At the same time, Tingyuxuan.
Chu Qingluan was analyzing the relevant evidence about the military pay case that she had investigated in Jiangnan over the past three years. At this moment, the courtyard door was suddenly kicked open by someone.
"Bang!"
"Chu Qingluan, come out!" Xie Yunzheng's furious voice exploded in the yard.
After hearing this, Chu Qingluan calmly put the documents in order. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Xie Yunzheng and a team of guards rushing into the yard with a fierce momentum, with a sword pointing directly at her face.
Chu Qingluan narrowed her eyes dangerously, and her whole body exuded an aura that kept strangers away.
"What does Second Young Master Xie mean by this?"
Xie Yunzheng gritted his teeth, "My elder brother was injured like this because of you, but you are here leisurely? Tell me! Did you plan today's assassination?"
Chu Qingluan suddenly chuckled, "Interesting. Prime Minister Xie risked his life to keep me here, but Second Young Master Xie came here to call me to task."
She walked down the stairs slowly, her voice as cold as frost: "Why don't you go ask your good brother, who is playing the trick of self-torture?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Xie Yunzheng was so angry that the tip of his sword moved another inch closer.
At this critical moment, a weak but majestic voice came from outside the courtyard gate:
"Yun Zheng, put down the sword."
Everyone turned around and saw Xie Yunqi wearing a black cloak, his face as pale as paper, standing in the moonlight supported by two guards.
He looked past everyone and fixed his gaze on Chu Qingluan:
"Your Highness is frightened."
Chu Qingluan didn't say anything, but her slightly cold eyes showed that she was not in a good mood.
At the same time, she was also extremely shocked that Xie Yunqi was seriously injured, but he woke up so quickly.
Seeing this, Xie Yunqi's heart sank, and then he turned his head and ordered Xie Yunzheng: "Yunzheng, kneel down!"
Xie Yunzheng widened his eyes in disbelief: "Brother! She——"
"Kneel down!" Xie Yunqi suddenly shouted, and then started coughing violently. A trace of blood flowed from the corner of his lips, but his eyes were still ice-cold.
He raised his hand to stop the guards who wanted to help him, and walked to Xie Yunzheng step by step, "Draw your sword against the princess, do you want the entire Xie family to be buried with you?"
Outside the courtyard, the old lady, Xie Rou, Madam Xie and others who had rushed over after hearing the noise stopped in their tracks when they saw what was happening.
Xie Rou was about to step forward to speak for Xie Yunzheng, but was pulled back by the old lady.
"grandmother?"
Xie Rou was puzzled.
"Take a look first!" the old lady ordered in a deep voice.
In the courtyard, Xie Yunzheng's face suddenly turned pale, and he clenched his fists unwillingly, then loosened them, and then clenched them again.
Finally, due to Xie Yunqi's pressure, he fell to his knees with a plop, and the long sword in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.
Xie Yunqi glanced coldly at all the guards present: "Second Young Master has committed insubordination, and will be caned thirty times and imprisoned in the ancestral hall to reflect on his mistakes."
He paused, and said in a cold and hard voice: "Everyone present today, if I hear even a word that should not be spread, all three clans will be killed!"
The guards were all silent and quickly escorted Xie Yunzheng, who was still in a daze, away.
In a blink of an eye, only Xie Yunqi and Chu Qingluan were left in the yard.
After a while, Xie Yunqi coughed, "I wonder if the princess is satisfied with this punishment?"
Chu Qingluan watched coldly, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice: "Have you had enough of Prime Minister Xie's drama?"
Xie Yunqi raised his eyes and looked at her dimly: "Your Highness, do you think that I am acting?"
Chu Qingluan looked away, "What else? I've thought about it carefully. The person who least wants me to return to the palace is the Crown Prince, and the Xie family has always been close to the Crown Prince. If Prime Minister Xie wants to frame me and cause dissatisfaction among the court officials, and he is willing to stage a self-torture trick, it's still unknown, isn't it?"
At this time, the night wind blew through the courtyard, blowing up the sleeves of the two men. Chu Qingluan stared at him coldly, her voice as cold as frost:
"This self-torture trick of Prime Minister Xie was very well acted. But I don't know - if I really leave today, wouldn't Prime Minister Xie's injury be in vain?"
Xie Yunqi chuckled, and his pale fingers gently stroked the bandage on his chest that was oozing blood.
When he raised his eyes, there was a frightening dark color in his eyes:
"Since Your Highness has determined that I am using a self-torture tactic, why not guess what I will do next?"
Chu Qingluan narrowed her eyes, "You are just trying to use public opinion to force me to deal with General Pei, which will chill the hearts of the soldiers at the border—"
"Wrong—" Xie Yunqi suddenly took a step closer, his eyes locked on her, his pupils as deep as a bottomless whirlpool.
"I just want to see if Your Highness will be soft-hearted towards me... and to what extent..."
He leaned over to Chu Qingluan's ear, his warm breath spraying on her neck as he spoke, and his voice seemed to be bewitching.
Chu Qingluan was shocked and subconsciously took a step back, but he suddenly grabbed her waist, and the distance between them was only half an inch——
Chu Qingluan could clearly see her own astonished eyes reflected in his eyes.
The light mole at the end of his eye seemed to come alive at this moment, rising slightly with his morbid smile, taking on a somewhat eerie color under the moonlight.
The next second, Chu Qingluan's eyes flashed with coldness. With a flick of her wrist, three silver needles were already against Xie Yunqi's heart: "Xie Yunqi, do you really think that I dare not kill you?"
Unexpectedly, he laughed even more happily after hearing that. He even took Chu Qingluan's hand and pushed the silver needle to his throat, "I couldn't ask for more."
He stared into her eyes, "Your Highness, why not give it a try? This injection..." He panted and pressed his hand to his neck, "Will your Majesty's desk be filled with memorials from the Censorate tomorrow morning, accusing the princess of murdering loyal officials... assassinating important officials of the court!"
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