Chapter 103: Be careful, you are just my cousin
Li Jiaojiao was frightened by Su Luo's look and covered her chest with a handkerchief. "Drive quickly, don't linger!"
Although the maid didn't know why she was urging her so much, she quickly responded, "Okay, okay, cousin, please sit tight."
The carriage sped away through the crowded streets.
Su Luo looked normal, but frowned slightly. How could Li Jiaojiao appear in front of the Regent's Palace for no reason?
Her nails, shining brightly, gently touched the dagger hidden in her sleeve.
I haven't seen blood in a long time.
Li Jiaojiao, you'd better not bump into my knife.
Su Luo sneered in her heart. Even though she was deep in thought, her face remained calm. She even looked up at the clouds in the sky, as if she was thinking of nothing and had discovered nothing.
When the carriage was about to completely leave the street, Li Jiaojiao cautiously and timidly lifted the curtain and looked back. Seeing Su Luo looking at the clouds, she felt relieved, thinking that she didn't alert the enemy.
She had been defeated by Su Luo many times and was afraid of it.
The more I lose, the more unwilling I am to accept it.
If she revealed that Su Luo had an affair with the Regent, her cousin would definitely be disgusted with her and divorce Su Luo, and only then would she be able to become the Crown Prince's consort.
Li Jiaojiao fantasized darkly and happily.
As soon as I returned to the Marquis' Mansion.
Li Jiaojiao saw Zhou Yan, who was in a daze, sitting on the stone steps and scratching his hair in frustration.
When Zhou Yan saw Li Jiaojiao returning home, he just glanced at her and then looked away.
No dialogue, no questions.
Li Jiaojiao's smile froze.
She walked over cautiously and asked, "Cousin, you..."
Li Jiaojiao gently took Zhou Yan's hand and tried to rub it on her face. He used to love this kind of coquettish behavior the most, but now——
Zhou Yan shook her hand off and looked around. The servants hurriedly lowered their heads and left.
"My...cousin...you..." Li Jiaojiao's eyes turned red with hurt.
Zhou Yan frowned and said irritably, "How many times do I have to tell you before you remember not to touch me in front of everyone?"
When no one was around, Li Jiaojiao burst into tears, knelt on the ground, threw herself into his arms, and said humbly and pitifully, "Cousin, you can't do this to me."
Zhou Yan subconsciously glanced around, endured it for a moment, pushed her away impatiently, stood up, and was about to leave.
Li Jiaojiao rushed forward and hugged his waist tightly.
But Zhou Yan peeled off his fingers one by one again.
Zhou Yan turned around, a hint of disgust hidden in his eyes: "Stay away from me in the future, be careful, you are only my cousin."
Hearing this, Li Jiaojiao was really going crazy. She pulled Zhou Yan towards the yard in a frenzy. Zhou Yan wanted to struggle, but Li Jiaojiao held her tightly. If they quarreled, it would attract attention from all around.
Zhou Yan's brows were tightly furrowed, he lost his patience and followed her into the house.
Li Jiaojiao hurriedly took off her outer clothes and skirt, leaving only her pants. She pulled Zhou Yan's clothes hard and stood naked in front of him, hoping to find a bit of the previous excitement in his eyes.
But there was only coldness in his eyes.
Li Jiaojiao cried and clung to him, desperately trying to hold him. Her tearful face pressed against his chest, listening to his heartbeat. She fell into an unprecedented panic, and her hand reached into Zhou Yan's pants.
Zhou Yan really didn't want to play around with her anymore.
"Are you crazy?" Zhou Yan pushed her away fiercely!
Li Jiaojiao bumped into the vase behind her, and the vase fell to the ground and shattered. When she fell to the ground, the fragments happened to pierce her palm, and her flesh was bloody and painful. She heard Zhou Yan's cold and condescending voice say:
"From today on, you are just my cousin."
"If it weren't for the fact that you gave birth to a pair of children, I would have asked you to leave the mansion long ago."
"Why..." Li Jiaojiao asked unwillingly, her eyes full of bloodshot.
"From the moment you didn't hesitate to hurt the child and frame Su Luo, and from the moment you sold out your loyal maid, I realized that you are a habitual liar, vicious and mean."
"My love for you in the past was simply because you were so good at pretending. The person I love should be kind and beautiful, like Su Luo."
Mentioning Su Luo, Zhou Yan's eyes became more gentle, and he sighed: "Jiao Jiao, it was you who climbed into my bed, not me who took the initiative to provoke you."
"So..." Li Jiaojiao was heartbroken, crying until she was hoarse, "So you regret it..."
"If I had known you were like this, I wouldn't have made the mistake that night. Since you want to climb into my bed, you have to accept the consequences. I told you I had a fiancée, but you still warmed my bed. I rejected you, but you still insisted, didn't you?"
If Zhou Yan wants to change, the first thing he has to do is break up with Li Jiaojiao.
Compared to Su Luo, Li Jiaojiao was far inferior, so she simply spoke more harshly and cut off all ties, so that Su Luo wouldn't make any more guesses.
Zhou Yan stood upright, his hands behind his waist. His handsome features were cold and indifferent. His expression was complicated for a moment before he sighed, "These two children will be registered under the name of the Marquis' Mansion. I will find a good family for you to marry into in the future. Go ahead and marry them off."
Haha. Li Jiaojiao really wanted to laugh, her nails scratching the ground with long bloody marks: "What should I do if others find out that I'm pregnant—"
"With the Marquis' Mansion backing you up, what are you afraid of?" Zhou Yan interrupted. "I've made up my mind. If you're not satisfied, you can just take the five hundred taels of silver and go back home."
"Okay, okay." Li Jiaojiao smiled tearfully, "I'll listen to you, cousin."
Zhou Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. As he turned to leave, he paused at the door for a moment: "Don't be so frivolous in the future and take off your clothes whenever you meet someone."
"Crack—"
As the door closed, the gap became smaller, completely isolating the figure.
A heartbreaking scream echoed in the room.
Li Jiaojiao punched the ground again and again, hiding in the corner and crying like a madman.
She thought she had found a good marriage and a home, but somehow, it was gone in just a few months.
She would become a precarious person again and would have to worry all over again.
No.
She couldn't lose all this.
Su Luo has the Su family, but she has a mother who died young, a father who doesn't love her, and a stepmother who wants nothing more than to eat her bones...
…
The next morning.
Su Luo was sitting in the back room of the blacksmith shop handling business, reviewing the accounts with a brush. After finishing, she took a piece of drawing paper and designed the latest weapon.
She will participate in the weapons selection competition in a while, strive to obtain weapons cooperation with the army, and become an imperial merchant. In this way, even if no one in the Su family is an official in the court, she can still make connections and obtain resources.
Su Luo curled her lips into a smile, gently drawing an arc on the paper, and Mo Jin's pale face suddenly appeared in her mind.
Su Luo's smile froze. The man's face was lingering and annoying.
"Is there any movement from the Regent?" Su Luo asked.
Yun Ran nodded and said, "I originally asked Zhijin to gather information outside the palace gate, but he was discovered and driven away. Now I don't know much."
"Mo Jin hasn't attended the morning court for five consecutive days." Su Luo clenched the pen.
Mo Jin never slacked off in government affairs.
Su Luo's eyes were filled with deep thought. When she lowered her head to continue drawing, she made a mistake in drawing a line. With a "whoosh", she crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it on the ground: "If you have any news about him, tell me as soon as possible."
"yes."
…
Ten days, ten days in a row.
Mo Jin did not attend court, and the emperor was in a coma.
Cixi Palace.
Empress Dowager Yuanxi gently picked up a grape with her round, pointed little finger and let out a low laugh, "What a good thing. Mo Jin never misses the court. He's been absent for ten days. If he hasn't recovered in ten days, I'm afraid he's going to die."
The old nanny smiled and agreed: "The secret agent we sent out said that the Regent is indeed not in a good condition."
Yuan Xi put his ten fingers together, interlaced his nails, and prayed to the heavens: "Buddha, bless me! That little beast Mo Jin is almost dead. Please bless my son Yao Ran to wake up soon."
Queen Dowager Yuanxi's eyes suddenly flashed with worry: "Is the Queen's belly moving?"
The old lady shook her head.
"Useless." Queen Dowager Yuanxi scolded softly.
The old lady didn't say anything, but she sighed in her heart.
The emperor was unconscious, and the empress and several concubines were still sleeping with him as usual. It was difficult to just get that thing hard, let alone give birth to a child...
The Queen Mother was also worried because there were no heirs, as the royal family was almost extinct.
…
Regent's Palace.
Mo Jin slowly opened his eyes, and there was a kind of heart-dead calmness on his slightly sick face.
During the ten days that he did not attend the morning court, Su Luo did not come to see him.
Whenever he thought of this, he would clench his fists and tremble slightly in anger as he sat in the wheelchair with difficulty.
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