He couldn't understand why such a cruel man could be so nice to his maid?
Rumor has it that this Third Prince isn't interested in women, and even has some extremely perverted hobbies. Now it seems that these rumors can't be taken seriously...
"Your Highness, the Imperial Master has arrived."
The respectful voice of the servant beside him made Su Li collect his thoughts.
Bai Yan raised his eyes and looked at the person who was covering himself tightly not far away, and raised the corners of his eyes slightly.
The original owner and Su Li didn't spend much time together, but because of Bai Xinghe, they didn't get along well in the few times they met.
If both sides had not been hindered by each other's identities and had not done anything overly outrageous, there would probably be a lot more people trying to assassinate him.
Now he looked at Su Li, who was dressed in white.
There was a playful smile in his eyes, and the flash of disgust was well concealed by him.
"The Imperial Master is here? Please sit down first...Xiao Xi."
Bai Yan's attitude towards him remained lukewarm, but he turned his head to look at Yue Xi beside him, his eyebrows slightly curved, and he smiled a little.
Su Li sat quietly waiting for Bai Yan to make the arrangements. Looking at the teacup placed beside him, he looked at Yue Xi and nodded slightly, his tone very calm:
"Thank you very much."
Yue Xi said with a smile: "You are welcome, Master Imperial Master. This is what I should do."
However, when Su Li raised the teacup to her lips, she paused and put the cup back.
"Your Highness, what do you mean? Heartbreak Grass, Soul-Separation Flower, Nine-legged Insect... Your Highness wants to kill me?"
Bai Yan just glanced at Yue Xi after hearing this, smiled helplessly and indulgently, and shook his head slightly.
"You girl..."
Yue Xi stuck out her tongue, blinked, and then looked at Su Li with a smile, apologizing insincerely:
"My apologies, Master Imperial Master, this is the tea that His Highness usually drinks. After all, there are so many people who poison us, so we have to adapt to it in advance."
"It's all my fault. I forgot that the Imperial Master is too frail to withstand the poison..."
Yue Xi changed her tone as she spoke, and the smile in her eyes deepened.
"But my Lord, you should get used to it. What if you are poisoned and assassinated someday?"
Everyone respects the Imperial Master, even the current emperor has to be in awe of him, otherwise he would not have delayed appointing a crown prince out of concern for the Imperial Master.
But she is different, she only cares about her prince.
This Imperial Master and that Bai Xinghe are in the same group, and they are even planting spies around her prince. They are not good people!
He also wanted her to make tea for him, and it was considered kind of her not to replace it all with poison.
"Alright, don't be so rude to the Imperial Master. Since you know that the Imperial Master is frail, why don't you go and get a cup of tea?"
There was no rebuke in Bai Yan's tone, but rather a hint of laughter.
Yue Xi responded with a smile, then turned and left.
Su Li, who was sitting next to him, had a dark look in her eyes for a moment. Seeing Bai Yan's attitude, she felt a little unhappy.
But he didn't think much about it. After all, anyone would feel bad if treated like this.
"Third Prince, now that I'm here, what do you want in exchange for releasing my people?"
Su Li's tone was cold and distant, and she was twisting the beads with her fingertips, trying to calm the inexplicable irritation in her heart.
"Master, you're really joking. What do you mean by your people? Are you talking about... those I killed yesterday? Those were assassins."
"Or..."
Bai Yan spoke with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes. He paused and leaned his head on the stone table with one hand.
"Were those assassins sent by you, Imperial Master?"
Su Li was speechless for a moment. Those assassins were certainly not his men, but his men were indeed discovered together with those assassins.
only……
He always knew that Bai Yan didn't touch his people just to annoy him, but he didn't care.
Keeping them with Bai Yan was also to see if he could find any fault with Bai Yan.
But they didn't expect Bai Yan to actually attack them.
Su Li's eyes darkened, and finally he sighed and said:
"Since he is an assassin, Your Highness should handle it yourself."
Bai Yan picked up a piece of cake and put it in his mouth, feeling the sweet taste melting between his lips and teeth. He sighed:
"I thought the Imperial Master came here today to accept the appointment in order to save someone...but I didn't expect you to just say no. How boring."
There was a hint of sarcasm in Bai Yan's tone, but Su Li's gaze fell on Bai Yan's lips through the gauze curtain.
There was a little bit of pink there, and maybe it was because he had just drunk tea, but the boy's lips looked a little moist.
He is quite likable when he sits quietly eating cakes and doesn't say anything.
At least, that's what it looks like...
Su Li thought so in her heart, but did not show it on her face.
"Then what does Your Highness want?"
Su Li still asked calmly.
The reason he came here today was not really because of his people, after all, he knew Bai Yan.
Since all his people fell into Bai Yan's hands, they probably had no chance of survival, let alone being taken away by him.
It's just that he calculated yesterday that Bai Yan's fate had suddenly changed, and that he was entangled with him in some unfathomable way...
Su Li wanted to find out the truth, and just happened to get this news, so she thought of taking this opportunity to come and see Bai Yan.
Now it seems that there is not much change from the past, just some subtle differences.
"In fact, if the Imperial Master wants to take the person away, that's fine, but he'll have to pay a small price."
The boy smiled with his eyes curved, like a calculating little fox.
Su Li thought to herself, and a faint curve appeared at the corner of her lips that she didn't even notice.
He really couldn't understand how he could suddenly be connected to this young man with the fate of a tyrant, and how it was so complicated.
He had looked at it and realized that no one could change his fate, and Bai Yan's fate hadn't been modified either, but there had been changes...
Su Li felt a headache when she thought about the complicated relationship between the person in front of her and herself in the future.
He has always been an outsider, observing the fate and fortune of others but not interfering.
But when it came to him, he felt a little helpless.
But no matter what he thought in his heart, he never showed it on his face.
Seeing that he was immersed in his own thoughts and did not respond for a long time, Bai Yan's smile faded a bit and his tone instantly turned cold:
"Since the Imperial Master's heart is not with me and he doesn't want to save anyone, why not just call it a day today?"
Su Li still hadn't realized why Bai Yan was angry. He only heard the first sentence and spoke subconsciously:
"Of course my heart is with Your Highness."
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