Chapter 311 What nonsense is Your Highness talking about?
There was a knock on the study door, and a magnetic, deep voice came from inside.
The guard at the door pushed it open and Qiao Wanyan walked in. After she took only one or two steps, the door behind her was closed from the outside.
She turned her head to look back, then retracted her gaze and walked inside.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. May your Highness be well." Qiao Wanyan bowed politely.
He Zhiyu responded calmly, but he never looked up at her. He just lowered his eyes to look at a memorial on the table, and after reviewing it, he closed the memorial and slowly raised his head to look at her.
"Your Highness summoned me here. Is there something wrong?"
Qiao Wanyan's tone was gentle and without any sharpness. He Zhiyu had never felt anything was wrong before, but at this moment the voice carried an undisguised alienation, which formed a great contrast with the way she spoke to him before.
Is he using He Yanli to make himself angry?
He Zhiyu didn't say anything, but stood up and walked past her, sitting on a chair. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then slowly let her sit down.
Qiao Wanyan couldn't figure out what he was up to. "Your Highness asked me to come here just for Qiao Yihuan? What did she say about me that was wrong, right?"
He Zhiyu felt a warm current in his heart. She really still cared about him. She mentioned Qiao Yihuan for no reason. She must be jealous and acted like that in front of him in broad daylight.
Thinking of this, He Zhiyu felt a little better.
"I have made up my mind. Once all matters concerning the remnants of the previous dynasty are dealt with, I will ask my father, the emperor, and my mother, the empress, for permission to marry me."
Qiao Wanyan frowned slightly. Is the prince still planning to marry Qiao Yihuan?
The prince is willing to marry such a notorious thing. It shows that she can eat anything when she is hungry.
Qiao Wanyan sat down and asked, "Will the Emperor and the Empress agree?"
He Zhiyu's eyebrows were gentle, and his obsidian eyes swept away some of the frost. "You don't have to worry, my father and mother will definitely agree. The Qiao family is a family of scholars. How could my father and mother not agree to the daughter of the Qiao family?"
In the past, the Queen Mother had always advised me to marry Wanyan, and now my mother's wish has come true. She will certainly not stop Wanyan from marrying into the Eastern Palace like she stopped Qiao Yihuan.
As for my father, he has never been overly involved in the marriages of the princes, and he will certainly not stop me from marrying Wan Yan as my principal wife.
Qiao Wanyan said calmly, "Since His Royal Highness has made up his mind, then I can only congratulate His Royal Highness. But did His Royal Highness summon me here today just to tell me this?"
Is this a warning to himself so that he won't attack Qiao Yihuan in the future?
He Zhiyu was slightly stunned. How could she be so calm when she heard the news?
You must be so happy in your heart that you don’t know how to express it.
He Zhiyu: "It's not just this one thing. I met a man outside the city a few days ago. You know this man."
Qiao Wanyan didn't say anything. She was too lazy to talk to him.
She didn't respond, but He Zhiyu wasn't angry either. "It's Qiao Chuxue. She's in the East Palace now."
Qiao Wanyan's expression changed slightly, "Sister Chuxue?"
She said that it was not right that the secret guards sent out had been looking for her for so long but couldn't find her. The people waiting outside the city to kill Qiao Chuxue had never seen her. After all this time, she was with the prince?
But why was she here with the Crown Prince? Did she say something she shouldn't have? The people from the Second House were useless. Even a weak woman who couldn't even hold her own could not bear it and asked them to run away.
But even if Qiao Chuxue said something she shouldn't have said, and I forced her to kill Zhou Yu, then this matter should be handed over to the government office for investigation. Why should the prince meddle in other people's business?
A dog chasing a mouse is meddling in other people's business!
Qiao Wanyan said softly, "Sister Chuxue was supposed to go to the countryside to recuperate, but she disappeared on the way and made her family very worried. I didn't expect that she was actually in the East Palace."
"Your Highness, what are you keeping her for in the East Palace?"
Qiao Wanyan asked tentatively. He Zhiyu put down the teacup. "She met a bandit on the road and I happened to meet him and saved her life. She is temporarily placed in the East Palace to recuperate. It seems that because of the shock of the broken engagement, her mood is not stable. She wants you to take her back."
He Zhiyu said, "She is so crazy now that it is not suitable to take her back during the day. You can take her away at night."
Qiao Wanyan asked, "Your Highness, can I meet Sister Chuxue?"
She now urgently wanted to know whether Qiao Chuxue had said anything that should not have been said to the prince.
"No hurry. This is the Mo Yun Hanmei tea that just arrived a few days ago. Try it and see if it suits your taste. If you like it, take some with you when you go back."
Qiao Wanyan glanced at the teacup on the table beside her and said, "Your Highness, the tea here must be the best. But I am really missing Sister Chuxue now. I hope Your Highness will allow me to go see her."
He Zhiyu stood up and walked towards her, picked up the teapot and poured her a cup.
The tea, which is transparent in color and without any impurities, is steaming in the teacup, and its fragrant aroma is spreading all over the place.
He Zhiyu picked up the teacup and said, "Try it. You always like green tea. You should like this Mo Yun Han Mei Tea."
Qiao Wanyan looked up at He Zhiyu in front of her and didn't answer.
He Zhiyu spoke gently, saw that she was uneasy, and gave her a direct answer.
"Zhou Yu's death was his own fault. He plotted against you. He deserved this fate. You did a good job. Don't be afraid. I will keep this secret forever."
Qiao Wanyan understood. Qiao Chuxue had indeed told her everything.
But the prince told him to pick up Qiao Chuxue after nightfall. Could it be that Qiao Chuxue was tortured? Otherwise, Qiao Chuxue would never take the initiative to tell Zhou Yu about his plan. How could the prince say that it was all his own fault?
"Thank you, Your Highness."
He Zhiyu's eyes were gentle, "Why do you have to be so polite to me? You will be my principal wife in the future, and it is my duty to protect you."
Qiao Wanyan was slightly stunned, "Main wife?"
The prince just said that he wanted to ask for an imperial decree to grant a marriage, and the person he wanted to marry was me?
He Zhiyu smiled softly: "Are you confused due to your happiness? I just told you to be so calm, but you just reacted now? When everything is over, I will ask for an imperial decree to grant you a marriage, and choose an auspicious day to marry you and bring you into the East Palace."
He Zhiyu handed the teacup in his hand to her again. Qiao Wanyan opened the teacup, stood up and kept a distance from him.
"What nonsense is your Highness talking about?"
The sound of a teacup falling to the ground and breaking was heard. Jing Yuan, who was outside the door, immediately opened the door and asked, "Your Highness, are you okay?"
He Zhiyu lowered his eyes and glanced at the broken teacup on the ground. The warm tea fell on the ground and a light cloud of mist rose up.
His gaze slowly moved to Qiao Wanyan's face. The curve at the corner of her mouth was still there, but the smile did not reach her eyes.
"Stand back and close the door."
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