Nan Qianyue looked at him in shock, "Your Highness, please don't joke with me. How could the Emperor allow you to marry the Prime Minister's daughter? Moreover, the Prime Minister's wife would not agree either."
Qin Yi gave a reassuring smile. "I had already thought about these issues before sending you to the Prime Minister's residence. Don't worry, Yue'er, I have my own ways of dealing with them. What I'm waiting for is your answer."
Nan Qianyue blinked twice, withdrew her hand, and looked to the side. "I will not marry him. Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness."
Her answer was actually within Qin Yi's expectations, so he did not show much disappointment. He gradually returned to his usual stern and aloof demeanor.
There's plenty of time in the future; he'll definitely get Nanqianyue to agree to marry him, even if it's just a temporary measure for her...
The emperor personally escorted the emperor back to his residence after the southward migration, which sparked another wave of discussion in the capital.
Some say that the southward migration finally moved Prince Anzheng and won his favor.
Some say that Prince Anzheng just happened to be passing by, rescued Nanqianyue, and then sent her back.
Some say that the Southern Migration offended some people in the martial arts world, nearly causing his family to perish in the wilderness and even seriously injuring Prince Anzheng who was passing by...
It's getting more and more outrageous.
In Qingyun Courtyard, the moon slants as the southward migration begins, and the woman lies on a soft couch.
The woman in green was reporting to her about the Prime Minister's wife catching an internal traitor.
"As expected, young lady, there really is a traitor in the manor. Madam has been luring the snake out of its hole these past few days, and the guilty person has indeed shown his tail."
"If I'm not mistaken, Madam is currently catching a thief at Qianxiang Hall. Would you like to go see her, Miss?"
Nan Qianyue raised her hand and rubbed her temples. "I won't go. Mother will handle it."
The Prime Minister's wife was a shrewd woman; she knew that this assassination attempt was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.
If there were no traitors within the palace, how could the Empress have known the exact time they were to offer incense, and how could she have calculated it so precisely, leading Qin Yi to Hengyang Mountain while the real assassins were positioned along the way?
The Empress must have known how many guards they had, and she also knew that Qin Yi had left secret guards around her for protection, which is why she sent so many assassins.
The Empress is determined to kill her.
"Miss, a servant from the Xie family has brought you a letter." Granny Wang took the letter brought by the steward and entered the inner room.
Nanqianyue's eyebrows twitched slightly. On the day she returned, Xie Yanzhou ran over despite being covered in injuries, and Miss Xie chased after him crying. The scene was hard to control.
That day, she went to great lengths and racked her brains to finally persuade Xie Yanzhou to go back and recuperate.
She unfolded the letter and saw that most of it was words of concern, with only a small portion being more serious.
He promised that he would cherish his life and work well with his sister to manage the business left by their grandfather.
At the same time, he will definitely get his mother's things back and make the evildoers get the punishment they deserve.
Nanqianyue smiled and said, "That's more like it."
As night fell, Nanqianyue, having finished washing up, lazily lay on the chaise lounge, listening to Green Robe recount how the Prime Minister's wife had exposed the traitor that day.
“Miss, I never imagined that the Second Miss’s personal maid would betray the Prime Minister’s residence and collude with evil people outside, almost causing everyone to…sigh.”
"The lady is also wise. She had someone impersonate the empress to lure her out and extract all her evil deeds, which the lady caught red-handed."
"Sigh, the second young lady must be very heartbroken. First there was Concubine Liu, and now her personal maid..."
Nan Qianyue's expression gradually changed as she listened. She lifted her eyes and began to scrutinize the woman in green, a guess forming in her mind.
Only three people in the Prime Minister's residence knew that the Empress was the mastermind behind it all.
She, Nan Xiang, Madam.
If the mother had someone impersonate the empress, she would have done so very secretly and it would never have been revealed.
So how did Green Dress know? One possibility is that she was someone her mother trusted implicitly, and that her mother told her.
It seems I'll have to ask my mother tomorrow.
"Young lady, would you like to rest now?" asked the woman in green.
As Nanqianyue gathered her thoughts and was about to sit up, the woman in green, just two steps away, suddenly collapsed to the ground.
A cold wind blew by, and the entire room fell into an eerie silence in an instant.
Nan Qianyue frowned, his sharp gaze sweeping over his surroundings.
"Who is it? Show yourself." Nan Qianyue thought to herself, she still had to say the classic line.
"It's me."
A somewhat familiar voice came from behind the chaise lounge.
Nanqianyue was startled, then slowly got up from the chaise lounge and turned around.
A cold-faced man holding a sword stood at the window.
"Ye Jian?"
Nanqianyue was bewildered and even thought she was seeing things.
She even raised her hand to rub her eyes.
Ye Jian said softly, "Miss Nan is not mistaken, the person standing in front of you is me, Ye Jian."
Nan Qianyue opened her mouth, almost exclaiming in surprise. She glanced at the green clothes on the ground and asked in a low voice, "What did you do to the green clothes?"
Ye Jian said expressionlessly, "I used a little bit of sleeping potion, it's nothing serious."
"A sleeping potion?" Nan Qianyue's eyes darted around. "Then why am I alright?"
Ye Jian used mercury needles, which dissolved upon entering the body.
"Oh." Nanqianyue nodded.
"Why doesn't Miss Nan ask me why I'm here?" Ye Jian's face remained expressionless, as if he were both wooden and iron.
Nan Qianyue crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow. "I'm more curious about how you managed to sneak in. There are plenty of guards outside."
Ye Jian finally revealed a hint of disdain, "Mere bodyguards are not worth mentioning."
Nanqian Yuechao gave him a thumbs up, "As expected of the number one swordsman in the world, awesome!"
"So why did you come here?" she asked, getting back to the point.
Ye Jian, "Send the letter."
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