Chapter 66 How about becoming in-laws
Lu Qiongshuang's voice was heard arguing: "My cousins are talking in the hall, how can you, a minister from another country, be allowed to barge in? Didn't the master teach you——"
Her voice stopped abruptly.
"It seems like she was punished by her senior brother again." Jiang Xue took a sip of tea and said lightly.
Jiang Yu looked at Jiang Xue, and Jiang Xue said coldly: "Second brother, if you mention Cao Cao, he will appear."
"Please go and take care of the palace banquet first, my brother. I want to talk to him alone about Xiao Qi."
Jiang Yu nodded and said, "If you can find out the answer by asking, fine. If he refuses to tell you, you don't have to be so condescending."
Jiang Xue said, "Don't worry, my brother. From the look on his face, he seems to be eager for me to ask."
The door of the side hall was pushed open, and a man in purple appeared at the door, with a cold light flashing on the mask on his face.
"It's really unfortunate that I interrupted the conversation between the two siblings." Jing Ye said, "I just don't know why the Second Prince, as the welcoming envoy, didn't accompany me, but came to talk with his sister behind closed doors. What kind of hospitality is this in Ji State?"
Jiang Xue and Jiang Yu stood up at the same time. Before Jiang Yu could say anything, Jiang Xue blocked his way.
"I thought the prince didn't need a welcoming envoy. After all, judging by the prince's behavior today, I'm afraid he has already visited the entire Ji Kingdom Palace by himself? Now he's here in front of me again - what's wrong? The prince consort didn't accompany him well enough? He actually wants the prince to explore the way by himself."
Jing Ye sneered and said, "Your good husband - he doesn't look very good. He always loses the guests when entertaining them. I wonder if he has been living off his wife too much and is not very efficient."
Jiang Xue laughed out loud. No matter how Jing Ye teased and mocked Gu Lintan, she was in a good mood.
"I will tell my father later that the prince consort did not entertain him well and made the prince so unhappy. He is just imitating a woman to gossip."
Jiang Xue turned around and bowed to Jiang Yu, saying, "Second brother, the main hall still needs you to take care of it. I will entertain the guests for you first."
Jiang Yu nodded, with a warning in his voice, and said: "This is in Ji State after all, you can rest assured to entertain us."
Jiang Xue nodded and watched Jiang Yu leave.
When Jiang Yu walked to Jing Ye's side, he whispered, "Your Majesty, you'd better respect yourself."
"Of course, as long as the guy at the door doesn't bother me all the time."
Jiang Yu walked past him, left the side hall, and untied Lu Qiong's blood vessels, who were immobilized.
"Stay outside this door and don't go in to disturb them." Jiang Yu whispered, "Listen carefully, if anything happens--"
Lu Qiongshuang nodded.
Jing Ye laughed a few times, turned around and closed the door.
He looked at the empty teacup on the table and asked, "Since Princess Changle wants to entertain us, it doesn't mean she can't even serve tea, right?"
Jiang Xue ignored him and sat down, lowering her head to play with the teacup. She said, "Your Highness, don't you have hands? Here, I am not only the master, but also the king. Since Your Highness has come to pay homage to the Emperor, isn't it only natural that he should pay homage to me?"
Jing Ye walked closer to Jiang Xue, grabbed her chin and lifted her up.
"Jiang Xue, you are becoming more and more courageous."
Jiang Xue was shocked by his sudden action and said angrily, "How dare you!"
Jing Ye smiled.
He slowly let go of her hand, sat opposite Jiang Xue, raised his hand to pour two cups of tea, pushed one cup in front of Jiang Xue, and said, "Excuse me, tea instead of wine."
Jiang Xue's eyebrows were raised because of his frivolous behavior. Suddenly she thought of something and said, "More and more? It seems as if the prince knew me before."
Jing Ye sneered and said, "I am not that lucky. If I had known the princess earlier, I would not be able to sit here now."
Jiang Xue asked, "Since Your Majesty doesn't know, what does he mean by what he said just now?"
"Your Highness, don't you know how important you are in Xiao Qi's heart?" Jing Ye asked, his expression could not be seen under the mask.
"Xiao Qi has mentioned you to me many times."
Jiang Xue was silent.
"I am very curious. If Xiao Qi is lucky, it is not me but Xiao Qi who came today. I wonder what the princess thinks when she sees him? And I wonder what he thinks when he sees the princess who is already married?"
Jiang Xue still didn't speak.
"Why, since he is your former lover, the princess doesn't even want to mention him?"
Jiang Xue's voice was as cold as ice. She said, "Your Majesty should be thankful that he died young. If I could still see him today—"
"I will eat his flesh and drink his blood, leaving him with neither the hope of life nor the hope of death."
Jing Ye's hand holding the cup tightened unconsciously, squeezing the cup until it broke.
Jiang Xue sneered, "Why? Your Majesty can't stand hearing this?"
"I just find it strange that Princess Changle has no curiosity at all about the cause of his death?" Jing Ye asked in a deep voice.
Jiang Xue said: "Not interested."
After all, she knew the cause of Xiao Qi's death very well.
"Xiao Qi is really pitiful. He thought he had found a lover in a foreign country, but he turned out to be the most heartless person in the world. He thought his hometown, where he was born and raised, was actually his grave." Jing Ye shook his head and sighed, "Who could have thought that the one who sent him to the underworld would be his own biological father."
"What?" Jiang Xue was stunned.
Jing Ye smiled and said, "Princess, you still say you're not interested?"
Jiang Xue asked, "You mean, Prince An also attacked him?"
Jing Ye's eyes darkened slightly, and he asked, "Also?"
"It seems that Princess Changle has many secrets."
Jiang Xue stood up and walked to the window, lowered her head, trying to hide the pain on her face.
"As far as I know, Xiao Qi did something to disobey Prince An in Ji State that day. Prince An was afraid of leaving evidence, so he poisoned him as soon as he arrived in Qingzhou." Jing Ye asked tentatively, "Princess, I am very curious, what did he do?"
Jiang Xue's fingers clenched tighter and tighter until they turned white.
The palace maid who poisoned the eldest prince that day was found with a letter from Prince Gan Guoan.
Could it be that...
Jiang Xue didn't dare to think too much.
She turned around and stared at Xiao Qi fiercely, saying, "Go on."
Seeing that she looked fierce yet hesitant, Jing Ye suddenly laughed happily.
"Princess, are you interested now?" he said softly, "But I don't want to talk about it anymore."
He walked towards Jiang Xue and trapped her tightly between his body and the window frame.
The masculine scent hit her in the face, and Jiang Xue frowned and wanted to escape, but Jing Ye reached out and held on to the window frame.
"Princess, will you believe it now if you didn't believe it many years ago? Is the truth really important to you now?"
"This is about my brother," Jiang Xue's eyes turned red and she said hoarsely, "How can it not be important!"
"I see," Jing Ye lowered his hand and turned around, "I see."
"What a foolish fellow," he sneered, his voice breaking, "he thought his death would be something the princess couldn't get over, but it turns out the princess really doesn't care about him at all."
Jiang Xue raised her eyes and glared at him, tears in her eyes, but she gritted her teeth and raised her face to prevent the tears from falling.
After a moment, she said, "Did he ask you to ask me?"
Jing Ye turned his head and looked at her, his eyes full of hatred.
"Is it important?"
He took a step to leave, but Jiang Xue grabbed his sleeve.
She took a deep breath and said, "It's important. Not only because it concerns my brother, but also because it concerns a person's innocence."
Jing Ye said sarcastically, "Really? But I don't want to say it anymore. Why don't you ask me for help, Princess? Maybe I will be kind-hearted."
Jiang Xue lowered her head and said, "You can make some conditions."
There was a flash of disappointment in Jing Ye's eyes, but then an amusement look immediately appeared in them.
"Princess Changle, do you think if I ask your Great Ji Emperor for a marriage and we become in-laws, will he agree?"
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