"Otherwise, do you still want to defy the Emperor?"
"What if I disobey?" Xie Lingqin's expression suddenly darkened as she looked at Yuwen Yao. For some reason, at this moment, she really wanted to know his answer.
His profile was as white as snow, his expression indifferent, and his thick black eyelashes covered his deep phoenix eyes, making it impossible to see what he was thinking.
After a long while, Yuwen Yao did not answer, but instead said in a low voice, "This decree was drafted after His Majesty asked for my opinion."
Xie Lingqin paused, took a few steps forward, and stood parallel to Yuwen Yao. "Yuwen Yao..."
"This is the royal palace," the crown prince reminded him.
Xie Lingqin choked, then changed her words, "Your Highness, you want me dead..."
Before Xie Lingqin could finish her slightly angry words, Yuwen Yao suddenly lowered his head, pressing his face close to Xie Lingqin's, "Do you think that if I gave my opinion or stopped you, the Emperor would kill you, or kill you, or kill you?"
Xie Lingqin was taken aback.
Yes, she had forgotten that the Crown Prince had previously stood up for her throughout the land, even reprimanding the Prefect of the Capital. The Emperor naturally wanted him to give an explanation for this.
Asking him to help draft the decree might be a test.
After all, everyone in Beirong knew how much the Emperor disliked the Crown Prince.
"Hmph." After a moment, Xie Lingqin snorted impatiently, with a hint of schadenfreude, "So, Your Highness, your life isn't easy either, you're walking on thin ice."
"So, we need to find a balance while walking on thin ice?"
"balance?"
The prince stepped back, his smile somewhat cool, "The way you're trying to find the answer is really cute."
Xie Lingqin...
Weren't they talking about serious business? Why...?
It's true that you shouldn't talk to the Crown Prince too much.
"Your Highness, I still need to find Xie Lingyu to leave the palace together. Goodbye."
"Xie Lingqin, so you're here." Xie Lingqin stepped back, and just as she was about to turn and leave, Yuwen Xian strode forward with his guards.
The smile on his face made it seem like he was meeting an old friend.
Are she and he very familiar with each other?
Come to think of it, they were quite familiar with each other, so familiar that she could kill him in a heartbeat, yet she had to keep him alive.
Because he cannot die yet.
"So the Crown Prince is here too." Yuwen Xian stepped forward slowly, greeted him, and then looked at Xie Lingqin. "This is a good medicine that I got from my mother. Apply it to your forehead, and you will be better soon."
As Yuwen Xian spoke, he reached into his sleeve and handed over a bottle of ointment.
Xie Lingqin looked at the small black bottle and then remembered that her forehead still hurt.
But would Yuwen Xian be so kind?
She didn't drink the tea, so what about the medicine...?
Ignoring the almost piercing gaze beside her, Xie Lingqin smiled and accepted the medicine. "Thank you, Your Highness. I will find a quiet place to apply the medicine in a moment."
"Alright." Yuwen Xian looked at Xie Lingqin tightly clutching the small black bottle, a meaningful glint in his eyes, then smiled at the Crown Prince before leaving.
"Smack—"
Yuwen Xian had not gone far when a gust of wind blew the jade bottle in Xie Lingqin's hand, causing it to fall to the ground.
"You accept anything? Aren't you afraid of dying?" Yuwen Yao pulled back his sleeves, his face dark with anger.
Xie Lingqin didn't even glance at the broken ointment. She glared angrily at Yuwen Yao and said, "Do you think I'm that stupid?" With that, she raised the hand that had been holding the jade bottle and ripped it off with her other hand.
Instantly, a thin, transparent, waxy substance was torn off.
“Yuwen Xian has always harbored ill intentions towards me. He was planning to make a move in Lanxie Palace just now, but Yu Qingyi thwarted his plan. How could he give up? After thinking it over, the only thing I could come up with was the idea of sending him ointment. I never expected that he would actually use it to my advantage.”
Xie Lingqin shook her head again, looked at Yuwen Yao, and said in a cold voice, "Sigh, you're from the same father, but you're much smarter than him."
The somber look in Yuwen Yao's eyes faded, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. "My woman is indeed not bad."
Xie Lingqin had wanted to show off a bit more, but upon hearing this, she frowned. "Your Highness, your words are easily misunderstood. When did I become your woman?"
"Then when did you stop being my woman?"
Xie Lingqin was extremely frustrated. "Your Highness, I have never been your woman at any time."
"We've kissed and hugged, haven't we?"
Xie Lingqin was about to roar, "Your Highness, you should have slept with him first!"
"Then let's sleep together tonight."
Xie Lingqin...
I'm so tired.
Your Highness, Tingfeng and Zihe are still here. You may be shameless, but I am.
Ignoring Tingfeng and Zihe's already stiffened expressions, Xie Lingqin turned around, but suddenly her waist tightened as a large, strong hand gripped her waist and dragged her toward the artificial hill behind her.
A familiar presence was beside him, and his breathing noticeably quickened.
Xie Lingqin looked at Tingfeng and Zihe's even more stiff and contorted faces in the sunlight, and tears welled up in her heart.
This scene looks like—molestation!
"Your Highness, let's talk this out."
---Aside---
Imagine being sexually assaulted and confessed to... How embarrassing!
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