"I know." Ji Ningtian said, reaching out and caressing Fang Zilan's frown, "But if someone makes you unhappy, I will still feel bad."
Fang Zilan raised her hand and grabbed Ji Ningtian's hand. Her voice was a little softer, "Did you hear it just now?"
"Not a single word left." Ji Ningtian had a smile on his face, and his whole person looked much softer. "My Lan'er has grown up."
"Doesn't that mean I failed your teaching?" There was a hint of probing in her tone, and the smile in Ji Ningtian's eyes deepened, "It's better than what I taught you. It's just..."
"But what?" She asked curiously, but he smiled and said nothing.
"That's what you said." Fang Zilan's voice was coquettish, and this natural little daughter's demeanor made her even startled.
Ji Ningtian didn't notice anything strange about her. He grabbed her hand with his backhand and brought her into his arms, then turned and sat down.
For a moment, their positions changed. She leaned on Ji Ningtian's arms and looked at him intently, only to hear him write lightly: "But I didn't expect that my Lan'er would be so loyal and patriotic. "
"Loyal to the king and patriotic?" Fang Zilan laughed dumbly, "My king has always been the only son." The words were spoken involuntarily, but they seemed to come from the heart.
Ji Ningtian suppressed a smile and said, "If one day in the future, I overturn the world, will Lan'er stand by my side or the people of the world?"
She was stunned for a moment, and for some reason she suddenly thought of Li Shengxuan.
She recalled that time in the mountains when Li Shengxuan said that the world would eventually belong to him. At that time, she only felt it was a pity, but now when she thought about it, she had mixed feelings, and her selfishness was a bit intolerable.
Fang Zilan suppressed her thoughts, and her voice had a subtle tremor, "If I stand next to the people of the world, will the young master kill me?"
"No." Ji Ningtian answered neatly and without any hesitation, which made her at a loss.
In her mind, Ji Ningtian was always someone who would do whatever it took to achieve his goals. Being an enemy of him would be a dead end.
Not two words came out of his mouth, leaving her with no sense of reality. She subconsciously asked why.
"Have you forgotten Lan'er?" Ji Ningtian took out a hand holding Fang Zilan and pushed her hair behind her ears. His voice was as gentle as water, like a lover's whisper, "I don't want to be beautiful, but I want to be unparalleled in the world. Lan'er, you are my unparalleled one."
Ji Ningtian's eyes were so endearing that she almost fell into it and couldn't extricate herself, but there was always a voice in her mind reminding her that the person in front of her was not only Ji Ningtian, but also the turbulent Lord of the Ghost Sect, King Yuning. .
"Master..." Fang Zilan said slowly, "Awan is still watching."
Ji Ningtian saw her blushing to her ears and said with a smile, "My woman, you can't be so thin-skinned."
"Young Master!" She tugged on his sleeve and motioned for him to let go, but he had no intention of letting her go.
She could only say softly: "I'm afraid there will be another tough battle in Jinxi Tower tonight. If the young master doesn't let me prepare, I'm afraid I will really be bullied."
"With me here, they don't dare." Ji Ningtian said and held Fang Zilan's hand, but she sighed, "Lan'er knows that the young master is good to me. To think that the Fang family and the Ouyang family agreed so readily, just I'm afraid that the young master is worrying behind his back. I can't let the young master's hard work go to waste. I must secure the top position in the north and become Li Shengxuan's support. It's just..."
She hesitated for a moment, then continued, "It's just that with so many pairs of eyes in the capital staring at you, the young master should definitely not appear in the north at this time. I don't want to let the young master get into trouble because of my own selfish wishes."
"A private wish?" Ji Ningtian repeated the word, with an even bigger smile on his face, "So, Lan'er wants to see me?"
"Young master, we are talking about business." Fang Zilan gave Ji Ningtian a helpless look, but he seemed not to have seen him, "There is a shadow in the capital, no one will be suspicious. What's more, everyone in the world knows that King Yuning is a sitting duck. No one would associate me with a cripple in a wheelchair."
"Young master, staying here will only distract me." Fang Zilan's voice was a bit colder. She couldn't tell whether the so-called distraction was passion or wariness, but she knew very well that she could never let him stay by her side.
"Since Lan'er wants me to leave." Ji Ningtian let go of his hand and stood up with the person in his arms, "What's the problem if I leave?"
Hearing this, a slight panic flashed across her face, and she hurriedly said, "You know that's not what I meant."
Subconsciously speaking, she couldn't help but want to grab his sleeve to hold him back, but in the moment of clarity, her hand stopped in mid-air and finally let it go.
"I know." Ji Ningtian took in all Fang Zilan's little moves, suppressed a smile and sighed, "My Lan'er has grown up and has things to do, so I can't distract you. But Lan'er, you have to remember..."
Ji Ningtian paused as he spoke, raised his hand to support her shoulders, exerted a slight force, and said word by word: "You can always be mine."
"I know." She lowered her head and avoided Ji Ningtian's gaze, "I will always be the sword in the hands of the young master, the sword that only belongs to the young master."
As long as he gives an order, it will be a sea of swords and fire, and she will not hesitate.
Just for his supremacy, which is where her sword points.
After Ji Ningtian left, Fang Zilan sat silently on the main seat. During this period, Awan made another batch of medicine for her and watched her drink it before she felt a little relieved.
As the sky grew dark, Fang Zilan looked up, asked Awan what time it was, and asked her to prepare a carriage to go to Jinxi Tower.
Awan was a little confused, "It's still a while before the appointed time, why should we go there so early?"
"I'm afraid someone is ahead of us." Fang Zilan sat in the carriage, showing no emotion.
Awan frowned slightly, thought for a moment and asked again: "Are you talking about Wang Quanzhi?"
"Wang Quanzhi didn't know whether what I said before was true or false. Now that people from the Fang family and Ouyang family have come, he has been turned away again. After finally getting my invitation, do you think he can still sit still?" Fang Zilan's lips curled up. With a slight hook, like a sneaky cat, showing an indescribable laziness and cunning, "Little Awan, just watch, there will be a good show later."
"Say it as if it has nothing to do with you." Awan shook his head helplessly and stopped talking.
Fang Zilan didn't speak again and closed her eyes to rest her mind along the way.
It wasn't until Vice General Cao said outside the carriage that he had arrived that she opened her eyes again and got off the carriage with Awan.
Fang Zilan looked at the Jinxi Tower with lanterns hanging in front of her and filled the courtyard with wealth, and praised leisurely, "It is indeed the most prestigious restaurant in Yanzhou City. It is indeed unparalleled in prosperity."
