The maids simply lowered their heads, not daring to look or breathe. The imperial teacher was already furious. If they breathed too loudly and were spotted by him, they would be dead.
Only Lan Shuang and Xin Wujiang acted as they pleased, without any reservations.
The Imperial Master stood up in anger, his voice like a knife: "General Xin, it's getting late. It's really inappropriate for you to stay in Shuang'er's boudoir. Please go back. Come on, show me around—"
Xin Wujiang turned around and wanted to say something, but Lan Shuang held his hand, blinked, and said, "Go ahead. The Master and I still have something to say."
Xin Wujiang narrowed his eyes suddenly, then retracted his hand, pulled the quilt up for Lan Shuang and said, "Okay, I'll come see you another day."
After saying this, he walked out without even looking at the Imperial Master, as if the Imperial Master was not a human being.
The Imperial Master was filled with rage, but he had to hold back his anger and said, "Everyone get out."
"yes."
The maids ran out of the house as if they had been pardoned.
The room fell silent, the candles on the candlesticks burning quietly. Lan Shuang leaned back against the bed, lowered her eyes, and asked, "Master, what did you want to say by sending everyone away?"
Hearing her cold tone, the Imperial Master clenched his fists, "Is this all that remains between you and me now, just aloofness and politeness?"
Lan Shuang raised her eyebrows and looked at him in surprise. Such a vivid expression made her face, which was pale due to the torture of the poison, come alive.
"What else can I do? How should I treat you, sir? Hasn't the father-daughter relationship between you and me been severed long ago?"
The Imperial Master choked and was speechless.
"If you are alright, and you are unwilling to detoxify me, please go back."
Lan Shuang ordered everyone to leave and prepared to go back to bed.
The Imperial Master closed his eyes, calmed down for a moment, and then said in a deep voice, "Something's wrong. Since you said that our father-daughter relationship is severed, we are just the master and the pawn. Then I ask you to do something, and you must listen."
"So what does the master want me to do?" Lan Shuang looked at him coldly.
The Imperial Master said in a deep voice, "I want you to keep an eye on Xin Wujiang after you marry him. If there is any unusual movement, you must tell me immediately."
"You want me to be your spy and monitor Xin Wujiang?"
Lan Shuang raised her voice slightly, and Xin Wujiang, who was hiding at the back window, heard it clearly. His face suddenly darkened.
The Imperial Master is indeed still harboring evil intentions.
The Imperial Master was in a state of turmoil and internal injuries at the moment. In addition, his internal strength was not as strong as Xin Wujiang's, so he didn't notice Xin Wujiang hiding at the back window.
"Yes, Xin Wujiang is a huge variable. If he joins anyone, it will be very dangerous for me. So, you must keep an eye on him. If you do well, I will give you the final antidote."
The Imperial Master regained his composure and negotiated terms with Lan Shuang.
Lan Shuang was silent for a moment, then smiled softly. Her smile was as faint as the moon in the water, and would shatter with a slight poke.
"Give me the last antidote, aren't you afraid that I will betray you?" Lan Shuang stared into the eyes of the Imperial Master.
The Imperial Master looked at her without flinching and said firmly, "You won't."
"Why?"
"Because..." The Imperial Master paused, "You are not that kind of person."
The expression on Lan Shuang's face gradually became sarcastic. They had decided to push her to a desperate situation, but she could still say such disgusting words.
"After giving me the antidote, you will never threaten me again? I have nothing to do with you at all?" Lan Shuang asked softly.
The Imperial Master thought for a moment and nodded slowly, "Yes, after this is done, I will give you your freedom."
Outside the window, Xin Wujiang unconsciously clenched his fists, his heart tightening. Lan Shuang...will she agree?
If you agree...
Xin Wujiang felt inexplicably stuffy in his chest. Lan Shuang must have her reasons for asking him to wait here. She knew that I was here, but she still said these things. Did she think that I would definitely believe her?
He stared at the small window with a dark look in his eyes.
If he pretended to agree first, and then worked together inside and outside to fool the Imperial Master and get the antidote first, it wouldn't be impossible.
He could still accept this, nothing was more important than her life.
However, after a while, Lan Shuang finally spoke, but her answer stunned both the men inside and outside.
"I don't agree." She refused very decisively, without any hesitation. However, it was this firmness that made the Imperial Master hard to understand. He suspected that he had misheard and could not help asking again, even moving closer. "What did you say?"
"I said—" Lan Shuang looked into his eyes and repeated, "I don't agree."
"Why?"
The Imperial Master became increasingly puzzled, his expression bewildered. "Are you worried about being discovered? No, Xin Wujiang seems to like you very much and won't easily suspect you."
"Is it wrong for him to trust me? Why should I gamble with his trust? This is despicable."
Lan Shuang said expressionlessly, watching the Imperial Master purse his lips.
The Imperial Master stared at her intently, his eyes filled with complex emotions. "So you've fallen in love with him?"
"yes."
Lan Shuang admitted without hesitation, "I admire him and respect him, so I don't want to do those things to hurt him again. I won't help you monitor him. As for the antidote..."
She spread her hands and said nonchalantly, "I'll live one day at a time, and forget it if I die. I will never be threatened by you again."
"you--"
The Imperial Master was truly furious this time. He stepped forward, grabbed Lan Shuang's chin, and said viciously, "Are you crazy? You're willing to sacrifice your life for a man? How have I treated you badly?"
Lan Shuang was not afraid at all. She just looked at him with a clear look in her eyes, reflecting the embarrassed look of the Imperial Master at this moment. The Imperial Master's heart suddenly tightened.
"Maybe you're crazy?"
“Okay, okay, okay!”
The Imperial Preceptor said "OK" three times in a row, then shook off Lan Shuang and looked down at her condescendingly: "Since this is your choice, I will no longer interfere. Once you marry out of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, we will completely sever our ties. If we ever meet again, I will not let you go."
Lan Shuang smiled and said, "Okay."
The Imperial Master gritted his teeth, turned around and walked away in anger.
Xin Wujiang hid in the dark, listening to the Imperial Master's footsteps gradually fading away until he could no longer hear them, and then he climbed in through the window.
Lan Shuang lay down, covered with the quilt, her eyes reddened uncontrollably and tears rolled down. This was the original owner's reaction, not hers. In fact, she had no feelings for the National Master at all. She would not like such a confused person and just wanted to roll her eyes at him.
But the original owner's obsession was still there. After all, she really loved the National Master, so it was not surprising that she would have such a reaction when they broke up. Lan Shuang understood it very well.
888: "Host, the female supporting character's resentment value is reduced by twenty~"
Lan Shuang was stunned. "It actually lost weight? I thought there would be no change."
888 hesitated and said, "Maybe it's like scraping the bone to cure poison? If you abandon your old love and completely cut off your thoughts, will the resentment disappear along with the past?"
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