After settling Old Master Ling down, the grandfather and grandson had a pleasant dinner together, and Ling Xiang returned to his dilapidated courtyard.
Xiaoyu happily packed her things: "Miss Third, you were really awesome today. No one will dare to bully us anymore!"
"Why are you packing these things?" Ling Xiang asked.
"Moving, you are the head of the family now, so you must move back to the yard prepared for you by the master and the mistress. That's your boudoir!" Xiaoyu looked proud.
Ever since the Ling family army left, Mrs. Ling's second wife drove Ling Xiang to this dilapidated courtyard. Her original Xiang Courtyard was occupied by Mrs. Ling's second wife, and the name of the courtyard specially chosen for her by her parents was changed.
"It's time to move back." Ling Xiang said with a smile, "But you don't have to take these things. Let's get new ones, brand new ones!"
Xiaoyu cheered excitedly: "Really? So, in the future, we can also live in a big house, sleep on a soft bed, and eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks?"
Ling Xiang couldn't help laughing and tapped Xiaoyu's head: "Look at your little achievements, can't you think of something more valuable?"
Xiaoyu rubbed her head, her eyes gradually moistening. "Over the years, Third Miss has been eating, using, and living in worse conditions than a servant. Xiaoyu sees it with her own eyes and is worried about it. I don't want anything else, I just want Miss to live the life that a rich lady should have."
Ling Xiang wiped away her tears: "You have great potential! In the future, you will live better than other young ladies. You will become the most prestigious maid!"
"Well, I am the most powerful!" Xiaoyu burst into laughter.
"Most majestic Xiaoyu, go to bed early, we will move tomorrow."
Xiaoyu happily went to sleep and had a sweet dream in which she dreamed that she had become the head maid...
Ling Xiang closed the door and planned to enter the space to use instruments to check the ingredients of the antidote given by He Xun. As soon as she turned around, she suddenly saw someone.
She was startled, and when she saw who it was, she asked cautiously, "Your Highness? What are you doing here, breaking into a woman's room in the middle of the night?"
"Have you taken the antidote?" Xuanyuan Qi half-closed his eyes and stared at Ling Xiang's face carefully.
Ling Xiang said perfunctorily: "I ate it."
"Don't forget to use the jade skin cream I gave you." Xuanyuan Qi reminded.
Speaking of the Jade Skin Cream, Ling Xiang checked it carefully and found it to be a really good thing. She had already refined a lot of it using instruments and put it in the space. She would be able to make a lot of money by selling it in the underground market.
She took out the bottle he had given her and returned it to him: "Your Highness's things are too valuable. Ling Xiang dare not accept them. Please take them back, Your Highness."
Xuanyuan Qi instantly became unhappy and stared at Ling Xiang: "I never take back anything I give away! Just try and see if you dare to give it back!"
Ling Xiang thought for a moment and took out a thousand taels of silver: "Then I'll buy it all, okay?"
Xuanyuan Qi gritted his teeth and said, "Now that you're the boss, you're rich, right? Since you're so rich, why don't you pay me back the 40,000 taels you owe me first?"
Ling Xiang raised her eyebrows: She looks like a sucker?
"Your Highness, let's be clear, I have never owed you any money."
Xuanyuan Qi smiled faintly: "If I say I owe it, then I owe it. It's useless for you to deny it!"
Ling Xiang was speechless. In order to get rid of this devil, she had no choice but to suffer this loss. "Well, since the prince insists, I will definitely collect 40,000 taels as soon as possible and present it to the prince."
Ling Xiang comforted herself by thinking of it as dividends from selling the Jade Skin Cream to Xuanyuan Qi.
Xuanyuan Qi approached Ling Xiang, smiling calculatingly, "You are now the head of the Zhenguo Marquisate, and you are not short of money. I have changed my mind. I don't want the silver anymore."
"Thank you very much, Your Highness!" Ling Xiang said hurriedly, "It's getting late now. Please leave as soon as possible to avoid misunderstandings."
The more Ling Xiang couldn't wait to get rid of him, the more Xuanyuan Qi wanted to tease her and continued to move closer and said:
"What's the misunderstanding? Are you misunderstanding that I'm flirting with you, or are you misunderstanding that there's something going on between us?"
Ling Xiang: ...
Let's kill this guy with lightning.
I really want to kill him!
"Your Highness, you're joking. I can't even stand looking at my face right now, so how could Your Highness possibly like it?"
"No, I think your face is very much to my liking." Xuanyuan Qi looked closely at Ling Xiang's eyes and suddenly remembered what Yuan Zhengqing said today about the "perfect victim."
Yuan Zhengqing was really smart. He guessed the plan of this fox-like woman, but he didn't guess it completely.
If Yuan Zhengqing knew that the news about the Five Elements Vine was actually made up by Ling Xiang, and that He Xun's coming to the capital might have been thanks to Ling Xiang, Yuan Zhengqing would definitely be scared, right?
If Ling Xiang knew what Xuanyuan Qi was thinking, she would definitely want to kill him even more.
He knows too much! He must be silenced!
Ling Xiang secretly rolled her eyes and slowly pulled off her veil, revealing the dense rashes and scars on her face. "Since it suits your Highness's taste, please take a closer look."
Someone once said that men are visual animals. She didn't believe that Xuanyuan Qi could last more than three seconds looking at her horrible face!
However, she made a mistake. Xuanyuan Qi didn't seem to find Ling Xiang's face creepy at all. Not only did he not look away, he even raised his hand as if he wanted to touch it.
Ling Xiang cried out in shock and immediately stepped back, avoiding his claws: "Your Highness, please have mercy! How could I soil your hands in this state!"
Finally seeing Ling Xiang's defenses broken, Xuanyuan Qi was quite satisfied. He glanced around the bare rooms and said, "Your yard is too shabby. Move out quickly. I don't want to be without a place to stay next time I come."
Ling Xiang: ...
Suddenly I don't want to move away.
Xuanyuan Qi seemed completely unaware of Ling Xiang's disdain and continued, "In the next few days, the Prince Qin's Mansion should send someone to invite you to study. If you want to go, go. If you don't want to go, you don't have to go. I'll protect you."
Ling Xiang: Thank you!
"Your Highness, we are not familiar with each other, and I don't want to owe you any more money. You really don't have to help me." Seeing Xuanyuan Qi's shamelessness, Ling Xiang was too lazy to beat around the bush with Xuanyuan Qi and spoke directly.
"This king said, I don't want your silver."
"I don't want to owe you any favors." Ling Xiang directly blocked all possibilities.
"Don't worry, I won't allow others to owe me favors forever. When necessary, I will get it back with interest." Xuanyuan Qi continued to talk to himself.
Ling Xiang's mind was already roaring: Is this guy's brain circuit really normal? She doesn't want to have anything to do with him, can't he see it? Can't he hear it?
She had to maintain basic politeness on her face: "Your Highness, I can handle this matter myself. Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut? Please save your precious favor for the critical moment."
Xuanyuan Qi stared at her for a moment, then nodded and said, "That makes sense."
Ling Xiang looked at him inquiringly: So what? And then?
Xuanyuan Qi ended the topic and took it a long way off: "You are not allowed to like the King of Qin."
Ling Xiang: ???
She must be crazy to fall in love with the King of Qin and let herself be abused by him.
"I don't have the habit of taking what's good from others. I don't want things that have been used by others, and the same goes for men."
Xuanyuan Qi was finally satisfied: "See you another day."
The devil finally left. Ling Xiang stared at the window he jumped through and gritted his teeth: This guy is really sick, what kind of serious illness is he having!
I'll have to put more poison on the windows next time!
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