Chapter 546: The Femme Fatale in the Double Life Story (45)

System: [See, I told you not to do that.]

Su Yu said with a serious face: […I think what you said is right.]

System: [Hmm?]

Su Yu: [The male protagonist may really have a masochistic tendency. ]

system:【……】

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Xie Qinglan left again. These days, every time they met, it seemed that they ended up parting on bad terms.

Su Yu woke up from her dream. It was still early and she couldn't sleep, so she simply put on her clothes and went out to get some fresh air.

Outside in the corridor, two palace maids who were cleaning the room were talking in seclusion.

"You know, His Highness left that room again last night."

"It's spread all over the mansion, everyone knows about it."

"They say that she is favored, but how come I didn't see that? Your Highness has left her room so many times, and her father was thrown into prison by Your Highness. If Your Highness really favors her, how could he be so ruthless and have no regard for friendship at all?"

"I find it strange too. Do you think His Highness doesn't like her at all, but is just reluctant to divorce her because of feelings?"

"Your Highness is of noble status, and that girl is just a concubine. She is definitely not worthy of Your Highness. My relatives in the palace said that the emperor intends to choose a wife for Your Highness."

"Your Highness agrees?"

"How should I know?"

The two of them were whispering to each other, waving the brooms in their hands occasionally, and did not notice that Su Yu was watching them not far away.

One of them was worried that the manager would suddenly come over, so he looked up and glanced around. He accidentally saw Su Yu, his body stiffened, his face turned pale instantly, and he tugged at his companion's sleeve.

The other person didn't notice her strangeness and continued to talk: "Anyway, I think that person will definitely not be the main wife..."

"What are you talking about? Let me hear it too."

The sudden voice made the person who spoke freeze. He turned around and saw Su Yu standing not far away with a sweet smile on her face, but her eyes were full of indifference.

The two men were so scared that they knelt on the ground: "Madam, please spare our lives."

Su Yu approached slowly, her voice was smiling, but it made people feel cold in their hearts: "Why don't you say anything? I want to continue listening."

The two of them kowtowed immediately: "Madam, please spare my life! That's not what I meant. I didn't say anything!"

The commotion here gradually attracted other people, but one figure was faster than the others.

"What happened?" Xie Qinglan had just come back to get something, but when he saw this scene, he frowned slightly and walked towards Su Yu.

Seeing Xie Qinglan, Su Yu's expression faded a little.

"Your Highness, you have just returned at the right time. I was just teaching the maids in the courtyard a lesson."

Xie Qinglan didn't care. His eyes casually swept over the two people on the ground, and the next moment they fixed on Su Yu's face, which was pale from the wind.

He walked closer, took off his cloak and put it on Su Yu, holding her hand, his brows immediately frowned: "Why are your hands so cold? How did the servants serve you? They asked you to come out wearing so little?"

Su Yu looked at him and tried to pull her hand back, but it was held tightly.

Xie Qinglan exerted a little force and pulled the person into his arms. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the two people on the ground. His expression was cold and indifferent, but his voice was soft: "But did they make you unhappy?"

The two maids' breathing stagnated. They heard the murderous intent in Xie Qinglan's words and kowtowed even harder: "Madam, please spare us! Your Highness, please spare us!"

Su Yu couldn't break free from Xie Qinglan's arms, so she just leaned against him, putting the weight of her entire body on him.

Xie Qinglan held her indulgently and glanced at the two people on the ground indifferently: "Drag them away."

The two maids looked pale, their foreheads swollen from the knocks: "Your Highness, please spare me! Madam, please spare me! Madam, please spare me, I know I was wrong!"

Su Yu frowned: "It's so noisy."

Upon hearing this, the guards who dragged the two people away immediately covered their mouths and increased their strength to drag them away.

As for the others, they had already stayed far away when Xie Qinglan appeared and did not dare to get close.

Who dares to say that the lady is not favored now?

Xie Qinglan squeezed the little hand that was barely warm, and did not take the previous episode seriously. He said softly: "It's cold outside, I'll take you back to your room."

Su Yu looked at him as if she agreed, and prepared to get up from his arms.

The next second, her body suddenly flew into the air, and she felt dizzy. She was picked up by Xie Qinglan. She was so frightened that she quickly hooked her arms around his neck to prevent herself from falling.

"What are you doing?"

Xie Qinglan twitched the corners of his lips and said, "I'll take you back to the house."

"I can walk on my own."

Xie Qinglan hummed, but still didn't let her down.

Su Yu pursed her lips, but ultimately said nothing, letting him carry her back to the house. It was only a few steps away anyway.

After a moment, Su Yu's eyelashes drooped and trembled slightly, and she asked in a low voice: "What do you think about what I said last night?"

Xie Qinglan paused, his gentle expression suddenly turned colder: "What are you considering?"

Su Yu could tell that he was asking knowingly, so her voice turned cold: "The emperor is going to choose a wife for you, what are you considering? Why don't you divorce me? Are you planning to make me a concubine?"

Su Yu's eyes flashed with disgust: "It would have been better for you to let me drown in the lake that day than to let me be a concubine."

Xie Qinglan didn't say anything. He carried Su Yu out of the room. The servant opened the door in advance, and then closed it gently after they went in and retreated to a distance.

After putting her on the bed, Xie Qinglan stood up straight, looked down at her, and said coldly: "Su Yu, did you ignore everything I said?"

Su Yu's eyelashes trembled, and she pursed her lips without saying a word.

"When did I ever say I wanted to divorce you, and when did I ever agree to choose another wife?"

Su Yu suppressed the strange feeling in her heart: "The emperor has issued an order, are you going to disobey it?"

The air seemed to get a little colder. Xie Qinglan felt that Su Yu seemed to have a special ability that could easily provoke his anger when he was in a good mood.

"When did the emperor issue the decree?" he said in a cold voice.

Su Yu was slightly stunned and subconsciously looked up at him.

Xie Qinglan stared into her eyes, his thin lips slightly parted, and he said slowly: "Not to mention that the emperor has not issued this decree, even if he really issued an order, what will happen if we disobey it? I will say this for the last time. You are my wife who I married in a formal ceremony. Apart from you, no one else is qualified to be my principal wife. Do you understand?"

Su Yu opened her lips slightly in shock: "Disobeying the order is a capital crime."

Xie Qinglan didn't know whether he was joking or serious. He stared at her and said, "Then you will die with me. We will be a pair of desperate mandarin ducks. You won't be alone on the road to the underworld."

Su Yu's breathing was slightly stagnant, and she really wanted to say that she didn't want to die.

But looking at Xie Qinglan's expression, it was obvious that he might really drag her to death with him.

Xie Qinglan raised his thin lips lightly: "You tricked me into drinking poisoned wine, I won't kill you, from now on you owe me a life, the day I die, you will accompany me to the underworld, it's fair, isn't it?"

“……” Su Yu lowered her eyes in resistance.

Xie Qinglan did not allow her to escape, he lifted her chin and asked her to look at him: "So listen, I will not divorce you, let alone divorce you."

"Without you, who will die with me?"

Su Yu's face turned a little pale.

Xie Qinglan let go, and his voice slowed down: "It's not that easy for me to die, you can stay with me at ease, no one wants you to be a concubine, isn't it good to live a glorious life?"