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

Chapter 99

Lu Ziyan didn't want her to go back as someone else's wife, so he kidnapped her and kept her as a beauty in his brothel. The thought only flashed through his mind once before he subconsciously rejected it.

This was the girl he had been engaged to since he was twelve years old. He cherished her and never treated her with any disrespect. How could he bear to keep her as a concubine who could not be seen in public?

You can't just hug her without knowing the reason.

If he wanted to take her back, he would do it in a dignified manner, carrying her in a sedan chair carried by eight people and holding her in his arms as his wife.

Thinking of this, Lu Ziyan's face warmed slightly, and his eyes even showed some tenderness and affection.

Xie Wan Ning was already disturbed by his mood swings and was the first to look away.

The autumn breeze was blowing gently, and the jade pendant on her waist swayed slightly. Xie Wan Ning stepped inside, and the door slowly closed behind her. She couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

This was a two-entry courtyard. Lu Ziyan's personal soldiers were guarding the front yard. Only Ming Jian followed in and led the way. He climbed a few steps, walked to the door of a wing room, pushed the door open, bowed and made a gesture of invitation, and then retreated.

They were the only two people left in the large courtyard.

Lu Ziyan said, "It's windy outside, let's go inside and talk."

He walked a few steps, turned around and saw that she was motionless. He clenched his fists and put them to his lips and coughed twice. He tilted his head and smiled, "What are you thinking about? I'm still injured. Even if I want to move you, I'm powerless now, understand?"

Xie Wan Ning: “…”

Forget it, she couldn't beat him, and she couldn't escape either. She just hoped that he would keep his word and let her go.

A charcoal fire had been lit in the room early, and it was very warm. Not long after Xie Wan Ning came in, her little face turned red from the warmth.

The two sat across the table from each other. Lu Ziyan looked at the cloak on her body, tapped it with his fingertips, and said, "Take it off first, and put it on when you go out later. This way you won't catch a cold easily."

Xie Wan Ning ignored him and said directly: "You kidnapped me here, what do you want to say? Say it quickly."

It was getting late, and she hadn't returned home yet, so she couldn't keep it a secret for much longer.

But Lu Ziyan was very persistent. He tapped the table with his fingertips and said, "I don't want to hear about you catching a cold in a few days."

Wind-cold can be severe or minor.

In Lu Ziyan's current eyes, the girl opposite him was so fragile that she would fall down if the wind blew, and she needed careful care.

If possible, he even wanted to hold the person in his arms and do everything himself.

Xie Wan Ning didn't want to waste time with him and indeed felt a little hot, so she gently pulled the straps to take off her cloak.

The impatience in his heart had reached its peak, and it showed in his eyes and eyebrows.

Lu Ziyan seemed unaware. He sat upright, with broad shoulders and a straight back. His deep eyes stared at her steadily, with a darkness in them that no one could understand.

Xie Wan Ning boasted that she knew him well enough because of the memory in her dream, but she couldn't understand the meaning of his eyes.

I just felt a little nervous when being looked at like this.

Too nervous to break the eerie silence.

After a long time, Lu Ziyan blinked gently.

"Wanwan," he said in a hoarse voice, "I'm here to give you an explanation."

Xie Wan Ning didn't understand what was going on, and he just said he would give her an explanation.

But they have cleared up their relationship, and since the breakup of the engagement, they have nothing to do with each other in terms of marriage. What does he need to explain to her?

Outside the window, the autumn wind howled, blowing up the fallen leaves, creating a bleak scene in itself, while inside the house the tea had already boiled, making a gurgling sound, and the steam spreading everywhere, making people feel a little relaxed for no reason.

"When our wedding date was approaching, but you insisted on canceling the engagement, I was confused..." Lu Ziyan's voice was low and he spoke slowly, "After all, before that, you were clearly looking forward to marrying me."

"I've been wondering why you suddenly changed."

"Is it because I said those nonsense that I am disappointed in, or is it because you don't believe my explanation at all and think that Liu Manrou and I have an affair."

"I also wondered if you had transferred your affection to someone else..."

At this point, he paused, raised his hand to refill her hot tea, and said softly, "I had a dream after I passed out that night."

Xie Wan Ning was stunned for a moment, and her pupils suddenly dilated.

His expression was stiff, as if he had been struck by lightning.

Lu Ziyan looked at her without blinking, and seeing her reaction like that, his last bit of luck was gone.

really……

He closed his eyes to hide the despair in his eyes, but his expression still revealed a bit of misery.

She had also experienced such absurd dreams.

Don't blame her for being eager to break off the engagement, don't blame her for marrying someone else, don't blame her for changing her mind.

Everything is his fault.

It's his fault.

He had never felt so vulnerable and desperate.

What do you mean?
What did he mean by that?
What does his expression mean?
Xie Wan Ning's fingertips holding the teacup trembled uncontrollably.

He also had those dreams, and he also had some memories that did not belong to this world?
Those memories of him bullying her, humiliating her, and betraying her?

All this was too bizarre. Xie Wan Ning was in a state of confusion, but her mind became clearer.

So, everything that happened in the dream was really their past life?

She was not a so-called bystander, but had experienced it herself.

Perhaps she died so unjustly in her previous life that even God couldn't bear it and made her remember everything.

And now, he remembered everything.

He remembered that he owed her a life, so he came to give her an explanation.

Surprisingly, it is like this.

Xie Wan Ning's mind went blank and she stared at him blankly.

She looked helpless, like a little girl who was lost and at a loss. Lu Ziyan's heart suddenly went weak and he raised his arms almost subconsciously, wanting to hold her in his arms.

Finally, he stopped.

When I haven't met someone, I always feel like I have a lot to say. But when we really look at each other, my lips open and close, but I don't know where to start.

But there are many things that I have to tell her after all.

A long time, a long time.

Lu Ziyan laughed at himself and said, "After you left, I lived alone for five years."

He spoke very softly for fear of scaring her.
Xie Wan Ning blinked, "...what do you mean?"

He repeated slowly: "After you left, I lived alone in the world for five years." Even though he was sitting opposite me in good health now, he still refused to use the word "death" when talking about his past life.

This is his taboo.

But Xie Wan Ning was stunned.

"how so……"

What does it mean to be the only one alive in the world for five years?

He had been practicing martial arts since he was young, and he was strong and healthy, with unfathomable martial arts skills. When she died of vomiting blood, he was only twenty years old, just about to reach adulthood.

He had just inherited the title and had risen from the eldest son of a marquisate to a super-rank marquis. It was the age for him to display his talents and make great achievements.

Why did he die at the age of twenty-five?

Yeah, how could this happen?
A familiar pain spread across his chest, and Lu Ziyan's breathing stagnated due to the pain. He was afraid of disturbing the person in front of him, but he had to endure it.

His voice trembled a little. "I didn't know about the time you came to the study to look for me. I was seriously injured and unconscious at the time, and I was about to die."

"......!" Xie Wan Ning's pupils dilated slightly and her lips pursed unconsciously.

The incident in the study was her biggest concern, apart from the two maids, in those tragic dreams.

She had endured for so long and been obedient for so long. That time, she mustered up her courage for the last time in this relationship and wanted to ask him for an explanation.

She wondered why he lied to her.

Lu Ziyan really understood her. She was the proud daughter of a noble family in the Marquis's mansion. She was arranged by him to live in the family temple for several months, where no one was allowed to visit her and she was not allowed to go out. She was extremely aggrieved.

But he did not fulfill his promise.

How sad she must have felt when she angrily rushed into the study room to ask for an explanation and was stopped and sent back.

The beating he received in front of the ladies on the second day was even more humiliating.

And he had seen all of this with his own eyes.

Thinking of the humiliation she suffered, Lu Ziyan felt an unbearable pain in his heart.

He closed his eyes and continued, "I was ambushed on my way back from the battlefield in the northern border and was shot in the back. I have been in a coma for those days."

"Before this, I thought that the most important things in my heart were my country, my responsibilities, and my pursuit of power. But until I was seriously injured and dying, between life and death, there was only you in my mind, only you."

"I couldn't bear to see you remarry after your husband's death, and I also couldn't bear to see you suffer alone for the rest of your life... You don't know that feeling," he smiled, "Before I fell into a coma, I did my best to arrange everything for you."

"I'll write a letter of divorce. If I don't make it and die, someone will escort you back to the Xie family. Ming Jian Ming Feng will be left to you, as will 5,000 personal guards. I don't have much personal wealth, but I gave it to you a long time ago."

"I always remembered that you were at the ancestral temple, and you were waiting for me to come back and pick you up, but the news of my injury must not be spread outside. No one can know until my life or death is determined."

He didn't mean to avoid seeing her, deceive her, or humiliate her on purpose.

This answer made Xie Wan Ning a little dazed.

It turned out to be like this...

But the resentment and pain have already been caused. Does the belated explanation now still have any meaning?

As my consciousness rose and fell, the man's voice continued.

"And Liu Manrou, I didn't lie to you before, she is Lu Zishuo's concubine, and the baby in her belly is also the heir of the Lu family's second branch."

"...I don't know how she put those marks on you on purpose. I can only be sure that I never touched her at all from beginning to end."

He was almost confessing his true feelings because he was so afraid of being misunderstood.

"Before we got married, I had never touched anyone else. During the two years we were married, I only had you. In my two lifetimes, I have never shared the joy of sex with a woman other than you."

He looked at her, his voice hoarse as he spoke word by word, "Liu Manrou didn't have it, and Erxia didn't have it either."

The things that he had always firmly believed in were suddenly and completely overturned. Xie Wan Ning's mind was in chaos, as if he was listening to a foreign language.

The moment their eyes met, she was dazzled by the brilliance in his eyes. She hastily avoided them and asked quickly, "Do you think I will believe you?"

"You are worried that Madam Lu will not accept her late husband's bloodline, but you can't let the bloodline of the Lu family be lost. It would be enough to arrange Liu Manrou to be a concubine in the second room. Why do you want to promote her to the position of wife?"

"Because I owe the Lu family,"

Lu Ziyan said: "At first, I thought the same as you. Liu Manrou was from the second house, so we arranged her to be a concubine. The children she gave birth to, regardless of whether they were boys or girls, would be considered as continuing the incense of the second house, so as to reduce the pressure on you and me. But later, I learned about something..."

He paused for a moment, his lips opened and closed, his voice was hoarse: "I am not a biological descendant of the Lu family."

Xie Wan Ning was originally listening quietly. She really wanted to know the truth. Even if the past was a thing of the past life, she still wanted to know. Hearing this, she suddenly raised her head and looked at him in disbelief, "What did you say!"

"How could you not be Lu's biological child!" She even suspected that she had heard it wrong. They had known each other since childhood and grew up together as childhood sweethearts.

He is the only child of the loyal and brave Lu family!
"Look, even you are so shocked, can you imagine how I felt when I first heard about this?"

Lu Ziyan coughed twice and laughed at himself: "I am indeed not a biological descendant of the Lu family. Apart from the women in my family, my grandfather, father and even my biological father all know about this."

Before Xie Wan Ning had time to digest what this meant, he continued speaking.

"Although they all knew about it, it is an indisputable fact that I was raised by the Lu family. Lu Yunpei is the only blood of the Lu family. My thought at the time was that no matter what, the only blood of the Lu family could not be made a bastard."

The difference between legitimate and illegitimate status is like a chasm between heaven and earth.

Lu Yunpei is the son of Liu Manrou. If Liu Manrou is not made his wife, he will be destined to be a bastard son born to a concubine.

A concubine's son has no inheritance rights and cannot enjoy family resources. Although he can take part in the imperial examinations, his status as a concubine's son requires him to work harder than a legitimate son to be on the same level.

Lu Ziyan holds great power at a young age, which he achieved through his own abilities on the battlefield.

He was a proud and open-minded man. It would have been fine if he had not known about it, but since he knew that he was not a descendant of the Lu family, it was impossible for him to go against his own conscience and pretend not to know in order to suppress the true Lu family bloodline.

He was brought up by the Lu family and felt that he owed them a debt of gratitude. To make up for it, he would make sure that the only child of the Lu family would have a smooth future and inherit the family's legacy.

The room suddenly became quiet.

Xie Wan Ning looked up at the man opposite her in a daze. Lu Ziyan smiled at her and apologized, "There are several reasons why I didn't tell you."

There was nothing left to say. He said, "First, I am an ordinary man. I just want to look great in front of the woman I love, so that you can be proud of me, instead of becoming a cuckoo occupying the nest of a magpie, stealing the remaining influence of a loyal and heroic family, with a complicated life story..."

He paused, and then continued, "Secondly, I cannot let anyone else know that I discovered my true identity. It's not that I don't trust you, but the less you know, the better it will be for you and the people around you."

"You grew up in seclusion, and all you've seen and heard are the intrigues in the backyard. You can't imagine the twists and turns in the court. I don't want to and cannot put you in danger."

...in danger.

Lu Ziyan's voice choked and he almost cried.

He thought he had eliminated all threats and protected her tightly. Under his protection, nothing would happen to her.

If he was alive, he would love and protect her for the rest of her life. If he died, she could return to the Xie family safely and continue to be a noble lady.

But he neglected his 'family'.

Please give me a ticket~~~