"Thank you, sir. What a coincidence."
The girl in front of him smiled and looked at Xie Qianzhong with a bright smile that made him feel happy.
Before Xie Qianzhong could respond, another voice chimed in: "Song Tangxue? What are you doing here?"
Song Tangxue's expression immediately changed, and she looked at Li Zhaoxian with an unfriendly expression.
Seeing Lee So-hyeon anywhere is simply bad luck.
Li Zhaoxian, standing at the top of the stairs on the second floor, strode up to the two men and stopped: "I'm asking you a question, why aren't you answering?"
Song Tangxue suppressed her irritation: "I've come to discuss matters with the managers, otherwise where will we get the money?"
The Crown Prince's household has been taking advantage of her fiancé's name to extract money from her quite a bit. In the past, she would eagerly hand it over, but that's impossible now.
Li Zhaoxian didn't catch Song Tangxue's implied meaning, but just frowned and looked at her: "Unmarried girls should pay more attention to their image and avoid showing their faces in public."
As she spoke, she glanced at Xie Qianzhong with a subtle look in her eyes. Xie Qianzhong remained unmoved, like a snow lotus on a high mountain, as if everything happening before him had nothing to do with him.
"Otherwise, if you get to know some shady people, you'll inevitably be impeached." As soon as Li Zhaoxian finished speaking, Song Tangxue felt as if a dog had defecated there, the stench was unbearable.
She gave him a disgusted look and said dismissively, "Your Highness is overthinking it."
Turning to look at Xie Qianzhong, her gaze was as gentle as a spring breeze in March: "What a coincidence to run into Lord Xie here."
Xie Qian nodded firmly: "I just saw you go in."
So it's not really a coincidence.
Song Tangxue's smile deepened: "Then I won't keep Lord Xie busy."
He shut up, not even glancing at Li Zhaoxian, and turned to leave.
Li Zhaoxian frowned. Why was Song Tangxue still the same as before? But no, she had improved.
Knowing that simply sticking close to him wouldn't work, she started playing hard to get, getting entangled with other men in front of him.
Li Zhaoxian scoffed.
"Didn't you have something to say?" Xie Qianzhong coldly lowered his eyes, pulling Li Zhaoxian back to his senses.
On her way back to the manor, Song Tangxue remembered that there were still a few pieces of clothing left at the Crown Prince's residence. One of them was made of Shu brocade, which was very precious and beautiful. She couldn't bear to part with it, so she decided to pick it up on the way.
When she came out after retrieving her clothes, she ran into Li Zhaoxian in the courtyard. Song Tangxue lowered her eyes, trying to pretend she didn't see him and walk past.
Li Zhaoxian was standing on the only way out of the mansion. As Song Tangxue passed by, Li Zhaoxian suddenly reached out and grabbed her, pulling her into his arms.
Haitang and Cuixi were both outside the door, and Song Tangxue was all alone. She couldn't find anyone to help her.
Up close, you can smell a faint odor of alcohol mixed with the ambergris scent emanating from Li Zhaoxian's body, which is quite pungent.
Song Tangxue wrinkled her nose: "You've been drinking?"
Li Zhaoxian smiled enigmatically: "You care about me so much? You even played hard to get, but you still obediently came to the Crown Prince's residence tonight."
Song Tangxue pushed him away: "I just wanted to say that if you've been drinking, stay away from me. It smells awful."
"You're just saying that." Li Zhaoxian walked towards her, and Song Tangxue frowned and backed away.
"Your Highness, please have some self-respect and stay away from me," Song Tangxue warned. Being around this person made her feel extremely disgusted, and the thought of it brought a wave of nausea to her head.
Enraged by her attitude, Li Zhaoxian reached out and grabbed her wrists like iron clamps.
Without a word, he pulled her close, his hot breath, heavy with the smell of alcohol, pouring onto Song Tangxue's face.
"Ugh~"
Song Tangxue couldn't help but chuckle.
Li Zhaoxian's forehead veins throbbed a few times: "Haven't you always wanted to be the Crown Princess? Today I'll grant your wish, how about that?"
"So that you won't do something extreme because you can't have what you want."
Women are always weaker than men, and Song Tangxue's desperate struggle was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree: "If Your Highness has this need, you should go to Song Tangli."
"Weren't you and Song Tangli childhood sweethearts, with a deep and abiding affection, so that no one else could possibly come between you?" Song Tangxue asked coldly.
Li Zhaoxian's eyes were blurry. How come he had never noticed how beautiful Song Tangxue was before? The moonlight softened the girl's features, making her stunningly beautiful. If those bright eyes were to cry in bed, what a captivating sight that would be.
"I am the crown prince, why can't I enjoy the blessings of having multiple wives?"
The more Song Tangxue resisted, the more excited Li Zhaoxian became. He was the Crown Prince, fawned over by countless people, and no one had ever treated him like this before.
"Sister, so you've been here all along! I've been looking for you everywhere."
Just as Song Tangxue ducked to avoid it, a sweet voice saved her. Song Tangli stood at the door with a sinister look in her eyes, and almost crushed the handkerchief in her palm as she watched the two of them being so intimate.
While Li Zhaoxian was in a daze, Song Tangxue pushed him away and coldly patted the spot where Li Zhaoxian had bumped into her.
"Mother said that my sister came home very late today. I wonder if she went somewhere again. She hasn't been home much lately, and Mother is very angry."
Song Tangli walked over and helped the slightly drunk Li Zhaoxian, stopping the two from continuing to hug and cuddle. Her eyes were practically spitting fire.
Her older sister is really something else; she says she doesn't want it anymore, but she's still trying to seduce Li Zhaoxian.
Li Zhaoxian belongs to her, and can only belong to Song Tangli.
Song Tangxue couldn't be happier. She didn't want to argue with Song Tangli right now, so she turned around and ran away cleanly. When Li Zhaoxian got angry, she, a weak woman, couldn't withstand it.
Li Zhaoxian was clearly unwilling and whispered, "Stop!"
Song Tangxue ran even faster, but Song Tangli stopped Li Zhaoxian, turning to the side and saying something in a coquettish manner, which made Li Zhaoxian stop paying attention to her.
As Song Tangxue stepped out of the Crown Prince's residence, she breathed a deep sigh of relief, but her legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground.
Haitang and Cuixi, who were waiting at the door, were both startled. They stepped forward to help Song Tangxue up and saw that Song Tangxue was sweating and her whole body was a little weak.
The sound of wheels rolling came from afar. Song Tangxue calmed her nausea and stood up. She had to leave this place first. If others saw her like this, who knew what kind of gossip they would spread.
She absolutely refused to have anything to do with the Crown Prince again.
The sound of the carriage grew closer, and Song Tangxue stepped aside to avoid it. Unexpectedly, the person in the carriage reached out and pulled her up.
A red gauze curtain wrapped around her eyes, and her body was inertially pulled into a hot body, so hot, it was a man's body.
Song Tangxue struggled free immediately, but the man's arms easily restrained her, rendering her unable to move.
Everything before her eyes seemed shrouded in mist; layers of red gauze obscured her features, making it difficult to see clearly.
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