Before Xia Jianning could laugh or cry, he immediately realized there were many media and fans watching, and their actions had become too dramatic.
At this moment, Luo Mingbai emerged from behind him, pulling the maid over and precisely pressing her pulse point, angrily rebuking Xia Jianning: “Xu Jinfeng, how dare you cause a scene before this king!”
Xia Jianning quickly followed the cue: “This humble servant has long admired the king and cannot bear to see others close to him. I beg the king’s forgiveness for my devoted heart!”
Luo Mingbai, who had been quick-witted until now, finally stumbled: “Uh…”
The program director, who had been trying to maintain control at Xia Jianning’s request, finally couldn’t help but facepalm. The guards surrounding the fans were stunned, and some excited shipping fans broke through, cheering for Xia Jianning: “Yes! Awesome! So manly!”
“Palace artist × Emperor, what a delicious ship! Go, Xu Jinfeng!”
The actress playing the palace maid was of an extremely yin constitution, and due to her unstable state, Yue Huan had taken the opportunity to possess her. Yue Huan was manipulating Wen Qianqian to distract Xia Jianning and Luo Mingbai while quietly approaching Luo Mingbai, attempting to suddenly put him in mortal danger.
But he underestimated the two of them. Before his plan could fully unfold, they had already discovered him. At this point, Luo Mingbai had already gone completely off-script in an unbelievable manner. Relative to Yue Huan’s power source was continuously being weakened, and with Luo Mingbai gripping his wrist, he instantly lost strength in half his body.
Following Xia Jianning’s shocking statement, Luo Mingbai was momentarily distracted.
The maid seized the opportunity to break free, opening her mouth to spray an invisible death qi, and even had the leisure to coldly laugh and retort: “Young Master Xu, this servant and the king are pure and innocent. I was just trying to move the zither. How dare you slander me?”
As the cold words “not die well” were spoken, the death qi suddenly spread out.
Luo Mingbai stepped sideways to block in front of her, forming a golden light exorcism seal, and softly laughed while gripping her wrist: “Miss, moving things doesn’t require touching one’s chest, does it?”
Xia Jianning seized the moment to grab her shoulder, pulling her over and whispering: “Mouth of mountain fire, symbol of flying door’s light, demon and ghost, swift as law!”
The maid stiffened completely. Yue Huan’s soul was finally forced out under their joint attack, spreading yin energy. As Luo Mingbai tried to block with a seal, Xia Jianning embraced his shoulder and secretly retrieved the soul-capturing bottle from Luo Mingbai’s sleeve, trapping Yue Huan inside.
Both of them sighed in relief as the actress playing the maid collapsed to the ground.
“I’m curious… Is the script really written like this! Are the actors being asked to be jealous, or is Young Master Xia actually jealous?”
After putting away the bottle, Xia Xianning and Luo Yingbai exchanged a glance, both feeling that this ghost-catching scene had somehow drained half their life force.
It tested their acting skills, required improvising lines, and demanded thick-skinned resilience to withstand everyone’s looks as if they were crazy. Although the situation seemed to have fallen apart, at least no one had died.
Dignity and face were no longer necessary. After today, neither of them would possess such things.
They hoped Luo Zhao would spare their lives, considering how tiring it would be to kill both of them.
Luo Yingbai stepped back, plopped down on the wide chair behind him, and casually picked up a pink fan used by palace maidens for dancing, fanning himself vigorously.
Chapter 84: Protecting the Husband
Xia Xianning took off the costume and tossed it aside, then walked to Luo Yingbai and sat on the armrest of his chair to rest. Luo Yingbai looked at his pink fan and enthusiastically fanned towards Xia Xianning, saying, “My dear, are you hot? Let me fan you.”
Xia Xianning gave him a stern look, then leaned forward to carefully wipe the sweat from Luo Yingbai’s forehead with a gentle touch.
The director, who thought they were still acting, stood blankly watching until finally calling “Cut”.
It seemed the monster had been caught. With these two young masters’ rich imagination, they would surely find a suitable explanation for the media and fans about what just happened. He was just an innocent old man who didn’t want to get involved.
Luo Yingbai explained, “It’s like this… everyone knows Xianning is my good friend. He’s always had a dream of playing a court musician, so this time he came to practice. Isn’t he talented? Hahaha…”
Xia Xianning: “…” Such a strange dream.
However, a bold fan loudly asked, “Yingbai, does Xu Jinfeng really love the Emperor? Was Young Master Xia’s confession part of the script? We really want to know!
Her question caused laughter, and everyone waited for Luo Yingbai’s response.
Luo Yingbai, after hesitation, said, “You’ll have to ask Xianning about that. He performed it.”
He pushed Xia Xianning forward.
Xia Xianning maintained his cool and casually said, “I modified the lines myself.”
Everyone went “Ooh”.
With his hands in his pockets, Xia Xianning shrugged and dropped a bombshell: “After reading the script, I felt Xu Jinfeng clearly has feelings for the Prince – cooking for him, getting angry for him, seeing him as more important than life itself. If that’s not love, what is?”
After speaking, he showed no concern about the commotion he’d caused and told Luo Yingbai, “Let’s go.”
Lo Yingbai glanced at her, stood up, and walked to the side rest room with Wen Qianqian. He asked, “Is there something?”
Wen Qianqian looked thinner and seemed in poor spirits. Recently, Feng Zhengyang had been regretting at home, afraid of Lo Yingbai’s retaliation, and she had been affected as well.
Thinking of Feng Zhengyang’s instructions, Wen Qianqian opened her mouth several times but couldn’t bring herself to apologize. Instead, she blurted out, “You… why did you hide your identity? If you hadn’t, we wouldn’t have misunderstood…”
Lo Yingbai looked at her twice and smiled, “If I’m not mistaken, you’ve been sent by your family to apologize. But with this attitude, aren’t you afraid of further angering me, of being blacklisted or even bringing down the Feng family? You should know this isn’t difficult for me.”
Wen Qianqian panicked and felt humiliated, her face turning red, unable to speak.
Lo Yingbai was about to walk past her, and after hesitating for a moment, Wen Qianqian took two steps and gritted her teeth, shouting, “I’m sorry!”
Lo Yingbai turned his head, his eyebrows slightly raised. Wen Qianqian bit her lip and continued, “I apologize on behalf of my husband. Sorry… we didn’t recognize your worth.”
Lo Yingbai hadn’t expected her to apologize.
Being typically chivalrous, his tone softened: “Don’t overthink it. If I wanted revenge, I would have acted long ago.”
Wen Qianqian wouldn’t let him leave, asking, “Can you guarantee you won’t interfere with the Feng family’s business?”
Lo Yingbai’s delicate eyebrows subtly furrowed, countering, “Why should I?”
Wen Qianqian said, “I… he’s my husband. What else can I do if I don’t come to beg you!”
Lo Yingbai asked, “Are you afraid of him?”
Wen Qianqian murmured, “Do you know I’ve never even met Feng Zhengyang’s parents? They don’t even acknowledge me. If I can’t handle this… I’m just trying to establish myself in their family. Just give me a guarantee, please.”
