"Your Highness... Your Highness?"

Qin Zhaoyue opened her eyes groggily, and after a brief moment of confusion, she came to her senses.

"How many hours have I slept?"

Sui Mo pursed his lips. "About half an hour."

Qin Zhaoyue's eyes showed no emotion. She didn't cry, throw a tantrum, or roll around in pain. Her calmness made Sui Mo's heart tremble.

For no reason, she always felt that this sixth princess was even more terrifying.

Just as he was about to explain, he heard a faint voice, "Give me a reason not to kill you."

Sui Mo shuddered. "Um... Xuanji Guard requests Your Highness's presence..."

"Ha," a sneer came from the bed, "You're really giving me face with your words. Did they say 'please'?"

That was 'shouting,' 'calling,' and 'coercion'!

After a short while, Qin Zhaoyue, wearing an outer robe and with her long black hair casually tied with a ribbon, stepped into the room.

He seemed to be under a dark cloud, and without looking at anyone else, he went straight to the seat of honor and sat down.

Sui Mo followed closely behind, head bowed, as if she were truly an obedient little maid.

Zhao Qingshan stood aside and, with just a glance, sensed a powerful aura emanating from the person at the head of the table.

So this is the eldest princess. I've heard she's often in the military. Indeed... she's so domineering!

Qin Zhaoyue rested her elbow on the table, propped her head up with her body tilted to the side, and looked at Yin Zhe in the center of the room with half-lowered eyes, exuding a strong sense of languor. "What is it?"

He remained silent and composed, but inwardly he was surprised.

When she first appeared, the Sixth Prince seemed quite afraid of her. How come he has become fearless in less than a day?

Not only that, but it also seems to be carrying a strong... resentment?

"Your Highness..."

"Your Highness!" Zhao Qingshan knelt down abruptly, interrupting Yin Zhe's words, "I beg Your Highness to do me justice!"

In the side room, for a moment you could hear a pin drop.

Qin Zhaoyue's gaze fell on the top of his head for a moment, then shifted to Yin Zhe's face, a subtle smile playing on her lips, as if she were silently mocking him:

Xuanji Guard? That's all?

Without saying a word, he stood up and left.

"Wait a minute!" Yin Zhe flashed and blocked the doorway.

The two were about the same height, and Qin Zhaoyue looked her in the eye. "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear that he was looking for my older sister?"

Yao Guang, standing to the side, was dumbfounded.

This is insane! How dare they speak to Lord Yinzhe like that...?

She is indeed a princess, but the Xuanji Guard is directly under His Majesty's command, while Lord Yinzhe is a commander of a thousand households. This is not the most important point.

The key is that Lord Yinzhe is not only powerful, but also extremely aloof.

That chilling cold that could freeze one's heart and make one feel unbearably cold at the top—who in the entire Xuanji Guard would dare to speak to her like that?

Yao Guang glanced at the Sixth Prince, who was confronting the adults at the door, and a sentence involuntarily came to mind:

Your Highness, you are so brave...

She had never heard the saying: "Being grumpy in the morning is nothing to fear; being grumpy in the morning will destroy the world."

Yin Zhe's forehead trembled slightly. He didn't answer, but instead turned his gaze to the person kneeling on the ground.

"You said you wanted to see Her Highness the Princess, but you didn't say it was the Eldest Princess."

His flat tone, devoid of any inflection, made Zhao Qingshan feel as if he had a thorn in his side.

This isn't just a figure of speech; it truly felt as if countless fine needles were pressed against his skin.

The cold was biting, as if it would pierce his body with countless holes at any moment.

Zhao Qingshan had been rescued by Yin Zhe and witnessed his unpredictable abilities, as well as the Xuanji Guard token, but he was still only half-convinced.

The Xuanji Guard was too powerful; he, a former playboy, had only heard of them briefly and was not even as good as the constable, who didn't even recognize the design of their tokens.

Left with no other choice, Zhao Qingshan led his men to retrieve the secret files his father had hidden in the city, and then insisted on meeting the princess.

The reason they had this confidence was that the secret documents were not written in ordinary language, and only he and his son knew how to decipher them.

Otherwise, all you'll get is a string of numbers, and you won't be able to decipher its meaning at all.

His thinking was simple: regardless of whether they were from the Xuanji Guard or not, seeing the princess was the right thing to do.

Zhao Qingshan never expected that he did meet the princess, but it wasn't the eldest princess, but the sixth princess...

Although he didn't make it clear, in that situation everyone should have assumed that he wanted to meet with the leader, the eldest princess. The sixth princess... doesn't have a very good reputation.

Stimulated by the needle pricks, Zhao Qingshan's thoughts raced, but in the end he gritted his teeth and insisted: "I want to see Her Highness the Princess!"

Once the secret document is deciphered, all bargaining power will be lost, and the only hope will be that the other party will abide by the agreement.

In this situation, it is clear that the Eldest Princess is far more credible than the infamous Sixth Princess.

Yin Zhe said calmly, "Impossible. The Princess is at the mine, where there are experts secretly spying on her."

She had been secretly following him and discovered his whereabouts; he was at the fourth rank.

To avoid alerting the enemy, Yin Zhe didn't even allow his subordinates to approach, doing everything himself. As a result, there were no hidden spying people around the mansion.

Zhao Qingshan hesitated for a moment, then weakly asked, "Then... can His Highness the Sixth Prince make the decision?"

"Can."

"cannot."

The two gave completely opposite answers, their gazes clashed in mid-air, and neither gave in.

Yao Guang and Sui Mo stood silently to one side, as quiet as cicadas in winter.

How terrifying...

【P.S.】Thank you for your book reviews, everyone! Sending love!

I've seen the calls for more chapters. My typing speed is fast enough, but this book just can't be written quickly...