493 She is your woman now
Xu Zifan was astonished to see Lóng Wei at his workplace. He was planning to meet Li Hua in the evening.
âFollow me,â Lóng Wei said and went out. Xu Zifan packed his stuff and walked after Lóng Wei.
âYour Highness, you returned earlier,â Xu Zifan said.
âHmm. Letâs talk about me later. Letâs talk about you. You married Jingfei. Why?â Lóng Wei asked him.
âThe situation suddenly turned tense. I thought that it is better to marry her when she herself chose me,â Xu Zifan stated. Lóng Wei hummed and they both started walking.
âXu Zifan, you are not disabled. The people are,â Lóng Wei stated and looked at him.
âDid Li Hua also find out about yesterdayâs incident?â Xu Zifan asked.
âShe did,â Lóng Wei replied. âShe 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,â he informed Xu Zifan.
âLi Hua should not have cried,â Xu Zifan said.
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âWhat 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,â Lóng Wei affirmed and chuckled.
âStrangely, she has been good to me. I was myself shocked to find her other side, Your Highness,â Xu Zifan replied.
The people, who walked past them, bowed to them. However, Lóng Wei didnât pay heed to them.
âMaybe she has grown up after getting her lessons in love,â Lóng Wei remarked. âTell me if she troubles you. I am always ready to fight for you.â It was hard for Lóng Wei to believe that Jingfei reacted so differently. She didnât make fun of Xu Zifan and stood for him.
âYour 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 isnât strange, right?â Xu Zifan asked Lóng Wei.
âShe likes your personality. Now, you are married to her, then you should admire her as she is your woman now,â 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 didnât encourage Xu Zifan not to see Jingfei as a woman. Huang Xi and Feng Lao both were upset with his decision.
âYour Highness, why are we heading to the Governorâs office?â Xu Zifan realized that they had come to the capitalâs administrative center.
âTo see Li Jianjun,â Lóng Wei replied when Xu Zifan halted in his steps.
Seeing him, Lóng Wei also stopped and turned slightly to gaze at him. âWhat happened?â
âI donât want to see Li Jianjun,â Xu Zifan said. âHe is already annoyed with me.â
âI am here to punish him. He threatened you, Feng Lao, and Li Hua. I have yet to give my judgment on this matter,â Lóng Wei said and asked him to follow him.
âHis Majesty will not like this,â Xu Zifan proclaimed. He didnât want Lóng Wei to get scolded or punished by the King.
âWhy do you worry about that?â Lóng Wei asked him. âI 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 Weiâs temper,â He affirmed. Several eunuchs walked past them and greeted Lóng Wei.
âI understand,â Xu Zifan said and followed the Prince.
Upon reaching the Governorâs office, Lóng Wei asked Zhai Liang to bring Li Jianjun.
âTake a seat,â 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.
âKneel and apologize to Xu Zifan,â 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.
âYour Highness, but I didââ Li Jianjun could not complete his words as Lóng Wei interrupted him.
âIf you donât want to lose your tongue, kneel before Xu Zifan,â Lóng Wei stressed upon his words this time.
When Li Jianjun didnât do that Lóng Wei walked up to him and punched his abdomen hard.
Jianjun withered in pain and he immediately got on his knees.
âWhy did you threaten him? Do you think you are strong enough to threaten my people?â Lóng Wei questioned him and pointed the dagger at Jianjunâs neck.
âForgive me, Your Highness,â Li Jianjun apologized in a low voice. He felt the metal of the dagger touching his skin on the neck.
âDonât apologize to me but to Xu Zifan,â Lóng Wei said with a stern tone as he withdrew the dagger. Li Jianjun complied with Lóng Weiâs command and lowered his head.
He asked for Xu Zifanâs forgiveness and kept his tone as humble as possible.
When he was done apologizing, he looked at Lóng Wei, who said, âI 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.â
âYes, Your Highness,â 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.
âYour Father has to lose his ministerial position if you make any wrong move. You do not want to end up like Kang Huijuan, right?â Lóng Wei smirked at him. Li Jianjun understood what the Prince meant and he nodded his head.
âYou are dismissed,â Lóng Wei told Jianjun. He stood up and bowed again.
âLi Jianjun, donât think that I am a fool who has let you go. One wrong move and your family be crushed by me,â Lóng Wei again warned him.
âI will keep His Highnessâs statement in my mind,â Jianjun said and left the office.