Chapter 105 Chapter 105 Jealousy

Men are sometimes very sensitive to men's vigilance.

His gaze flickered between Nan Xu and Duan Wenpei for a moment, and King Yi smiled meaningfully. "Yes, this girl is eager to learn, but her accuracy isn't great. I've taught her for a long time, but she can only barely shoot an arrow."

As for what you can hit, it depends on luck.

Although everyone present had witnessed her archery skills, Nan Xu was still a little embarrassed when King Yi said it so casually that she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

Remembering the seriousness and solemnity with which the King of Wings had taught her, Nan Xu instinctively reached out to tug at the hem of his robe, like a younger sister coquettishly trying to stop him. But just as her hand reached out, it was quickly grasped by the person beside her.

Nan Xu turned around and met Duan Wenpei's slightly narrowed eyes. He stared at her without blinking, his lips tightly pursed. The hand holding her slowly closed, and he held her in his arms as if announcing it to the world.

As the strong heartbeat rang in her ears, Nan Xu suddenly realized that this was... jealousy?!

Before she could even think, a dark shadow loomed, a kiss grazing like a dragonfly on water. Nan Xu raised her hand to touch her forehead, her face flushing instantly. Not caring if anyone else was around, she pounded the man in front of her twice in the chest, burying her face in his arms like an ostrich.

Now, she is even more embarrassed to face people!

"My wife is foolish. Your Highness is so busy with affairs that he has no time to play with her. From now on, I will leave the archery to you."

He smiled contentedly.

King Yi was stunned at first, then he clapped his hands and laughed, and his laughter brought out the cough that he had suppressed with great difficulty.

Only Li Zhan, standing aside, stared blankly at Nan Xu, who was buried in his arms, his face pale. Before the King of Wings could finish laughing, he said goodbye.

Looking at the lonely figure leaving, Duan Wenpei smiled and hugged Nan Xu tighter.

He didn't want to do this, but he just couldn't help it.

The word "love" has penetrated into his bones and can no longer be removed.

*

Prince Yi didn't stay long before returning to his mansion. After watching the carriage of Prince Yi's mansion go away, Nan Xu shook her hand, signaling the person beside her to let go.

After this incident, Duan Wenpei seemed to have his Ren and Du meridians opened up by something. Not only did he ignore her gestures, but he also clenched his fists even tighter.

Nan Xu stretched out her other hand to twist his arm, but the muscles under her hand were so tense that she couldn't do anything.

Nan Xu was a little annoyed, "Let go, I don't want to hold on anymore."

Duan Wenpei looked ahead and scratched her palm with his fingers, "I want to hold your hand."

When these words came out of his mouth, there was a kind of sour throbbing. Something in her heart suddenly softened, and Nan Xu slowly relaxed her resistance.

She glanced at the flowers and plants under the corridor and said insincerely, "So what? Can you not be so arbitrary? You can only do it when I want to. If I don't want to, you can't force me. If you dare to force me, I will..."

Before she could finish her words, he suddenly turned around and stood in front of her. She didn't notice and her forehead hit his chest.

She stroked her slightly aching forehead, and the warm, wet touch from earlier involuntarily surfaced in her mind. Nan Xu lowered her head to look at the pattern on the hem of her skirt: two leaves, three leaves...

The person above her seemed to laugh twice. Nan Xu's ears tightened. She had counted the leaves wrong. She clutched her sleeves and counted again: one leaf, five leaves, one leaf, five leaves...

When she counted for the fourth time, her chin was gently lifted up. She could feel the slender knuckles that had been clasped with hers at night stroking her chin gently like a piece of unpolished jade.

It felt itchy and numb, and it went all the way to my heart.

"I just want to force you."

"Even if you write a hundred, a thousand divorce letters and throw them into my arms, I will still think of you, day and night, Ah Xu—"

boom!

The blood rushed to the top of her head in an instant as she listened to his lingering words. She almost instinctively opened her lips to respond, instinctively hugged his neck, and instinctively stretched her body to lean against the pillar.

For a moment, she seemed to remember some people and things from long ago.

There were green wintersweets, lively rabbits on the west hills, and warm fox fur cloaks on snowy days, but in the blink of an eye, these images were torn to pieces by Duan Wenpei's handsome face.

Tears slowly seeped from the corners of her eyes. Nan Xu stretched her neck impatiently and clung to the waist of the person in front of her like a cat...

*

The sound of rain beat against everything in the world. Behind the gaps between the trees in the winding corridor, there was a pair of eyes covered with frost, staring intently at the two people entangled in the corridor.

I don't know how long I stood there before someone slowly approached.

"Is the Prince Consort still heartbroken?"

Li Zhan ignored her.

Jingyi found a comfortable spot under the rockery and sat down, holding her stomach. "Why bother? She doesn't love you anymore. Even when Duan Wenpei locked you in the carriage like a dog, she didn't say a good word for you." She suddenly seemed to remember something and smiled with her hands covering her lips. "Maybe she'll even poke you in the spine and scold you behind your back, saying you deserve it!"

Jingyi watched helplessly as the person in front of her suddenly leaned over and grabbed her neck. Gradually, she felt a little short of breath, but she still grinned at Li Zhan provocatively.

"Hahaha...hahaha...hahaha...coward, if you have the ability...to strangle me to death..."

Her face flushed red, but her hands were still tightly protecting her belly.

Li Zhan caught a glimpse of it, his eyes surging with undercurrents, and he slowly loosened his hand, "Is it Zhang? Or the new one? Or is it Wang? Or Li?"

Bastard!

Jingyi touched the red mark on her neck and glanced at him arrogantly, "What nonsense are you talking about, Prince Consort? Of course it's our child."

Before she could finish her words, her stomach suddenly reacted. She could no longer care about anything else and held onto the rockery next to her and began to dry heave.

The woman in gorgeous clothes had her hair loose, one hand on her belly and the other on her chest. There were red marks on her neck, and she looked weak and broken against the backdrop of the rain.

Li Zhan's eyes darkened, and he suddenly pulled her hair and pressed her under him.

There was no comfort, no kiss, he just sat astride her and took over her with an expressionless face. Jingyi wanted to scream, but she was greeted with a slapping sound.

The sound of rain covered everything. When Li Zhan slowly stood up and looked up again, the two people were no longer in the winding corridor.

Li Zhan grinned, but he didn't know what he was laughing at.

He looked back at Jingyi who was half sitting up on the ground, and his words were cold and ruthless.

"Since this is the child of your Highness and me, I will satisfy your Highness."

"In fact, I sometimes wonder whether Your Highness is ignorant or naive. Now it seems that it is neither. Your Highness is truly stupid."

“Stupidity is not scary. What is scary is being stupid and not knowing it.”

"Li Zhan, you're looking for death!" Jingyi finally stood up and was about to slap him in anger.

She thought he would let her beat and scold him like he did in the past, but unexpectedly, this time before his hands touched her, Li Zhan had already firmly grasped her wrist.

"Your Highness truly knows nothing about the power of men and women. I was tolerant before because I had to take care of the Li family and was wary of His Majesty in Kyoto."

He stared at her coldly, a hint of disgust in his eyes. "What a shame! Your Highness, instead of enjoying the life of wealth and honor in Kyoto, insisted on getting involved and coming to Shu. Do you think you are still the high and mighty princess here? How ridiculous!"

After saying that, he shook off her wrist, turned and left without another glance.

Jingyi looked at the sad face reflected in the puddles on the ground and let the discomfort in her body swallow her up.

She hugged her body, which had started to tremble at some point, and slowly fell to the ground.

*

After Duan Wenpei sent Nan Xu back to her room, he led his men out of the villa.

I went to Prince Yi's mansion earlier, firstly because it was my first time in Shu and I should pay him a visit, and secondly because I wanted to test Prince Yi's strength.

But before they could find out the truth, Liu Hui's men anxiously reported that something had happened to Nan Xu.

He had expected Qin to come to his house. He was just about to take his leave and return to his villa, but he didn't expect that King Yi was even more anxious than him.

He also knew that Nan Xu had been in the palace and was a cousin of King Yi. It was natural for siblings to have a deep bond, but... he was still a little unhappy.

This emotion has become more and more intense since he and Nan Xu became husband and wife.

The drizzle scratched his cheeks. He tightened the reins and stopped with his men next to the disaster relief shelter.

This trip to Prince Yi's Mansion was not without gain. At least it can be seen that Prince Yi still cares about the people of Shu.

Outside the tent of the resettlement center, King Yi braved the rain and led the guards of the palace to organize the evacuation of the people.

Duan Wenpei dismounted and walked over in two steps. King Yi also saw him, and the two nodded to each other as a greeting.

Then, the people were organized to move to higher places.

While running, Duan Wenpei saw familiar faces, including Sima Xun, the governor of Shu, several branches of the Zhao family, as well as Xie Jin and Xiao Jing.

"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you not to show up?"

Duan Wenpei took advantage of the break to take Xie Jin to a secluded place for questioning.

Xie Jin pointed at the tireless Xiao Jing in front of him and said helplessly, "It's not that I wanted to come here, I came here to accompany the man-wives. But don't worry, I persuaded the man-wives not to report my visit to Shu to the capital. The people in Shu may not know me, so it won't be a problem."

Although Xie Jin was a playboy, he was prudent in his actions. This was the first time he had acted on impulse.

Duan Wenpei looked at him for a moment, then glanced at Xiao Jing, and could only let him go.

"Whether it's a hindrance or not is not up to you or me to decide. Xiao Jing is not an ordinary woman. Her status means she can't stay out of it. Now she agrees to you, but what about next? Her life was saved by Your Majesty. She regards Your Majesty as her heaven. Xie Jin, think about it carefully."

After saying this, Duan Wenpei put on his raincoat and was about to leave, but Xie Jin, who had come to his senses, grabbed him and said, "What do you mean? You said a lot of nonsense, but I didn't understand."

Duan Wenpei pried his hands apart, his voice dissipating in the rain. "You're so smart, how could you not understand? Just like she thought she liked me, you also thought you only saw her as a friend or a brother. Xie Jin, ask yourself, do you really want her to be friends with you, or do you want her to have some other kind of relationship with you?"

Other relationships? Xie Jin pinched his chin and looked at Xiao Jing's running back in deep thought. He seemed to understand a little, but also found it a little unbelievable.

*

After resting for half an hour, Nan Xu changed his clothes and took people to Yin Ruizhu's residence.

Yin Ruizhu was sketching by the window when she saw Nan Xu coming. She quickly put down her pen and went to greet her.

"Is everything okay? After I knew Uncle was back, I took a few looks outside the house but didn't go in."

After all, she ran away from her marriage. Her father has many disciples. If someone saw them, Mrs. Zhao would say something nonsense, and it would not be good if it spread out.

Nan Xu knew her concerns, held her hand and said it was okay.

"Qin is targeting me and my uncle, but she's targeting you as well. You were right not to come in." As she said this, she walked closer to see what she was sketching. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a painting for shop decoration.

"Have you figured out the layout so quickly? It looks like a pharmacy, but what are these partitioned rooms at the back used for?"

Nan Xu asked with the blueprint in hand. Yin Ruizhu took the blueprint and spread it on the table, explaining her idea in detail.

"I've been all over Kyoto's markets, and I once saw a pharmacy that not only sold medicinal herbs but also hired doctors to see patients. That wasn't unusual, but the most surprising thing was that the backyard of the pharmacy connected to the doctor's office had several rooms separated for patients to rest temporarily, or to accommodate those with serious illnesses so that the doctor could observe and prescribe medicine."

"The disaster in Shu is severe now. I thought, why don't we buy some medicinal herbs from Lin County and open a medicine shop?"

The idea is good, but the timing is not right as we need to open a pharmacy and purchase medicinal materials.

Nan Xu told Yin Ruizhu about his concerns. Yin Ruizhu thought about it and realized that indeed, many people now have no food to eat and no place to live, so how could they have the manpower to purchase medicinal materials? Moreover, the transportation between Shu and the outside world is not smooth, so it is really difficult to deal with.

Nan Xu couldn't bear to see her saddened, so she came up with a compromise. "This shop is large enough. Since we need to separate out the resting rooms, why not use them to house the seriously ill victims first? Besides, there are many local herbal medicine merchants in Shu. Although many were damaged by the heavy rain, there are definitely some that can be used. We can collect the herbs in the name of the government and use them to help the victims first. Once we get through this, our herbal medicine shop will have a good reputation."

Following her suggestion, Yin Ruizhu began to think. She pointed at the pharmacy on the blueprint and added, "Not only that, we can also gather the doctors whose pharmacies were destroyed by the flood and treat the patients together."

"But where can we get so much money?" Just as she was following Nan Xu's train of thought, she suddenly became troubled again.

Nan Xu smiled and took out the silver from her sleeve and weighed it in her hand, "Here it is."

Since she was already deeply involved in some things and couldn't extricate herself, she asked someone over there to give her some money.

As he was speaking, there was a noise outside the door.

A maid named Ruyi came in to report that when Zhao Mingcheng and his wife left, they left behind two good-looking maids, who were said to be serving Duan Wenpei, and were now clamoring to see Nanxu.

Nan Xu was frowning when she heard some noise outside. She vaguely heard someone say that Zhao Huaijue had died.