The abstinent and powerful minister is cold and aloof during the day, but he adores her in his dream

Chapter 121 confirms that it was undoubtedly the girl from his dream.
His voice was not deliberately lowered.

Before the officials who were talking to Lu Zhan could even react to who the young lady was, they saw that the once calm and composed Lord Lu's expression had changed.

By the time they realized what was happening, Lu Zhan had already strode out, with Duan Ling close behind.

In the private room next door, Lu Zhan, with a sullen face, pushed open the door.

However, the scene inside was blocked by the screen erected in front of the door. Only vague figures could be seen inside, which looked very chaotic, accompanied by screams and angry shouts.

"What happened?" Lu Zhan asked in a deep voice.

"Lord Lu, come quick! A vile woman is bullying Wanwan and even scalded her hand with tea!" Ouyang Zhenzhu shouted as soon as she heard Lu Zhan's voice.

Lu Zhan didn't hesitate any longer and quickly walked inside.

Just then, Madam Liang emerged from behind the screen, smiling obsequiously, and said, "Lord Lu, it's just a young lady's playful squabble, nothing serious. I'll handle it. There are only women inside; it's not appropriate for you to go in..."

"Get out!" Lu Zhan spat out a single word with icy coldness.

Madam Liang was startled and was pushed aside by Chen Jiu, who followed her in.

Lu Zhan walked around the screen and went inside.

The place was in complete chaos.

The old woman and her maidservant were wrestling together.

The other ladies stood indifferently to the side, watching with their hands folded.

Among them, a noblewoman adorned with gold and silver, and a beautiful young girl, accompanied by two old women, were aggressively approaching Zhiwan and Ouyang Zhenzhu.

"You two good-for-nothings, you think you're so great? Don't you even know where you are? You just burned your hands, and you dare to fight back? If I let you leave here unscathed today, you'll be out of a job in Yangzhou! Hold them down!" After saying this, Madam Qiao waved her hand, and the two old women below immediately pounced on the two women.

Zeng Jiayi, who had been unable to contain herself for a long time, eagerly extended her sharp fingers toward Zhiwan.

She hated the vixen's appearance and wanted to scratch her face and ruin her looks!

Seeing this, Lu Zhan's face turned icy cold. He grabbed a stool next to him and threw it at the group of people.

"boom!"

"Ouch!"

After the loud bang, there were several screams.

The old woman and Zeng Jiayi and her daughter, who had been baring their teeth and brandishing their claws, were now pinned to the ground by a stool and unable to get up due to the pain.

The maids and servants who were wrestling were so frightened that they stopped what they were doing.

"cousin!"

"Lord Lu!"

"Sir!"

Zhiwan, Ouyang Zhenzhu, and Granny Fang and others called out with joy.

Lu Zhan walked straight towards Zhi Wan with a stern face. After quickly looking her up and down, he noticed that she was holding her left hand with her right, and the skin on her left wrist was already bright red. His heart sank. "Does it hurt a lot?"

Zhiwan composed herself and shook her head, saying, "It doesn't hurt much anymore, just a slight burning sensation."

It hurt quite a bit when I first got burned, but it doesn't hurt as much now.

Seeing her bright red wrist, Lu Zhan pursed his thin lips and said coldly, "Chen Jiu, drag all these people out and pour boiling tea over them!"

The servants and maids were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.

Madam Liang and several other noblewomen who had been standing by were also shocked and turned pale.

They're just two down-on-their-luck folks, why is Lord Lu so angry?
Ouyang Zhenzhu pointed at Zeng Jiayi, who had just gotten up from the ground, and complained, "Lord Lu, it was her! She scalded Wanwan with boiling tea! You must not let her get away with this!" Upon hearing this, Lu Zhan glanced coldly at Zeng Jiayi.

Zeng Jiayi was taken aback, then looked at him pitifully, "Lord Lu, I didn't mean to, and Miss Zhi also tripped me, she..."

"The one who starts it is despicable!" Lu Zhan interrupted her coldly, turning his gaze to Chen Jiu, "Do you know what to do?"

Chen Jiu understood, picked up the teapot on the table, and said to Granny Fang, "Drag her over here!"

Granny Fang and Shuang'er immediately stepped forward, dragged Zeng Jiayi, who was still in a daze, over, and pressed her down on the table.

"Stop!" Qiao was terrified and screamed as she rushed forward, only to be kicked away by Chen Jiu.

"Bang!" Qiao fell to the ground and fainted.

Upon seeing this, the women, led by Madam Liang, were so frightened that they fell silent.

Chen Jiu threw away the teapot lid and poured the tea all over Zeng Jiayi's arm.

"Ahhh-"

When the officials arrived, they witnessed this scene.

Zeng Gong staggered, then angrily said, "Lord Lu, even if my daughter is wrong, you don't need to..."

"When your daughter scalded someone with tea, you didn't seem worried or stop her! Now, when the tea spilled on her, you finally seem worried?" Lu Zhan's cold eyes swept over him indifferently.

Zeng Gong clenched his fist, about to say something more, but Liang Qixian stopped him with a wink, "In today's matter, Jiayi was indeed in the wrong first. Look how this has turned out, even scalding Miss Zhi. Lord Lu is naturally anxious."

Lu Zhan ignored them, took Zhiwan's hand, and led her out of the private room.

Zhiwan's mind went blank, and she even forgot to pull her hand away from her cousin's.

Fangfei had just finished dancing and was about to go upstairs with the prefect's men to drink with the distinguished guests when she saw the young master who had come to Haitang Pavilion on the rainy night last time. He was coldly pulling a girl downstairs and heading straight to the backyard.

Fangfei paused, curious about what they were going to do, but the subordinate urged impatiently, "Miss Fangfei, hurry upstairs, don't keep our distinguished guests waiting."

Fangfei went upstairs somewhat disappointed.

At this moment, by the well in the backyard of the restaurant.

Lu Zhan drew a bucket of well water, placed it on the ground, then took the woman's hand and put it into the bucket, saying, "Put your hand in and soak it for a while."

Zhiwan finally came to her senses, and a strange feeling arose in her heart.

Why did my cousin hold her hand?
Has he forgotten that men and women should not touch each other?

But after soaking in the cold well water, the burning sensation on her wrist was indeed relieved, so she didn't think much of it and assumed that her cousin cared about her and genuinely regarded her as a younger sister, which was why he had put aside the traditional boundaries between men and women.

After all, her hand was burned.

Thinking about it this way, Zhiwan felt a warmth in her heart.

Therefore, she didn't notice the strange look on her cousin's face when he held her left hand and put it into the water.

Lu Zhan's dark eyes stared sharply at his cousin's hand.

Under the moonlight, the girl's slender and beautiful hands appeared even more fair and long, naturally spread out in the water, and in the gap between her index and middle fingers, there was a tiny red mole...

Upon seeing the mole, Lu Zhan's mind went blank; the usually calm man was thrown into complete disarray.

Despite the various signs on his cousin's body indicating that she was the girl in his dream, and despite his repeated attempts to see the mole on her hand to confirm his suspicions, he never saw a mole on her hand and dared not draw any conclusions.

Now, he finally saw that special little mole on his cousin's hand, proving without a doubt that his cousin was the girl in his dreams!

Lu Zhan: My cousin has really kept it a secret!
Zhiwan: ...

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