Chapter 379 Gently Touching

Polygonatum and Hongdou laughed when they heard this.

Yun Dai said: "Stop talking nonsense, go back quickly, let me stay quietly for a while."

She just wants to lie down quietly now, and no one will bother her.

Zhao Yuanjing habitually wanted to reach out and pinch her, but when his hand reached her cheek, he touched her gently instead: "I still want to stay with you at night, that's all. You should rest well."

Yun Dai remembered something, and asked him: "The matter about King Lu, the emperor didn't punish you, did he?"

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot." Zhao Yuanjing looked at Hongdou and asked, "What did the third child tell you?"

Hongdou recalled this terrible incident, and said in a low voice: "Prince Lu said that he wants me to be his concubine. Unless I die, he will not let me go."

"how do you say?"

"The servant refused."

"Only these?" Zhao Yuanjing's phoenix eyes flashed doubts, "But I heard what he said, it seems that there is something else?"

Hongdou subconsciously asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Yuanjing and Yun Dai looked at each other.

It seems that something really happened.

Yun Dai asked: "Your Highness, did something happen?"

Zhao Yuanjing repeated what Zhao Yuanqi said in front of the emperor, and said: "Although he is impulsive and reckless, he is definitely not a fool. Since he dared to bet with me in front of the emperor, he must have something to rely on."

Yun Dai said, "Hongdou, what else did King Lu threaten you with?"

Yu Zhu hurriedly pushed Hong Dou: "I'm so anxious, tell me! Now it's not your business alone, even His Highness is involved. If Lord Lu succeeds, His Highness will also be punished!"

Hong Dou said: "There is actually nothing that cannot be said about this matter. I just don't want to implicate the young master."

As she spoke, she took out a crumpled note from her sleeve.

Yuzhu hurriedly took it and handed it to Zhao Yuanjing.

Zhao Yuanjing unfolded it, glanced at it, and his face darkened slightly.

"What's written on it?" Yun Dai asked.

Zhao Yuanjing put the note away and said: "It is probably a note sent by the third child, threatening Hongdou. It is still very easy to cause an accident to a pregnant woman."

Yun Dai raised her eyebrows: "Are you using me to blackmail Hongdou? Hongdou, you are too stupid. I'm in the East Palace. Is it that easy for him to do something?"

"Actually, there's one more thing." Hong Dou knew that it was impossible for her not to say anything.

Maybe speaking out will harm my younger brother, but...

She would not be willing to implicate the young master and His Highness because of this.

"What else is there, let's talk." Yun Dai said, "I said, since you came to Pingle Garden and followed me, I have the responsibility to protect you."

Hongdou said: "Lord Lu said that he found my younger brother."

"You have a younger brother?"

"Yes." Hongdou nodded, "After the Wei family was raided, all the men were exiled to Yelang. My father died of illness not long after he went there, and my younger brother stayed there. I heard that he made a living by farming. King Lu said, He brought my brother back, and if I don't follow him obediently, he will torture him and even kill him."

Yun Dai asked Zhao Yuanjing: "Can exiled people come back at will?"

"Of course not." Zhao Yuanjing said, "Generally speaking, exiled criminals have no possibility of returning, unless they encounter amnesty."

"The last time the Empress Dowager had her birthday, didn't she also receive an amnesty?"

"That's Xiao Amnesty, and only some prisoners in the capital were released." Zhao Yuanjing curled his lips, revealing a malicious smile, "Zhao Yuanqi dared to bring people back privately... Oh, it's fine if no one pursues it, since I know How can you let it go so easily?"