Just as she raised her foot, a cold light suddenly came from the darkness.

“Zheng——”

A long sword suddenly pierced her feet, three inches deep into the stone.

This sudden change frightened Qin Jialuo so much that he fell backwards and fell to the ground in a mess.

She turned her head in anger, only to see Pei Yuan with a cold face slowly walking out from the shadows of the trees.

"Princess Daqin, please respect yourself!"

His tone was cold, and his eyes fell on Qin Jialuo like a knife.

Qin Jialuo unconsciously thought of his cruelty in feeding her poison, and her body shuddered involuntarily, but she still forced herself to say:

"General Pei, this princess is helping him. He is in danger now. Are you going to watch him get into trouble?"

Pei Yuan sneered, "I'm afraid Prime Minister Xie can't afford your 'kindness'. So please don't worry about it, Princess."

Although Pei Yuan and Xie Yunqi were love rivals, at this moment, he couldn't pretend not to see and watch Qin Jialuo make a big mistake.

Seeing that he had ruined her good fortune, Qin Jialuo couldn't help but grit her teeth and stared at Pei Yuan intently.

But due to the situation, she could only put on her coat again and left the scene with an unwilling look on her face.

At this time, Pei Yuan's eyes fell on Xie Yunqi, and he was about to speak, when suddenly -

“Crash!”

Water splashed everywhere, and a slender figure quickly emerged from the bottom of the water. Her black hair stuck to her fair cheeks, and her lips turned slightly pale due to the cold.

Chu Qingluan raised her hand to wipe the water droplets off her face. Before she could say anything, she met Pei Yuan's suddenly frozen gaze.

"Your Highness?"

Pei Yuan witnessed this scene and felt his voice tighten, with a flash of unbelievable pain in his eyes.

A man and a woman were alone in the pool, and there were still faint red marks on Chu Qingluan's lips that had not completely faded.

In this situation, it is hard not to think of something.

Xie Yunqi also opened his eyes at the right time, curled his lips slightly, suddenly coughed weakly twice, and fell onto Chu Qingluan.

"Your Highness...I feel so cold..."

His voice was hoarse, and his body was burning hot under his wet robe, but he still pretended to be pitiful and rubbed against Chu Qingluan's neck.

"If it weren't for Your Highness's rescue, I would have been..."

He deliberately said some suggestive and ambiguous words.

As expected, Pei Yuan's expression was so ugly that it was hard to describe it.

With a "click".

Pei Yuan's fists were so hard that they made crisp sounds. Darkness welled up in his eyes and his feet seemed to have taken root, unable to move even a little bit.

Chu Qingluan glanced at Xie Yunqi, and her voice was emotionless: "It seems that Prime Minister Xie is much better now. Since this lake water is effective, you should soak in it more."

Chu Qingluan was about to stand up, but suddenly found that her wet dress was still sticking tightly to her body, outlining her graceful curves.

Pei Yuan's pupils shrank and he turned around subconsciously, not daring to look again.

He immediately took off his outer robe and walked quickly toward the door: "I will go and call Zhixia over."

Zhixia was not far away. After hearing the news, she immediately took out a clean dress and quickly changed it for Chu Qingluan.

After Chu Qingluan had packed up, she explained to Pei Yuan: "What Xie Xiangzhong got was a colorless and odorless aphrodisiac. This poison should not be difficult to detect. Someone must have sneaked into the banquet and poisoned it."

She spoke calmly, as if the ambiguity with Xie Yunqi in the water had never happened: "General Pei, I only trust you. I'll leave this matter to you to investigate."

Pei Yuan's body stiffened slightly, but after a moment his expression relaxed a little.

The words 'I only trust you' miraculously soothed the bitterness and unwillingness in his heart.

He responded hoarsely: "...I obey your command."

After Pei Yuan left, Xie Yunqi leaned against the pool and chuckled, "Your Highness just let him go like this?"

He played with a strand of wet hair with his fingertips, "I almost..."

"Xie Yunqi." Chu Qingluan interrupted him, her eyes sharp, "Do you really think I can't see that you are deliberately angering Pei Yuan?"

She took a step forward, stood at the edge of the pool, squatted down, and suddenly reached out to grab Xie Yunqi's chin, her eyes like cold stars, with an irresistible majesty.

"Do you think I will believe that the great Prime Minister Xie could be poisoned so easily?"

A hint of surprise flashed across Xie Yunqi's eyes.

Did she notice it so quickly?

Oh!

Sometimes women are too smart, which can be troublesome.

He smiled, looking very charming: "Your Highness is indeed very discerning. So how do you plan to deal with me?"

Chu Qingluan sneered and applied force with her fingertips: "If there is a next time, I won't mind feeding you ten times the amount of aphrodisiac with my own hands, and rewarding you with ten Hu Ji tributed from the Western Regions, so that you can experience what it means to be so happy that you don't want to leave your homeland!"

The smile on Xie Yunqi's face froze, and his dark eyes trembled.

Chu Qingluan suddenly let go and let him fall back into the water.

Xie Yunqi choked on his saliva, but his eyes were surprisingly bright under his wet eyelashes.

"Your Highness really is... so cruel."

Chu Qingluan ignored him and turned around and walked out of the pool.

There was still laughter and joy at the table, and people were toasting each other.

Qin Jiuge saw Chu Qingluan coming out and took the initiative to report to her: "Your Highness, I have checked and found that a maid in the mansion was bribed, but she has already committed suicide by taking poison."

Chu Qingluan swept her sharp gaze over everyone present. The ladies or noble girls were talking in groups of three or four, but Qin Jialuo was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is Princess Daqin?"

Qin Jiuge frowned and said, "He said he was feeling unwell and left the table half a minute ago. Your Highness suspects that this is poison..."

Chu Qingluan didn't say anything, but she intuitively felt that this matter must be related to Qin Jialuo.

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