Chapter 293: The Depression in My Heart Is Difficult to Clear
Around three o'clock in the morning, Deng Youning, who was still standing by the window looking out, heard noises from the mansion.
Her courtyard was only separated from the courtyard where Li Tianzhuo lived by a wall. In addition, she was a martial arts expert with extraordinary five senses, so naturally any movement next door would not escape her eyes and ears.
Knowing that Li Tianzhuo and the others had returned, Deng Youning flew out directly from the open window and climbed over the wall to Li Tianzhuo's courtyard.
The fluttering hem of her dress fell gracefully along with her graceful figure.
Li Tianzhuo knew that she was coming through the patio in the yard.
If it were in the past, I would have turned around happily and ran towards her.
But this time, he suppressed the urge to move, continued to move forward, and pretended not to notice Deng Youning.
"A Zhuo!"
It was not until Deng Youning's voice rang out that he finally stopped and slowly looked back.
In the dark night, we couldn't see each other's expressions clearly.
"Ning Ning?"
"It's so late, why haven't you rested yet?"
Li Tianzhuo greeted casually as usual.
"Azhuo, it's so late. Where have you been all day? What brought you here just now?"
Deng Youning asked in a housekeeper's tone.
If Li Tianzhuo had heard her tone before, which was filled with slight anger, resentment, and a bit of jealousy, he would have felt secretly happy.
But tonight, he had to keep himself sober and control the love that was spreading uncontrollably.
"I went to meet a few people introduced by Nanny Lin. They are all businessmen from Nanxin. They are safe. Don't worry."
This was the only thing that made Deng Youning not worry, nothing else.
In the past, he would chase after Deng Youning and tell her what happened today, what kind of person they were and so on.
But tonight, that was too little.
Although the two were some distance away, Deng Youning could still smell the strong smell of alcohol on Li Tianzhuo.
How much did you drink?!
"Azhuo, have you been drinking again?"
"Didn't I tell you that alcohol will reduce the effectiveness of the Hundred Poison Solution? Besides, your blood is already unstable because your martial arts skills were abolished, so you can't drink alcohol!"
"You may seem safe now, but there may be many people who covet the throne waiting to take your life. You can't be so careless."
Deng Youning advised earnestly.
His words were full of concern for Li Tianzhuo, fearing that he might make some mistakes.
Li Tianzhuo couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
Xiu Ming took in all of his master’s emotions.
I secretly felt sad for him.
"Ning Ning, I can't live on your blood for the rest of my life and become timid, right?"
"It's getting late, and I'm a little tired today. If there's anything, let's talk about it tomorrow."
After he said this, he let Xiu Ming help him into the room.
The lights in the courtyard were reflected on the window, and Deng Youning could still see his slightly hunched back as he stood against the door.
For some reason, she always felt that Li Tianzhuo was weird today.
But thinking that it was indeed getting late and that Li Tianzhuo was safe, she felt relieved and used her lightness skills to fly back to her room.
In the dark room, Li Tianzhuo turned his head slightly, and after seeing that Deng Youning had indeed left, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Your Majesty…”
Xiu Ming was terrified, thinking that Li Tianzhuo had really been poisoned at the dinner just now.
Li Tianzhuo waved at him, indicating that he was fine.
"Can you use your subordinates to invite the doctor?"
Xiu Ming asked hurriedly and helped Li Tianzhuo sit aside.
"Don't worry, it's not poisoning."
Li Tianzhuo forced a smile at him.
He was in a bad mood these two days and had a sour face towards Xiu Ming.
If you think about it carefully, not only Ningning, but even Xiu Ming and the subordinates around him have not had a good life following him.
He laughed at himself, "Xiu Ming, tell me, am I such a failure that I can't even protect the person I like?"
Xiu Ming witnessed with his own eyes how difficult it was for Li Tianzhuo to come this far over the past six years. He did not reply, but just took Li Tianzhuo's pulse on his wrist.
Although Li Tianzhuo stopped in time, he was still diagnosed by Xiu Ming.
He stared at his master in surprise.
This is an internal injury caused by suppressing the emotions in one's heart.
Early the next morning, Xiu Ming followed Li Tianzhuo's instructions and deliberately moved closer to Ying Shi, and told her about his visit to Yihong Courtyard, intentionally or unintentionally.
Sure enough, Ying Shi's face changed suddenly. She put down the work in her hands and hurried to Deng Youning's courtyard.
Unfortunately, when Deng Youning found out about these things, Li Tianzhuo had already taken Xiu Ming to court.
Today was the same as yesterday. After retiring from court, I spent almost the entire day in brothels, wine shops, and brothels.
Nanny Lin introduced a lot of people to Li Tianzhuo, and she could entertain about twenty people every day, which was enough for him to entertain for three days.
He decided to go big today, invited the rest of the people, and made the whole city know about it.
When Deng Yan'an went out to buy things, people on the streets were talking about it.
He knew that the only prince in Nanxin who could have such a grand ceremony was Prince Changle, so he couldn't help but tell Deng Youning about it.
Deng Youning found it hard to accept for a moment when she heard that Li Tianzhuo was holding a banquet in a place like Yihongyuan.
"Miss, you should believe it this time, right?"
"When I told you this morning, you even tried to make amends for Master Li, saying that someone else invited you."
"This time, after listening to what the prince said, you have nothing to say, right?"
"Why does the banquet have to be held in that kind of place? Shouldn't we choose a restaurant?"
"It must be Lord Li who has ulterior motives!"
All of Ying Shi's good feelings towards Li Tianzhuo disappeared at that moment.
As Deng Youning's maid, her heart was filled with love for her own mistress.
I even don’t want to care about Xiu Ming anymore.
Deng Yan'an felt something was wrong. He thought he knew Li Tianzhuo's character very well.
"Maybe he really has something to hide?"
"Instead of guessing here, why don't we just go to Yihongyuan and find out."
Deng Youning nodded in agreement with his suggestion.
After dark, the three men, wearing night clothes, flew to the eaves of Yihong Courtyard, removed the tiles and looked down.
In the hall, Li Tianzhuo sat in the front, and the four seats were all well-known businessmen in Yuncheng.
In the middle, a group of girls from Yihongyuan were dancing.
The dancing of these prostitutes was particularly enchanting. As they were dancing they started to become dishonest, scattered in all directions and flirted with the men sitting there.
One of the lead dancers went straight towards Li Tianzhuo.
She threw the shawl on her body in the direction of Li Tianzhuo, and Xiu Ming was so nervous that he subconsciously wanted to draw his sword.
After all, there are many women in the martial arts world who can use a piece of silk as a weapon.
Fortunately, the courtesan was not a killer sent by any force.
Xiu Ming did not draw out his knife.
"Go, go, go, dance somewhere else."
"Don't hang around in front of our prince."
Xiu Ming helped Li Tianzhuo drive away these women according to his previous habit.
Just as the courtesan was about to leave, Li Tianzhuo noticed someone peeping at him from above.
He motioned Xiu Ming to look upwards and found the familiar auras of Deng Youning and Ying Shi. Li Tianzhuo and Xiu Ming did not expose them.
It’s good that they came. Tonight I can make them give up completely.
"Wait a minute."
Li Tianzhuo called out to the courtesan.
The courtesan kept looking back every few steps, and her eyes met Li Tianzhuo's in an instant. Her pupils were filled with surprise, as if she was a concubine who had been picked by the emperor.
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