She was buried alive at the start, but she's determined to smash her ex-husband's head in

His worries were true; Pei Zhaoan also liked Lin Qingwei.

But he couldn't let go. Who in the capital didn't know who Pei Zhao'an was? No one would want to be with someone whose hands were stained with blood and who lived in the shadows all day.

Even if Lin Qingwei doesn't like him, she deserves someone better, but that person is definitely not Pei Zhaoan.

Qi Yanzhi said, "Let her go, she is my fiancée."

“But she’s going to break off the engagement with you. She said it herself.” Pei Zhaoan remained motionless. “You’re the one who should let go.”

Lin Qingwei, caught between the two, was not happy. She didn't like being fought over, as if she were an object.

"Alright, both of you let go."

However, neither of them moved, glaring at each other. Lin Qingwei was a little angry and repeated, "Let go."

Qi Yanzhi obediently let go, thinking that Pei Zhaoan would also respect Lin Qingwei's wishes. However, Pei Zhaoan did not listen to reason at all. After Qi Yanzhi let go, he directly pulled Lin Qingwei over.

In full view of everyone, he carried the person onto his carriage and threw the clothes that Qi Yanzhi had draped over Lin Qingwei out of the carriage window.

"Are you crazy?" Lin Qingwei asked as soon as she got into the carriage, "What will people think of you?"

Pei Zhaoan pressed the person into the carriage: "I'm serious."

"Pei Zhaoan! Let her out!"

Qi Yanzhi couldn't just stand by and watch Lin Qingwei be taken away without doing anything, so he strode towards the carriage, ready to go up and bring Lin Qingwei out.

Xia An was no mere figurehead; he stood in front of the carriage. Qi Yanzhi's eyes darkened. This time, he would never back down again and allow Pei Zhaoan to take Lin Qingwei away. So he attacked Xia An.

Hearing the sounds of fighting outside, Lin Qingwei's expression turned even colder.

She looked at Pei Zhaoan: "What exactly do you want to do?"

"I've already said it, you break off your engagement with him and be with me." Pei Zhaoan said this very seriously, but with a hint of barely perceptible insecurity.

He had wanted to say these words for many years, and not a day went by that he did not regret letting Yun Ciwan and Xu Hanzhang be together back then.

Now, he doesn't trust anyone to take care of her. He'll help her with anything she wants to do, as long as she doesn't see Xu Hanzhang again.

"Impossible!" Qi Yanzhi shouted. "I will absolutely not break off the engagement with her!"

Although Xia An was highly skilled in martial arts, he was still no match for Qi Yanzhi and was sent flying by a single palm strike. He pouted and rubbed his chest, thinking that the Grand Secretary hadn't mentioned any such mission today.

Qi Yanzhi strode onto the carriage and grabbed Lin Qingwei's hand, intending to lead her down.

“If you dare to go with him today, I will make sure Lin Qingwei disappears from the capital forever tomorrow,” Pei Zhaoan said slowly, glancing at Qi Yanzhi.

The threat was blatant, but Qi Yanzhi sneered: "Grand Secretary, you have quite the nerve. Don't you call the shots in this capital?"

“My opinion doesn’t count, but you have to listen to her thoughts.”

Lin Qingwei understood Pei Zhaoan's unspoken meaning: her status was originally obtained through Pei Zhaoan, and now that things had progressed to this point, she couldn't give up now.

This identity is still very useful to her.

Qi Yanzhi looked at Lin Qingwei reassuringly: "Don't be afraid, with me here, he wouldn't dare..."

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, please go back first. I'll explain this to you later." Lin Qingwei pulled her hand away from Qi Yanzhi's and looked at him apologetically.

Qi Yanzhi was stunned, tilting his head in disbelief. Had he misheard?

Pei Zhaoan said, "You heard me right, get out of here."

Then, without any mercy, he kicked the person off the carriage, and Xia An quickly jumped back onto the carriage and drove away.

Qi Yanzhi looked in the direction they had left, looking lost and dejected. He staggered forward and picked up the coat that had been thrown out.

On the carriage, Lin Qingwei didn't want to say a word to Pei Zhaoan, and didn't even want to look at him.

Pei Zhaoan was also very angry, and he grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at him.

"Why are you angry? Aren't I the one who got scammed?"

Lin Qingwei really wanted to bite his finger off: "What did I lie to you about?"

"Don't deny it." Pei Zhaoan stared at her, like a beast eyeing its prey, with an undeniable sense of pressure. "You went to all this trouble, wasn't it all to see Xu Hanzhang? You still love him, don't you?"

Lin Qingwei really wanted to ask what this had to do with Pei Zhaoan, but it was clear that if she did, it would be hard to say whether she could even get out of the carriage alive.

After all, her actions today were indeed a test of Xu Hanzhang.

“He still loves me,” Lin Qingwei said. “I didn’t expect to meet him so soon, nor did I expect to run into Zhao Huarong. But since we’ve already met, how can I not stir things up a bit?”

"I want to enter the palace, but the Lin family alone is not enough. I need to make them interested in me, at least Princess Yuanjia needs to be interested in me to have a better chance of staying in the palace."

"Why do you insist on going to the palace? And you dare say it's not for Xu Hanzhang?"

He couldn't get around this matter at all. He knew that Lin Qingwei didn't like Qi Yanzhi, but he was even more aware of what Yun Ciwan was capable of doing for Xu Hanzhang.

Lin Qingwei did not deny it: "It was for him, but not entirely because of him."

Upon hearing this, Pei Zhaoan nearly went mad. His scarlet eyes were terrifying, and the bulging veins on his forehead spoke volumes about his anger.

"You still love him?"

“I don’t love him, I hate him. You know that he buried me alive just to get close to Zhao Huarong. I’m not that despicable.” Lin Qingwei’s eyes were full of hatred. “I want to watch him walk into hell step by step.”

"Then you shouldn't have gotten involved. If Zhao Yuanjia hadn't helped you, you would be dead in the palace today."

Lin Qingwei: "Chunqi said that you enter the palace at this time every day. If Zhao Yuanjia won't help me, isn't there still you?"

She had planned everything out and there wouldn't be any mistakes. Based on her understanding of Zhao Yuanjia, she knew that the more Zhao Huarong hated something, the more she liked it. She wanted to keep herself so that she could disgust the other party.

Even if all else fails, isn't there still Pei Zhao'an? She has something Pei Zhao'an has always wanted, and she doesn't believe Pei Zhao'an would just sit idly by.

The phrase "Isn't there still you?" pleased Pei Zhaoan, who released his grip on Lin Qingwei's chin: "At least you have some brains."

Lin Qingwei gave a forced smile. Just thinking about how Pei Zhaoan had carried her onto the carriage in front of so many people made her head ache.

I can't even imagine what kind of rumors will emerge next...

“Go back and immediately break off the engagement with Qi Yanzhi,” Pei Zhaoan said.

Lin Qingwei shook her head: "No, I think what the young master said makes a lot of sense. Being the young master's fiancée can indeed help me a lot, and he doesn't mind if I use him."

Qi Yanzhi was too good. He understood everything and knew everything. His only request was that she not break off the engagement and give him more time. Lin Qingwei couldn't think of a reason to refuse him.