Chu Qingluan stared at his half-smiley face. After a while, not only was she not annoyed, but she curled her lips into a smile, walked slowly in front of him, and then leaned forward -
"Have you really thought about it? Do you want to live in the princess's mansion?"
Xie Yunqi raised his eyebrows and fought back without showing any weakness: "Why? Your Highness is scared?"
"What is this palace afraid of?"
"I'm afraid..." He raised a playful smile, "I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself and do something to me?"
Chu Qingluan's eyes condensed, and then suddenly narrowed: "Since Prime Minister Xie wants to live in the princess's mansion so much, then I will naturally "entertain" him well."
Her voice was gentle, but it carried an irresistible pressure: "Come here, clean up the 'Hanzhu Courtyard' in the west wing and let Prime Minister Xie recover from his injuries."
Xie Yunqi raised his eyebrows: "Hanzhuyuan?"
Chu Qingluan smiled and said, "It is quiet and elegant, and it is most suitable for Xie Xiang to recuperate."
Behind him, Zhixia's mouth twitched wildly.
Everyone in the palace knew that Hanzhu Garden was remote, cold, drafty in winter and hot in summer, making it the least popular place in the princess's palace.
Xie Yunqi seemed to see through her thoughts and chuckled, "The princess's way of entertaining guests is really unique."
"Is Prime Minister Xie a 'guest'?" Chu Qingluan asked back, "How can I remember? It was clearly you who came in on your own?"
Xie Yunqi was not in a hurry. He tapped the table with his slender fingers and said, "Let me put it another way. Since I am 'injured', shouldn't the princess take care of me personally? For example... come to visit me in person every day?"
Chu Qingluan narrowed her eyes and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister. Enough is enough."
"If the princess does not want me to continue to be a scoundrel, please agree to one condition of mine."
"explain."
"During the investigation, I will follow the princess at all times."
Her eyes were deep, "After all, the assassin's target may not be just me."
Chu Qingluan tilted her head and looked at him.
——
At the same time, Pei Mansion.
When the news reached Pei Yuan's ears, he was practicing archery in the training ground. Upon hearing this, the long arrow in his hand shot out with a "swoosh" sound, but the arrow finally missed the straw target and fell on the open ground not far away.
"Xie Yunqi moved into the princess's mansion?" His voice was as cold as ice and full of chill.
The guard bowed his head, "Yes, Prime Minister Xie also threatened that the princess should protect his safety personally."
With a "crack", the guard looked down and found that the longbow was broken by him. The wood chips from the broken end pierced into Pei Yuan's palm, but he seemed not to feel the pain and just stared at a place not far away.
"General, your hand—"
"Prepare the horses and go to the princess's mansion!" He threw the longbow to the ground, turned around and walked out of the training ground.
…
The night wind was as sharp as a knife, blowing fiercely into Pei Yuan's robe.
He galloped towards the princess's mansion under the moonlight. His robe rustled in the wind, and his fingers holding the reins turned white from the force. The wound on his palm continued to bleed, but he was completely unaware.
Xie Yunqi moved into the princess's mansion.
This thought gnawed at his sanity like a poisonous snake.
He could almost imagine the man's lazy and smiling face, taking advantage of his injuries to approach her and touch her unscrupulously...
“Oh—”
Finally, the horse raised its long hooves in front of the princess's mansion. Pei Yuan turned over and got off the horse, but when he stepped onto the stairs, he suddenly stopped!
What is he doing?
The night wind blew into his collar, and his burning blood began to cool down little by little.
Who is he to her? What right does he have to ask about her affairs?
Xie Yunqi was the prime minister of the dynasty, born noble, and he... was just the son of a servant in the princess's mansion, lowly and humble. What could he use to compare with him?
The nobility and beauty of the princess were beyond his reach.
Even having the thought of trying to possess her is a sin.
Pei Yuan clenched his fist tightly, the wound on his palm burst open, and blood dripped through his fingers.
He stared at the tightly closed vermilion lacquered door and suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth in self-mockery.
——He didn't even have the courage to knock on the door.
Finally, he turned around silently and mounted his horse, but he did not leave. He just reined in his horse and stopped under an old locust tree outside the mansion, like a frozen statue, letting the night dew soak his clothes.
In Hanzhu Garden, after hearing the news, Xie Yunqi sneered and finally uttered two words:
"coward!"
Instead, she was thinking in her heart how to get rid of Pei Yuan, her love rival.
After all, Pei Yuan was different from Qi Che. He and Chu Qingluan grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and he had also worked as a bodyguard for a period of time, protecting her closely.
That night, Xie Yunqi did not sleep either. Instead, he rubbed his chin, thinking about how to solve Pei Yuan's problem.
The next morning, just as day was about to break, several shopping women came out from the corner door of the princess's mansion, carrying baskets.
As the leading Nanny Gu just went out, she saw a black figure under a locust tree not far away, almost blending into the night.
At first, Nanny Gu thought it was an assassin who was stalking them from somewhere, after all, Prime Minister Xie was stabbed just yesterday.
"who?"
"Who's there?"
Nanny Gu summoned up her courage and shouted, trying to scare the other person away.
But just as she shouted, the other party moved.
He jumped onto the horse swiftly and galloped away.
When passing by a dim street lamp, Madam Gu looked at it and found that the figure was unusually familiar, like——
General Pei! ?
Nanny Gu was shocked by her own idea. She didn't even bother to buy vegetables. She hurriedly handed the basket in her hand to the person behind her and turned to go to the princess's yard.
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