"Just this once, if you dare to do these dangerous things without hesitation next time, I will confine you to the Ninth Prince's Mansion."
Luo Jiuli's heart froze. Everything she suspected just now, which she couldn't ask, seemed to have the answer after these words.
She turned her head to look at him, and he met her eyes, and both of them were slightly shocked at the same time.
A strange, ambiguous smell rises in the air.
"Your Majesty, I should be banned from the Duke of Yiguo's residence."
Xiao Mingxuan looked at her without saying a word, and understood that she was refusing politely. His eyes dimmed slightly, and it took him a long time to speak.
"Luo Jiuli, this king--"
"How did the prince know that I came to the flower garden?"
She interrupted him, even more afraid of hearing those words.
Xiao Mingxuan, the emperor's younger brother and the God of War of the Changning Dynasty, was also so handsome, so noble, and so powerful.
How could such a man only be surrounded by one woman in his life?
It's not that she has no expectations, but she also knows her own temperament and cannot compete with many women for favors and intrigues for one man.
What's more, her identity is really embarrassing.
The former Princess Zhao, the Ninth Prince's nephew-in-law, not only divorced her, but also had a child with an unknown father dead in her belly.
Xiao Mingxuan's pupils deepened, and there was a flash of sadness in his eyes.
"Qin Wu, I asked Qin Wu to protect you outside the palace."
Luo Jiuli was silent, not expecting him to be so honest.
Thinking of the kiss between him and her at the flower shop just now, I felt my cheeks heat up slightly for no reason.
He coughed lightly and said to cover up his embarrassment:
"It's hard for the prince to worry about it. That's right. I am the prince's medicine. Naturally, I can't make any mistakes."
When Xiao Mingxuan heard this, his face turned cold for a moment.
"You are not Yao. I do not allow you to treat yourself this way. You are Luo Jiuli, just Luo Jiuli."
He spoke every word very clearly.
Luo Jiuli was slightly stunned. Seeing him like this, his heart couldn't help but soften, and he curled his lips into a faint smile.
"Yes, I am Luo Jiuli, just Luo Jiuli."
Xiao Mingxuan looked at her smile, his eyes fell on her beautiful face, and unabashed softness appeared in her cold eyes.
Luo Jiuli felt uncomfortable being stared at by him. At this time, no matter how dull she was, she still noticed the difference between Xiao Mingxuan and her.
Combined with the fact that he helped her again and again before, and then the unexpected kiss between the two at the flower shop tonight, and the words he just hesitated to say.
He was good to her, and it turned out that it wasn't just her who could suppress the spell in his body.
She wanted to ask, does the prince like me?
She wanted to tell him that they were once uncle-nephew and daughter-in-law.
She wanted to reiterate that she was no longer innocent. She had an unborn child. Can he accept her? Can he stick to her and never leave her?
She wanted to reveal too much, about her identity? About her secrets? About everything about her.
But--
There were so many worries that she frowned and suppressed her emotions.
"Your Majesty, Miss Luo Er, the Duke's residence has arrived."
Outside the carriage, Qin Yin's voice came.
Almost as if he was running away, Luo Jiuli hurriedly opened the car door and jumped out of the carriage.
Xiao Mingxuan wanted to reach out and pull her, but seeing her chaotic emotions, his fingers froze in mid-air.
He reluctantly watched her leave, watched her enter the Duke's Mansion, and sighed helplessly.
"Qin Yin, let's go."
"yes."
Qin Yin wondered why Miss Luo Er's expression was wrong just now.
He didn't dare to ask, and naturally he didn't know what had just happened at the flower shop.
Jumping on the carriage, the wheels rolled, and we walked out of the alley.
At the same time, in the opposite direction, another carriage also stopped at the gate of the Duke's Mansion.
The two jumped out of the carriage one after the other.
"Brother Yuan Jia, why did the carriage just now look like the carriage of the Nine Princes' Palace?"
The man dressed in Tsing Yi, with handsome features and a gentle voice, is Du Qilin, the legitimate son of the cabinet scholar Du Heng.
The brother Yuanjia Du Qilin mentioned was Luo Yuanjia, the second son of the Duke of Yiguo who just returned to Beijing today.
Luo Yuanjia was doubtful in his heart, but calmly shook his head.
"Perhaps Brother Du made a mistake. Why did the carriage from the Ninth Prince's Mansion appear at the gate of our Duke's Mansion in the middle of the night?"
Du Qilin laughed silently.
"Maybe I really saw it wrong."
"There are too many things going on at home recently, and my mind is a little confused. Just like last time, when I went to the street, I mistakenly thought that the Grand Master Sun of the Vice Minister's Mansion was someone else. I thought whose girl was talking to the Grand Master Sun?
I didn't expect it to be Hu Bingyu, the eldest lady of Sima Mansion."
Luo Yuanjia turned to look at him. In the dark night, the weak light of the lantern shone brightly in front of his eyes.
He had already heard the butler's report about Sun Ting coveting his little sister and coming to the house to propose marriage.
As for Hu Bingyu of the Grand Sima Mansion, who had always been at odds with his younger sister, and the two fell into the water in the palace, he also knew the details.
But Hu Bingyu's acquaintance with Sun Ting caught his attention.
How could the majestic Grand Sima Mansion, the imperial concubine’s mother’s family, have such low vision that they would set their sights on a small minister’s manor?
It's definitely not simple here, there's definitely something going on.
Luo Yuanjia clasped his fists, not only to see off the guests, but also to express his gratitude for the point he had just made intentionally or unintentionally.
"Brother Du, it's too late, so I won't send it away. As for what Brother Du means? I will convey it to my little sister."
"Thank you."
Du Qilin clasped his fists, then turned around and got into the carriage.
The carriage left, and Luo Yuanjia stood at the door for a long time.
Until the housekeeper came out quickly to welcome him.
"Second Young Master, you are back."
Luo Yuanjia nodded.
"Butler Zhang, will the second lady be out of the house tonight?"
The housekeeper frowned and lowered his head.
The second young lady repeatedly warned him not to tell anyone.
"Tell it like it is."
Luo Yuanjia's voice deepened.
The housekeeper suppressed his twitching eyebrows and lowered his voice.
"After the second young master left the house, the second young lady followed him out of the house. Moreover, the second young lady was disguised as a man."
It’s over! It’s over!
He didn't have to betray the second young lady. In fact, the second young master, despite his appearance as a thin and frail scholar, was really weak in front of others and had no rules in doing things. However, behind the scenes, he was actually very clever and shady.
He dared to hide this kind of thing from the upright young master, but he really didn't dare to deceive the second young master.
"Well, I understand."
Luo Yuanjia didn't ask anything else and quickly returned to his yard.
At this time, in Fuquyuan, on the big bed in the main room.
Luo Jiuli closed her eyes, and Xiao Mingxuan's face without warning appeared so clearly in her mind. Her green fingers unconsciously touched her thin red lips, remembering that she was in the flower shop just now.
His extremely predatory, domineering and lingering kiss caused the blush on his face to spread to the back of his ears and neck.
It actually gave her a shy attitude like a girl.
She asked herself over and over in her mind, does she not like him?