As soon as Jiangmen Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she was paranoid that the prince had come to steal her

Chapter 182
"It's not cold anymore?" Xie Zhaozhao smiled and said, "That's good..."

Seeing Yun Qi's awkward stiffness and averting his gaze, she found it very amusing. After thinking about it, she reached out with both hands and deliberately held his face, and said with a smile: "Then cover your face."

The two have played together since childhood and can barely be considered childhood sweethearts.

When I was a child, I even slept in the same place, let alone being so close.

But now that I have grown up, my thoughts have changed.

Xie Zhaozhao was so deliberate, Yun Qi felt even more uncomfortable.

He gritted his teeth for a long time, and finally looked at Xie Zhaozhao sadly, "You did it on purpose."

"..."

Xie Zhaozhao paused, then slowly took his hand back and said with a smile: "No way, it's just that you're cold while riding... If you don't like it, forget it."

She sat back and took the tea from the maid: "Would you like some tea?"

Yun Qi saw her acting as if nothing had happened, but he was so amused that he blushed and couldn't laugh or cry for a moment.

He took the tea and said nothing more.

The two of them sat quietly in the flower hall, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

After a long time, Xie Zhaozhao's teasing thoughts dissipated, Yun Qi was no longer so helpless, and the two started chatting again.

After dinner, Yun Qi reluctantly left.

When Xie Zhaozhao sent him out, the snow was getting heavier and heavier.

Xie Zhaozhao still gave Yun Qi the cloak he found from Xie Changyuan last time, and Yun Qi naturally put it on according to her wishes.

When he got on his horse in front of the door, he happened to meet Xie Changyuan returning home.

Xie Changyuan raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly: "Hey, aren't these my clothes?"

Yun Qi ignored him.

Xie Changyuan took two steps in and smiled deeply, "There are a lot of rumors outside."

Yun Qi curled up his lips this time and said calmly: "Yes."

The two had been close friends for so many years. The moment their eyes met, Xie Changyuan understood a lot of things.

He clicked his tongue, looked at the snowflakes in the sky and said, "It's the end of the year now, and there's still more than a month left to celebrate the New Year. I see that you can't do what you vowed to do."

Yun Qi smiled and said, "Just wait."

After saying this, without waiting for Xie Changyuan to reply, he picked up the horse's reins and ran out.

Xie Changyuan ate a mouthful of snow, secretly cursed you bastard, and then slowly entered the house.

……

Yun Qi did not return to the East Palace this time, but went directly to Han Yuexuan of Dingxi Prince's Mansion.

As soon as he entered the door, he took off his cloak and threw it aside.

Aunt Li caught the clothes.

Yun Qi ordered: "Lin Ye, go and collect all the things in the East Palace Library and bring them back."

"Your Highness—" Nanny Li spoke in a low voice. Before she could say anything, she heard a deep male voice coming from Han Yuexuan: "You're back."

Yun Qi paused and glanced at Nanny Li silently.

Nanny Li whispered helplessly: "I was about to report to His Highness."

No one had a chance to speak.

Yun Qi said to Nanny Li, "Nanny, go and do your work first."

"Yes."

Aunt Li bowed and walked away.

Yun Qi walked behind the screen and saw the prince in purple uniform sitting at the table looking at something with a strange and subtle expression.

Yun Qi took a closer look and couldn't help curling his fingers slightly under his sleeves.

Okay, I was actually reading those scripts.

And it happened to be those that Yun Qi thought Xie Zhaozhao couldn't look at. He asked Lin Ye to bring them back that day, but he didn't bother to sort them out.

"These..." The prince raised his eyebrows and looked at Yun Qi, shaking the copy of "The Wife" in his hand, "You are interested in reading it."

Yun Qi said calmly: "The Imperial College said the content was not very good, so I asked about it."

"I see."

The prince nodded and picked up the second volume of "City Lord", "The obscene lyrics and erotic songs are really messy, and I can't help you. You are busy with court affairs, and you have to keep an eye on the matters printed by the Imperial College."

Yun Qi's expression didn't change: "It's just a trivial matter, nothing compared to my father's busy work for the Six Ministries."

The prince looked at him for a while and saw that his attitude was upright and serious. After thinking that these were indeed his inquiries about the contents of the Imperial College, he didn't say much and just threw them aside casually.

Yun Qi was slightly relieved.

It seems that he has performed well in the past six months, and the prince believes in him.

If he had said before that he had asked the Imperial College to print the journals, he would have been afraid that the prince would have sneered, and there was no way he would believe it. He would have just thought that he was reading these things himself.

Although he watched a little bit, he was not addicted, just out of curiosity.

"Are you going to see Miss Xie off?" The prince stood up and walked out, asking calmly.

"Yes." Yun Qi replied: "Send her back home and then come back."

"You left Zhongshu Province at noon and went straight to the East Palace. You just returned now...after seeing Miss Xie off, you didn't talk to her?"

"..."

Yun Qi pursed his lips and said, "What does father want to say?"

At this time, Grandma Li came to deliver refreshments.

Both father and son were silent for a while. When Aunt Li retired, the prince said, "That's it for the Chu family. Xie Zhaozhao and Chu Nanxuan's engagement has been terminated, and they are now free."

"But it's very difficult for the Chen family in Zhongshan Palace to solve it." The prince looked at Yun Qi, "What do you think?"

"Why doesn't my father advise me to restrain myself and give up now?"

Yun Qi smiled and said: "I think back then, my father always wanted me to know the current affairs."

The prince smiled: "At the beginning, you only knew how to jump up and down, and the things you did were extremely stupid. It had no effect at all. On the contrary, it made your own reputation and everything in trouble."

Yun Qi's smile froze slightly.

The prince said calmly: "If I don't advise you to give up, why should I help you make trouble?"

But now it's a different story.

Even if the prince didn't know everything about the affairs of the Chu family and Liang Wang, how many hands Yun Qi had involved, he still had a rough idea.

It is enough to prove that after five years of hard work in the Western Region, Yun Qi has really grown up.

He can stand on his own.

And Xie Zhaozhao is no worse than Chen Shulan as the imperial concubine. The Xie family and the Kaiping Wang Yu family are all supportive, and most importantly, Yun Qi likes her.

Of course everyone will be happy if it works.

But Chen Shulan has become a thorny problem again.

Although there was no marriage agreement between Chen Shulan and Yun Qi, it was a tacit understanding between Emperor Xuanwu and King Zhongshan.

Chen Shulan has been waiting for several years without discussing the marriage, and now it's over.

Now, if Yun Qi and Xie Zhaozhao are given a marriage backhand, both the reputation and face of the Zhongshan Palace will be damaged. The Chen family will not be happy, and it will offend an important minister.

"If you can find a way to make the Prince of Zhongshan happy, things will be much easier for you and Miss Xie." The prince said calmly: "Do you understand?"

"The boy knows."

Yun Qi lowered his eyes and said, "I am aware of the difficulties faced by Grandpa Huang and my father. I am well aware of this matter. Please rest assured, father."

"Oh?"

The prince raised his eyebrows: "Why do you know so many tricks? I'm very curious."

Yun Qi smiled and said, "The secret must not be leaked."

"..."

The prince snorted, "You can hide it even from me, okay, let's see how you solve this matter - remember, don't break my heart, otherwise your grandpa will not let you go!"

(End of this chapter)