Seeing Yan Xuanye return, Ma Qi asked curiously, "Your Highness, why are you back so soon? Didn't you have dinner with the goddess?"
Seeing Yan Xuanye's bitterness mixed with a hint of anger, he seemed extremely puzzled. Still holding the exquisite gift box in his hand, he couldn't help but ask, "Weren't these earrings meant to be given to the goddess? Why are you taking them back..."
"Machi." Yan Xuanye interrupted him.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?"
"What would you do if the woman you like doesn't have you in her heart?" Although he was trying to restrain himself, Su Qian's words kept coming back to his mind, and his heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.
Machi: "Well, Your Highness is worried about this matter. Actually, I think this is a good thing."
Yan Xuanye tilted his head and asked, "Good news?"
"Your Highness, think about it. The goddess is just an ordinary person. If the goddess tried to please your Highness like other women, would you still love her?"
Yan Xuanye listened silently, but Ma Qi knew that he had taken it in, so he slowly said, "It is precisely because the goddess is different from other women and will not easily fall in love with a man that such sincerity is more precious, isn't it?
Relationships are cultivated, and Your Highness should communicate more with the Goddess. We have already conquered thirteen cities, and we are all clear about some of the reasons. Your Highness, why don't you let everyone do it, so that you can have some free time to accompany the Goddess. "
"I think Lu Huan is also a powerful person. Compared to His Highness..."
When Yan Xuanye heard this, he glanced at him calmly. Ma Qi chuckled and said again, "Compared to Your Highness, he's not much inferior. However, although they are both favored by heaven, their temperaments are different. Who knows what kind of personality the goddess would prefer in a man?"
"Your Highness, you still have to work hard and try to win the heart of the goddess as soon as possible."
Yan Xuanye was silent for a moment, then nodded, "You have a point."
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In the evening, maids lined up in the courtyard. Cuiwei picked up the exquisite white porcelain bowls from a maid's tray and placed the dishes on the table. One person stepped back and another took over. Soon, dinner was ready.
"Miss, Cuiwei will wait for you to wash your hands and have your meal."
Su Qian: "Okay."
"Today we have shrimp and black bean sauce chicken that you like, please use more later."
Dipping her hands in the water containing the flower juice, Su Qian sighed, "Eating like this every day, I feel like I've gained some weight, especially my waist, which has become thicker."
Yan Xuanye didn't let his servants inform her when he came. As soon as he arrived at her door, he heard her words. Yan Xuanye subconsciously looked at her waist.
Summer clothes were thin and the gauze was light, and he could feel how slender her waist was through the clothes, like a willow swaying in the wind. Yan Xuanye stretched out his right palm and compared it, wow, it was so thin that it could be grasped.
"The goddess has a slender and graceful figure, with curves in every shape. There's no need to be so hard on yourself. I think you should eat more."
He suddenly spoke, which scared Su Qian. What did he mean by curvy? If Yan Xuanye hadn't said it, Su Qian would have thought that some gangster or bandit had come and was talking nonsense.
Yan Xuanye frowned: "Goddess, don't you welcome me here?"
Cuiwei handed over a dry cloth, and Su Qian wiped the water stains on her hands. She slowly said, "It's not that I don't welcome His Royal Highness Prince Yan, but it's just that His Royal Highness suddenly said such words behind my back, which scared me."
"Since Your Highness is here, let's have dinner together. Please take a seat."
"Cuiwei, bring another set of bowls and chopsticks."
"yes."
Cuiwei placed a new set of bowls and chopsticks in front of Yan Xuanye. Just as she was about to serve the dishes, Yan Xuanye gave her a stern look, signaling her to go down and not be a nuisance.
Cuiwei looked at Su Qian at a loss. Su Qian gave her a reassuring look and said, "Cuiwei, you can go down first. There's no need to prepare the meal."
"Yes, I'll take my leave."
Su Qian smiled and put another piece of black bean sauce chicken into his bowl. "I don't know what your Highness likes, so just eat whatever you like."
Yan Xuanye's gaze lingered on her hand that was picking up the food. Her fingers were as slender as water chestnuts and boneless, as white as solidified jade.
Unlike his fingers, which were covered with calluses from years of martial arts practice, they felt rough and frosted when touched.
"I told the goddess last time that you don't have to call me Your Highness. It's too formal. The goddess can just call me by my name."
Su Qian choked for a moment. She was too embarrassed to say it out loud. But then she thought, if Lu Huan's path didn't work out, building a good relationship with Yan Xuanye and getting him to withdraw his troops back to the north was also an option. Although she didn't know if it would work, she had to give it a try.
Su Qian: "Alright, if that's the case, then don't call me goddess anymore."
The two looked at each other, and Su Qian said, "My last name is Su Qian, so you can just call me by my name from now on."
Yan Xuanye knew that her fake name when she was disguised as a man was Su Zhao. However, since her identity was fake, her name was also fake. Yan Xuanye always regarded her as a goddess and did not think about her name in detail.
At this time, Su Qian told him the truth, and he was naturally overjoyed.
Yan Xuanye's eyebrows were covered with a smile, and the terrifying aura around him also became gentle. "Then from now on I will call you Qianqian, is that okay?"
Su Qian nodded: "Okay."
Yan Xuanye asked again: "Then what do you want to call me?"
Su Qian looked up and saw that he was waiting for her to speak seriously. She couldn't help but think carefully...
What should she call him? Xuanye? Yeye? Su Qian tried calling him a few words in her mind, but they were too corny and she couldn't accept them at all.
Seeing her frowning and troubled look, Yan Xuanye offered her an idea, "Otherwise, you can just call me Aye."
"That's what my mother used to call me."
There was a lot of gossip about Yan Xuanye outside. Su Qian was still quite surprised to hear him talk about his mother on his own initiative when she heard that his mother had passed away.
She smiled faintly and called him, "Aye."
From Yan Xuanye's expression, she could tell he was extremely satisfied. After exchanging titles, Su Qian felt that the distance between them had narrowed considerably.
But despite this, she still didn't dare to be careless. Yan Xuanye had to make an effort, and Lu Huan couldn't give up either.
The next day, Su Qian quietly changed back into men's clothing, planning to visit a teahouse in Zhiyi City to find out more about Lu Huan. Teahouses are a mixed bag, so there should be plenty of gossip that could help her progress on her mission.
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