Chapter 302:
That is the Empress.
Not only did this Master Ji help hide the Empress, he also harbored evil intentions.
This is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine clans.
How many heads does the Ji family have for His Majesty to chop off.
A soft creak sounded.
The heavy door was slowly pushed open, and the rising morning sun poured in, along with a tall and slender figure entering together.
“Greetings, Your Majesty.”
The two guards inside knelt down in unison to pay respects.
Lu Ziyan raised his hand slightly.
The surrounding guards silently retreated, and soon, the door closed again.
In the hall, only the dawn light coming through the two windows remained, making it somewhat dim.
At this time, Ji Chengfeng, sitting on the chair, finally slowly opened his eyes.
Since yesterday afternoon, he had been guarded here, without a grain of rice or a drop of water, and without sleep all night.
Lu Ziyan slightly narrowed his eyes, re-examining the man before him.
His originally clean and jade-like face now had dark circles under his eyes, and a layer of stubble on his jaw, looking haggard and disheveled, full of decadence.
Even so, he was still handsome.
Clear and refined like bamboo, exuding the stern integrity unique to scholars.
He was the kind of gentle scholar that young lady liked the most.
Lu Ziyan’s gaze gradually darkened, with surging ink-like color inside.
Speaking of which, Lu Ziyan had also not slept all night, but he had spent it in passionate revelry with his heart’s beloved whom he had lost and regained, with warm and soft beauty in his arms—nothing could be happier than this.
Therefore, even after battling all night, he was still full of vigor, with an indescribable satisfaction in his eyebrows and eyes.
Both were men.
Ji Chengfeng could naturally see it.
At this moment, in the empty hall, for a time, neither of them spoke.
After a long while, Lu Ziyan said, “Hiding the current Empress in the back courtyard—have you ever thought of the consequences?”
Ji Chengfeng lowered his eyes and said nothing.
For one woman, he abandoned the official title obtained after ten years of studying by the cold window.
He no longer cared about the safety of his family behind him.
Even though he owed a life-saving favor, he really shouldn’t have gone this far.
But he did it anyway.
Even, he wanted to marry her.
He wanted to marry the late Empress of the current dynasty.
Ji Chengfeng did not regret it, he said, “This life was saved by her in the first place; now I am just returning it to her.”
Just one death.
The only ones he felt sorry for were his parents and family.
Lu Ziyan had long known that this short-lived ghost’s fate was changed by his Wanwan’s intervention, and hearing it now still filled his heart with sourness.
What great kindness was this.
Enticing yet another man.
What on earth…!
He really was a lovesick fool.
Returning his life to her?
Who do you think you are!
Lu Ziyan took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the rising killing intent.
“You won’t die,” he said.
Killing a person is simple.
But once this person dies, unless he could hide it from Wanwan for life, otherwise… rifts would arise again between them.
Not only would it perfect his image as a devoted lover in Wanwan’s heart, but it would also make Wanwan forever remember such a person.
Besides venting anger, it would bring no benefits.
Such a thing, the currently rational Lu Ziyan, could not do.
The joy of gain and loss was too wonderful; he could not bear even a little risk of losing again.
Just let it be.
Regardless of whether any affection had developed between them in these five years.
In the end, she had agreed to return to the capital with him.
And admitted that she loved him.
That was enough.
Lu Ziyan said, “I do not want your life; I value your talent and will not dismiss you from office.”
Ji Chengfeng was stunned, clearly a bit surprised.
Lu Ziyan did not look at him, just quietly pondered for a few breaths.
After a long while, he said, “Remember, I am sparing your life for the sake of you having cared for them mother and son for five years.”
