Qing'an drove the carriage for ten minutes and then jumped out: "Sir, shall we set off now?"

Wanruo lifted the carriage curtain, and Xie Xianyu emerged from the stone pavilion. He said coldly, "I have important matters to attend to in the capital, so I must hurry back. You take this team of guards and escort her back to the capital."

Wanruo frowned. If he wanted to leave first, he should leave first, but he had to urge her to pack up her things and leave today. They were going different ways.

Xie Xianyu glanced over and Wanruo curled her lips without saying a word.

Qing'an immediately responded: "Yes!"

"You must return to the capital within a month." He said this while looking at Wanruo.

"I know."

Xie Xianyu wanted to say something else, but he was so annoyed that he didn't know what to say, so he simply turned around and left.

But just as he was about to mount his horse, he suddenly heard the sound of horses and carriages.

Wanruo looked back from the window and recognized the carriage. It was Lin Han's carriage.

The carriage stopped not far away and did not dare to move forward.

Xie Xianyu also guessed it, and his face darkened.

Wanruo glanced at the carriage, pursed her lips, and lowered the curtains.

Regardless of whether Lin Han was framed or not, the moment he sent her out, there was no possibility for them anymore.

She knew that was human nature, but since she was the one being sent away, she couldn't help but blame him. From then on, they were like strangers, and there was no need to say a word.

Qing'an hurriedly jumped onto the carriage and said, "Cousin, let's go."

Wanruo's voice was cold and clear: "Tuo."

Qing'an immediately waved his whip and drove the carriage off.

Xie Xianyu glanced at the carriage, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and galloped away.

Lin Han staggered out of the carriage and watched it gradually disappear from her sight. Her eyes were filled with tears. She would never forgive him again.

-

Xie Xianyu rode his horse back to Yanjing City first, and Su Yan met him at the city gate.

"You are finally back. If you hadn't come back, King Xuan would have gone to Qingzhou to invite you personally." Su Yan rode forward.

Xie Xianyu asked calmly, "The Prince of Jin only seized a cavalry battalion. Is it necessary for him to go to such great lengths?"

"The last salt tax case caused the King of Jin to lose most of his forces and severely damage his vitality. King Xuan naturally wants to seize the opportunity to pursue and crush the King of Jin. Now there is no way the King of Jin can make another comeback."

Xie Xianyu scoffed, "The Prince of Jin is nothing more than a spent force, a grasshopper in autumn. The salt tax case has already severely damaged his vitality, and even seizing the Cavalry Battalion will not be enough to reverse the situation."

Su Yan rode into the city side by side with him, and lowered his voice again, "But there is one thing you should know. It was Prime Minister Xie who strongly recommended the Prince of Jin to Your Majesty that he capture the Cavalry Battalion."

Xie Xianyu said calmly, "He just secretly supports Prince Jin. What's so strange about that?"

Su Yan's eyes widened upon hearing this: "Your father supports Prince Jin?! Then why are you against Prince Jin?!"

"How can I maintain power if the King of Jin doesn't fall?"

Su Yan was suddenly horrified and his face froze: "What power do you want to hold?"

Xie Xianyu's eyes flashed, "I want every bit of power."

He wants all the power in the court and the power in the Xie family.

Su Yan was terrified: "Isn't your Xie family powerful enough to call the wind and rain?"

Xie Xianyu is a rare genius in the three generations of the Xie family. How many people in the Xie family dare to challenge him?

Xie Xianyu pursed his lips, thinking of what she said that day.

"No matter how bad Lin Han was, he was willing to marry me. He never looked down on me because of my past. He helped me open a herbal medicine shop. He said that my medical skills and ability to save lives were a blessing to the people of Qingzhou."

His eyes were deep: "Not enough."

In order to gain absolute control over the Xie family, he had to be able to subdue all the elders, suppress his father, and overturn the ancestral rules.

Su Yan shook his head and couldn't help cursing in his heart, what a lunatic.

The two men rode their horses and walked out of the gate of Xie's house.

Xie Xianyu had just dismounted when he saw a man quickly get out of a luxurious carriage parked at the gate of the mansion.

"Thank you, Master." Jiang Xuejun hurried forward, her eyes red and swollen. "You've been away on a business trip since last month, and I've been waiting for you to come back."

Xie Xianyu looked distant. "Miss Jiang, our engagement has been cancelled. Since ancient times, men and women have been kept separate, so we still need to avoid suspicion."

Su Yan sighed in his heart, now they are even more obedient than those old stubborn people in the Xie family.

Jiang Xuejun looked anxious: "But I have something important to tell you."

As she spoke, she glanced at Su Yan, who immediately understood and said, "Then I'll go."

She looked at Xie Xianyu again and whispered, "Can we change places..."

Xie Xianyu had lost his patience: "Why?"