Ziyan: "......."
"Ziyan." Cheng Xianyi was silent for two seconds, then suddenly asked Ziyan, the strategist, "I think what Xia Lin'er said just now is not without reason."
Do you think a man would accept a gentle and obedient fiancée who has a slight tendency towards violence?
Ziyan twitched her lips and glanced down at the scene of Lin'er's unseeing death.
How was she supposed to answer that?
Could she say that if Young Master Zhou knew his master's true identity, the situation might spiral out of control?
And is this considered a slight tendency towards violence?
Seeing Ziyan lower her head, everyone present held their breath and dared not answer. Cheng Xianyi glanced at the trembling Marquis of Pingyang and realized that her question was somewhat unreasonable.
Just now, when Marquis Pingyang saw himself stabbed in the throat with a hairpin, he turned pale with fright. If it were A-Cheng who had barged in...
I can't think about it, I can't think about it.
Just thinking about Zhou Cheng's shocked and disgusted gaze made Cheng Xianyi's heart tighten. A feeling of weightlessness washed over her, making her feel as if her soul had been sucked away by the abyss.
She sighed softly and said, "I've heard some negative things being said about you lately."
Ziyan: "?"
"A ruthless assassin, a killer who can kill without blinking an eye, a dark force entrenched in the Yan Kingdom."
"These words sound really cruel. If they reach Cheng's ears, I wonder what he will think of me."
“You guys have been too indulgent lately. You need to restrain yourselves. This trend is really affecting my image in Cheng’s eyes.”
Marquis Pingyang, bound hand and foot and thrown onto the cold floor, shivered.
He swore!
He would rather fall into Zhou Cheng's hands.
Honestly, he would rather be caught by Zhou Cheng, since being caught by Zhou Cheng would just mean certain death. But this seemingly kind and gentle woman is actually incredibly cruel!
If he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have had such wicked thoughts.
"Does Master want to change how the outside world views us?" Qingyan seemed to have suddenly realized something and immediately asked in a low voice.
Cheng Xianyi gave Qingyan an unfathomable look.
Qingyan blinked, then suddenly realized: "Master, you want to change Young Master Zhou's opinion of us? To prevent him from disliking you after your identity is exposed?"
Cheng Xianyi pursed her soft lips: "Do you think A-Cheng would hate me?"
Click.
Qingyan's heart skipped a beat: "Ah? That's not what I meant, Master."
"Do you also think that if Cheng knew about these things, he would look at me differently? He doesn't actually like the complete me, but rather the me who is docile, obedient, kind, and harmless, right?"
The peaceful atmosphere suddenly changed the moment Cheng Xianyi finished speaking.
Qingyan realized she had misspoke. Cold sweat beaded on her forehead. She wanted to say no, that even if Young Master Zhou saw today's scene, he wouldn't dislike her master, but the words were already on her lips...
Qingyan felt that the expression on Marquis Pingyang's face at this moment was more fitting.
Look at how terrified the Marquis of Pingyang is!
That's more like Zhou Gongzi's apt response, isn't it?
Ziyan rolled her eyes at her, muttered "idiot" under her breath, and quickly pushed her aside, praising her before Cheng Xianyi could get into a rut: "Master, how could you think such a thing?!"
"Young Master Zhou is so good to you. Knowing that you are prone to feeling cold, he always lifts his robe to warm your hands."
"I heard you were freezing on the city wall of Jiangling, so I immediately rushed back to the city to pick you up."
"Even when he rushed to Yan City to raid the granary, he didn't forget to leave twenty archers to protect you. Think about it, how could he be such a shallow person as Marquis Pingyang? Young Master Zhou is intelligent, resourceful, and far-sighted. He must like a fiancée of extraordinary status!"
"so--"
“Master, didn’t you want to win over Young Master Zhou? Why don’t you use the name of Cheng Gui Pavilion to kidnap Marquis Pingyang and send him over to him?”
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