After being assassinated in the middle of the night, Xiao Yanqing became busy, going out very early and coming back very late.

Qing Yu heard Wen say that it was the Emperor who summoned him to the palace and had an important matter for him to handle.

So apart from the guards watching over her on a daily basis, Wen Shu would come to practice sword with her from time to time. When she was tired, she would read the books Wen Shu brought her. It was exactly the leisurely life she wanted.

She didn't think that this kind of leisurely life would last too long. After all, to Xiao Yanqing, she was also a bomb that could be thrown out at any time.

However, Xiao Yanqing seemed to be deliberately concealing the current situation and the situation of the Jiang family. She was unaware of the changes in the outside world, which was naturally a disadvantage for her.

At this moment, Xiao Yanqing was in a carriage traveling along the road.

"Your Highness, we have finished today's affairs. Shall we go back home directly?" Qian Yun asked.

"Let's go back."

"Your Highness, I recently found out something about Miss Jiang."

"Go ahead."

"Yes, the oldest young lady of the Jiang family married to another country. It was the prince at that time who took a fancy to her."

Xiao Yanqing knew without thinking why Jiang Zhuo agreed to this matter.

"I recently heard that there was another candidate for the young lady chosen to marry, and it has already been decided." Qianyun explained the news he had heard recently.

He frowned slightly, "Go on."

"It is said that His Majesty was ready to issue an order to announce it, but before the announcement, someone intercepted it, so the prince of another country specifically asked His Majesty to marry Miss Jiang."

"Really?" He rubbed his thumb with his index finger, and the revealed truth made his eyes turn cold and dark.

There was something strange at the time, but she just guessed the emperor's wishes and didn't want to pursue it any further. Could it be that this was a trick Jiang Zhuo used to teach his daughter?

"What is Jiang Qingyu doing recently?" he asked, he has not been paying attention to her at all recently.

"Miss Qingyu has not been doing anything special recently except practicing martial arts and reading books. It's just that the prince will go to Miss Qingyu to practice martial arts and chat whenever he has time."

"Qianyun, what kind of person do you think Jiang Qingyu is?"

"this…"

"I can't tell the difference." Qianyun was a little embarrassed.

"Go ahead, not guilty," he gestured.

Qian Yun pursed her lips and recalled in her mind, "I have never seen someone with a personality like Miss Xiang Qingyu. Sometimes she retains the innocence of a child, but at the same time she is mature, rational and cold-blooded."

"Do you think she is pretending?" Although Jiang Qingyu has been staying by his side for the past two weeks and has not done anything suspicious, he cannot dispel his suspicion of her.

"I can't be sure, the only thing I can be sure of is that Miss Qingyu is very smart and has her own firm goals in mind, unlike other young ladies of Jade Age."

His deep eyes unconsciously lowered and tightened, "You will know if you try it."

Qian Yun was stunned, "Your Highness wants to take a risk?"

"What? You think she can hurt me?" A hint of sarcasm flashed across his half-closed eyes.

"No, of course not." Qian Yun lowered her head and quickly denied the fact, "She is just a young lady with little talent and knowledge. She can't resist Your Highness at all."

"Hehe, if Jiang Zhuo is really like that, why not let her do as she wishes?" He snorted coldly, with a sense of viciousness in his heart that took a while to dissipate.

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the mansion, but there was no sign of her until they saw her lying lazily in the courtyard, wearing a dark red and milky white dress.

"Your Highness, I will go and call her over right away." Qian Yun was about to go.

Xiao Yanqing stretched out his hand to stop him, "Go, go over there."

He walked behind her, and it was not until the book covering her face fell to the ground that she noticed the person in front of her.

She was startled, and quickly picked up the fallen book and put it behind her back. Her movements seemed flustered, but her eyes were calm, as peaceful as a lake.

"His Royal Highness is back."

He glanced at her hands behind her back, "How could you fall asleep if you were reading?"

"I've finished reading it." She answered truthfully. Wen Shu would probably give her the new book in two days.

"Why don't you go to the study?"

"Your Highness said that I cannot enter without your permission." After all, it is someone else's home. Even if you eat, drink and sleep for free, you still have to abide by the rules of that place.

"Let's go."

Qing Yu didn't understand the reason, but still followed him into the study.

"Choose." He gestured to the books on the shelf.

"Really? I can choose whatever I want?"

Seeing that he agreed, I quickly thanked him before he changed his mind and chose, but...

"Your Highness seems to be in a good mood today." Could it be that he is happy because his recent problems have been solved?

"Why do you say that?" He sat aside.

"Before that you wouldn't speak to me more than five words a week."

He raised his lips slightly, "Remember it so clearly?"

"Just having nothing to do..." Count them.

She selected four books that interested her and placed them on the table.

"Your Highness, can I come and choose after I finish reading?"

"You can read it here." He raised his eyes and noticed the book she had chosen.

"Are you interested in the military?"

"Yeah, there's no end to learning." After all, being born in a war, maybe this could come in handy.

"But the book you picked up today is about love between young men and women."

"The romance between young men and women is also good. In the story compiled by the author, we travel around the world."

"is it?"

"It seems that His Highness is unwilling to waste time on these matters."

"How to say?"

"There are no other women in the palace. According to your status and age, you should have had many wives and concubines." She sat down and said casually.

"It seems that you understand this very well, about the love between young men and women." He deliberately observed the change in her expression after she said this.

"I don't understand this either. I've never experienced it."

"Never felt it?" His deep eyes became more suspicious.

"It seems that Your Highness does not believe it."

"The man in Huanxiang Pavilion that day was very familiar with women. You were able to make him die at your hands without any chance of fighting back." How could he believe that this was a veteran who a little woman could handle.

"That's true, but..." Qing Yu's hand flipping through the pages suddenly stopped. He looked up with a smile on his lips, like a flower bud about to bloom.

"Your Highness, do you want to know something?"

Isn’t this the purpose of asking these questions one after another?

He stared down at her, "Why? It seems like there is something shady going on?"

"If Your Highness wants to know, I can tell you that I just drank with him, played games, and looked for the right opportunity." She spoke lightly, and Xiao Yanqing obviously didn't believe it.

"It's that simple?"

"Hehe." She chuckled, and her charming laughter released a seductive atmosphere.

"If you are in the situation, you will naturally know the feeling at the moment." In fact, she was just doing what the man wanted her to do.

Seeing that he stopped asking questions, she lowered her head and read. If she thought that Xiao Yanqing's vigilance had been eliminated again, she would be too naive.

I just don't know what Xiao Yanqing wants to do and how he wants to test her?

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