Chapter 42

"Sometimes it's the man's fault if he can't have a baby!"

As Guo Zixu dragged his lame leg into Li Yunluan's yard, he heard these extremely sarcastic words.

His steps stopped suddenly, and his lame leg was a beat slower than before he pulled it back.

A look of humiliation flashed across his handsome face. He clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves and looked straight at Li Yunluan with a look of suppressed humiliation in his eyes:

"You went to him just to humiliate me?"

With a "pop", the medicine bowl in Li Yunluan's hand fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.

Li Yunluan said in a panic: "It's not what you think!"

Guo Zixu laughed up to the sky in humiliation and sadness: "What is that? Is this the eighth or the ninth?"

Lin Nanjie stood beside Li Yunluan, met Guo Zixu's resentful gaze, and couldn't help but look at this prince consort.

To be fair, Guo Zixu was handsome, with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a high nose bridge, and a handsome appearance. It is said that after Guo Zixu passed the imperial examination, many officials with daughters were waiting to catch Guo Zixu as their son-in-law. Unexpectedly, Guo Zixu was favored by the eldest princess Li Yunluan, who insisted on marrying him. The late emperor arranged a marriage for the two, and from then on Guo Zixu became the son-in-law of Daqi.

Facing Guo Zixu's gaze that was mixed with anger and a hint of inferiority, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Lin Nanjie's face.

He now looks like an adulterer caught in the act.

My toes are about to dig out of the castle.

Li Yunluan bit her lower lip and was about to explain when she suddenly saw the maid following Guo Zixu in. Her expression suddenly changed. She pointed at the woman in disbelief, her lips trembling: "You actually brought her to the mansion? What qualifications do you have to control me?"

The maid turned pale and said, "My lady, you are wise. I was really desperate, so the Prince Consort gave me this job out of kindness. I would never dare to have any improper thoughts."

Guo Zixu took a step forward and blocked the maid behind him: "Why are you so arrogant and confuse two things?"

"Wanyu's parents are both dead, and she has no one to rely on, so her mother let her come to the mansion to be a servant. What crime has she committed? And you, as a married woman, have you kept a male pet without any concealment. You are so lewd, do you have any regard for etiquette?"

Li Yunluan grabbed her sleeves with her five fingers: "Shut up!"

She was furious, her eyes were red, her chest was heaving, and she looked at Guo Zixu, who had slept with her for three years, as if he were a stranger: "What a childhood sweetheart, you knew exactly what she was thinking, why did you agree to let her into the mansion?"

Guo Zixu sneered in anger: "You are making a malicious assumption! Because you don't serve your parents-in-law and speak ill of them, your mother has no choice but to ask Wanyu to serve you. Are you satisfied?"

"You made my left leg disabled, made me a laughing stock, and humiliated me in everything. Li Yunluan, don't you have any heart?" Guo Zixu looked at Li Yunluan with cold and sad eyes.

When Li Yunluan saw his complicated eyes and the unwillingness and humiliation in them, the blood instantly drained from her face.

Although the two were only a few steps apart, it seemed as if there was an unbridgeable wall between them.

They each stood at one end of the ridge, and neither was willing to take a step closer.

Finally, Li Yunluan lowered her head and said weakly, "In that case, I don't want to say anything more."

Guo Zixu lowered his eyes and looked at his lame left leg. His voice was somewhat sad. "Today, I was at the Dali Temple. Originally, the Dali Temple was retiring, and I was supposed to be the next in line. But Fang Wenjue nominated someone else. I guess he thought my leg was not good enough for the appearance."

Li Yunluan's face turned even paler. After thinking for a moment, she bit her lower lip and said, "I will tell the emperor about this matter. You wait for my news."

Guo Zixu lowered his eyelashes and said, "In that case, I thank you, Princess."

Guo Zixu turned around and was about to leave with Wanyu.

Li Yunluan looked at the two people's backs, feeling as if her heart was being cut by a knife, but she still couldn't help but ask: "Tonight...will you come over?"

"I drank all the medicine you sent me. You haven't stayed here for a long time." Li Yunluan's voice was a little hoarse, and at the end, her tone almost turned into a plea.

Guo Zixu paused and finally said:

"I have some official business to attend to. I'll see you later."

Li Yunluan was delighted by these words: "Okay, I'll wait for you."

Guo Zixu said again: "Mother has been confused recently. I will find a way to prepare the dowry for my third sister's wedding. Princess, don't worry about it."

Li Yunluan interrupted him: "No need, we are all family, and the third sister is also my sister, I will definitely let her marry in style."

Guo Zixu was silent for a while before saying, "Thank you, Yunluan."

Li Yunluan smiled: "Being a husband and wife as one is what I should do."

Guo Zixu looked at her steadily for a while before leaving with Wanyu.

Guo Zixu disappeared at the gate of the courtyard. Li Yunluan sat there in a trance, muttering in a low voice: "He hasn't called my name for a long time."

Li Yunluan looked at the broken medicine bowl and the spilled soup on the ground, and told Chanyi: "Go and boil another bowl of medicine. I need to take good care of my body."

Chanyi's eyes turned red: "Yes."

Li Yunluan looked at Lin Nanjie again: "Where do you live? I'll send someone to take you back."

Lin Nanjie was very upset. He had originally wanted to find a chance to sneak out of the Princess's Mansion, but now he suddenly didn't want to leave.

What a white lotus, what a scumbag!

"Your Highness, I don't want to leave." Lin Nanjiewei lied to avoid suspicion, "My family is poor. I have two older brothers, a younger brother and a younger sister. My family can't afford to support them. I came to the capital to seek a job. I am willing to serve Your Highness the Princess and share your worries."

Li Yunluan was a little surprised, but seeing Lin Nanjie's sincerity, she nodded: "Okay, then you stay for now."

Lin Nanqi was afraid that she would change her mind, so he quickly said, "Thank you, Princess."

Lin Nanqi added: "Princess, medicinal soup is harmful to your body after all, so it is better to drink less."

Li Yunluan forced a smile and said, "You are quite caring."

Lin Nanjie said shyly: "I have only heard that medicine is three-quarters poisonous."

No one knew whether Li Yunluan listened to him or not, but Lin Nanjie was taken away by Chanyi and settled in a yard.

Chanyi said: "There is an empty room here, you can live here."

Lin Nanjie thanked her politely: "Thank you, Miss Chanyi."

After Chanyi left, Lin Nanjie was about to look for an empty room, but he was surrounded. Six or seven men surrounded him and talked in a buzzing voice.

"Are you new here?"

"This is the ninth brother, right? I'm the eighth brother, and from now on you're the ninth brother."

Lin Nanjie: …

"We still wanted to be brothers, but I heard that the princess wanted to send us away. The good days of wearing gold and silver are gone, and my heart aches!"

"Oh, go take a shower and go to bed. It's another day of staying alone in an empty room. How lonely!"

"Get lost! The princess never summoned you to sleep with her."

"Tsk, you sound like I've already told you."

“Roll, roll, roll!”

Lin Nanjie counted and saw only seven people in front of him. He couldn't help but ask, "Shouldn't there be eight people? Why are there only seven?"

The Eighth Brother patted his shoulder and said, "The Fourth Brother heard that he was going to be dismissed by the princess, so he hid in his room and sulked."

Lao Ba raised his hand and pointed to the room in the corner, and said, "Look, that one. There's only one bed left in his room. He's been in a bad mood recently, so don't mess with him."

Lin Nan nodded hurriedly: "Thank you, Ba...ba Ge."

Lin Nanjie walked towards the room in the corner. The door was closed. He pushed it open and saw two beds in the room. The one on the left was already occupied. The person was lying on the bed and his face could not be seen clearly.

Now that you are here, make the most of it.

Lin Nanjie planned to find an opportunity to slip out after settling down and inform Wang Dehai.

I don’t know whether Li Chenghuan noticed that he was missing.

As he was thinking, he made the bed. As soon as Lin Nanjie sat down on the made bed, he met the eyes of the fourth brother who was sitting on the bed.

The fourth brother looked at him coldly and said indifferently: "Are you new here?"

Lin Nanjie nodded: "My name is Lin Nanjie."

The fourth brother looked him up and down several times with an expressionless face, and said coldly: "He is quite good-looking."

Lin Nanjie:?

He had no choice but to reciprocate: "You are also quite handsome."

The two fell silent.

It was Lin Nanjie who took the initiative to speak: "I was knocked unconscious on the street, and I was here when I woke up. What about you? Were you also knocked unconscious?"

The fourth brother looked at him with an incredible look: "I know martial arts, ordinary people can't get close to me, how can I be like a weak chicken like you."

Lin Nanjie's eyes widened.

If he knows martial arts, then he knows martial arts. Why are you calling him a weakling?

The fourth brother snorted coldly and raised his chin slightly: "I took the initiative to be a male pet."

Lin Nanqi chuckled and almost laughed out loud.

A woman who knows martial arts takes the initiative to become a male pet? How is she better than him?

The fourth brother looked at him with disdain: "What are you laughing at? Do you think I am just like you guys, coming here just to get drunk and have a good time? I am just the Princess of Pleasure."

Lin Nanjie calmed down for a moment, explained that he just wanted to make a living, and asked tentatively: "What's your name, brother?"

The fourth brother finally softened his attitude towards him and gave his name: "Lu Chengzhou."

Lin Nanjie suddenly frowned and thought: "Is your father the new Minister of Rites Lu Weitong?"

Lu Chengzhou's expression changed and he looked at him suspiciously: "How do you know?"

Lin Nanjie looked at him dimly: "I heard that your father found more than a dozen marriages for you, but you ruined them all. You also went missing. So you ran to the Princess's residence?"

Lu Chengzhou murmured in disbelief: "Is it possible that my fame has spread all these things? But please don't let the princess hear about it."

Lu Chengzhou looked at Lin Nanjie again: "Who are you?"

Lin Nanqi smiled mysteriously and said, "You will know it when the time comes. Anyway, I will not do anything bad to the princess. By the way, how did the others get in?"

Lin Nanjie did not forget to find out the connection between the Princess's Mansion and the fact that he was knocked unconscious in the street.

Lu Chengzhou said: "Some are prostitutes from noble families who are trying to redeem themselves, and some are from poor families who are trying to make a living."

It seems that it has no direct relationship with his dizziness.

Lin Nanjie was a little surprised: "So there are so many advantages to being a male pet?"

Lu Chengzhou glanced at him with an indescribable look in his eyes: "It's because the princess is kindhearted. She only found these people to piss off that beast!"

When mentioning Guo Zixu, Lu Chengzhou became furious.

Lin Nanjie quickly soothed him, "Calm down, calm down."

Guo Zixu lay down on the bed in frustration: "If it wasn't for the surname Guo, how could the princess become increasingly haggard?"

Lin Nanjie looked at Lu Chengzhou's heartbroken back and didn't know what to say to comfort him.

In the evening, the nine of them were having dinner together. Suddenly, Chanyi came in and said to Lin Nanqi, "Mr. Nine, please follow me. The princess wants you to accompany her."

As soon as he finished speaking, eight pairs of eyes were fixed on him.

Lin Nanjie paused with his chopsticks, and under the tremendous pressure, he slowly stood up under the gaze of the other eight people.

Lu Chengzhou's eyes were red as if he had seen a love rival: "You good old man, if you dare to touch her, I will..."

Lin Nanjie said shyly, "Don't worry, I'll be back soon, I'll be back soon."

Lin Nanqi's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

It's not Lu Chengzhou's turn to take action.

Li Chengqian can beat his butt into pieces!