Yun Chuwei glanced at Huo Qingjue and said, "Don't be in such a hurry. Watch carefully, you'll understand eventually. Let's go see His Highness Prince Xuan!"
After Yun Chuwei finished speaking, she walked outside.
Huo Qingjue could only follow from a distance.
Yun Chuwei went to the outer courtyard and, sure enough, saw Xie Xuan standing under the tree.
The man wore a robe adorned with ink-splashed bamboo patterns, which added to his scholarly air. His half-buried black hair was blown about by the wind, making him look handsome and refined.
He had his head down, seemingly deep in thought.
He didn't look up until Yun Chuwei approached.
Yun Chu tilted her head slightly to look at Xie Xuan and said leisurely, "Your Highness, what brings you here?"
She knew perfectly well what Xie Xuan wanted to do, but she still asked the question knowing the answer.
Xie Xuan looked at Yun Chuwei and whispered, "I'm sorry!"
Yun Chuwei was slightly surprised and raised an eyebrow: "Hmm?"
Xie Xuan remained silent for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "I shouldn't have left you behind yesterday, and I shouldn't have told them I wasn't seeing any guests! I'm sorry!"
Yun Chuwei looked at Xie Xuan, who was apologizing with his eyes lowered, and didn't know how to react for a moment.
Xie Xuan turned around, intending to leave.
Yun Chuwei called out to him, "Are you leaving? Don't you have anything else to say?"
Xie Xuan turned around, looked at Yun Chuwei, and nodded: "I have something else to say, but I'm afraid you'll think that I'm apologizing to you because of something else!"
"Isn't that so?"
Xie Xuan shook his head: "No, I apologized to you because I really knew that I had acted inappropriately."
For him, his previous life was a real experience.
He experienced pain, hell, and death.
He hated those people and wanted to get revenge.
But he shouldn't have taken his anger out on others.
If what Yun Chuwei said—that she had no intention of harming him and would not harm him—is true.
So yesterday he was taking his anger out on Yun Chuwei.
Yun Chu smiled and walked a few steps to Xie Xuan, asking softly, "Xie Xuan, do you have a feeling that Huo Qingjue and Jiang Wanqiu will do something to harm you in the near future?"
Xie Xuan didn't reply; it wasn't a feeling, but a certainty.
In the previous life, the evidence that plunged the Xuan Prince's Mansion into utter ruin was found by these two! Those things that didn't belong to the Xuan Prince's Mansion must have been brought by Huo Qingjue and Jiang Wanqiu!
Yun Chuwei guessed Xie Xuan's thoughts, and she said seriously, "If I guarantee with my life that they won't do this, would you believe me?"
Xie Xuan looked at Yun Chuwei, his expression darkening: "Why do you trust them so much?"
Yun Chuwei shook her head: "It's not that I trust them, but that I trust my intuition!"
"There's no difference!" Xie Xuan said with a frown, then turned around and said, "I've already apologized! Farewell!"
Seeing that the man was about to leave again, Yun Chuwei suddenly reached out, grabbed his wrist, and pulled him back.
"Xie Xuan, I swear on my Dao heart. If they harm you in the future, I will stand in front of you. If they kill you in the future, I will be buried with you. Do you believe me?" Yun Chuwei said, word by word.
Upon hearing this, Xie Xuan suddenly turned around.
He looked at Yun Chuwei and felt his heart burning and his heart trembling.
His thin lips moved slightly, his voice hoarse: "Yun Chuwei, do you... know what you're saying?"
Yun Chuwei did not answer directly, but instead broke off a leaf from the tree and placed it in her palm.
She clenched her fingers, gathering her inner strength in her palm. When she opened her hand, the leaf had already turned into dust.
The dust scattered from her palm and disappeared without a trace.
"If I break this oath, may I be like this leaf, shattered to pieces!" she said.
Seeing the woman's extremely serious expression, Xie Xuan felt his heart pound even harder.
He turned his head away and took a deep breath.
Yun Chuwei met his retreating figure, her lips twitching slightly: "Still don't believe me?"
"No!" he immediately denied, his voice hoarse and restrained. "I believe you!"
Yun Chuwei: ...
"If you trust me, then why go over there?"
She wondered if this person had some serious illness.
Xie Xuan had no way to refute it.
He believed her, but after hearing those words, he dared not look at her.
She had no idea how much he wanted to pull her close, hold her in his arms, and let her hear his own heartbeat.
He was afraid that if he looked at her, he wouldn't be able to control himself.
Yun Chuwei had no idea what Xie Xuan was thinking, so she said, "Let's go!"
Xie Xuan asked, puzzled, "Where are we going?"
Yun Chu raised an eyebrow and said, "I've already brought them back. Aren't you going to interrogate them?"
Xie Xuan knew that Yun Chuwei was referring to Yue Jingsheng.
He had actually wanted to interrogate Yue Jingsheng for a long time, but he was afraid that if he arrested Yue Jingsheng, the Empress would come to him demanding his release.
To stir up trouble for no reason and alert the enemy.
Yun Chuwei's pretext of investigating rumors and taking revenge to arrest Yue Jingsheng could lower Yue He and the Empress's guard.
Such opportunities are rare!
"Interrogate!" Xie Xuan immediately ordered.
Yun Chuwei knew Xie Xuan wouldn't miss such an opportunity, so she headed towards the imperial prison.
Xie Xuan followed, emphasizing earnestly, "An apology is an apology, and a trial is a trial. I really didn't come to apologize just to interrogate Yue Jingsheng! You'll believe me, right?"
Yun Chuwei glanced at Xie Xuan, who was earnestly explaining, and chuckled inwardly.
She couldn't help but tease Xie Xuan, "Your Highness, you're acting like you're adjusting your shoes in a melon patch or straightening your hat under a plum tree. How can you prove that your purpose isn't primarily to investigate the case?"
Xie Xuan: ...
That cannot be proven.
Because he genuinely wanted to take the opportunity to ask Yun Chuwei for a chance to interrogate Yue Jingsheng.
Yun Chuwei looked at the astonished Xie Xuan and couldn't help but smile.
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