His Rui

Chapter 559 Lord Xi Knows His Wife Very Well

Li Rui's hand that was stirring the black blood in the porcelain bowl stopped suddenly when she heard Xi Ying's words.

Her eyes flashed with surprise and she raised her head to look at him as she put down the bowl on the table placed in front of her.

Xi Ying looked very confident and sure in whatever he was saying.

"Why do you think so?"

She asked him with confusion-filled eyes. She had thought that she had hidden it very well. But she had never expected that Xi Ying would still catch her.

Xi Ying smiled lightly as he stepped forward and put his hand around his wife's waist.

He pulled her inside his arms.

Caressing her cheek with hun thumb lightly, he said with amusement flickering in his deep black eyes.

"Well...this Lord knows his wife enough to know that she would not look so calm and collective if something really happened to her loved ones."

This was one thing that Xi Ying admired about Li Rui. Though sometimes, it made him feel distressed about her as well.

However, there was a different charm in Li Rui that always attracted Xi Ying to her.

The way she cared for her people, the selflessness inside her for them and to save their lives...it made Xi Ying wish that he would also be one of those people one day.

Li Rui had been so broken when her maid, Li Mei, whom she had always considered her companion had died.

Then how could she look so calm when her own elder sister whom she had adored since her childhood was fighting the death.

It was only because Yi Huiqing was safe now.

Li Rui looked at Xi Ying with no expression on her face but she didn't notice how her lips had formed a small pout ...so small that Xi Ying would not have noticed if the shape of those pink and soft lips was not engraved inside his mind.

It almost looked as if she was disappointed in herself because of being caught.

The thought felt a little funny to Xi Ying and the smile in his eyes deepened.

He leaned down suddenly closer to Li Rui's face and whispered in a hoarse voice as he looked intensely at her lips.

"Isn't your husband so intelligent? You should reward him Rui."

Li Rui's calm expression immediately vanished away and she had a baffled look on her face.

They were discussing something else ...then how did they start to talk about all this so suddenly!

She could feel the heat on her cheeks and she again felt helpless because of feeling shy so easily.

The surprise in her eyes increased when Xi Ying leaned closer as if to catch her lips in a deep kiss.

Li Rui gasped and immediately put her hand on his chest stopping him and turning her head away and hence Xi Ying's lips fell on her cheek instead.

However, Xi Ying didn't seem to be disappointed. He soon trailed more kisses on her cheek and then her neck.

Li Rui breathed heavily as she whispered while trying to push him away.

"Ying, we are still in the Imperial Palace."

Xi Ying chuckled as he finally understood why she was refusing.

He held her hand that was on his chest and put it on his shoulder as he bit her earlobe and whispered seductively

"Don't worry, no one will come here."

Li Rui closed her eyes feeling the hot breath falling on her ears.

Xi Ying sucked the red earlobe with his lips and Li Rui couldn't stop the moan that escaped her lips.

"Nngh... Ying"

The sweet moan was as of encouragement for Xi Ying and his grip around Li Rui's waist tightened.

It had been so long since he had embraced her like this last.

Though he wished to wait until the child will be born, he couldn't help but consider whether they could really do it as if it was already more than three months, Li Rui has always been pregnant.

His body felt hot when he thought of doing it with Li Rui and he unconsciously buried his head in her neck.

It was at this moment when Lin Daiyu suddenly entered the room while calling out to Li Rui.

"Young Miss Li, Prime Minister X..."

Lin Daiyu halted amidst her steps when she saw the scene inside the room.

Her red and swollen eyes went wide with shock when she saw that the couple was embracing each other.

She hurriedly turned around and started to stutter.

"Apolo...gy My Lady and My Lord."

Xi Ying's eyes were cold as he felt Li Rui stiffening inside his arms. He, however, with a calm and indifferent face stepped away from her knowing that she would feel uncomfortable if he continued to stay in the same position.

"What is it?"

Xi Ying asked the maid coldly. Lin Daiyu could feel that Xi Ying was very angry but she didn't have any mind to apologize right now.

She was more worried about her mistress than herself.

"My Lady."

Still having her back towards Li Rui, she continued

"Wangfei didn't wake up and His Highness is taking her out of the Imperial Palace."

Li Rui's eyes flickered and she immediately started to walk towards the exit of the room while Xi Ying followed her silently.

Lin Daiyu followed them silently. However, her heart was filled with disappointment.

Lady Li in her eyes looked very calm as she had said that her mistress would no longer wake up and even now, she was being intimate with her husband in such circumstances.

Lin Daiyu wondered whether Li Rui really deserved all the care and love her mistress had given to her for all these years.

Her nose felt sore when she remembered how Yi Huiqing used to worry about Li Rui in the last four years even though she herself was in great condition.

With a heavy sigh and tear-filled eyes, Lin Daiyu silently followed Li Rui and Xi Ying out.

Xi Ying and Li Rui found Zhao Zhang Wei on their way to Lantai Courtyard.

With Yi Huiqing in his arms, Zhao Zhang Wei looked ready to go somewhere.

Zhao Zhang Wei's face didn't have any emotion as he faced Xi Ying and Li Rui. Without saying a single word to them, he started to walk ahead. Xi Ying sighed as he blocked the young prince's way.

"Where is your Highness going?"

Xi Ying asked Zhao Zhang Wei without caring about how he was looking at him with his cold gaze.

Zhao Zhang Wei's eyes were red. He looked down at the woman in his arms and then answered in a low voice.

"To Yantun Valley."

And the outer hall of Lantai Courtyard went silent with these two words.