The princess only wants to survive, and the cold-faced king of hell begs for mercy

Oh, so you came to stand up for Lin Zhiyi.

Yun Shang then remembered that during the family reunion banquet that day, among the noble ladies who spoke ill of her in the small flower hall, there was Zhou Yiran.

Zhou Yiran continued, "You can't keep the King of Qi any longer. He's going to marry someone else as a concubine soon. I think you should resign early and give up your position. That way, people will still think well of you."

As he was speaking, Zhao Qiyan pulled aside the curtain from the inner room and leisurely walked out. "Oh? This prince is going to marry a concubine? How come this prince doesn't know about this?"

Zhou Yiran was stunned. "Your Highness the Prince of Qi? Why are you here?"

Zhao Qiyan walked over and stood side by side with Yun Shang. "I'm here to accompany the princess shopping and buy some clothes and jewelry. Do I have to report this to Miss Zhou?"

Zhou Yiran knelt down and saluted, hastily apologizing, "That's not what your humble servant meant. I just didn't expect that Your Highness would be here too."

"Why, just because I'm not here, it's convenient for you to speak harshly and aggressively to Princess Qi?"

Zhou Yiran's face turned pale. "This...this is all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

Zhao Qiyan didn't even look at her. Instead, he turned to Yun Shang and said with a smile, "Let's take a look. Does my outfit match yours?"

Yun Shang chuckled softly, "Well, Your Highness is a handsome man with an outstanding figure. Normally, the color of your clothes is a bit dark, which hides your immortal appearance. This bright color makes you look even more elegant and gorgeous."

Zhao Qiyan raised his hand and scratched the tip of Yun Shang's small, pretty nose, a smile in his eyes, "Since you have such a good eloquence, why didn't you talk back just now? If you have the ability to flatter me, you can scold those who bully you back, and I will have less worries."

The two of them flirted with each other as if they were completely oblivious to the presence of Zhou Yiran who was kneeling beside them.

Zhou Yiran's knees ached from kneeling, and she whispered, "Prince..."

Yun Shang interrupted her plea and pointed at the headwear on the counter, a look of regret on her face. "Originally, I would have worn this azure floral pearl crown, and the prince would have worn the white jade crown. Unfortunately, this azure floral crown has been chosen by Miss Zhou. Even if I had chosen it first, I would not have been able to buy it."

Zhao Qiyan took her in his arms and sat down on the armchair beside her, saying in a doting tone, "If Weiwei likes it, how can I not buy it?"

"Even if it's not available on the market, I can draw a pattern and ask the palace weaving department to make it for Weiwei. Besides, it was Weiwei who chose this flower crown first."

"Even if my eighth brother came today, he wouldn't dare act rudely in front of me. A young lady who's still unmarried is acting like a princess."

As he spoke, he seemed to finally notice that there was a person kneeling next to him. He slowly turned his head and looked down at Zhou Yiran.

His gaze paused on Zhou Yiran for only a moment before he looked at Qing Huan, who was still rolling up her sleeves. "Disrespecting the princess will result in twenty slaps. The princess is gentle and can't argue with others, so can't you fight her too?"

Qing Huan quickly understood, "I will start right away."

"Snapped!"

Zhou Yiran covered her face in disbelief and looked at Qinghuan, "You slut, how dare you hit me?"

Qinghuan slapped him again without saying anything.

He slapped him left and right, quickly giving him twenty slaps before retreating.

Zhou Yiran was furious. She stood up and was about to grab Qinghuan, but was suppressed by Zhao Qiyan's light words, "Does the king want you to get up?"

No matter how unwilling Zhou Yiran was, she had to grit her teeth and kneel back.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Qiyan raised his hand, and Qi Chuan led his men in from outside, escorting the maid behind Zhou Yiran out.

Zhou Yiran looked at Zhao Qiyan in panic, "Prince, what are you doing? Why are you dragging my maid away?"

Zhao Qiyan's tone was calm, as if he was saying that today was a sunny day. "You are the future Eighth Princess. If you disrespect Princess Qi, you will be slapped twenty times. If your maid disrespects Princess Qi, she will die."

"It seems that there are no rules in the Xuanwei Marquis's household. Miss Zhou hasn't learned the rules well yet and is running around everywhere. This is really affecting the image of the royal family. Why don't I report to my father and let my eighth brother choose a new princess?"

Zhou Yiran finally realized she was afraid. She kept knelt and begged for mercy, "Your Highness, Prince Qi, I know I was wrong. I was deceived and misunderstood the princess. Please, Prince Qi, for the sake of my father's great military achievements, forgive me this time."

Zhao Qiyan didn't even look at her, but turned to look at Yun Shang, "Is Weiwei's anger subsided? If not, let her kneel here until tomorrow morning."

Yun Shang said nothing. She asked the shopkeeper to pack up the jewelry and send it to Prince Qi's Mansion. Then she took Zhao Qiyan and left Jinxiu Pavilion without even looking at Zhou Yiran.

Zhao Qiyan obediently let her pull him. The two of them wore matching clothes of the same color. The handsome man and beautiful woman attracted a lot of attention on the street.

Before she knew it, she had reached the entrance of the commercial pedestrian street. Yun Shang subconsciously stopped and looked at Zhao Qiyan, wondering if she could enter.

Zhao Qiyan pulled her inside and said, "Since you are curious, go in and take a look. You can buy anything you like."

"Really?" Yun Shang trotted a few steps in surprise and caught up with Zhao Qiyan.

"Well, really."

Zhao Qiyan paused before saying, "I kill time travelers not because I hate them. In fact, I don't kill all time travelers either."

Yun Shang actually noticed something, which could be seen from Zhao Qiyan's attitude towards Meng Tai.

He did not trust Meng Tai, but he did not hate Meng Tai either, and even condoned some of Meng Tai's rude behavior.

It was also because of this that Yun Shang gradually became a little bolder in front of Zhao Qiyan.

Hearing Zhao Qiyan's initiative, she nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness is a good man, a very good man. You always have your reasons for doing things."

Zhao Qiyan chuckled after receiving the nice guy card again. "Besides saying good things about me and praising my good looks, what else can you say?"

"Princess Qi, your library of praise words needs to be enriched."

"I certainly haven't read as many books as Your Highness, so naturally I know less."

"Well, in that case, from now on, when I'm in the study, Princess, you can come with me. While I'm handling official business, you can learn new words by my side. If you don't know something, I can teach you."

The more Zhao Qiyan spoke, the more he felt that this was a brilliant suggestion. As if afraid that Yun Shang would disagree, he quickly raised his hand and nodded.

"Well, it's settled. Princess, you must do whatever the king says. No objections are allowed."

Yun Shang: ...Why don’t you look at my eyes?

The two of them attracted even more attention when they were on the pedestrian street.

The notoriety of the King of Si Qi was so great that when he appeared, all the time travelers on the street stopped doing their business and ran to the store door to watch.

"No way! Why is this living devil here? He and King Cheng have fallen out. Are we going to be in trouble?"