Murong Yan pulled her to sit on the couch, and the two began to discuss how they should give their testimony in this case so as to do their best to save the general's mansion.
Ye Wanqing said, "I'll just say that Murong Yao, Minister Liu, and Xu Wanrong colluded to kidnap me. What do you think?"
"If anyone of them betrays your father, the General's Mansion will certainly be implicated." Murong Yan pursed his lips, frowned, and thought for a moment before saying, "We still need to discuss this case carefully with Liu Zhang."
"But Brother Zhang is so upright. What if we tell him this and he takes it as a confession and sentences my father?"
"Brother Zhang?" Murong Yan felt jealous upon hearing this. This name was too intimate. She had never called him that intimately before. So she said unhappily, "He helped Xu Wanrong destroy the evidence that harmed you. How could you trust him so much!"
Ye Wanqing looked bewildered and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to discuss the case with Liu Zhang? If you don't trust him, why should we tell him these things?"
Murong Yan said jealously: "You have never called me brother Yan."
Ye Wanqing immediately realized what was happening. After a while, she realized that it was the Crown Prince who was jealous. A hint of joy welled up in her heart, but she was too embarrassed to show it. She frowned slightly and defended herself, "Qianqian is my best friend, and he is Qianqian's elder brother. What's wrong with me calling him Qianqian?"
"Anyway, you are not allowed to call me that affectionate."
"Humph, overbearing and unreasonable."
Murong Yan reached out and grabbed her waist, holding her in his arms, and said in a gentle voice: "Don't you like the overbearing and unreasonable the most?"
"When did I ever say I like overbearing and unreasonable people?" Ye Wanqing's face flushed red. She gently struggled against Murong Yan's tight hold on her waist and said angrily, "What do you want to do, you pervert?"
"You call me a lecher. If I don't do something, I won't live up to the title."
"You dare." Ye Wanqing clenched her fists, looked at his handsome face with a nonchalant look, and threatened: "I'll hit you!"
Ye Wanqing snorted softly and punched his chest lightly with her fist, but he caught her fist with his warm hand and held it against his chest. "Oh, don't hit me, I'm seriously injured. Be careful not to murder the prince."
He smiled and leaned closer to ask, "So, this beautiful, lovely, and kind-hearted Miss Qingqing, what kind of man do you like?"
Ye Wanqing suddenly felt her heart beating faster and her ears getting hotter. She hesitated for a long time and couldn't answer, so she quickly pulled her hand back.
Murong Yan kept asking, his face getting closer and closer: "What's that like? Like Murong Yao? Like Liu Zhang? Or like the Great Demon King?"
"How, how is it possible..."
Seeing Murong Yan getting closer and closer, Ye Wanqing nervously supported herself on the couch with her hands, her pink cheeks already red all the way to her neck. She changed the subject and said, "Murong Yan, aren't we talking about the kidnapping case? Why aren't you in a hurry at all?"
"Since I can't think of a solution right now, I might as well take this opportunity to cultivate our relationship.
What is that like, me?"
Ye Wanqing said hypocritically: "Humph, anyway, it's not like you."
"Ah, is there anyone in Yong'an City who is more outstanding and more suitable for my lady than this prince?"
But Murong Yan pretended to be disappointed at first, then smiled slyly and said, "Hey, I suddenly remembered something."
Seeing his sly smile, Ye Wanqing knew he had some dirty thoughts again, "What are you talking about!"
"I remember someone once said that if I tell anyone that I kissed you, I will have to marry you, right?"
Ye Wanqing quickly denied it, "No way!"
"Yes, that was the first time I caught you wearing women's clothes. You said it yourself. Are you trying to deny it?
Then—I will send someone to write down the details of the incident on a notice tomorrow and post a copy in every street and alley, so that everyone in Yong'an City will know about it. That way, Qingqing won't be able to escape, right?
"Your Highness, you are too despicable!"
Murong Yan was as happy as a fox. He approached her and said, "Ha, I am so despicable and shameless and I still covet beauty."
As he spoke, he leaned over and kissed those soft lips again. The faint scent of gardenia powder tickled his olfactory taste buds.
Two people who admired each other expressed their love for each other with a deep kiss, and the air in the room was filled with the ambiguous scent of flowers.
After kissing her deeply for a long time, Murong Yan finally let her go, still reluctant to leave, and whispered, "Now I kiss you again, I have no choice but to marry you."
"Your Highness, her parents and brother do not agree." Ye Wanqing answered in a low voice. Her accelerated heartbeat made her feel a little short of breath, and there was a slight gasp in her voice.
"Still calling me Your Highness?" Murong Yan raised his hand and pinched her nose lovingly, "Call me Brother Yan and let me hear it."
"Hmph, you're getting more demanding." Ye Wanqing leaned shyly in his arms, her pretty face blushing.
"Don't worry, I will definitely use my actions to impress her family and make them willingly hand you over to me." Murong Yan put his arm around her shoulders and spoke in a gentle tone, his expression full of expectations and longings for the future.
He murmured, "As for your real father and brother, I will definitely find a way to protect them and obtain their consent...
Let them know that you are Qingqing, and it was Qingqing who married me..."
Ye Wanqing immediately sat up straight, grabbed his arm and said, "Absolutely not!"
Murong Yan was stunned. "Why?"
Ye Wanqing explained: "This is too unbelievable, no one will accept it.
Moreover, Chen Xu's father and brother had just found out that she was a girl, and had just wanted to make up for their previous debts. If they knew that she was dead, they would definitely be heartbroken.
Her father and brother are really nice people who care about me a lot. She has already died for me, and I can't be so selfish as to hurt her family.
I want to live on in her place, be filial to her parents, and care for her family and friends."
Murong Yan was slightly surprised and said, "But, if you do this, no one will know the real you.
Qingqing, I don’t want you to be forgotten in the corner, and I don’t want you to be a substitute for Chenxu forever.
I want you to stand in the sunshine. The person I have always loved and wanted to marry is Qingqing, not Chen Xu.
Ye Wanqing smiled softly and replied, "Your Highness, the name is just a title. I know your feelings for me, and that's enough.
Now I am Shen Xu, and I can only be Shen Xu.
My nickname can be Qingqing, but I absolutely cannot be the eldest daughter of the Ye family anymore.
Her identity and her body are both dead, and she will never have any intersection with His Highness from beginning to end.
You just found out about Chen Xu's female identity, so just think of it as getting to know a brand new Chen Xu, a Chen Xu with the same personality as Ye Wanqing.
May I? "
Murong Yan immediately understood. He smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, I hope you will give me your guidance for the rest of my life. This is the new Miss Shen."
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