Chapter 278: I Can't Forget
"Nothing to ask." Master Wei still looked calm and composed. After saying this, his tone slightly increased: "In short, he is not a good man if he forces a woman who is pregnant with his own child to wander around."

When he said the last sentence, there was uncontrollable anger in his tone.

Qin Xiaoning couldn't stand anyone slandering Lu Ji.

Those who don't know the inside story and hear about these things will inevitably think that the man was cruel and forced her, a weak woman, to run away from home.

"It's not what you think." Qin Xiaoning explained: "In fact, he treats me very well, but I am unwilling to be a concubine."

Seeing Qin Xiaoning deliberately making excuses for that person, Master Wei couldn't help but show jealousy on his face: "Forget it, let's not talk about this."

Qin Xiaoning said, "I want to make it clear to you."

Master Wei was slightly stunned. After a while, he raised his eyes to look at Qin Xiaoning and said in a low voice: "Do you still want to tell me that you haven't forgotten that man?"

A mature man can always see through things clearly.

Qin Xiaoning was slightly surprised to suddenly have her thoughts seen through, but she still nodded generously and admitted: "I really can't forget him."

Master Wei was happy, and it was a smile that was full of tolerance.

He said to her: "I told you that I will not dwell on the past anymore. Not only will I not dwell on the past anymore, I will also not dwell on other people's pasts."

Qin Xiaoning wanted to say more, but Master Wei waved his hand and said, "I understand what you are thinking. You don't need to say more. Right now, I won't force you to forget the past, nor will I force you to promise me anything. You just need to raise the child peacefully and give birth to the child safely."

Perhaps he felt that what he said was too lofty, so he added, "We are all parents, so let's put ourselves in their shoes. Let alone this child being yours, even if it's someone else's, I don't want him to get into trouble."

He looked at Qin Xiaoning and said in a gentle tone, "Take care of yourself and protect the child. As for the rest, let nature take its course."

After saying that, the man turned and went to his yard. Qin Xiaoning looked at his back and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

She saw through Mr. Wei's thoughts and wanted to use the same tactics she used against Zhao Yuan to make him give up. However, she didn't realize that she was still a little immature in front of such a mature man.

After learning about the disaster in Qianzhou, Lu Ji rushed back to the capital after receiving a letter from Empress Dowager Lu.

He went straight to the imperial city.

The man is now the regent. Before the young emperor took power, all court affairs were handled by Lu Ji. Therefore, a palace was specially configured for Lu Ji in the imperial city to facilitate his handling of government affairs.

After entering the palace, Lu Ji first went to see Empress Dowager Lu. When he reached the palace gate, a palace servant told him that Empress Dowager Lu was not feeling well and was taking a nap, so he returned to his own regent palace.

The front hall was where Lu Ji handled government affairs. He first went into the front hall to check and saw some not-so-urgent official documents piled on the desk. Then he returned to the back hall which was specially used for him to rest.

After the long journey, the man was exhausted. He planned to wash and change his clothes before going to deal with government affairs.

Lu Ji stepped into the back hall, but the huge inner hall was empty, not even one of the palace servants who used to serve here was there.

Lu Ji called a few times, but still no one answered. He thought that perhaps these palace servants didn't know that he had suddenly returned to the palace, so they ran out to slack off.

He took off his coat and went straight to the bathroom with his upper body naked.

When he walked around the screen, he saw a vague figure. The man thought it was the servant girl, so he called out, but there was still no response, so he strode over.

The man suddenly stopped when he saw the scene in front of him.

A woman was kneeling in front of the bathroom, wearing only a gauze on her body, with her black hair loose, just enough to cover the beautiful figure on her chest.

As the woman raised her head slightly, Lu Ji's eyes couldn't help but shrink.

"Aning——" he called out subconsciously.

The woman smiled and called out in a charming manner: "My Lord..."

It's not his An Ning. It just looks like him.

Lu Ji's face instantly turned cold: "Who asked you to be here?"

The man in a high position of power had his own dignity, but now his brows suddenly turned cold, scaring the little woman kneeling on the ground so much that her body went limp.

"Prince." She called out aggrievedly, and tears started to fall.

Crybaby.

In this respect, she is very much like her.

"Get up." Although he knew that this person was not his lover, Lu Ji still couldn't bear to be cruel to him when he glanced at the face that looked like Qin Xiaoning.

Seeing that the man had calmed down again, the woman raised her watery eyes and looked at him with a hint of pleading in them.

She hoped the man would let her stay and beg for favor.

Lu Ji saw through her thoughts, but still refused coldly: "Go out, I won't punish you, but don't have such thoughts again in the future."

The woman shed tears again, but finally stood up and walked out.

Lu Ji went to the bathroom. Because of the noise made by the woman just now, when he was soaking in the water, the girl's voice and appearance seemed to be jumping in front of his eyes through the mist.

miss her.

He thinks about it every day.

I was angry and hateful, and I was even more worried about her safety outside.

Lu Ji plunged his head into the water and forced himself not to think about it.

When he walked out of the bathroom, he saw Empress Dowager Lu sitting on the armchair in the back hall, drinking tea leisurely.

Lu Ji twisted his hair with a towel and said calmly, "You are the eldest sister and the queen mother. Don't do such despicable things in the future."

He was referring to the arrangement for the woman to come in just now.

Empress Dowager Lu fiddled with the lid of the teapot carefully, humming without even looking up, "Do you really want to be a monk?"

"It's none of your business." Lu Ji replied bluntly.

Seeing that her brother was still angry about arranging a woman to serve her, Empress Dowager Lu said helplessly: "Do you think I am willing to take care of you? I feel sorry for you. Oh, you are just a concubine, and she has dumped you. Look at you, you are still thinking about her all day long."

Lu Ji's face immediately turned cold: "Shut up."

Seeing that her brother was really angry, Empress Dowager Lu did not dare to provoke him anymore, so she softened her tone and slowly advised: "I carefully selected that girl, she is the same age as Ah Ning, and they are very similar in appearance. Brother, I am also worried about you being tortured by lovesickness, so why don't you take that girl in and keep her by your side, just as if Ah Ning is still here."

Lu Ji threw the towel in his hand casually and sat down on the chair: "She is not An Ning, how can I deceive myself if my elder sister wants me to do that."

The other person has dumped you, why are you still obsessed with him/her?

What a loser, really a loser.

Empress Dowager Lu didn't dare to offend Lu Ji again, but she couldn't help but reveal such an expression on her face.

Lu Ji saw through his elder sister's thoughts. He snorted coldly and said stubbornly, "It's not that I'm still in love with her now. It's just that I gave my heart to her, but she was so heartless and ungrateful. I just can't accept it."

He raised his eyes and glanced at Empress Dowager Lu, and said to himself: "I must find this 'little ungrateful person', and then I will settle accounts with her."