The little daughter-in-law of the palace

Chapter 436
When Ningzhu saw him, she stopped in her tracks. After all, she was an acquaintance and wanted to say hello. When she met Qi Zhi's shocked gaze, Ningzhu somehow thought of her swollen eyes.Ningzhu knows that she is ugly now, but her brother-in-law is dead, she doesn't care about her appearance, and no one will stare at her eyes ignorantly. Ready to leave straight away.

"Where is Miss Ning going?" It's not the way to go to the backyard, Qi Zhi couldn't help asking, looking at her red and swollen eyes while speaking, only heartache remained.Perhaps it was because this might be the last time, the boy didn't hide his thoughts anymore.

Ningzhu was very angry when she turned her head back. Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she met such a pair of bright eyes, as if a frozen lake in winter had finally melted, floating with shocking sparkling waves, his whole person seemed to have changed, It's no longer the guard of the Hou Mansion who only knows how to bow his head and observe courtesy, but...

Ningzhu couldn't express that feeling, but felt that Qi Zhi in front of her should be the real him.

That look in his eyes, is he concerned about her?
Ningzhu suddenly became angry, but the Gu family was their sister's secret, Ningzhu didn't want Qi Zhi to know, she shook her head and asked, "Are you okay?"

The sunshine in May was so bright that it was dazzling, Qi Zhi looked at the innocent look of his sweetheart who squinted his eyes slightly and asked him, hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "I have two questions to ask you alone, are you in a hurry to leave?"

It is a long way from the capital to Fujian. If he wants to make meritorious service, he must start as soon as possible. There is really no time.

The servant girl following Ningzhu frowned, and looked at Qi Zhi warily, "Do you want to ask, or the prince wants to ask?" What is his identity that he wants to be alone with the girl?

Her words were full of warning, Qi Zhi was indifferent, just staring at Ningzhu a few steps away, persistent and serious.

Ningzhu is dissatisfied with Qi Zhi like this.In her eyes, Qi Zhi, whom she often met when she was a child, was a partner rather than a bodyguard. Maybe Qi Zhi had a low status in the Hou's mansion, but Ningzhu never really regarded herself as a noble girl in the capital. She was just a little girl in the south of the Yangtze River. The daughter of the family is an orphan whose only elder sister is dependent on her. She is not much different from Qi Zhi who is also an orphan.

"You go over there and wait for me." Ningzhu calmly ordered the servant girl to wait in front, to observe whether anyone was coming.

The servant girl understood that the girl was unhappy, so she acted wisely.

Ningzhu looked at Qi Zhi, then turned around and went to a lush flower tree.

Qi Zhi sweated nervously, and followed her two steps behind.

"What do you want to ask me?" Standing still, Ningzhu asked curiously, familiar with the boy's bored gourd temperament, afraid that he would be bored at this time, Ningzhu reminded again: "Hurry up, I have something to do over there."

"I like you."

Qi Zhi took a deep breath, looked down at her, and said out loudly under the shocked eyes of his sweetheart, "I like you, I started to like you two years ago, I know I'm not good enough for you, so I've been enduring it all the time, but seeing you with me I don’t want to endure Wu Cheng’s blind date. If you, you want, I’ll go to ask Lord Hou to resign, go to Fujian to earn military merits, and formally propose marriage after I have achieved fame. If you don’t want to, I’ll go back to Liaodong Daying immediately. I won't see you again, I will make you unhappy."

The boy's voice was low, but he spoke quickly, and every word was so clear.

Ningzhu looked at the handsome young man in front of her in disbelief, and followed his words as she recalled the past two years together, but except for a few peeks, she really couldn't remember Qi Zhi doing anything similar to liking her... By the way, once Ah Xun complained that the candied chestnuts that Qi Zhi left for her were bigger than those for him...

That's what Qi Zhi likes?

Ningzhu wanted to laugh inexplicably, she moved her body, and her eyes were stabbed by the light leaking from the gaps in the leaves. Ningzhu quickly closed her eyes, and the moment she opened them, she remembered her appearance at this time.

Ningzhu was stunned, and couldn't help touching her eyes. It was swollen, and it seemed to be worse than in the morning.

"Uncomfortable?" Qi Zhi kept staring at her after speaking, not daring to blink for fear of missing any changes in her mood, so seeing her raise her head and rub her eyes, she asked worriedly.

A few anxious and tense words made Ningzhu's heart suddenly soften.

She is so ugly, yet he can still seriously say that he likes her.

Not knowing how to answer, seeing the plain white dress on her body, and thinking of her brother-in-law who died in Fujian just now, Ningzhu burst into tears, turned her back and said: "You are not allowed to go to Fujian..."

The string of anticipation in Qi Zhi's mind was broken all of a sudden. If he is not allowed to go, he just doesn't want to accept him, right?
But why is she crying?

These years, Qi Zhi has only talked to his eldest daughter, so he doesn't understand his daughter's thoughts, why she is crying, but he thinks that his impulsive words have offended her, and he takes two steps back bitterly: "It's my wishful thinking." Come on, Miss Ning, don't cry, I won't go to Fujian anymore, I'll go to Liaodong..."

"What are you going to Liaodong for?" Ningzhu turned around abruptly, is there also a war there?
After thinking about it, Qi Zhi lowered his eyes politely, "I know you are kind-hearted and don't want me to lose my job as a bodyguard, but I have thought about it that I shouldn't have, and I am not worthy to continue serving the prince."

Ningzhu finally understood, pursed her lips, and said coldly: "Then you go, I will marry someone else after you leave!"

After saying that, she ran away without looking back. Her brother-in-law had just left, and she was in no mood to entangle with him now. After saying this, he should understand, right?

The man ran forward, paying attention to the movement behind her, but she didn't hear anything, Ningzhu bit her lip, fearing that he was really stupid, and looked back before turning the corner.

Qi Zhi really didn't understand what she meant at the beginning, he was a bit extravagant, and he was afraid of being passionate, until she slowed down and looked back at him with a pair of walnuts, Qi Zhi finally settled down, like a spring breeze blowing through his heart, and looked at her foolishly laugh.

Ningzhu heaved a sigh of relief, no longer thinking about it, and went to look for Chen Shuo.

(End of this chapter)