"No thanks." The young man's voice was as cold as usual. His eyes were distant as though he was thinking about something.
Nangong Lie understood him. "Oh yeah, you've never liked drinking things with weird tastes like this."
Helian Wei Wei raised her eyebrows. He doesn't drink this? No wonder he would frown a lot whenever she gave him ginger soup when he was young. So, he actually disliked it...
In that case, she would keep this bowl of ginger soup and drink it herself later.
Helian Wei Wei put the bowl aside. When she leaned over, she happened to see Nangong Lie's letter to Qing Zhan, and she could not help but burst into laughter.
Nangong Lie turned his head to look and quickly pressed his hand on that piece of paper to cover it. "Don't tell anyone."
"No worries, I won't." Helian Wei Wei retracted her gaze with a faint smile and spoke meaningfully.
It seemed that there were little secrets between both of them, and they had a mutual understanding.
The young man who was sitting on the chaise lounge stood up abruptly as though he could no longer bear with the odor of the ginger soup in the room...
Chapter 626 - Was His Highness Getting Out Of Control?
In fact, he was not overreacting.
It only appeared to be abrupt because he did it without any warning.
Helian Wei Wei looked toward Baili Jia Jue with a bewildered face, her shapely eyebrows raising slightly.
"How could you drink something with such a terrible smell?" The young man did not look at her, instead, he spoke to Nangong Lie coldly.
Nangong Lie twitched his nose. "Does it really smell that bad? I reckon that it is quite delicious. Besides, eating more ginger during winter is good for health."
"Is that so?" The young man sneered and walked off.
Nangong Lie thought that he just simply could not bear the smell of ginger. However, when he woke up the following day, he found that all of the dishes in the Holy Worship Temple had turned into raw ginger.
Shadow stood beside him and reported with a serious look on his face. "Young Master Lie, His Highness said that you should eat more ginger since you think that eating ginger is good for your health."
Nangong Lie was speechless.
Make it clear before you leave!
If he is not unhappy with me, then what the hell is this?!
How am I supposed to eat, now that everything is ginger?
Might as well just poison me, that would be faster!
Nangong Lie almost had a breakdown. He could not stand it anymore, and pushed the things aside, bringing Helian Wei Wei along to deliver his flowers.
"Is she out yet?" Nangong Lie was still very bashful sometimes.
Helian Wei Wei glanced at him. "What are you worried about? Of course, Qing Zhan has to report to her master first after she enters the palace."
"I know." Nangong Lie stroked his chin. "But I feel like Ah Jue has been acting strange for the past two days. Do you think that he would bad-mouth me in front of Qing Zhan?"
Helian Wei Wei was inattentive. "He won't. Why would he bad-mouth you in front of Qing Zhan? He isn't so free."
"That makes sense." Nangong Lie stomped his feet. He must be thinking too much. Ah Jue was always a little slow in terms of the love relationship as he was keeping the Eldest Young Lady from the Helian family at an arm's length. He probably would not be able to tell that Nangong Lie had fallen for Qing Zhan. No, he did not fall for Qing Zhan. He just found the little girl interesting. Yes, that was it, he just found her interesting...
Helian Wei Wei raised her eyebrows. "What are you muttering about over there? Get the rose ready at once."
After all, Nangong Lie was a young master who could understand young girls' hearts. He snapped his fingers in a vicious manner.
A rose appeared in his hand, blooming beautifully.
Helian Wei Wei smiled. "I have truly underestimated you." No wonder he would grow up to be someone evil, as he had been learning tricks like these to play around with girls even at this age.
"I wake up to my handsome face every single day and this bothers me a lot." Nangong Lie curved his thin lips as though something had crossed his mind. "This flower is for you."
Helian Wei Wei knew his character and received it languidly without rejecting him. She then asked, "What else do you want to ask me?"
"Nothing much." Nangong Lie smiled wickedly. "Nothing except things that had happened between you and Ah Jue before." He wanted to at least understand why he would die as Ah Jue started to make his life miserable only after this woman came over.
Helian Wei Wei opened her mouth and was just about to speak when she felt someone behind her, giving her chills down her back.
She turned around and was met with those unfathomable eyes from the young man.
Nangong Lie also saw Baili Jia Jue, but he did not focus on him and was instead looking toward the direction of Qing Zhan.
He recalled his own actions just now, feeling a sense of annoyance in his heart.
The girl saw him giving flowers to another girl, would she treat him like one of those playboys?
No way! He had to explain!
"Qing Zhan, continue your debriefing." The young man withdrew his gaze, crescent marks already forming on his palms from clenching his fists. He paced toward the courtyard, exuding cold indifference, stopping anyone from approaching.
Nangong Lie wanted to follow them but he was stopped by the shadow guards.
"Out of my way," Nangong Lie lowered his voice.
Shadow looked down but did not step aside. "Young Master Lie, His Highness has been in a bad mood recently, please don't go over there."
"In a bad mood?" Nangong Lie squinted and laughed. "Is it because the young lady from the Helian family has gone missing?"
In fact, His Highness had been depressed for the past two days.
He was constantly lost in his thoughts and was even inattentive when listening to debriefing.
Especially when he came back from the Holy Worship Temple last night, he had stayed up in his study all night.
He just sat quietly, with a fur cloak held in his hand. Nobody knew what was on his mind.
Shadow had only seen His Highness like this once before.
Eight years ago when His Highness was still young. He was sick at the time but he was still trying to look for this woman like a mad person. Even when he was running a fever and lying on the bed, he was begging, begging for her to stay...
Yet, there was not a single trace of this woman that could be found throughout the entire imperial palace.
Since then, His Highness had changed.
His eyes were spiritless.
Besides, when His Highness had disrespected the Empress, she locked him in the woodshed for three days and three nights without even giving him a sip of water to drink.
Both him and Biluo had been pleading around but they did not get a chance to see His Highness at all.
Fortunately, the Retired Emperor had returned in advance and berated the Empress and the Emperor.
However, in less than a year's time, there was a fire in the palace.
Since the fire, His Highness never left his house.
Afterward, His Highness unintentionally met the young lady from the Helian family.
He was no longer the same as before; he was no longer cruel to everyone.
Instead, he was noble and virtuous like a jade, and he was m.a.t.u.r.e as if he had been reborn.
It seemed like nothing could stir his emotions anymore.
Then only would His Highness frown. Even so, he would remain indifferent.
Until now… His Highness looked like he was a little out of control.
"Your Highness?" Qing Zhan tilted her head. She was not a busybody, but she had been debriefing for quite some time, yet her master seemed like he was not listening to any of it.
In fact, Baili Jia Jue had forgotten about her existence ever since they entered the room.
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p; The look on her face when she received the flower from Nangong Lie kept replaying in his head.
She looked so happy.
He had never seen that kind of smile on her face. The corner of her lips raised slightly, without any intent, merely smiling purely because of joy.
His heart felt as though it was filled with ice-cold water, so cold that he did not even feel like talking.
He slowly loosened his fists.
Eventually, he could not suppress his feelings any longer, and he punched the wall with his fist violently.
A loud bang resonated in the air!
Shadow rushed in immediately. He noticed that the young man's right hand was bleeding, and he shouted anxiously at Qing Zhan, "Get the imperial physician, right now!"
"No need." The young man stood there with a slender posture, allowing the blood to drip between his fingers. "Qing Zhan, I have something to tell you…"
Chapter 627 - One Of His Highness’ Reactions Of Being Jealous
Qing Zhan was still a young girl, around 12 or 13 years old. It was rare for her to see her master getting angry, but upon seeing this scene, she could not understand what was going on. Furthermore, His Highness said that he had something to tell her, and this made her even more confused. Did she make any mistakes recently that had caused His Highness thinking of sending her away?
"Someone has requested for you to go to the Holy Worship Temple." The young man's voice was cold but not piercing. Instead, it was like porcelain, infiltrating smoothly into her ears. "You have probably heard about it already during these past few days."
Qing Zhan nodded, the image of that wickedly handsome face appeared in her mind.
"The one who made the request was Young Master Lie," the young man said indifferently. "There is nothing bad about him, except that he loves to lay his hands on the maids. You'd better be careful when you go over there. You can come back anytime if you feel uncomfortable there."
Qing Zhan's facial expression changed promptly. "Lay his hands on the maids?"
"Of course, if you're unwilling, he won't force you." The young man swung his bleeding left hand and spoke calmly, "He will only express his good feelings toward you. This is a ploy that he frequently uses to everyone."
Qing Zhan gave it some thought, and her eyes darkened. "I understand. Young Master Lie has always loved to fraternize with others. Your Highness, do not worry, I know my place."
"Good." The young man curved his thin lips. "Go and get ready, you can go over there tonight."
Qing Zhan looked down and answered, "Yes."
Shadow was listening to the conversation the whole time with a weird expression on his face. After Qing Zhan had left, he spoke tentatively, "Your Highness, Young Master Lie isn't as undignified as you said, right?" Apart from his fondness of teasing others, there was nothing bad about him."
Upon hearing that, the young man wrapped his hand with a white handkerchief and glanced at Shadow leisurely.
That single glance made Shadow shut up!
He did not need any further confirmation to know that His Highness was trying to make Young Master Lie look bad!
If Young Master Lie was just a playboy to Qing Zhan in the past, he was now a deflowering predator.
The phrase 'love to lay his hands on the maids' was very ambiguous...
At this moment, Nangong Lie had no idea what was going on. He was standing outside the entrance of the palace with a fur cloak dr.a.p.ed around him, thinking about how he was supposed to explain to her.
He then noticed Qing Zhan walking out in the maid garment. Such a tiny maiden, with a sword at her waist, giving her a young and fresh aura.
Nangong Lie cleared his throat and put on that familiar wicked grin of his. "Little Qing Zhan, come over here, I have something for you."
Qing Zhan walked over, but she was not as friendly toward him as before. She spoke in a serious tone. "Young Master Lie, as subjected to His Highness' rules, a death knight is not allowed to simply receive things from others."
"I know, I know. You would just listen to His Highness," Nangong Lie said a little bitterly, with a half-smile on his lips. "But you have to accept this." While speaking, he reached his hand out to pull her close and was about to snap his fingers to give her the rose.
Qing Zhan's responded subconsciously by using this movement to directly throw him to the ground!
Helian Wei Wei could also feel the pain just by watching from the side, and the corner of her lips twitched.
Being thrown to the ground like that caused Nangong Lie to feel dizzy. Everything was spinning. In his dizziness, he heard Qing Zhan saying coldly, "Young Master Lie, please behave yourself. I'm not one of your young girls and I'm not as easy as you are."
The love confession that Nangong Lie had been preparing for the whole day was swallowed back down his stomach. He knew that she had misunderstood him!
However, it was still unnecessary to throw him to the ground so violently!
He felt that something was not quite right.
The look in her eyes when she stared at him was full of disgust!
However, she used to be bashful!
This did not make any sense!
Little Qing Zhan even turned to Helian Wei Wei and said with a sense of justice, "Elder Sister, Young Master Lie likes to randomly give flowers to people, you'd better be careful."
Nangong Lie was speechless.
Since when did he like to give flowers to people?!
The girls who courted him were already queueing from the inside to the outside of his palace!
"Little Qing Zhan, you've got a lot of nerve," Nangong Lie sneered. "How dare you throw me to the ground? Do I look like I need to give flowers to get a woman? All the women approach me willingly even if don't say anything."
He thought that by saying that, it would work on her.
Unexpectedly, she just stared at him with a stiff, expressionless face, and said, "I know." She then faded into the mist.
Nangong Lie felt resentment in his heart. He raised his hands and flicked them, scattering the rose petals all over the ground.
"How could this be?" The child was very annoyed.
Helian Wei Wei glanced at him. "There is a problem with your character and the things you said just now, really sounded like a sc.u.m."
"I…" Nangong Lie was despondent. "She used to be very easy to console, and she had feelings for me as well."
Helian Wei Wei comforted him indifferently. "Maybe she saw through your despicable character and suddenly came to her senses."
"Are you sure that you're comforting me instead of kicking me when I'm already down?" Nangong Lie still did not understand. "What is going on?"
Helian Wei Wei was also confused. Theoretically, Qing Zhan should have taken a fancy to this fellow ever since she was young, but right now it did not seem this way.
Both of them exchanged a glance. They both had the same vacant look on their faces, crouching down side by side in the snow with confused gazes.
The original love confession scene that they had imagined was not like this...
Crackle.
The firewood burning in the fireplace gave one last muffled sound.
The young man wrapped his hand in white bandages, listening to his underling's debriefing with a noble and virtuous face. He curved his thin lips. "Did Qing Zhan throw him to the ground?"
"Yes." Shadow knelt on the ground with one knee. After speaking, he raised his head and hesitated a moment before asking, "Your Highness, should we ask Qing Zhan to go to the Holy Worship Temple and apologize to Young Master Lie?" She had even thrown the Genius Worshipper to the ground, what would happen if he held a grudge against her?
"No need." The young man stood up with a profound gaze, speaking monotonously,
It's their Young Master Lie's fault for having a habit of giving flowers to others, so he deserved it."
Could it be that both of them had a falling-out?
Shadow was still speculating when the y
oung man spoke again. "Send those official businesses on the table to the Holy Worship Temple and tell them those are urgent cases."
Again? He had made so many trips today just to send them! Even if Young Master Lie was a cat with nine lives, he could barely stand such torture!
Indeed, Nangong Lie could barely stand the torture anymore. That same night, he surreptitiously stumbled his way in the dark to Baili Jia Jue's study. He had an expression of sincere repentance on his face. "Ah Jue, as a brother, I'm begging you, what did I do to upset you? Can't you just give it to me straight?" Right now, he was suffering from a double-torment, both physically and mentally. For some reason, whenever Little Qing Zhan saw him, she kept a distance from him as if he had contracted a serious illness. Was he really so filthy?
Chapter 628 - She Stole Something Of Mine
The young man looked like he had just woken up. He was in a furry sleeping robe and his black hair was disheveled. He took a sip of tea and gazed at Nangong Lie who was standing before him, his narrow eyes as clear as a spring. He did not even give a single thought before giving him a kick.
Of course, he did not kick him for real.
Or else Nangong Lie would not be able to dodge it.
But this action alone was enough to make Nangong Lie cry out loud, "Ah Jue, how could you! Is this how you treat your brothers!"
"Sorry, I wasn't fully awake yet," the young man said in a deep voice, looking down lazily at the man who was lying on the ground.
Nangong Lie was speechless.
Not fully awake yet?
The coldness in your eyes almost froze me to death, yet you said that you were not awake yet? I'm not a fool you can lie to!
"Ah Jue, we've known each other for seven years." Nangong Lie knew that he could not beat him so he started flashing the friendship card, "It's been seven years. How many seven years does one have? You can't do this to me! You have to let me know the truth before I die!"
Baili Jia Jue looked at him and smiled slowly, yet there was no laughter in his eyes, "You look like you're quite close with the person that I sent to you."
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