Xie Yunqi calmly drank the wine.
Today he was wearing a moon-white brocade robe and a jade crown to tie his hair. He looked less fierce than usual, but his phoenix eyes were still as deep and unfathomable as ever.
"Your Highness, you are joking." He picked up the wine brought by the maid next to him and said, "I am just a civil official. How dare I covet the Princess of Daqin? Your Highness..."
He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Chu Lang with a half-smile: "I heard that General Zhao issued twelve orders in a row after taking over the border army. Such diligence is really admirable."
Chu Lang's expression changed slightly.
Zhao Mang was his man, and those military orders were actually issued by him, with the intention of subduing those soldiers in the shortest possible time.
But now that Xie Yunqi had said it in public, everyone suspected that the prince had ulterior motives.
When Chu Lang was about to refute, he saw Xie Yunqi had already raised his head and drank the entire glass of wine.
As his Adam's apple rolled, a drop of wine slid down his jawline and sank into his collar.
Chu Lang's eyes darkened.
If he was not mistaken, the maid just now seemed to be the one he arranged.
In other words, the glass of wine that Xie Yunqi drank...
Sure enough, when Chu Lang looked up again, the maid had disappeared.
Chu Lang raised the corners of his mouth and smiled meaningfully: "Prime Minister Xie is so modest. If Princess Jialuo heard it, she would be sad."
"After all, Princess Jialuo has spent so much time on this these days that she is willing to part with even a treasure like the Preface to the Lanting Poems."
Xie Yunqi's eyes moved slightly, "Your Highness seems to be particularly concerned about the matter between me and Princess Daqin?"
Chu Lang was startled, then smiled again: "I am just concerned about the important officials in the court."
After saying this, he ended the topic somewhat awkwardly.
But there was a gleam of calculation in those shrewd eyes.
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