Chapter 88
When Wei Ling saw Lu Jiaxue pinching Luo Yining, his eyes almost burst into tears!
This was the girl he had brought back with great difficulty. He wanted to pamper her and protect her from being hurt by others.
He helped Lu Jiaxue build a career, followed him in battles for many years, and helped him do such treasonous acts, yet he actually wanted to kill his daughter!
What terrible mistake had his daughter made? He actually wanted to strangle her to death, even in the Duke of Ying's mansion. He knew Lu Jiaxue was cold-hearted, but he never thought he could even kill his own daughter!
Wei Ling strode over, picked up Yining, and looked at Lu Jiaxue coldly.
Lu Jiaxue had already let go of Luo Yining. She leaned against Wei Ling for a long time, unable to recover. She felt like she was really going to die, again. The pain of not being able to breathe was extremely painful, especially since the person who had inflicted this pain on her was Lu Jiaxue, Lu Jiaxue again!
She covered her strangled neck and coughed continuously, tears streaming down her face. Perhaps because she was too close to death just now, she didn't even realize she was crying.
She felt Wei Ling hugging her tightly, coaxing her, "Meimei, it's okay, don't cry. Daddy is here."
Wei Ling picked her up and placed her on the couch in the study. He pushed her hands aside and looked at her neck, leaving a faint handprint on her delicate skin. He clenched his fists, turned back to Lu Jiaxue, and asked word by word, "What are you going to do? Are you going to kill my daughter?"
Lu Jiaxue stared at Luo Yining's neck, which was red from being pinched by him. The words that Luo Yining blurted out just now did make him hesitate.
Lu Jiaxue, I'm hurt...
She was a person who was very afraid of pain. At first, she was not valued at home and had to endure everything. Later, after marrying him, her personality became more delicate. He touched her, and if he touched her a little harder, she would feel uncomfortable. She was reading in the sun under the pavilion, and he poked her waist to tease her. She looked at him impatiently: "Lu Jiaxue, what are you doing!" Many years ago, on their wedding night, when she was pressed under him and couldn't bear it, she whispered: "It hurts..."
She always had a bit of a spoiled tone at times like this, and maybe Yi Ning herself didn't realize it. She always thought she wasn't capable of acting spoiled, but every time he heard it, he felt full of pity. Knowing that she was actually very afraid of pain, he always couldn't bear to use too much force, and endured everything.
But Yi Ning didn't know that and always blamed him for not being considerate of her. In fact, he was considerate, but he was just a person who talked and laughed about everything at that time, and he would just talk about it and let it go. Yi Ning always felt that he was not serious about his attitude towards her because he was so casual about everything.
Even many years later, when she fell off a cliff while outing and died without a complete body, he always heard her voice in his dreams: "Lu Jiaxue... I'm in pain."
Every time I wake up, I find it difficult to fall asleep again. This sound seeps into the dark night in countless ways.
The little girl's tone of voice was so similar to hers that it even gave him an illusion.
Lu Jiaxue closed his eyes, then said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to kill her, I just wanted to scare her."
Wei Ling took a deep breath. Although he knew that this was Lu Jiaxue's character, he still couldn't tolerate this happening to his daughter.
He placed his sword on the table, walked over to the bed, gently patted her cheek, and called her softly. Yi Ning had already recovered. Wei Ling in front of her was dressed in a dark robe, wrist guards on his hands, and his sword was beside him. Because of his tight attire, he had the air of a father without the usual fierceness. She knew at a glance that Wei Ling had returned late tonight, and must have been involved with Lu Jiaxue in the murder of the eldest prince. When she came over just now, the area was quiet and deserted; they must have cleared the area.
As a result, she got unlucky and bumped into Lu Jiaxue's hands.
She remembered that she had said something to Lu Jiaxue, but in her panic, she couldn't remember what she had said. Yi Ning looked up at Lu Jiaxue. His arm was injured, and he had already sat down, covering his arm. His subordinates came in with gauze and medicine to bandage him. Because of the force just now, his wound was already bleeding.
I guess he didn’t say anything else... Lu Jiaxue’s reaction was quite calm.
She supported Wei Ling's hand and stood up, shaking her head and saying to him, "Father, I'm fine now."
The Duke of Yingguo's title was indeed higher than the Marquis of Ningyuan's, but status wasn't determined by title alone. Lu Jiaxue was the Left Commander-in-Chief, commanding a large army, renowned for his military exploits and immense power. He even dared to commit such a crime as killing the Crown Prince, implicating his entire clan. Wei Ling didn't dare cross him. While the two claimed to be friends, their status seemed equal, yet Wei Ling still had to obey Lu Jiaxue's orders.
There was no need to create conflict between Wei Ling and Lu Jiaxue because of her. This would only be detrimental to Wei Ling.
Wei Ling still felt a surge of rage as he recalled the scene. If it had been anyone else, he would have killed the girl to vent his anger, but it had to be Lu Jiaxue. The girl had agreed to this, probably because she didn't want a conflict between him and Lu Jiaxue. Of course, he also understood Lu Jiaxue. If he really wanted to kill Yi Ning, he wouldn't have waited for him to rescue her.
Wei Ling slowly stroked Yining's hair and asked in a low voice, "Why are you still looking for Daddy so late at night? Is there anything you want to tell me?"
Yi Ning still had a sore throat, and after coughing a few times, he said, "I saw that you hadn't come back yet, so I came to check on you. But the guards in your yard were not here, so I came in..."
Wei Ling wouldn't tell the girl about the bloody events at court. She didn't need to know about the plot to usurp the throne. Hearing that the girl was concerned about his late return, he felt a strange warmth in his heart. He smiled and explained, "Marquis Ningyuan and I went to the martial arts training ground, so we'll be back late. Go back to bed first. I'll have the maid take you back. We can talk tomorrow morning if there's anything else."
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