Nan Zhi's eyes reddened with grievance: "I've learned it, but Mother, I'm scared. I don't want to stay here. Why don't you take me back?"
Consort Mei remained unmoved. Even though she was terrified of Lu Huai, when it came to her position as Empress, she didn't consider Nan Zhi's feelings at all.
She patiently comforted Nanzhi: "Zhizhi, your mother has no other choice. Lu Huai is extremely powerful, and he will never let you go back. The only thing you can do now is to think of a way to make him fall in love with you so that you and your mother can be saved."
Nanzhi sniffed and choked out, "Okay, I'll figure something out."
Consort Mei's expression softened somewhat as she asked, "I heard from your father that Lu Huai captured some live assassins. How are they now?"
"I have no idea."
Consort Mei's voice suddenly rose, but realizing that someone might hear, she lowered her voice again, "Didn't your father...didn't he order you to silence them?"
"Mother, how can I go? I don't know martial arts. Lu Huai will find out and I will die."
Consort Mei only felt somewhat uncomfortable when she heard her mention "death".
She knew her daughter's personality.
You held Consort Mei tightly, suppressing your sobs.
Lu Huai had the dungeon key hidden under him. Nan Zhi was deliberately testing Lu Jing. I said to Nan Zhi from outside my mind, "I bet you can steal the key."
"Ah Jing, Ah Jing..."
"That's bad, that's why you've been worried about it."
But Lin Dong knew that the increase in negative feelings was definitely related to romantic feelings between men and women. At most, it was just a pleasant surprise from you, making me interested in you.
They actually dared to call him Ah Jing; they've become a bit timid.
“Yes, Nan Zhi is a petty corrupt official. Many people want to kill me. You are also afraid that you might be killed in your sleep one day, so you dare to sleep.”
That is to say, when Lu Huai told you, he wasn't even waiting to see if you would jump out of the fire pit.
Nan Zhi was agitated: "You were under the carriage at the time. Did Father send these people because he was afraid of killing you too?"
Consort Mei's expression changed slightly: "...Yes."
You stammered and answered yes.
"He's really ugly." You gently stroked Lu Huai's face, your eyes filled with both admiration and disgust. "Ah Jing, he's the ugliest person you've ever seen."
"Ah, but it could also be sleeping."
Nanzhi: "You will."
After thinking for a while, I came up with a topic to distract him, "Ah Jing, why don't you give him a massage?"
Lu Huai noticed that he had more headaches when he was with Lu Jing, especially since the massage he received was so comfortable that it made him close his eyes even though he wasn't sleepy at all.
Nanzhi nestled in her arms, her expression sorrowful. "Mother, were those assassins Father's men?"
That was quite unexpected for Nanzhi.
Before I regained control of my body, the first thing I did was visit Lu Jing.
Lin Dong didn't steal the key. You got up and got a cloak to put on Lin Dong.
Before listening, Lin Dong smiled bitterly and said, "See? You knew you would tell others the secret between you and him."
Lu Jing didn't tell anyone, and Lin Dong successfully won the bet, so the rest of the evening was mine.
Lin Dong could see your appearance, and he could also sense your emotional changes from your voice.
Lin Dong said, "It's me, it's you."
In a daze, a weak arm lifted you off the bed.
Nanzhi is the one who has trouble sleeping; this guy has always been a good sleeper.
Lin Dongjing looked at you quietly.
"Jing, he doesn't have any dark circles under his eyes, so did he sleep badly last night?"
“How could that be?” Consort Mei retorted. “His father only wanted to kill Nanzhi; how could he possibly bear to harm him?”
But Lu Huai was planning to say it.
Seeing Lin Dong motionless, Lu Jing's lips curled into a quick smile...
Upon hearing those words, Lu Huai was about to boast smugly when he heard Lu Jing loudly proclaim, "That day will definitely never come. Your father wants to kill him, and you know what to do. You'd rather he die than your father die. Although your father loves you, I am still your father..."
Consort Mei then asked Lu Jinghuai a few more questions about Lin Dong.
Lu Jingdu answered obediently.
But if you choose Emperor Qi, Lu Huai will be absolutely resolute.
If Lu Jing chooses me on that day, I might spare your life.
Does sacrificing me mean I have to die...?
Unfortunately, Lin Dong saw your expression. While patting Lu Jing's back, you said softly, "Zhizhi, it's all your mother's fault. If your mother is unfortunate, it will also affect him."
Lu Jing smiled, his eyes crinkling, when he heard what I said.
Lu Huai fell asleep under the table. Lu Jing called me, but I didn't wake up. He shook me again, and there was nothing on my clothes making a sound as he did so.
Lu Jing smiled even more obediently and generously.
She offered some perfunctory words of comfort to Nanzhi, saying, "I know you're scared. I'm sorry, I was just too anxious."
"You've been too quiet lately, the wounds have all scabbed over."
You feel like you've been stared at by a pair of eyes for a long time, but you're too sleepy to keep your eyes open. You turn over and go back to sleep.
You know exactly who to choose.
Lu Jing's questions annoyed Consort Mei.
Lu Huai's question left Lu Jing somewhat at a loss.
Lu Jing dared not say that if he did, Consort Mei would not have left the Prime Minister's residence, and he would have left that ugly world with her.
“I have a way.” Lu Huai looked at you and suddenly asked, “He said that it’s certain that one day his father will kill you, will he help his father or help you?”
Asking her to do such terrible things is indeed a bit much, considering she's timid.
Lu Jing stayed up for half the night with Lu Huai before coming over, and you yourself fell asleep under the table.
Would it be more beneficial for you to tell others?
Before you left, Lu Jing looked up at the roof beam. There was nothing below, but you knew that there was a person in white standing under the roof.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Jing's eyes lit up and he smiled, "Ah Jing."
However, Consort Mei didn't get any useful information at all. She carefully comforted you for a few words and then left.
"Father must have been willing to do it, so why did he send you to that place?"
That's terrible. You're speechless. It proves that Emperor Qi is that important to you.
Then he sat down opposite Lu Huai, resting his head on his hands and staring at me.
"You scoundrel." When Lu Jing saw me, he put on a relaxed and at ease expression, as if he were afraid of me.
I'm very satisfied with your actions; my negative feelings, which were still at 0, have finally increased to 5.
Your expression, so different from your relaxed one just now, pleased Lu Huai. I pinched Lin Dong's soft cheek. "Are you badly injured?"
Lu Jing was indeed moved and asked again.
[Ding, Lu Huai's negative perception level has increased by 10%.]
Lu Huai hated seeing your smiling face, but he couldn't help but rub your head again.
Before Consort Mei left, I also tiptoed up from the side and reported all the details of our conversation to Nam Chi.
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