Chapter 20: Temptation, He Was a Gentleman
"Brother Li, Rou'er feels so uncomfortable, don't you comfort Rou'er?"
Huo Zhirou saw that Chu Li was indifferent to her tears, and she felt even more aggrieved in her heart, and her tears kept falling like beads with broken threads.
Chu Li's eyebrows couldn't help frowning, if Huo Zhirou's three or two tears fell on weekdays, his first reaction would be to comfort her softly, until she stopped crying, but in such a scene today, looking at her slightly red eyes and crying and crying, he couldn't feel any pity in his heart, only indescribable irritability, and he couldn't wait to kick her away immediately.
Although he thought so in his heart, it was impossible to really kick Huo Zhirou away, Chu Li did not forget that Huo Zhirou was the favorite daughter of his uncle Jingbeihou, and more importantly, Huo Zhirou also had a powerful little uncle.
Suppressing the irritability in his heart, the corners of Chu Li's mouth pulled out a gentle smile, and said softly: "Rou'er, uncle, he is your father, and he loves you the most on weekdays, how can he really be willing to beat you?" ”
If it were not for Jingbei Hou to say that Huo Zhirou had been slapped by Jing Beihou, Chu Li would not have believed it at all. But one thing Chu Li can be sure of is that the Marquis of Jingbei slapped Huo Zhirou when he was angry, and he must have regretted it afterwards. After so many years of love, it is not a fake.
"It's true, Brother Li, Daddy really slapped me, my face still hurts." Huo Zhirou was anxious, and hurriedly pointed to her cheek. Although Zhou had already applied ointment to reduce swelling for her, it would not be effective immediately, and if you look closely, you can still find that the size of the cheeks on both sides is different.
Chu Li reached out and stroked her cheek.
Hiss!
Huo Zhirou screamed, her voice was sharp and thin, and it fell on Chu Li's ear, feeling like a thin needle piercing into her ear, piercing the flesh.
"Brother Li, Rou'er hurts ......," Huo Zhi said softly.
Chu Li frowned, he had already seen that her cheeks were indeed a little red and swollen, so his movements were light and slow, and even just next to her skin, just like this, Huo Zhirou still cried out in pain?
Is it really painful, or is it deliberately coquettish?
Chu Li had his own thoughts in his heart, Huo Zhirou was deliberately crying out for pain, the purpose was just to be coquettish and angry, wanting to attract his love and pity.
On weekdays, Huo Zhirou was angry, she was delicate and cute, but today, Chu Li intuitively felt that she was pretentious and disgusted to look at.
"Uncle loves you the most on weekdays, and there must be a reason for beating you today, and this prince thinks that his uncle must have his reasons."
Chu Li said euphemistically, the implication of his words, why did the Marquis of Jingbei beat you, don't you think about the reason yourself?
However, Huo Zhirou didn't understand the meaning of Chu Li's words at all, and her mouth pouted, "Daddy, he clearly believed Huo Changjin's words, I always thought that my father loved me the most, but I only know today that in my father's heart, my son is the most important." ”
Huo Zhirou's tone was very angry, full of sourness and anger. All she thought about was that her father, Jingbei Hou, listened to Huo Changjin's words and slapped her.
It's no wonder that although the Marquis of Jingbei prefers Huo Zhirou, Huo Zhirou always listens to the Zhou family saying that it would be good if she could give birth to a son, so Huo Zhirou has always understood in her heart that no matter how partial her father is to her, she is just a woman, and she will not be able to inherit the title of Marquis of Jingbei in the future, but Huo Changjin, he was born a man, and he occupies the status of the eldest son of the Huo family.
Now this slap from Jingbei Hou has also brought out the worries in Huo Zhirou's heart. No matter how favored she is, she is also a woman, and she was born to lose Huo Changjin.
"Why is there Huo Changjin, if it weren't for him, my mother would have become Mrs. Jingbei Hou a long time ago, and I would also be the rightful Miss Jingbei Hou's Mansion." Huo Zhirou gritted her teeth and said, secretly hating Huo Changjin's life was really big, and it was okay to roll down from such a high hillside.
What she didn't see was that as soon as these words came out, Chu Li's brows furrowed even deeper, originally he didn't fully believe what Huo Changjin said, but now he fully believed it.
The whole thing was really as Huo Changjin said, Huo Zhirou wanted to kill him, but Huo Changjin survived, but on the way back, he happened to get involved in the attack on the crown prince Chu Zheng. This is why his plan failed, and he was also involved.
The root of all this is precisely because of Huo Zhirou!
The angry person who gritted his teeth was not only Huo Zhirou, but also Chu Li now.
"Rou'er, Changjin is your brother, you have been knowledgeable since you were a child, and you should respect your brother." Chu Li said patiently.
Huo Zhirou was stunned, her eyes widened, and her eyes were full of disbelief, "Brother Li, what are you talking about, Huo Changjin was not born to my mother, I respect him?" ”
She wanted to kill him, how could she respect him!
"Changjin is the eldest son of the Huo family, and you should respect him." Chu Li Zhengse said, "You can dislike this brother, but it can't change the fact that he is your brother." In the Huo family, because your uncle loves you, no matter what you do, it won't be anything, but if you are still like this outside, it will only be true and will not benefit you at all. ”
"Rou'er, this prince and uncle are all for your good, do you understand?"
Chu Li's tone was solemn but gentle, much milder than the slap of Jingbei Hou, Huo Zhirou was silent for a moment, although she didn't fully accept it in her heart, but she finally listened to Chu Li's words a little.
"So, Brother Li, what do you mean, Daddy didn't mean to beat me, but actually for my good?" Huo Zhirou looked at Chu Li.
Chu Li nodded, "Of course, Rou'er, you did go too far this time, think about it, what kind of place is this, if someone knows about it, what will be the consequences?" ”
Where is this? It is a royal hunting ground.
If someone finds out about killing someone in the royal hunting grounds, it will not only lead to a life lawsuit, but also one more crime of contempt for the royal family. To dare to commit murder in the royal hunting ground is to despise the royal family.
What is the crime of contempt of royalty? Huo Zhirou's face turned pale with fright, once the incident in the east window happened, no one would be able to protect her.