"Oh, Second Senior Sister, you really have a hickey on your neck!" Zhou Shuangshuang also looked over, her big eyes fixed on the bright red mark, and asked Yu Qingwu, "How did you get that? Did a dog bite you while you were taming it?"

"Pfft..." Su Qing laughed and looked at Xie Jin Yan.

Yu Qingwu also stole a glance at Xie Jin Yan beside her, and found that his face was gloomy, and the hand holding the book was also tightening...

As for herself, she was also very embarrassed.

Su Qing's reaction clearly indicated that she was already suspicious of their relationship.

After a moment of silence, Yu Qingwu forced a smile and said, "What are you thinking, Fourth Junior Sister? This is the capital, where would I find wild beasts to tame? It's just that I was chafed by a stone..."

Su Qing didn't know whether to believe it or not, snorted with a smile, and didn't speak any further.

Yu Qingwu also didn't speak, and Xie Jin Yan was even more silent.

The atmosphere was extremely strange all the way back to the Crown Prince's residence. Yu Qingwu's heart was tense. It wasn't until she entered the front courtyard that she breathed a sigh of relief. After pretending to give instructions to Su Qing and Zhou Shuangshuang, she found a reason to go home and prepared to leave.

"Senior Sister."

However, just after taking two steps, Xie Jin Yan's rogue voice came from behind, "Didn't Senior Sister come today to borrow a book from me?"

"Let's go, get it from my room." He chuckled, a hint of threat outlined in his eyes. Before she could speak, his large hand had already grasped her arm.

As if Su Qing and Zhou Shuangshuang didn't exist, he pulled her toward Zhu Que Courtyard domineeringly.

Yu Qingwu's face turned pale. She wanted to struggle, but was afraid that Xie Jin Yan would do something even more excessive, so she had to let him drag her along.

As soon as they entered the warm pavilion, Xie Jin Yan pushed her onto the soft couch, kissing her wantonly, as if he wanted to kiss every inch of her exposed skin.

It wasn't until her face turned red that he slowly let go, heavily pressing her onto his lap. His thin lips were close to her earlobe, with a hint of wickedness, as he said in a dark, hoarse voice, "Do you still think I'm a stone now? Hmm?"

This man dragged her into the room for no reason, just because of this one sentence?

Yu Qingwu suddenly found it a little funny. She lowered her eyes to look at his deep, ambiguous eyes, and laughed, "It's just an excuse, why does Your Highness care?"

Xie Jin Yan gently pinched her waist, his tone seductive, "No man would not care."

After saying that, he grabbed her small chin again and kissed her deeply. After a long time, until the woman in his arms cried out in pain, he reluctantly let go, his phoenix eyes hot and ambiguous, his voice hoarse, "If you weren't injured, I really want to take you right now..."

Hearing this, Yu Qingwu's face couldn't help but turn red, and she said softly, "Your Highness, don't always be so improper..."

Xie Jin Yan chuckled, with a suggestive meaning, "Then does Senior Sister like me proper or improper?"

It is said that once a man and a woman have slept together, their relationship will undergo extremely subtle changes, even if they are two people who hate each other...

Yu Qingwu didn't understand the meaning of these words before, but now, she seemed to understand...

This may be another shortcut to deal with the Shen family.

She raised her head, her limpid eyes fixed on the man, as if to engrave him in her eyes. Her fingers stroked his handsome nose, but she didn't answer.

Xie Jin Yan chuckled, hugged her and kissed her for a while, before letting go and letting her leave.

Yu Qingwu tidied her messy clothes and looked around. Seeing that no one was there, she stepped out of Qing Ning Courtyard...

Inside the room, Xie Jin Yan was still leaning on the soft couch, his phoenix eyes looking at the roof with a smile that was not a smile.

Listening to the woman's footsteps completely disappearing in the courtyard, he sat up from the couch and asked the person on the roof with a raised head and a smile, "Fourth Senior Sister, is it good to watch?"

The fright came too suddenly, and Su Qing was shocked, almost falling from the roof.

Her face darkened, she turned around and jumped into the courtyard, entered the warm pavilion from the main entrance.

She slammed the door shut and glared at the man on the couch angrily, sternly saying, "You... you know that Eldest Senior Brother likes Second Senior Sister, why do you still...?"

"What? Eldest Senior Brother can like Second Senior Sister, can't I like her? Who doesn't like beautiful women?" Xie Jin Yan raised his eyebrows, touching the red mark on his neck, and looked at Su Qing mockingly, "Fourth Senior Sister isn't watching for the first time. Didn't you see it in the Senior Brother's and Senior Sister's bathing house? Why do you have to make such a surprised look now?"

Hearing this, Su Qing trembled, a guilty look floated in her eyes, suppressing her panic, she stammered, "I... I don't understand what you're talking about."

Xie Jin Yan smiled, ignored her, pointed to the door, and said, "Get out and mind your own business."

"Of course, if you are willing to tell Xiao Fengyun, I don't mind either."

His face was smiling, and his body exuded a strong sense of oppression, which made Su Qing's back feel cold.

Swallowing her saliva, she retreated reluctantly.

Xie Jin Yan snorted coldly and also raised his foot to walk towards the study.

There were not many memorials submitted these days, but they were all difficult matters. After reviewing them one after another, it was already evening.

The sky in winter darkens early. Before Xu time (7-9 PM), it was already so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.

Eldest Senior Brother Xiao Fengyun and the other two Senior Brothers had already returned, and it seemed that they had gained something.

Third Senior Brother Ning Yu specially cooked a table of dishes. When Xie Jin Yan arrived at the front hall, several Senior Brothers were already sitting at the table.

Yu Qingwu was also there. Today, as soon as she left Zhu Que Courtyard, she ran into Ning Yu. Ning Yu insisted on not letting her 'go home', and had to ask her to taste his newly invented dishes.

At this time, Ning Yu was introducing the dishes one by one. Seeing Xie Jin Yan come out, he quickly pulled him to sit down, and put a piece of steamed fish into Xie Jin Yan's bowl, enthusiastically saying, "Seventh Junior Brother, try it quickly. This is what your Third Senior Brother caught from the river today. The taste is much fresher than those sold by fishmongers in the market."

"A flatterer..." Ning Yu was saying when a strange voice suddenly came from the corner.

Ning Yu's hand holding the fish froze slightly. He raised his eyes to look at Su Qing, and saw her with a tense face, feeling inexplicable, "Fourth Junior Sister, did you eat gunpowder?"

"Ignore her, she's sick." Xie Jin Yan picked up the bowl and took the fish.

"Seventh Junior Brother, Fourth Junior Sister, did you quarrel?" Ning Yu was taken aback, looked at the two of them, and wondered, "Why? Weren't you two always very harmonious?"

Xiao Fengyun and Fifth Senior Brother Ye Ziruo also looked over in confusion.

Su Qing didn't speak, and Xie Jin Yan didn't respond either.

He lowered his head, put a piece of fish into Yu Qingwu's bowl, and said softly, "Let's eat."

Yu Qingwu felt that the atmosphere was not right, pursed her lips, and softly called Su Qing, "Alright, Fourth Junior Sister, let's eat."

After saying that, she first picked up the fish and put it in her mouth.

As the fish entered her throat, her stomach suddenly churned.

"Ugh..." Yu Qingwu wanted to go to the latrine, but the discomfort came quickly. A wave of nausea surged, and she threw up in an instant...

"Senior Sister, what's wrong?" Xie Jin Yan and Su Qing spoke almost at the same time, both of them with shocked expressions.

Especially Xie Jin Yan, he frowned, quickly sat next to Yu Qingwu, handed her a handkerchief, and asked softly, "Where do you feel uncomfortable? Do you want to find an imperial physician to take a look?"