"Stop!" Liu Zhang growled, "Get out!"
Seeing Liu Zhang suddenly furious, the faces of several people in the room changed. They hurriedly placed the medicine bowl on the bedside cabinet, lowered their heads and hurried out.
A Rao lay on the bed to relax for a moment, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master Liu has no evidence, so you want to humiliate me like this? This servant will not say anything, don't try to frame and discredit my prince."
Without saying a word, Liu Zhang picked up the medicine bowl on the bedside table and drank the medicine in the bowl. Then he held her wrist with one hand, grabbed her head with the other, leaned over and kissed her lips hard.
The bitter taste of medicine flowed between their lips and teeth. He blocked A Rao's mouth, preventing her from spitting it out, until he gave her the last drop of medicine, and then he let her go reluctantly.
"You!" A Rao raised her bruised arm and reached out to dig her throat, wanting to spit out the medicine, but Liu Zhang held her hand down and blocked her mouth again.
He closed his eyes and kissed her deeply, a passionate kiss like a storm falling on her lips, as if venting punishment, but also as if plundering the aftertaste.
Ah Rao felt that her breathing was very difficult. She had been injured and fasting for the past few days, and she had no strength at all. She tried to tilt her head to avoid his plunder, but he held her back tightly, not letting her evade.
In the end, I could only take the opportunity to bite his lips hard until he let go in pain.
"Master Liu, why waste your energy... on torturing a... servant girl like me? What your Liu family is trying to plan... everyone knows... in their hearts." A Rao panted heavily, trying to support herself with her arms so that she could be closer to him and not let him look down on her.
"Miss Jiang Rao, you are not a maid." Liu Zhang's eyes were blazing. He threw her onto the bed, leaned close to her, and said in a wicked voice: "Miss, do you know what the crime of molesting an official of the third rank or above is?"
"I don't understand what you are saying."
"The girl was so passionate in the carriage that night." Liu Zhang unbuttoned his collar. The kiss marks on his neck had not completely faded, leaving a faint red mark.
His voice softened. "What's your crime for making me wear a turtleneck in such hot weather?"
"It's you..." A Rao's pale face flushed with a charming blush. It turned out that the man who saved her that day was him!
She said vaguely, "Master Liu, sitting alone in a carriage in the middle of the night, must be seriously ill. Are you locking me up here to settle a personal grudge?"
Liu Zhang took off his coat with a wave of his hand, pressed her under him, and whispered in her ear, "So what, Miss Jiang Rao, you are still too weak to protect your prince. You might as well follow me."
"Don't even think about it!" A Rao turned her head away stubbornly and closed her eyes, not wanting to look at him.
Seeing that she stubbornly turned her head away and ignored him, Liu Zhang leaned over and kissed her as if punishing her, placing delicate kisses on her neck and collarbone.
A Rao lay powerlessly on the bed, letting him kiss her. Crystal clear tears slipped from her eyes. She thought that Liu Zhang was right. She was too weak and couldn't protect anything. If Mu Yunjin hadn't helped that day, I'm afraid...
Liu Zhang raised his head and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with his lips. His low voice was like a ghost, "Miss Jiang Rao, you must live well. If you die, you can't protect anything."
The shiny iron chain was lowered. Liu Zhang gently stroked A Rao's hand, which was scarlet from being strangled, and murmured in her ear: "Only when you have enough strength can you protect the people you want to protect."
He spoke with deep eyes, as if he was speaking to A Rao, but also as if he was warning himself.
The temperature in the room suddenly rose, and the air became ambiguous and sticky. Liu Zhang's movements became gradually rough, and the hands holding A Rao's body tightened, as if he wanted to hold the whole person in his arms.
A Rao couldn't help but let out a soft cry, but because of her injuries she had no power to resist and could only let him bully her.
In the villa, the garden is full of spring colors, the faint smell of medicine diffuses in the air, and the delicate flowers sway gently on the branches. A gust of wind blows by, twisting off a few pink petals.
Marquis' Mansion
Ye Wanqing paced anxiously in the room. Seeing Nanny Jiang coming in with a dark face, she hurriedly grabbed her arm and said, "Nanny Jiang, the Dali Temple still refuses to release A Rao. She is injured. I am very worried. Let's go to the palace and ask to see my aunt. Let her think of a solution."
Nanny Jiang had a sullen face and said in a cold tone, "That girl Arao is getting more and more presumptuous. It's one thing for her to take the prince to a place like Wanxiang Tower without permission, but how could she even let you wear women's clothes! What if someone finds out? Anyway, let her suffer a lesson in the Dali Temple."
Seeing her attitude, Ye Wanqing immediately became anxious and asked, "Isn't A Rao your daughter? Why aren't you worried at all? Although Brother Zhang—Liu Zhang—won't abuse punishment, she was injured and vomited a lot of blood. She can't be locked up in the prison!"
Nanny Jiang's voice suddenly rose considerably, "Prince! A Rao is first and foremost a maidservant of the Marquis's Mansion. Her primary mission is to protect the Prince and the interests and honor of the Marquis's Mansion. She should be punished for her inadequate protection and carelessness. Prince, you must not trouble the Imperial Concubine for her sake!"
"You!" Ye Wanqing pointed at the serious-looking Nanny Jiang, her eyes red with anxiety, and said, "I don't care. I'm going to save A Rao. I want to see my aunt and the prince!"
"The prince has been slacking off on his studies lately and causing trouble outside the mansion, bringing disgrace to the mansion. Please stay in the mansion for a few days to calm down and not leave." Nanny Jiang said without further ado, calling over a few people and ordering, "Come, keep an eye on her!"
"Madam Jiang, you are just a slave, you can't put me under house arrest!" Ye Wanqing angrily punched her and cursed loudly: "I am the prince of the Marquisate, are you climbing over my head and wanting to be the boss?"
Nanny Jiang didn't dodge and took two punches from her. She said calmly, "Your Highness, A Rao is also a servant. You must not lose your composure for a servant. I am doing this for your own good. Lock her up!"
Without saying a word, several servants pushed Ye Wanqing into the room and locked the door and windows.
"Let me out now! Madam Jiang, how dare you imprison this prince? If you don't let me out, I will, I will take off my clothes!"
"Please do as you please, my lord. These servants are all deaf and dumb. If they see something they shouldn't see or pass something they shouldn't pass, I will deal with it immediately."
There was a banging sound in the room. Nanny Jiang soothed him, "This old servant advises the prince to be patient. A Rao was a first-class guard with a military rank. Besides, the one who died was a prostitute. Even if they wanted to frame her, A Rao would not be punished too severely. At most, she would have to pay some money."
"I have already sent people to the Dali Temple to investigate. If anyone dares to resort to private punishment, the Marquis' Mansion will definitely investigate thoroughly. There is no need for the Liu Mansion and His Highness the Third Prince to start a war over a maid."
"Then you have no right to put me under house arrest," Ye Wanqing shook the door vigorously and shouted, "Let me out!"
"This is what Madam wants. The prince should not go out and see anyone these days."
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