Yesterday, Lu Huai went to the Shu residence to find Shu Zhan.

"I think... I have different feelings for Qin Qi."

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"Are you alright?" Shu Zhan reached out and touched Lu Huai's forehead, then touched his own.

Lu Huai slapped him away: "Get lost, I'm serious."

"No way, it's only been a short time, how could this be?" Shu Zhan stared at her in disbelief.

“I…” Lu Huai hesitated for a moment, “I also find it hard to believe. But she’s like a magician, I feel happy the moment I see her.”

"But I feel happy every time I see you. Does that mean I like you?"

“You’re happy because you can go out and have fun with me,” Lu Huai rolled his eyes at him.

"Do you have any other feelings?" Shu Zhan asked.

"Today I went to the palace with her, and on the way back I ran into Zhao Xuanyang. The two of them are childhood sweethearts. I walked faster, and Qin Xi couldn't catch up with me, so I turned back to look for her. But I saw the two of them pulling and tugging at each other. I felt very angry and wanted to beat up Zhao Xuanyang. But when she spoke to me in a soft and gentle voice, I felt that it was nothing."

"So you think you're interested in her?"

Lu Huai nodded.

“I understand,” Shu Zhan said, producing a folding fan from who-knows-where and tapping it in his hand. “So you…”

Lu Huai stared intently at him, waiting for him to continue.

"You don't like Qin Xi at all!" Shu Zhan opened his folding fan and waved it. "You don't love Qin Xi, just as she doesn't feel anything for you. She only married you because of the Emperor's will. No matter how much you dislike her, she is still your lawfully wedded wife. I wouldn't be able to stand it if she were to be involved with someone else. This is just a man's possessiveness. You're just concerned about saving face."

Lu Huai vaguely felt that something was wrong, but at the same time felt that what he said made sense.

However, that guy was still saying, "You have no feelings for her at all, you've said that before. You should just come with me and enjoy your freedom. At most, I don't dislike her."

“But…” Lu Huai hesitated.

"No buts, let's go, it's still Chunfeng Tower!" Shu Zhan pulled him along and left.

Upon hearing his words, Lu Huai's good mood vanished, and he inadvertently drank too much. His mind was filled with the thought that Shu Zhan had said he didn't like Qin Qi, which was why he had talked nonsense to Qin Qi.

The sins he committed last night have left him filled with remorse and regret.

"Have you told her about my trip to Chunfeng Tower?" Lu Huai asked A Yu.

“I did,” A-Yu said innocently.

Upon hearing this, Lu Huai had only one thought in his mind—

We're doomed.

"drive!"

He hurriedly spurred his horse and rode after her to the Prime Minister's residence. He figured that Minister Lu should have informed him as soon as Qin Xi left, and that she probably hadn't arrived yet, so he was sure he could catch up with her.

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Qin Qi was in the carriage at this moment, looking perfectly normal, except for some dark circles under her eyes, as if she hadn't slept well. Lele and Bao Bao sat beside her, sulking.

"The son-in-law has gone too far!" Lele said.

"Exactly! Our young lady is such a good person, and she doesn't know how to cherish her! Men are such jerks!" Bao Bao pouted, indignantly.

"Pfft," Qin Xi chuckled, amused by the two of them: "What do you two little girls know?"

"Whoa—" The coachman suddenly stopped the carriage.

Bao Bao lifted the carriage curtain, about to ask why, when she saw a person and a horse blocking her way.

Bao Bao exclaimed in surprise, then lowered the curtain and said to Qin Xi, "Miss, it's the young master who's catching up."

Qin Xi looked up, her smile gone, and asked expressionlessly, "What's he doing here?"