Female martial arts fanatics only love to fight, while men fight for their lives.

He watched her get out of the carriage and poured a new cup of tea by himself.

Hearing her footsteps landing on the carriage of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion nearby, the driver was about to set off when she suddenly lifted the curtain and shouted to him, "Li Huaiqing!"

Putting down the teacup in his hand, the man lifted the curtain and faced her exposed face.

"Miss Lou?"

She raised her sleeves and threw something at him. Li Huaiqing reached out to catch it reflexively, and a small piece of coldness fell into his palm.

When she looked again, she said, "I'll give it back to you!" and lowered the curtain, and the carriage of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion drove away immediately.

I opened my palm and saw a copper coin with a little rust on it. It had body temperature coming from somewhere and looked very tacky.

Li Huaiqing's expression was hard to read. The driver outside the carriage asked carefully, "Master, are you still going to the teahouse?"

"Go back home." Yubai tilted his palm, and as the carriage started, the copper coin fell on the teacup with a "bang", leaving a mark on the delicate white jade teacup, and then rolled to his feet.

He picked up the white jade teacup, the amber tea reflected his eyes, he was still the unrivaled young master in the capital -

But his body still had the disgusting smell of livestock that he had picked up at Xiyun Market.

As soon as she left, he wanted to take a bath and change clothes immediately. The strong incense could not cover his sense of smell. He could bear not to show any abnormality for Lou Xiao.

But it doesn’t mean we can just act as if nothing happened.

Strange woman.

Li Huaiqing tilted the teacup in his hand towards the incense burner, extinguishing the burning incense. The white jade cup scratched by the copper plate had a flaw and was no longer favored by him, so he threw it on the table.

Both the stench and the strong fragrance on his clothes made him uncomfortable. He no longer had the heart to make himself a cup of tea. He sat in the main seat and closed his eyes.

How can he keep Lou Xiao in his hands and use her for his own purposes?

The illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, who rose from the common people to the top, obviously liked fancy clothes and beautiful ornaments, but she was not greedy.

Tempt her with greater power? But she was already deeply favored by His Majesty, and everything was within her reach.

He thought he could easily control her, but Lou Xiao didn't seem to have any special feelings for him.

Li Huaiqing couldn't understand her...

When the carriage stopped and he was about to lift the curtain to go out, the copper coins at his feet caught his eye.

Li Huaiqing bent down as if possessed, picked it up and held it in his palm.

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On the way back, Lou Xiao was already imagining how angry Lou Hong would be.

She seemed to have broken some "rules" by abandoning the eunuch Ling Yu who was by His Majesty's side and not bringing anyone to serve her. He would complain to her that her actions had "tarnished the reputation of the Duke's Mansion."

When she entered the door, she met a boy who was about to leave. Lou Xiao had a vague impression that he was a relative of her ancestor. She smiled and nodded, then left in a hurry.

He didn't care how many times Yu Jing turned the words around in his mouth and could only swallow them without saying anything, feeling secretly annoyed.

As expected, Jiubai, who had been "educated" by Lou Hong, showed up. He walked up to her happily, but looked aggrieved.

"Miss! There are so many rules in the Duke's Mansion! How could you bear to let me learn them alone... The housekeeper is so fierce!"

Lou Xiao adjusted the pearl necklace on her hair crown, "Why, did I hit you?"

"No. I just feel that although the capital is prosperous, it is not as comfortable as our village." Although Jiubai said this, he still implemented what he had learned in the past few days and followed the rules.

"Master Hong said he has something important to discuss with you and is waiting for you in the study!"

Lou Xiao sighed and said with a headache, "It's really not peaceful."

When she walked into the study, she saw Lou Hong standing sideways facing the garden outside the window, as if he had been waiting for her for a long time.

His state made her think that something serious had happened, but she thought back that she had only jumped a horse.

Going back further, would a fight with Prince Youshan in the palace be considered trouble? The news should not have been spread.

There was no one serving in the room. Lou Hong saw her stepping into the room and pulling out the hairpins and hair crowns from her hair. It was obvious that she had been enduring for a long time. He frowned and shouted out the window,

"Someone, help the young lady remove her makeup!"

The study was not the place to remove makeup. Although he knew that this was against the rules, what else could he ask of her?

As long as they don't cause big trouble, even if they get through the crisis, they can just keep small things and problems to themselves, even if they don't like it they will have to get used to it.

Servants appeared out of nowhere and came behind her to take off the heavy decorations on her head. Lou Xiao was about to take them off because she thought the clothes were too heavy.

Lou Hong immediately turned his head away and said under his breath, "This is the study..."

"It was you who asked me to come here. This outfit looks nice but is cumbersome. We are all family members in the mansion, so why should we be afraid of just taking it easy?" Lou Xiao disagreed.

Exhaling deeply, Lou Hong decided not to try to argue with her about any topic about "rules and etiquette". In comparison, these were not important at all.

He listened to the rustling sound of fabrics rubbing against each other and waited for the servants to leave the study. Lou Xiao sat on the chair and reached out to take the cakes on the table.

"Okay, tell me what you want to say."

After hesitating for a moment, Lou Hong slowly turned around and saw the woman in front of him with her long hair spread out, without any ornaments on her head, and with her heavy and gorgeous outer garment removed.

She was only wearing a plain underwear with no skin showing, but it was still very rude in his eyes - especially since she was eating without even raising her head.

Why is she always eating!

Lou Hong refused to admit that he just couldn't submit to her. Even though he knew that her existence was of great significance to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, he couldn't help but find fault with her.

There was no point in saying more, she wouldn't listen anyway, so Lou Hong went straight to the point, "Li Huaiqing is a dangerous person, stay away from him."

Lou Xiao bit the cake and nodded, "I know."

Did you know that I went to Xiyun Market with him?

It would have been fine if those rumors had spread at the Peach Blossom Banquet, as they would have automatically disappeared after a while. Now that the two of them were traveling together in such a public manner, the involvement of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and the Li family was set in stone and there was no room for doubt!

"Do you know what kind of person he is? Li Huaiqing has been surrounded by countless women since he was a child. All of them are crazy about him and have been used by him completely.

In the end, he himself was not harmed at all, and he looked bright and cheerful under the gentleman's face.

You are obsessed with beauty and driven by him, but you should also look at your current identity! You are the Duke of Zhenguo!"

Lou Xiao's calm face made him more and more angry, and he spoke without thinking, full of resentment.

But after he finished speaking, he realized his mistake, and stopped looking at him, telling himself to stay calm.

Who knew that she would stir up his anger again as soon as she opened her mouth?

"He's not as bad as you say, right? You two are of the same age and live in the same capital. Are you jealous of him?"

Lou Hong suddenly turned his head in disbelief, his facial features distorted, as if he had heard a huge joke, "Jealous?!"

He was so angry that he could hardly speak. He raised and lowered his shaking hands, and finally clenched his fists behind his back, raised his chin and tried to steady his voice.

"Don't blame me for not reminding you. No woman who has had contact with him has a good ending. Don't be fooled by his face. He is not a gentleman."