Chapter 410: Good Morning, Mrs. Liu
Love bloomed under the canopy.
This night passed with all tenderness.
The early morning light seeped in through the window, illuminating the dimly lit room.
Fu Yuzheng quietly opened her eyes and looked at the sleeping man beside her.
Her eyes traced over his thick black eyebrows, high nose, and moderately full lips, and a bit of shyness surged up from the bottom of her eyes.
She was so bold last night. She only wanted to dispel her nightmares without caring about anything, wishing to be covered with his scent and to bury that filth.
However, after genuinely going through that intimate pleasure, she realized how astounding and even reckless her actions were.
But she didn’t regret it at all.
He let her know that she was still intact.
Even when she was asleep, he hugged her tightly.
At this moment, her jade white skin was also covered with bruises, but each of the marks that fell in her eyes was a proof of happiness.
It was proof that he loved her.
With shame, she quietly inched away. The soreness that struck her made her face unconsciously wrinkle, but she still insisted on lifting the corner of the quilt.
On the white bed sheet, several bright and eye-catching blood plums came into sight. Fu Yuzheng smiled.
Akin to a snow lily reborn after the cold winter.
Her waist was suddenly gripped, and she was swept back into the arms of a strong arm.
A gentle kiss fell on the corner of her lips.
”Good morning, Mrs. Liu.”
Fu Yuzheng’s toes curled up in embarrassment: “Who’s Mrs. Liu!”
”Are you going to discard me after using me? That’s not going to work. I asked you last night, and you promised yourself. You can’t go back on your word.”
”When did you ask me?” Fu Yuzheng was anxious. She clearly did not.
He just announced dominantly that from then on, he would be her husband.
Liu Zhixia smiled and turned over to cover her: “I have asked. I ask you, are you sure?”
”…” She thought he was asking if she was sure she wanted him to help her.
She didn’t expect his words to have a trap buried in them.
How could she be worthy? She had vengeance in her heart, so she had a thick cheek to live. If she were an ordinary woman, she would have died a long time ago: “Zhixia…”
”Yuzheng,” he interrupted her, his black eyes shining with deep love, “If your heart is clean, people won’t criticize you. Don’t take other people’s mistakes to punish your life. In my heart, your origin is you, always will be.”
How could he not understand what such an encounter meant to a woman?
It wasn’t that he didn’t care. He only cared that she suffered that way because of him.
That heartache almost suffocated him, but his pain wasn’t as much as a tenth of the thousand that she suffered.
It made him want to treat her even more tenderly and care for her with all his might.
Her tears welled up again, but before they could slip out of her eyes, he gently kissed them.
”In the future, when you are happy, you are only allowed to laugh, not to cry.”
”And what if I’m sad?”
”I won’t let you have the chance to be sad.”
At noon, Feng Qingbai returned to the royal residence and saw Liu Zhixia still there for the first time.
He was sitting in the hall, obviously waiting for him.
”Is something the matter?” The spring exam was fast approaching, yet he waited for him in the royal residence without caring about his studies. There must be something he wanted from him.
”Feng Qingbai, send a letter to the family and ask my parents to come to the capital as soon as possible,” Liu Zhixia said.
Feng Qingbai raised his eyes and looked at him with some surprise: “What do you want to do?”
”To propose.”
”So urgently?”
”Quite urgent. Maybe in another ten months, you will hold your great nephew.” Liu Zhixia grinned.
”That is indeed quite urgent. If Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu come slower, and her baby bump starts to show before she’s married, her reputation will certainly be ruined.” Feng Qingbai nodded: “I’ll help you with your marriage, so shouldn’t you also help me a bit? Can you help me persuade Uncle Liu about my relationship with Shengsheng?”
Liu Zhixia’s smile immediately fell.
This was asking him to settle a favor in his account; he now wanted to pay one back.
His father was the only one who couldn’t get over the marriage of his daughter, yet he was asking him to persuade him?
His position at home wasn’t high. If he were to help Feng Qingbai, his father could sweep him out of the house.
”Forget it if you find that difficult. Shengsheng and I aren’t in a hurry. Shengsheng is still young, so I’ll figure a way out by myself,” Feng Qingbai called Wei Zi. “Help Liu Zhixia send a letter back home and let Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu come. Just go through ordinary channels.”
”I’ll try my best.” Liu Zhixia gritted his teeth.
”Urgent letter, send it back as fast as possible.”
Liu Zhixia cursed Feng Qingbai inwardly.
Just then, the concierge came in to report, “Your Highness, Mr. Liu, a fellow student of Mr. Liu is outside the door, asking for an audience.”
Fellow student? The face of that stuttering guy immediately floated in Liu Zhixia’s mind.
Then he looked at Feng Qingbai: “Did you do something?”
Otherwise, he would have avoided him, so why did he run to the royal residence?
He did not believe that the man suddenly found his conscience and came to the door to repent.
”You can dispose of him as you please.” Feng Qingbai did not deny it.
Since he dared to scheme against Liu Zhixia under his nose, he should be prepared to bear the consequences.
”I’ll go out and take a look.” Liu Zhixia pondered for a moment and walked out the door.
He didn’t want to invite him in, lest he dirtied the grounds of the royal residence.
They were enrolled together at the Imperial Academy. Knowing that the man came from a humble background and was often bullied and humiliated by the powerful and noble young masters in the academy for fun, he was kind enough and helped him once.
Afterward, they had some encounters.
However, it had never occurred to him that the person he helped would stab him in the back.
Outside the gates of the royal residence, the scholar yesterday stood at the entrance, with a look of trepidation on his face, and he kept pacing around.
At such a tall gate, even standing at the threshold made him feel inferior.
When he saw Liu Zhixia come out, the scholar’s eyes lit up. He jumped over and knelt down, “Brother Liu! Brother Liu, please help me. Please forgive me this time! I was forced, those people forced me. If I do not do as they say, I will be kicked out of the Imperial Academy! I really didn’t mean to set you up! Please help me ask His Highness for mercy. Don’t expel me from the Imperial Academy! I beg you, Brother Liu!”
The man divulged his transgression without waiting for Liu Zhixia to ask.
Liu Zhixia brushed away the man’s hands that were tugging tightly at the hem of his robe and said icily, “I only have one question for you. For the sake of personal gain, you can ruin someone’s life. Do you think you still deserve to read the sages’ books?”
”I didn’t want to. I was really forced to do it! I’m a poor student, with no family social standing or backing. What can I do? I simply can not fight those people! I’m not like you. I don’t have the most powerful King in the whole of Nanling behind me! Moreover, isn’t the girl unscathed now? Brother Liu, we both come from a humble background. You know better than anyone how hard it is to climb up to the Imperial Academy. I beg you, help me one more time. One last time. I won’t do such a thing ever again!”
”Bang!” Liu Zhixia sneered. He swung his fist and punched the scholar’s face without mercy. “I won’t do anything like that ever again either. I should thank you for teaching me a valuable lesson, for teaching me that not everyone can be trusted!”
After saying that, he turned around and entered the King’s residence.
He had indeed learned a valuable lesson.
He learned that in this vortex, even the most insignificant characters couldn’t be underestimated!
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