[Holy crap, it's Regent Li Xiaochen?! Am I going to be silenced?! And why isn't he dressed? He's inciting people to commit crimes!!!]
When Lin Yuxin saw that it was Li Xiaochen, she ran away from home without a second thought. After she came to her senses, she realized that Li Xiaochen was not wearing any clothes.
Lin Yuxin quickly covered her eyes and exclaimed in surprise:
"Ah! Regent, why aren't you dressed?"
"That's a question I should ask you. Why is Miss Lin in my palace, and why did she follow me here to peep at me while I'm bathing?"
Li Xiaochen looked at the girl in front of him, who was putting on an act, and sneered. She was very bold in her heart, but now she was shy?
[Peeking? I'm looking openly, okay? It's a shame not to look at such a great physique. In modern times, he'd be a male model. Those pecs, those abs... mmm, I'm drooling.]
"Your Majesty, I...I came to see you on business. My servants said you were here, so I followed them, but...I didn't see you. I was just about to leave! Please don't be offended, Your Majesty! Hehehe!"
Lin Yuxin pretended to cover her eyes, smacked her lips, and explained awkwardly.
Oh my god! Such a beautiful person, what a pity if they die!
Li Xiaochen took a few steps back, slowly walked out of the hot spring, picked up his clothes, put them on, and looked down at Lin Yuxin, who was still in shock, and said coldly:
What do you want from me?
[Huh? Wasn't this regent supposed to be cold-blooded and eccentric? And a ruthless killer? He just let her go like that? Could there be some kind of trap?]
Lin Yuxin hesitated for a moment, then lowered her hand and saw that Li Xiaochen was already standing by the pond, looking at her.
[But if I were to tell him directly that he would be injured and poisoned while saving the emperor at the state banquet, would he think I'm out of my mind and exaggerating? Looks like I need to think of a more tactful way to say it!]
After thinking it over and over, Lin Yuxin finally looked up at Li Xiaochen and said:
"Your Majesty! I have come today to make a deal with you!"
"Are you qualified to negotiate with me?"
Li Xiaochen looked at Lin Yuxin and spoke disdainfully.
"Your Highness, you can't say that. Whether I am qualified to trade with you depends on whether my information is worth Your Highness's consideration!"
Lin Yuxin didn't care about Li Xiaochen's attitude. She leaned back against the wall of the pool, looked directly at Li Xiaochen, and spoke confidently.
"Alright, I'll give you that chance. Tell me! How do you want to trade?"
Li Xiaochen stopped beating around the bush and asked directly.
Lin Yuxin suddenly felt that the hot spring was a bit hot, and it didn't seem appropriate for her to talk about serious matters with Li Xiaochen while her head was tilted back in the pool.
So she got up and walked out, heading straight for Li Xiaochen. She stopped in front of him, looked up, and said:
"Your Highness, I have some news. If this news can save your life, then I hope that if my Lin family is ever in trouble in the future, Your Highness will lend a helping hand!"
[How come I never noticed how tall Li Xiaochen was before? My head almost broke from looking up!!!]
"What news?"
A smile flashed in Li Xiaochen's eyes, but his expression remained unchanged.
"Your Highness, you must be careful of the people of Qi at this state banquet, especially the women! As the saying goes, the more beautiful a woman is, the more poisonous she is. If you are not careful, you may lose half your life this time."
Lin Yuxin looked Li Xiaochen up and down, and said in a serious tone, with a hint of regret in her voice.
"What you said is quite right."
As Li Xiaochen spoke, he looked Lin Yuxin up and down. Lin Yuxin had just come out of the hot spring, and her clothes were already soaked. Her curvaceous figure was now clearly visible.
Lin Yuxin followed his gaze downwards, immediately realized what was happening, and hurriedly raised her hands to cover her chest, angrily yelling at Li Xiaochen:
"You scoundrel, you pervert! What are you looking at?!"
Oh no, I forgot my clothes were wet! Did he see everything? But as long as I'm not embarrassed, it's others who are embarrassed. I'll put up with it.
Lin Yuxin gritted her teeth; she had really made a huge mistake coming here today!
"Ha! You think I'd even look at you, you bean sprout?"
Li Xiaochen found it amusing to see the girl's flustered and angry appearance. It seemed like he was enjoying seeing her, so he didn't hold back his words.
"You...! Very well, I hope Your Highness can find a woman who satisfies you at the state banquet! Farewell!"
Lin Yuxin was furious. She watched coldly as Li Xiaochen uttered his harsh words, then turned to leave.
[Li Xiaochen, you bastard! You look down on me, but I look down on you too! I shouldn't have come today. I should have just let you get poisoned at the state banquet. I can find another way to save you at my grandfather's place, Li Xiaochen! If I ever save you again, I'll change my name!!]
Lin Yuxin cursed Li Xiaochen in her mind before she felt better. Just as she was about to step out of the hot spring pool, she felt something pull her arm.
The force was so great that it pulled Lin Yuxin backward and into someone's arms. Before Lin Yuxin could react, she felt a weight on her body as something covered her.
When Lin Yuxin came to her senses, she noticed that she was wearing a cloak, and that the embrace had ended.
She looked up at the man two steps away from her, puzzled. What was he doing?
"How can you go out like this? Do you even care about your reputation? Put your cloak on, and I'll have Wang Yu take you back."
Li Xiaochen kept a cold face, trying to hide his unease.
He just felt it wasn't right for a girl to go out like that, all he thought was wrong.
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