Chapter 466

Lin Feilu immediately retorted loudly, "How can I do that?!"

He picked her up and put her on his lap, pinching her soft earlobes with his fingers as his eyes curved into crescent moons, "I heard from the palace servants that you have been delivering meals to Uncle Ji every day these days?"

Lin Feilu said confidently, "Yes! Uncle Ji only comes over every once in a blue moon, so we should treat him better when he visits."

He lowered his head and bit her chin, "I wasn't even treated like this."

Lin Feilu was feeling tingly all over after being kissed and bitten by him. Trying to hide away, she pushed him with one hand, "You're even being jealous of Uncle Ji? Did you perhaps grow up in a tank full of vinegar(1)?"

(T/N: Refers to someone being jealous at the simplest things)

He closed his eyes and smiled. His eyelashes swept across the side of her face, and the hand that was holding onto her was already untying her sash with ease. His voice was both low and hoarse, "Mm, yes. So, how is my Empress going to compensate me for that?"

It was a question, but his hands were already demanding the answer.

The candles in the front hall were brightly lit as Lin Feilu half-kneeled on his lap. Her clothes were entirely stripped to her waist, and she covered herself with her arms in embarrassment, "Don't look!"

He smiled, "It all belongs to me, so why can't I look?"

His actions sparked Lin Feilu's nerves as she straightened her feet. Unconsciously hugging her head with both hands, the girl trembled slightly while begging for mercy, "I was wrong, I just wanted Uncle Ji to teach me some swordsmanship..."

While kissing her, he still took time to laugh and ask, "So the Empress wants to be my junior sister?"

Lin Feilu was lulled into a daze by his kiss as the taste of him lingered on her lips. She leaned back a little and looked at him seductively, "Is that okay, senior brother?"

She then felt the hands that were pinching her waist tighten their grip.

She giggled, and her voice became softer, "Senior brother—"

Song Jinglan laughed hoarsely.

Therefore, Lin Feilu paid the price for seducing him.

Despite practising the Jimo swordsmanship techniques for so long, Lin Feilu's physical strength still couldn't keep up with his, infuriating her.

...

Because of Ji Liang's arrival, Song Jinglan's daily lessons were temporarily put on hold. Lin Feilu thought that it was a good thing since she could take the opportunity to catch up to the prodigy's skills. In addition to practising the sword moves that she mastered every day, she would also try to study the Jimo style's manual. After all, she wanted to try to learn and practise the moves on her own.

However, she didn't do so in the Yong An Palace. Instead, she headed to a bamboo forest inside the palace.

The forest was filled with bamboo plants, which was why it was rather cooling despite the weather being hot from the summer sun. When the wind blew, the bamboo leaves would scatter around, so she would use those bamboo leaves to try out her moves. After practising numerous times, a line of bamboo leaves ended up being impaled on her sword.

The most important point was that the bamboo forest was located between the Lin An Palace and the courtyard where Ji Liang lived. He would always pass by this bamboo forest every time he wanted to go to the Lin An Palace.

With his martial ability, he could hear the movements of someone practising their swordsmanship skills in the bamboo forest.