Chapter 423 (2/2)

Ning Yuxuan's gaze dimmed. He gloomily turned his head away. ”What's Heaven like?”

Ji Man described the modern world to him. At the end, she smiled and asked, ”Isn't Heaven really awesome?”

”So that's why you want to go back so much?” Marquis Moyu's voice had dropped a bit.

Ji Man paused before smiling as she answered, ”I have my own life to live.”

”Then...”

Then, what about me...

Ning Yuxuan closed his eyes. ”Nie Sangyu's wish is just for me to say, ”I love you”?”

Ji Man scratched her head and awkwardly smiled. ”It's probably that. Are you willing to give it a try for me?”

”Not willing.” Ning Yuxuan turned over. His expression wasn't very good as he said, ”It's getting late. Go to sleep.”

Ji Man, ”...”

She didn't know where it had come from, but there was a small ember of warmth in her heart. Ji Man curled up in her quilt and closed her eyes too.

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Zhao Zhe kept the two of them locked up for several more days. The court officials presented pet.i.tions, but he continued to keep Ning Yuxuan under confinement. It was because as soon as Ning Yuxuan was free, he might not be able to keep him from rescuing Nie Sangyu.

His trusted followers also tried to persuade him. She was only a mere woman. Why offend Marquis Moyu because of her? Zhao Zhe pursed his lips and stayed silent. It was easy to find other women, but he couldn't forget the woman that had struggled to live in the river. In his dreams, he frequently saw the shadow of that memory and the image of her calmly saluting him in later encounters while saying a perfunctory greeting.

Where could he find another woman like her? She was courageous but also capable of scheming. She knew when to advance and when to retreat. He couldn't let her go. When he was Zhangjun Prince, he had restrained his heart because he needed Shen Clan's power. Since he was emperor now, why couldn't he do what he wanted?

For every day that she wouldn't yield, he would keep her under confinement for another day.

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Ning Mingjie went to the imperial prison to check on Sangyu. He was deeply worried and even wanted to help the emperor persuade Sangyu to enter the inner palace. How could her days in prison be good? She was only a woman.

But, when he walked to the deeper part of the prison, before he had even arrived at her cell, he heard the faint sounds of laughter.

”Sangyu's brazen behavior in the past really could have been a match to Zhu Yurun's. They even both dared to climb over the walls of your estate.” Ji Man was smiling as she said to Ning Yuxuan, ”She's such a wonderful girl that dares to love and hate. If you had properly loved her, I wouldn't have needed to come here.”

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