Chapter 19 Chen really doesn't feel any pain
at all Tears welled up in her eyes. Shen Qingtang could hold them back at first, but when she heard that Lu Jiuan had to comfort her despite being seriously injured, her tears burst out all of a sudden.
"Are you stupid?"
"Your brows have never relaxed since I entered the room. How can you say it doesn't hurt?"
"Do you think I'm blind?"
Lu Jiuan quickly relaxed his brows upon hearing that.
It's not like he hasn't seen girls cry before, but he used to not care about them and just walked away.
Now seeing Shen Qingtang crying in front of him, Lu Jiuan suddenly became at a loss. He didn't know how to comfort a girl.
Lu Jiuan frowned unconsciously again. He awkwardly stretched out his hand to wipe Shen Qingtang's tears, but when he remembered that Shen Qingtang was a princess and he was just a guard and had no qualifications to touch the princess, he withdrew his hand abruptly.
He explained incoherently: "Fourth Princess, I didn't mean to lie to you."
"I just don't want you to worry. I am the princess's bodyguard. I failed to protect the princess, so I should be punished."
"If the princess died at the hands of an assassin, I would die as a token of my sin. Besides, the fourth princess is the smartest. How could you be blind?" "
I really don't feel any pain at all. If you don't believe me, I will come down and show you."
At the end, Lu Jiuan really didn't know how to explain. He propped himself up and pretended to get out of bed. Shen Qingtang was so scared that he quickly reached out to hold his shoulders and pushed him back.
"Didn't I tell you not to move? Why are you so disobedient now?"
Shen Qingtang's sudden approach made Lu Jiuan pause. She supported his shoulders with her slender jade fingers. Her dark and smooth hair fell down and rested on his chest obediently. He seemed to be able to feel Shen Qingtang's gentle breathing.
They were too close, but Lu Jiuan didn't feel disgusted. Something in his heart seemed to be touched.
He tilted his head slightly, his expression became unnatural, and the place touched by Shen Qingtang burned like fire.
Shen Qingtang didn't notice his expression at the moment. All she saw were the dense wounds on his body.
She carefully put the clothes on him.
"General Lu, I'm the one who implicated you this time."
The more Lu Jiuan acted as if nothing had happened, the more guilty Shen Qingtang felt.
[I want to escape from the place that hurt me, but I don't want to implicate others. ]
"You stay at home and take good care of yourself. I will go back and tell my father that you don't have to protect me in the future."
How can that be!
Lu Jiuan wanted to continue to protect Shen Qingtang, but he was seriously injured now. What could he use to protect the fourth princess?
He actually wanted to tell Shen Qingtang that he was not afraid of being implicated.
Shen Qingtang was about to get up and leave, and suddenly thought of the woman in green he had just seen.
[You were hurt so badly by me. If I don't do something for you, I will feel guilty. ]
[Besides, Madam Lu is a good person, and I don't want to see her killed. 】
Lu Jiuan was horrified. His mother would be killed by someone? What was going on?
Their Lu family never made enemies with anyone. Lu Jiuan really couldn't understand why someone would want to kill his mother?
"General Lu..." Shen Qingtang looked at Lu Jiuan and hesitated to speak.
The original book wrote that Shang Shijin had an older sister named Shang Shimian, who had been jealous of her sister's beauty since she was a child.
After growing up, Shang Shijin married a famous general of the state, while Shang Shimian only married a sixth-rank official, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to Shang Shimian.
Since Lu Yu's death, Shang Shimian has coveted the Lu family.
Now there are only Shang Shijin and Lu Jiuan left in the Lu family.
Shang Shimian asked his daughter Gao Zhilan to visit the Lu family often and build a good relationship with Shang Shijin and Lu Jiuan.
As long as Gao Zhilan successfully marries Lu Jiuan and becomes the eldest lady of the Lu family, everything in the Lu family will be decided by Gao Zhilan and Shang Shimian.
After Gao Zhilan came to the Lu family, she only looked at Lu Jiuan from a distance, and fell in love with him, wanting to marry him.
In order to achieve her goal, Gao Zhilan did not hesitate to drug Shang Shijin, and then pretended to be a good person to take good care of Shang Shijin.
Gao Zhilan stayed in the Lu family as she wished, but Lu Jiuan never looked at her more.
Later, Shang Shijin accidentally discovered that Gao Zhilan had drugged her. Gao Zhilan was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so she killed Shang Shijin without hesitation.
"What's wrong, Fourth Princess?"
Lu Jiuan looked at Shen Qingtang expectantly, and he was very anxious.
He really wanted to know who wanted to kill his mother.
Shen Qingtang just looked at him quietly, not knowing how to start.
[How can I tell you not to keep Gao Zhilan in the mansion? ]
[And don't have any contact with your aunt in the future. ]
Lu Jiuan's eyes flickered slightly. Could it be that the person who killed his mother was Gao Zhilan? Or his aunt?
[By the way, as long as Madam Lu is not drugged by Gao Zhilan, she will not be killed by Gao Zhilan. ]
Lu Jiuan was secretly shocked. His mother would be drugged by Gao Zhilan? And would she be killed by Gao Zhilan?
No, he would never allow this to happen!
Shen Qingtang pointed at the elixirs on the table and said, "General Lu, these elixirs are very precious. Those that have not been used up should be well preserved and have someone to guard them strictly."
"There's an assassin in the palace, and there might be one in your mansion as well."
"There's a saying that goes, 'take advantage of your weakness to kill you.' If the assassin tampers with the elixirs, you won't be able to defend yourself."
"As the commander of the Imperial Guard, you must ensure your own safety. Fengyin Country cannot do without you." "
Not only that, but you must also send someone to protect Madam Lu. If Madam Lu is captured by an assassin or drugged, it will distract you and affect the safety of my father."
"This is a matter of great importance. General Lu, you must ensure the safety of yourself and Madam Lu, understand?"
Shen Qingtang added, fearing that Lu Jiuan didn't understand.
"It is best not for anyone outside the Lu family to stay in the mansion for a long time."
Shen Qingtang used the assassin's excuse to bring up the topic of Lu Jiuan, and mentioned the drugging in a reasonable manner.
[Lu Jiuan, I've explained it so clearly, you don't still not understand what I mean, do you? ]
[If that's the case, then there's nothing I can do. ]
[After all, everyone has their own destiny. ]
[Huh! The guilt in my heart finally lessened a bit. ]
Shen Qingtang's words flowed through Lu Jiuan's body like a warm current, poking the softest corner of his heart.
So many years have passed, and apart from his parents, no one has cared so much about his safety.
The women around Lu Jiuan either coveted his beauty or coveted his family property. Only Shen Qingtang really cared about him.
Although Shen Qingtang told him out of guilt, Lu Jiuan didn't care. He just knew that Shen Qingtang treated him well
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