When the prince is reborn, he will only hit me if he doesn't hit the wall!

The Queen Mother smiled triumphantly and laughed a few times, "Prince Rong, look, your princess consort has no objection. So, there is nothing wrong with this matter. Am I right?"

Qin Yuechuan did not look at the Queen Mother, but only lowered his eyes to look at his palm, and said slowly: "That's it, my king, I have nothing to say."

When Xu Xinyue heard his words, there was still no extra expression on her face, neither sadness nor anger.

She still sat there quietly, with her hands on her knees, staring at the embroidery on the toe of her shoes, silently counting how many rice-grain pearls were inlaid on it.

The Queen Mother and Zhou Lu'er were quite surprised by her reaction. Although she admitted it herself, Qin Yuechuan had defended her in every way before. Now that he changed his mind, shouldn't they be furious and accuse and scold her?

Even if one doesn't dare to make any big movements for the sake of face, there should always be some expression.

It was rare to see someone as calm as her. If she really didn't care, then she must be very scheming and had superb acting skills. Could Xu Xinyue be so scheming?

Qin Yuechuan cast his eyes on Zhou Luer again and said with a smile: "Since you want to be my concubine, it would not be too much for me to say a few words to her."

Zhou Luer did not react for a while. After a few breaths, she was overjoyed and looked at the Queen Mother expectantly, waiting for her words and praying for her approval.

Seeing her unable to hold back her anger, the Queen Mother turned her head away in disgust and looked at Qin Yuechuan: "Okay, but you must remember that this is my bedroom. If you do anything excessive, my guards here will not be vegetarians!"

Qin Yuechuan snorted disdainfully: "The Queen Mother doesn't need to worry. Her life is useless to me."

The Queen Mother was displeased by his strange words, but she was too lazy to argue with him at this time: "Let's go to the side hall, it's only a few steps away from here."

Zhou Luer didn't notice anything wrong and stood up impatiently: "Thank you, Queen Mother."

Then she turned around and said shyly to Qin Yuechuan: "Your Highness Prince Rong, please——"

Qin Yuechuan patted the back of Xu Xinyue's hand. Xu Xinyue looked up and nodded at him seriously. Qin Yuechuan looked at her gently and then went out.

Zhou Luer followed closely.

Entering the side hall, the room was filled with fragrance and warmth.

The Empress Dowager would often chant sutras and take a rest in the side hall, so the charcoal fire was always burning in the hall and it was not deserted.

Seeing that the tea cups were ready on the table, Qin Yuechuan picked up a gold-painted porcelain cup and tossed it lightly. The gold-painted tea cup stood steadily in the charcoal brazier beside him.

The black and red charcoal fire engulfed it in a moment.

Zhou Luer naturally noticed his actions, and although she was confused, she didn't want to think about it.

Looking up at the man in front of me, I see an upright posture, broad shoulders and back, and a narrow waist. His every move is filled with calm, steady, and attractive masculinity.

Just the sight of his back made Zhou Luer's heart feel like there was a rabbit in its chest, beating wildly and uncontrollably.

Qin Yuechuan randomly chose a chair and sat down.

Zhou Luer was at a loss. She looked around and wanted to find a place to sit down, but Qin Yuechuan stopped her coldly: "Did the king allow you to sit down?"

Zhou Luer raised her head in panic, staring at Qin Yuechuan with innocent eyes, not daring to say a word.

"Since you want to enter the palace, I will explain the rules of the palace to you."

"Your Highness is right." Zhou Luer responded.

"First of all, I want to serve you tea. Pour me a cup of tea."

The request was not difficult. Zhou Luer was about to turn around and get a teacup from the table, but she heard Qin Yuechuan say, "This king has his own rules for drinking tea. It's cold in winter, and this king doesn't like to drink tea from a cold cup."

"I don't like cold teacups, but there are no warm teacups here. I'll soak them in warm water."

"Don't bother. Isn't there one over there?"

Zhou Luer followed his gaze and saw the empty cup that Qin Yuechuan had casually thrown into the charcoal fire.

The white porcelain cup body, falling into the blazing charcoal fire, had already been stained with a layer of light red.

There was silence except for the crackling sound of burning charcoal.

"My Lord, how can this be done?"

"Why not? Since you intend to enter the palace, you must let me see your determination."

"This is a small test. It's neither a mountain of swords nor a sea of ​​fire. It's just a cup of tea. If you are so timid, how can you enter the gate of my Prince Rong's mansion and support me?"

Every word Qin Yuechuan spoke was cold, and it was like a poisoned ice knife, piercing Zhou Luer's chest one by one. She trembled as if she couldn't bear it.

"What do you think my Prince Rong's Palace is? You can enter it just because you want to? How do I know that you are not a spy?"

When Zhou Luer heard the word "spy", she trembled even more. She remembered what the Queen Mother said:

"After entering Prince Rong's mansion, you must report everything to me, no matter how big or small. Do you understand?"

She was so guilty and scared that she didn't dare to look up, not knowing whether Qin Yuechuan's words were intentional or unintentional.

"Go and get it! Then take that cup. I believe in your determination.

I don’t need you to kill the enemy and take their heads as a token of my loyalty. It’s just a cup of tea. Miss Zhou doesn’t even dare to do that? Then—”

"I, I'll go."

Zhou Luer walked to the charcoal fire, looked at the blazing flames, and finally reached out for the teacup with trembling hands in fear and worry.

The stinging pain from the burning fire came from her fingertips. Her fingers were connected to her heart, so even if she wanted to touch the cup with as few fingers as possible, she still needed both hands to pick it up.

She gritted her teeth, holding back her tears, and tremblingly raised the empty cup in front of Qin Yuechuan: "Your Majesty, I have brought it."

Qin Yuechuan had a pot of hot tea in his hand at some point, and he poured the water slowly into the teacup without any concern. The hot cup and the scalding tea were too much for Zhou Luer to bear, and she cried out in surprise.

Qin Yuechuan shouted in a low voice: "Shut up! Or I will pull out your tongue for you."

Zhou Luer pursed her lips tightly, tears welling up in her eyelashes. She held on to her limit and was about to let go when Qin Yuechuan made a "tsk" sound and with disgust used the thumb and middle finger of his other hand to press Zhou Luer's fingertips tightly against the wall of the cup.

The sound of burning flesh sizzled.

Zhou Luer was shocked, frightened and in pain, but she dared not make a sound and could only endure it with tears.

The teacup was finally filled and Qin Yuechuan let go. Zhou Luer had endured it to the limit and let go of the cup. The skin on her fingertips was burned and torn, and there were bloodstains on them. She raised her hands, grinned, and "hummed" to try not to cry out.

"If you enter the palace, you must serve tea to the mistress in this way every morning. Do you understand?"

Zhou Luer looked up in astonishment: "Every day!?"

"nature."

Zhou Luer slumped to her knees on the ground, breathing short and heavy, her eyes full of fear.

"You have experienced inner house fighting since you were a child, so you should have seen many kinds of fighting. Why are you surprised?"

"You're giving up the good life outside and you're determined to come to my Prince Rong's mansion to suffer. I can't refuse."

Qin Yuechuan stood up and passed by her: "If I find out that you have any ill intentions, or if you make me unhappy——"

He was not stupid. Zhou Luer's reaction to the "spy" he mentioned just now was so strong that he thought there must be something fishy going on between her and the Queen Mother.

He deliberately dragged out his tone, paused for a long time, and said grimly: "Do you know what the most beautiful decoration in Northern Xinjiang is?

The thing that best demonstrates the bravery of men in northern Xinjiang is bones.

Whether it is an animal or a human, take the finger bones or foot bones, grind them into bone rings, and wear them on the body. The more bone rings a person has, the more brave and fearless he is. "

Qin Yuechuan glanced at her fingers and said intentionally or unintentionally: "I think Miss Zhou's fingers are very good-looking. If they are polished into bone rings, they will definitely look very beautiful.

If that is not enough, the toes will be sufficient.

It is the most respectable punishment that does not endanger life and is easy to cover up. Don’t you think so, Miss Zhou?”

Zhou Luer was just a girl who had never seen the wind and waves. She was frightened by his terrifying words and sobbed with gritted teeth.

Qin Yuechuan's words made it clear that he had seen through her intention of entering the mansion, and she was exposed.

There was no need to pretend anymore. She didn't want to do the Queen Mother's task anymore. She wanted to quit and just leave here.

"Do you still insist on entering the palace, Miss Zhou?" Qin Yuechuan regained his indifferent expression and asked in a cold voice.

"No, no, no."

What is more important than life? She regretted it.

She originally thought that relying on the Queen Mother's power would be enough to make Qin Yuechuan agree, but she didn't expect that she would be the one who regretted it in the end!

Perhaps knowing that Qin Yuechuan would not kill her here, Zhou Luer boldly complained: "Prince Rong is biased towards me, you will regret it in the future!"

"It's not that I am biased, it's that you are not qualified to enter the palace."

"Qualifications? What qualifications? How am I inferior to the one in the palace? She is just a—"

"The qualifications are that you must be the only daughter in the family, your family background cannot be prominent, your father or brother cannot be officials, and you must have no relatives other than your father. You must be able to do business, and - you must have the surname Xu and the given name Xianyue.

This is the qualification!"

"Everyone wants to compare with her.

What you want to compare yourself with is nothing more than the status of a noble lady given to you by your fathers, brothers and relatives. If you leave that aside, who can compare to her even half as well? "