, so that no one knew about it?

That's not right. Even if he stopped gambling from that time on, how come his retainers said he never gambled?

"I don't know how to gamble, I just had to lie back then." Lu Jiaxue suddenly laughed, his voice was calm, so calm that it gave off a sense of calmness like the waves on the sea before a storm.

"I think I'm the only one in the world who knows how to gamble."

The tone was soft and slow, but powerful.

Yining's heart was beating like a drum. She immediately pushed the chair away, turned around and ran!

Her hands were shaking violently, and she had a feeling that if she didn't leave, she might not be able to leave!

The teacup finally shattered, the sound of broken porcelain echoing all over the floor. As she stepped out of the door, she was grabbed by a hand as large as an iron clamp. Then, an aura as strong as a solid wall of steel descended upon her. His voice was so gloomy it could drip blood: "Luo Yining—where do you want to go?"