Chapter 426 - 405: One More Update
Zheng Nianru looked at Ju Nanyi, and the man within her gaze didn’t move at all, not even altering the posture of pouring his wine, calm and unhurried. Zheng Nianru admired Ju Nanyi’s ability to keep up a front, just like Zheng Congyuan.
So what? As long as they were in bed, she could easily break Ju Nanyi’s defenses, making him abandon his last line of resistance and collapse into an embarrassed retreat.
"Lin Sheng, go fetch another jug of wine," said Zheng Nianru, glancing at the person standing behind Ju Nanyi. Lin Sheng sensed that something was not quite right, but the next moment he thought he was overreacting. After all, Lord Ju was a man even Housekeeper He could not praise enough. What was there to worry about?
Lin Sheng turned and left, while Fu Dong watched him go. She felt uncertain about what her Commandery Princess was planning, but she sensed that something was amiss.
"Lord Ju, are you interested in me?" Indeed, before Fu Dong could shake off her foreboding feelings, she heard her Commandery Princess utter words that made her wish she could hide in a hole.
Fu Dong became tense at once, "Commandery Princess, what are you doing? The Crown Prince has already agreed with you. Just wait a few more days, and the Crown Prince will surely find a way. Why would you provoke Lord Ju? This Lord Ju is a gentleman of integrity, a white moonlight in the sky, a learned man whose gaze would dare not defile anything."
"Commandery Princess, are you feeling warm?" Fu Dong hurriedly knelt down. The heat from the furnace was rising, and it was time to take off the cloak. Fu Dong’s main desire was to prevent her Commandery Princess from saying anything more—just drink this cup of wine quickly and leave, please, no more embarrassment.
Ju Nanyi was momentarily stunned. If it weren’t for his past life’s memories and his understanding of Zheng Nianru, he most certainly wouldn’t know how to handle himself. But the question from the woman before him brought him not the slightest joy; instead, his heart slowly sank.
It was because she didn’t care about him that she spoke so casually, wasn’t it? So why? In his past life, he didn’t think he had appeared before her as often as in this one, and Prince Duan’s impression of him wasn’t as profound as now.