Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

“Follow me,” Lóng Wei said and went out. Xu Zifan packed his stuff and walked after Lóng Wei.

“Your Highness, you returned earlier,” Xu Zifan said.

“Hmm. Let’s talk about me later. Let’s talk about you. You married Jingfei. Why?” Lóng Wei asked him.

“The situation suddenly turned tense. I thought that it is better to marry her when she herself chose me,” Xu Zifan stated. Lóng Wei hummed and they both started walking.

“Xu Zifan, you are not disabled. The people are,” Lóng Wei stated and looked at him.

“Did Li Hua also find out about yesterday’s incident?” Xu Zifan asked.

“She did,” Lóng Wei replied. “She cried and asked me to take her to you. However, I had other work, so I could not take her out. We will come to your house tomorrow,” he informed Xu Zifan.

“Li Hua should not have cried,” Xu Zifan said.

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“What reaction do you expect from your sister then? She has only you from her family and in our absence so many things happened. Jingfei is good to you, right? She is not an easy woman to handle,” Lóng Wei affirmed and chuckled.

“Strangely, she has been good to me. I was myself shocked to find her other side, Your Highness,” Xu Zifan replied.

The people, who walked past them, bowed to them. However, Lóng Wei didn’t pay heed to them.

“Maybe she has grown up after getting her lessons in love,” Lóng Wei remarked. “Tell me if she troubles you. I am always ready to fight for you.” It was hard for Lóng Wei to believe that Jingfei reacted so differently. She didn’t make fun of Xu Zifan and stood for him.

“Your Highness, I think she has been perceived wrongly by us. The way she told Consort Xiuying what I am, I could not stop myself but admire her. It isn’t strange, right?” Xu Zifan asked Lóng Wei.

“She likes your personality. Now, you are married to her, then you should admire her as she is your woman now,” Lóng Wei said with a broad smile.

Xu Zifan loved this side of Lóng Wei. He understood Xu Zifan. Despite his differences with Jingfei, Lóng Wei didn’t encourage Xu Zifan not to see Jingfei as a woman. Huang Xi and Feng Lao both were upset with his decision.

“Your Highness, why are we heading to the Governor’s office?” Xu Zifan realized that they had come to the capital’s administrative center.

“To see Li Jianjun,” Lóng Wei replied when Xu Zifan halted in his steps.

Seeing him, Lóng Wei also stopped and turned slightly to gaze at him. “What happened?”

“I don’t want to see Li Jianjun,” Xu Zifan said. “He is already annoyed with me.”

“I am here to punish him. He threatened you, Feng Lao, and Li Hua. I have yet to give my judgment on this matter,” Lóng Wei said and asked him to follow him.

“His Majesty will not like this,” Xu Zifan proclaimed. He didn’t want Lóng Wei to get scolded or punished by the King.

“Why do you worry about that?” Lóng Wei asked him. “I talked with my father in the morning on this matter. You are my brother-in-law. Do you want me to stay quiet? You know Lóng Wei’s temper,” He affirmed. Several eunuchs walked past them and greeted Lóng Wei.

“I understand,” Xu Zifan said and followed the Prince.

Upon reaching the Governor’s office, Lóng Wei asked Zhai Liang to bring Li Jianjun.

“Take a seat,” Lóng Wei told Xu Zifan, who sat down on a chair.

Li Jianjun came to the office with Zhai Liang and bowed to Lóng Wei. He lifted his head and asked the reason behind the summoning.

“Kneel and apologize to Xu Zifan,” Lóng Wei told Li Jianjun. He opened the drawer and took out a dagger from inside it. He pulled it out and checked the blade.

“Your Highness, but I did–” Li Jianjun could not complete his words as Lóng Wei interrupted him.

“If you don’t want to lose your tongue, kneel before Xu Zifan,” Lóng Wei stressed upon his words this time.

When Li Jianjun didn’t do that Lóng Wei walked up to him and punched his abdomen hard.

Jianjun withered in pain and he immediately got on his knees.

“Why did you threaten him? Do you think you are strong enough to threaten my people?” Lóng Wei questioned him and pointed the dagger at Jianjun’s neck.

“Forgive me, Your Highness,” Li Jianjun apologized in a low voice. He felt the metal of the dagger touching his skin on the neck.

“Don’t apologize to me but to Xu Zifan,” Lóng Wei said with a stern tone as he withdrew the dagger. Li Jianjun complied with Lóng Wei’s command and lowered his head.

He asked for Xu Zifan’s forgiveness and kept his tone as humble as possible.

When he was done apologizing, he looked at Lóng Wei, who said, “I will skin you alive if you even try to think of harming any of them. You know me well, Jianjun. Moreover, you are brainy enough to understand what can happen.”

“Yes, Your Highness,” Li Jianjun said and downcast his eyelids. He clenched his fists as he gulped the humiliation he felt. Lóng Wei had noticed that and he knew that Jianjun would definitely do something to harm Xu Zifan.

“Your Father has to lose his ministerial position if you make any wrong move. You do not want to end up like Kang Huijuan, right?” Lóng Wei smirked at him. Li Jianjun understood what the Prince meant and he nodded his head.

“You are dismissed,” Lóng Wei told Jianjun. He stood up and bowed again.

“Li Jianjun, don’t think that I am a fool who has let you go. One wrong move and your family be crushed by me,” Lóng Wei again warned him.

“I will keep His Highness’s statement in my mind,” Jianjun said and left the office.