After the Foolish Beauty Wore Women's Clothes and Married the Brutal General - Chapter 8.2

Chapter 8.2

This posture made Nan Jianxue laugh. “Are you really going to stay chaste for your beloved?”

Liang Qifeng didn’t answer.

Nan Jianxue continued, “But you’re already married to me. Even if we get a divorce in the future, you’ll be on your second marriage. Doesn’t that count as being defiled by me?”

Liang Qifeng: “…”

Nan Jianxue continued, “If your beloved finds out that you’re living in the same room and sleeping in the same bed as me, will he despise you?”

Liang Qifeng: “…”

“Your beloved…”

“Nan Jianxue,” Liang Qifeng interrupted him, “Mind your own business.”

Nan Jianxue pouted. “Fine. You’re so boring. You won’t even talk to me.”

With that, he turned to talk to Qingqian.

Liang Qifeng couldn’t understand how this person had managed to cultivate such a cold and aloof image outside.

He was a complete chatterbox.

By the time Nan Jianxue finished talking to Qingqian and lay down in bed, it was half an hour later. It was Qingqian who had to forcefully interrupt her, half-coax her into bed, and stuff a storybook into her hands for her to read before sleeping.

“This one isn’t good,” Nan Jianxue complained, but still opened the book and began to read.

However, lying in bed like this, he quickly started to feel sleepy. He yawned, put the book away, and said groggily, “Qingqian, turn off the light.”

The room quickly became quiet.

Liang Qifeng lay on the “bed” piled with several blankets, listening to the sounds from Nan Jianxue’s side. Before long, he heard the long, drawn-out sounds of breathing.

Nan Jianxue was already asleep.

But his sleep wasn’t peaceful.

Perhaps it was because he was still not used to having another person in the room, or perhaps he was simply tired. Not long after he fell asleep, he began to have a nightmare. He dreamed that an assassin had broken into the room.

The assassin was extremely brutal. He came in with a sword and began to kill anyone he saw. The people guarding the door were almost all killed in a single blow. Only Liang Qifeng in the room blocked him for a moment, but Liang Qifeng was also quickly killed. The assassin then came to him with the sword.

Nan Jianxue looked at the dark figure and felt a chill run from his tailbone straight up his spine to the top of his head. The fear didn’t even disappear after he opened his eyes.

He immediately looked at the dark side of the bed, and only after confirming that there was no one there did he let out a sigh of relief, raising a hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

He wanted to wrap himself tightly in the blanket to dispel the lingering chill on his body, but he found that the blanket was gone again. He could only grope around on the bed.

At this moment, a faint sound came from the direction of the window, as if the window bolt had been picked open.

Nan Jianxue immediately froze.

Then came the sound of the wind, blowing from the window with a chill. Although there was no strange smell, it still made Nan Jianxue feel the blood in his whole body run cold.

He hesitated between pretending to be asleep and making a sound and chose to get up.

If it were just a thief, then so be it, but if it were someone else…

His face was pale, and he moved towards the side of the bed, trying his best not to make a sound.

After getting out of bed, he groped his way towards where Liang Qifeng was sleeping.

They were a bit far apart. His foot was injured, and he didn’t dare to move too fast, afraid of making any noise. He felt that the distance, which wasn’t close to begin with, seemed to grow even longer.

After finally making it to the side of the “bed,” Nan Jianxue finally breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to touch the person on the bed, but his outstretched fingers met with nothing.

Nan Jianxue was stunned and hadn’t even figured out the situation when he heard a very low “Nan Jianxue” from behind him.

Nan Jianxue was so scared that he flinched, and the scream that was about to escape his mouth was muffled.

“It’s me.” Liang Qifeng’s voice came with a very faint fragrance. It was the floral scent that was often lit in his room, but mixed with a little of Liang Qifeng’s own scent, it became less soft and sweet.

Nan Jianxue’s wildly beating heart leaped again. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down and then raised his hand to touch the hand that was covering his mouth.

Liang Qifeng let go of him and asked him in a strained, low voice, “Why are you wandering around in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?”

“I should be asking you that!” Nan Jianxue turned around and also lowered his voice. “I thought you were an assassin!”

When he heard this, Liang Qifeng’s cold, hard voice softened a little. “I’ve already reorganized the patrols in this manor. Don’t worry, go back to sleep.”

“You scared me sober,” Nan Jianxue raised his hand and wiped his forehead. “Why did you open the window?”

“To get some fresh air,” Liang Qifeng said.

“It’s very cold,” Nan Jianxue said, glancing at the window, and saw that it was wide open. Not to mention the wind, even a person could climb in.

Nan Jianxue immediately understood. “You’re trying to sneak out!”

Liang Qifeng: “…Go to sleep.”

He was avoiding the topic.

Nan Jianxue’s eyes immediately sharpened, and he leaned a little closer to Liang Qifeng, asking, “What are you trying to go out and do?”

“What does it have to do with you?” Liang Qifeng said. “Go to sleep.”

Nan Jianxue continued, “I need to make sure you’re not doing something to betray me.”

Liang Qifeng was speechless for a moment. “Our relationship doesn’t seem to have reached the point of discussing betrayal.”

“You’re my consort. If you go out and flirt with other people, I’m the one who will be disgraced. How does it have nothing to do with me?” Nan Jianxue said, adding, “And you’re not allowed to betray your beloved either! Are you going to tell me or not? If you don’t, the next time I see him, I’ll tell him you have someone else on the outside!”

Liang Qifeng: ?

“I’m going to the ghost market,” Liang Qifeng finally said, revealing his destination.

The ghost market?

Nan Jianxue didn’t understand. “The place that sells incense and paper money?”

“No…” Liang Qifeng paused and said hesitantly, “It’s a black market that sells everything.”

This was the first time Nan Jianxue had heard of such a place in the capital. He asked curiously, “What do they sell?”

Although he tried his best to hold it in, Liang Qifeng could still hear the excitement in his tone.

After thinking for a moment, he said, “Forbidden books, forbidden medicines, poisons, rare weapons, live animals, dead people, limbs, organs… If you’re willing to pay, you can buy anything.”

Upon hearing this answer, the curiosity on Nan Jianxue’s face instantly broke.

“How can such a place exist? Doesn’t anyone manage it?!” Nan Jianxue said in surprise. “What is the Imperial Guard doing?”

“It’s impossible to clean up completely,” Liang Qifeng said. “The ghost market is an underground industry, and it’s hard to catch them. Da Lie also banned gambling. Did the gambling dens disappear?”

Nan Jianxue was genuinely interested in this ghost market, but…

He bit his lip, conflicted. But Liang Qifeng didn’t wait for him. He said, “Go to sleep,” and began to walk away.

Nan Jianxue quickly grabbed him. “Wait! I haven’t finished thinking!”

Liang Qifeng was speechless. “Did I say I was going to take you?”

“Then I can come with you,” Nan Jianxue said. “I really want to see if it’s as scary as you say.”

Liang Qifeng nodded. “Yes, the people there are very cruel. They’ll start killing you at the slightest disagreement. A weak woman like you will go there and be gnawed down to the bone. Are you scared now?”

It was rare for him to say such a long sentence in one go, but Nan Jianxue wasn’t very scared.

Shuying had said that Liang Qifeng’s skills were unmatched in the capital, so there would be no danger with him around.

He was just a little afraid that those people would kill.

Curiosity and fear fought fiercely, and in the end, curiosity won. Nan Jianxue said, “If we go there and someone starts killing, you have to cover my eyes immediately.”

Liang Qifeng: “…”

He reminded him, “Your foot is still injured.”

“You can carry me on your back like you did during the day,” Nan Jianxue said. “Or you can push me. The wheelchair is in the room!”

Liang Qifeng: “…I’m going to do something serious.”

“Is it very urgent?” Nan Jianxue asked.

Liang Qifeng paused, hesitated for a moment, and shook his head.

“Then wait for me,” Nan Jianxue’s voice softened, with a hint of pleading. “My foot will get better soon.”

Liang Qifeng: “…No.”

Nan Jianxue immediately made a faint, low “wah” sound, like the whimper of a small animal.

“But I really want to go,” Nan Jianxue continued to beg him in that faint, pleading tone. “Please, please.”

Liang Qifeng: “…”

Nan Jianxue immediately changed his voice to a softer, sweeter, and more adorable tone, saying, “Liang Qifeng, older brother–“

Liang Qifeng: ?

“Shut up,” Liang Qifeng frowned, feeling a throbbing in his temples. “Who taught you that?”

“My imperial sister,” Nan Jianxue’s voice returned to normal, with a hint of a smile. “She said that all men fall for this. When I used to act spoiled like this with my imperial brother, he would agree to anything I wanted.”

Liang Qifeng: “…Did you forget? I’m a man who likes men.”

Nan Jianxue: “…Oh, right.”

He immediately pulled a long face, just as he was wondering what kind of spoiled behavior a man who liked men would like, Liang Qifeng suddenly nodded. “The ghost market is once a week. I’ll give you seven days. If your foot doesn’t heal, I won’t take you.”

A smile immediately appeared on Nan Jianxue’s face. “Okay! I’ll definitely get better!”

With this goal, Nan Jianxue suddenly became very active in recovering from his injury.

Qingqian was a little surprised to see him finish a bowl of bone soup without changing his expression and even eat some of the pig knuckles that he didn’t really like. “Princess, didn’t you always complain that these were too greasy? Why are you suddenly drinking it?”

“It is a little,” Nan Jianxue said with a frown, “But eating it will help me get better faster, right?”

Qingqian: ?

He was completely baffled by his princess’s sudden proactiveness, but he didn’t ask any more questions. He changed Nan Jianxue’s medicine on time every day and, at her request, also got two internal medicines, which Nan Jianxue ate along with the bone soup and pig knuckles. Nan Jianxue’s face was full of bitterness every time he ate it, and this continued for seven days.

But his efforts weren’t in vain.

On the seventh day, when the bandage was removed, the palace doctor said that his foot could move normally again.

That evening, Nan Jianxue excitedly asked Liang Qifeng when they would leave.

Liang Qifeng was speechless. “A little later.”

So Nan Jianxue went back to bed to lie down. But just thinking about going out made him too excited to sleep. He tossed and turned in his blanket until Liang Qifeng called him, and he leaped out of bed.

Liang Qifeng stood by the bed, glanced at his nightclothes, and said, “Don’t run around when we get there.”

Nan Jianxue immediately nodded, saying very sensibly, “I’ll listen to everything you say there!”

With that, he got out of bed and went to change his clothes.

But when he came back wearing a light, silky, and soft outfit, Liang Qifeng suddenly regretted agreeing to this.

He gritted his teeth. “Why are you dressed like this?”

“I don’t want to either,” Nan Jianxue sighed. “It’s too dark in the room, and I can’t comb my hair well.”

Liang Qifeng: ?

“I’m talking about your clothes!” Liang Qifeng said, pointing at his large sleeves. “We’re not going to a banquet. Go change into something more practical.”

“These are my most practical clothes,” Nan Jianxue said. “Is there a problem?”

Liang Qifeng: “…”

He simply went and grabbed a set of his own clothes to give to Nan Jianxue.

When Nan Jianxue saw the clothes, his expression froze for a moment.

“I… I don’t think so,” Nan Jianxue pushed the clothes back. “It doesn’t seem right for me to wear your personal clothes.”

Liang Qifeng said, “Either change, or I’ll go by myself. In any case, don’t think you can come with me in that outfit.”

Nan Jianxue thought for a moment and said, “Then wait for a bit.”

Liang Qifeng thought she had given in, but who would have known that this person would turn her head and call out, “Qingqian.”

Her call caught Liang Qifeng off guard, and he couldn’t stop her in time.

A moment later, Qingqian came over with a candle.

“Princess,” Qingqian said, walking over and seeing Liang Qifeng standing beside him. He was a little confused, and when he saw the clothes Nan Jianxue had changed into, he was even more confused. “What is the princess doing?”

“Shhh.” Nan Jianxue mysteriously put a finger to his lips. “I can’t tell you. Go get me some practical clothes.”

Qingqian frowned when he heard this and asked, “Is the princess going out?”

Nan Jianxue nodded.

Qingqian glanced at Liang Qifeng and, seeing that he had also changed his clothes, swallowed the line about “taking Shuying with you for protection” and went to get clothes for Nan Jianxue.

Nan Jianxue naturally had some practical riding clothes, but she didn’t usually wear them, so Qingqian had put them away. Now, he had to iron them first and then carefully fumigate them before they could be worn.

After Nan Jianxue had changed, he also helped Nan Jianxue comb his hair before leaving.

“All done.” Nan Jianxue returned to Liang Qifeng in his practical clothes, looking at him with an excited expression. “Shall we go now?”

Liang Qifeng: “…”

After all the delays, Liang Qifeng’s heart was as still as water.

Looking at Nan Jianxue’s excited demeanor, he suddenly felt that they weren’t going out on a serious errand, but to go on a spring outing.

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