The village head smiled and said, "Perhaps the village chief wants to see me for something. Miss, please leave first."
Qin Wan looked at Xie Qing who was walking beside the village chief. He no longer looked lazy and tired as he did in the Queen's Palace, nor did he look as unrestrained and carefree as when he was riding a horse in the parade.
She stopped and waited for them to arrive without getting in the car.
The village chief knew that Qin Wan was the owner of this manor, but he didn't dare to approach him directly. Instead, he took his men to find the head of the manor and said, "This is Mr. Xie from the capital. He wants to buy your manor."
The head of the village frowned and looked at Xie Qing. He was from the capital and his surname was Xie, so he could only be a member of the royal family.
The head of the village subconsciously moved his feet to block their view: "I'm so sorry, we don't sell this village."
Xie Qing had already noticed Qin Wan. He also moved aside and raised his hand to Qin Wan, saying, "Miss Qin, please excuse me for a moment."
Qin Wan knew she couldn't escape, so she nodded in agreement.
The two of them walked away, and the people brought by Xie Qing and the people on the farm quietly blocked the sight of the village chief and others.
The village chief only then realized that something seemed amiss. He immediately broke out in a cold sweat and pulled the village head over to ask him, "What's going on? What's going on?"
The village head waved his hand: "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."
The village chief didn't understand, but he valued his life, so he immediately fell silent and hid aside with his neck shrunk.
Qin Wan bowed to Xie Qing and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. I wonder what you would like my manor to do with it?"
Xie Qing looked Qin Wan up and down and asked an irrelevant question: "Are you willing to divorce Lu Yan?"
Qin Wan frowned. "Divorce is divorce. What do you mean by that, Your Highness?"
Xie Qing looked at Qin Wan, not missing any expression on her face. He didn't believe that a woman who had been married for eight years would willingly divorce and return home.
She and Lu Yan must have some conspiracy. He even wanted to pinch her slender neck and ask her what she and Lu Yan were up to.
He rubbed his hands and said, "You have been guarding the Lu family for eight years. I don't believe you are willing to leave just like that. How about this: I will help you return to the Lu family, and you will give me this farm."
Qin Wan laughed in anger. "How can His Royal Highness know that I'm reluctant to leave the Lu family? Do you want me to go back and continue to work like a slave, spending money to support those treacherous and heartless Zhongshan wolves?"
Xie Qing stared into her eyes and asked word by word, "After eight years of hard work, can you accept being divorced in one day?"
Qin Wan smiled calmly: "I am unwilling, but I will not go back to the Lu family. Going back to the Lu family will only make me fall into the same situation as before, competing with others for a man who does not love me, and working like a slave for the Lu family. It is better to be free and easy now."
Xie Qing looked at her and saw that she really didn't seem to be attached to the Lu family. A hint of confusion flashed in his eyes: "You two have been engaged since childhood, but you have no feelings for each other?"
Qin Wan was very puzzled. "Although I was engaged to him, I had no contact with him. I only met him a few times before the wedding. On the wedding day, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally welcomed him into the palace. I haven't seen him in eight years since then. So, where did the feelings come from?"
Xie Qing didn't see any trace of attachment to Lu Yan in her eyes, and he felt relieved. "Don't you want revenge? I will help you take revenge on the Lu family. How about selling this farm to me? I won't let you suffer any loss."
Qin Wan still firmly refused: "Revenge, I have only one way, so Your Highness will not bother with it."
Xie Qing spoke in a gentle voice, but Qin Wan didn't give in at all. He really didn't like the feeling of being out of control, but he couldn't touch Qin Wan at all.
He took a deep breath and said, "Since you are here, I will not hide it from you. I want to move this farm and the village away. If you are willing to give them up, the conditions are up to you."
Move away?
How could Qin Wan be willing to move away?
She had spent so much effort in selecting a site and cultivating various crops. Now she had finally planted them and was seeing a little bit of success. If she moved away, what would she do with these things?
Even if we can dig it out along with the soil, who knows if it can survive in a new environment?
Qin Wan bowed solemnly to the Crown Prince and said, "Although I don't know why Your Highness wants to relocate the village, it must be a matter of great importance and secrecy."
"But Your Highness, have you ever considered that by meeting with me, you've already exposed yourself? And now that you're forcibly relocating the village, you've further exposed your purpose. Your Highness, have you truly achieved your goal?"
Xie Qing's face changed. Today's firearms research has yielded results, and they are going to conduct experiments in the mountains. The noise will be loud and will inevitably alarm the nearby villagers, so he came up with the idea of moving the village.
Fortunately, there are not many villages in this mountain, and it would not take much effort to move them all out. However, after Qin Wan reminded him, he realized that he was too impatient.
When he met Qin Wan, he had already exposed his two faces in front of others and behind their backs.
Talking about relocating the village further exposed his purpose.
He looked at the stubborn yet intelligent woman before him, his mind wandering for a moment before he suddenly laughed, "Gu, I was just joking with you. Why are you so nervous?"
Qin Wan was speechless as she watched His Royal Highness the Crown Prince change his expression faster than turning the pages of a book. This cover-up was so abrupt.
However, she also cooperated by patting her chest and saying, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has frightened this servant. Since Your Highness the Crown Prince is just joking with you, can I leave now?"
Xie Qing nodded, turned around and walked a few steps. Seeing the surrounding farmland, he suddenly turned back to look at Qin Wan. Since he had been exposed to her, he might as well cooperate with her.
Qin Wan must have chosen such a remote farm for something important, and both of them need to keep it secret. Isn't this a perfect opportunity for them to cooperate?
Xie Qing thought it through and said straight to the point: "Miss Qin must have some things to do here that need to be kept secret. How about this, you and I both send some people to guard this area? Is that feasible?"
Qin Wan blinked her eyes. Of course she was happy to agree. "Okay, Your Highness, send someone to watch over this village, and I'll send someone to watch over the foot of the mountain to prevent anyone from going up the mountain. How do you think?"
Xie Qing felt that something was not right, but it seemed that even if there was nothing wrong, sending people to garrison was what he had to do.
Um?
Xie Qing suddenly realized that this meant that he was using his own people to help guard her!
He gritted his teeth as he looked at this slippery woman, but he had no reason to refuse.
Qin Wan didn't care whether he was willing or not. As long as she saw that he didn't refuse, she knew that he agreed.
Qin Wan raised her hand and smiled, "Then it's settled?"
Xie Qing gritted his teeth and high-fived her as an oath, but he couldn't help but sneer, "What a clever little woman."
Which woman wants to be called a little woman?
Qin Wan rolled her eyes at him and walked away. Passing by Xie Qing, she couldn't help but kick him on the calf. She quickly climbed onto the carriage by the hem of her skirt and said, "Hurry up, hurry up!"
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