The war god prince climbs the wall every night, and the princess is angry

Upon hearing this, Xie Qian'an's dark eyes flashed with contempt.

He really thought that the owner of Shidinglou was unmoved by his proposal. Now that he was so proactive, he must have said something just now that was just a tactic of playing hard to get.

That's true, she was just from a merchant family. If she wasn't eager to expand her strength, how could she have gotten this opportunity? She must seize it.

Not everyone is the ungrateful Shen family.

But the boss didn't grasp the right degree of playing hard to get, and those words really annoyed him.

He hated it most when people said he was not as good as Xie Nanyuan. After all, in his opinion, everything Xie Nanyuan had came from the fact that he was born into the womb of the late queen.

Because Xie Nanyuan was the legitimate son of the Empress and lost his mother at a young age, he was raised by his father, the Emperor himself.

Because he was the child born from difficult labor by the Duke's sister, the Duke kept him by his side and used his military merits to praise him, making him a general at a young age.

He easily got everything he wanted, and he worked hard to plan and achieve this. Even if the owner of Shidinglou was playing hard to get, he shouldn't have said that.

If she is obedient in the future, when he ascends the throne, she can be a concubine even if she cannot become the queen. If she continues to be as outspoken as she is today, she will be sent to the cold palace.

As Xie Qian'an thought about this, the annoyance in his heart dissipated a little.

He straightened his chest, and the corners of his mouth turned up, inadvertently revealing a hint of contempt. He raised his foot and walked around the screen with confidence.

He saw a figure in a light blue brocade dress sitting at the table with her back to him. She had a graceful figure and her three thousand strands of black and smooth black hair draped behind her.

From his angle, he could just see the other person's white and tender hands playing with the tea lid.

Xie Qian'an felt relieved. Even if he wanted the money, he didn't want to flatter an ugly woman.

He walked towards the figure with ease. The closer he got, the more familiar it seemed to him.

But Xie Qianan didn't think much about it. To show his grace, he stopped three steps away and said softly, "I haven't asked your name yet, young lady."

The woman slowly stood up and turned around. Her pair of dark, bright eyes filled with contempt met Xie Qian'an's shocked black pupils.

He said with a forced smile, "No need to mention your surname Shen."

"Your Highness Prince An, we meet again. I hope you are doing well."

"Shen... Shen Qionghua!" Xie Qian'an's face was full of shock, and he didn't react for a moment.

"Why does Your Highness Prince An react like this? What's wrong? You've done so many bad things but haven't received the punishment you deserve. Do you feel guilty when you see me?" Shen Qionghua said sharply.

Xie Qian'an frowned fiercely, looked around, and then said with a grim expression: "Are you the owner of Shi Ding Lou? Is Shi Ding Lou yours?"

"How dare you tease this king!"

When he said the last sentence, Xie Qian'an could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

When he first set his sights on the Shen family, he did not take Shen Qionghua seriously. He thought she was just a pampered merchant girl. How could she protect the family business and resist his schemes?

But it was this merchant girl who not only escaped his control, but also put him in trouble time and time again, and even made his father suspicious of him.

Now that he had finally shifted his target, the result...

She clearly knew that he wanted to meet the owner of Shidinglou, but she did this deliberately, talking to her through the screen, letting him think that he had succeeded and then giving him a hard blow.

What a vicious mind.

Xie Qian'an clenched his fists, veins bulged on the back of his hands, his teeth gritting, and he stared at Shen Qionghua fiercely.

Seeing that he looked deeply hurt, Shen Qionghua's face was full of joy, but he refused to admit it. He said, "Your Highness, you are wrong. I have never denied that I am not the owner of Shi Ding Lou. How can you say that I am playing a trick on you?"

That's right, she did it on purpose. Why should Xie Qianan do such a thing and only receive a light punishment?

Since he still refuses to change and even threatens An Jin, she will let him have a taste of the feeling of failing at the last moment when he is about to succeed, and let him experience how she felt when she heard the emperor's punishment on the Yongning Marquisate.

Shen Qionghua chuckled and said disdainfully, "But I never thought that after all these things, Prince An would still be so shameless, enjoying plotting and threatening others in secret."

"Even the tactics of threats and inducements haven't changed. They still use the same rhetoric."

"Your Highness, do you really think you're a golden commodity? Everyone wants to marry you, but you don't even take a bronze mirror to look at yourself. Only the second daughter of the Yongning Earl's Mansion would be interested in you."

"Oh, by the way, does the Second Miss of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion know that you made the same promise to her as you did to every woman?"

"Forgive me for speaking frankly, but your promise is too worthless. Everyone is a queen, even if it means changing your position~~"

Shen Qionghua drew out the last sentence.

By the time she finished speaking, Xie Qian'an's face had already turned red, not because of shame, but because of anger.

He originally thought that Shen Qionghua was quite eloquent, but he didn't expect that when she ridiculed people, she was even more vicious than he imagined.

He laughed out loud in anger, "The County Lady is truly a powerful talker. No wonder she was able to convince Father to change his mind and search the Yongning Marquis's Mansion despite having irrefutable evidence."

"Hey~~" Shen Qionghua said with a look of disapproval: "Your Highness is wrong. What does conclusive evidence mean? It can only be called conclusive evidence if the dirty stuff is found."

"The Shen family has been wronged to begin with. If I don't defend myself, am I going to just swallow this in silence and fulfill the wishes of those ill-intentioned and shameless people?"

"Your Majesty, this is truly an eye-opener."

"The Yongning Marquisate was demoted to a baronial estate because of this incident. Miss Zhou Er is heartbroken. The prince did not stay by her side to comfort her, but instead made his promise to her to someone else. I wonder how Miss Zhou Er would feel if she knew this."

Shen Qionghua became more and more excited as she spoke. She even regretted not inviting Zhou Lingyi to the next box to listen to what her lover said.

When Zhou Lingyi agreed to help Xie Qian'an find out the owner of Shidinglou, he had no idea that she was a woman, and he never thought that Xie Qian'an would say what he just said.

She really wanted to see what expression Zhou Lingyi would have when she heard that the promise she cherished so much could be casually made to someone else by Xie Qian'an.

Even though they all knew that this was just a temporary measure of Prince An, the words spoken will always leave traces in their hearts.

Alas, what a mistake!

Missed a good show!

As Xie Qian'an listened to Shen Qionghua's words, the veins on his forehead bulged, because those words were all said by him.

He gritted his teeth and said, "The County Lady is so brazen in her words. Have you forgotten that I am the one holding the trump card?"

"Otherwise, I will give the county lady another chance. If she is willing to turn from evil to good, I will not be able to pretend that the past events never happened."

This turned out to be beyond Xie Qian'an's expectation. He didn't expect that even Shidinglou belonged to the Shen family.

Even though he knew that the chances of the Shen family turning against him were slim, he still didn't give up and spoke tentatively.

Shen Qionghua raised an eyebrow and sneered, "Prince An, in this county lady's heart, you are the dark one."

"After all, he could do something like promising the throne to several women. He's really not trustworthy."

A flame was rising in Xie Qian'an's heart, and with Shen Qionghua's words, it gradually showed signs of spreading like wildfire.

"It seems that I can no longer keep this secret for Shopkeeper An. It's a pity that Shopkeeper An is so devoted to the county lady, but the county lady doesn't care about her life or death at all."

"I don't know how others will view the Shen family and what impact the Shen family's assets will have if the news spreads that 'the emperor's newly appointed Princess Jialin's family business manager was once a prostitute.'"

Xie Qian'an thought very clearly in his mind that since Shen Qionghua would stand on Xie Nanyuan's side and oppose him no matter what, if there was any problem with the Shen family's business, Xie Nanyuan would lose some help.

The threat to him would be reduced by one point.