“Your Highness, there’s no need to worry about me. I’m not afraid of the people from the Marquis of Ru’an’s mansion.” Li Tianyou nodded and said. He understood that the Prince of An probably wouldn’t be very free. However, with Wu San Neng here, Li Tianyou felt more at ease.
After all, he wasn't alone here; his daughter was with him too.
"Your Highness, you should stay here with your father-in-law today. I will come to pick you up tomorrow. Qingshi, do not disturb your maternal grandfather and your mother." After warning Xu Qingshi, Xu Heming did not stay any longer.
He also needed to go to the palace to tell the Emperor about what happened to Marquis Ru'an today, and he also needed to investigate what had happened to Marquis Ru'an recently.
"You're so long-winded, just go." Xu Qingshi waved his hand.
"Your Highness, please go ahead and attend to your duties." Li Zhiwei had been staying at the Prince An's residence for the past few days and knew that the Prince An was usually very busy and rarely at the residence.
Prince An sighed; no one there tried to persuade him to stay.
Maybe if they try to persuade me to stay, I can stay too?
Looking at the somewhat resentful look in Prince An's eyes, Li Tianyou suddenly felt that Prince An had better judgment than that boy from the Lin family.
No sooner had Xu Heming left than Li Zhiwei took Xu Qingshi to the room where the toys, such as the Nine Linked Rings, were kept.
"Open it and take a look?" Li Zhiwei gestured for Xu Qingshi to open it himself.
"Stepmother, you wouldn't have hidden explosives in here, would you?" Xu Qingshi was a little scared. His father was gone. Could this woman have taken advantage of his father's absence to kidnap him and sell him to human traffickers?
"Your Highness, isn't it a bit late for you to worry now that I might sell you out?" Li Zhiwei asked, somewhat amused and exasperated, as Xu Qingshi's expression was written all over his face.
She didn't know what she had done to make Xu Qingshi misunderstand that she might be abducting children.
"Hmph, those storytellers say that stepmothers don't like the children born in the first marriage and want to sell them off," Xu Qingshi said, pouting in dissatisfaction.
Actually, the Third Prince was just trying to scare him.
Storytellers don't talk about these things.
"Young Master, how much silver do you think I should sell you for?" Li Zhiwei tilted his head, looked Xu Qingshi up and down, and asked in a serious tone.
“Li Zhiwei, I am the heir of the Prince of An’s mansion. If you really sell me, my father will not let you off the hook,” Xu Qingshi said with some fear.
"Then why don't you hurry up and open it? If you're too late, I might change my mind," Li Zhiwei said, both amused and exasperated.
Cui Guo and Mo Yu, who were outside the door, both peeked into the room, wondering what their two masters were up to this time.
"Fine, I'll open it then," Xu Qingshi said with an arrogant expression.
Li Zhiwei looked at this little brat; he's really cunning.
With his small frame, how many taels of silver could he sell for?
Xu Qingshi took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and silently prayed that there was no explosives inside. Otherwise, not only would he be in the room, but Li Zhiwei would also be there.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingshi opened his eyes, looked at Li Zhiwei, and held Li Zhiwei's hand tightly.
He thought to himself that no matter what, he should not let go. Even if Li Zhiwei tried to run, she could only drag him along with her.
Then, with his other hand, he slowly opened the box, which was as tall as a person.
However, his eyes were fixed on Li Zhiwei.
The box was opened, but they didn't dare move it even a fraction of an inch.
"Aren't you going to take a look at what's inside?" Li Zhiwei asked, pointing to the contents of the box with amusement.
"Woman, don't even think about sneaking away by yourself!" Xu Qingshi said to Li Zhiwei with some nervousness.
"Why would I run away? Aren't you really going to take a look?" Just as the box was about to close, Li Zhiwei kindly reminded her again.
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