Chapter 88 Chapter 88 It turns out that he is the one who kidnapped Nan Xu

The lake reflected the three figures on the green steps path, and the breeze blew across the lake, crushing them to pieces.

"Did the Third Miss really mean what she just said?"

The man, covered in a black cloak, carefully picked up Nan Xu and tentatively asked Nan Yun opposite him.

Nan Xu glanced at the unconscious figure in his arms, clutching her handkerchief and hurriedly explaining, "How could that be? I just made up a lie to lower Second Sister's guard. I forgot everything the day after leaving the Big Buddha Temple. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

The man in black, no, Li Zhan changed his posture so that Nan Xu almost nestled in his arms, then he raised his head and looked coldly at the person opposite him.

"That's better. As for tonight's incident, Miss San knows what to say. Otherwise..."

He didn't finish what he said, but the warning was self-evident.

Nan Yun had already understood Li Zhan's current tactics, and hurriedly lowered her head and said yes repeatedly. The dim candlelight flickered, and when Nan Yun looked up again, the scene before her was empty and silent, with no trace of Li Zhan and Nan Xu.

Nan Yun stood there blankly for a while, raised her hand and patted her chest, pulled out her pearl hairpin and ruffled her hair, turned around and was about to leave, but she caught a glimpse of Yuxiang and the other man who had fainted on the ground beside her. She gritted her teeth, loosened her belt, and tugged at it a few times. The noble lady who had been dressed so elegantly just now instantly looked like she was being bullied by someone.

After everything was ready, Nan Yun shouted at the top of her lungs, heading towards the main hall in the front yard.

"There's a thief in the house, please come quickly, my second sister has been kidnapped."

It was a nice betrothal banquet, but before the meal was even halfway through, Nan Xu, the wife of the Marquis of Weiyang, disappeared. The Marquis' wife was so angry that she slapped Nan Yun hard and fainted.

Nan Yun squeezed her tears towards her fiancé whom she had just met, and collapsed to the ground like a delicate flower beaten by a storm, feeling wronged and helpless.

The young man was so soft-hearted that he apologized and picked up Nan Yun and carried her back to her own yard.

Yin Wu was busy cleaning up the mess. He ordered his servants to shut their mouths and not let the news leak out. He also ordered people to carry the Marquis' wife back to her room and to keep an eye on Nan Yun.

When everything was arranged and he was ready to take a break, he found that Marquis Yong'an had already taken his sons to the study.

Yin Wu slumped down in a chair, and it finally dawned on her that Nan Xu was missing! Lost at her own parents' home!

It’s only been a few days since Duan Wenpei left. How can I explain this?

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Nan Xu was unaware of the chaos in the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion. She was sleeping in the carriage heading to Shu, with Li Zhan staring at her without blinking next to her.

Li Zhan stroked Nan Xu's soft hair, feeling infinitely satisfied.

This was one hundred and fifty-two days after he lost her, and he held her in his arms again. This time, no matter who it was, he would never let her go.

He slowly lowered his head and moved closer, Nan Xu's beautiful face was within reach...

"My Lord, the princess is calling you over."

The carriage suddenly stopped and someone outside interrupted him.

Li Zhan frowned slightly, a hint of viciousness flashed in his eyes, his cheeks trembled, then he adjusted his expression, pulled the cloak beside him to cover Nan Xu completely, then leaned over and opened the curtain of the car.

"Let's go, don't keep the princess waiting any longer."

Seeing that only half of his body was exposed behind the curtain, the palace maid looked into the carriage with some curiosity, but Li Zhan suddenly pulled the curtain.

The palace maid didn't dare to be presumptuous, so she had to bury her doubts deep in her heart and made a gesture of invitation towards the front.

Li Zhan whispered a few words to the servant beside him, then walked quickly towards the princess.

When Li Zhan arrived, two suppressed yet pleasant gasps were heard from the gorgeous carriage. Li Zhan's pupils shrank and he clenched his sleeves tightly.

After a while, the car door opened from the inside, and a man with a feminine appearance and casually wearing a robe walked down.

He whistled at Li Zhan and called him "Prince Consort" contemptuously, "Go, the princess is waiting for you."

A sickening sweet and fishy smell wafted through the air. Li Zhan suppressed his nausea and silently boarded the carriage.

The smell in the car was even stronger, mixed with ambergris, giving it an absurd, ethereal feeling.

Jingyi was leaning on the couch with her shoulders half-naked and wrapped in a fox fur cloak.

The royal carriage was extremely luxurious and had everything one could need. Although they were traveling, Jingyi didn't look like she was on a journey, but rather like she was enjoying herself in the princess's mansion.

Enjoying her extravagant and promiscuous life.

"I'm very satisfied this time. Let's ask him to serve me recently."

It was obvious that these words were not addressed to Li Zhan. Sure enough, just as the words fell, Master Zhang's short reply came from outside, "As long as the princess is satisfied."

Li Zhan lowered his head and looked at the smoke winding up from the incense burner. Finally, he couldn't help but open the car door and spit out.

This action made Princess Jingyi laugh uncontrollably, and she even reached out and patted his back with interest.

"Your Highness is too weak to bear this. I don't know what my brother is thinking. He actually expects you to go to Shu to meet the King of Wings. Don't worry, the King of Wings didn't meet him, and you died early. Well, I'd rather I come along, so I'm more at ease."

Her 'kind' touch made Li Zhan's heart surge again. Fortunately, Li Zhan had eaten less in the past two days, and he couldn't vomit anymore, so he naturally got better.

He sat back in the car, moving away from Jingyi.

"Princess, please tell me why you called me here."

His pain was brought by Jingyi, and he just wanted to get it over with. Now, right now, a voice in his heart was clamoring wildly, longing to see Nanxu right away, instead of being a prisoner of a shameless man in this gorgeous carriage.

But the more anxious he was, the more fun Jingyi found it.

It was like playing with a dog, and she had the dog's food and rope in her hands.

"No hurry, let me take a good look at my husband." She looked around, stretched out her rough hand and touched Li Zhan's face. Li Zhan turned his head away, and Jingyi slapped him with a loud slap.

"Okay, you look a little rosier now, and finally not as haggard as before."

Jingyi finally smiled contentedly at Li Zhan's submissiveness. She flicked her wrist and calmly looked at her 'husband' who had turned his head away as she fanned him. "Tell me, why were you willing to wander around outside Kyoto, waiting and waiting, and then bring the Zhao family back overnight? What on earth were you doing?"

My face felt burning and painful, and I knew without even thinking that half of it must have turned red.

Jingyi looked noble, but she had a lot of strength when she fanned people. Li Zhan thought maliciously that she must have been bullied by the eunuchs in the cold palace. Without such strength, it is really uncertain whether she could have escaped the cold palace alive...

"Prince Consort! I'm asking you a question!"

A pair of embroidered shoes with gold thread kicked over his shoulder. Li Zhan glanced at them calmly and replied with his head down, "Your Highness, you are joking. From the day we set out, we let the officials go first. It seems that it was not my idea for you and I to wander outside the capital. It must be your Highness's idea."

Jingyi was moody and would tease him in various ways, and Li Zhan had long been accustomed to it.

It would have been fine in the past, but now he had concerns in his heart and didn't want to waste time with her, so his words were a little stiff.

Jingyi glanced at him twice, her playful tone dropping as she tilted her head to look at him. "Really? But how can I remember that you are the chief officer entering Shu this time, and I am just a woman who can't bear to be separated from her husband. My Lord, you disregard the lives of the people of Shu, and yet you linger on a woman's words. If this gets out, it will be a serious dereliction of duty and punishable by death."

Her voice was light and lively, as if she was really worried about her husband, but it aroused an unknown fire in Li Zhan's ears.

He couldn't bear it any longer, he raised his head and stood up, tightly grasping Jingyi's hand that had just slapped him, glaring at her, "Enough! I respect you as a princess, but don't be so presumptuous!"

Jingyi was naturally not afraid of him, "Ha! Even if I acted presumptuously, what can you do?"

Yes, what can he do?

Although he was unwilling to enter Shu, he had no choice but to obey the emperor's order.

The Li family has been put on the fire. No matter how much hatred and resentment he has, he cannot just watch the whole family suffer a miserable end.

So he gladly accepted the order. At worst, he would risk his life and die in Shu, which would be considered as repaying his parents for raising him.

But later, when he learned that it was Duan Wenpei's suggestion to His Majesty to enter Shu, he changed his mind.

Why did Duan Wenpei get everything, while he could only lose his beloved in loneliness and obscurity and die in a foreign land?

He doesn't have any chips in his hand.

So, he found the Zhao family again, but this time, in addition to him, there was also Princess Jingyi.

This daring woman had such a big appetite and ambition that she sent a corpse that looked almost identical to Zhao Huaijue into the palace, and returned the real Zhao Huaijue, who was burned beyond recognition but still breathing, to the Zhao family.

Her request is simple. She wants to join the game and be involved in it herself. What she is fighting for is no longer a man, but the world.

But she didn't trust the Zhao family and him. She wanted to personally escort Zhao Huaijue to Shu and meet the head of the Zhao family in person.

That's why she took the initiative to set up camp outside the city of Kyoto, letting the main group go first, and also letting Duan Wenpei go first.

Li Zhan understood her plan.

Let your Majesty's men and Duan Wenpei deal with this muddy water in Shu first.

As for the truth being revealed and His Majesty being furious... Didn't Jingyi say that she was just a woman, and everything was the idea of ​​him, the prince consort, and had nothing to do with her... Haha, he was so calculating and had such a vicious mind.

Li Zhan slowly released her wrist. He really couldn't do anything, but he was not a pushover.

"The medicine I gave Zhao Huaijue will take effect in one day. If Your Highness wants to make a desperate move, feel free to torture me."

He still lowered his head, but stood straight.

Jingyi was struck by his words and was speechless, with a hint of anger in her voice, "You were the one who gave Zhao Huaijue the drug. If Zhao Huaijue really died, would the Zhao family let you go?"

"But Zhao Huaijue was poisoned after drinking the ginseng soup sent by Your Highness. Even if Your Highness says it all, he can't escape responsibility, right?"

"You!" Jingyi narrowed her eyes. The old saying was indeed true: a dog that bites never barks. When it barks, it must have bitten you without anyone noticing.

She was just careless for a moment, and Li Zhan took the opportunity to bite her.

"Alright. Prince Consort, why are you so angry? We all want to form an alliance with the Zhao family. After all, we are not only husband and wife but also allies. Why make things unpleasant?"

Jingyi is very flexible and can change her expression like turning the pages of a book.

"I didn't call you here for anything important. I just wanted to tell you that we can set off."

*

After Li Zhan left, Jingyi was about to close her eyes to rest, but the palace maid next to her thought for a moment and decided to step forward to report the abnormality she had discovered.

"You mean, there's a woman in his car?"

Jingyi was surprised at first, and then a look of creepy amusement appeared in her eyes.