A hint of coldness appeared in Lu Jing's eyes: "Did someone spout nonsense in front of you?"
Seeing that he didn't want to answer directly, Nan Zhi wiped away her tears and forced a smile. "No, it's just that I'm on my period and not feeling well, so I tend to overthink things."
Lu Jing stared at her scrutinizingly: "So how did you get that done to your lip?"
"I accidentally burned myself while drinking soup today."
Lu Jing stroked the corner of her lips, his voice slightly deep: "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore." Nan Zhi's face was no longer sad. She smiled mischievously at him. "Is A-Jing worried about me?"
"Of course it hurts." Lu Jing took out a box of ointment from his clothes and gently applied it to the red areas. After he finished, he stroked her face and said, "Be more careful next time."
Nanzhi smiled happily: "Okay."
She lay back down. "Jing, I want to sleep. Will you stay with me for a while?"
Lu Jing covered her with a blanket and watched her close her eyes as her breathing gradually relaxed and became calm.
Nan Zhi's sudden obedience made Lu Jing feel uneasy.
He thought she would continue to press him about whether he would marry her, but to his surprise, she chose to conceal the truth...
So what exactly happened?
After confirming that Nan Zhi was fast asleep, Lu Jing got up and left the house.
He went to the main hall and summoned the butler.
"Who came to the manor today, and did they see the princess?"
The steward was also unsure and hurried down to inquire, but everyone below said they didn't know either.
The housekeeper could only tell Lu Jing the truth.
Lu Jing drew his sword and went to interrogate the suspect himself.
When everyone saw the gleaming sword in Lu Jing's hand, they felt a jolt in their hearts and were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground, especially the kitchen servants.
Lu Jing, with a terrifying smile on his lips, stood under the bright red lanterns, appearing even more horrifying and sinister, like a bloodthirsty demon.
"As everyone knows, I have no patience to listen to your sophistry here."
The guards should speak first, reporting who came to the manor today. Then the servants who attend to the princess should report who went to see her and what happened.
"I'll give you half a cup of tea's time. If you can't answer, you're all dead."
These casual words sent shivers down everyone's spines.
The guards reported the guests who had come to the mansion. Lu Huai did not like to receive guests. When he was here, not many people came to visit, and when he was not here, even fewer people were able to enter the mansion.
Only Yingfeng had special privileges.
When Lu Jing heard that Ying Feng was coming, he was not surprised at all.
Even those who served the princess dared not conceal the truth.
Although Lian'er remembered Nanzhi's words and didn't say anything, the kitchen servant was frightened and dared not hide it anymore. He told her everything about Yingfeng going to see the princess and poisoning him.
But the kitchen servant didn't know exactly what had happened.
Lu Jing had already guessed how things would go just by briefly contacting Nan Zhi's reaction.
"It really was that idiot! How dare she bully my people? She's asking for death!"
Lu Jing, sword in hand, stepped over the kitchen servant and leaped onto the high wall, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.
Yingfeng was still happy about bullying Nanzhi today, and before she could go to bed, she heard a loud bang. She turned around and saw that the door had been sliced in two by a sharp sword aura and smashed to the ground.
Lu Jing stood at the door, staring at her with a sinister look.
Yingfeng thought it was Lu Huai and took two steps forward nervously, but dared not go forward because of his powerful aura. "Wh...what's wrong?"
The Lu Huai in his mind realized that Lu Jing really wanted to kill Ying Feng, and hurriedly stopped him: "Lu Jing, calm down, you can't kill her."
"I'm going to kill them anyway."
Lu Jing swung his sword and slashed out.
Yingfeng was no match for Lu Jing and was so frightened that she quickly dodged.
The items inside the room were smashed into a mess and fell to the ground by the sword energy.
Lu Jing was about to make another move, the tip of his sword already aimed at Ying Feng's neck. Lu Huai forcibly controlled his body and grabbed the hilt of the sword, but even so, Ying Feng's neck was still cut by the blade, and blood flowed down her neck.
Yingfeng was slow to realize the pain before she felt it. She looked at Lu Huai in front of her in horror.
She seemed to have never seen Lu Huai like this before.
He exuded a fierce aura, and his eyes were so unfamiliar that it was as if he had become a completely different person.
Yingfeng held her breath, and only after seeing that the murderous intent in Lu Huai's eyes had subsided considerably did she dare to ask cautiously, "Wh...what's wrong?"
Lu Huai withdrew his sword. Although the killing intent in his eyes had subsided considerably, his indifference had only increased.
"Did you go to the Prime Minister's residence today?"
Yingfeng nodded, her mind racing.
Did Nan Zhi complain to Lu Huai?
That doesn't make sense.
Even if she dared to complain, Lu Huai shouldn't treat her like this.
Nan Zhi is his enemy, while her father is his savior, and she has helped him so much. How could he treat her like this?
Her voice trembled, still shaken from the shock, "I did go, and I even met with that Qi princess. What's wrong? Are you going to kill me because of her?"
Lu Huai's voice was low and deep: "I won't kill you, but you are not allowed to see her again, and you are not allowed to touch her."
Lu Huai's words shocked Yingfeng for a long time. She looked at him incredulously, "You love her? Do you love her?"
like……
Upon hearing this word, Lu Huai's heart clenched.
He subconsciously denied it, suppressing the feelings in his heart.
"I still have a use for her. From today onwards, you are not allowed to go to the Prime Minister's residence. If you ruin my plans, we will no longer cooperate."
Lu Huai picked up his sword and turned to leave.
As Yingfeng watched his disappearing figure and the messy room, and recalled the terrifying look in his eyes that seemed to want to kill her, she felt a wave of weakness wash over her and collapsed to the ground.
Even if Lu Huai denied it, women are sensitive, and Ying Feng could not see how important Nan Zhi was to Lu Huai.
If she really wasn't important, Lu Huai only needed to send someone to inform her.
But he didn't.
He went to her door in person and almost killed her.
He fell in love with Nan Zhi, he actually fell in love with Nan Zhi!
Yingfeng stroked her slashed neck, a deep jealousy welling up in her eyes.
She absolutely would not allow such a thing to happen.
As soon as Lu Huai returned to his residence, a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his lips.
Lu Jing's aura was too chaotic. He forcibly controlled his body, causing Lu Jing to fall into a deep sleep, but he also damaged his heart meridian.
He casually wiped the blood from the corner of his lips. After his breathing had calmed down a bit, Lu Huai did not go to bed, but went to Nan Zhi's place instead.
The room was warm and cozy. Nan Zhi was still not sleeping soundly on the tatami. She seemed to be dreaming, her eyelids were moving and her brows were tightly furrowed.
×&%￥#@……
She was muttering something in her sleep.
Lu Huai grasped her uneasy hand, softened his voice, and called to her in Lu Jing's tone.
"Nanzhi."
Her voice went from being intermittent to finally being complete.
"Sir...sir..."
"What did I do wrong? Why are you treating me like this..."
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I once teased a girl who was talking in her sleep when I was in junior high school. At first, I couldn't understand what she was saying, but then I asked her a question, and after she started talking back, it was like a normal conversation.
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