Chu Qingluan laughed in anger and looked at him coldly: "Prime Minister Xie, are you going to play rogue with me?"
Who is Xie Yunqi?
As the prime minister who is second only to the emperor and above everyone else, he will not be left with nowhere to go even if he leaves the Xie family.
Xie Yunqi chuckled, and suddenly reached out to grab her wrist, bringing her closer: "Your Highness, have you forgotten? I still hold a promise from you in my hand?"
Chu Qingluan narrowed her eyes and said, "So, Prime Minister Xie is here to collect a debt today?"
Xie Yunqi stroked her wrist with his fingertips, and said in a low voice: "I just feel that since Your Highness can personally visit the injured in Pei Mansion, then I... should also be treated the same way."
"Whatever Pei Yuan has, I want to have too."
"I want the same care he gets."
"The ginseng soup he drank..." His eyes darkened, "I want to drink double the amount."
Chu Qingluan was so angry that she laughed: "What if I don't respond?"
Xie Yunqi's eyes darkened, and he suddenly leaned forward, his thin lips almost touching her earlobe, and his voice was extremely dangerous:
"Then I have no choice but to come and ask for it myself."
The next second, Chu Qingluan pushed him away and said coldly, "Okay! Since Prime Minister Xie insists on staying here, I will change the plaque of this princess's mansion."
The implication was that the Princess's Mansion should be given to him and directly replaced with the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Just as she turned around to leave, Xie Yunqi suddenly said, "Your Highness, do you think I will let you go?"
His voice was deep and full of irresistible force. "If you dare to step out of this door, I will let everyone in the capital know tomorrow that Princess Zhaoyang broke her promise and treated her loyal ministers harshly."
The corner of Chu Qingluan's mouth twitched, and she looked at him with some surprise, as if doubting, is this really the Prime Minister Xie who was in charge of the court and made all the officials tremble with fear?
This is clearly a rogue.
She narrowed her eyes and looked carefully at the man in front of her. His clothes were half-open and his hair was slightly messy. Where was the dignified and self-possessed look he had in the court?
He looks more like a poor guy from the street, but he is so handsome.
"Xie Yunqi?" Chu Qingluan suddenly chuckled and said, "Are you possessed by something?"
Xie Yunqi was not annoyed, but leaned back on the couch and said lazily, "It's all because of His Highness that I got angry."
As he spoke, he tapped his chest lightly with his fingertips, "It hurts here. Your Highness needs to change the dressing yourself before it will heal."
Chu Qingluan was so angry that she laughed: "I think there is something wrong with you here."
He pointed to his temple.
Xie Yunqi's eyes darkened, and the playful smile on his face just now gradually faded.
"Your Highness is right." He suddenly chuckled, but there was no smile in his eyes, "I do have a problem. I have chosen to be the legitimate son of the Xie family and to make Your Highness unhappy..."
His tone was filled with displeasure and resentment.
"But what can I do? I just fell in love with you..."
"My grandmother scolded me for being an evil creature, my mother said I was insane, and even you, Your Highness..." He suddenly covered his chest, and his phoenix eyes, which always seemed to be planning a strategy, were now tinged with a hint of grievance.
"But I just can't control myself. When I think about the possibility that Your Highness might be betrothed to someone else, here——"
He suddenly grabbed Chu Qingluan's hand and pressed it against his chest. He could feel his violent heartbeat through the clothes: "It hurts like being cut into pieces by a thousand knives. Do you understand?"
Chu Qingluan's heart suddenly trembled.
This was the first time she saw Xie Yunqi looking lonely and vulnerable.
He remembered his father's words - 'He would rather destroy his own foundation and break away from his family, just to ask me not to interfere with your marriage.'
There seemed to be a spot in my heart that softened a little.
"Thank you, Yunqi." Chu Qingluan pursed her lips and softened her tone. "You should know that these are two different things. I am grateful for what you did for me, but it is a matter of etiquette and rules. You cannot live in the princess's mansion."
Thinking of something, Chu Qingluan coughed softly and added, "If you really have nowhere to go, I have a villa in the suburbs of Beijing..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Zhixia rushing over with a unhappy look on his face.
"Princess, Mr. Shen sent a reply saying that the garden next door has been bought by someone. It was just bought today."
Chu Qingluan didn't bother to talk to Xie Yunqi and asked hurriedly, "Have you found out who bought it?"
Zhixia shook her head; "Mr. Shen refused to say anything, but only said that if Your Highness is interested, he can convey it on his behalf."
On the side, Xie Yunqi heard this, his eyes flashed, and suddenly he chuckled: "Your Highness wants to buy the garden next door?"
Chu Qingluan glanced at him and said, "It has nothing to do with Prime Minister Xie."
Xie Yunqi stood up slowly and said in a low voice: "If I say so...I just bought the garden?"
Chu Qingluan was stunned!
Zhixia was also stunned!
Seeing two pairs of eyes staring at him, Xie Yunqi said with a hint of amusement, "If Your Highness wants, I can give it up, but...Your Highness must agree to one condition of mine."
"you say."
"During the autumn hunt, I will accompany Your Highness."
After he finished speaking, the room suddenly fell silent, and Zhixia was so shocked that she held her breath!
Chu Qingluan frowned slightly, wondering what his intention was.
If he really followed her as the head of all officials, it would be tantamount to announcing to the entire court that the Xie family's talented young man had completely abandoned his family and formed an alliance with Princess Zhaoyang.
By then, Concubine Xie will be furious, and the Prince's party will counterattack, and there will inevitably be a storm in the court.
"Do you know what this means?" Chu Qingluan's voice was slightly deep, "You want to be a living target!"
"Your Highness, do you really not trust me?" Xie Yunqi said lightly, "The rotten roots of the Xie family will only hinder the growth of new buds.
It should have been chopped off long ago!"
Zhixia took a breath of cold air.
Is Prime Minister Xie... going to use the entire Xie family as a token of his allegiance?
Chu Qingluan looked at his calm and composed appearance, her chest tightening inexplicably: "Xie Yunqi, you——"
"I just need your Highness to nod." He suddenly leaned over to approach her, with a pleasant scent of pine ink on his body, and his thin lips curled slightly: "As for the consequences...I can bear them."
"Have you forgotten your promise, Your Highness?"
"You said that you would accompany me in this crazy game."
"As for the Xie family, just consider it as a betrothal gift to His Highness!"
For a moment, the air in the hall seemed to suddenly freeze.
The candlelight flickered between Xie Yunqi's deep eyebrows, making the light mole at the end of his eye look even more enchanting. His slender fingers were still clasped on Chu Qingluan's wrist, with considerable force, but he could not break free.
To make compromise? To endure and restrain?
Sorry, what is that?
These words do not exist in Xie Yunqi's dictionary. He only knows that if he wants to get something, he must do it openly and if he wants to seize something, he must seize it without leaving any room, even if it means taking it by force, pestering, or using any means necessary.
For someone like Pei Yuan who upholds propriety, righteousness, and integrity, he deserves not to be touched by her clothes for ten years.
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