Qi Che tapped the table lightly with his fingers, a sneer on his lips.
“In two days, it will be Duke Dingguo’s birthday. Duke Dingguo is a veteran of three dynasties and has countless disciples. He is the backbone of the Qingliu School. Prime Minister Xie will definitely go there.
Your Highness only needs to order someone to put the drug in his tea at the banquet. After half an hour, the poison will take effect, and he will be in a trance and at the mercy of others..."
Chu Lang frowned, "Even if he is poisoned, with Prime Minister Xie's personality, he may not obey the arrangement and go to meet with Princess Daqin."
"So," Qi Che interrupted, "We need to borrow Princess Zhaoyang's name. Just say that the princess is waiting for him in the back garden, and Prime Minister Xie will definitely go there."
"When the poison takes effect, the princess of Qin 'happens' to appear in the back garden. Once the matter is settled, considering the character of Prime Minister Xie, even if he does not marry the princess of Qin, he will not be able to deny the crime of defiling her."
After hearing this, Chu Lang finally showed a satisfied smile on his face.
He reached out and patted Qi Che on the shoulder, "This is a brilliant plan! Then Prime Minister Xie will either marry the Princess of Daqin or be ruined...Mr. Yun is really smart!"
At this moment, Chu Lang was only thinking about his own plan and completely forgot that Xie Yunqi was actually his cousin and had even done countless meritorious services for him in the past.
Now that there is a conflict of interest, there is no mercy at all.
Qi Che simply lowered his eyes to hide the madness in them.
After getting rid of Xie Yunqi, her love rival, Chu Qingluan will eventually return to him.
However, Chu Lang overestimated Qin Jialuo's endurance.
On the same day, Qin Jialuo's shoulder injury had just healed a little, and she couldn't wait to go to the Prime Minister's residence with gifts, saying that she admired Xie Yunqi's talent very much and came to ask for advice.
However, she was not able to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion, but was stopped outside the door by the housekeeper.
"Princess Daqin, please go back. The Prime Minister is not available. Please don't bother us again in the future." The butler's tone was respectful, but not very respectful.
In his opinion, even though Qin Jialuo was the princess of the Great Qin, she was not worthy of her master.
Qin Jialuo stood in front of the prime minister's residence, looking at the butler blocking the door like a door god. He was rarely angry, but raised his hand to signal his followers to put down the gifts.
"Since Prime Minister Xie is busy with official duties, I will come another day."
"But these things were carefully selected by this princess after a long time. Thank you, Prime Minister, for accepting them."
After saying that, she ordered people to put down the gifts, turned around and left, as if it was not her who had been turned away.
Turning around, the maid looked at Qin Jialuo in confusion, "Did the princess really leave like this?"
This is simply not in line with Qin Jialuo's style——
But the next day, the entrance to the Prime Minister's Mansion was piled with gifts again.
Boxes of treasures were delivered one after another, including rare copies from the previous dynasty, top-quality Hui ink, ancient zithers, and so on.
Each gift was something that officials and scholars dreamed of. Each gift was tied with a red ribbon with a small "Qin" character embroidered at the end.
The housekeeper asked Xie Yunqi with a worried look on his face, "Prime Minister, this..."
Xie Yunqi didn't even raise his head: "Throw it out..."
But Qin Jialuo obviously did not intend to give up.
She even sent people to secretly inquire about Xie Yunqi's preferences. When she learned that he loved tea, she ordered people to collect fine tea. When she heard that he was good at chess, she found a chessboard made of thousand-year-old agarwood.
Every gift is exquisite and valuable, and the thoughtfulness behind them is obvious.
Soon, the whole capital was talking about it - Princess Qin fell in love with Prime Minister Xie and was so infatuated with him that she was willing to spend a fortune just to make him smile.
There was also a lot of discussion in the teahouses and restaurants.
And this is exactly the effect Qin Jialuo wants.
She even spent money to secretly hire someone to lead the trend.
"I heard that the princess of the Great Qin even moved the collection of books of the Great Qin royal family here in order to please Prime Minister Xie!"
"Prime Minister Xie is really cruel. He throws away so many treasures without hesitation."
"What do you know? This is called playing hard to get..."
Qin Jialuo listened to the maids reporting the rumors in the market, and leaned on the chaise longue in a good mood, "Keep sending, the more expensive the better."
She didn't care whether Xie Yunqi accepted her or not. She just wanted everyone to know that she, Qin Jialuo, had fallen in love with Xie Yunqi!
——
The next day happened to be Duke Dingguo’s birthday banquet.
As a veteran of three dynasties and the mother's family of the late queen, Duke Dingguo had great prestige in the court. On the day of the banquet, almost half of the court was gathered, and the six ministers, the ministers of each ministry, and the heads of the noble families came with valuable gifts.
There were many carriages and people in front of the mansion, and maids and servants were walking around holding gilded trays. A stage was built in the front yard, and the most famous opera troupe in the capital was invited to perform.
Not long after the banquet began, the Emperor of Chu arrived in person in casual clothes to congratulate Duke Dingguo on his birthday. The atmosphere of the banquet did not become really lively until the emperor left.
As the lights came on, someone first brought up the recent much-talked-about incident of the Princess of Daqin courting, and undercurrents suddenly stirred at the table.
At this time, Chu Lang stood up with a cup in his hand and teased Xie Yunqi, "Prime Minister Xie has been so proud of himself these days. Even the Princess of Daqin is fascinated by you. It's just that—"
He paused deliberately, and said meaningfully: "This exotic beauty's affection should not burn Prime Minister Xie."
The surroundings suddenly became quiet.
Everyone's eyes were shifting back and forth between Chu Lang and Xie Yunqi.
They were originally cousins and had a very solid relationship, but since Xie Yunqi left the Xie family, it was tantamount to announcing that he was standing on the opposite side of Chu Lang.
Today was the first time that Chu Lang bullied Xie Yunqi in public without any mercy.
This was apparently a joke, but in reality it was hinting to everyone that if Xie Yunqi became entangled with the Princess of Daqin, he might be suspected of collaborating with the enemy.
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