Chapter 36: Settling Accounts (Second Update)_1

Yan Qing walked to the doorway, then suddenly stopped and turned back to look at Ling Hua.

Ling Hua met Yan Qing's eyes and noted that his face was somewhat pale from his injuries, giving him a frail yet attractive appearance.

Yan Qing asked her, "Weren't you supposed to go back to your residence before nightfall? Now that it's dark, why have you come instead?"

"I came to see you. I just left the palace and saw Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager," Ling Hua cleverly said. "Since you were injured because of me today, if I had any conscience, shouldn't I stay and take care of you?"

Yan Qing raised an eyebrow, "Do you have much of a conscience?"

Blinking her eyes, Ling Hua answered honestly, "Not really in the past, but if you're my fiancé, I can have some for you."

Yan Qing squinted his eyes, "What can you do?"