Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Why do I like her so much? ...
Everyone escorted him all the way to the palace gate.
Huan Zheying breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ji Xun's carriage had entered the palace wall, but he quickly glanced at another carriage frame out of the corner of his eye.
We were delayed in the car for a long time before setting off just now. Why are you riding your horse so close to the car window now, Captain Xie?
Driven by the gossip in his heart, Huan Zheying randomly pulled an official and started discussing today's outing, but in fact he was deliberately observing the two people secretly.
Xie Tingyu helped Ji Lian get off the carriage and casually asked, "Which garden do you fancy today?"
The speaker may not intend it, but the listener may take it seriously.
"What?" Ji Lian gently pinched Xie Tingyu's fingers from beneath her wide sleeves. "Do you want me to live in Wuyi Lane in the future?"
Huan Zheying, who had been peeking at them from a distance, suddenly choked and coughed. Could it be that the two of them were holding hands again? Unfortunately, the distance was too far to see clearly.
The official's face remained mournful. "I heard that Captain Huan and Captain Xie were close friends. Please, Captain, put in a good word for me! I honestly didn't know there was a body in that abandoned house, otherwise how would I have dared..."
Upon hearing this, Huan Zheying's curiosity vanished without a trace, and he asked seriously, "How could there be a body in such an abandoned house?"
The official recounted what had happened that afternoon.
Huan Zheying frowned. There was a dead body in the abandoned house and the horse was suddenly frightened. Two strange things happened in one day?
Let’s talk about Xie Tingyu and Ji Lian again.
"That place is really nice, with winding paths and lush vegetation. It's also close to the Qinhuai River. If you go out at night, you can even see the river lanterns floating on the river."
"So do you want me to move there?"
Under the night sky, Ji Lian's eyes seemed to be filled with all the stars in the sky as she stared at Xie Tingyu.
Xie Tingyu belatedly realized the meaning behind Ji Lian's words.
"It would be best if Lianlian lived in Wuyi Lane." Xie Tingyu shook Ji Lian's hand. "It would make it easier for me to climb over the wall and look for you at night. You know, the last time I climbed over the wall and sneaked into the palace, it was a bit dangerous. Those Jinwu Guards—hiss!"
She suddenly retracted her hand, gently stroking the fresh red mark on the back of her hand, and said with a sly smile: "Lianlian, every time you bite me or hit me, you don't show any mercy at all."
"Why should I show mercy to a scoundrel like you?"
Ji Lian turned and got into the carriage, lifting the curtain to watch Xie Tingyu's back as he rode away. When the figure disappeared at the end of the palace road, he whispered, "When you return, submit a memorial stating that the mansion garden in Wuyi Lane is the most suitable."
"Yes." Jiangzhu stole a glance at Ji Lian's lips, which had been slightly raised since she met the young Master Xie, and asked tentatively, "If there is any news about Master Xie in the future, do you still need to tell me?"
Amid the rumbling of the wheels, Ji Lian closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the carriage. After a long while, he finally heard him say softly, "Yes, of course I do."
Only when he entered the Posa Pavilion did Ji Lian suddenly realize that Xie Tingyu had taken advantage of him today. But in the end, he still didn't know what his relationship with her was now, let alone whether the Xianbei male slave had been taken into her room.
In an instant, my originally cheerful mood plummeted.
Ji Lian stood there motionless, allowing the palace servants to untie the sash around his waist.
"Get out."
When they were about to take off the last layer of inner garment, the palace servants suddenly heard the prince who was surrounded in the middle give a low shout.
The palace servants looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.
Ji Lian crossed her arms over her chest, a trace of embarrassment spread across her eyebrows, and her ears were red. "You guys can go out. I don't need you to serve me."
"Yes." The palace servants retreated outside the hot spring room with their heads lowered.
Ji Lian took a deep breath, his fingertips trembled slightly, and his shirt slid down his beautiful body like water to the ground.
He walked to a huge bronze mirror next to the screen.
"Really... every time I don't know how to be gentler."
Coming closer and taking a closer look, there was an unshakable satisfaction in his eyes.
She used her fingertips to push aside her drooping black hair and tilted her neck slightly.
There was a crescent-shaped bite mark on the side of the neck, with the teeth clearly visible and fine sucking marks scattered around it.
The hazy copper surface reflects an ambiguous picture, with dark and light pink fingerprints appearing on the fair skin, some light, some heavy, some large, and some small, as if they were painted on inch by inch.
There were purple pinch marks on both sides of her waist, and when she touched the back of her waist, she could even feel the residual warmth from her fingertips.
With a loud bang, Ji Lian fell straight into the hot spring with his back against it. The splashing water wet his scattered long hair.
In the hot mist, a beautiful and attractive white body slowly floated up from the bottom of the pool. Water droplets slid down his chin, and it was hard to tell whether it was pool water or tears.
He looked up at the dome, his Adam's apple rolling slightly, as if he wanted to swallow the unspeakable bitterness, and his hand unconsciously stroked the red heart of the toad's blood.
Ji Lian suddenly thought sadly that even after a big fight with Xie Tingyu on the wedding day, even though she said with her own mouth that she had never thought of marrying him, as long as she beckoned him with her finger, even if he bit his lip and pretended to be indifferent, he would find it difficult to resist his liking and dependence on her.
Why do I like her so much? I like her so much that I am willing to be her lover in secret.
She had often called me a little fox, but what about her? She was the coldest, most heartless hunter, needing no cage, no shackles, just a glance, and she could trap me in her clutches, unable to escape.
Another day passed, and Xie Tingyu went to Sirong Mansion to report for duty as usual.
When he entered the side hall, he saw several people gathered inside, whispering to each other. Actually, Xie Tingyu had only intended to come over to check in and greet the officials before heading to the Supreme Court.
She walked straight to the bookshelf, looking through the newly compiled list of Northern Army soldiers. Suddenly, an arm came from behind.
Cui Yuanying approached with a grin, lowering his voice to ask, "I heard you went to the Emperor yesterday to look up the Feng Shui location? Where did you finally decide on?" He whispered even more quietly, "Did it happen to be in Wuyi Lane?"
"As you said." Xie Tingyu continued to look through the bamboo slips in his hand without raising his head.
Cui Yuanying's smile froze. She'd been joking, but she hadn't expected such accurate information. She pressed the bamboo slips in Xie Tingyu's hand, her voice changing. "Are you serious? Xie Tingyu, I think that imperial minister seems quite familiar to you."
“It’s quite unusual.”
Xie Tingyu raised his eyes and clapped the bamboo slips against his palms. "I've saved him twice. If he still doesn't know me, wouldn't that be too heartless?"
Through the gaps between the bookshelves, I saw Wang Lanzhi sitting with several noble ladies from aristocratic families.
Wang Lanzhi slammed the table and stood up, his brows gleaming with anger. "They are just some northern barbarians. They were once beaten into submission by my mother, yet now they dare to send spies into the Great Zhou! This matter will not be allowed to go on!"
Yuan Wangshu leaned slightly against Wang Lanzhi's side, facing several newly promoted noble ladies. These young women had been selected thanks to their ancestors' support and their outstanding riding and archery skills. They were the new talents that the court was diligently cultivating.
"Thank you, Er."
Xie Tingyu paused slightly, turned around and saw Yuan Wangshu looking at him coldly, "Where are you going?"
She raised the bamboo slips in her hand and said, "I'm going to check the list of Northern Army soldiers and then go to the Supreme Court. What do you want to call me for?"
Yuan Wangshu's eyes were like knives, piercing Cui Yuanying behind Xie Tingyu. "If Cui Yuanying hadn't dragged you to Chunzhen Tower, how could you have gotten into all this trouble, and even brought a Xianbei male slave into the garden!" He slammed the table and said, "Cui Yuanying, this is all your fault!"
Cui Yuanying shrank his neck and hid behind Xie Tingyu, saying in a muffled voice, "The legs belong to Xie Er. It's a matter of mutual consent. Even if I forced her, she wouldn't have gone!"
Xie Tingyu was silent for a few breaths, then looked at everyone. "It seems that everyone already knows that Cui Yuanying and I visited Chunzhen Tower and were invited to the Supreme Court?"
"After you were released, everyone in Jiankang knew about it." Yuan Wangshu gritted his teeth, emphasizing each word, "Even my third brother knew about it."
"...Yuan Sanlang actually loves to listen to gossip?"
"The most important thing you should do now is to go back to the mansion immediately and thoroughly investigate the Xianbei male slave. Keep him under strict supervision to prevent him from stealing the confidential documents of Grand Tutor Xie." A noble lady interrupted.
Xie Tingyu casually lifted up his skirt, sat behind the table, and raised his chin. "The one I bought can't even speak Chinese fluently and can't read a few characters. You're all worrying too much."
She suddenly turned to Wang Lanzhi and asked with interest, "What spy were you talking about just now? Has he been caught?"
Wang Lanzhi nodded, his expression solemn. "Just got the news this morning. The Imperial Court has uncovered the truth about the horse startling during the imperial carriage yesterday. The palace's horse-feeding slave confessed that several Xianbei people had infiltrated the imperial horses' ranks, and one of them had secretly fed the horses crazy horse grass."
Xie Tingyu's spinning bamboo slips suddenly stopped. "So the horse's shock wasn't an accident, but rather a premeditated plot." She sat up straighter. "Speaking of strange things, the other day, while I was accompanying a few others to inspect the feng shui of a residence for the royal family, we discovered several male corpses in a dry well in an abandoned house."
"Xie Er, can you also read Feng Shui?" Cui Yuanying asked curiously.
"There is wind and well water, so the feng shui is good." Xie Tingyu answered perfunctorily.
"Huan Zheying has already informed us of this matter." Wang Lan rested her hands on her thighs and said in a deep voice, "But as a member of the Jinwu Guard, it is not convenient for her to intervene directly."
Xie Tingyu recalled the situation at the time, "At first glance, I thought the outlines of the bodies did resemble those of the Xianbei. However, it was dark in the well, and I couldn't fish any bodies out for a closer look, so I didn't dare to make any conclusions. Later, I reported the matter to the Chief Justice, who said that the area had been designated as royal land. If we wanted to search it, we had to go through various levels of government and wait for the emperor's approval before we could proceed."
He tapped his fingertips lightly on the desk. "According to the time, the approval document should be coming down today."
"Could the male corpse in the well be related to the Xianbei male slaves who have recently flooded into the Great Zhou?" Cui Yuanying asked.
"That's possible, but the truth will have to wait until today's investigation to determine."
Xie Tingyu stood up and straightened his sleeves. "It just so happens that I have to go to the Supreme Court today, so I'll investigate thoroughly."
Yuan Wangshu also stood up. "I'll go with you." She suddenly coughed lightly, looking a little embarrassed. "Since the male slave you bought isn't a spy, it's better to send him to do some cleaning work. He's not suitable to stay in your courtyard."
Xie Tingyu was confused.
Cui Yuanying sneered, "She's afraid that this male slave will climb onto your bed to win your favor. If that happens, her brother will—Ouch! It hurts!"
Yuan Wangshu withdrew his foot with a cold face: "If you keep talking, next time it won't just be your foot that'll get hurt."
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I got locked out for not even kissing in this chapter (found out when I woke up this morning), but I kissed so hard in the last chapter and nothing happened.
Review, I really don't have time to accompany you guys to make trouble, review. Already changed X6 (I can probably understand now, what I wrote is determined not to be released)
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Small theater (just thinking about it):
A recent trending post on the Red Book platform reads as follows: Hey everyone, I recently met my soulmate, Crush. She's beautiful and stylish, and I'm incredibly attracted to her. We've been flirting for a while, but nothing serious. A few days ago, I asked her, "Will you marry me?" She replied, "She's not even thinking about marrying me." I immediately had a huge argument with her, and I regret it so much. Yesterday, we ran into each other again for something, and we kissed and hugged. She even touched me, and I climaxed. But I didn't ask her if this counted as reconciliation.
Friends, do you think she and I have reconciled this time? Will she marry me in the future?
Don’t eat coriander: She is a bad woman, I advise you to break up with her.
Lian: She's not a scumbag! She just didn't realize she had to marry me.
AAAA super puncher: She just wants to sleep with you, advise you to break up.
Lian: No way! She and I haven't slept together yet, but she clearly likes my inner self.
What to eat for lunch: That’s because she hasn’t slept with you yet, and when she does, she’ll abandon you.
Lian: No way, every time before she kisses me she would ask, can I kiss you? How can such a polite girl be a scumbag?
The background message shows that Lian has blocked three people.
At night, Lianlian cried and sent a message to someone, "Do you really just want to sleep with me?"
Xiao Xie replied immediately: "Can we really sleep? Then I'll come to your house tonight?"
Lianlian burst into tears and blocked Xiaoxie as well.
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