Chapter 05 Seduction

Ning Yuan woke up slowly at lunchtime the next day, feeling much more refreshed than the night before.

She rubbed her forehead and lazily walked out of her bedroom, and saw the white robe that had been washed and hung in the yard dancing in the wind. So

annoying, I have to return it to him.

Thinking of seeing Shen Yan's icy face again, Ning Yuan's originally peaceful mood suddenly fell to the bottom.

Zhuxing helped her fold the outer robe while saying, "Miss, the lady specially sent her personal maid to call you to the front yard for dinner."

It was even more annoying, and nothing went well.

She had not recovered from the cold yet, and her appetite was not good. Now she didn't want to eat with their big family.

"Can I not go?"

Ming Wei was born with a son and a daughter, and with her father, Duke Ning, she felt like an outsider living under someone else's roof compared to the happy family of four.

"No, Miss, today is the end of the young master's overseas assignment and his first return to the mansion. If you don't want to be talked about by others, you must go to this meal."

Ning Ze is back?

He is the only one in this family who treats her well.

"...Okay." She took the package and agreed reluctantly.

She planned to deliver clothes to Shen Yan after lunch.

All the annoying things are done in one go, and the mood is always better.

At the dinner table, Duke Ning and her brother were having a drink and chatting, and Ning Yuan just buried her head and ate her meal in small bites.

Ning Ze said that His Majesty was going to transfer him to the Central Office, and his immediate superior in the future would be Shen Yan.

Hearing his name, Ming Wei glanced at Ning Yuan and interrupted at the right time: "Shen Yan? That kid is very concerned about your sister."

Ning Li put down her chopsticks and frowned and said, "Mother!"

However, this call did not stop Ming Wei from talking. She continued, "Yesterday, the palace banquet was over, and your sister was frightened. It was late at night, and Shen Yan did not forget to send someone to see her!"

Duke Ning finally couldn't sit still, cleared his throat and interrupted, "Madam, he is still Yuanyuan's fiancé after all."

Ning Yuan bit her chopsticks calmly.

She knew that a doctor was summoned to Ning Li's courtyard last night.

However, she did not expect it to be Shen Yan.

Did this man do it on purpose?

Yesterday he clearly knew that it was she who fell into the water, and he saved her. She also accepted the favor, but at night he specially called a doctor for Ning Li.

Could it be that he noticed her avoidance of him and wanted to use this to provoke her and make her jealous and angry?

But she was really not jealous.

If he liked Ning Li, then he would quickly cancel his engagement and marry Ning Li.

Anyway, she had no say at home.

I didn't expect him to be so childish, and he was not the same as the dignified and calm demeanor he usually displayed. Thinking of

this, she glared at the package containing the outer robe beside her.

Ming Wei had been watching her expression. Seeing this, she looked towards Ning Yuan's side, stretched out her hand, and asked curiously, "Yuan Yuan, what is this?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she had already shaken open the package, revealing a snow-white outer robe.

Ning Ze suddenly realized, "Isn't this Lord Shen's outer robe? He always likes to wear white."

Duke Ning paused with his chopsticks, and glanced at Ning Li and Ning Yuan, seeming a little unhappy.

Ning Ze also noticed something was wrong.

How come my mother just said that Shen Yan had just sent a doctor to my sister at night, and now his outer robe is in my sister's hand?

"This... this... what's going on between you two?"

Ning Yuan was busy pouring wine and making dumplings. Hearing this, he tried to comfort everyone, "It's nothing serious. He just wanted to make me jealous last night and was being childish with me."

"Being... being childish?" Ning Ze's eyes widened.

Shen Yan was a man who never felt sad or happy, never surprised by flattery or humiliation, and never acted lightly without a foolproof plan.

Once, he and Shen Yan were investigating a case of treason. The criminal suddenly jumped up and stabbed Shen Yan with a weapon.

He was standing aside at the time and couldn't help but raise his hand to dodge, but Shen Yan stood still.

He stared at the man until the weapon was against his throat.

The criminal's eyes were full of anger, and he asked with a red face and stiff neck: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

Shen Yan only opened his thin lips and said three words.

"Jiangjia Village."

Later, Ning Ze learned that it was the criminal who sent his pregnant wife to Jiangjia Village under an assumed name.

And the reason why he was able to send her there safely was actually because Shen Yan turned a blind eye.

Ning Ze thought that Shen Yan was kind and would let them go, but who knew that after the child was born, he still followed the previous intention of His Majesty and killed the mother, but found a place for the newborn child to live in a family without descendants who did not know about the family affairs, and gave a large sum of money.

When he asked about the reason, he said: "It's the parents' fault, how can the child be blamed? Those who don't know are innocent. If you know you're wrong and make a mistake, just kill him."

Shen Yan has his own way of dealing with the world. He kills people neatly and saves people decisively.

It can be said that he is a person that Ning Ze has secretly admired for many years.

But today, his eldest sister, while pouring wine and brewing dumplings, said lightly that Shen Yan was just having a childish temper.

His world has collapsed.

Ming Wei is probably the one who collapsed with him.

She looked at Ning Yuan hesitantly, her face flushed and pale.

Ning Yuan saw that the atmosphere was a little strange. After thinking for a while, he said in a very open-minded way: "You don't have to be so surprised. He just sent a doctor to see Li Li. It doesn't damage my sister's reputation."

"He didn't take off his clothes in front of her."

Ning Yuan's unintentional words made the atmosphere at the table even more silent. She looked at Ning Li who bowed her head and said nothing. She realized belatedly that she was hoping that Shen Yan would come to ruin her reputation?

That was too perverted.

But what does this have to do with her? As long as

Ning Li is willing, it's fine.

She looked at the white robe again, and felt that she might give her a chance.

She lifted the package, handed it over, and tentatively asked: "...How about you go and return it?"

She didn't want to go anyway.

Is Ning Yuan showing off to her?

Ning Li stared at her affectionate eyes that always looked innocent, and did not take the package.

Her face became uglier and uglier, and finally she simply put down her chopsticks, bowed hurriedly, turned around and ran out of the front hall.

Ning Yuan stared at her back as she disappeared in the corridor, and sighed in her heart.

No wonder she and Li Li were getting more and more incompatible.

She never wanted to snatch anything from her, and she repeatedly gave it to her, but she didn't appreciate it.

How strange.

*

Ning Li was unwilling to go for her, so Ning Yuan had to go by herself.

She was holding the package, walking along the corridor leading to the prison of the Ministry of Justice, her face full of reluctance.

Inside the torture chamber, Shen Yan, who was called "unlucky thing" by someone, was sitting on a chair calmly.

The room was dark and damp, without sunlight, and filled with a faint smell of blood, but he was still wearing a plain white robe, not stained with the slightest dirt, and still stood out from the crowd.

In front of him was kneeling the guard who he had detained by the lake, with his hands handcuffed behind his back.

If you look closely, you can see a little blood seeping from the fingertips, as if he had been tortured.

The guard seemed to be crying and begging for something, but Shen Yan just sneered all the time and didn't care too much.

The gentle voice from before was still echoing in his mind, listening to her analysis of herself in her heart. He

was speechless.

What kind of brain could attribute his behavior last night to making her jealous?

Apart from Ning Yuan, is there anyone else in the world who dares to think he is childish?

If he could, he really wanted to dissect him and see.

Shen Yan's gaze fell on the dozens of knives spread out on the table.

The guard saw the sneer on his lips deepen, followed his gaze, and saw the several cold blades lying across, and his heart, which was already on the verge of collapse, was completely shattered.

"Sir Shen, I really don't know the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes... I only know that the one who gave me the money was a palace lady! She didn't tell me so many twists and turns, she just asked me if I wanted to marry

into the Ningguo Mansion..." "She said that the Ningguo Duke is the emperor's teacher. Although he doesn't love his eldest daughter very much, he will never allow her to ruin the family reputation, nor will he allow her to marry a guard. As long as I hug her wet clothes in front of everyone, in the future... in the future, she will definitely recommend me as her future son-in-law."

"Not to mention the commander of the imperial guards... if he can come, it would be good if he can come to the front guard..."

The commander of the imperial guards standing aside frowned when he heard this, and immediately wanted to draw his sword: "What ability do you have that you want to replace me?"

"Zixing." Shen Yan stopped him and continued to stare at the guard, "You don't know the identity of the maid, but you should remember her appearance."

He raised his hand to signal Pei Zixing, and ordered him to pick up the maid who deliberately shouted loudly by the lake that day.

At the same time, Ning Yuan walked to the interrogation room, looking at the dark iron door, and hesitated for a moment.

"Let her in."

The cold voice came to the dark room where the maid was temporarily suppressed, and also came out of the door, stopping Ning Yuan's hand that was about to knock on the door.

...How did he know she was coming?

She took a deep breath, without much hesitation, and simply pushed open the door.

The heavy door opened with a "creak", and she and the maid who had just been escorted in looked at each other.

Obviously, her arrival was very abrupt, and everyone in the room focused their attention on her.

Unlike the cute peach pink yesterday, she wore a more subdued smoky powder today, and the hem of her skirt outlined her fullness. In such a dark room, her skin was even more dazzling than Shen Yan's white shirt.

She had a slender figure and innocent face, and she had grasped the charm and purity just right.

Pei Zixing, who personally sent the maid over, thought that such a girl should be kept in a golden house and should not appear in the bloody and dark prison of the Ministry of Justice.

Ning Yuan has always been reluctant to be noticed by others, and so many people staring at her made her blush.

... No, why are there so many people?

Didn't Shen Yan just ask her to come in?

Judging from the situation, they were probably interrogating her, but she interrupted them.

She blushed with shame and raised her chin: "You guys continue, continue."

Then she stood behind Shen Yan quite obediently.

Shen Yan frowned and didn't say much.

She was the person involved, so she could listen if she wanted to, but she just hoped that she wouldn't be scared.

Shen Yan looked at the maid from yesterday, looked her up and down and said: "I heard from General Pei that you are a maid in the flower room?"

"Yes..." The maid nodded like a garlic, "I usually do some rough work, and I really just happened to pass by yesterday-"

"Really?" Shen Yan lowered his eyes slightly and interrupted, "If you do rough work, why are your fingers slender, your skin delicate, and there are no silken hairs?"

The maid's lips and teeth trembled slightly, and she subconsciously tied her hands behind her.

"In this case, why don't you show me what kind of hands should be used for rough work." Shen Yan smiled lightly, as if he was a little disdainful, and then stretched out his hand behind him.

The servant who often followed Shen Yan turned around to look for something.

Staring at the hand that was as slender as a bamboo and as jade as a bamboo, Ning Yuan's brain froze for a moment.

Hands that do rough work... Are you talking about her?

She seemed to have promised to wash his clothes yesterday.

Although Ning Yuan caught a cold and had a fever, and did not really wash his clothes, she would definitely not admit this in front of Shen Yan.

Never mind.

She made up her mind and simply put her hand in the palm of Shen Yan's hand.

... Ming

Jue, who had just turned around with the torture instrument, was a little at a loss.

There was a soft object in the slightly cool palm, with a little moisture, and it even moved restlessly.

It rubbed against his palm, bringing a slight and dense itch.

Shen Yan looked over and stared at her hand in his palm. His already cold voice became even colder.

"Miss Ning, I hope you will pay attention to the occasion."

Although she had been brainwashing herself all day to stay away from him, once she saw him, would she still seduce him with all her might?

Even this was the interrogation room of the Ministry of Justice.

What is her hobby?