"Since you are already his person, why do you want to leave?"
Leng Lian was not bad-looking, his fair face furrowed with worry, like a sky dense with dark clouds. Hearing Ji Ruyan's counter-question, those icy eyes shot out a cold light, and though his lips moved, he could not utter a single word.
Ji Ruyan waited quietly for his response, not forcing him, but instead indifferently playing with the teacup in her hand.
Leng Lian took a deep breath, "This maid is afraid, afraid that one day, I too will die at the hands of Empress Chen. Having intimately witnessed Madam Tianshuang's fate, I do not wish to die inexplicably, a victim of someone's scheme."
The mention of Feng Tianshuang still let some emotion leak out of Ji Ruyan.
After all, Feng Tianshuang was her mother.
Even if her mother's judgment wasn't the best, at least she devoted herself wholeheartedly to Ji Ruyan.
Ji Ruyan glanced at Leng Lian, "Why should I help you?"
