It's good to exchange marriages. My sister eats coarse food while I wear gold and silver.

"Why don't you set a condition and let Young Master Xie complete it. As long as he completes it to your satisfaction, you can put the matter behind you?" Yuan Buwei looked at Lu Sui and gave him advice.

"condition?"

Lu Sui moved to Yuan Buwei's side, bent down and asked in a low voice: "What are the conditions, Awei, do you have any good ideas?"

"This is your grudge with him. How can I set the conditions? It's not appropriate." Yuan Buwei shook her head and rejected Lu Sui. "Think about it yourself. As long as it's not excessive and within the range that Young Master Xie can accept, I believe he will agree."

"Row."

Lu Sui nodded, thought for a moment, and looked at Xie Linan: "The Lotus Viewing Festival is coming soon. If you can win the Lantern Prize on that day, I will forgive you."

The Lotus Viewing Festival is one of Dazhao's traditional festivals. The 24th day of the sixth lunar month every year is designated as the birthday of the lotus. On this day, every household, men, women, old and young will go to the Qianli Pond in the city to view the blooming lotus. The bustling scene is grand. At night, everyone will place the lotus lanterns they made into the Qianli Pond and pray that everything will go well in the coming year.

Of course, the most important part of the day was the riddle guessing contest held at Hehuawan.

There will be more than a thousand lotus lanterns hanging throughout the museum, with different questions on them. The test takers need to answer the questions within the specified time. When the time is up, whoever answers more questions will have a higher accuracy rate. In the end, he or she will challenge the previous lantern champion. If successful, he or she will become the new lantern champion.

The riddle guessing contest at the Lotus Viewing Festival is different from the riddle guessing contest at the Lantern Festival. The riddles at the Lotus Viewing Festival are not simple riddles, and they are all-encompassing. Even if you are familiar with various books, you may be eliminated in the first round.

Therefore, the "Lotus Viewing Festival Riddle Guessing Competition" has always been the most anticipated event for the people of Dazhao.

"Okay, I promise you."

Xie Linan was prepared to be bullied, but he didn't expect Lu Sui to be a gentleman who only wanted him to win the first prize.

"It seems that Master Xie is determined to win the Lantern Festival this year." Lu Sui said with a smile, "I won't say any more. I'll take you to the carriage."

"Lu Sui, come back early."

Yuan Buwei shook Lu Sui's hand with a smile in her eyes.

"Know it."

Lu Sui held Yuan Buwei's palm, leaned close to her ear, and said in an ambiguous tone: "Wait for me to come back."

As it was inconvenient in the palace, Princess Jinghe took Shan Zhaoyi back to her own residence.

There is a torture chamber here that is specially used to interrogate various prisoners.

"Go in."

She took off her hairpin and outer clothes, wearing only a thin tuxedo, and was thrown to the ground by two tall guards.

But she didn't care about her scratched palms, and struggled to get up: "Let me out, I want to see the emperor, I want to see the emperor."

"Shan Zhaoyi, at this critical moment, you still want to count on the emperor to save you. No wonder you were deceived by Shan Ji." Princess Jinghe slowly walked out from the dark, sat on the carved chair brought by the guards, holding a cup of tea, looking leisurely, "I am not a heartless person. As long as you tell the truth, I will consider sparing your life."

"Princess Jinghe, I really did not frame the emperor. As for my brother's affairs, I don't know anything either. Please let me see the emperor." Shan Ji sobbed and knelt down to kowtow to Princess Jinghe, but when she looked up for the third time, she saw a pair of black boots in front of her.

She was startled, then slowly raised her head and met Lu Sui's face.

In an instant, the composure she had managed to maintain was shattered to pieces.

But she still tried hard to restrain herself and not let herself reveal any clues.

"Princess Jinghe, can you let me have a private chat with Shan Zhaoyi?"

Princess Jinghe glanced at Lu Sui and nodded: "I'll give you half an hour. Is that enough?"

"That's enough. Thank you, Princess Jinghe, for your understanding."

After Lu Sui saw Princess Jinghe leave, he looked at Shan Zhaoyi and asked, "Why?"

Shan Zhaoyi was startled, with confusion in her eyes: "Young Marquis Lu, I don't know what you are talking about, I..."

"Mu Qing, this is Princess Jinghe's residence. Look up at this torture room. There are so many torture instruments hanging on the wall. The floor and walls are all dark red, which means many people have died in this torture room." Lu Sui, who was lively and agile when he spoke to Yuan Buwei, now spoke in an icy tone, like an ice cone, which made Shan Zhaoyi shiver.

"It seems that since we are colleagues, I will not torture you, but if you still refuse to tell the truth..." Lu Sui walked to the wall, picked up a torture instrument at random, walked in front of Shan Zhaoyi, and looked at her straight, "I can torture you personally, it will be your honor."

Shan Zhaoyi's breathing stagnated. She saw a hint of murderous intent in Lu Sui's eyes. She opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

"Don't want to say?"

Lu Sui sneered: "Are you expecting Shan Ji to come and save you, or do you want me to have sympathy for you?"

"No, little lord, I...I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong."

This time, Shan Zhaoyi, not Mu Qing, could no longer hold back. She tightly grasped Lu Sui's clothes, with a pleading look in her eyes: "I don't want to die, I really don't want to die, everything I did was just because of you..."

"Because of me?" Lu Sui smiled, but his eyes were cold. "Mu Qing, you are just using the name of liking me to satisfy yourself. What you want is fame, wealth and fortune. If someone more powerful than me appears, you will run away faster than anyone else."

"No, young marquis, I really like you. I like you so much that I can't help myself."

"You can only deceive yourself with such lies." Lu Sui smiled and looked at the embarrassed Shan Qing coldly, "You hired someone to spread rumors about Awei and brought Yuan Jinse into the palace. Every step you took was aimed at Awei."

"No, I didn't." Mu Qing shook her head frantically, tears flying out, "Young Marquis, I just love you too much."

"Don't say such nonsense." Lu Sui grabbed the paper on the table and slapped it in front of Mu Qing. "Do you want to write it yourself, or do you want me to torture you and then write it?"

Mu Qing was stunned and looked at Lu Sui. For a moment he felt that he was a stranger.

Although he had a smile on his face, the smile did not reach his eyes, and his whole body exuded a solemn and murderous aura that only appeared on the battlefield.

Mu Qing had been on the battlefield with him several times, and she realized in an instant that Lu Sui now truly regarded her as an enemy.

"Does it have to be like this between us?" Mu Qing lowered her head, tears as big as beans falling onto the muddy ground. Her tone was humble, and if one listened carefully, one could hear her pleading.

"You are the one who caused this. It has nothing to do with me."

These few short words, like a sharp blade, pierced Mu Qing's heart.

Even if Lu Sui questioned loudly, was angry, and furious, Mu Qing still felt that he still cared about her a little.

But the attitude is cold and distant.

Only then did she realize that she and Lu Sui could never go back to the original position where they should have been.

"Okay, I'll write."