Quick Wear: Oh no, the lady is running away with the ball again

Yun Qian chuckled softly, her pair of sparkling eyes hiding a hint of pity, but upon closer inspection, there was more of a bewildering danger.

"Qi Jueyu, my aunt was unhappy with me for disobeying her and sent me here. I'm already pitiful enough. Are you going to be ruthless to me too?"

"Oh, between you and me, where is the mercy?"

Qi Jueyu still had that solemn and contemptuous look, twirling Buddhist beads in his hand, which was incompatible with his current temperament, but it had penetrated into his bones, making him look like he had the compassion of Buddha and the murderousness of Yama.

After hearing this, Yun Qian frowned and laughed, then walked towards him. There was no fear on her face at all. She was really not afraid.

She was getting closer and closer to him. Qi Jueyu frowned deeply, but when she put her hand on his chest, he did not move away, nor did he push her hand away.

"Whether you have feelings or not, you should ask your heart, a Buddhist."

Yun Qian looked up at his dark pupils, her eyes flickering with danger, yet making one willing to indulge in them. What she said was true. After all… Qi Jueyu hadn't been able to rest in his dreams since that day when he saw her in the palace. His dreams were filled with frivolous, vulgar, and voluptuous things. He couldn't understand why. No matter how beautiful Yun Qian was, he wasn't a frivolous playboy.

No, how could I miss her so much that I dream of her every night...

Thinking of this, Qi Jueyu frowned fiercely, and it was obvious that he was indeed distressed. "Buddha, aren't you curious about why I disobeyed my aunt?"

The words "What does it have to do with me" were just on the tip of Qi Jueyu's tongue, but he took them back.

His thoughts couldn't help but drift to the scene of their meeting in the palace that day. The woman, Queen Yun, summoned him into the palace just to test his intentions. Unfortunately, he didn't want to go back and be a prince at all.

Such a boring and pitiful position... is it worthy of it?

"Why?"

The man's eyes were deep, but he finally agreed to her wishes. He looked coldly at the woman who was so close to him. Her fragrance kept coming into his nose, but surprisingly, he didn't find it disgusting. Perhaps... it was because of the dream?

Yun Qian withdrew her gaze from the man, lowered her head slightly, and looked a little lost, with her delicate eyebrows wrinkled.

"Everyone says that I will be the future Crown Princess and marry Qi Heyao."

Yun Qian paused for a moment, and clearly felt Qi Jueyu's chest rising and falling slightly after she said this. It seemed that he was about to laugh at her with that disdainful sneer in the next second.

But—” Yun Qian slowly raised her eyes and gazed at him lovingly, her eyes revealing a bit of sincerity, as if she was really expressing her feelings at this moment. She said softly, “I don’t like idiots.”

Qi Jueyu scoffed coldly. He knew she was a smooth-talking, flattering woman, but her words still touched his heart, and a sense of joy welled up in his chest. She also knew that the man she had previously set her sights on was a fool.

She then added, "If you want me to be Qi Heyao's Crown Princess, I might as well be a nun in a Taoist temple. There are many such girls from aristocratic families nowadays."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Qian seemed to be thinking of something happy, and a sincere smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Qi Jueyu naturally knew what she was talking about and what she was referring to. The world is much more open now than before.

Some girls from aristocratic families did not want to marry into the five wealthy families, but their parents agreed, so they pretended to have found an opportunity, took the money and went to the Taoist temple in the mountains to enjoy themselves.

Just like that...it does attract many handsome men, but unfortunately, they are all cowards.

Thinking of this, he sneered disdainfully, "You like that?"

Without waiting for Yun Qian to answer.

"Their vision is truly terrible. It was always that way, and it remains that way now."

Yun Qian: ...Did I offend you?

Trying her best to suppress her displeasure, Yun Qian smiled and stepped back. "I've already come to Qianqiu Temple. Don't you know my feelings, my friend?" Her tone was low, as if she were a woman who had been betrayed.

"It's really sad. It's fine that the Buddhist disciples are unwilling to guide me in studying the Buddhist scriptures. I'm kind-hearted and can understand that. I don't want my little wish to be ridiculed by the Buddhist disciples."

As he spoke, he sighed and made himself sound even more pitiful.

Unexpectedly, there was no sound from behind. Yun Qian was puzzled and felt something was wrong. Sure enough, she turned around and looked back. The man who was standing at the door of the stone chamber just now was nowhere to be seen. "Why don't you leave? Do you want to carefully study the doorway of my stone chamber? It's not impossible——"

The next moment, someone was entangled with Qi Jueyu's right arm.

"Qi Jueyu, don't try to scare me with this. You know I just fell into this place accidentally. Why would you kill a useless person like me?"

"If you keep talking nonsense, you don't have to leave."

"..."

In the following days, Yun Qian often liked to ask Qi Jueyu to preach, saying that she had a headache, but as long as she listened to Master Bichen's preaching, she would feel much better. She used this opportunity to pester him to prepare more special meals for her.

Qi Jueyu would sometimes just glance at her indifferently, sometimes teasing her with a few words, but he would almost always agree to her requests. The two of them became more and more peaceful and harmonious with each other...

On such a peaceful day in Qianqiu Temple, on the other side, Lancheng, the disaster-stricken front far outside Chang'an City, was not so peaceful.

Qi Heyao had just received the news from the capital. As he read the brief words on the letter, his eyes suddenly became extremely deep, revealing his anxiety.

"The young lady was deeply upset about the fifteenth's missed appointment, and she angrily declared that she did not want the master to come to the Yun Mansion anymore... Now, the young lady has been ordered by Queen Yun to go to Qianqiu Temple to meditate and worship Buddha. For some reason, the young lady did not bring her subordinates with her... Therefore, we have no information on her current situation."

After closing the letter, he closed his eyes and tried to listen attentively to his subordinates' report on the dam project on the front line, but to no avail.

"You go out."

He cleared the documents on the table, not understanding why Yun Qian suddenly treated him like this. If she was just saying that in anger, then it was too harsh and really shouldn't have happened.

Qi Heyao calmed down and immediately went to get a pen and paper. Qi Heyao had done this to coax her many times. After a while, he wrote a letter that was intimate, heavy and apologetic, promising that he would rush back to the capital as soon as he finished his business.

It also expressed his dissatisfaction and advice to her for saying such hurtful and angry words.

Qi Heyao's confidence remained undiminished, but he frowned fiercely when he handed the letter to his subordinates and gave them careful instructions. Admittedly, he was a little anxious, and he had a hunch that this time... seemed to be a little different from the previous minor quarrels.

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