Both worlds are like dreams

Xue Huang stood up and said, "Your yard has a nice view. Take me for a walk."

Zhao Manqing bowed to everyone and said, "Please feel free to do as you please. Manqing will be back soon."

The two of them came to a pond, and Zhao Manqing comforted Xue Huang, "Princess, you don't have to pay attention to them. They have always been like this. They are just arrogant and domineering because they are the party of the Third Prince."

Xue Huang raised her eyebrows, "Why are you still comforting me? I asked you to come out because I didn't want you to get entangled with them anymore. There's no need to waste time with them."

"Forgive me for being so rude, but are you really not angry, Princess?"

"I'm not that generous. It would be a lie to say I'm not angry, but I know that arguing with them is a waste of my life."

She has so many shackles on her shoulders that she has no time to waste.

"Then aren't you angry about what they said about Master Gu?"

Xue Huang smiled faintly, "You said it yourself, he never paid any attention to those women."

"That's true." Zhao Manqing said with a smile. "They are just villains who have achieved their goals and love to show off their verbal skills."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. What are your plans for the future?"

"When the mourning period for my grandfather is over, I want to go out for a walk and see the wider world."

"That's fine." Xue Huang said. "Go to the Jianghu, it's what you long for, but take care of yourself."

"Don't worry. I practice the Qinggong that the princess taught me every day."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Xue Huang said goodbye and left before the banquet ended.

She was not familiar with those noble ladies. The only one she was on good terms with was Zhao Manqing, who had visited her when she was under house arrest, which was why she came here today.

After walking out of the gate, Xue Huang originally wanted to follow Yun Qing to take a car back home, but there were a lot of people standing in front of the gate.

"Isn't that the carriage of the Hanxi Palace?"

"Yes, the one sitting inside is King Han Xi."

"I guess she's here to pick up Princess Changle? This is unbelievable!"

The whispers of the noble ladies in the city reached Xue Huang's ears. She looked in the direction of everyone's gaze and saw Mo Yunchen's carriage.

Xue Huang knew that his appearance here was definitely not a coincidence, he was clearly waiting for her. In order to avoid being watched by more people, she walked towards him without saying a word.

Duan Yun opened the curtain and Xue Huang got directly into the carriage.

As soon as I sat down, the carriage set off.

Xue Huang sat on the side, at least an arm's length away from Mo Yunchen.

She said calmly, "What's the matter?"

"Take you back."

"so what?"

Mo Yunchen raised his eyebrows, "You have been living in the princess's mansion since you came back. Wouldn't that make others misunderstand that you and I are not on good terms?"

Xue Huang was speechless, "So you asked me to come back to save your face?"

"It is to maintain diplomatic relations between the two countries."

Xue Huang was too lazy to pay attention to his high-sounding reasons.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Mo Yunchen continued, "Don't you have anything to ask me?"

"No." Xue Huang said indifferently.

"No or don't care?"

"what do you want to say in the end?"

"Cui Jinyu is pregnant, you should have heard about it."

"Do you want to hear congratulations?"

Mo Yunchen frowned slightly, "From Dong Chu's perspective, you should at least blame me."

"So what if I blame you? Do you really want to give up this child?"

"Of course I don't want it."

Xue Huang looked at him with a cold gaze, "Mo Yunchen, you don't even want your own flesh and blood, are you still talking like a human being? You are indeed a cold-blooded, heartless, ruthless, and conscienceless person..."

Mo Yunchen had no choice but to interrupt her, "Because the child she is pregnant with is not mine."

"Uh..." Xue Huang was stunned for a moment, "So, you're being cheated on?"

Hearing this, Mo Yunchen's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he looked at her helplessly, "Are you happy?"

"Of course." Xue Huang said without hesitation.

Mo Yunchen stared at her for a moment, then suddenly smiled, "Really? Are you so happy that I didn't have a child with her?"

"Don't change the concept."

"She's a stupid spy, do you think I would let her get pregnant with my child?"

"Then how do you prove that the child is not yours?"

"I've never touched her." Mo Yunchen looked at her seriously.

Xue Huang didn't pay attention. She took the teapot, poured herself a cup of tea, and started drinking it.

"Whose child is that?"

"She is a guard in the palace. She is not pregnant for more than a month as rumored by the outside world, but for more than two months. The last time she drugged me, she wanted me to think that the child was mine."

Xue Huang raised her eyebrows. She had been surprised that Cui Jinyu, as his legitimate concubine, had to drug him in order to get close to him. She thought there was something wrong with Mo Yunchen, but she didn't expect that this was his plan.

"That's not right. Didn't you say you knocked her out? Then when she woke up and found that the plan didn't work, how could she dare to keep the child? Aren't you afraid that you would kill her?"

Mo Yunchen was silent for a moment, then said, "She doesn't know that I have never touched her."

Xue Huang was a little puzzled, "Just say what you want to say all at once."

"There is a kind of fragrance in ancient books that makes people think that..."

"Stop." Xue Huang interrupted him. She understood that he had drugged Cui Jinyu to make her think that he had touched her.

What a talent.

Mo Yunchen coughed lightly, "It was my negligence that not only allowed her to plot, but also allowed her to spread the news."

"So what now? What do you want to do with her?"

Mo Yunchen's eyes flashed with coldness, and he was ready to kill her. "I can't let her stay."

Xue Huang didn't say anything. Mo Yunchen had wanted to kill her for a long time, and now he had an excuse.

In addition, as a concubine of the royal family, having an affair with someone and confusing her bloodline is a serious crime and even more of a scandal.

What's more, Mo Yunchen was a prince of the marriage alliance between the two countries, and such a thing happening in his mansion would undoubtedly attract more attention.

In order to cover up the truth, Cui Jinyu could only be sentenced to death.

Mo Yunchen looked at Xue Huang, "You don't need to intervene in this matter. I have already solved it."

"Did you kill her?"

"She'll die in an accident."

Xue Huang looked at his stern face and couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart. He would abandon people who were of no use to him without hesitation.

Just like in his previous life, he brought Cui Jinyu back to Shuanglin City just to get rid of Shen Congfeng's surveillance and kill her with justification.

Mo Yunchen looked at her and said, "You think I'm too cold-blooded, don't you?"

Xue Huang lowered her eyes, "As expected."

Mo Yunchen grabbed her wrist and pulled her in front of him, "She plotted against me, don't you think I shouldn't kill her?"

"I didn't think so."

"Sometimes I really want to dig out your heart and see what it is made of. You care so much about the lives of others, but you are as cold as an iceberg to me."

Xue Huang tried to break free from his hand, "What are you crazy about?"

"I'm going crazy." Mo Yunchen looked at her coldly, "You'd better not make me angry again."

Xue Huang frowned, and finally broke free from his hand. She rubbed her wrist without saying a word.

Mo Yunchen looked at the red mark on her wrist, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes.

The two of them returned to Han Xi Palace in silence.

As soon as Xuehuang entered the house, she heard that Cui Jinyu fell into the water and had a miscarriage. She was so sad and frightened that she caught a cold and is now bedridden and unconscious.

She knew that this was Mo Yunchen's work.

Xue Huang followed him to take a look at Cui Jinyu, only to see her lying on the bed, barely breathing, her face pale as a ghost, her body already collapsed, and even if she wasn't dead, she probably wouldn't be able to recover for a while.

After walking out of the house, Xue Huang felt that her suppressed breathing became much smoother.

Mo Yunchen was beside her, "Nothing you want to say?"

"She has paid the price."

"You want me to let her go?"

"Then you can?"

"No." Mo Yunchen said coldly. "She must die."

Xue Huang said nothing and turned back to Lanxiu Pavilion.

Yun Qing and others also came back with her, each performing their respective duties.

As for Zhuo Yang, he chose to stay and follow her.

Xue Huang took off her cloak and sat by the window drinking tea.

"Princess, aren't you planning to go back?" Yun Qing asked.

"It's the same everywhere." Xue Huang said lightly.

"The weather is still cold, Princess, don't catch a cold."

"Okay. I'll stay here for a while, and you don't have to serve me."

Yun Qing placed a carved wooden box in front of Xue Huang, "Oh, this is what the sect master sent just now, asking me to give it to the princess personally."

"what?"

"The sect leader didn't explain, but it must be very important. Princess, please take your time to read it." Yun Qing said and stepped back.