"Qu Ping'er greets Your Highness!"
"Come in!" he said coldly.
Startled, she trembled and mustered her courage to walk inside, never once looking up at him.
"Your Highness, those people had a broken accent; they didn't seem to be from Lingqi!"
"Do you know where they come from?" he asked.
"Lanyi!"
Seeing her firm answer, Ye Lisheng asked with some doubt, "How did you know?"
"Your Highness, I used to travel around with my father and was fortunate enough to go to Lan Yi. Just now, I was able to make out some of their accents!"
Ye Lisheng nodded in satisfaction: "I remember your father was in the tea business!"
Hearing that he still remembered his past, I was deeply moved: "Your Highness has a good memory!"
She then added, "I overheard them talking about what mission they came to Lingqi with!"
His fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, and he narrowed his captivating peach blossom eyes, saying, "I understand!"
He lifted her chin, forcing her to look up at him, and asked, "What reward do you want?"
"Is any reward acceptable?" she countered.
"Yes, I can grant you anything you desire!"
She thought for a moment, then a faint smile appeared on her lips: "I hope that if Your Highness has any orders in the future, you can come to Ping'er!"
"Is this the reward you wanted?" he asked, somewhat incredulously.
She nodded firmly: "That's enough!"
Ye Lisheng had assumed she would ask him to redeem her from servitude and then give him a large sum of money, but today his opinion of her had changed somewhat.
Seeing that he still seemed somewhat skeptical, she added, "My father once told me, 'A drop of kindness deserves a spring of gratitude in return!'"
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