Chapter 149

"What kind of crazy are you playing at?" Xie Wan Ning took a few steps back and said cautiously, "This is the imperial palace. The emperor is inside, as are the civil and military officials. You..."

Before he could finish his words, his waist felt tight, and when he reacted, the two of them were already behind the rockery.

"You're quite good at recruiting people," Lu Ziyan said in a cold voice, "One Pei Yuqing is not enough. When did you get involved with Ji Chengfeng?"

As he said this, he snatched the plum branch from her hand and tried to throw it aside, but Xie Wan Ning hurriedly grabbed his sleeve to stop him, "Don't!"

"He gave it to you?" Lu Ziyan sneered, "To pledge love with plum blossoms?"

“No!” Xie Wan Ning tugged at his sleeve and stood on tiptoe to take the plum blossom back, “I chose it myself!”

In the pitch-black night, Xie Wan Ning couldn't see the expression of the person in front of her, but she could feel that his aura had noticeably eased after hearing these words.

Immediately afterwards, the bunch of plum branches returned to her hands.

"In the future, don't talk and laugh with other men."

There was some displeasure in his words, and Xie Wan Ning really laughed. If it wasn’t for the wrong place, she would have ridiculed him a few times, but now, she just sneered, "You should stop being crazy."

As she spoke, she took a step to leave, but soon her wrist was grabbed.

"What do you want to do? Let go!" She struggled, and after a slight pause, the other party actually let go.

"Wanwan," he said with difficulty, "are you in love with that pretty boy again?"

"..." Xie Wan Ning was silent for a moment. After she understood who 'pretty boy' referred to, she was speechless at his ability to give others such derogatory nicknames. She didn't know what to say.

But she didn't say anything, so Lu Ziyan took it as her consent and said in an increasingly cold voice, "Really?"

"no!"

Afraid that he would go crazy again, Xie Wan Ning, who didn't want to pay attention to him, patiently mocked him, "In your eyes, I am so short of men that I have to like every man I meet?"

"Don't talk nonsense. How could I miss you that much?" Lu Ziyan's eyebrows relaxed and he said seriously, "I'm just worried that others will miss you."

I don't know what position he is in to ask so many questions.

But this man is totally unreasonable. Perhaps in his heart, they are still husband and wife.

Xie Wan Ning also gave up the idea of ​​reasoning with him and said, "I should go back."

As if her words reminded him of something, Lu Ziyan said, "What did you think I was going to say in the hall just now? Asking that old man for you in front of so many people?"

Before Xie Wan Ning could speak, he added, "I won't do that."

He had never looked down on her, so how could he treat her as a top-notch dancer and ask for her directly in the hall.

"I wanted to ask him for something else."

As he spoke, his hand went straight to her waist, and despite being stopped, he untied her sachet, squeezed it, and said, "The sachet he wears was embroidered by you."

It had been a long time since he had received a sachet from her.

Xie Wan Ning was wearing a light blue dress today, so the sachet she wore naturally had to match the color of her clothes.

In the dark night, Lu Ziyan could still see a lifelike lily of the valley embroidered on it. He took a look at it, then put the thing into his arms without hesitation and kept it away properly.

The series of movements were so smooth and flowing that Xie Wan Ning's eyes widened. "I didn't say I was going to give it to you!"

She jumped up and down desperately, trying to snatch it back, but she was not as tall as him, and she did not dare to have any other physical contact with him. She could only watch him put the things into his pocket, and said angrily: "Don't you think these flowers and plants are feminine?"

"...I don't mind," Lu Ziyan held her wrist and said, "Why would I mind? It's just that the flower and grass sachets you embroidered are so colorful that they are easy to get dirty."

So he was reluctant to wear it.

Later, the colors of the animals she embroidered, both the fabric of the sachet and the embroidery thread, became darker, and only then was he willing to take them out.

But how could he easily tell others such thoughts before? So today, she actually thought that he despised those women.

Before, he was not polite, not good at speaking, and reluctant to express himself, which led to her misunderstandings about him.

Many small misunderstandings added up to always make her suffer more.

Xie Wan Ning didn't expect this to be the reason. She was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to her senses, "Give me back the sachet!"

Lu Ziyan pursed his lips and looked at her, saying, "It's fine if I return it to you, then I'll go and grab his."

Xie Wan Ning was furious, "Do you still have any shame?"

She had said such insults countless times, but Lu Ziyan didn't care at all.

The attitude of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water.

Xie Wanning was so angry that he almost fumed.

She discovered that although she usually had a calm temperament, when she met this person, her anger came out from nowhere and surged up, even burning her rationality.

She was so angry that her heart ached, and she kept telling herself that this was the imperial palace, and she couldn't make a big fuss or cause trouble!
After a long time, she finally suppressed her anger, took a deep breath, and said with a fake smile: "Since Your Majesty likes it, you can use it. Can you let me go now?"

This new name made Lu Ziyan stunned for a moment, and then he said, "Don't call me that."

Xie Wan Ning didn't want to continue talking to him, so she shook her wrist again, "Let go!"

"I have something for you." Lu Ziyan really loosened his hand, took out a delicate little porcelain bottle from his sleeve, uncorked it, poured out a round pill from it, handed it to her, and said, "Eat it."

He held it directly to her lips, and the strong smell of medicine filled her nose. Xie Wan Ning quickly turned her head away, "What is this?"

Lu Ziyan did not answer, but said: "I won't hurt you, just eat it."

"I'm in good health, why are you giving me medicine for no reason?" Xie Wanning frowned and refused, "If you don't tell me clearly what this is, I won't take it."

"…I can tell you, but you have to promise me that you will eat it after you know it."

After hearing this, Xie Wan Ning immediately showed a look of vigilance, "Forget it, I don't want to know."

He is addicted to pretending to be a romantic, but he is not a real romantic. Who knows where he got the drugs from, and he wants to plot against her again.

Wasn't it him who found something like the love wine and forced Pei Yuqing to drink it?

Lu Ziyan was so perceptive that he could guess her thoughts almost exactly by looking at her expression. He said helplessly, "I won't hurt you."

Xie Wan Ning laughed, "If you won't harm me, you shouldn't have brought me here!"

Lu Ziyan felt even more helpless. He withdrew his hand and looked at her in silence.

He became famous at a young age. He was aloof and taciturn, always showing a cold face. He was not good at debate and he rarely spoke at length even in front of the emperor.

Of course, even though he has lived to this age, few people dare to talk back to him. If anyone dares to make him unhappy, he will definitely not let that person have an easy time.

But this was Xie Wan Ning, he couldn't convince her, he couldn't bear to hit her, and he didn't even dare to be violent to her.

After a few moments of silence, he stuffed the pills back into the porcelain bottle and said, "If you don't want to eat it, forget it."

The fact that he gave up so easily made Xie Wan Ning curious.

But she didn't ask, she just took another look at the porcelain bottle in his hand. With just this one look, Lu Ziyan took the initiative to say: "Wanwan, I can't accept you giving birth to another man's child."

"......!" Xie Wan Ning's pupils gradually dilated, and her eyes looked at the porcelain bottle again, "What kind of medicine is this...?"

Lu Ziyan didn't say anything, but his silence revealed everything.

Xie Wan Ning was really shocked. She pinched her palm hard and felt the pain before she was sure that this was not a dream.

It’s not a dream!
Lu Ziyan really prepared...

She was so shocked that it took her a long time to close her slightly open jaw.

Lu Ziyan felt even worse. His knuckles cracked as he held the porcelain bottle. He felt deeply that he was not a manly person by behaving like this.

"This medicine won't affect your body, but... you can't..."

"Stop!" His intermittent words were interrupted by Xie Wan Ning's words.

"You..." She raised her arm and pointed at her head, with a strange look on her face, "Do you want to go get treatment here?"

Who in their right mind would prepare this for someone else's wife...

Does he know what a marriage certificate means, what three matchmakers and six betrothal gifts mean, what worshiping heaven and earth means, and what it means to become husband and wife?

Being mocked for having a mental problem, Lu Ziyan was not angry at all. He just looked at her deeply and asked, "Have you reconciled with him?"

The sickly man had organized Xuanhua Courtyard like an iron barrel. His spies could not get any information and had no idea whether the two men lived in the same bedroom or in separate rooms as before.

He also told himself that since he had let the person go, he shouldn't worry about what they would do in this year. After a year, the person would return to his arms.

But every time it gets dark, he still can't help but wonder what they are doing under the same moonlight.

Xie Wan Ning had no intention of clearing up his confusion. Wasn't he trying so hard to sow discord between them just to make her feel resentful towards Pei Yuqing?
He succeeded, but even if she was really annoyed by Pei Yuqing's repeated plots, it didn't mean she was willing to make this man happy.

Lu Ziyan waited for a while, and when she didn't say anything, he handed her the porcelain bottle in his hand and asked, "Would you like to eat?"

Xie Wan Ning glanced down and said unhappily, "Keep it for yourself."

Lu Ziyan pursed his lips, and suddenly his finger bones closed. The porcelain bottle in his hand immediately turned into powder, along with the pill, and was blown away by the cold wind.

"Let's go. It's dark here. Watch your step." He moved aside to make room.

This was the first time since she recovered her memories of her past life that this person gave up forcing her without threats or inducements.

For some reason, her heart suddenly contracted. She froze for a few breaths before she lifted her legs and left.

Coming out from behind the dark rockery, I saw Er Qing looking around with a cloak in her hands.

Xie Wan Ning gathered her thoughts and walked over and said, "Why did you take so long? I'm going back now."

Er Qing smiled with shame: "It's because I'm not familiar with the road and can't find the room to change clothes. Fortunately, Madam Liu led the way."

Nanny Liu was the nanny that Concubine Shu had just assigned to serve.

Xie Wan Ning nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions.

The master and servant returned to the hall.

"What took you so long?" As soon as she sat down, the man next to her shook her hand. "Where did you go? I went out to look for you just now, but I didn't see you."

After being outside for so long, her hands were cold. Pei Yuqing frowned slightly and held them tighter.

"After I changed my clothes, I happened to see a row of corridors full of palace lanterns. I walked there and picked a few red plums." Xie Wan Ning pointed at the red plums in Er Qing's hand and asked him, "Where did you go to find me?"

"Just the opposite of you, I went to the other side of the Shuixie Lanfang," Pei Yuqing said, "Madame Liu said she saw you going that way, isn't that right?"

Hearing this, Xie Wan Ning's heart skipped a beat.

Subconsciously, he turned his head to look at his aunt who was sitting below the emperor with a graceful manner not far away.

Noticing her gaze, Concubine Shu also looked over and smiled at her gently.

There was a hint of anger in that smile.

It's as if to say, you had a secret meeting with someone without even considering the occasion, and now you want me, your aunt, to clean up after you.

……she knows!

Xie Wan Ning's breathing stagnated, and her heart was pounding with nervousness.

Her aunt knew everything she did tonight.

Meeting Ji Chengfeng was just a coincidence, there was nothing wrong with that, and Xie Wan Ning herself didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

But Lu Ziyan definitely did not meet by chance.

Her aunt knew that she was going to meet Lu Ziyan, and even went out of her way to make way for them to meet, causing Pei Yuqing to go to the wrong place.

She also knew that even though she had been married for half a year, Lu Ziyan was still pestering her and had not given up on her.

...Does the aunt know what she said to Lu Ziyan?
No, she wouldn't know.

Lu Ziyan’s fighting power is so high that there would be no one eavesdropping on him, and there would be nothing he couldn’t detect.

However, people may be more likely to imagine things they don’t know.

She was held captive by Lu Ziyan behind the rockery for so long...

As Xie Wan Ning thought about it, her nervous heart suddenly cooled down.

Why did she die in her previous life?
Isn't it because the eldest cousin couldn't beat Lu Ziyan, and saw that Lu Ziyan's real weakness was her, so he poisoned her and wanted to use her life to restrain Lu Ziyan?
I just don't know if it was because her body was not working properly and she was so angry that the poison took effect faster and she vomited blood and died, or if Lu Xiyao increased the dosage without authorization...

After all, she never took off the jade bracelet for more than a month.

In this life, she has married someone else, but her aunt has seen through the tip of the iceberg of Lu Ziyan's obsession with her.

A woman who has been in the palace for more than twenty years and has been awarded the title of First-Rank Concubine is definitely not a kind-hearted person.

What does she want to do with this?
How could Pei Yuqing not notice that the girl beside him was so absent-minded? He followed her gaze and saw Concubine Shu's warm and loving smile.

His fingertips froze slightly for a moment. He was so smart that he figured it out almost instantly.

This suspicion was confirmed when he saw Lu Ziyan sitting down opposite him.

What a coincidence, when one came back, the other one also came back.

With Lu Ziyan's keen sense, he noticed it the moment the opposite gaze turned towards him. He suddenly raised his eyes and looked over. Seeing that it was Pei Yuqing, he paused for a moment, then slowly raised his lips into an arc that seemed to be mocking but not mocking.

Unruly.

Extremely arrogant.

But this arrogant smile froze on his face when he saw the two people holding hands.