Xue Mingzhu was waiting for the gangster leader to bring back good news, but not only did she not receive any good news, Xuan Lie and Ji Qingyan appeared in front of her, safe and sound. She immediately knew that her plan had failed.
"Xue Mingzhu, I heard that you want to kill me?”Ji Qingyan's smile at Xue Mingzhu was chilling.
"That's right, I just want to kill you, so what?" Xue Mingzhu said.”
She was the daughter of the prime minister. She didn't believe that Ji Qingyan would dare to do anything to her.
"Mingzhu, why did you do this?”Xuan Lie believed that there must be a reason for her actions.
"I'm doing this for you, Lie.”Xue Mingzhu said to Xuan Lie.
"For me?"
This reason did not convince Xuan Lie at all. He had never asked her to kill anyone.
"Who taught you to lose your mind because of Ji Qingyan? I'm clearly by your side and I can give you everything, but you're infatuated with this man! So I thought that if he didn't exist, you would return to my side. You would definitely return to my side!”Xue Mingzhu said in one breath.
Xuan Lie shook his head disapprovingly." Even without Qingyan, I still wouldn't be with you.”
"No, I don't believe it!"
Xue Mingzhu didn't believe that there was no room for her to intervene between the two men. As long as she killed Ji Qingyan…
With this thought in mind, Xue Mingzhu suddenly picked up her saber and charged at Ji Qingyan. However, before she could get close to Ji Qingyan, she was stopped by Xuan Lie.
"How long are you going to be wrong?”
"Lie, leave her to me!" Ji Qingyan took out the pill he had given the gangster leader and stuffed it into Xue Mingzhu's mouth. "What I fed you just now was poison.”
"Poison?" Xue Mingzhu wanted to spit out the pill, but it had already been swallowed.
"You will die from the poison at any time." Ji Qingyan said.
"Give me the antidote!"
Ji Qingyan shook her head.
"Give you the antidote so that you can harm me again? I'm not that stupid. Lie, let's go!"
"Ji Qingyan!"
Ignoring Xue Mingzhu's call, Ji Qingyan pulled Xuan Lie away. After they had walked for a while, Xuan Lie said,"What the hell are you doing? Why do you have so much poison on you?”
"That poison is fake." Ji Qingyan said.
"Fake?"
"Those are just ordinary pills. Xue Mingzhu wants to kill me! Can't I scare her?"
"It's not impossible."
Xuan Lie seemed to understand Ji Qingyan more and more.
He was a bit of a bad guy, liked to play pranks, and would never let anyone wrong him.
Ji Qingyan had been spoiled by those who loved him, but this was also his most sincere expression. Moreover, Ji Qingyan had never done anything outrageous.
"Where are we going now?" Ji Qingyan asked.
"Whatever." "As long as I'm with you, I can go anywhere." Said Xuan Lie.”
Ji Qingyan smiled. Xuan Lie's thoughts coincided with his! " Then let's walk around and live a life where we're alone and not disturbed," he said.”
"Alright."
They wanted to live a life where they only envied lovebirds and not immortals, but would the others agree?
In the following days, Ji Qingyan and Xuan Lie lived very comfortably. They traveled around the mountains and rivers. Even if they used the sky as their tent and the earth as their bed, they still enjoyed themselves.
At this moment, Ji Qingyan was not like the Flame God in Luoyang at all. He had become more relaxed and often smiled cheerfully. He was also much kinder to people.
When they were tired of playing, they found a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to stay. They lived an ordinary life happily.
"Lie, look, the auntie next door is giving us her own chicken!”Ji Qingyan came in from outside and said.
Xuan Lie looked at the chicken and asked suspiciously,"Why would she give us chicken for no reason? Did you do something to her?”
"I didn't." Ji Qingyan said innocently. He had been very well-behaved recently. "I only smiled at her, and she hurriedly gave me the chicken. Ah! She even asked me if we were married. She also said that she had two daughters who were cute and adorable.”
Xuan Lie really didn't know what to say. That auntie was clearly trying to sell her daughter.
"Lie, everyone is very curious about our relationship. If I tell them the truth, they will definitely be frightened.”When Ji Qingyan felt that life lacked excitement, she would have the idea of playing pranks.
Xuan Lie understood that their relationship could not be recognized by the world, but he did not need others to recognize him.
"If anyone asks you about our relationship again, just say that we are brothers and don't waste your breath on them.”"In any case, we're really brothers." Xuan Lie sighed.”
Xuan Lie thought that they were brothers, so he always felt guilty when he hugged Ji Qingyan. However, he loved Ji Qingyan too much, so the guilt was insignificant.
" Lie…" Ji Qingyan wanted to say something but stopped. She wanted to tell Xuan Lie that they weren't blood brothers, but she was worried that Xuan Lie wouldn't be able to take it.
"What's wrong?" Xuan Lie asked.
"It's nothing. No matter what happens, I want you to know that I love you.”
Because she loved him, Ji Qingyan couldn't tell him the truth.
"I know."
Xuan Lie lowered his head and kissed Ji Qingyan. Ji Qingyan also responded to him warmly, but in a moment of absent-mindedness, the chicken in Ji Qingyan's hand actually half-flew and half-jumped out of Ji Qingyan's grasp.
"Ah! Chicken!"
"Forget about the chicken."
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Yes, Lie, we seem to have guests!”Ji Qingyan panted.
"How can we have guests? We must have found the wrong person.”Xuan Lie said with certainty.
Besides, they were very " busy " right now. He didn't want to bother with the guests at all.
However, the knocking continued, and someone shouted from outside the door,"Little Marquis, the imperial edict has arrived."
"Imperial decree?"
Xuan Lie and Ji Qingyan rolled off the bed in shock.
"Strange! Why is there an imperial edict?" Ji Qingyan asked as she put on her clothes.
"I don't know either. We've all hidden in this remote village, how can the emperor find us?”
Xuan Lie put on his clothes and went to open the door first to prevent the fragile door from being damaged.
When he opened the door, he realized that a large group of soldiers had arrived at some point in time and surrounded their "little nest of love".
"What are you guys doing?" Xuan Lie asked.
If it was just to read out the imperial edict, was there a need to make it look like they were hunting a fugitive?
What surprised Xuan Lie even more was that the leader was his good friend Tao Zhongkai.
Tao Zhongkai said with a serious face,""Little Marquis, the Emperor has ordered us to capture you and bring you back to the capital.”
"Capture me?" "What's the crime?" Xuan Lie raised his eyebrows and asked.”
"Flee before the battle." Tao Zhongkai replied.
Hearing this, Ji Qingyan immediately defended Xuan Lie,""If the emperor wants to punish me, he should be looking for me. Xuan Lie didn't escape, I kidnapped him!”
"Qing Yan, stop talking."
The crime of escaping in front of the battle was not light. Xuan Lie should have been vigilant long ago, but he had been too happy with Ji Qingyan, causing him to lose his vigilance.
"If you have anything to say, go and say it to the emperor!”
Tao Zhongkai was only ordered to capture Xuan Lie. As for other matters, he couldn't make the decision.
"Zhongkai, can I ask you a question? How did you find me and Qingyan?”
"Very simple." "Because you and Ji Qingyan are very eye-catching, it's not difficult to find you," said Tao Zhongkai.”
"I see!" Xuan Lie finally understood the situation.
"Little Marquis, you shouldn't make things difficult for me, right?”Tao Zhongkai said matter-of-factly.
"I won't."
Even if Tao Zhongkai didn't come to arrest him today, someone else would have come. At least Tao Zhongkai made him feel more at ease. Fortunately, the Emperor didn't seem to want to punish Ji Qingyan.
" Lie…" If Xuan Lie wanted to escape, he still had a chance, but he had given up on it.
Perhaps Xuan Lie had other plans in his heart! Thinking of this, Ji Qingyan did not dare to act rashly.
Xuan Lie was locked up in the prison of the palace to await punishment, while Tao Zhongkai told Ji Qingyan,""The Emperor wants to see you."
"The Emperor wants to see me?" Ji Qingyan was puzzled. "Why?"
"He probably wants to discuss Xuan Lie with you!”
In fact, Tao Zhongkai didn't know why the Emperor wanted to see Ji Qingyan, but he didn't dare to disobey the Emperor's orders.
Therefore, regardless of whether Ji Qingyan was willing or not, he had to go to the palace to see the Emperor.
Standing in the magnificent royal study, Ji Qingyan saw the Emperor for the first time and realized that the Emperor was only a few years older than Xuan Lie.
"This commoner greets the emperor." Standing in front of the ruler of a country, Ji Qingyan was neither servile nor overbearing.
"You are Ji Qingyan? I have long heard rumors about you. Today, seeing you, you are indeed a man who can move people's hearts.”The Emperor's eyes flashed with interest.
"You flatter me."
Ji Qingyan didn't like the way the Emperor was looking at her. It seemed like he was plotting something.
"I heard that Xuan Lie was so charmed by you that he was willing to give up everything. Is that true?”
"It should be!" Because it was the truth, Ji Qingyan could not refute it.
"Do you know that Xuan Lie's crime is very serious?”The Emperor asked again.
"Emperor, Xuan Lie's crimes should be borne by me.”"I was the one who seduced Xuan Lie," Ji Qingyan said."I'm the one who's really guilty.”
"You and Xuan Lie are really giving this one a headache! I asked Xuan Lie just now. He has already confessed. What do you think I should do with you and Xuan Lie?”The Emperor asked.
"I beg the emperor to release Xuan Lie." Ji Qingyan couldn't guess what the Emperor was thinking, but he still voiced his request.
The Emperor looked at him in surprise.
"Aren't you going to beg for mercy for yourself? Princess Yong Ping hopes that I will execute you, do you know that?”
"As long as the emperor can let Xuan Lie go, I don't care what happens to me.”These were Ji Qingyan's heartfelt words.
"Alright." The Emperor's eyes flashed with admiration. He stood up from the dragon throne and walked towards Ji Qingyan. "Whether or not to let Xuan Lie go is all up to this one. Of course, this one can let Xuan Lie go, but…"
"Does the emperor have any conditions?" Ji Qingyan understood the hidden meaning in the emperor's words.
"You are very smart." The Emperor lifted Ji Qingyan's chin and said,""I want you to be mine."
"Emperor, my body and my heart belong to Xuan Lie. Do you want me to betray him?”Ji Qingyan said calmly.
Ji Qingyan knew that she couldn't afford to panic when facing the Emperor, who was in power.
"This is also for your beloved Xuan Lie. If you think this way, it shouldn't be so unbearable.”
"Will you really let Xuan Lie go and not punish him?”Ji Qingyan asked seriously.
"You are not joking." the Emperor said.
"Alright, I promise you. But before that, I want to see Xuan Lie first.”Ji Qingyan requested.
Sigh!
After all the hard work he and Xuan Lie had put in, they still couldn't find happiness?
The emperor wanted Ji Qingyan to become his woman.
Ji Qingyan couldn't tell Xuan Lie about this. Otherwise, Xuan Lie would definitely go against the Emperor, and things would become even more difficult to deal with.
Therefore, the only path Ji Qingyan could take was…
When Ji Qingyan went to the dungeon to visit Xuan Lie, he hardened his heart and said to Xuan Lie through gritted teeth,"Lie, let's not continue."
"What did you say?"
Xuan Lie was originally worried that Ji Qingyan would be made difficult for and hated himself for being unable to help him in prison. Who knew that Ji Qingyan would say such heartless words as soon as she arrived?
"Did the emperor threaten you with me?”
Ji Qingyan shook her head.
"No, it's just that I'm tired of you.”
"I don't believe it!"
Ji Qingyan couldn't have changed so much overnight.
"It's up to you whether you believe it or not. The Emperor has already promised me that as long as I become his person, he will give me everything I want.”
Ji Qingyan forced herself to pretend to be greedy just to make Xuan Lie hate her.
"Qingyan, why did you lie to me? This was not your intention at all." Xuan Lie said.
If it was the Xuan Lie of the past, he might have been deceived, but now he understood Ji Qingyan too well. He knew that Ji Qingyan would never sell her body and mind for power and status.
The only possibility was…
" This is all my intention," Ji Qingyan said coldly." Don't you understand?" This is the best arrangement for both of us.”
"I don't understand!" "Qingyan, I don't want you to exchange terms with the emperor for me."”
"I told you, this isn't for you. I'm doing this for myself. Don't you understand?”Ji Qingyan couldn't help but shout. He could no longer pretend in front of Xuan Lie.
Then, Ji Qingyan turned around and walked out.
"Qingyan, you can't!"
Seeing that Ji Qingyan had already disappeared, Xuan Lie could only anxiously shout at the people guarding him outside,""Someone come! I want to see the emperor, I want to see the emperor!”
So what if he met the Emperor? Xuan Lie didn't know, but he knew that this was the only way to stop Ji Qingyan from making a huge mistake.
After Xuan Lie made a ruckus, he finally saw the Emperor as he wished.
"Xuan Lie, zhen heard that you wanted to see zhen. What's the matter?”The Emperor asked.
Xuan Lie couldn't care less about etiquette and asked,"Emperor, did you say something to Qingyan? Are you using me to threaten Qingyan?”
"Watch your words, Xuan Lie. Is this the attitude you should have towards me?”the Emperor said unhappily.
But Xuan Lie still said fearlessly,"If you were the Emperor that I respected, of course I wouldn't say this, but you're not."”
"Xuan Lie, you are too impudent!" The Emperor shouted.
"Does the emperor want to execute me?"
Xuan Lie wasn't frightened by the Emperor's shout and instead looked at him.
Seeing Xuan Lie's fearless and stubborn appearance for the sake of his beloved, the Emperor suddenly smiled.
"You are this one's most beloved younger cousin, how could this one bear to execute you?”
"The Emperor?"
How could this be?
Xuan Lie had imagined many reactions the emperor would have, but he never thought it would be like this.
The Emperor sighed.
"Princess Yongping came to me and cried, saying that you were infatuated with a male prostitute and wanted me to execute Ji Qingyan. Tell me, how did such a big thing happen?”
"I love Qingyan."
This was Xuan Lie's explanation.
He didn't want to make a big deal out of it, but the person he fell in love with happened to be a man. Ji Qingyan happened to be born in a flower street, but…
"I can see that you love Ji Qingyan dearly.”
Otherwise, Xuan Lie wouldn't have shouted in exasperation that he wanted to see him.
"Emperor, do you want to separate me and Qingyan?”Xuan Lie frowned and asked.
The Emperor only smiled and did not answer. Instead, he spoke of another matter."Ji Qingyan is indeed my type. No wonder you are so infatuated with him.”
Xuan Lie could not help but worry in his heart when he heard this.
"There are already many beauties in the Emperor's Palace, why fight with me for a man?”
"But none of my three thousand beauties are as beautiful as Ji Qingyan!”the Emperor said.
"Even so, the emperor should not have forced Qingyan!”Xuan Lie said unhappily.
"Did he say that I forced him?" The Emperor asked.
"No, I haven't."
Ji Qingyan couldn't possibly say that, but even if she didn't say it, Xuan Lie could guess.
"Xuan Lie, zhen will tell you the truth! I was worried that you would be deceived by Ji Qingyan, so I wanted to test him.”
"Qingyan would never lie to me."
Xuan Lie firmly believed.
"Why not try?"
"Since you trust Ji Qingyan so much, do you dare to bet with me?" The Emperor urged him. If Ji Qingyan is not sincere to you, I will accept him. If Ji Qingyan is sincere to you, I will grant your wish unconditionally.”
Xuan Lie didn't like the idea of using Ji Qingyan as a wager, but the Emperor seemed to have made up his mind. Xuan Lie could only accept it.
However, Xuan Lie still trusted Ji Qingyan from the bottom of his heart.#
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