"I think we can do it again!" Shuo Ling looked at Yang Zijin and grinned.

Meanwhile, he turned over and pinned Yang Zijin down.

Yang Zijin couldn't help feeling nervous. This was her first time to make love but Shuo Ling wasn't that gentle. She said with a smile, "Hum... Can I refuse you?"

"No." Shuo Ling looked at Yang Zijin and felt proud, so he grinned at her.

Just then, the voice of Zhou Ji came from outside, "My Lord, I have something to tell you!"

Shuo Ling heard this and frowned because Zhou Ji appeared at an improper time.

He got out of bed and wore his coat.

Yang Zijin breathed a sigh of relief. Shuo Ling got dressed and bent down to kiss Yang Zijin's face, "Wait for me to come back."

Shuo Ling turned around and walked outside.

After Shuo Ling walked outside, Yang Zijin hurried to sit up and take her clothes from one side.

She wouldn't obediently wait for him to come back.

Shuo Ling walked out of the room.

Zhou Ji found that Marquis was angry and therefore Zhou Ji felt panicked suddenly.

Shuo Ling walked into the study with his angry face, followed by Zhou Ji.

In the study

Shuo Ling sat down with an angry face and asked Zhou Ji, "You'd better tell me something important!"

Zhou Ji heard it, lowered his head, and considered how he made Marquis feel angry.

"My Lord, just now in the mansion of Qiao's family, I found that Lan Ruojing went to visit Qiao Shu and stayed in her room for a long time. I am afraid that accidents will happen again, so I go back quickly to inform you of the news." Zhou Ji had to continue.

Shuo Ling heard what Zhou Ji said and frowned. He had thought Qiao Shu would stop doing that, but he never expected Lan Ruojing got in touch with Qiao Shu so frequently.

On the wedding day, they plotted to burn Woman Flower. Fortunately, nobody died, but Woman Flower needed to be restored.

Just after one day, he hadn't got them into trouble yet, but they got in touch again. He was afraid that something bad would happen.

He thought he needed to visit Qiao Shu and warn her!

"What do we need to do next?" Zhou Ji saw Shuo Ling keep silent and asked tentatively.

Shuo Ling glanced at Zhou Ji, stood up, and walked out. Zhou Ji had wanted to follow him, but Shuo Ling stopped him.

In the mansion of Qiao's family

Qiao Shu felt uneasy. She wouldn't do anything that would harm Shuo Ling, but Lan Ruojing had something on her. She wouldn't know how to deal with it if she was threatened by Lan Ruojing.

Thinking of this, Qiao Shu secretly made a decision that even if Shuo Ling and General Bai did plan something, she wouldn't help Lan Ruojing harm Shuo Ling if he threatened her later.

Meanwhile, Qiao Shu heard the sound behind her and thought Lan Ruojing came again.

She turned back and said loudly, "I have said that I won't..."

"Marquis Shuo, why do you come here?" Before Qiao Shu finished saying, she turned back and found Shuo Ling. She hurried to stop and looked down to tidy up her clothes, avoiding eye contact with Shuo Ling.

"What do you disagree about, Miss Qiao?" Shuo Ling walked past Qiao Shu and sat down in front of the table.

Qiao Shu heard this, felt shocked, and pretended to walk forward calmly, "Marquis Shuo, just now my dad asked me to do something, but I didn't agree with him. I had thought my dad came here again when you came here. I am sorry for how I behaved just now."

"Really?" Shuo Ling pretended to ask her casually.

Qiao Shu didn't dare to look at Shuo Ling, lowered her head, and said with hands clenched in her sleeves, "Yes."

"My... My Lord, what's the matter?" Shuo Ling turned his back to her, so Qiao Shu failed to see his expression and then asked after hesitating for a while.

She felt restless and wondered whether Shuo Ling had known something so he came to find her.

She thought it was impossible, so she looked up and asked Shuo Ling.

Shuo Ling heard her voice and turned back. He saw Qiao Shu's guilty look and snorted, "I think I don't need to help you recall what you did yesterday, Miss Qiao."

"I... I stayed in the mansion yesterday. I don't know what you mean, My Lord." Qiao Shu wanted to gamble that Shuo Ling tricked her into telling what happened yesterday.

Meanwhile, Qiao Shu cast a sidelong glance at Shuo Ling.

Shuo Ling became angrier, "Before Yang Zijin restored her title as the infanta, she hadn't recovered after long time treatment. I knew there was something wrong with her medicine. I considered that you were young and had a good relationship with her, so I could bear you. But now you make trouble for her again!"

"Your Lordship, do you have any evidence to prove what I have done? Why do you scold me casually? You can ask anyone whether I go out of my room these days. I refuse to take your blame." Qiao Shu said without hesitation because she felt very annoyed by what Shuo Ling had said.

Perhaps she was afraid that Shuo Ling would consider her as a cruel woman if she admitted it.

Therefore, she decided to gamble on it. After all, there was no evidence to prove it.

After Shuo Ling heard it, he stood up and looked at Qiao Shu with coldness in his eyes, "Really? I come here to remind you, considering you are not a bad guy. If others did what you did before, they might die now."

Qiao Shu heard this and gripped the handkerchief in her hand. According to what Shuo Ling said, Shuo Ling must know something. Qiao Shu tried to control her emotions with her lips bitten tightly.

Shuo Ling walked close to Qiao Shu and stared at Qiao Shu, "I hope it will not happen again. If so, I will not let you go."

Shuo Ling turned back with his sleeves flapped, snorted, and left.

After Shuo Ling left, Qiao Shu failed to control her emotion any more, let go of her bitten lips and shook all over. Then she directly sat on the floor with tears streaming down her face.

She knew that Shuo Ling must consider her as a bad woman, but she was threatened to do so yesterday.

Thinking of Shuo Ling's cold eyes just now, Qiao Shu couldn't help crying and hugged her legs tightly because she didn't know how to deal with it.

After Yang Zijin got dressed, she saw the messy bed after making love and frowned.

She was thinking about whether they moved that much.

And the blood from her hymen was showy on the light sheet.

Thinking of this, Yang Zijin couldn't help smiling with her hand covering her mouth.

Then Yang Zijin walked out of the room.

Huakai and Zhiyin saluted Yang Zijin, "Madam."

Yang Zijin nodded and said, "Hum... Go to tidy up the bed."

"OK, madam." They replied and walked into the room.

Having seen her shy expression when Yang Zijin said this, Zhiyin and Huakai immediately knew what she meant.

This morning they were curious about why madam asked them to come in and just reminded them something.

Some were speculating that madam and Marquis did not make love last night.

It seemed that Marquis truly loved his wife. They thought the wedding yesterday lasted for a long time, so Marquis let madam have a good rest considering she was tired.

They entered the room, one taking the quilt away and the other folding up a new quilt.

After a while, they finished their work and walked out with the replaced quilt, "Madam, everything is OK."

"I see... OK." Yang Zijin nodded with slight shyness.

Zhiyin and Huakai smiled at each other and left.

Yang Zijin found that it was late, but Shuo Ling didn't come back and she didn't see Mo Li for a whole day.

Therefore, Yang Zijin walked to the gate of the mansion.

As usual, other people in the mansion were men besides servant girls Huakai and Zhiyin.

They just saluted coldly when they saw her.

Before she went to the gate, Yang Zijin saw Shuo Ling.

Therefore, she stopped. Meanwhile, Shuo Ling saw Yang Zijin and smiled.

He walked towards Yang Zijin, placed his arm around Yang Zijin's waist, and smiled, "Are you waiting for your honey, Zijin?"

"You have left for such a long time. Where did you go?" Yang Zijin nodded and said.

Shuo Ling stared at Yang Zijin with love and said, "I have something to deal with."

Jiang Wei came here and said with her hands cupped before her chest, "Your Lordship and madam, it's time to have dinner."

They nodded and walked to the dining hall.

The sky got dark.

After several days, Xu Qing and other people were closer and closer to Jiandu.

Men of sacrifice sent by Prime Minister Lan kept cautious since the last time they fought against the secret guards sent by Imperial Concubine Xiao.

It was quiet these days, but she wouldn't give up easily considering imperial concubine Xiao's personality.

She would try to send someone to assassinate Xu Qing again.

In the afternoon, Xu Qing and his followers arrived at a small town and found it was late, so he asked one man to book a room in an inn.

Unexpectedly every inn in the town was full.

The man who went to fish for information came back.

"Why did you go there for such a long time?" Xu Qing saw him come back and asked.

The man sighed and said, "Mr. Xu, every inn in the town was full."

"Really? Full?" Xu Qing heard this and frowned.

The town wasn't prosperous and bustling. He couldn't believe that every inn was full.

Xu Qing continued to ask, "Do you ask how far the next town is?"

"Mr. Xu, I hear that it is far away from the next town. It is late now. The local people said that we couldn't arrive there before evening."