Chapter 225 Only You
Jiang Zhi bit her lower lip.
Lu Yuan is right.
If she doesn't get rid of those Di people, she can only stay in Yao City and be protected by Xie Qi.
This is not the life she wants.
"On the condition that you don't push me away now. After I've taken care of everything for you, I'll personally take you to a safe place, how about that?"
This is the biggest concession he can make.
Jiang Zhi looked at Lu Yuan as if she were seeing him for the first time.
In my memory, Lu Yuan was always aloof and unapproachable, like someone wrapped in an impenetrable shell, holding the power of life and death, high above people who dared not even look him in the eye.
Now he says he's willing to be used by her.
She opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Lu Yuan's patience had reached its limit.
But clearly now is not the time.
He didn't want this to be tainted with a transactional aspect, because that would only make him despise himself even more.
"If you don't speak, I'll take that as your agreement." He rolled off her, tidied his clothes, and lay down.
Jiang Zhi finally spoke from the darkness, "Okay."
Let's talk about the future later.
Anyway, she's trapped in Yaocheng now, unable to go anywhere, and can't avoid Lu Yuan even if she wants to.
"Can you leave now?"
After all, this is in the camp, and Wei Yu is guarding outside. Surely nothing could really happen between them?
Lu Yuan almost laughed out of anger.
He had never seen a woman so ruthless and heartless.
He glared at her through gritted teeth, "If your name weren't Jiang Zhi, I would have thrown you off the bed long ago."
“I am not Jiang Zhi now,” Jiang Zhi couldn’t help but retort in a low voice, “I am Ji Zhiya.”
Lu Yuan licked his back teeth, reached out and wrapped her tightly in the blanket, then turned his back to her. "The guard is outside, we can't get out. I'll make do here for the night. Go to sleep."
Jiang Zhi couldn't help but want to laugh.
With his skills, how could he not avoid Wei Yu?
But she was too lazy to call him out on it.
Lu Yuan was like a natural heat source, and the warmth from the bedding enveloped her, making the whole bed cozy even without physical contact.
Jiang Zhi then fell asleep peacefully amidst the warmth.
When I woke up the next day, the bedside was as cold as before.
I don't know when he left.
She got up. These days, she had no maids by her side in Yaocheng, so she had been doing her own hair. However, her skills were not good enough, and she could only do the simplest hairstyle.
Just then, the curtain was lifted, and Lu Yuan entered to Wei Yu's astonishment. He placed the tray in his hand on the table and took the wooden comb with great familiarity.
His slender fingers deftly moved through her hair for a moment, and a beautiful updo was completed.
She couldn't help but be surprised, "I never expected that Lord Lu would do such a girly job."
“I know a lot more,” Lu Yuan said expressionlessly. “Miss Ji can try them all.”
Jiang Zhi couldn't help but ask him, "Then can you draw eyebrows?"
"Yes." Lu Yuan turned her around in his arms, took the eyebrow pencil from the vanity case, and calmly bent down to draw her eyebrows.
Jiang Zhi was surprised that he acted so readily, and stared at him with wide eyes.
A slight smile appeared on Lu Yuan's usually indifferent face. "Surprised?"
"Why would Lord Lu do these things?" Jiang Zhi asked, very curious.
He even did it with ease, showing no signs of being unfamiliar with it.
It's like doing it countless times.
Seeing her inquisitive expression, Lu Yuan, perceptive as ever, knew what she was thinking. "I just learned it specifically for investigating the case; there were no other women."
He lowered his head and looked at her intently, "Only you."
Jiang Zhi's expression was somewhat unnatural. "I...I didn't suspect anything."
“Yes, it’s what I wanted to tell you,” Lu Yuan said, his movements as he drew her eyebrows were so light, like a feather falling between her brows. “Alright, let’s have breakfast.”
He got up and took the items off the tray and placed them on the table.
It was a bowl of hot milk, a few beef patties, and a small bowl of sweet porridge.
Jiang Zhi finished her meal comfortably and had just left the tent with Lu Yuan when she saw Crown Prince Xiao Xuanyou being escorted by a group of people.
When Xiao Xuanyou saw Lu Yuan emerge from her tent, her previously calm and composed eyes narrowed instantly, and her expression, which had been smiling as she spoke with the person beside her, turned as cold as frost in the dead of winter.
"Lord Lu, what is this..." His voice carried a hint of gritted teeth that he himself barely noticed.
Anyone who saw Jiang Zhi coming out of the tent with a man early in the morning would not have any doubts.
Did they spend the whole night together?
At this moment, Wei Yu immediately explained, "Your Highness, Lord Lu was just bringing breakfast for Miss Ji."
Xiao Xuanyou's ashen face softened slightly, but he still couldn't swallow his anger and couldn't help but sneer, "When did Lord Lu and Miss Ji become so close?"
To outsiders, Lu Yuan came from the capital, while Ji Zhiya was abducted from Xuzhou to Yaocheng by the Di people.
The two had no interaction whatsoever, so it was perfectly normal for Xiao Xuanyou to ask this question.
Lu Yuan said calmly, "Back when I was handling the case in Xuzhou, it was thanks to Miss Ji's secret assistance that the progress was smooth. I haven't had a chance to thank her in person since I returned to the capital."
He glanced at Jiang Zhi beside him, "Upon learning that Miss Ji was also in the military camp today, I came to visit her in person."
“I see,” Xiao Xuanyou said with a half-smile, no one knew what he was thinking at that moment, “If you didn’t know, you would think that Lord Lu had fallen in love with someone else.”
His words were pointed.
Lu Yuan merely gave a faint smile, "Your Highness is joking."
Xiao Xuanyou knew that the person standing in front of him was Chanyi, but if he showed the slightest sign of anything, she would definitely leave without hesitation, faster than a rabbit.
When she faked her death in the Eastern Palace, it already felt like her heart had been hollowed out.
He couldn't imagine whether he would go crazy if she "died" again.
During that period, he took leave under the pretext of feeling unwell and drank himself into a stupor every day at the Eastern Palace.
If he hadn't later learned that she wasn't dead, he might still be wallowing in the pain of losing her.
"So Lord Lu and Miss Ji have such a connection," Xiao Xuanyou said. "I wonder if Miss Ji is free today to accompany me to see the disaster-stricken people in Yaocheng?"
He looked at Jiang Zhi and asked her in a calm tone, as if afraid that an impulsive act would scare her away again.
"Miss Ji has a kind heart. She helped the people of Yaocheng get rid of the plague. She must also want to see how those people are doing now, right?"
Xiao Xuanyou's visit to Yaocheng was ostensibly to reward the army and comfort the people of Yaocheng.
It is only natural to visit the people affected by the disaster.
Jiang Zhi thought for a moment.
Now that his medicinal herbs and spices have been transported to Yaocheng, he can expand his business there in the future.
Go and see what the disaster-stricken people lack, and then you can purchase the necessary items from Xuzhou accordingly.
Jiang Zhi thought for a moment and then did not refuse. "Alright, thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. However, this is not my achievement alone. The eradication of the plague is also thanks to General Xie's effective governance, as well as His Majesty and the Crown Prince's concern for the people. I dare not take credit for it."
She spoke in a grand and dignified manner.
“Miss Ji is too modest, please.” Xiao Xuanyou was very satisfied with this.
At this moment, Lu Yuan also spoke up, "I also need to go into the city to investigate some clues. Your Highness, you don't mind if I come with you, do you?"
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