Speaking of this, Xie Jin Yan suddenly paused.

Beneath his deep and stunning features, the color of his pupils grew increasingly profound. He moved his lips, then closed them again, looking at Yu Qing Wu deeply, as if wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Seeing his expression, a faint, uneasy feeling rose in Yu Qing Wu's heart.

She felt that Qin Shi might have said something unfavorable about her, and Xie Jin Yan seemed to believe it.

Her fingers trembled slightly, Qing Wu suppressed her emotions and asked in a deliberately playful tone, "Your Highness, what did Qin Shi say about me?"

The woman's voice was calm, and there was even a faint smile in her eyes, showing no dissatisfaction or displeasure.

There wasn't even a trace of emotional fluctuation…

But it was this very look that made Xie Jin Yan feel guilty.

"It's probably just Qin Shi fabricating things to curry favor with me. There's nothing worth mentioning."

After a moment of eye contact, he looked away from the woman.

Heh, fabricating things?

If it was just fabrication, what harm would there be in telling her? Could it be that she would care about a few nonsensical words from Qin Yi Liu?

Yu Qing Wu mocked inwardly, her face still showing a calm and gentle expression. She moved her body slightly, moving closer to Xie Jin Yan, and asked again in a casual tone, "Your Highness, what exactly did Qin Shi say about me? And what's this about her being able to foresee the future?"

Her expression was gentle, and her small hand intentionally or unintentionally caressed the back of his hand.

Such a gentle action made Xie Jin Yan feel even more guilty and ashamed.

He and Qing Wu had grown up together since childhood. Although Qing Wu did hold some resentment towards him because of the frozen lake incident, it was true that she had treated him well in the past.

Their current feelings were also genuine.

Yet, he doubted her because of a few absurd words from Qin Shi.

Lowering his eyes to meet the woman's bright and gentle face, Xie Jin Yan's chest couldn't help but tremble. He took her hand in his, but still didn't dare to meet her gaze, and lowered his head, stammering, "Qin Shi told me that you would give birth to Xiao Feng Yun's child in the future, but falsely claim it was of royal blood, passing off the imitation as genuine. Then, you would collude with Xiao Feng Yun from within and without, poisoning me for years, and finally taking my life to support that child's ascension to the throne…"

???

What?

Treason? Poisoning? And with Xiao Feng Yun…

Was Qin Shi writing a storybook?

So, Xie Jin Yan had been suspecting her all along, perhaps because he had heard these far-fetched predictions of the future from Qin Shi?

In an instant, Yu Qing Wu laughed in anger.

She looked directly at Xie Jin Yan, more assertive than ever before, and questioned him word by word, "So, Your Highness, you believed it? Just because of Qin Shi's absurd predictions of the future, you repeatedly questioned whether I still had lingering feelings for Senior Brother Xiao? Repeatedly tested me for this reason?"

Hearing this, Xie Jin Yan didn't answer.

His lips were tightly pressed together, and his usually frivolous and playful expression was now filled with guilt.

With such an expression, he didn't need to answer, Yu Qing Wu already knew the answer.

She slowly sat up straight, pulled back her hand from his grasp, feeling both amused and incredulous. She coldly chuckled and called him by his name for the first time in a long while, "Jin Yan, even if you don't trust me, don't you even trust yourself?"

"You, Xie Jin Yan, are you so stupid that you wouldn't notice if your woman was having an affair with someone else? And would you be so foolish as to let someone poison you and commit treason? With your mind, having encountered countless assassinations since childhood, and with a suspicious nature comparable to Cao Cao, would you easily let someone poison you? Would you be so stupid that you couldn't even tell who your own child is?"

Yu Qing Wu didn't know whether to be angry or laugh.

She couldn't understand how Xie Jin Yan, who was always the most shrewd and best at strategizing, could believe such nonsense.

Silently gazing at him for a moment, she pushed him hard on the chest again, and said unhappily, "Has Your Highness lost his mind or something?"

"Yes, I also think I shouldn't be that foolish."

"But…"

Just as Yu Qing Wu finished speaking, a deep male voice came from above her head.

At the same time, Xie Jin Yan's hand had unknowingly fallen on her back, gently stroking it through the fabric of her clothes, and he sighed, "Shijie, I didn't believe it at first either, but do you know? The three things that Qin Shi predicted at the time have now all come true one by one. The first thing was that the affair between Qiu Shiyi Niang and Xie Qi Yun would be exposed on New Year's Eve. The second thing was the snow disaster, the affected areas and the number of people were all accurate."

"And the third thing…" He closed his eyes, and as he spoke, his fingers couldn't help but tremble, gradually tightening, and his large hand had changed from gently stroking to embedding itself tightly, the strength in his hand unknowingly increasing.

Yu Qing Wu frowned at the sudden force on her back, and also faintly felt Xie Jin Yan's emotional change.

At this moment, his strength, his movements, and the dark and cold voice reminded her of the kind of sinister and bone-piercing madness he had shown months ago when he forced her to be intimate with him for the first time in the capital.

She couldn't help but shudder, but didn't dare to push him away. She carefully covered his back, forcing herself to endure the fear that was constantly rising in her chest, and asked him in a deliberately gentle tone, "Your Highness… what's the third thing? Is it related to me?"

Hearing this, Xie Jin Yan didn't answer, but held her even tighter, as if afraid that the woman in his arms would disappear. He kissed her ear greedily, and after a moment, he leaned close to her ear and said in a low, hoarse, and icy voice, "The third thing is that you, Shijie, poisoned Chen Da and Chen Er to death, and scared Xiao Yu Mo out of her mind…"

"You… what did you say?" Hearing this, Yu Qing Wu was suddenly shocked.

In an instant, her face turned as white as paper.

If the snow disaster and Qiu Shiyi Niang's affair were things that Qin Shi had known in advance, then the deaths of Chen Da and Chen Er were inexplicable, and Xiao Yu Mo's madness was even unexpected by her.

How could Qin Shi know?

Could it be that… Qin Shi really could foresee the future?

Could it be that she really would betray Xie Jin Yan, and even poison him? Would she commit treason?

If a moment ago, she thought Xie Jin Yan was too suspicious, so much so that he easily believed any foolish words, then at this moment, Yu Qing Wu was afraid.

Afraid that Qin Shi really could foresee the future, afraid that one day, she really would do such a thing.

She did have some resentment towards Xie Jin Yan, but she had never thought of wanting him to die.

However, people's hearts can change, maybe something happened later?

In an instant, Yu Qing Wu's mind went blank, and her body couldn't help but tremble.

Xie Jin Yan, who was always敏锐 (minrui, perceptive), naturally quickly noticed Yu Qing Wu's change, and realized that he might have scared her.

He suddenly released his arms around her, the face that had been filled with coldness had returned to calm, and he waved his hand in front of her, "A Wu…"

Hearing Xie Jin Yan's voice, Yu Qing Wu suddenly came back to her senses, looked at him with some fear, and asked, "Xie Jin Yan, tell me, can people's hearts change? Maybe, I… I really will kill you?"