Therefore, how could he allow her to hurt Xie Lingqin again?
Xie Lingqin had helped him and was his benefactor.
"Sigh, never mind, never mind, let's drink. I'm going to my cousin's house later; my mother wants me to come and get some benefits."
"It's Liu Yunzhou's family, right? He's the top scholar in this year's literary competition, a well-deserved honor. With the help of Consort Shu, his future is bright. We should go and bask in his glory."
"Haha, let's drink..."
Amidst the quiet laughter on one side, no one noticed that at another table, a middle-aged man sat with a dark look in his eyes, his wine untouched since he sat down.
...
In a private room on the second floor.
Xie Lingqin had seen her share of grand occasions, so even though everything in the room was so luxurious that she couldn't help but want to take it all and sell it, she still calmly sat down.
"Bring one of each of your signature dishes," Xie Lingqin ordered casually.
Yu Qingyi did not object and looked at Xie Lingqin with a smile.
Yu Qingyi was about to explode as soon as the waiter left.
"Damn, little girl, take it easy, it's very expensive."
"Aren't you a dignified prince? Why would you be short of money?" Xie Lingqin said, standing up and knocking on the wall.
"You can't spend money like this. Hey, what are you knocking for? By the way, what are you doing here all by yourself? If I hadn't shown up, you would have slunk out of Jinhua Restaurant in a heartbeat. Oh wait, when the waiter comes in, tell him to take away a few dishes."
Xie Lingqin ignored her and frowned.
The wall partition is so effective that you can't hear what the people next door are saying at all.
“Eh, I…”
"Shh." Xie Lingqin raised her finger, signaling Yu Qingyi to be quiet, and then she pricked up her ears and pressed her ear against the wall.
"What do you want to hear? Watch me." Yu Qingyi took a sip of water, walked over in a few steps, raised an eyebrow, and gently pointed at the painting on the wall beside him...
One press.
However, the person who pressed the button was not him, but Xie Lingqin.
"You... you actually knew about this little mechanism." Yu Qingyi looked surprised.
“What’s so strange about it? This house looks extremely grand and luxurious, but it contains some elements of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. If the person who opened this restaurant is so shrewd, it’s impossible that they could really block out every room completely. What if I want to listen?”
Yu Qingyi...
That makes sense, and he was speechless.
He withdrew his hand and leaned against the wall to listen quietly.
"Listen to what?"
"Listen to how the wife of the Vice Minister next door plans to scheme against me," Xie Lingqin said.
Clearly, Yu Qingyi had also heard what was being said next door. His handsome face twisted into a grim expression, his anger surging. "How despicable!"
"Alright, this is boring, let's listen later." Hearing the waiter knocking on the door, Xie Lingqin pulled Yu Qingyi back to her seat.
The waiter followed by others who arranged the dishes one by one.
Under Yu Qingyi's twitching gaze, Xie Lingqin not only didn't return any of the dishes, but also ordered the waiter to bring out a pot of the best wine. Then, under Yu Qingyi's pained expression, she ate, and ate very elegantly.
"I know you're upset about what happened between the Seventh Princess and Li Junru. I've heard about it. But, little girl, you can't cheat me out of my money like this."
Xie Lingqin glanced at him sideways, "It's not your fault... or your money. It's your bad friend who went too far."
Bad friends?
Crown Prince?
"Well, actually, since you want to get along peacefully with the Crown Prince, don't take it too seriously. Miss Li did come to ask the Crown Prince for help, but he didn't agree. It was all the Emperor's idea, and it just so happens that everything happened at the same time. However... Miss Li is gentle, skilled in both literature and martial arts, and beautiful and intelligent. The Crown Prince probably treats her differently, so don't worry about it."
"I understand. So, the Crown Prince is interested in Miss Li and wants to help her, but he's just pretending to be aloof and hasn't said anything yet. And coincidentally, the Emperor has also sent this decree. Is that what he means?"
"Uh..." Yu Qingyi rested his chin on his hand, his gaze shifting. Was that what he meant by what he just said?
"Don't worry, I know my own limitations. If I can't beat them, I can just admit defeat." Xie Lingqin casually picked up the wine pot and got up to listen to the sounds from next door.
"Okay, then it's settled."
"Don't worry, we're all family. When Miss Xie becomes the Princess Consort, she mustn't forget us."
"Oh dear, let alone being the virtuous princess consort, even if she isn't, ruining Xie Lingqin will make my niece the only one in power. As for my sister, she has devoted so many years to the General's Mansion. If the General really abandoned her, how could he keep her in the General's Mansion? He would have driven her away long ago. So, just you wait and see."
"Haha, let's do it this way then."
"Okay, okay, come on, eat your vegetables, eat your vegetables."
next door.
Having heard everything she needed to hear, Xie Lingqin turned around with the wine pot in her hand, walked to the table, and slammed the empty pot down heavily.
"Wow, little girl, you drank the whole pot!" Yu Qingyi exclaimed, her eyes wide with disbelief.
Xie Ling glanced at him and said, "What's the big deal? It's just a pot of wine."
"Your alcohol tolerance is pretty good." Yu Qingyi seemed to have discovered a great miracle, and still not giving up, he picked up the bright green wine pot and turned it upside down to look at it.
"My God, little girl, are you an alcoholic?" Yu Qingyi exclaimed in amazement.
Xie Lingqin rolled her eyes at him, annoyed. "Yu Qingyi, you're supposed to be a prince, how can you be so shallow? It's just a pot of tea."
If she said she could drink four, five, or six more pots without any problem, he would be astonished to death.
"But this is Drunken Immortal's Wine, known as the strongest wine in all of Beirong."
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