The guard leaned over and said something in Jiang Zhuo's ear.

In an instant, Jiang Zhuo's face changed and he turned to her who was begging for mercy on the ground.

After careful consideration, he said, "Jiang Qingyu, I will settle the score with you later."

"go!"

After leaving these words, Jiang Zhuo took everyone away, leaving them alone in the house in a mess.

She stared at Jiang Zhuo's disappearing figure. The sound of his heartbeat reached her eardrums, and the numb pain in her cheeks reminded her again and again of the grievance she had just suffered.

"Quick! Go up and kill him!"

"Kill him and you'll be free!"

"Hurry! Hurry!"

The urging of the voice mixed with the beating of her heart. She clenched her fingers and told herself over and over again in her heart that it was not the end, death was not the end, it was not...

The maid hurriedly helped her up, and the guard leaned over to admit his guilt, but she acted as if nothing had happened, with a calm expression. She slowly sat back in her seat and drank the slightly cool tea in the pot.

They looked at the person in front of them, who was crying just now but now calm and composed.

They even suspected that everything just now was an illusion, but the red marks on her face denied this fantasy.

After a while, everyone understood why Jiang Zhuo left suddenly.

Xiao Yanzhou rushed in anxiously, and the guards didn't have time to report.

"Xiao Yu!" Before I saw the person, I could already hear his anxious call.

She stood up, surprised, but still smiled and went forward to greet him, "Why is Brother Zhou here?"

As soon as Xiao Yanzhou walked in, the redness and swelling on her cheeks and her crying eyes were like a brand, imprinted in his heart.

Pain, indescribable pain.

But she still smiled at him, but now that smile was filled with sadness and grievance, which made him feel extremely distressed.

He unconsciously reached out his hand towards her swollen cheek, but he didn't dare to touch it because he was afraid that she would feel pain.

"Brother Zhou..." Noticing his movements, she reminded him softly.

He stretched out his hand, stopped it from clenching into a fist, and finally held her arm again, "Xiao Yu, why did you do this?"

"Why?" She tilted her head slightly, as if she didn't understand what he meant.

He was angry. There was no way she couldn't understand why she had proposed the plan without hesitation even though she knew Jiang Zhuo would beat her?

"Why did he hit you?" Seeing that she didn't want to say it, he changed his approach.

This time she didn't hide it, and the smile on her lips was a little bitter.

"Maybe... I was disobedient and didn't do well enough what he asked me to do. Or maybe... I just didn't want to do it at all." Tears flashed in her eyes, which eventually turned into a hopeless smile.

He couldn't bear to see her like this anymore, so he reached out and hugged her. He knew he could protect her and wouldn't let her get hurt again.

"Xiao Yu, Brother Zhou said he would protect you, why didn't you tell me?" He could help her, could help her out of trouble, so why didn't she ever ask for help from him.

She came to her senses from her daze and listened to his rapidly beating heart. He was sad, even more sad than she had expected.

"I don't want to... make Brother Zhou feel troubled, nor do I want to add so many worries to Brother Zhou."

After hearing her words, he slowly let go of her hand and met her twinkling eyes.

"It's okay, Brother Zhou. I'm not hurt."

His heart suddenly stopped. She knew, she had always known, between a prime minister and her, who was more valuable and who had more significance to be supported.

"Xiao Yu, from now on, I won't allow anyone to treat you like that, understand? If something like this happens again, I want him dead!" At this moment, his low voice was filled with power, like a ferocious beast growling in anger.

For some reason, this sentence was different from his previous one. Her bright eyes were filled with hatred, and murderous cold-bloodedness instantly surrounded her body.

But she didn't feel scared, instead she felt... at ease.

She nodded and smiled, "Okay."

He pulled her into the house, and when she turned around, she noticed the shadow disappearing in the darkness, along with that familiar feeling.

She knew that he was gone and her plan had succeeded.

From today on, no one in the Jiang Mansion will dare to bully her anymore.

And Xiao Yanqing will also fall into the vortex of grief, the abyss of anxiety and loss, and entangled with her.

……

"Does it hurt, Xiaoyu?" Xiao Yanzhou moved closer and touched carefully.

She shook her head slightly, her delicate cheeks swollen to a heartbreaking degree.

Xiao Yanzhou quickly signaled the imperial physician, "Come, check Xiao Yu out."

Only then did Qing Yu notice that there were so many doctors following him.

"Princess, let me feel your pulse." The imperial physician bowed and walked in front of her.

Suddenly, she put her hands behind her back and looked at the approaching imperial physician warily.

Xiao Yanzhou also noticed her strangeness and asked with concern, "What's wrong, Xiaoyu?"

She did not respond, but lowered her eyes, her thick eyelashes spread under her eyes, as if concealing some emotion.

"It's just taking the pulse, nothing else." Xiao Yanzhou explained again.

But she shook her head, as if telling him with her actions that she didn't want to see it.

"Why?" He had never seen her so resistant to something.

She pursed her lips and had no answer.

Xiao Yanzhou was surprised and a little helpless, so he had to ask the imperial physician to check the external injuries on her face first.

Fortunately, it was not serious. I just applied some compress and then some medicine.

Only after the imperial physician left did she feel at ease and let go of her hands behind her back.

Seeing her relaxed movements, he wanted to ask, but after careful consideration, he suppressed his question.

"Are there any better ones?" He had been sitting next to her.

"Yeah, it's cool." She smiled slightly, trying to reassure him.

"Xiao Yu, don't be stubborn, okay? If you feel uncomfortable, tell Brother Zhou, and Brother Zhou will find a way."

She paused, "Brother Zhou...why are you so nice to me?"

"I like Xiao Yu, so I don't need a reason, understand?"

Hearing his words, she didn't understand, didn't she need a reason? Was it love?

But for Xiao Yanzhou, he knew very well how panicked he was on the way here.

Seeing Jiang Zhuo leaving the palace in a hurry, he felt uneasy, so he asked someone to follow him. Unexpectedly, he heard Jiang Zhuo bringing people to find her after a while.

He rode over at full speed, praying all the way that she would be safe and not hurt. If anything happened to her, he would never let Jiang Zhuo go!

She seemed to feel a different kind of reality, "That's great."

"kindness?"

"It's great to have Brother Zhou protecting me."

He looked at her dazzling pupils and beautiful smile, which touched his heart, as if a voice was telling him.

He wanted to keep this tenderness forever, and keep it by his side forever.

He stayed here today. Because he was worried about her condition, he stayed in the house with her until she fell asleep.

When he asked the maid about what happened today, he found out that Jiang Zhuo not only beat her, but also wanted to torture her. If he had come a step later, the consequences would be unimaginable.

But he didn't understand, if she could predict the current situation, why did Xiaoyu do this? Why was she so resistant to seeing a doctor?

Xiaoyu, what exactly do you want to do?

……

"Brother..." Xiao Wenshu saw his brother coming back and hurried forward to meet his brother's terrifyingly dark expression.

And Qingyu hasn't come back yet, he knows that something has happened!

Xiao Yanqing went back to his bedroom without saying a word and closed the door.

He had still held out hope for all of this, at least until he met her today, he had been defending her in his heart.

She hadn't lied to him! He wasn't part of her plan! It was all just a coincidence!

But after seeing that scene just now, he finally understood that he was wrong! She lied to him! She lied to everyone! And he was also the ladder for her to climb.

Is her target Xiao Yanzhou? To gain his protection? His concern?

But that person is not me!

But what were those words she said? ! Lies to deceive him? !

Thousands of questions flooded into his mind: anger at being on the sidelines! Fake heartache?!

He vaguely remembered that she seemed to have never promised to believe him. So that's it.

Why does it hurt so much? Why does it hurt so much!

Yuer, do you really have me in your heart?

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