Chapter 328 The one you like

Cheng Jiao didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Logically speaking, with his "smooth tongue", it would be easy for him to find the right words to make Honglian even more moved and attracted to her.

But Honglian's sincerity made him subconsciously reject those casual words.

Lian Ai said: "I should be the lucky one. I am lucky to have your love."

The somewhat haggard Honglian was deeply touched when she heard Cheng Jiao's sweet words.

She gently covered her sore nose, and her beautiful big eyes were filled with a warm luster, as if the light of her soul had been opened, making anyone who saw her feel a sense of holiness from the bottom of their hearts.

Before Honglian could express her feelings to Cheng Jiao, she saw the imperial guards patrolling here. They gently took Cheng Jiao's hand and whispered, "This is not the place to talk. Let's leave the palace first."

She knew that after meeting Cheng Jiao, her plan to leave the palace was secure.

Cheng Jiao smiled and carried Honglian, who hadn't reacted yet, on his back, causing Honglian to exclaim, "Ah, you didn't even remind me."

As he spoke, he put his arm around Cheng Jiao's neck with a smile on his face and lay on Cheng Jiao's back, feeling extremely at ease.

Cheng Jiao walked out of the palace neither fast nor slow.

"Don't you have a secret path out of the palace? Why do you risk leaving the palace from here?"

Honglian said with some depression: "There are more royal guards patrolling there now. Since Madam Mingzhu found out that I left the palace there, I don't know if it was intentional, so she specifically told my father about it."

Cheng Jiao thought for a moment and asked softly, "Why do you want to leave the palace? Did something happen to you?"

He was not a fool, so how could he not see that Honglian must have some compelling reason to leave the palace, or even leave Xinzheng.

Hearing Cheng Jiao's question, Honglian became depressed.

"My fourth brother wanted my father to marry me to Ji Wuye's son Ji Yihu. Everything was going well at first, but my father kept dragging his feet and didn't give me a reply. A dozen days ago, I don't know what happened, but my father changed his attitude and was ready to consider my fourth brother's proposal. He even asked me about it. Of course I didn't agree, so I was confined to the palace and not allowed to go out. If it weren't for my brother and Lady Hu mediating, I'm afraid I would have been forced to marry by them."

Cheng Jiao frowned slightly. According to Hong Lian, Han Wangan now seemed to have lost the intention to balance the conflict between Ye Mu, Han Yu and Han Fei, and seemed to be completely leaning towards Ye Mu.

He was so busy fighting with Madam Mingzhu that he didn't ask about this matter in detail.

"Why don't you wait for Han Fei to come back from Nanyang before leaving?"

When he left, he privately warned Han Fei that if anything happened to Zi Nu Hong Lian in Korea, he would personally lead his troops to destroy Korea.

And according to Han Fei's ability, it would not be difficult to destroy Han Yu and Ji Wuye's plan.

Then, the only possibility is that Han Fei is tied up in Nanyang, and Han Yu and Ji Wuye want to take this opportunity to bind themselves together through Honglian's marriage.

"Who knows what my brother is doing in Nanyang? He said he was investigating disaster relief. It's been almost ten days and he hasn't come back yet. In order to prevent any accidents, I have been checking out the palace frequently these days, ready to go to Sister Zi Nu at any time.

When I was scouting the palace yesterday, I overheard my fourth brother and a masked guy saying that my father had agreed to let Ji Wuye prepare something after my father's birthday. I knew what it was without having to think about it. While they haven't reacted yet, I'm going to sneak out first."

Honglian spoke softly on Chengjiao's back, and Chengjiao could feel Honglian's inner uneasiness.

"Now that you're here, I don't have to worry about these things. At worst, I can follow you to Xianyang."

Honglian put her cheek against Cheng Jiao's back and spoke with a smile, her words expressing uncontrollable joy.

For her, nothing in the world can compare to this: when I need you the most, you come to me, not too early, not too late, just right.

What could Cheng Jiao say? Since Honglian wanted to follow, then let her follow. Anyway, Xianyang was already very lively and didn’t need another Honglian.

But before that, Honglian still needs to be given a few more shots of vaccination. "I'm on a diplomatic mission to the State of Zhao and I'm passing through Xinzheng. I'm afraid I can't go back to Xianyang yet."

Honglian rubbed Cheng Jiao's back with her fair little face, "It doesn't matter, as long as I'm by your side, it doesn't matter where I go."

Cheng Jiao said thoughtfully: "I'm sorry to trouble you. When we return to Xianyang, you will need to spend every day with Jingwei and the others."

When Honglian heard this, she felt a little resistant. If she truly liked someone, she certainly wouldn't want to share her lover with other women.

When it comes to love, everyone is selfish.

"I know you have many women, whether it's Jingwei Liwu, or Zi Nu and Ying Ge from Lanxiu Villa, I know them all. I actually care a lot, but I keep convincing myself in my heart not to care. Loving someone is enough as long as you are together, but..."

Honglian stretched out her little head, rested her round chin on Chengjiao's shoulder, and whispered softly in Chengjiao's ear: "I really care about you, I like you so much, I hope you don't mind."

At this time, Cheng Jiao had already left the palace and arrived at the gate of Xinzheng. When he heard Honglian's soft words, he stopped.

"It's okay. It's my fault for making you sad."

Honglian hugged Cheng Jiao's neck tightly.

"I've thought about it and I decided not to go back to Xianyang with you. I want to wait for you to marry me. In the days to come, I will stay here with Sister Zi Nu and wait for you to marry me. On that day, I will wear the phoenix crown and bridal robe and wait for my beloved to pick me up."

Cheng Jiao looked at the tall city wall and said softly, "Yes, that day will come soon. I can't bear to let you wait too long."

After saying this, Cheng Jiao exerted force on his feet, walked over the city wall as if walking on flat ground, and arrived outside the city of Xinzheng.

When she saw the broad official road and the lush trees, Honglian realized that they had already left Xinzheng.

I said embarrassedly, "I'll come down."

Cheng Jiao chuckled and said, "That won't work. You're too slow. You'd better stay on my back for a while longer. We'll be at Lanxiu Villa soon."

Honglian asked: "Then will you be very tired?"

"No, don't you know how strong I am, your husband? Do you want me to let you feel it after we get to the villa?"

Honglian blushed slightly, and murmured in a low voice: "Okay..."

Cheng Jiao paused slightly. He didn't expect Honglian to take his joke seriously.

In this case, he certainly cannot let the beauty down.

Outside the city of Xinzheng at night, there are trees everywhere, and it is a little cooler.

But Honglian's heart was burning with passion.

While Honglian was daydreaming, he saw Lanxiu Villa appearing in the distance.

"We're almost there. It's so late, Sister Zi Nu and the others should be asleep already, right?"

Honglian asked with some guilt.

She felt a little embarrassed for running to Zi Nu's place in the middle of the night to have fun with Cheng Jiao.

After all, Zi Nu is her current swordsmanship teacher.

Zi Nu said that as long as her swordsmanship could improve to a higher level, she would give her the Red Snake Soft Sword that she had always dreamed of and loved.

If we meet now, what if Zi Nu doesn't give it to her?
(End of this chapter)