Upon seeing Zheng Yi, Qiao Zixian sneered, "Heh! What's wrong, Young Master Zheng...?"

Before Qiao Zixian could finish her sarcastic remarks, she felt a warmth spread through her body.

Zheng Yi actually pulled over a brocade quilt from the side and covered her with it.

Although Zheng Yi was a womanizer, he was also principled and never forced anyone.

Previously, it was Qiao Zixian who took the initiative to seduce him.

Of course, there's also Bai Mengying.

Moreover, after these past two days, Zheng Yi is no longer so lustful, and at least not for the time being.

Therefore, he had no intention of doing anything to Qiao Zixian, let alone taking advantage of her vulnerability.

Ignoring the surprise in Qiao Zixian's eyes, he lowered his voice and said to her, "That evil star, Prince Yong'an, knew what Ye Chengping was going to do to you, but he didn't deliberately wait until Ye Chengping had assaulted you before coming here."

It was your Heavenly Immortal Sect people who suddenly ambushed and killed Prince Yong'an on the way. After dealing with those people, Prince Yong'an arrived immediately.

Thank goodness they made it in time, otherwise I don't know what would have happened!

Zheng Yi heard these things from Xiao Ce.

Xiao Ce is Ye Zeyu's confidant, so what he says must be true.

Qiao Zixian never expected that the people of the Celestial Immortal Sect would go to such lengths for her, and just a short while ago, she thought that the people of the Celestial Immortal Sect were not as important as Ye Chengping...

Then Zheng Yi continued, "You shouldn't provoke that evil star, Prince Yong'an. You should just obediently disband the Heavenly Immortal Sect!"

Also, don't get involved in your father's affairs. Even if you did, you wouldn't understand them!

"Whether it's your father or the Prince of Yong'an, they're both incredibly cunning; we simply can't outsmart them!"

Qiao Zixian looked at Zheng Yi's serious expression and asked suspiciously, "Why are you telling me all this?"

"ah?"

Zheng Yi was taken aback when he heard this.

He didn't know either.

He just didn't want things to get more and more chaotic, and wanted to return to Beijing as soon as possible to live a peaceful life.

But after thinking for a moment, he said, "I guess he thinks you and I are both pitiful people."

"A pitiful person? Yes, I am a pitiful person, but what makes you pitiful?"

Qiao Zixian murmured, and when she looked at Zheng Yi again, there was less hostility in her eyes.

Zheng Yi thought of the grievances he had suffered these past few days, and his voice involuntarily rose a few decibels.

"How can I not be pitiful!"

As if seeing Qiao Zixian at her most disheveled, Zheng Yi disregarded his pride.

He recounted how Bai Mengying had deceived him, how his father had boarded Qiao Xiuyuan's pirate ship, how the emperor wanted to kill him, and the events that had terrified him for the past three days.

"I'm not trying to criticize your father, but he's a terrible person! What kind of father would exploit his daughter like that?!"

So don't think about your dad anymore. Once this is over, you should find a man to marry and settle down!

Qiao Zixian gave a bitter laugh, "Ha! Marry someone? Who would want me?"

But Zheng Yi said, "With your looks, what's so hard about getting married? Go somewhere where nobody knows you, and you can pick any man you want!"

Of course, it would be quite difficult for you to marry into a wealthy and powerful family.

After all, wealthy and powerful families value marriage between people of equal social standing.

However, if you can accept a simple life, finding a man to settle down with for the rest of your life isn't difficult at all.

Qiao Zixian pondered Zheng Yi's words repeatedly.

Do you accept ordinariness?

Her father had told her since she was a child that she was no ordinary woman, but the daughter of the Marquis of Anyang.

In addition, she was a beauty from a young age, and her father always said that ordinary men were not good enough for her.

And so she grew more and more arrogant, even forgetting that she was an illegitimate child.

Until she was defiled by bandits.

She was proud at the time, and her pride wouldn't allow her innocence to be ruined.

So she decided to end her own life.

But her father stopped her and told her that a woman's least valuable asset is her chastity.

Gradually, she also became lost in vanity and power, obeying her father's words and ending up where she is today.

Ye Ziyu was right. She had indeed sensed that her father had a problem long ago, but she just didn't want to believe it.

But now she has no choice but to believe it.

If Qiao Xiuyuan truly loved his daughter, he would never have made her do these things!

Are you alright?

Seeing Qiao Zixian trembling all over, Zheng Yi couldn't help but ask her with concern.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Zixian looked up at Zheng Yi, whose face showed concern.

Oh!

Unexpectedly, it was Zheng Yi who advised her to accept ordinariness and told her to live an honest life.

"I'm fine...thank you for your concern."

However, she's already been soaking in the mud for quite some time, so she shouldn't go and cause trouble for others.

Therefore, she will not get married, nor will she live an honest life.

She was going to Beijing to find Qiao Xiuyuan and get to the bottom of things!

…

Looking at the corpses scattered on the ground, Xiao Ce felt that his master was really too ruthless.

They could have arrived much earlier, but they insisted on giving Ye Chengping a chance to be completely satisfied.

Fortunately, the master didn't let all the people at the door go in, otherwise Qiao Zixian probably wouldn't have been able to take it and might have died in bed.

It seems that his master only shows his gentle side when he is dealing with the princess.

Xiao Ce's expression was too obvious, which annoyed Ye Zeyu.

"What? Feeling sorry for Qiao Zixian?"

"How could that be! If I felt sorry for her, who would feel sorry for us?! If it weren't for our master's wisdom, we would probably have perished here in Ganzhou! So Qiao Zixian deserved what she got!"

Xiao Ce spoke with righteous indignation.

He didn't feel sorry for her; he just felt it wasn't necessary to be so cruel.

But then Ye Zeyu said in a deep voice, "Qiao Zixian's willingness to follow Qiao Xiuyuan's arrangements and offer herself to seduce Zheng Yi shows that she is an extreme person with a strong obsession."

I do this only in the hope that Qiao Zixian can fully wake up.

After all, only when she is lucid can she be of use to me.

Xiao Ce wanted to say that Qiao Zixian was not clear-headed and could be completely manipulated by Ye Zeyu.

But what he said was, "My master is wise!"

Ultimately, however, the people who harmed Qiao Zixian were never them. This is a way for the master to help Qiao Zixian see reality. Otherwise, if she continued to be foolishly used, she would only harm herself and others.

Soon, news of Prince Jing's murder for colluding with the Heavenly Immortal Sect spread. Prefect Meng Zuo rushed over, losing his shoes in the process. Upon entering the mansion and seeing the corpses scattered on the ground, he was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.

Because among the corpses, he immediately spotted the dead Ye Chengping.

"Prince Yong'an! How dare you?!"

Meng Zuo sat on the ground, patting the ground with his hands, looking surprised and at a loss.

He never expected that Ye Ziyu would dare to kill Prince Jing so directly!

What should we do with him now?!

No sooner had he finished speaking than Meng Zuo felt a chill on his neck as a blood-stained steel knife was placed against it.