Qin Kou'er pulled Lan Linxue directly out of the treasure basin and into her boat on the Qinhuai River.
Lan Linxue was quite well-behaved. She kept quiet the whole way, watching Qin Kou'er remain silent with a sullen face. She either played with the small items in the car or lifted the curtain to watch the commotion outside.
Finally, only two people remained sitting alone inside the boat.
"What exactly do you want to tell me? Why are you being so mysterious!" Lan Linxue leisurely took a sip of tea, savoring it contentedly, before raising her head to look at Qin Kou'er, who had a serious expression on her face.
Qin Kou'er didn't speak, her body ramrod straight, her brows slightly furrowed as she stared intently at Lan Linxue.
"What's wrong?" Lan Linxue felt a little uncomfortable under her gaze, but when she looked down, she immediately saw the bloodstains on her body. She stood up abruptly.
"Don't speak yet!" Lan Linxue pointed at Qin Kou'er, her head lowered as she stared at her clothes as if some insect was trying to bite her. "Hurry up! Find someone to help me change!"
Qin Kou'er gritted her teeth inwardly, then stood up irritably, walked to the back, pulled out a white dress, and threw it at Lan Linxue, "Change yourself! I haven't finished speaking, no one's going to serve you!"
Lan Linxue reflexively caught the clothes, glaring at Qin Kou'er: "Why is no one helping me? How am I supposed to dress myself? Look at this complicated strap, how am I supposed to put it on?"
As she spoke, Lan Linxue forcefully tugged at her belt and cuffs.
"Lan Linxue! Don't tell me you can't change your clothes?" Qin Kou'er frowned, staring at the man opposite her in disbelief.
"I am the Crown Prince! I have never dressed myself since I was a child, so what's so strange about that!" Lan Linxue didn't feel ashamed at all.
Staring at Qin Kou'er, Lan Linxue suddenly raised his arms, tilted his head back, and shamelessly beckoned Qin Kou'er with his finger: "Come here! Help this prince change his clothes!"
Qin Kou'er wanted to smash the inkstone on the table directly into Lan Linxue's face.
After enduring it for a while, Qin Kou'er strode over, grabbed Lan Linxue's sash, and began to help him change his clothes in a rather irritable manner.
"Hey! Be gentle! Are you trying to strangle me?" Lan Linxue protested immediately as Qin Kou'er spun her around like a puppet.
"Either you behave yourself, or you'll go out naked!" Qin Kou'er glared coldly at Lan Linxue, her hand moving even harder. "I'm asking you, how do you plan to clean up the mess after you cut off the Third Prince's arm?"
Upon hearing Qin Kou'er ask about this, Lan Linxue immediately snorted coldly, "It's a fact that he wanted to kill me! Breaking his arm was too lenient on him!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Kou'er immediately straightened up, her eyes filled with doubt: "Lan Jiayuan is backed by Xu Ming, the Grand Commander of the Imperial Army. He controls a third of the country's military. How could he let it go after you broke his grandson's arm like that? What are you thinking?"
Seeing the seriousness in Qin Kou'er's eyes, Lan Linxue frowned slightly, tilting her head to look at the woman before her. "Why are you so concerned about politics? I have my own ways of dealing with Xu Ming. As for you, I understand you want to seduce me into becoming the Crown Princess; everyone wants to go from a pheasant to a golden phoenix. I'll give you the chance, let you seduce me. Although you are completely unworthy of my noble status, I, the Crown Prince, will grant you special favor and find someone to elevate your status and become my woman! But now you've even extended your reach to the court? No, Qin Kou'er, tell me the truth, what exactly do you want?"
"I will try my best to live!" Qin Kou'er said, forcefully turning Lan Linxue around and stripping him of his clothes, replacing them with new ones. "You broke Lan Jiayuan's hand today and left. But you're staying at my Qin Tian Pavilion, so Lan Jiayuan's anger will definitely be vented on Qin Tian Pavilion. I want to ask you, I've treated you quite well, why did you have to do this to me?"
After saying that, Qin Kou'er yanked Lan Linxue around fiercely again, grabbed her belt, and tightened it around Lan Linxue's waist in a gruff way.
Lan Linxue was in so much pain from Qin Kou'er's antics that her internal organs ached. She grimaced and glared at Qin Kou'er, saying, "Lan Jiayuan's plot to harm me is a done deal. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to justify Gao He's death. Don't worry, Lan Jiayuan won't have time to offend you for a while! He still has to work hard to protect his own life!"
Qin Kou'er worked quickly and efficiently, finishing dressing Lan Linxue. Then, she looked up at Lan Linxue coldly and asked, "Why didn't you just kill Lan Jiayuan?"
Lan Linxue looked at Qin Kou'er, suddenly sighed, reached out and pulled her hand to sit down together. Turning her head, she said earnestly and patiently, "Qin Kou'er, I can kill Lan Jiayuan, I can kill the fifth brother, the sixth brother, and even more people. But I can't kill everyone in the world."
"You said it yourself, Lan Jiayuan is backed by Xu Ming. If I kill Lan Jiayuan and shatter Xu Ming's dream of being second only to the emperor, he will inevitably find a new master and use his military power as leverage to attack me even more fiercely. I absolutely cannot let Fifth Brother have more leverage! Do you understand?"
Qin Kou'er understood; of course she understood.
Slowly calming the turmoil in her heart, Qin Kou'er quietly asked, "But now that you and Lan Jiayuan have already formed a grudge, he won't just surrender. Moreover, Pang Fei has already been exposed, and your pawn by his side is now useless. Wouldn't you suffer an even greater loss?"
Lan Linxue smiled calmly, a wise yet cunning glint in her eyes: "Pang Fei is nothing. If Lan Jiayuan can have one Pang Fei, he can have a second. None of them are worth fearing."
"The old man will definitely send Fifth Brother to handle Shi Mengjian's case. If Third Brother stays out of it, then Fifth Brother's attention will be entirely focused on Shi Mengjian's matter. If he discovers even the slightest clue, not only will I be in trouble, but you'll also find it hard to extricate yourself. I absolutely cannot let you get involved because of this!"
"But I can't escape responsibility for Lan Jiayuan's matter anymore?" Qin Kou'er said with a slight sigh.
Lan Linxue laughed heartily, looking at Qin Kou'er with a hint of smugness: "Don't worry, I've already thought of an escape route for you!"
"What way out?" Qin Kou'er looked at Lan Linxue in confusion.
"Didn't you always want to save Hu Feifan? Go save him tonight, and then pin everything on Lan Jiayuan. Tell Hu Feifan that Lan Jiayuan was behind everything, and that the mysterious person in the brothel was also Lan Jiayuan. That way, Lao Wu will naturally protect you and go after Lan Jiayuan. With Lao Wu and me around, Lan Jiayuan wouldn't dare touch you even if he had the guts!"
As she spoke, Lan Linxue smiled slightly and gently lifted a stray hair from Qin Kou'er's forehead. "Don't worry, I've thought of your path more thoroughly than you have! No one dares to touch my woman, Lan Linxue's woman!"
Qin Kou'er stared blankly at Lan Linxue, a corner of her heart shattering into pieces because of his deep and gentle gaze, and an unusual warm current surged out, instantly engulfing her.
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