The Hickey of the Demon Lord: The Substitute Princess

Chapter 22

Nangong Zheng narrowed his black eyes slightly, inspecting the gray and watery pupils on her fair face, secretly laughed at her overreaching, and let out a cold snort. "Don't you burn the whole house down."

"Please rest assured, my lord, I don't have that much ability." Wiping the tears on her face, she stood up and put in chopped green onion and salt.

Cover the pot again, the firewood in the stove is very prosperous, after a while of silence, the fresh and steaming aroma gradually rises with the white smoke.

Su Min turned around slowly, her tone was very calm. "The kitchen smells of smoke and fire, the prince should go out."

"I'm afraid you'll burn yourself." He raised one corner of his lips and said with a sneer. "Not every woman can be associated with being virtuous and virtuous."

Su Min turned her face away. She filled a bowl of porridge, stopped, and was about to pass him with the tray, but he stopped him halfway.

"You woman really don't know how to be a wife. Don't you see me standing here?" He hadn't seen her for several days, so he could naturally feel the indifference hidden in her bones.

Her pride, which gave her a frail appearance, was covered with thorns.

"My lord, there is no outsider present, so don't waste this kind of hypocrisy." Su Min smiled slightly, and the smile rippled in her eyes, but her tone of voice did not carry a hint of it. Laugh and be happy.

She is not a pampered orchid in the yard, and does not need other people's irrigation and protection. She has learned to use Zhou Yan's support to build a circle around herself.

"It just so happens that the king is also hungry, so you can serve another bowl." He commanded, and directly took out the bowl from the tray and placed it on the table.

"My cooking skills are very poor. How can the lord have such a picky appetite?" Su Min lowered his hands, and did not follow what he said. He looked straight at those sinister and charming black eyes, with a gentle expression, but of thorny gardens. "Besides, poison may have been put in my porridge. If the prince drinks anything good or bad, is he going to lock me up in the firewood room for the rest of his life?"

Nan Gongzheng sneered lowly, she is not a stupid lady, once her gentle temperament is provoked, her sharp teeth and sharp mouth will make you look impressive.

Of course, it is precisely because no matter how gentle the animals are, they will fight back, rather than a pool of stagnant water, which makes the whole game twists and turns, exciting and interesting.

"why are you laughing?"

Su Min frowned, his smile made her feel uneasy, like a cunning beast, he used his smile to cover up the viciousness and evil in his heart.

He approached a few steps, making her want to shrink back nervously, but his big palm was already pressing her waist, and his right hand was gently stroking her delicate neck, his eyes were bewildered, and his tone was extremely gentle. "Is it painful..."

It was this powerful and cruel right hand that slapped her back then!
Su Min's heart trembled, wondering if he wanted her to relive that grief again.

"If you hadn't provoked me that time, I usually wouldn't hit a woman." He pulled her body vigorously so that her back was pressed tightly against his chest, his arms had already turned into solid steel, blocking the her chest.

He trapped her, and his handsome face slowly moved down, resting on her neck, feeling the fear in her heart, and his black eyes sank deeper and deeper.

"You are a smart woman, and you will never make the same mistake. Let me have a chance to hit you a second time." His handsome face was pressed against her neck that had been injured and swollen, and his starry eyes shone deeply in the moonlight. The color, the meaning is difficult to understand.

She escaped from his embrace, the remaining temperature on her skin made her feel scorching hot.

She tightly locked those black eyes, and frantically wiped the traces of skin contact with her sleeves, as if his breath was still imprinted on the snowy skin.

"Please rest assured, my lord, my eyes tell me that Tong is your weakness, and I have no intention of seeking my own death."

"But you still went to the plum garden to look for him these two days, didn't you? Duplicity." Nan Gongzheng raised his thick eyebrows, and his sculpted and handsome face was once again covered with gloom and sternness, without any tenderness.

"What made you go to him?"

"I want to know why?" Su Min tried her best not to lose her sense of proportion, she had already guessed his suspicion, a faint smile flickered in her eyes, and her mouth slightly opened. "Why doesn't the prince ask Tong?"

Nan Gongzheng mentioned it without ignoring every expression of Su Min. "He said that it's boring to be alone in the garden, and he needs someone to chat with him, is that true?"

"Of course it's not that simple." Knowing that what he said were all temptations, Su Min's eyes rolled, and a cluster of gleams flashed.

Her brows were stretched out, and her cold demeanor made her handsome face seem somewhat repulsive. "He hates me very much. He orders me as he pleases, dispatches me, and embarrasses me by virtue of his status as a patient. These things make him happy."

"You don't have to let him go." He doubted the credibility of her words.

"Anyway, doesn't the lord just want me to get along with Tong in peace? Besides, I don't have the same knowledge as a child." This sentence overflowed from her lips, and she didn't take it seriously. After coming to the palace for more than two months, she was already naive. no longer.

"Tong is happy, I won't offend the prince."

She turned around, filled a bowl of porridge with a calm expression, and placed it on the table.

From tonight, I learned that there was someone watching her, and that person was most likely Mother Qiao.

Therefore, her every move will fall into Nangong Zheng's eyes.

She put the wooden chopsticks on both sides, and looked at him calmly. Since he wanted to eat, she would satisfy him. Anyway, the name of Nangong Zheng was written on the rice.

Nangong Zheng sat expressionlessly at the wooden kitchen table, a scene he had never encountered in 24 years. Two bowls of porridge were placed on the simple wooden table.

Fragrant rice, green vegetables, and pure white mushrooms are surrounded together. The color is very refreshing, and the aroma is tangy. It is a simple food for hunger, but it can easily arouse people's appetite in winter nights.

Su Min drank a spoonful, and the warm rice soup and vegetables slid into his tongue, warming his body.Nangong Zheng took a good look at her complacent expression, and couldn't help but also took a bite.

"There is one thing that this king has suspected for a long time." Frowning slightly, Nan Gongzheng didn't know how to describe this feeling.

"What? There is a huge mystery hidden in me, and I have the ability to make the prince suspicious all the time?" Su Min raised her eyebrows silently, suddenly feeling uneasy.

Did he see any damn flaws in himself again?

What it is, she desperately wants to know, so that she can justify herself, otherwise, she is afraid that this situation will make it impossible for her to go through sooner or later.

"Tell me, what do you think of your cooking skills? Can people eat this food?" Nangong Zheng put down the spoon in his hand with a sullen face.

"What?" Su Min was slightly startled, struggling to figure out where his anger came from.

"It's too salty and too heavy! It's said that the taste of Jiangnan should be sweeter." Nangong Zheng's eyes instantly became dark and gloomy.

"It's salty..." She frowned slightly, stood up, poured a cup of tea, and placed it in front of Nangong Zheng.Her eyes flickered, and she hurriedly spit out this sentence. "The taste is too strong, the prince doesn't need to eat it."

"You're such a delicate young miss. It's a great blessing for me to marry you." He sneered, his eyes became hot, and he wandered wantonly on her body.

Su Min lowered his eyebrows and became silent, his disgust poured out from every word.

He was laughing at her uselessness.

"Forget it, in view of the dowry in those dozens of boxes, this king should treat you better occasionally." Nangong Zheng held a wait-and-see attitude, his eyes wandered silently over her eyebrows, and he smiled relievedly, but the smile In Su Min's eyes, it seemed a little grim and malicious.

it is good?
When did he treat himself better?

"I have some news. I pity you for being trapped in the capital without knowing anything, so I will tell you."

Nangong Zheng got up, and his tall and handsome figure walked around the table behind her.

A warm male breath blew on the back of her neck, causing an inexplicable throbbing in her heart, which made her flustered.A gust of cold wind blew out the candles on the stove, there was no candlelight in the room, the moonlight was dim outside the window, and no one could be seen clearly, what was he planning.

"What news?" Su Min stood up suddenly, with a bit of hostility in his heart. In the dark kitchen, he couldn't see clearly what expression he had when he said these words.

Nangong Zheng's cold voice penetrated the air: "It has something to do with the Su family."

Su Min's heart clenched, her hands clasped tightly on the edge of the wooden table, and her fingertips pierced deeply into the gap.

"The main store of the Su family's bank was robbed last night, and countless gold, silver and antiques were lost. Thinking about it, most of the Su family's doorsteps today are people who are crusading against merchants." Nan Gongzheng's voice was emotionless, as if the Su family he was talking about, It's the same as any other family, there is no difference.

He slowly moved away from behind her, sat loosely on the wooden table, and looked at her with slanted black eyes: "It's really a leak in the house and it rains all night, and accidents happen again and again in the Su family. If you want to regain your reputation, you are also afraid of poor turnover." .”

Su Min clenched her lower lip slightly, clasped her hands tightly, looked at his face, and through those dark eyes, tried to figure out the credibility of the news.

His eyes were bright, and he understood that she had some doubts about what he said, so he walked to the kitchen door and left this sentence.

Su Min's heart twitched, and more anxiety came, and he hurriedly followed behind.

Turning his back, Nan Gongzheng smiled faintly, with a free and easy and outstanding handsome look between his brows. "Master Su's illness has just improved, and it's a bit tricky to encounter this kind of thing again."

His business has nothing to do with him, he stays out of it, and his calm and breezy attitude seems to be a lot of thorns in her heart at the same time.

"My lord, is what you said true?"

He sneered silently, even more alienated: "Since you don't believe it, then forget it. I don't care about being such a good person."

Su Min chased after him suddenly, tightly grasping the sleeves of Nangong Zheng's Chinese robe with both hands, preventing him from leaving just like that.

(End of this chapter)