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  Li Mu suddenly realized: "Compliance is not necessarily surrender. Leng Yu, your intention is that you comply with me only because you can't resist."

  Isn't this ridiculous? Xue Lengyu almost wanted to sneer: "Your Highness, even if I'm in a lowly position, I'm still a human being with flesh and blood. If I could resist, who would be willing to be bullied by others? Tonight, it may bring you a sense of conquest, but for me, it's just humiliation. Even if I don't dare to resist, can it be considered mutual affection?"

  "It's actually the first time, on my bed, that a woman has spoken such reason to me." Li Mu's interest increased by several points, and his idea of simply lifting her up was somewhat diminished.

  He has many women and doesn't care about having one more or one less. Xue Lengyu is beautiful, but the women in his garden are all beautiful, just as Li Yan said, they are all beautiful, but their beauty is not much different.

  On this side, Xue Lengyu's thoughts were all gone, his heart was as still as water. On the other side, Li Mu had a hint of hesitation in his heart. Although what he did was blatant, but to say it so directly, Xue Lengyu was the first one.

  The hand that had already unbuttoned two buttons paused slightly. Just as it was hesitating, a soft knock came from outside the door.

  Li Mu furrowed his brow, but didn't remove his hand from Xue Lengyu's shoulder. He said coldly, "Come in."

  At this time, dare to disturb him. There are not many people.

  The person outside the door may have hesitated after all, paused for a moment, and then pushed open the door with their slender fingers and walked in.

  "What's up?" Li Mu wrapped a strand of green silk around his fingers, playing with it without lifting his head. From the footsteps, he knew it was Shu Li. Just now, he hadn't thought much about it, but thinking back, when Murong Haoran went to find Xue Lengyu, Shu Li was there, he should have known everything, yet he didn't say anything to him.

  Thinking back further, perhaps when following Xue Lengyu home, Shu Li already knew something. He had never kept anything from himself, or maybe he really felt that such things were not worth mentioning.

  She lowered her eyelids and didn't look at the ambiguous scene in front of the bed.

  Xue Lengyu stood by the bed, motionless, her black hair cascading down like a waterfall. But it couldn't cover up the slightly open neckline. Li Mu's hand was placed on her collar, at that angle, he should be able to see the scenery inside her clothes.

  Although there was a hint of annoyance in his heart, he didn't show any expression. His voice remained calm and gentle: "Your Highness, I have something to report. Please let Xue Lengyu withdraw."

  Li Mu slightly raised his eyes and looked at Shu Li, wanting to refuse, but still withdrew his hand: "Xue Lengyu, you go out first. Tonight, don't come."

  "Yes." Xue Lengyu also didn't care about the eerie atmosphere now, nor did she bother to button up her collar, and simply turned around expressionlessly and walked out. Her expression was as usual.

  Xue Lengyu walked out of the room and closed the door. She didn't go back to her room, but instead headed straight out of the Fengyuan Garden. The emotions that had been suppressed in Li Mu's house finally burst forth, but she had to hold them in, at least until she was somewhere with no one around.

  When no one can protect her, she doesn't want anyone to see a hint of weakness.

  Xue Lengyu walked out of the room, and Li Mu only then looked at Shu Li, coldly saying: "You've taken a liking to her?"

  "Xue Lengyu used to be Murong Haoran's woman." Shu Lidan said faintly, "I think it's better not to make a move."

  "When did you know?" Li Mu asked.

  "After some thought, Shu Li said: I knew that Xue Leng Yu had a husband's family when she went home with her this afternoon. Because at that time she said she didn't want to be the king's woman, so I didn't tell the king. In the evening, I followed Mu Rong Hao Xuan and only then did I know he was Xue Leng Yu's ex-husband. It's just that there hasn't been an opportunity to tell the king yet."

  "Why can't I move her?" Li Mu said: "Even if Haoran still has a mind for her, he was divorced after all. Would he tear his face off with me over something like this."

  "It won't come to that." Shu Li said, "But I'm afraid there will always be a grudge in our hearts. Although the prince doesn't have to put Mu Rong Hao Xuan in his eyes, he is also an indispensable force for us at this time. Now making trouble with Mu Rong Hao Xuan is not wise. Moreover, it's because of a woman who is not worth it."

  In fact, it was a truly considerate remark. Li Mu actually understood this too, he just couldn't swallow his pride earlier.

  "Never mind." Li Mu stood up: "I know, you can go."

  "Yes." With a slight nod, he was about to leave.

  "Wait a minute." Rubbing his brow, Li Mu finally sighed and said: "Go take a look at her. Although she seems very calm, I think she should be scared out of her wits. Since she used to be Haoran's concubine, there shouldn't be any problem. But Shuli, we've been together for over ten years, you're under me, but I also consider you a brother. If you have feelings for her, let's wait until this matter is settled before saying anything."

  Shu Li was his most trusted subordinate. For Xue Leng Yu, a woman like that, whether it was creating distance with Murong Haoxuan or making Shu Li feel depressed, for him, were both things that weren't worth the cost.

  "Understood." Shu Li nodded and followed him out of the door.

  Out of the door, Shu Li swept a glance at Xue Lengyu's room. The light was not on, and the door was still closed. Looking again at the gate of the courtyard, it was actually open with a small gap, as if someone had gone out.

  The Wang Fu is so big, Xue Leng Yu wants to be a person running around, it's really not easy to find. A girl who has been bullied but still stubborn, I suppose she would find a deserted place to heal her wounds alone.

  After calming down and thinking for a moment, in the Wang Fu, Xue Leng Yu wasn't familiar with this place. It was already so late, she shouldn't dare to run around randomly either. There was no one else who knew about her going to that cold and deserted place, only the flower hall.

  Knitting his brow, Shu Li lifted up his long gown and strode out of the Maple Garden without going through the door.

  Nor did he know why, but after ruthlessly rejecting Xue Lengyu's plea for help and returning to his room, he couldn't calm down. Closing his eyes, he could still see Xue Lengyu's calm and composed face hiding deep despair and helplessness.

  Even after following Li Mu for over a decade, and having practically grown up together, on ordinary days, Li Mu didn't treat him as an inferior. However, he himself knew that their status would forever be worlds apart. He couldn't bring himself to defy Li Mu's wishes for the sake of a woman.

  He wanted to make himself not care so much. But as time passed, his anxiety grew, and he finally couldn't bear it anymore and got up. Forget it, he had been calm and composed for over twenty years, so why not be impulsive just this once.

  Entering Li Mu's room, Shu Li couldn't help but feel fortunate that she hadn't arrived late. Xue Leng Yu was just as he had imagined, expressionless, and even a bit pale, standing in front of Li Mu. Just as she had said herself, she couldn't resist life, could only open her eyes and obey, but such a scene made his heart ache.

  Without a loud cry or struggle, such a helpless yet stubbornly unyielding woman made his heart ache even more.

  With a worried heart, he used his light skill and after just a few ups and downs, he stood at the edge of the flower hall. He took slow steps and slowly walked in, as expected, under the tall flower tree, he saw a small figure leaning against the trunk, with both arms around his knees, head lowered and buried between his legs, probably crying.

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