He reached out and touched the butterfly with his fingertips.
Qin Ling's words kept echoing in his ears.
"Those who take the drug will develop butterfly scars on their bodies... It starts with one, then over time, it becomes two, then three... and eventually, they'll be all over their bodies."
He pressed the butterfly tightly with his thumb and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Don't be afraid. I will catch Zulia and will never let you suffer from this butterfly."
Li Qingluo looked up at Duan Rongshi in surprise.
In this world, besides his grandmother, he is the first person who truly wants to protect him.
Although she always rushes and bumps into things herself.
Often, I can only crawl out of those abysses with blood all over my head...
But when I walked into this dark dead end again.
This time, with him around, it didn't seem so scary anymore.
Li Qingluo originally wanted to pull up her clothes by herself, but Duan Rongshi had already slowly helped her close the collar.
"Luoluo, you are not allowed to leave this king."
"Promise me."
He hugged her tightly from behind, and his domineering and unyielding aura enveloped her tightly.
Li Qingluo raised her hand and gently took his fingers: "Okay, Your Highness."
…
The two of them quickly cleared up the awkward atmosphere.
Duan Rongshi also picked up a scroll that was casually thrown in the painting bucket next to the bookshelf.
After unfolding it, he pointed at the man in the painting and asked Li Qingluo, "Is the young master of the clan you met this person?"
Li Qingluo walked over and stood beside him. After seeing the person in the painting clearly, he was surprised: "Your Highness, how come you have this... portrait of someone with the surname Zong?"
Duan Rongshi lowered his head and asked her, "Do you know the surname of the Great Chu royal family?"
Li Qingluo: "It seems to be Zong... Zong Zheng?"
She finally realized, "Could it be that he is not the Young Master Zong at all, but the Young Master Zong Zheng!?"
"He is from the Great Chu royal family? Your Highness knows who he is?"
Duan Rongshi stared at the person in the painting: "Zong Zheng Wuheng, the sixth son of the Great Chu Emperor."
"Qinyu's real name is Zongzheng Yu'er."
Li Qingluo suddenly realized: "So he is Princess Qinyu's biological brother? No wonder he suddenly turned against Princess Qinyu after you showed up. It's because he would never really watch Princess Qinyu die!"
"When he first helped me kill people in Chunyan Tower, he must have had other intentions towards me."
"But what exactly is his purpose?"
Duan Rongshi: "As early as half a month ago, this prince received a secret letter and this scroll, saying that Zong Zheng Wuheng might have infiltrated Daliang."
"I didn't expect that he would sneak into Jinling so quickly."
"Zong Zheng Yu'er can become a princess of two countries because her mother is also my princess of Daliang, and her aunt has long passed away due to illness. The Daliang royal family can be a support for her as a princess of foreign relatives."
"But Zong Zheng Wuheng, a prince from a neighboring country dares to come to our Daliang Kingdom openly and secretly. What could be his intention?"
"This brother and sister have the audacity to act so brazenly in Daliang. Do they think the royal family of Daliang are all good-for-nothings?"
"You're really looking for death!"
Duan Rongshi lifted the scroll heavily, causing it to fall to the ground.
There is murderous intent in his eyes!
Zong Zheng Wuheng must die both publicly and privately!
Seeing that he was very angry, Li Qingluo went to pour him a cup of tea.
Seeing that she was so sensible, Duan Rongshi's anger slowly faded away.
He reached out and gently touched her head before taking the teacup.
Li Qingluo's face turned red again.
Even after they confessed their feelings to each other, she told herself that she would feel comfortable only if she continued to speak and act as frankly as before.
But every time he made a casual intimate move, her chest would start beating uncontrollably, as if there was a small animal in her chest, and she couldn't suppress it, always feeling a little panicked.
She didn't want to make herself look weirder.
He quickly coughed lightly and continued to talk about Zong Zheng Wu Heng: "According to Qin Ling, Zong Zheng Wu Heng captured me, changed my face and voice, and then wanted to control me. He must want to get something from me... Wait!"
Li Qingluo remembered something.
"Your Highness, Eunuch Wu seems to know the underground secret passages of Spring Banquet Tower very well, just like he knows the locations of all the doors to his own house."
"That day, the two of us..."
Li Qingluo told everything that happened between her and Eunuch Wu that day, including her meeting with Zong Zheng Wuheng in the prison cell of Chunyan Tower.
Then he covered up the disappearance in front of him and did not dare to hide it.
Duan Rongshi listened carefully and quickly analyzed the key point of the problem: "Due to Eunuch Wu's background, he does know a lot about the secret passages and city defenses underground."
"Zongzheng Wuheng must have been thinking about this matter."
"He thought you were the key to this matter, so he wanted to control you."
Li Qingluo:……!!!
All the suffering she had endured inexplicably these past few days was actually because of this?
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