Xiao Churen suddenly stopped in his tracks and pulled back.
He turned to look at Qi Yinyin, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
I told you to seduce Xiao Ye, but how did you end up on his bed?
Only after Qi Yinyin reminded him did Xiao Churen remember to find out the cause and effect.
"Your Highness, it was the Crown Princess and her people who sent people to follow me. They found out that I had been in contact with you and became suspicious of my identity, so they had me thrown into your study."
Qi Yinyin finally came to her senses and understood.
It must have been because I went out to find the King of Chu and they followed me. His Highness the Crown Prince was wary of me from the beginning and didn't fully trust me.
"Crown Princess, it's her again!"
Xiao Churen gritted his teeth as he uttered those words. Almost every time he encountered this woman, his plans would fail.
This woman made him feel a sense of frustration he had never experienced before.
“Your Highness, they no longer trust Yinyin, and the jade pendant has been taken by the Crown Prince. Yinyin knows she cannot escape her guilt. She asks for nothing more than to keep Yinyin as a servant to serve Your Highness. Yinyin will serve Your Highness wholeheartedly.”
Qi Yinyin buried her very low, her body swaying precariously, looking extremely frail.
Some mottled marks were still visible on her neck, which Xiao Churen noticed as soon as he lowered his eyes, and he unconsciously recalled the tenderness they had just shared.
His heart softened a little afterward. "Alright, this can't be entirely blamed on you. From now on, you'll be a maidservant in my manor!"
"Thank you, Your Highness. Yinyin will serve you with all her heart!"
Qi Yinyin finally breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him joyfully.
*
On the other side, Xiao Ye and his group listened to the report from the secret guards and learned everything that had happened at the Chu Prince's residence.
"I never expected Su Wanshi to go and catch her husband cheating at this time. This is really interesting!"
Su Liluo peeled a banana while laughing.
"I'm afraid she'll never be able to stop being jealous like this in the future."
Xiao Ye recalled what the guard had said: after Xiao Churen took Qi Yinyin as his concubine, he added his own opinion.
He knew that once a man didn't reject a woman and kept her by his side, he was giving someone else a chance.
This Qi Yinyin seems to have a knack for dealing with men.
"Yes, I never expected Qi Yinyin to be so capable that even the King of Chu could take her in."
Su Liluo sighed; this was indeed something she hadn't expected.
She thought Xiao Churen would be furious and punish Qi Yinyin after sleeping with her, but she never expected him to take her in as a concubine.
As for Qi Yinyin's ability, could it be because she's better in that area...?
As Su Liluo was thinking, her mind suddenly went astray, and then her gaze fell on the aloof Xiao Ye sitting next to her.
She suddenly asked curiously, "Hey, if you and Qi Yinyin really had a relationship, would you...?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I am not like the King of Chu. I find it disgusting."
Xiao Ye's face suddenly darkened for a moment, and he decisively interrupted.
How could he let a woman like Qi Yinyin touch him?
"Oh, I was just saying."
Seeing that he was slightly angry, Su Liluo pouted and said.
She racked her brains for a moment, and then suddenly thought of something else.
Still curious, she asked, "If Qi Yinyin really is your savior, and she's not lying to you, would you like her?"
"......"
Xiao Ye: He really hadn't thought about that question.
Su Liluo stared intently at him, and Xiao Ye was stunned for a moment, then pursed his lips and thought for a moment.
If Qi Yinyin really was his savior, he thought he definitely wouldn't like her.
Even if he made a promise when he was a child, he now feels that it was a childish and irrational act made in a moment of impulse to express his gratitude for being saved.
What about Su Liluo?
His affection for her wasn't based on a childhood favor; he had already fallen for her long before he knew she was his savior.
As for falling in love with someone because of a life-saving debt, he now finds that behavior ridiculous.
So he honestly replied, "No, it would be childish to fall in love with someone just because they saved my life."
Su Liluo's eyes lit up. "You and I think the same way! Saving someone's life is a favor, and there are many ways to repay it, but there's no need to repay it with your body, right? If you love someone because of saving their life, then that love is too easy."
Actually, she has always felt this way.
That's why she wasn't fixated on the jade pendant that Su Wanshi had stolen in her previous life.
When she was a child, she saved Xiao Ye but never thought of him repaying her with his body. At that time, she only felt that he was a friend.
So much so that she could talk about this with Su Wanshi when she was a child without any burden, because at the time she just took Xiao Ye's words about marrying her when she grew up as a joke.
In her previous life, her affection for Xiao Churen wasn't because of this jade pendant.
In this life, it wasn't because of the jade pendant that she was interested in Xiao Ye.
"Your Highness, the Empress has sent a message requesting that you and the Crown Princess take some time to visit her at the palace."
At this moment, the steward of the Crown Prince's residence walked in from outside.
"The Empress Dowager is looking for us. Shall we go tomorrow?"
Upon hearing this, Su Liluo said.
Just then, she went to give the Empress a medical check-up.
"good."
Xiao Ye nodded.
The next day.
They went to the palace together early in the morning, and after Xiao Ye finished his court session, he went to the Empress's palace with Su Liluo.
At this time, since Su Liluo cured the Empress's illness, her spirits have improved considerably. In addition, since Consort Liu made a mistake last time, the power in the harem has returned to the Empress.
However, Emperor Wenjian and the Empress did not have a deep relationship, so he did not stay overnight in the Empress's palace.
Therefore, many people in the harem still felt that the Empress was not favored.
"Mother, what is the matter that you summoned me here today?"
After entering the Empress's palace and sitting down, Xiao Ye asked directly.
The Empress smiled kindly, "His Majesty's birthday banquet will be coming soon, and I would like to discuss with you what gift to give him."
The Emperor's birthday banquet!
Upon hearing this, Su Liluo's heart skipped a beat, and then she remembered the events of her previous life.
In his previous life, Xiao Churen stole the show at the Emperor's birthday banquet, almost causing the Emperor to depose the Crown Prince and make him the new Crown Prince.
At that time, many princes and princesses presented Emperor Wenjian with birthday gifts, which made him very happy. However, the most amazing gift was the one given by Xiao Churen.
Xiao Churen spent a high price to acquire the "Ten Thousand Sons and Thousand Grandsons" painting, which had been lost for a long time in the previous dynasty, from overseas. Emperor Wenjian was a great lover of calligraphy and painting, and this gift made him very happy.
Some say that Xiao Churen went through many hardships to find this painting, which moved Emperor Wenjian to tears.
At the time, the Crown Prince was still paralyzed and had married the Crown Princess but had no children, which became the reason for the court officials to impeach him.
The day after the birthday banquet, at the morning court session, many ministers requested that the disabled crown prince be deposed, saying that the crown prince was not fit to carry on the family line and demanding that the King of Chu be made crown prince instead.
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