Chapter 236 Going to Harm Lord Lu

“I’m surrounded by rough men,” Xiao Xuanyou probably realized his words were inappropriate and offered a rare explanation, “Miss Ji is more experienced.”

Jiang Zhi pursed her lips.

Applying the medicine was not difficult.

But in my current state, where I'm so fragile, I simply don't have the strength to serve this ancestor.

Fortunately, Xiao Xuanyou's visit today was not for this matter, and the topic was not pursued further.

He stepped in and poured himself a cup of tea. "I heard that Miss Ji and Young Master Xie spent the night in a cave waiting for the Frostweed to bloom?"

His face was calm and composed, but his hands, which were holding the teacup, had turned white.

Jiang Zhi immediately felt nervous.

Could it be that Xiao Xuanyou has discovered something?

"Yes, yes." Her guilty conscience lasted only a moment before she regained her self-righteousness. "Your Highness, did you come here today just to ask about this matter?"

She is Ji Zhiya now, not Jiang Zhi.

He didn't know his own identity, so who she spent the night with in the cave was none of his business, right?

Xiao Xuanyou couldn't help but frown. "Miss Ji, do you think it's a trivial matter for a man and a woman to spend the night together?"

"I did this to get the medicine, and I have a clear conscience. Even if it damages my reputation, people can say whatever they want, and there's nothing I can do about it."

"Helpless?" Xiao Xuanyou suppressed the rising anger in his heart. "What about Xie Qi?"

"You may not care about your reputation, but don't bring harm to him."

"As the heir of the Marquis of Wuyi, he will inherit the Marquis's mansion in the future. His status is noble and his reputation is as good as jade, which cannot be tarnished in the slightest. How can you compare him to him?"

Jiang Zhi's previously anxious heart gradually relaxed.

It turned out that what he cared about wasn't himself, but rather that she might use this opportunity to curry favor with the Marquis of Wuyi and ruin Xie Qi's reputation.

Faced with Xiao Xuanyou's merciless questioning, she was already feeling unwell, so she said rather irritably, "If Your Highness thinks I shouldn't harm Xie Qi, then who should I harm?"

Xiao Xuanyou was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered and said coldly, "It is none of my business who you harm, but Xie Qi is my cousin, so I cannot stand idly by and watch him get into trouble."

"I've learned my lesson," Jiang Zhi said with a forced smile. "Then I'll go and torment Lord Lu. He's all alone and doesn't have many worries, so he's perfect for me to torment."

"You!" Xiao Xuanyou's face turned ashen, his phoenix eyes lowered, a dangerous glint in them.

He suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Zhi's wrist, the jealousy in his chest almost bursting out of his chest.

Lu Yuan, it's Lu Yuan again!

How could she say these things so easily?

"Since you're so eager to cause trouble, Miss Ji, why don't you come find me?" He looked down at her with a dangerous and arrogant gaze.

Jiang Zhi frowned deeply. "What does Your Highness mean by this?"

She always felt that he must know something, otherwise why would he blurt out such a thing?

Xiao Xuanyou's eyes flickered, and seeing the suspicion in Jiang Zhi's eyes, he finally sighed, "Just kidding. I have a wife. I've drunk the nuptial wine with her and consummated our marriage. Naturally, I must remain chaste for her."

Jiang Zhi's lips twitched slightly.

Xiao Xuanyou's unpredictable and capricious nature is truly baffling.

"I see. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess are such a loving couple, it's truly enviable."

Xiao Xuanyou pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a headache coming on.

He naturally wouldn't tell him that the wife he was referring to wasn't Crown Princess Li Jinyan, but rather herself, standing right in front of him.

"Does Your Highness have anything else to say?" Jiang Zhi asked her.

Once she feels better, she will go and check if Lu Yuan's poison has been cured.

Xiao Xuanyou noticed the bluish-gray patches under her eyes and figured she must have been exhausted from traveling continuously and hadn't recovered even after a nap.

So he let go of her hand, saying, "Alright, you should get some rest..."

Before he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly sharpened.

His gaze fell on the wrist that he had gripped.

Afraid of hurting her, I didn't use much strength, but there was a dark red ring there, which was particularly glaring against her fair skin, clearly left from before.

It goes without saying who she was with before.

"What's going on?" Xiao Xuanyou's breath turned cold, his phoenix eyes filled with anger, and the wrist he was staring at felt like it was being burned.

Jiang Zhi withdrew her hand and subtly covered the mark with her wide sleeve. "It was from when I went down Broken Bone Cliff, when I was strangled by the rope."

"Really?" Xiao Xuanyou clearly didn't believe it.

Without saying a word, he grabbed her hand and rolled up her sleeve.

Large, mottled red marks on her slender arms were a shocking sight.

Jiang Zhi remembered that it was in the cave, when Xie Qi, in a moment of passion, kissed her from her fingertips all the way up.

"Is this what you call having a clear conscience?" Xiao Xuanyou's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth, his eyes filled with surging ferocity.

Jiang Zhi was startled, as if she had returned to the days when he had imprisoned her in his palm.

"Let me go!"

She wanted to break free from his control, but at this moment Xiao Xuanyou was provoked, his eyes were bloodshot, and he didn't care about anything else.

He held her captive with one hand, and with the other, he casually tore off half of her collar.

When Xiao Xuanyou saw the marks on it, his pupils shrank.

The undulating landscape was covered in purplish-red, with nowhere to look, which shows how intensely excited the person who left these marks must have been.

Xiao Xuanyou felt his rationality crumbling, his breathing becoming heavy, and he stared intently at that spot, as if the air around him had frozen.

Jiang Zhi thought to herself that this was bad, her chest heaving with anger. She slapped him across the face and then hurriedly tried to cover her clothes.

"Even if you are the crown prince, you cannot be so rude!"

Her slap wasn't heavy at all, but Xiao Xuanyou turned his head away, licked his teeth, suppressed his laughter, and also suppressed the slight ferocity in his eyes.

Like magma churning beneath a frozen landscape, the surface appears calm on the surface, but beneath it, a turbulent sea is raging.

"It's Xie Qi, isn't it?"

When he first confined her to the Eastern Palace, he couldn't bear to torment her because he cherished her body, and he endured it all.

I never expected her to be here with Xie Qi!

Jiang Zhi pursed her lips, lowered her head, and remained silent.

Is there anything Xiao Xuanyou doesn't understand?

"So many marks, how many times did he do it?" He gritted his teeth, his eyes unfathomable, his anger almost burning his mind. "What about other places? Are there similar marks there?"

He pushed her down onto the bed and pressed himself against her.

"Xiao Xuanyou, let me go, you madman!" Jiang Zhi struggled violently.

But she was already weak all over, and with Xiao Xuanyou's long legs holding her down, she was completely unable to move.

His eyes held no desire, only icy coldness.

Just then, the door was suddenly kicked open.

Xie Qi stormed in, his voice tense.

"Stop! I forced her. It's all my fault. It has nothing to do with her!"