Lin Qianqian raised her head and glanced upstairs, and found that the second floor was occupied by five or six Jinwu Guards in uniform.

She said coldly, "Are you really not afraid of being seen in broad daylight?"

Ping An lowered his head, a smile on his face, "You're gossiping about us, are we living too well at home?" "Boss, I just want you to have some tea and some snacks."

"Please go up. Otherwise, it will be ugly if we start fighting."

Lin Qianqian bit her lip.

The pink and blue butterfly-embroidered shoes stepped on the wooden steps, going up one step at a time. When she reached the second floor, she was led into a private room.

Zhang Qi led a group of his men and sat in front of an octagonal table that was full of people.

He gave a look and the others automatically retreated.

"You left without saying goodbye last time. I really missed you."

He held a cup of tea up to his face, his fingers gently stroking the raised pattern on the cup's surface.

"There's no need for me to say goodbye to you." Lin Qianqian said.

Zhang Qi pulled up a smile.

He stood up, put his arm around Lin Qianqian, and spun around with her in his arms, sitting on a chair.

He saw a deep red bite mark on the collarbone from the corner of his eye. "Your prince is completely useless. Is it necessary for you to go back to see him?"

"He is like a eunuch now. Do you eat with him?"

"What's it got to do with you?" Lin Qianqian glared at him.

The smile on Zhang Qi's face became more obvious. He grabbed one of her hands, put it to his mouth, looked at her and kissed the back of her white hand provocatively.

"I say, you should just follow me. He's not even a man. Without his possessions, he's nothing more than trash."

"I never said I wanted to follow you." Lin Qianqian's attitude was clear, neither humble nor arrogant.

"What's the difference between being with you and being with him? We're both trapped in the backyard."

Zhang Qi helplessly reached out and touched his chin, "Men should get married when they are old enough, and women should get married when they are old enough. Don't women usually stay in the backyard? At least, I am a normal man."

"I will give you a freer life than he has."

Zhang Qi clenched a fist, put it to his mouth and coughed. Suddenly, he took out a piece of paper and placed it in front of Lin Qianqian.

"Is this the guide you want?"

Seeing the pass, Lin Qianqian opened her eyes wide in surprise and said, "I went there several times, but the gentleman refused to issue it to me. The last time, he told me to come back in half a month, and it turned out to be in your hands?"

Zhang Qi tilted his head lazily and took it back from Lin Qianqian. "I can make this kind of thing for you at any time, and I can also destroy it at any time."

"You are really good at hiding. You hid in the Marquis's Mansion and didn't come out until today."

"What? You've only been with me for two days and you don't want to anymore?"

Lin Qianqian said coldly, "Other women can serve you just as well. You can choose any kind you like. I don't want to make the same mistake again. Please forget what happened and pretend it never happened."

Zhang Qi lowered his eyes, "You are my woman now. Sleeping with you twice or ten times, what difference does it make? Have you forgotten the past?"

Lin Qianqian met his gaze, stubbornly like a flower swaying in the wind and rain, "How can you be considered a real man if you force a woman?"

He pinched her chin and smiled ambiguously, "Aren't you the one who knows best whether I am a man or not?"

"I've said it before, I'll get you by any means necessary."

“I remember those two nights vividly.”

He reached out and pinched Lin Qianqian's ear, put his mouth close to her ear, and whispered, "I have always had a question that I have always wanted to ask you."

"Tell me, who is more powerful, that prince or me? Who is more powerful?"

Lin Qianqian's ears turned red. She stood up and said, "I have to go to the palace to meet the Queen Mother today. Please don't delay me and make me miss the time."

Zhang Qi deliberately grabbed her slender arm and said, "If you don't tell me, I won't let you leave."

"Despicable and shameless!" Lin Qianqian blushed, she forcefully snatched her arm from his hand, and slapped him in the face.

He looked at Lin Qianqian and suddenly laughed. After he finished laughing, he said seriously, "I have prepared a carriage for you. The closest place is from Xuanwu Gate."

Lin Qianqian didn't want to follow his arrangements, so he pulled her by the arm, took her downstairs to the backyard, and forced her into a carriage.

"How tiring it is for you to walk there, and it's not safe."

"You should be in the best condition to deal with everything that might happen in the palace."

Seeing Zhang Qi also come up and sit next to her, Lin Qianqian leaned back in the car cautiously, "Why did you come up with us?"

He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and rested, his body swaying slightly as the carriage moved. "I don't want to miss any opportunity to be alone with you."

"I'm not the prince, so I can't let you stay with me at any time. Do you know that I miss you all the time when I'm apart from you?"

He suddenly opened his eyes.

His deep eyes stared at her steadily, and apart from the hint of coldness, there was seriousness in them.

Lin Qianqian turned her face away and said with disdain, "Miss me? You just want a woman's body. You have plenty of money, go to a brothel, and a group of women will pounce on you."

Zhang Qi laughed. He reached out and grabbed Lin Qianqian's hand on her knee. "Do you think I like you? You are wrong."

"Being addicted to women will leak your yang energy and make you lose focus on your work."

"You are indeed the first woman I have ever wanted so much, and the first woman I have ever had."

"I really can't think of what it is about that prince that makes you like him so much. But I will do better than him and make you follow me wholeheartedly."

……

Taozhi came back from outside and Liuli held her arm. She asked with concern, "Has Aunt Lin left?"

Taozhi looked at her strangely and slowly withdrew her hand, "Just left, Aunt Su, what's the matter?"

Liuli shook her head, "Nothing."

She turned back to her room, sat at the table, and sighed.

"Should I tell her that I gave the prince a hallucinogenic drug that night? But the two of them made up after the fight, so it seems there is no need to tell her."

"Mrs. Lin is someone who is willing to give in for love. The prince is someone who is brave enough to take responsibility for love. How enviable."

Liuli's eyes once again flashed back to that winter, when the cold wind was howling and she and her brother were almost starving to death on the street.

A young woman in the brothel who was leaning against the second-floor window saw what was happening and came down to give them two steamed buns.

Later, she was sold to a brothel by her father...

"I took the money. If I tell them, they might give me trouble... I also want to have a place to settle down for the rest of my life."

Liuli thought for a moment and finally nodded, "Let's not talk about it. They have reconciled."

……

The Queen Mother sat back upstairs, holding the script written by Lin Qianqian in her hand. She flipped through a few pages and a happy smile appeared on her face.

"Well, that's a fascinating story."

"Put this play out as soon as possible."

Lin Qianqian bowed respectfully and said, "Yes."

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