Lady Jiao - Chapter 14

Su Huan waited for a long time in the inn.

In the evening, the door was pushed open, Su Huan jumped down from the chair, and saw Su Zhou holding a woman in white in his arms, with a cold expression.

Su Huan was stunned for a moment: “Second Uncle, this is—”

Su Zhou’s eyes, which were as gentle as water in the past, were full of hostility, and he said coldly, “Get out!”

Su Huan was raised as the head of the next generation of the Su family. Su Zhou once swore that he would never marry a wife. Therefore, Su Zhou regarded Su Huan as his own, and it was the first time he was scolded like this.

Su Huan didn’t dare to say a word, so he quickly bowed his head and left.

As soon as they went out, there were two rows of subordinates standing on the left and right. These were Su Zhou’s cronies, and they were the most favored at ordinary times. Su Huan said, “Second uncle—”

One of the subordinates said: “Young master, the second son is not in a good mood, so don’t ask any more questions, this subordinate doesn’t know anything.”

Su Huan said: “Just now there was a letter from King Chun, saying that my aunt gave birth to a young son a few days ago, and I should tell my second uncle immediately, can I go in and tell my second uncle?”

Another subordinate hesitated for a moment: “Young master, the second son wept in the carriage, you should tell him later.”

Su Huan thought about Su Zhou’s temperament, so he nodded.

But he couldn’t suppress the curiosity in his heart: “I didn’t see the face of the woman that the second uncle brought in. Tell me, who is she?”

Su Zhou’s subordinates were silent for a while: “Young master, don’t ask about this matter.”

…

Su Zhou and his party returned to Nanqiu Kingdom soon, Pei Jiu was king in Chu, well informed, he knew that before Su Zhou left, he paid ten thousand taels of gold to buy a pair of cold jade coffins.

Pei Jiu asked his subordinates to arrange a courtyard for Ning’er in the mansion, but Ning’er was not used to living here, felt that the mansion was too small and boring, so she still wanted to go back to live on the mountain.

Pei Jiu: “…”

Chu Palace is too small?

He felt that if Ning’er was thrown in, she would definitely not be able to get out within a day without someone to guide her.

However, Ning’er needs to be healed and needs someone to take care of her, so she will definitely not be able to do it on the mountain, so Pei Jiu still detains Ning’er.

Mr. Zhen’s prescription, some of the medicinal materials are quite rare, but the rare treasures gathered in the Chu Palace, the thousand-year-old snow lotus, the ganoderma lucidum picked from the deep mountains, the pearls the size of pigeon eggs… the medicinal materials that Mr. Zhen will use are all Both.

At night, the maid brought the medicinal soup for Ning’er to take a bath.

Ning’er touched the water, it was dark and smelled of medicine, she raised her head: “Should I take a bath here?”

The maid said “hmm”.

Although the people in the house don’t know the origin of this girl, they do know that His Highness attaches great importance to this girl. The medicinal soup in the bathtub can only be used once, and each time it needs to be full of pearl powder ground from a large undersea pearl. We also need snow lotus, ganoderma lucidum, and dendrobium candidum. If we soak it like this, the dead will probably survive.

Ning’er nodded: “Okay, you guys go down first.”

After everyone left, Ning’er took off her clothes and soaked in the medicinal soup.

She had to soak for an hour, the temperature of the water was very high, and the mist was dense, Ning’er’s face was flushed a little from the steam.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

An hour passed, Ning’er was sleepy, but now she woke up instantly: “Who?”

A man’s cold and low voice came from outside: “Me.”

The corners of Ning’er’s lips curled up: “Oh—so it’s His Royal Highness Chu, why did His Highness knock on the door when I was taking a bath? Want to steal incense and jade?”

The door was pushed open with a bang.

Pei Jiu closed the door and walked around the screen.

Ning’er sank, only showing one head: “Brother Pei, what are you doing here?”

Pei Jiu said, “Steal incense and jade.”

Ning’er: “…”

He snorted coldly: “Where is the fragrant jade, the fragrant taro is almost the same.”

Pei Jiu took a black silk ribbon from his pocket and covered his eyes.

Ning’er felt bad: “Brother Pei, what are you going to do?”

Pei Jiu fished her out of the water.

Ning’er was held in his arms, and her whole body froze.

Pei Jiu became even more stiff.

It was the first time he touched a woman’s body.

Ning’er was born delicate and delicate, with skin that could be easily broken, he was afraid that with a little more strength, he could strangle her to death.

Ning’er said awkwardly: “Brother Pei, you…”

“Shut up.” Although Pei Jiu was blindfolded, he hugged her to the bed with great precision.

She was put on the bed.

Pei Jiu raised his hand and touched Ning’er’s acupuncture points, because he was blindfolded, he went to touch Ning’er’s shoulder, and made mistakes several times.

Ning’er was usually shameless, but her face turned red at this time.

Pei Jiu’s face also turned a little red.

Ning’er said: “Brother Pei, what are you playing for?”

Pei Jiu: “Shut up. I’m healing you.”

He held Ning’er’s shoulder, and the true energy in his palm poured into her body continuously.

Ning’er originally wanted to make fun of Pei Jiu, but there was a sharp pain in her shoulder, as if a fire was burning, her smile stopped for a moment, and she was sweating all over.

There were two hazy figures in the gauze tent, and there was a faint murmur of pain from a woman.

The maids didn’t dare to listen, they just carried out the medicinal soup and brought in clean mountain spring water.

Two quarters of an hour later, Ning’er fell unconscious on Pei Jiu’s shoulder.

Pei Jiu has a high nose and thin lips, even if his eyes are covered, it is difficult to conceal his own elegance, on the contrary, it adds a bit of ascetic beauty to him.

He stroked the ribbon covering his eyes with his hand, hesitated for a while, but did not untie it after all.

Pei Jiu picked up Ning’er and put her into the water again.

He touched it, and there was a layer of petals on the water.

He just untied the ribbon.

Ning’er fell asleep, her forehead was covered with sweat, and the palm prints on her shoulders faded a little.

Only when she falls asleep can she be so quiet, as beautiful as a painting.

Pei Jiu pressed her into the water to wash her, took a blanket and wrapped her up with his eyes closed.

Mr. Zhen said that she would not wake up until tomorrow morning after she fell asleep, and the medicine soup contained hypnotic drugs.

Ning’er’s hair was wet, Pei Jiu took a cloth towel and wiped her hair until it was half dry, then carried this useless little thing to the window.

The night breeze was gentle and dried her hair.

Ning’er slept peacefully, her long eyelashes covering her eyes, casting a small shadow on her porcelain white face.

When her hair was dry, Pei Jiu put her on the bed.

The candlelight was flickering, Pei Jiu should have gone back to his room to rest.

However, after hesitating for a long time, Pei Jiu blew out the candle and lay down beside Ning’er.

Ning’er unconsciously leaned towards Pei Jiu in her sleep, he pushed her with some disgust, but she still leaned towards him, Pei Jiu had no choice but to hold her in his arms.

The next day, Ning’er had a full sleep and was about to stretch before she opened her eyes. She yawned lazily, but found that there was a person lying beside her.

Ning’er touched herself up and down.

No clothes.

Pei Jiu also opened his eyes: “Are you awake?”

Ning’er rolled the quilt and rolled aside: “Ah. Wake up, brother Pei, you yesterday…”

Pei Jiu lay down with his clothes on, he sat up and said coldly: “Yesterday you didn’t let me leave, you kept grabbing my clothes.”