"Alright, alright, I won't dare to do it again. I, Nan Xuzong, swear I will never dare to be so disrespectful to my wife again! I will only do things with my wife's permission. If my wife says one thing, I will only do one thing. If my wife says to go east, I will only go east. If my wife wants stars from the sky, I will immediately go up to the sky to pick them."
Looking at his earnest expression, Ji Wushang gently covered his thin lips. "My lady said she has forgiven Nan Xuzong. She doesn't need Nan Xuzong to swear an oath; she just wants him to be by her side."
Nan Xuzong stopped, looked at her, closed his eyes briefly, then opened them and nodded.
He held her tightly, wanting to meld her into his very bones, yet afraid of hurting her. He kissed her dark hair, but fearing to upset or hurt her, he rested his head on her shoulder and leaned against her gently.
Nan Xuzong slowly recounted what had happened last night, leaving out no detail.
After listening, Ji Wushang said, "I've asked Gong Shu and Hong Feicuiwu to investigate. I think they'll definitely get results."
"Yes, I had my guards check on her after I woke up. That woman's scent can't be changed... She dared to impersonate you, I want to tear her to pieces!"
"No." Ji Wushang looked at him, "I think I know who it is."
"Who?" Could it be Nan Xianxian? Nan Xuzong recalled that several days ago, Nan Xianxian had tried to get close to him in front of everyone, but he had easily dodged her. Could it really be her? If it was her… he would not tolerate it either!
Ji Wushang coldly said, "I was sent away to Father's study, and when I tried to leave later, I didn't expect Fifth Miss to come and talk to me! She usually hates me to the bone, how could she be nice to me? She must be trying to buy me time. And in this manor, the only one who could do this is Third Miss Nan Xianxian!"
"She was previously confined to her quarters, and she learned from Zhao Yirou's methods and punishments. So this time, she actually disguised herself as me, learned my words and actions, and then evaded everyone's eyes and ears to attack you!" Ji Wushang looked at him, "And she must know what I like to do, for example, I like to make lotus seed soup for you, and bring it to you when you're busy or tired!"
"Hmm." Nan Xuzong nodded. "It was her. So, how do you plan to punish her?"
"I had already made up my mind that as long as they didn't provoke me, I would let them go. But they didn't know what was good for them, so don't blame me for being ruthless! I, Ji Wushang, have always been a person who will avenge any wrong done to me. So today, how she treated us, I will treat her the same way!" Ji Wushang snorted coldly.
"Tell me how you want to do it, and I'll help you!" Nan Xuzong said coldly.
"No need, what I like best is to give someone a taste of their own medicine! She gives you lotus seed soup, hehe, I'll make her drink until her intestines are ruptured!" Ji Wushang's eyes were cold.
"As for the Fifth Miss, hehe!" Ji Wushang sneered.
Nan Xuzong gently stroked her dark hair, "Don't take it to heart, don't get angry and ruin your health."
"I'm not angry." Ji Wushang looked at him. "Cong, I've already given them a chance."
“I know,” Nan Xuzong nodded, “but I think the Prince of Jinnan was probably used by those two sisters.”
"I know," Ji Wushang said. He meant that he should spare the life of the Prince of Jinnan... He had already spared the prince's child, and although he didn't know if it was a boy or a girl, it was still a lineage! As for Nan Xianxian and Nan Zaiqing, he would definitely make them pay!
At this moment, Ji Wushang thought of Zhao Yirou, "Cong, where is that Miss Zhao Yirou now? How is she?"
"After five or six beggars have used her, she is sent to the military camp. Her jade-like arms are used by thousands of people. Anyone who can gain merit in battle can enter her tent!" Nan Xuzong said expressionlessly.
"That's too easy on her!" Ji Wushang said. "I hate her voice and her face."
"I hated it too, so General Li did as he was told, pulled out her tongue, and put a red-hot mask on her face... I wonder how she enjoyed it and how it felt." Nan Xuzong reached out and sucked the plate of pastries on the table, took a piece and put it to Ji Wushang's mouth, "Take a bite." His tone was warm, where was the ruthlessness he had shown when he talked about Zhao Yirou's fate?
Ji Wushang nodded and opened his mouth, "Okay."
She ate a pastry while looking at Nan Xuzong. Zhao Yirou, with her fate like that, probably wouldn't live much longer… But thinking about what she did in her life, she felt hatred!
"What are you thinking about?" Nan Xuzong asked with a smile as he fed her some snacks.
"I won't tell you!" Ji Wushang laughed, looking at him with a smug expression.
Nan Xuzong listened, his eyes darkening. "Not going to tell me?" he said, a smile playing on his lips.
"Yes, I absolutely won't tell!" Ji Wushang looked at him.
Nan Xuzong's thin lips curled up as he looked at the smiling woman in front of him. She was still recovering, and he couldn't punish her, so he said with a sense of helplessness, "Well, alright then!"
Ji Wushang looked at him and saw that he seemed a little unhappy, so she immediately tugged at his sleeve. "Don't be like this, are you unhappy?" She pouted and held his sleeve with her little hand, her eyes filled with a hint of pleading.
Nan Xuzong was both amused and exasperated by her coquettish manner, and he completely forgot all his troubles and unhappiness. He put down the snacks, originally intending to tell her that he wasn't angry or unhappy, but seeing her adorable appearance, he felt the urge to tease her again. "Hmm, you have to make it up to me," he pouted.
"I'll tell you then," she muttered, pouting.
"Not enough!" he said, leaning closer and bringing his handsome face close. "Hmm?"
Ji Wushang blushed, "No."
"Hmm?" He turned to look at her, humming softly, "Tell me you want this too." He pointed to his face.
Ji Wushang muttered, "I was just trying to figure out how to dig them out, I didn't ask you for help... I didn't do anything to you..."
"Oh, I see!" Nan Xuzong smiled and hugged her. "How could I bear to be angry with you?"
"Then why are you still wearing that sour face?" Ji Wushang looked at him.
He smiled and kissed her cheek. She immediately tried to block him with her hand, but his thin lips moved faster than her hand. After stealing a kiss, his smile deepened. "Okay, now you can," he said, smiling at her.
Ji Wushang looked at him and poked his chest, "You're always bullying me!" Her tone was quite fierce. Nan Xuzong looked at her, pulled her into his arms, and positioned her legs, saying, "Let me check if your wrist is better. Don't move."
Seeing his seriousness, Ji Wushang dared not joke around, so he nodded and extended his hand.
He examined her wrist closely, gently stroking her delicate skin. "Don't be so foolish in the future... don't do this anymore, Wu Shang..." He held her in his arms, murmuring, "You know, Wu Shang, it's not worth it, not even compared to your tears. I don't care about whether it's worth it or not, what I want is for you not to shed tears for me, not to be sad for me."
Ji Wushang couldn't hear his murmurs clearly, so she looked up at him and asked, "What did you just say?"
"Nothing much, get some rest!" Nan Xuzong smiled, picked her up and placed her on the bed, then covered her with the quilt. "I have some things to take care of, I'll stay there and watch over you." He then kissed her lips. "I love you."
She pursed her lips. "I...love you too." She watched him get up and go to the desk not far away to look at letters and documents.
She lay on the bed, facing him. He smiled at her, then lowered his head and continued doing his work. She looked at him, intending to look at him, but in the end, she didn't even know when she fell asleep.
Nan Xuzong looked at her as she fell asleep, his eyes clear and cold. After tidying up everything in front of his desk, he stood up, pressed Ji Wushang's sleeping acupoint, covered her with the brocade quilt, and then immediately left.
In the darkness, Nan Xuzong stood in the courtyard, his back to the shadows, and said in a deep voice, "Who did this?"
...
The night was deep.
Nan Xianxian was fast asleep, but she was having a nightmare. In her dream, she was being tortured by something she didn't know being poured into her. The pain kept shooting into her nerves and she couldn't get rid of it!
"Ah!" Nan Xianxian gasped softly, immediately waking from her nightmare. Her head maid, Jinchai, who was guarding outside, rushed in. "Miss, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing!" It was just a nightmare! Nan Xianxian placed her hand on her chest, stroking her skin. "You stay outside and keep watch! I'm fine."
But Jinchai remained motionless. Nan Xianxian, seeing this, assumed she thought Jinchai still needed her, and said, "I'm fine now, you can go."
But Jinchai still didn't react. Nan Xianxian got annoyed, "Are you deaf? Get out!"
Nan Xianxian frowned, looked at the standing hairpin, stepped forward, and shoved it aside. "Get out! I'm in a bad mood!"
With a muffled groan, Jinchai fell backward, now a corpse!
Nan Xianxian was so frightened that she backed away. "Golden hairpin! Golden hairpin!" she cried out in terror, retreating further and further.
With no response, Nan Xianxian looked around, but everything was quiet and still! Where was anyone? She looked at the hairpin; it lay on the ground, not bleeding, with no wounds, but it was not breathing!
Nan Xianxian stepped forward, panicked and at a loss. She thought of calling for help, but she didn't dare. She was all alone in there. If word got out that she had killed the head maid, Jinchai, she would be in a terrible situation.
Nan Xianxian trembled as she reached out and checked her breath; she was indeed dead.
Immediately, Nan Xianxian stepped back, trying her best to calm herself down. "No, I didn't kill him, I didn't kill him, what should I do? What should I do?" She looked around, thinking of finding a place to hide this.
It's definitely not good to hide him here; the only option is to bury him in the yard, and we have to do it at night!
Nan Xianxian's mind raced as she frantically searched for tools, but why would there be all sorts of odds and ends like shovels in her own boudoir? In the end, she had no choice but to carefully drag the hairpin's body under the bed before going outside to find the tools.
When Nan Xianxian found the tools, she looked at the night sky and realized it was past midnight... She quickly looked for a place to bury the hairpin.
Nan Xianxian was terrified after digging a shallow pit, but she immediately dragged the hairpin out and put it in the pit. Turning around, she went to find the shovel that was lying to the side, but then she saw a pair of black boots come into her view.
These legs are off the ground!
☆、261 Giving these scumbag sisters a chance to kill each other! (A brilliant Zai story!)
"Ah!" Nan Xianxian was so frightened that she backed away, her face pale. She looked up and saw a stranger dressed in black! "You, you, you don't come any closer!" She looked at the man in black in surprise and backed away.
But then a gust of wind blew, and the man in black vanished instantly! Nan Xianxian was utterly disoriented, frantically searching for the man in black, but she couldn't find him anywhere.
Nan Xianxian looked around, trembling, searching for the shovel, but she couldn't find it no matter how long she searched!
"Is this what you're looking for?" someone said coldly from behind her.
Nan Xianxian was startled, feeling as if her hair was about to stand on end! She turned around and slowly looked at the person behind her, only to find Jinchai standing in the pit with the shovel in her hand!
"Ah!" After letting out a miserable scream, Nan Xianxian completely fainted!
After seeing Nan Xianxian faint, "Golden Hairpin" immediately removed her mask. Several people then appeared from the darkness, placed Nan Xianxian in the pit, pressed her down on top of the real Golden Hairpin's body, and gently buried them with some soil.
After doing all that, the people quickly left.
Night had already fallen in the west.
At this moment, the guards responsible for patrolling the palace heard the mournful cries from Xianxian Garden and immediately rushed towards it.
The guards immediately checked the surroundings, and someone spotted the spot where the pit had been dug. Everyone rushed over and was taken aback!
"Quickly, report to the Prince!" Tie Feng immediately waved for someone to report, while others stood guard. This Third Miss deserved it! Had she dug her own grave and buried it herself?
Upon hearing the report, Prince Jinnan hurriedly came out of the courtyard. He had originally intended to have someone inform Nan Xuzong and Ji Wushang, but then he thought that Nan Xianxian was a member of Prince Jinnan's household, and they would always refer to the Fourth Prince and Fourth Princess Consort. If he were to disturb them, he would probably not be well received. Moreover, he had heard that Ji Wushang was unwell, and it was already disrespectful of him, as the nominal "father," not to visit him. Now, it was almost midnight, and to disturb the couple would be like walking into a trap.
He then led his men into Xianxian Garden, and from a distance they saw that Nan Xianxian was buried in the ground with most of her body buried.
"Quickly, dig the person out!" The Prince of Jinnan was taken aback and rushed forward. What was going on?
The guards immediately dug the person out, but to their surprise, they saw the shape of another person underneath! So they immediately dug that out as well.
It was actually Nan Xianxian and Jinchai! Everyone gathered around was utterly astonished. The Prince of Jinnan was even more speechless with surprise!
"The Third Miss has killed someone!" one of the maids who had gathered around exclaimed in shock.
The Prince of Jinnan turned pale upon hearing this. "Nonsense!" If word got out that Nan Xianxian had committed murder, her reputation would be damaged, and the marriage to General Ma's family would be even more hopeless!
But the Prince of Jinnan also saw that Jinchai was lying dead on the ground, while Nanxianxian appeared to have fainted.
The Prince of Jinnan immediately ordered someone to summon the imperial physician and immediately blocked the news, forbidding anyone from speaking of the matter.
The morning sunlight streamed into the room, and Ji Wushang groggily opened her eyes, feeling Nan Xuzong's large hand on her waist. She opened her eyes and looked at him; he had his eyes closed and didn't seem to be awake.
Ji Wushang freed his hand and then looked at his arm, where he had two cuts. He wondered how it was now.
She observed his expression before looking at his arm. The white sleeve concealed it, so she couldn't see it.
"Do you want to see the wound?" he asked at this moment.
Ji Wushang looked up and said, "Mm."
He grinned and rolled up his sleeve. "You bandaged it very well, you're perfectly fine." As he spoke, he took her hand and tried to feel her pulse. "How is it?" she asked.
"Very good." Nan Xuzong smiled. "Let's get up!"