The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

Zhao Yi took a deep breath and stopped talking.

He was silent for a long while, then finally shook his head and laughed angrily: "Ah Yan, you are really good!"

"Did she give you some kind of drug?"

Xie Zhiyan smiled, the smile in the corners of his eyes did not fade, but his voice was not tainted at all: "I am willing to do it."

The young powerful official is willing to sacrifice himself for love, regardless of the consequences and leaving no way out.

"Ayan!" Zhao Yi took a deep breath and said helplessly, "You are so smart, you should know best what it means to stop losses in time and turn back when you are lost..."

Yes, he knows.

He knows it all.

But, so what?

"Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back..." Xie Zhiyan's eyebrows were stained with a bit of paranoid anger. He smiled lightly, and his smile was bewitching: "I can't turn back..."

After saying that, he walked towards the private room where Jiang Wantang was.

Zhao Yi was left alone, standing there in shock, dumbfounded.

For a long time, he looked at Xie Zhiyan's back, shook his head, and sighed.

The youngest Supreme Court Justice of the Great Sheng Dynasty, the most beautiful woman on the mountain, finally stepped down from the altar and turned to worldly desires.

It turns out that no matter how cold-hearted, aloof, and aloof a person is, he cannot escape the word "love".

Xie Zhiyan was like that, and his cousin was probably not much better.

Beauty is a disaster, beauty is a disaster...

In the elegant room on the third floor, the carved window lattices were half-closed, letting in a few rays of soft moonlight.

The house is elegantly furnished, with a top-quality golden nanmu round table placed in the center, surrounded by several exquisitely carved chairs. Several landscape paintings are hung on the wall, and the scent of ink and light incense are intertwined, creating a tranquil and elegant atmosphere.

When Jiang Wantang came in, Lu Jinan was sitting at the table drinking tea.

Hearing the noise, Lu Jinan looked up at Jiang Wantang, who was dressed as a man. His pupils widened slightly, and then he stood up and bowed, "I greet the Imperial Concubine."

Jiang Wantang raised an eyebrow and asked unhappily, "How did you recognize him?"

It would be fine if Xie Zhiyan recognized her, but how come he recognized her too? Is her disguise skill so poor?

Lu Jinan smiled and said calmly, "The way your Majesty looks at me is as murderous as ever."

Jiang Wantang narrowed her eyes, took a long step onto the stool beside her, grabbed Lu Jinan's collar with one hand, pulled him in front of her, and said coldly, "Now that you know, aren't you afraid?"

Lu Jinan smiled nonchalantly: "I have only one lowly life, I will leave it to you, Madam Queen, to deal with."

"But before that, let me repay my debt to Yun Shang and deal with those who bullied her..."

Jiang Wantang frowned, his voice still cold: "Did you do the closure of Hongyan Garden?"

Although it was a question, it was said in an affirmative tone.

Lu Jinan's eyes were calm and he didn't hide anything: "Yes."

In just a few days, the Hongyan Garden, which had been rooted in the capital for a long time, was resolved. Jiang Wantang had to admit that Lu Jinan did have some good points.

She snorted coldly, loosened her grip and pushed him away: "Don't think that if you do this, I will let you and your Lu family go."

Lu Jinan sneered and said, "Your Majesty, there's no need for you to intervene with the Lu family. I know their weaknesses better than you do."

Jiang Wantang was stunned for a moment and asked suspiciously, "Can you really do that?"

"Yes." Lu Jinan answered without hesitation: "Those who do bad things should bear the consequences."

Jiang Wantang was somewhat surprised by his firm attitude.

Then, her expression softened a bit, and she slowly said, "Lu Jinan, do you think that selling yourself to a brothel can make up for your debt to Yun Shang?"

Lu Jinan's eyes unconsciously took on a hint of sadness, and he said sadly: "I don't think so."

"I just want to make her endure all the cynicism and gossip she's endured."

"Only in this way can I truly understand how she felt at that time..."

If he, a grown man, was like this, how tormented she must have been at that time.

Jiang Wantang smiled and sarcastically said, "You got what you wanted, but have you ever thought about what Yun Shang would think?"

"By doing this, you are forcing her, forcing her to compromise, forcing her to forgive you."

Lu Jinan's pupils constricted, and he trembled slightly. It took him a long time to regain his ability to speak: "How could this be?"

"she is not……"

"Didn't she say she hated you and didn't want to see you again?" Jiang Wantang interrupted him and sneered, "Lu Jinan, are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?"

"Do you believe anything she says?"

"Use your brain."

Lu Jinan was stunned for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he said in disbelief: "You mean..."

Jiang Wantang waved his hands and said coldly, "I didn't say anything."

Lu Jinan knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty..."

Jiang Wantang's eyes darkened, and he said in a cold tone, "You don't have to thank me, and I won't thank you."

"Because I still hate you, I can't stand you, and I even want to kill you."

"I just feel sorry for poor Yun Shang..."

Lu Jinan lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "I know."

Jiang Wantang sneered, lowered her brows and didn't look at him, her voice getting colder and colder: "No, you don't know."

"You must have heard the saying 'I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me.'"

"Although you seem to have nothing to do with this matter and seem to be a poor innocent person, in my opinion, you are the culprit who caused all this."

"Since you couldn't protect her back then, you shouldn't have forced her to stay by your side."

This is what Xie Zhiyan heard when he walked to the door.

He stood at the door, backlit, his hands clenched into fists, the expression on his face unclear.

Can’t protect it?

If it were him, he wouldn't.

Xie Zhiyan did not go in to disturb them, but walked to the railing beside him, leaned against it with a dignified posture, and waited quietly.

The conversation in the private room continued.

Jiang Wantang looked at Lu Jinan, who was kneeling on the ground, expressionlessly, and continued, "The Lu family is an accomplice, and you are the culprit."

Lu Jinan knelt on the ground weakly. He could not refute what Jiang Wantang said.

Jiang Wantang smiled, but there was no trace of joy in her eyes: "If Yun Shang hadn't met the man who redeemed her on the night she was auctioned off, do you know what would have happened to her?"

Lu Jinan clenched his fists, trembling slightly, and a dark red had appeared in his eyes.

Jiang Wantang looked at the silent Lu Jinan and spoke cruelly, each word piercing her heart: "She will be harmed by those low-class villains, and will be trapped in the mud and trampled upon by others..."