He had no expression on his face, his eyes were deep and sharp, and his tone was so calm that one couldn't discern his emotions.

Silently looking at the man for a moment, Yu Qingwu suppressed her emotions, smiled faintly, and asked, "Which sentence is Your Highness referring to?"

Xie Jin Yan supported himself on the table with one hand, suddenly moving forward an inch, staring at her with a complex gaze, and said, word by word, "Every single one."

"Half true, half false." Yu Qingwu paused for a moment, but still opened her mouth and said calmly, "It's false that I deliberately let A Yue drug me, and it's also false that I learned you were the Crown Prince at eighteen. In fact, I knew Your Highness's identity when I was thirteen."

"And it was indeed at that time that I conceived the idea of using our sibling relationship to borrow Your Highness's desire for revenge, so I took even better care of Your Highness than before."

"It's just that I didn't expect Your Highness to become so unwelcoming towards me later, so I had to give up."

A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Yu Qingwu's lips. Although she had indeed had ulterior motives when she was kind to Xie Jin Yan back then, her feelings were also genuine. Who would have thought that things would end up like this?

She watched him grow from a frail child into an adult man, little by little. He no longer treated her as a sister, and always spoke harshly to her.

In addition to losing all her martial arts and being eager for revenge.

So later, she had other thoughts...

"Only that?"

"Could it be that later on, Shijie (senior female apprentice) never had other thoughts?"

Lost in thought, Yu Qingwu heard the man's deep voice in her ear.

His rough thumb landed on her jaw at some point, suddenly raising her face. His ink-like eyes burned with a trace of flame, and his thin lips lightly touched her ear, as he asked again, extremely bluntly, "Tell me, were you deliberately trying to seduce Gu (I, imperial use), is that true?"

The heat, mixed with the man's husky voice, lingered in her ear, both oppressive and tempting.

Yu Qingwu's fingers couldn't help but tremble slightly as she closed her eyes tightly. "There's no such thing."

"Is that so?" Xie Jin Yan chuckled lightly, heavily gripping the back of the woman's head, and commanded, "Open your eyes and look at Gu when you speak."

Yu Qingwu bit her lip and slowly opened her eyes, forcing herself to look at him despite her nervousness.

Xie Jin Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, his phoenix eyes smiling, but faintly revealing a sense of coercion, and said in a low voice, "A Wu, there is something Gu is very curious about. That day, when you were bathing by the river, Gu clearly didn't show himself, so how did you know Gu was there?"

"Also, when we went to Qingzhou on a mission, how come you never slipped when others were around, but you inadvertently fell into the bath in the brothel when Gu was alone with you? In the end, Gu had to close his eyes to pull you out."

He hooked his lips, and the way he looked at the woman became increasingly ambiguous.

That kind of gaze was too blatant, making Yu Qingwu's cheeks feel even hotter.

She turned her face away, trying to avoid Xie Jin Yan's gaze.

But the more she dodged at this moment, the more he restrained her. The big hand that pinched her jaw grew even stronger, forcibly lifting her face again, forcing her to look him in the eye.

Under his sleeve, his other hand quietly wrapped around her slender waist and pressed it hard.

Yu Qingwu frowned in agitation, reaching out to push him away.

However, as soon as she reached out, Xie Jin Yan simply grabbed her pair of jade-like hands, and then pulled her hard, steadily pulling her into his arms.

She ended up sitting on his lap...

Glancing at the woman's flushed face in his arms, he ignored it, placed his hand on her shoulder, and continued, "That's right, Gu also remembered something. One time, Gu went to the back mountain to practice swordsmanship, how did Shijie appear there for no reason? And Gu's sword injured your neck. I have to say, Shijie's neck is indeed very beautiful, slender and white, making people unable to take their eyes off it..."

"Hmm, also, Gu also remembered that at Shifu's (Master's) birthday banquet two years ago, Shijie danced a water sleeve dance. Later, when Shijie went to change her clothes, for some reason, the key fell into Gu's arms. Gu was afraid that Shijie wouldn't be able to open the door, so Gu had to follow her, but unexpectedly..."

Xie Jin Yan's voice was soft, but the words he spoke became more and more explicit.

Yu Qingwu's cheeks were burning hot, and she was even more flustered when she met Xie Jin Yan's ambiguous gaze.

She covered his mouth with her hand, embarrassed, and said, "Xie Jin Yan, stop talking..."

Such a reaction made it difficult for her to deny it.

To be honest, she wouldn't have said those words if they weren't the most stimulating to A Yue.

Most importantly, she didn't expect Xie Jin Yan to remember the details so clearly.

Now, she had no choice but to admit it.

Yu Qingwu took a deep breath, tried to suppress her awkward emotions, raised her eyes to stare at Xie Jin Yan, pretended to be natural, and stammered, "I... I admit that I did have the intention of... se... seducing you back then. Can you please stop talking about it?"

However, her concession did not cause Xie Jin Yan to restrain himself, but instead, he intensified his efforts, bringing his head closer to her neck. As he moved, his voice became obscure and hoarse, and he gently called her, "A Wu, since you had the intention, why couldn't you see it through to the end? Why did you give up halfway?"

What does he mean?

Was he asking her why she stopped seducing him halfway through?

Could she say it was because she couldn't bear to part with Senior Brother Xiao? That was why she changed her strategy and thought of using Shen Ke to take revenge. As long as she didn't enter the royal family, she would have a way to escape. After taking revenge in the future, if Senior Brother Xiao was still willing to accept her, she planned to live in seclusion in the mountains with Senior Brother Xiao.

And also... before, she regarded Xie Jin Yan as her younger brother, and she couldn't accept it psychologically, and she had some resistance and disgust towards Xie Jin Yan...

If she said these words, Xie Jin Yan would probably strangle her to death.

After a moment of silence, Yu Qingwu changed to a reason that sounded relatively reliable, and with a bit of shyness and embarrassment, she replied softly, "At that time... Your Highness disliked Chenqie (I, imperial use), and Chenqie felt there was no hope..."

"So, you gave up after only a few attempts? Did you never think that telling Gu directly that you fancied Gu and wanted to sleep with Gu might be easier? Hmm?" Xie Jin Yan hummed softly, a hazy nasal sound accompanied by a stream of warmth emanating from between his nostrils...

Yu Qingwu was nervous from the heat on her neck, clutching Xie Jin Yan's clothes tightly, and didn't know what to say because of his lewd words.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Xie Jin Yan chuckled, picked her up horizontally, and strode towards the inner room.

In the night, the air seemed to become scorching hot.

The next day, when Yu Qingwu woke up again, the sunlight had already entered the room.

Xie Jin Yan didn't have to go to court today. When Yu Qingwu opened her eyes, she saw him looking down at her with a smile.

In the past, Xie Jin Yan was basically never by her side when she woke up the next day. Today, when she opened her eyes and met that handsome and gentle face, Yu Qingwu was actually a little unaccustomed to it.

Adding to what happened last night, she was even more embarrassed at the moment.

After a moment of eye contact, Yu Qingwu blurted out a few words dryly, "Your Highness... didn't go to court?"

"Hmm, I don't have to go to court today." Xie Jin Yan made a pleasant nasal sound, his pair of phoenix eyes still looking at her. Only when Yu Qingwu shifted her gaze did he smile and say, "A Wu, what's wrong with you? Is it because of what happened last night that you feel embarrassed?"