The concubine's favorite? Break off the engagement and marry another prince, please respect you

Chapter 143

She said the word "evil woman" lightly, but it was like a roar in Lu Ziyan's ears.

His face turned pale, and he froze for a few breaths before he murmured, "At that time, I was still seriously injured, Qi Mingyu had been deposed and imprisoned as a commoner, and his remaining forces were preparing to counterattack secretly. The Lu family had his spies..."

As he spoke, his voice choked and he could not continue.

What should he say.

Talk about those self-righteous concerns of his?

The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, so he chose to continue to wrong her for a few more days, and then catch the rats in the gutter one by one, and then apologize to her.

What was he thinking at that time?
What he thought was that she was already his wife, and she loved him so much. When everything was settled, as long as he told her everything and comforted her, she would definitely forgive her.

But life is not a battlefield. His mastery of military tactics and strategic planning are of no use here, and he paid a heavy price for his arrogance.

When everything was settled, the person he loved most could no longer wake up.

That day was too chaotic and he drank some wine. Seeing her protecting Er Qing made him even more angry and made him say some unpleasant words.

For a long time afterwards, he tried hard to think about what he had said at that time, but every time he thought about it, he felt heartbroken and his memory was vague.

…It turned out that he had scolded her like this.

His expression was really not good, and Xie Wan Ning frowned when she saw him.

At the age of eighteen or nineteen, with unfathomable martial arts skills, shouldn't his body be as strong as an ox?

Why is his face always pale and he vomits blood all the time?

Although she was confused, she would never take the initiative to ask.

Lu Ziyan gave her a panicked smile, "I'm sorry."

"If the guilt I caused you to hurt me makes you unable to sleep day and night... I can forgive you."

Xie Wanning frowned and shook his head, "I just want to live a peaceful life in this new life. I don't want to be your enemy, nor do I want to indulge in the past love and hate and live a sloppy life."

"...guilt," Lu Ziyan repeated in a low voice, his lips forming a subtle arc, "I don't feel any guilt at all."

He was not a good man. He had killed many people with his own hands. The blood shed because of him in his previous life was enough to dye a city red.

He once thought that emotions like guilt and soft-heartedness were his only remaining kindness.

Such kindness rarely appears in him.

The last time was with the Lu family. He was taught by the Lu family and learned that he was not a member of the Lu family. He could not bear to see the loyal and brave Lu family die out, so he promoted Liu Manrou to be the legitimate wife and made Lu Yunpei the legitimate son.

As for the rest?

So many people died under his hands, countless innocent souls, but he never felt any guilt.

It is even more impossible to feel guilty towards this girl.

He doesn't have a strong sense of morality. If it was just guilt, he wouldn't be so miserable and crazy after her death, and he wouldn't be so desperate and hopeless.

If it was just out of guilt, he could have found ways to make amends to the Xie family, not torture himself, and not take revenge on everyone and then leave her cleanly.

He always knew that she was important and that she was the girl he held dear to his heart, but at that time he could not realize how important she was.

Because he has so much, he has never experienced the feeling of wanting but not getting, or getting and then losing.

He was spoiled and extremely arrogant, and was sure that as long as he looked back, she would be there.

If he had been smarter, not so slow, not so arrogant, and had realized earlier how much he loved her and how much he couldn't accept losing her, they wouldn't have ended up like that.

Now that he's experienced that feeling, he can't let go.

But he also understood that it was right for her to feel resentful.

Everything that happened in their previous life, how they ended up like that, she didn't feel sorry for him at all, it was all his fault.

It's all his fault.

No matter how she punished him, he deserved it, and he was willing to bear it...

In the silence, there was a sudden noise outside and Xie Wan Ning looked towards the window.

It was the sound of snow sliding down from the roof, and faintly you could hear the cold wind whistling past.

…It seems to have started snowing again.

The sky darkened unnoticed.

She felt a little anxious and looked at the person opposite her.

"Are you really going to lock me up here?"

Lu Ziyan lowered his eyes slightly and didn't say anything, nor did he look at her.

"You don't think you can hide me in the military camp?"

"Pei Yuqing will find this place sooner or later, as will my father and brother..."

Seeing that the person opposite her remained silent, Xie Wan Ning became anxious. If people really knew that she was abducted to the military camp by this man, some unpleasant rumors might spread.

He didn't care. It was just a matter of adding a romantic affair to his reputation as a domineering man.

But what about her?
She was already a married woman, and was abducted by a man to the military camp...

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Xie Wan Ning yelled angrily, "Lu Ziyan, you have no shame, but I still want more!"

The relatively calm atmosphere became stagnant with these words.

However, Lu Ziyan finally moved. He raised his eyes and looked at her. In the dim light from the window, Xie Wan Ning could not see his eyes clearly.

I only heard him say: "How can it be embarrassing to be with me? I will make you the most envied girl in the world."

"..." Xie Wan Ning clenched her teeth, feeling like she was talking to a cow.

Her hands were held tightly in his hands, and her palms were slightly wet. Lu Ziyan had no intention of letting go and held them motionlessly.

After a long while, he finally calmed down his fluctuating emotions and closed his eyes, "Wanwan..."

Before Xie Wan Ning could speak, he continued, "You said you were cruel to me because you truly loved me, but what about Pei Yuqing? Because you don't love him, do you forgive his deception so easily?"

Hearing this suddenly, Xie Wan Ning's first reaction was, how rare it was that she didn't hear him call her "sickly" or "old man".

Immediately, my heart sank again.

Forgiveness is bullshit, she hates being lied to the most.

On their wedding night, Pei Yuqing deliberately let someone in, which made her very angry. Later, she misunderstood that he was in poor health and stopped holding a grudge against him.

This time, he tricked her into taking a drug and coaxed her into consummating the marriage, and even deliberately left the tooth marks for Lu Ziyan to see...

The girl opposite had a very unhappy expression on her face, and Lu Ziyan saw it all. He couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips slowly, but afraid that she would see it, he quickly let go of her hand, stood up and walked to the candlestick.

A bright fire ignited.

He turned around, sat down opposite her again, and asked, "Do you really want to go back?"

Inexplicably, she felt that his tone was no longer gloomy and oppressive. Xie Wan Ning blinked and nodded without hesitation, "I must go back."

She has a family, how can she be trapped in the military camp by him? Lu Ziyan hummed and said, "How about we make a bet?"

Xie Wan Ning was a little surprised that he could let go, and asked hurriedly: "What bet?"

Lu Ziyan said: "I just told you that the old man deliberately exposed that thing today to irritate me. Do you believe it?"

Xie Wan Ning actually believed it in her heart. Pei Yuqing was a low-key person who valued privacy the most. He didn't like people to get close to him. There were few people serving in the yard. He would never accidentally reveal such a secret between husband and wife in front of others.

But she still didn't speak.

Such protection made Lu Ziyan snort coldly, grinning with his back teeth: "That sickly guy is indeed full of calculations. It hasn't been long, but he has fooled you around."

"After meeting His Majesty, I went directly to Puxian Temple. When I left, the old man was in the temple. He must have known that I was looking for you."

His smile gradually faded, and he asked her, "Wanwan, when he used this kind of thing to irritate me, did you ever think about what I would do to you when I came to you?"

Xie Wan Ning pursed her lips tightly, subconsciously thinking of the scene that happened in the backyard of Puxian Temple.

He said he really wanted to be there...

"He is willing to do it..." Lu Ziyan stopped talking and looked at her and said, "If I really touched you there, what would happen with your temper?"

What will happen?
Before this, she just wanted them to be well. If he really dared to force her...

She would wish she could die with him.

He will become her greatest enemy in her life.

The affection that grew up with, the boy that I truly loved, all turned into nothingness.

I will never forgive him!
No matter what he did, even if he died in front of her, she would not even look down.

Her expression was extremely ugly, but Lu Ziyan sneered, "It seems that it is not a big loss."

He actually could understand why the sickly guy did that.

Xie Wan Ning understood what he meant and looked up at him without blinking.

"Don't look at me like that, and don't blame me for what that sickly girl did," Lu Ziyan said, "I would never do such a thing as scheming for other men to touch you."

Even if it means she will never look back at that sickly guy, what does it matter?

There was no way he could let other men touch her.

But that sickly guy did it, which shows... he really regards himself as his number one enemy.

How lacking in confidence must he be, and how afraid he must be that she would change her mind, to resort to such a scheme.

Thinking of this, Lu Ziyan's mood really improved.

People's joys and sorrows are different. He was happy, but Xie Wan Ning's heart seemed to have sunk to the bottom of an icy valley, so cold that it was frightening.

Who can feel good when her husband plots against her like this?
She was stunned for a long time, her face turned pale, and she began to doubt whether she had made a mistake in actively proposing marriage that day.

In order to avoid Lu Ziyan, she got married in a hurry, and married such a scheming and cunning man. She was played around by him from beginning to end.

The problem is, Lu Ziyan didn't avoid it either.

In fact, his real identity is a prince and future emperor.

If Xie Wan Ning had known Lu Ziyan's true identity earlier, she would have been more cautious. At least she would not have used such an offensive method to evade him, putting the Xie family at risk of being liquidated in the future.

...Was the shyness, immaturity and the way that person allowed herself to be bullied by her at the beginning also fake?

She took the initiative to kiss him, hug him, and ask him if he wanted to marry her...

In fact, all of this was within his calculations.

She raised her eyes in a daze and looked across. Lu Ziyan's lips slowly curled up and he gave her a soothing smile.

Xie Wanning; “…”

This guy is not a good person either. His methods are probably no less ruthless than Pei Yuqing's, and he is even more cruel and ruthless. His possessiveness towards her is as strong as that of a madman, a madman who will never let go.

Her heart was trembling and she felt the road ahead was dark.

Can she really live a peaceful life being caught between these two men?

I'm afraid it's not much better than my previous life...

She was in a daze and thought a lot. Lu Ziyan didn't have the ability to read minds, so he couldn't fully understand her thoughts.

But he knew that the girl already had a rift with the sickly guy.

In this way, it will not be in vain that he has been instigating for so long.

He smiled even more deeply and said softly, "Wanwan, let's make a bet to see if his plan stops here. If you win, I'll let you go back with him."

After hearing this, Xie Wan Ning forced herself to cheer up a little and said, "You go ahead."

"I brought you here without hiding my whereabouts. With that sickly guy's ability, he should have found you by now."

Lu Ziyan tapped the table rhythmically with his fingers. While talking on this side, he couldn't help but hold her hand on the other side.

"I bet he will bring a lot of people with him..." Shunli took the boneless hand in his palm and squeezed it. He smiled and added, "Catching an adulterer."

These two words froze Xie Wan Ning's struggle, and she refuted without thinking, "Absolutely impossible!"

"Then do you want to bet?" Lu Ziyan's expression was serious, and he said seriously: "If he brings anyone other than the Sky Guards, you are not allowed to go back with him."

He had just regained his status as a legitimate prince today, and was also named King of Zhenbei. His popularity was at its peak, and he was only one step away from the position of crown prince.

Qi Mingyu's future father-in-law, Chen Ge Lao, was sent to prison again. Comparing the two, he didn't believe that the sickly man was not anxious.

After all, if he really took the throne as the crown prince, he would be able to ascend the throne legitimately...

Such an opportunity is so rare now. The sickly guy only needs to bring a few officials to take a look and witness with their own eyes that he has brought the people to the military camp.

Few ministers would support a prince who openly abducted the wives of ministers, bullied men and women, and had poor personal ethics.

Although Xie Wan Ning didn't know much about what was happening in the court, and didn't know that the person in front of her had restored his true identity and was named King of Zhenbei, she was not stupid. It only took her a few breaths to figure out all the twists and turns.

Once the news of Lu Ziyan abducting my wife gets out, such arrogant and domineering behavior will surely lead to piles of impeachment memorials being sent to the imperial desk. Even if Your Majesty is willing to retaliate, he will definitely be blamed.

After all, which family doesn’t have a wife and daughter?

And as another party involved, what good could she get?

Xie Wan Ning kept shaking her head, unwilling to believe that Pei Yuqing would do this.

He brought so many people with him, wasn't he afraid that she couldn't handle the criticism...

Aren't you afraid of her being angry?

As if he understood what she was thinking, Lu Ziyan sneered, "If he dares to bring people here, he can certainly find a reason to make you not angry."

"Besides, if I really did something wrong to you, with that sickly guy's full of calculations, I'm afraid he could trick you into relying on him alone from now on."

After this incident, the Pei and Xie families will surely be caught up in rumors. Even if the Duke of Pei and the eldest princess continue to tolerate this daughter-in-law, they will not be in a good mood in the future.

In contrast, isn’t an old man who is still gentle and tolerant more worthy of reliance?