At this time, outside the Prince Xiang's Mansion, a carriage driving out of the imperial palace stopped. They were the eunuchs sent by the emperor to read the emperor's edict.

After the imperial edict was read out, several eunuchs were arranged by King Xiang to go to the post station to welcome him, but the last carriage was slow to follow.

After all the eunuchs had left, a pretty figure finally got off the carriage.

"Xia Xuejian, daughter of the Junior Minister of the Imperial Court, greets His Royal Highness Prince Xiang."

Xia Xuejian?!

King Xiang raised his eyebrows, made a gesture of invitation, and invited her into the palace. Then he asked the soldiers to make her a cup of tea. The tea was clear, with large green tea leaves floating in the cup.

Xia Xuejian did not notice anything unusual, but explained her purpose: "Your Highness Prince Xiang, I came here mainly to visit Miss Ye in the Xiangfu."

"She is fine. She is doing hard labor in the quarry now."

Xia Xuejian felt indescribably relieved when she heard that she was doing hard labor. But she pretended to be sorry and said, "I never thought that Miss Ye, who was worth a lot of money, would end up like this. It's really sad."

King Xiang smiled at her performance and said nothing: "Miss Xia came all the way here just to feel sorry for Miss Ye?

It seems that your relationship is not very good. You didn't say these considerate words before Miss Ye was exiled."

Xia Xuejian naturally understood that the King of Xiang was mocking her. But she didn't care. As long as she knew that Ye Qingwan was not doing well, she would be fine.

So she explained her true intention to the King of Xiang. She wanted to join hands with the King of Xiang to defeat the Xiang Mansion together. The King of Xiang did not seem surprised: "Miss Xia, why do you think that the King will join forces with you? You are my ninth brother's man."

"No matter who I belong to, as long as the Prime Minister's Mansion does not fall, Your Highness and the Ninth Prince will never be able to ascend to the supreme throne. Rather than being defeated one by one by the Prime Minister, Your Highness and the Ninth Prince should first join forces to bring the Prime Minister down. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, isn't it?"

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"That may not be the case. What if the Prime Minister is willing to support me? I have already made a deal with Ye Qingwan. If she supports me, I will make her my queen."

Xia Xuejian was still smug: "Ye Qingwan only has the Ninth Prince in her heart, Your Highness dares to believe her?

And even if she really wants to support His Highness, would His Highness dare to grant her the position of Queen?

She has a hundred-year-old prime minister's mansion behind her. Once she ascends the throne and gives birth to a boy or a girl, I'm afraid Your Highness will have nothing to do."

As the King of Xiang listened, he actually laughed: "Then according to what Miss Xia said, if I don't allow Ye Qingwan to be the Queen, will I allow you?"

"As far as I know, the eldest son of the Xia family, your own brother, seems to have hanged himself recently because he lent money at high interest rates, causing the borrowers to be overwhelmed. He is still imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice. It seems that Miss Xia and Lord Xia are really no match for the Prime Minister."

Xia Xue was speechless for a moment. She never expected that King Xiang, who had been away from the court for a long time, knew all the court affairs. This was beyond her expectation.

"In that case, I'll take my leave." Since her bargaining chip is not big enough, she will go and kill the one who has a bigger bargaining chip than her. As long as Ye Qingwan dies in the territory of King Xiang, even if he doesn't want to be an enemy of the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister will not let him go.

"Ms. Xia."

Prince Xiang suddenly called her. Xia Xuejian turned around confused and asked, "Is there anything else, Your Highness?"

"How about this, you stay in my palace tonight, and I will agree to it."

As King Xiang spoke, a malicious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Xia Xuejian didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Prince of Xiang would be so presumptuous. She frowned immediately, with a hint of anger in her eyes: "Your Highness, please respect yourself."

As she was about to leave, the King of Xiang grabbed her, pressed her against the door, and leaned forward to bully her: "Xia Xuejian, why are you angry? I just want to give Miss Xia a double guarantee. If Miss Xia follows me, then no matter whether I ascend the throne or my ninth brother ascends the throne, you will be the queen in the future."

As soon as the voice fell, Xia Xuejian, who was still struggling, suddenly stopped: "Your Highness wants me to be a double undercover?"

"Isn't it good?" King Xiang still had a smile on his face. "Anyway, I won't expose you. To outsiders, you are still my ninth brother's. If my ninth brother ascends the throne, he will make you the queen. If he loses, then I will make you the queen. You won't lose anything."

As he was about to kiss her, Xia Xuejian finally reacted and pushed him away. She didn't curse at him, but just bowed and ran away.

King Xiang looked at her back and smiled even more happily. Her heart was moved!

These people who have been in the court for a long time, scheming against each other every day, have long lost themselves in the quagmire of power and desire. In the face of interests, let alone love between men and women, even brothers can betray them.

Ye Qingwan, who had been smashing stones all day, was speechless when she saw that everyone around her had hands full of blisters, but her hands were the only ones that looked white and tender.

This golden bell cover is really a bad thing.

Today was her first day of hard labor, and that stupid centurion would definitely come to check. If she went back with a pair of white and tender hands like this, she would not be able to report to the task at all.

So he secretly picked up a stone and scratched his palm a few times, trying to make some scars.

But it was of no use and it only made the sharp stone round.

Ye Qingwan: ...

When she returns, she will have to apply for a job at Grindstone...

Seeing that the stone was useless, she simply started to bite it. Her idea was simple. She had a golden bell cover on her hands and a golden bell cover on her teeth. If the golden bell covers were used against each other, there should be no problem.

Use your own spear to attack your own shield and put your knowledge into practice, is that okay?

Just as she was chewing hard, a deep voice came: "Miss Ye, are you hungry?"

Ye Qingwan kept chewing and looked up silently. She saw the King of Xiang in casual clothes staring at her with a teasing look. She quickly hid her hands behind her back and said, "I'm not hungry."

"So what you just did was..."

"Oh, it's disobedient. I'll teach it a lesson." Ye Qingwan said nonsense seriously.

I thought the King would think she was playing a trick on him and get angry. Unexpectedly, he not only did not express disbelief, but said seriously: "It's common for hands to be disobedient. Miss Ye, let it go today and let's go eat first."

He couldn't do anything to Ye Qingwan in this state.

This King Xiang is really an... interesting person.

Fun!