Qin Kou'er found it amusing and couldn't help but look up at Lan Linxue with amusement: "What? Have you ever been fooled before?"
"Who hasn't been fooled before?" Lan Linxue looked angrily into the distance. "Go ask those old fogies in the court, who dares to really play tricks on my father! Only Hu Tianyong is so fearless and smug every day. Let me tell you, my father hasn't made a move yet because he's plotting something big! Sooner or later, that old bastard Hu Tianyong will be tormented until he's nothing but dust and dirt!"
"I'm asking you!" Qin Kou'er persisted, "What exactly did you suffer?"
Lan Linxue glanced at Qin Kou'er with a dark expression, and said through gritted teeth, "Do you think it's my own fault for not wanting to sleep alone? That old man used to coax me every day when I was little, saying that no one would dare to harm me if I was by Father's side! At first, I actually believed him! I was extra obedient and stayed with him every day!"
"Isn't that how it is?" Qin Kou'er blinked, unable to think of anything else.
"Pah!" Lan Linxue spat out in disgust. "What do you mean, 'for me'? He just misses my mother. After he's done that, he can't sleep, so he hugs me like he's looking at my mother! Later, when I grew up, he got drunk and finally told me that my eyes look five parts like my mother's, and he felt like my mother was still there when I was around. It's absolutely incomprehensible!"
Qin Kou'er immediately frowned, looked at Lan Linxue for a long time before saying, "Your father is such a pervert!"
“I think so too!” Lan Linxue nodded. “But he really has a deep and abiding love for my mother, and he often secretly cries to himself!”
"Hmph, such deep affection still led to the Empress's untimely death? That's truly bizarre!" Qin Kou'er scoffed at this kind of talk. "Lan Linxue, let me tell you, if you dare to be so deeply affectionate towards me, I'll beat you to death!"
Lan Linxue immediately shook her head, then gently kissed Qin Kou'er's forehead: "Don't worry, I will only live and die with you, I will never live a cowardly life!"
"Stop with the nice talk!" Qin Kou'er retorted ruthlessly, "You can only believe half of what men say. When they're with you, they're all over you, practically glued to your body. But when they're not, it's always the men who'll kill you! Hmph, aren't there enough examples like that on the Qinhuai River? Anyway, I'm definitely not going to die so easily, do you hear me?"
Lan Linxue sighed deeply, "How could I not hear you? Don't worry, there's plenty of time, and you'll naturally know how sincere my feelings for you are!"
Hearing Lan Linxue say this, Qin Kou'er smiled slightly. Yes, time is long, and they will eventually see them all.
"Crown Prince! Qin Kou'er! Crown Prince!—"
"We're here!"
Qin Kou'er immediately recognized Shuanghua's voice.
When Shuanghua heard Qin Kou'er respond to her, her heart, which had been about to fly away, finally settled down.
"Where are you? I'll come down and get you!"
"It's right below you! There's a platform here. Lan Linxue is injured. Two people, come down and carry him up!"
"good!"
Soon, the frost flowers carried people down quickly.
Seeing Lan Linxue's severely injured state, Shuanghua's face was so cold it was as if she could kill him with a knife. Coupled with his blood-stained clothes, he looked even more like a demon from hell.
Several people struggled to lift Lan Linxue up.
As Shuanghua turned around to look at Qin Kou'er, who was about to carry her up, Lan Linxue suddenly turned her head and said, "Watch your paws, don't touch me!"
Frostflower glared at him angrily: "Let's save our own lives first!"
Qin Kou'er smiled slightly, "No need, I'll do it myself. I feel much better after resting for a while!"
As she spoke, Qin Kou'er grabbed a vine and quickly climbed upwards.
Frost Flower, fearing that something might happen to Qin Kou'er, followed closely behind her and came up as well.
After everyone came up, Lan Linxue's first question was, "Have you made arrangements for the third brother? Who's going to intercept him?"
This was something Qin Kou'er and Lan Linxue had planned together. She sent Zhao Ling'er to tell Lan Jiayuan everything that had happened, and Lan Linxue was responsible for arranging for someone to kidnap Lan Jiayuan. Otherwise, Lan Jiayuan would likely still die at Lan Xiuyuan's hands in the end.
"I sent Seventh Brother! He's probably already made his move! News from here will get back soon!"
Lan Linxue nodded, then said coldly, "There's another group of people looking for my body. Send someone to bring me back all their heads!"
"yes!"
Only after saying this did Lan Linxue close her eyes wearily.
Qin Kou'er walked over and whispered to Shuanghua, "Wait until the Third Prince has made the arrangements before announcing that the Crown Prince is unharmed. I estimate that if Lan Xiuyuan can't find the Crown Prince's body and then Lan Jiayuan is kidnapped, he'll definitely go mad. He'll inevitably launch a city-wide secret manhunt and assassination attempt. The people Hu Feifan brought are no ordinary people. Too many people have died today. No matter what, we must let the Crown Prince get a good night's rest. So, you should still openly search for the Crown Prince everywhere. Leave the rest to me!"
Shuanghua nodded. "Where would be a good place to keep the Crown Prince now? I don't see any safe places in Yangzhou!"
Qin Kou'er smiled slightly and said confidently, "Yes! There is a place that no one would expect."
"where?"
"treasure bowl!"
Shuanghua was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, which was rare for her. "Yes! No one would have thought you would hide in a gambling den, especially such a sensitive place! I'll use a diversionary tactic to let them know that Third Master is leaving the city!"
"Speaking of which, how are you going to get Lan Jiayuan out of here?" Qin Kou'er thought that Lan Xiuyuan must be frantically searching for Lan Jiayuan right now.
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