Kill him?

He was already a dead man. The only reason he was still clinging to life was due to a bellyful of resentment.

At worst, they would die together. He might as well slaughter all his enemies and send his younger sister to live in seclusion in another country.

Was he afraid of death?

Yu Qi looked at Xie Jin Yan leisurely, unable to help but laugh. He asked back in a sinister tone, "Does Your Highness think this servant fears death?"

"This servant, like Your Highness, is someone who crawled out from a pile of corpses. But this servant is not like Your Highness, who is concerned about the world, your imperial father and mother, your younger sister, and the Gao family. Apart from revenge and my younger sister, this servant is alone in the world."

"If this servant wishes, my younger sister will naturally have a good place to go."

Yu Qi coldly dropped these words, turned around, and strode out of the main hall. He walked away impolitely, showing no respect for rank or etiquette.

A gust of cool wind blew through, messing up Xie Jin Yan's hair. He stared coldly at Yu Qi's departing figure, his eyes growing darker and colder.

What a Yu Qi. No wonder his imperial father personally groomed him. Usually, he acted politely, respectfully, properly, and gently. But when dealing with him, the Crown Prince, he didn't hold back at all.

Rebellious, disobedient, and even disregarding him.

He had to admit, in this aspect, he was very much like his A-Wu.

However, such a temperament in a eunuch, especially one with great power, was undesirable. It was even detestable, so detestable that one wanted to kill him.

But now was not the time...

Closing his eyes, Xie Jin Yan took a deep breath, trying hard to calm his emotions.

After a long while, he stood up, walked out the door, and instructed Feng Yuan, who was waiting in the courtyard, "Feng Yuan, take some men to Chun Fang Pavilion and escort A-Yue to the Heavenly Prison."

After a pause, he walked to Feng Yuan's side and instructed in a low voice, "Put on a show as if you are torturing her, but don't torture her to death."

After all, if she wasn't tortured harshly enough, Yu Qi probably wouldn't be able to vent his anger and wouldn't let go.

If he wanted him to let go completely, A-Yue had to suffer a bit.

Xie Jin Yan felt restless, but his mind was still relatively clear.

After speaking, he immediately lowered his voice and gave Feng Yuan another hint.

"In a few days, find an opportunity to give her some of the medicine you got for your younger brother before..."

He was talking about... the fake death medicine.

Previously, Feng Yuan's younger brother was captured for assassinating Xie Qi Yun, but he escaped using this method.

Hearing Xie Jin Yan's instructions, Feng Yuan immediately understood his intention, nodded repeatedly, and responded in a low voice, "Yes, this subordinate will do it right away. Your Highness, please rest assured."

"But..." Feng Yuan frowned slightly, looked at Xie Jin Yan with a complicated expression, and asked hesitantly, "Your Highness, are you sure you want to torture Miss Gao? The instruments of torture in the Heavenly Prison are very vicious. Even those military generals who go in lose half their lives. Even though Miss Gao has martial arts skills, she can't compare to those military generals. I'm afraid that when she comes out, she will have some aftereffects, and maybe she won't be able to practice martial arts again..."

Never be able to practice martial arts again?

For A-Yue, that might not be a bad thing.

Weren't all the disasters she had caused so far because of her martial arts skills? If she didn't have martial arts, maybe... she could restrain herself and live an ordinary life in the future...

However, she would inevitably be sad for a long time.

But in this way, it was better than losing her life, and better than colluding with the spies.

"Forget it, if it's ruined, then so be it. I was the one who gave her these martial arts skills in the first place. Now... just consider everything back to the beginning."

"After she comes out of the Heavenly Prison, find a good doctor to treat her well. Also, I have some shops and properties near the fishing village, give them all to her. With those shops, she won't have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of her life."

Xie Jin Yan closed his eyes slightly, recalled Gao Min Yue's past, couldn't help but sigh, and said with a wry smile, "This can be regarded as being worthy of Uncle Gao's kindness to me. From now on, I will have no relationship with A-Yue."

After speaking, Xie Jin Yan turned around and walked inside, not saying anything more to Feng Yuan, nor did he intend to see Gao Min Yue. Xie Jin Yan closed his eyes slightly, recalled Gao Min Yue's past, couldn't help but sigh, and said with a wry smile, "This can be regarded as being worthy of Uncle Gao's kindness to me. From now on, I will have no relationship with A-Yue."

After speaking, Xie Jin Yan turned around and walked inside, not saying anything more to Feng Yuan, nor did he intend to see Gao Min Yue. Xie Jin Yan closed his eyes slightly, recalled Gao Min Yue's past, couldn't help but sigh, and said with a wry smile, "This can be regarded as being worthy of Uncle Gao's kindness to me. From now on, I will have no relationship with A-Yue."

After speaking, Xie Jin Yan turned around and walked inside, not saying anything more to Feng Yuan, nor did he intend to see Gao Min Yue.

Seeing his reaction, Feng Yuan naturally understood that his master really intended to completely draw a line with the Gao family this time.

That's right, the Gao family had been taking advantage of the master's power for many years, and now it was time to return to their original life.

It's just that, the master can abandon the Gao family like a worn-out shoe, but who knows what the fate of the Crown Princess will be in the future?

Feng Yuan sighed in his heart, but didn't speculate anymore. He just sighed and looked at the courtyard, which symbolized imperial power, turned around, and went to Chun Fang Pavilion.

On the other side, Xie Jin Yan had entered the inner room.

At this time, Yu Qing Wu was lying on the bed, her eyes tightly closed, her pale face, her eyelashes trembling slightly, her beautiful and bright eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, thinking that the wound was still hurting.

Xie Jin Yan sat sideways on the edge of the bed, and instructed Xun Momo, who was serving in the room, "Xun Momo, you can go down, I'll be fine here."

Xun Momo originally thought that Xie Jin Yan had been working hard for a long time and wanted to ask him to rest, but seeing his heavy and sad expression, she vaguely realized that he probably had something important to say to Yu Qing Wu.

So she didn't say anything more, just bowed slightly and carefully withdrew, closing the door along the way.

With the creaking of the wooden door, Xie Jin Yan slowly stroked the woman's delicate eyebrows, moved his lips, wanted to say something, but closed them again.

Forget it, she's still injured now...

After thinking for a while, he stood up again.

"Your Highness..." Just as Xie Jin Yan was about to get up, the woman on the bed suddenly opened her eyes, and her soft, cool hand grabbed his hand at some point.

Xie Jin Yan smiled, and asked her a little unnaturally, "Are you awake? What's wrong? Is the wound too painful? Can't sleep?"

"What sleep? This concubine just woke up, and if I sleep again, what will that be?" Yu Qing Wu glared at him, her body looked slender, but her eyes showed a bit of sharpness, and asked, "Your Highness, is there nothing you want to say to this concubine?"