Chapter 65: Her late night visitor 2 (2/2)

He ran his fingers through hers and held her arm, ”let us go”, he said smiling. Zhu Fengyin looked up at him with her big soulful eyes and glanced at their interwoven hands turned around and walked in with him.

She had seen him since he visited her late last night

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last night, at Zhu Fengyin's room.

Zhu Fengyin dismissed her maids for the night to get some sleep. After tossing and turning for some time she finally gave up on sleep, she sat up on the bed and stepped down from the bed. The room was dim save for a few Candles set in strategic positions in the room.

To distract herself from the obvious, Zhu Fengyin took out a book from the bookshelf and picking up a candle. She brought them both to the reading table. Placing the candle on the table, she flipped the book open and began to read.

A few pages into her book, there was a whizz of air from the window as a dark figure jumped into the room. She rushed out of her seat worried until she saw it was Lu Yingjie.

”Your Grace!”

Lu Yingjie sat on the seat opposite hers, ”seat, I need to speak to you”.

Zhu Fengyin returned to her seat, ”if it is about the scandal, I swear that I and Yaya had nothing to do with that. We are being framed!”

”I am not here to talk about that. We have been married for months now, I have treated you well haven't I?”

Zhu Fengyin nodded ”Yes you have”.

”Are you still in communication with your father? You must answer me honestly Fengyin. We are husband and wife, Fengyin. After marriage, we become one. We live or die together if we are to make this marriage work, we have to trust each other”.

After the painful events of her past life, Zhu Fengyin knew not to trust her father. He would sacrifice her for power any day, there were no benefits in being loyal to him. She looked up to him and informed him that she had exchanged secret messages with her father a few times since their marriage.

She relayed the content of each message and her response, Lu Yingjie silently watched her for a few seconds when she was done. Then replied ”Good, get some sleep. We will talk tomorrow”

She didn't know what to make of his response but from his actions now, she could only assume that he believed her.

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The Present, At Madam Lu's courtyard.

Madam Lu looked was shocked to see her usually serious eldest son walk in holding his traitorous wife's hand. She sat up and glared at Zhu Fengyin before glancing at her son ”Yingjie, you are back early”.

”His majesty release court early” he replied then drawing Zhu Fengyin closer he continued ”please don't take your anger out on Fengyin or Su Liya mother. They had nothing to do with what happened yesterday”.

”How sure are of that! Yingjie, you are still young. You can't judge these things emotionally.”

”I already investigated everything mother, the maids involved weren't normal maids. Zhu Fengyin is my wife mother, she doesn't deserve to be treated this way”.

”Since you said that, I will believe you. I am tired, indeed to rest. I won't see you off” Madam Lu was supported by her maid Nanny Liu as she left the room.