As Liu Qi spoke, he observed Qiu Yan's eyebrows and eyes:
"Those people were never good people to begin with. Later, they were recruited by the Fourth Prince and became soldiers."
My brothers and I were originally His Highness the Crown Prince's men. It was the Crown Prince who ordered us to monitor the Fourth Prince.
Apart from me, they are now all lonely souls.
"Miss Qiu, I am different from those bandits and outlaws."
He emphasized the last sentence, fearing that Qiu Yan might get upset and drag him to court.
After all, he himself belonged to the Northern Qi.
After hearing this, Qiu Yan said softly, "Come with me."
Her tone was calm, but Liu Qi panicked upon hearing it:
"Miss Qiu, I will not go to see the officials!"
Qiu Yan corrected: "It's not about seeing an official, it's about seeing Your Highness."
If she wanted to see an official, she had Zheng Hong take the person away directly.
"Your Highness?" Liu Qi looked bewildered.
Ever since Huaiyuan got back on track, the Fourth Prince has vanished as if he'd disappeared from the face of the earth.
"Yes, yours, Fourth Prince."
After Qiu Yan finished speaking, she subtly moved her fingertips and quickly stuffed a pill into Liu Qi's mouth, then swiftly lifted his chin.
Liu Qi panicked and swallowed the pill before he could spit it out.
What did you give me to eat?
Could it be poison? At this thought, Liu Qi felt his body go limp.
He plopped down on the ground, complaining, "Miss Qiu, I've told you the truth, why won't you let me go?"
"Don't worry, this pill won't kill you in the short term. However..."
"But what?"
"However, you need to take the antidote once a month, otherwise you will die from the poison."
If you behave and obey me, I promise I will provide you with a good life, and I will even find you a wife so you can live a peaceful life.
"I will obey." Liu Qi shivered. How did his life suddenly become threatened?
His attitude towards life has always been that it's better to live a miserable life than to die; he doesn't want to die.
Because of the pills, he looked listless and somewhat dispirited.
Well, given Zheng Hong's aggressive manner in arresting people just now, even if he wasn't threatened by Qiu Yan, he would have been arrested by the officials sooner or later.
Qiu Dafu didn't want him, and there was nothing he could do about it.
In the following time, Qiu Yan took Liu Qi to find Qin Feng in order to confirm his identity.
The two arrived at Xingyue Tower. Qiu Yan looked at Song Jiao on the second floor and asked Liu Qi,
Have you seen her?
Liu Qi took a good look at the pipa player, then shook his head, "She's wearing a veil, I can't see clearly."
"Take another look." Qiu Yan felt that if it was someone she knew, she would have some impression of them even from just half a face.
Liu Qi shook his head. "Never seen it before."
"Have you heard of Song Jiao and Qin Feng?"
Liu Qi shook his head again, "Never."
Qiu Yan didn't ask any more questions. She told Liu Qi to wait outside and slowly walked in herself.
After looking around, she did not see Qin Feng or Qiu Dayu.
He then saw Lin Shu and Qin Wu smiling as they approached him.
Lin Shu asked with a smile, "Qiu Yan, are you buying all this as a gift?"
"Hmm." Qiu Yan nodded. "Lin Shu, have you seen Cousin Song Jiao?"
Lin Shu shook her head, "Qin Wu and I were near Lu Ming all morning and just came over, so we didn't see you. Our boss was just asking about you, and then he left, and here you are."
When they had nothing else to do, Lin Shu and Qin Wu would come to Xingyue Tower to chat with Qiu Dayu and help him with business.
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