My Aloof Lord Ex-Husband Begs for Remarriage
Chapter 522: Taking the Initiative to Visit

Chapter 522: Chapter 522: Taking the Initiative to Visit

"It was my fault, just now I was too abrupt."

Ye Jiuxiao’s eyes, brimming with pleasure, could no longer be concealed.

His lips curled into a smile as he continued, "But since you’ve already agreed, I might as well take some interest in advance. That wouldn’t be overstepping, would it?"

"You’ve said it all, what more can I say?"

Chu Nanli glared at him with mock annoyance, but that look held no threat for Ye Jiuxiao.

Instead, it only made him yearn to kiss her more.

Of course, Ye Jiuxiao knew very well that Chu Nanli not pushing him away just now was an unexpected delight.

If he were to press further, he would probably scare her away again.

He did not want to push her even further away.

"It’s already so late, if you don’t leave now, are you really planning to spend the night here?"

Chu Nanli couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him, thinking if he really had such a thick skin, then what was the point of leaving the Regent Prince Residence?

"I don’t have a spare room here, I can’t accommodate the Prince."

"Then are you planning to keep watch for me at the door?"

If the mighty Regent King were really willing to stay and guard her door like a servant girl throughout the night, who knows what rumors it would spawn if word got out.

Seeing that Ye Jiuxiao had no intention of leaving, Chu Nanli could only feign a bit of anger.

"If you don’t leave now, don’t expect to visit me again in the future!"

Yet, before leaving, Ye Jiuxiao couldn’t help uttering one more sentence.

"About our engagement, once you’ve clarified things with your soon-to-be in-laws, are we set to finalize it just like that?"

As expected, upon hearing his words, the flush that was about to fade from Chu Nanli’s face returned, more pronounced than before, tinged with annoyance.

After Ye Jiuxiao had left, Chu Nanli’s feelings of shyness still showed no sign of subsiding.

She had intended to push Ye Jiuxiao away just now.

But for some reason, the moment she made contact with Ye Jiuxiao, her body uncontrollably softened.

Why did she have to falter at such a moment!

Yet the issue Ye Jiuxiao brought up was something she truly didn’t know how to broach.

She hadn’t even met her biological family yet, and if she were to bluntly announce her intention to marry someone else, they might very well tear the Regent Prince Residence apart.

It was indeed a headache.

"How come you’re..."

Hearing movement behind her, Chu Nanli thought Ye Jiuxiao had returned and wheeled around, only to find that it was Yanyan who had come.

Chu Nanli sighed with relief, but quickly asked, "Just now, did you hear any noise here?"

Yanyan looked innocent, clearly unaware of what she was referring to, "No, I heard from Mother Li that there was a problem in the kitchen, so I went to help. Only after we finished there did I come over."

Probably, this was also Ye Jiuxiao’s doing.

To play the hero, he really would stop at nothing.

As Chu Nanli complained, her heart couldn’t help but be filled with threads of sweetness.

Of course, if she knew that Ye Jiuxiao was at that moment arranging to buy the residence next door, she would certainly not entertain such thoughts.

...

Meanwhile, Lu Xinyue, upon returning to her own estate, could no longer contain her frustration and lashed out at her attendants.

"Idiots! Can’t you be gentle? Don’t you know that I’ve injured my leg?"

Her ankle was injured, but it was not particularly severe. What humiliated her even more, however, was Ye Jiuxiao’s attitude.

Absolute disgrace!

With her uninjured foot, she directly kicked the maid in front of her. Even so, it did not dispel the resentment in her heart.

"Useless trash, get out! Send someone else to attend to this Commandery Princess!"

The maid she kicked had a face full of fright but didn’t dare to voice her anger.

Clearly, the physician had said that the bruise on the Commandery Princess’s ankle needed to be massaged vigorously with medicinal wine.

She had been as careful as possible, but she had not expected to still be the target of the Commandery Princess’s wrath.

But the person before her was the noble Commandery Princess; how could these servants dare to talk back?

After kicking the maid, Lu Xinyue still couldn’t relieve her anger; on the contrary, she became even more irritable.

"Damn it, how could Ye Jiuxiao treat me this way!"

She did not know why she would tumble down the stairs all of a sudden.

But her current disheveled state, Ye Jiuxiao had to take at least half the blame.

The other half, naturally, was because of that damned Chu Nanli!

"Chu Nanli was driven out, wasn’t she? Go out now and find people to spread this far and wide for me. I want everyone in the capital to know that she is a promiscuous piece of trash!"

Lu Xinyue’s face was filled with spiteful hatred; she wished she could tear Chu Nanli to pieces right now.

But she also knew very well that not only could she do nothing to Chu Nanli now, in public, she still had to continue to befriend her as before.

After all, in her view, Chu Nanli was still an "easy to fool" person.

At least easier to fool than Ye Jiuxiao.

Her order, the maids on the side dared not disobey.

Lu Xinyue finally felt a bit more satisfied and was just about to rest for a while when the maid who had just gone out returned.

"Commandery Princess, the War King’s Concubine has arrived at the entrance, saying she would like to see you."

Lu Xinyue couldn’t help but frown, "The War King’s Concubine? What kind of person now dares to seek an audience with this Commandery Princess? Tell her to scram... wait a minute!"

She was about to order Lin Fuying to be sent away when she suddenly remembered the news she had heard earlier.

Wasn’t Ye Yunting the War King, the former husband of Chu Nanli?

Although the information she had people gather said that Chu Nanli, out of jealousy, caused trouble numerous times and was thus discarded by Ye Yunting, losing her position as Princess Consort.

But after the separation, Ye Yunting began to regret it and even confined Lin Fuying for a short period of time.

If one were intent on investigating, these pieces of information were not difficult to obtain.

Lu Xinyue, well versed in the struggles of the inner court, could guess that it must have been Lin Fuying who used some tactics to drive Chu Nanli out.

In other words, Chu Nanli was no match for this Concubine Lin.

As "friends" with Chu Nanli, she should not meet Lin Fuying, and she should even have had her sent away as soon as she arrived.

But how could she not meet her when Lin Fuying had taken the initiative to come to her?

Lin Fuying, waiting outside the residence, had little confidence she would be able to see Lu Xinyue.

She only found out after arriving that she did not know where Lu Xinyue had gone when she left today and had even suffered an injury.

Lu Xinyue was known for her temper, and Lin Fuying did not want to get on her bad side at a time like this.

But Yang Shu, the concubine, had been waiting for her for so long without any update and clearly could not wait any longer, having sent several palace maids to urge her.

To avoid appearing neglectful in her duties to Yang Shu and without finding another opportunity to contact Lu Xinyue, Lin Fuying had no choice but to take the initiative to visit.

However, she did not expect that her visit would be so untimely today.