Chapter 1822 The Unknown Secret
The news of the imperial concubine's return spread quickly, and naturally, it also reached the west wing.
After hearing the news, Xue Ling took a deep breath.
But before she could even breathe out, she heard a bang and the door of her room was pushed open. Although she was mentally prepared, she was still startled.
When I turned around, I saw Li Lai standing at the door with a menacing look.
Xue Ling raised an eyebrow: "What are you doing?"
“…”
"This door is not mine."
“…”
"If you kick the door down and someone asks me about it, I won't admit it. If they find out it was you who kicked the door down and ask me about it, what will you say?"
Li Lai walked in with a gloomy expression and said, "Don't try to play tricks on me. I want to ask you, why did the imperial concubine come back?"
When Xue Ling saw him come in, he did not forget to close the door.
It seemed that although he was very angry, he had not lost his mind. He sneered and said, "Why did she come back? You should ask the imperial concubine. Why are you asking me?"
“…”
"Could it be that a commoner like me can arrange the itinerary of His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Imperial Concubine?"
Li Lai gritted his teeth and said, "If you can't arrange it, who can?"
“…”
"The Imperial Concubine said she was going to White Dragon City to take care of her baby, so she shouldn't have come back in just one or two days. But this time, she only stayed for two days and came back. She definitely wasn't going to take care of her baby."
“…”
"If she didn't want to take care of the baby, why would she go to White Dragon City?"
At this point, a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he asked, "Could it be that she is just using 'nurturing the fetus' as an excuse, and her real purpose is to find an antidote?"
“…”
"Tell me, have you betrayed us and told her all our plans?"
Seeing his ferocious expression, which seemed to be about to swallow him whole, he looked completely different from the honest and steady middle-aged man he usually was. Xue Ling's eyes were cold and he said calmly, "What makes you say she was looking for an antidote?"
“…”
"Is there any evidence?"
“…”
"Or, has she already got the antidote to wake up Lord Ye?"
“…”
"If you don't have any of that, then don't try to frame me."
“…”
"River--"
She was about to call his name, but as soon as she said the word "Jiang," she felt a murderous aura coming from Li Lai, so she changed her words and said, "Li Lai, we both came here to work. Although you are older than me, I don't take orders from you. We each do our own thing. You just need to do your own thing. You have no right to control me."
"you--"
Li Lai gritted his teeth and glared at Xue Ling angrily.
Of course, he also knew that this young lady had a bad temper. She was not afraid of even the sand bandits, so naturally she would not be afraid of him either.
After a long moment, he said coldly, "Xue Ling, you'd better remember what I said. If you dare to disrupt our operation, I will be the first one to not let you go. Don't dig your own grave!"
After saying that, he turned around and slammed the door and left.
There was a bang when it came and a loud bang when it left. This time, Xue Ling was on guard, but his eyes still flickered slightly.
She didn't breathe a sigh of relief until Li Lai's back disappeared outside.
But at the same time, she frowned slightly, looking out the window at the uncertain weather, muttering, "What exactly is she planning? Coming back like this is too blatant."
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Li Lai returned to his room angrily.
When he sat back in his chair, he was still quite angry. He slammed his fist on the table with another "bang", and his finger bones hurt.
It made him even more furious.
Although he knew that there were eyes everywhere in this Duwei Mansion, and even though the people guarding him at the door had withdrawn, his behavior of rashly running to Xue Ling to get angry was indeed a bit inappropriate.
But he was too angry and too scared.
Everyone's life is on the edge of a knife. He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that after his death -
Thinking of this, my eyes turned red.
At this moment, there was a sound of "doudou, doudou" coming from outside.
When he heard the voice, he couldn't help but frown.
It was the blind woman Chu Xin coming over again, leaning on her bamboo stick.
Sure enough, when she looked up, Chu Xin's face had appeared at the door. She faced the inside cautiously. Although she couldn't see, she obviously knew where she was: "Jiang Qu...?"
“What?!”
"I, I just heard you and Xue Ling arguing about something."
"What does this have to do with you?!"
“…”
Li Lai had just gotten angry, and at this moment he still couldn't get over his emotions.
The tone of his speech was also stiff.
Chu Xin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Since their reunion, Jiang Qu has always been very gentle to her. That kind of gentleness seemed to bring them back to more than ten years ago when they just met and fell in love.
It's like a dream.
But now, his attitude was so bad that she was a little at a loss.
Although she had always been cold and sarcastic towards Jiang Qu, now that Jiang Qu's attitude had changed, she softened her tone.
"You, what's wrong with you?"
“…”
After Li Lai said that, he felt a little regretful.
Now, I should coax her and win her over, so that she won't say anything she shouldn't say. Otherwise, neither I nor Xue Ling will be able to survive. Just now, I was too impulsive.
So he suppressed his anger, stood up and walked to the door, and said softly, "I don't want you to interfere in my affairs with her."
When Chu Xin heard that he had returned to his usual gentle tone, his heart seemed to soften all of a sudden.
She asked, "Why?"
“…”
"Why can't I ask?"
Li Lai frowned impatiently, but fortunately, the blind woman couldn't see it.
He could only patiently say, "Whatever happened between her and me is dangerous. Don't ask. I don't want you to be exposed to any danger."
“…”
"I hope you're okay and safe."
Upon hearing this, Chu Xin's heart almost softened into a puddle of water.
The slight doubt that had just arisen in my mind disappeared in an instant.
She said: "I, I know you are good to me..."
“…”
"I'm just, worried about you."
Li Lai raised his eyebrows.
He looked at Chu Xin, was silent for a moment, and said sincerely and gently: "Don't worry about me, I just have a difficult problem right now."
"What's the problem?"
"Nothing much, I just don't know why. The imperial concubine clearly said she was going to Bailong City to take care of her pregnancy, so why did she come back after only two days?"
“…”
"Do they have any plans? Or—"
A cunning light flashed in his eyes, and he said softly: "They went to Bailong City. What unknown secrets do they have?"
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