Chapter 298 Xie Zan pinched Wei Ying's waist without explanation

Xie Zan put away the glass bottle and said, "Sacrificing myself in exchange for my second brother's safe return home is something I will never regret."

He walked down the palace building and said, "I've prepared a gift for you. Do you want to come and take a look?"

"Would you be so kind as to give me a gift?" Wei Ying was skeptical.

"You'll know once you see it."

The two of them walked further and further apart.

At the same time, the tallest restaurant on Imperial Street.

Xie Xuchi stood in front of the window.

The figure in white clothes as white as snow just disappeared from his sight, as if it had turned into a floating cloud between heaven and earth. He could neither catch it nor keep it.

But he couldn't even talk to him properly.

Xie Xuchi looked pale and sat down behind the desk.

He spread out paper and ground ink, and began to write a letter to Wei Si.

"I want to ask Madam Wei if she's doing well. I'm so sad to see Ah Yan leave the capital, but I don't dare to try to stop her. I know Ah Yan doesn't want to see me because..."

He rambled on and on in the letter, filling up five large pages with details of his past with Xie Yanchen.

After finally finishing writing, he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered someone to send the letter to Wei Si.

At this time, Wei Si was accompanying Xie Zhe in the imperial study.

Because Xiong Lingjiao was arrested in the middle of the night yesterday, all kinds of memorials flew onto the dragon table like snowflakes early this morning. Many officials from the aristocratic families and powerful families tried to excuse Xiong Lingjiao in their memorials. Even those censors who were famous for their sharp and sarcastic remarks said that he was just forcibly abducting a woman, so there was no need to arrest him in the middle of the night.

Wei Si massaged Xie Zhe's shoulders while glancing at the memorials.

Back then, my father was determined to reduce the power of the aristocracy, which aroused public anger.

Xie Zhe chose to stand on the same side as the aristocratic families and thus gained their support. However, in recent years, the aristocratic families have been bullying people more and more, and now they even do not care about the crime of forcibly abducting women.

She whispered softly, "Why is your Majesty frowning?"

"I am angry at these officials for questioning and contradicting me." Xie Zhe slammed the memorial shut.

"You are the Son of Heaven, and the Emperor's word is final. If they question you, they are questioning the imperial power," Wei Si sneered. "As ministers, they should share your concerns. Xiong Lingjiao is honored to sacrifice himself for your Majesty's path to immortality. If his relatives and close friends are dissatisfied, then they are dissatisfied with your immortality."

Xie Zhe grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms.

The woman who loved to wear moon-white skirt when she first entered the palace, had changed into a bright peony palace skirt at some point. She wore gorgeous clothes, had a high bun, had fair skin and a beautiful face, and her red-painted phoenix eyes extended all the way to her temples.

The beauty is so charming and seductive.

He said, "I haven't let go of the He Weizhou incident. Wei Si, you'd better not do anything else under my nose."

"I dare not."

As they were speaking, Sun Zuosi came in to report, "Your Majesty, I just received news that Xie Yanchen and Xie Shi'an have left the palace! It seems they are leaving the capital!"

"Where's Xie Guanlan?"

"Xie Guanlan is still here."

Xie Zhe glanced at Wei Si, "Xie Guanlan is not an ordinary person. I do not intend to let him return to the southwest. I want to use Si Si to take his head."

Wei Si said weakly, "I also want to share your worries, but I am just a weak woman, how can I take someone else's head?"

"You don't need to do anything, just follow what I say."

Wei Si didn't want to hurt Xie Guanlan, so she frowned and said, "I already owe my life to the King of Zhenbei, how could I take the life of his eldest son?"

Xie Zhe held onto an inexplicable smile and slowly smoothed the messy hair at her temples. "Have I been too kind to you, making you think I'm really a good-tempered person? Si Si, my good Si Si, between Xie Guanlan's life and Wei Ning's life, you choose."

The man's fingertips were cold, like a poisonous snake crawling on the woman's face.

Sun Zuosi smiled respectfully and said, "Your Highness, you may not know that just an hour ago, His Majesty ordered the Imperial Guards to throw Princess An Ning into prison. If you had not obeyed His Majesty, it would have been hard to say what Princess An Ning would have endured in that cell!"

Wei Si's face suddenly turned pale.

She looked at Xie Zhe in disbelief.

Xie Zhe pinched her chin, a smile still on his face, "Now, Si Si, can you help me?"

After Wei Si left, Sun Zuosi stepped forward to grind ink for Xie Zhe and said carefully, "Your Majesty truly loves Consort Chen. Even after what she did with Lord He, you didn't hold it against her. You are so magnanimous, and you are truly worthy of her brother and sister-in-law."

Xie Zhe sneered.

Do you love Wei Si?

He really liked Wei Si, and liked her current understanding and gentleness, even if that was just a disguise.

He liked Wei Si even more than when he was young.

But from the moment Wei Si used him to deal with He Weizhou, his love for her was greatly reduced.

He is the King.

Kings hate betrayal the most and only want absolute loyalty.

The reason why Wei Si was still kept was simply because she had other uses.

Wei Si had no idea what Xie Zhe was thinking.

She was thinking about Xie Guanlan, and walked through the corridor with worry, and happened to meet Xie Xuchi's confidant.

The confidant bowed respectfully before presenting the letter, "This is what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to give to Your Majesty."

A very thick letter.

Wei Si opened the book and read it only after she returned to Mingzhu Palace.

At the same time, Xie Zan led Wei Ying into the prison.

This prison is located in the northwest corner of the palace. The outer room is guarded by hundreds of guards. The prisoners are all special personnel. The cells inside are better than ordinary cells and are equipped with beds, mattresses, tables and chairs.

Passing through the corridor, Wei Ying saw Wen Xingluo at a glance.

She immediately drew her sword and coldly pressed it against Xie Zan's neck, "The gift you mentioned is my cousin?! Xie Zan, do you want to die by yourself or do you want me to?!"

"Look at you, you're getting anxious again, aren't you?" Xie Zan pushed her sword aside. "Why don't you take another look inside?"

Wei Ying looked towards the innermost cell, "Xiong Lingjiao?"

Xie Zan smiled cynically, "He was your father's most trusted confidant, but he was also the one who opened the city gates and welcomed Xie Zhe's army into the capital. The emperor wants his heart as a medicine inducer. I bet, Yingying, you must be eager to cut out his heart yourself, right?"

He casually hooked a strand of the girl's ponytail and wrapped it around his fingertips. He leaned forward and sniffed it for a moment, then asked ambiguously, "Do you like this gift I gave you?"

Wei Ying stared at Xiong Lingjiao closely.

The man, who was nearly fifty years old, was tied up and hung on a wooden frame. He could not make any sound because of the rag stuffed in his mouth. He just looked at them with extreme horror.

A twisted smile slowly appeared on the girl's cool and beautiful face, and her beautiful phoenix eyes seemed to be glowing. "I like it."

The curve of Xie Zan's lips deepened.

He pressed Wei Ying against the cell door and pinched her waist without saying a word.

The young man's kiss was passionate and surging, as if to grab all the sweetness.

His fingertips deftly brushed across the girl's belt, and the loose and thin spring dress instantly became loose, revealing her white jade-like shoulders and neck.

Xie Zan's eyes turned deep and his breathing became heavier, and his continuous and dense kisses slid down one after another.

Wen Xingluo sat upright at the desk and slowly put down the book in his hand.

She coughed lightly and raised her hand, "Well, I'm still here."