The Cold King Demands Love and Pleasure

Having obtained the prince's consent, Xia Xiuyong hesitated, "Your Highness, I only have one daughter, and I don't want her to be involved in this turmoil!"

"General Xia, she's already involved!" Although Min You'an didn't know what the Crown Prince and the King of Taigu's purpose was, seeing Xia Tongsheng being captured time and time again, she could no longer remain uninvolved!

Xia Tongsheng thought Min Youan was referring to the plague incident. "Yes, Father. Besides, as a descendant of Guigu, I still have some strength. I will protect myself!"

“Alright then,” Xia Xiuyong said, taking out a manuscript from a stack of books. “These are people Your Highness can win over!”

Min Youan clicked on it and saw that the names were spread across three provinces and six ministries. "I didn't expect that Mr. Xia had so many students!"

"Yes, and I guarantee that every student my late father taught was a pillar of the nation. I dare not say anything else, but just based on their integrity, I can vouch for it!"

Xia Tongsheng glanced at them carefully, "These people are almost on par with the Crown Prince's power, but Your Highness, at least half of them will be difficult to subdue!"

Min Youan wasn't too worried about persuading these people; instead, he was concerned about their credibility. "Are these people trustworthy?"

Xia Xiuyong patted his chest and said confidently, "It's believable!"

"it is good!"

Xia Tongsheng didn't know much about these people and couldn't help but ask, "What if someone leaks the information?"

Min Youan's brows furrowed, "Kill!"

"Your Highness, can't you care about other people's lives at all!" Xia Tongsheng couldn't help but complain when she saw how cold-hearted he was.

Min Youan showed no sign of backing down. "Have you ever considered that one person's life might threaten the lives of hundreds or even tens of thousands of people?"

"You!" Although his words were harsh, they were the truth.

After finishing their business, Xia Tongsheng was a little angry. She felt that Min Youan was completely different from the benevolent person she had been in the plague village. Xia Tongsheng angrily climbed into the carriage.

"Your Highness, if one day I accidentally reveal your secret, will I also die?"

Min Youan didn't speak, but calmly stared at the curtain, yet why did he feel a tremor in his heart? "Everyone is the same!"

Xia Tongsheng lifted the carriage curtain and said to the driver, "Stop the carriage!"

"What's wrong, Miss?" Yingling asked.

Her face darkened. "It's nothing. It's stuffy in the car. I'm going to get out and walk around. Come with me!"

Xia Tongsheng got out of the car first, and Min Youan followed suit. "Are you angry?"

"Do I even need to ask? Isn't it obvious?" Xia Tongsheng pointed to her face and retorted.

"Let's go! It's a rare treat to go shopping, let's have some fun!"

Xia Tongsheng looked at his expression, "Shopping! Really?"

“Hmm,” Min Youan said calmly, “Consider it a reward for your father!”

When the topic of shopping came up, Xia Tongsheng's displeasure subsided slightly, and she said to him, "Don't regret it!"

As she spoke, she led Yingling into a nearby shop. "Boss, give me a roll of each color of these fabrics."

After saying that, she strode out of the store. The shopkeeper was still stunned and hadn't come to his senses when he watched Xia Tongsheng leave. "Sir, you haven't paid your bill yet!"

Min You'an gestured to Cang Jue, who immediately took out a silver note from his pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper, saying, "Deliver it to Prince An's residence!"

The shop owner was surprised to receive such a large order and nodded in agreement.

Inside the largest jewelry store in the capital, Xia Tongsheng was looking at the jewelry with great interest. "Boss, bring me this jade hairpin!"

Seeing that she was dressed very smartly, the shop owner immediately flattered her, saying, "Madam has a good eye; this is the most exquisite hairpin in our shop!"

He took a hairpin from the counter and handed it to her, but Xia Tongsheng took it without even looking at it and put it in Yingling's hair. "Yingling, this is for you! By the way, Bu Yao doesn't have one yet!"

He then turned around and helped Bu Yao choose a gold Bu Yao hairpin.

"And this longevity lock is for Yue'er!"

The shop owner was happily packaging jewelry. Xia Tongsheng was getting bored and glanced outside. A pair of dragon and phoenix pendants from a street vendor caught her eye.

"Yingling, you wait here, I'll go out and take a look!" After saying that, she walked over to the stall vendor and picked up the pair of dragon and phoenix spells to study them.

A woman nearby noticed her, and seeing that she was alone, she slowly approached her, reaching out her hands towards Xia Tongsheng's waist.

Because so many people have been eyeing Xia Tongsheng lately, Min Youan has become paranoid and thinks the woman is trying to harm Xia Tongsheng. He took a gold hairpin from the counter and shot it at the woman's face!

Xia Tongsheng turned around at that moment and saw the hairpin glide past the tip of her nose and pierce the woman's forehead. The woman and the jade pendant in her hand fell to the ground at the same time, and the fragments bounced onto the woman's face.

"Ah! Murder!" The people on the street were so frightened by the sight that they scattered in all directions.

She looked terrified. Lin Jiuyang appeared out of nowhere and immediately ran over, asking, "Are you alright?!"

Xia Tongsheng shook his head and pointed to the woman lying on the ground, "How is she?"

Lin Jiuyang checked her pulse last time, "She's dead!"

"Dead?!" Xia Tongsheng felt her heart go empty, and as if her soul had left her body, she lifted her foot to leave.

The vendor quickly grabbed her, "Madam, you haven't paid yet!"

Xia Tongsheng then came to her senses, took out a silver ingot from her bosom and gave it to him, grabbing Lin Jiuyang beside her like a lifeline, "Come back with me!"

Seeing her like this, Lin Jiuyang couldn't bear to refuse. He escorted Xia Tongsheng to the Prince's residence, handed her over to Yingling, and instructed her before leaving, "Take good care of your young lady!"

Min Youan saw all of this. His intense possessiveness seeped from the depths of his heart, and he grabbed her angrily, demanding, "What's wrong with you?"

Xia Tongsheng sneered, "Does the prince still care about people?"

Min Youan frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Don't you know what I mean?"

After she finished speaking, she returned to the East Garden. Min You'an arrived at the East Garden with a gloomy face. Xia Tongsheng had already bolted the door, and it couldn't be opened from the outside. "Come out and explain yourself! Otherwise, I'll kick the door down!"

Xia Tongsheng still didn't open the door. Not long after, with a "bang," Min Youan kicked the door open and entered.

"Get out of here, all of you!"

None of the servants knew what had happened, so they all went out. Only Yingling wanted to stay but didn't dare, and finally slunk away.

"Your Highness, what do you want me to say?"

Min Youan narrowed his eyes slightly, "What's going on between you and Lin Jiuyang?"

"Just like what you saw! Childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree!" Xia Tongsheng deliberately provoked him.

Min Youan gripped her wrist tightly. "Xia Tongsheng, are you looking for death?"

"Hmph, isn't life and death easy in front of a prince? That woman on the street, she was alive and well one second, and the next she was dead in your hands, wasn't she? She just wanted to steal something!"

Hearing her assessment of him, Min Youan's eyes turned bloodshot. "Is that really how you see me?"