Lu Zhiyao didn't react at all, just sat there silently. With her head lowered, her brows were furrowed tightly, as if she was thinking about something serious. Unintentionally, she turned her eyes and saw Lin Yinan on the other side.
Observing her, his eyes were calm and secretive.
His heart trembled, Lu Zhiyao felt uncomfortable as if he had discovered some secret. He did not dare to turn his head and look at Lin Yinan even once. Knowing Lin Yinan's experiences over the years, Lu Zhiyao hid in his heart and complained unfairly to God.
He also disappeared without realizing it.
I am not the only person who has had a rough life in this world.
"I will leave here after everything in the capital is dealt with." Lin Yinan's low and elegant voice slowly sounded again, and he looked at Shang Lu Zhiyao with a slightly surprised look, and said quietly: "So the one who may regret it is you.
That’s right.”
Lu Zhiyao tried hard to capture some information from Lin Yinan's words. The expectation and excitement slowly emerged in his heart, which made Lu Zhiyao himself a little afraid to face it.
Lu Zhiyao suddenly smiled at Lin Yinan, stood up and said softly: "It's time for you to rest."
Lu Zhiyao left such a sentence, but she had no intention of accompanying him. Instead, she walked to the study room specially designed for her by Lin Yinan, and curled up behind the desk, with the corners of her lips slightly raised, enjoying her pleasurable time.
Lin Yinan followed her footsteps and stopped at the door to look at her for a long time. The house was very clean and had a very comfortable feeling. There was a blue porcelain vase on the large table, with a few branches from the garden inserted in it.
The faint fragrance of the flowers picked from the table floats in the room and lingers in people's noses. The person behind the table has a faint smile on his face, and his eyes are clear and soft, just like the flowing water in the spring breeze, warm and gentle.
Graceful, tranquil and elegant.
Lin Yinan thought that even if some people in this world changed their appearance, their talents would never be buried. Just like Xia Yao in front of him now.
Lin Yinan exited the room and stopped disturbing Lu Zhiyao's thoughts. When Lu Zhiyao got tired and returned to the bedroom, what he saw was Lin Yinan sleeping soundly on his side.
She walked to the bed with light steps and cautiously approached Lin Yinan's body. Unknowingly, her index finger slowly ran across his eyebrows, the bridge of his nose, and finally reached his thin lips. Lu Zhiyao stared blankly at Lin Yinan's handsome face.
A smile crept into her face. She turned around and turned off the light, took off her robe in the dark and lay next to Lin Yinan. However, the peace and security in her heart disappeared in an instant because of Lin Yinan's hand on her waist.
.
Lin Yinan hugged Lu Zhiyao's stiff body and said sleepily: "I thought you were going to do something to me just now."
"You lied to me by pretending to be asleep again!" Lu Zhiyao protested, making Lin Yinan smile lightly, and then joked: "I pretended to be so obvious that you didn't even notice it. It was obvious that I was too absorbed in watching. Why are you here now?"
Are you saying it’s not me?”
Lu Zhiyao couldn't defeat Lin Yinan, so he kept silent to contend with him. Fortunately, Lin Yinan let her go today and didn't touch her again. So soon, Lu Zhiyao fell asleep in a daze, and woke up the next day.
Come and lie in Lin Yinan's arms.
Lu Zhiyao belatedly realized that she was not in an elegant sleeping position, and after being stunned for a moment, she quickly sat up. Her movements did not escape the eyes of Lin Yinan, who had already woken up, and Lin Yinan teased her a few words,
Lu Zhiyao jumped out of bed with a red face, and Lin Yinan was extremely satisfied with the sight of him running away.
News of Nangong Nuo'er's arrival in Beijing came from time to time. What Lu Zhiyao never expected was that Nangong Nuo'er would arrive at the Eighth Emperor's Mansion as soon as possible and appear in front of her.
Nangong Nuoer came on horseback, with a pair of bright phoenix eyes, showing a slightly rebellious character, slender willow eyebrows, a straight nose, and red thin lips. She is not a stunning beauty, but a closer look shows that she is different.
flavor.
Nangong Nuoer's eyes fell on Lu Zhiyao, and she looked at Lu Zhiyao with a bit of arrogance and disdain. She smiled coldly and conveyed her attitude to Lu Zhiyao without any words.
Lu Zhiyao was somewhat accustomed to Nangong Nuoer's disdain. After not seeing her for so long, except that she was more public than before, nothing else had changed at all. Lu Zhiyao had never seen such a look of disdain before.
He had seen her so many times. Standing calmly behind Lin Yinan, Lu Zhiyao secretly wondered why Nangong Nuoer came here this time.
"The Eighth Prince is very happy. My father could not come back in person. Please don't mind. This is a gift that my father asked me to bring back to the Eighth Prince. He specifically asked me to send this over as soon as I return to the capital.
"
As soon as Nangong Nuoer finished speaking, he motioned to the servant behind him to bring the things up, and then handed them over to Lin Yinan's hands.
Lin Yinan was naturally not stupid enough to think that they really meant good things to the Nangong family.
"Thank you, General Nangong, for caring so much." Lin Yinan casually handed the things to Lu Zhiyao's hand, and said to Nangong Nuo'er in a clear voice: "The eldest lady has come back, so General Nangong must be returning to Beijing soon, right?"
"My father will be back in a while. I just took a step ahead and wanted to come back to see what kind of woman she is that can catch the eyes of the Eighth Prince. Unexpectedly, she is the daughter of the Prime Minister's family." Nangong Nuo
When Nangong Nuo'er said this, she intentionally looked at Lu Zhiyao. After Lu Zhiyao looked at her indifferently, and there was a smile in his eyes that was not easy to detect, Nangong Nuo'er was stunned.
For a moment, she felt that she had seen such an expression before, but she couldn't think of it.
"By the way, the emperor will probably hold a banquet for me. I hope that the eighth prince and the eighth princess will also be honored to attend." Nangong Nuoer quickly returned to his original state and talked about the business to Lin Yinan.
"Definitely there." Lin Yinan did not hesitate and directly agreed to Nangong Nuo'er's words. After saying a few more polite words to him, Nangong Nuo'er turned around and left. But she still felt unhappy in her heart.
This was the first time she had directly dealt with Lin Yinan at such a close range, and the feeling he gave her was a little different from what she had heard from others. And what made Nangong Nuoer a little concerned was that Lu Zhi flew up the branch and became a phoenix.
Yao. If she remembers correctly, this woman is a well-known troublemaker. Is her dignified and calm appearance today just an act? And the way she looks at her really makes Nangong Nuoer particularly uncomfortable.
Nangong Nuoer left the Eighth Emperor's Mansion with a sneer, secretly thinking that he must show off the two of them at the banquet, so that they could be wiped out. When Nangong's family was not around, the incident occurred because of hooking up with Prince Mu.
A sense of superiority and majesty.
"It's so grand." Lu Zhiyao said to Lin Yinan after Nangong Nuo'er left: "General Nangong hasn't come back yet, and the emperor has taken over for her. It seems that this time, the Nangong family will be in the capital.
I've been living here for a while. Is the prince going to do anything?"
"She doesn't seem to like you?" Lin Yinan did not answer Lu Zhiyao's question directly. Instead, he remembered the way Nangong Nuoer looked at Lu Zhiyao just now and asked her with a smile.
"There are not many women who can please her. If she likes me, then I will be scared." Lu Zhiyao glanced at Lin Yinan and went to unpack the things Nangong Lingfeng sent. Looking at that
Lu Zhiyao's expression changed as he held the delicate short knife.
"Do you know what this is?" Lin Yinan looked at Lu Zhiyuan, picked up the sharp blade in her hand, and praised: "It is indeed a good knife."
"Don't say you can't tell, this is Fan Bang's mark." Lu Zhiyao pointed to a strange symbol on the scabbard, "The sword is a good sword, but where did it come from?
It’s doubtful.”
While Lu Zhiyao and Lin Yinan were talking, Lan Ruoling came slowly from outside. Lin Yinan asked Lan Ruoling to take out the long sword from her waist before she could speak. Lan Ruoling was puzzled and looked at her
As he was about to do it, Lin Yinan suddenly and unexpectedly moved his hands on Lan Ruoling.
Lan Ruoling reflexively swung her sword to block it. She opened her eyes wide and saw that the sword blade in her hand was broken by Lin Yinan's short knife. Lan Ruoling fixed her eyes on the cold-light blade and asked
: "Where did you get it?"
"A good gift from General Nangong." Lin Yinan said with a meaningful smile. He knew that Lan Ruoling would not take out her treasures when performing tasks, but the ones she always wore were all chosen by her herself.
"It's a gift to sharpen iron like clay."
Lin Yinan put the blade into the scabbard, looked at Lu Zhiyao's gloomy gaze and asked, "What are you going to do with it?"
"General Nangong gave it to you. It has nothing to do with me." Lu Zhiyao raised his head and said a little unreasonably.
"You shirk it cleanly." Lin Yinan smiled bitterly and shook his head, then looked at Lan Ruoling and asked, "What do you want when you come back?"
"Nothing, I just heard that Nangong Nuo'er came to the house, so I rushed back to ask the master if he wanted to send someone to keep an eye on those old ministers?"
"Nangong Lingfeng hasn't come back yet, so she doesn't dare to take action yet. You guys have a good rest these days. When the rest of the Nangong family comes back, you will be busy." Lin Yinan's eyes flashed with a cold light, which made Lan Ruo
After Ling left, she focused on the sword again.
Lu Zhiyao waited for Lan Ruoling to go far away, then stood in front of Lin Yinan, stared at the short knife, and whispered: "It can be seen that not everyone can have this knife. This gift from General Nangong,
It's really hot. If we lose it, the Nangong family should use it as an excuse to cause trouble. If we keep it, maybe one day in the future, it will cause trouble to the Eight Emperors Palace. I'm just afraid, this knife belongs to Nangong
Ling Feng got it from a prince or minister in Fan State, so he will have a reason to falsely accuse you."
[First update. The concubine’s extra order will end tomorrow. Those who want to buy the physical book should hurry up~]
