???

What does this mean?

Did Song He think he was the type of person Qin Yiliu was, so he was coming for him?

Hoping to latch onto him, hoping to become the Qingzhou Young Master's wife?

I've seen narcissistic people, but someone as overly confident as Song He is truly a first.

I must say, in this regard, he and Qin Yiliu are quite a match.

Yu Qingwu almost laughed out loud in anger.

She quietly glanced sideways at Xie Jinyan. Under the already gloomy light, Xie Jinyan's suddenly cold and沉面容 seemed even colder.

She said, "Young Master Song, have you looked in the mirror?"

"What?"

Song He was slightly stunned, a little baffled by Xie Jinyan's sudden question.

But he quickly realized.

This Xie Bai was calling him ugly!

This audacious Bai Yi! Was he tired of living?

Song He's heart surged with anger.

Rage blazed in his already resentful eyes. He said sternly, "You audacious commoner! Are you tired of living? How dare you offend me!"

"Do you know how many people in the entire Qingzhou, even the vast Shu region, and even the entire Yun Dynasty, want to curry favor with me?"

So what?

Was Song He implying that Xie Jinyan should curry favor with him?

Yu Qingwu laughed again.

After laughing enough, she slowly looked at Song He and couldn't help but mock, "I say, Young Master Song, if there's something wrong with your brain, or if you have an eye disease, please find a doctor to take a good look. If I were a woman, I wouldn't even glance at you."

"Also, there are a few things I think I need to clarify."

"First, I never framed Qin Yiliu. I simply stated the facts. Second, I never wanted to replace her as the Holy Maiden."

"Finally, I want to tell you that this white-robed commoner who doesn't know the immensity of Heaven and Earth is my husband. He is my husband whom I have properly married with the blessings of Heaven and Earth, and registered with the government."

"We are decent people and don't do indecent things. Although my husband is just a commoner, he would never abandon his wife, and he would never be so blind as to not know good from bad, and be happily deceived by others."

Yu Qingwu's tone was indifferent, but every word was full of sarcasm.

Mocking Song He for being self-righteous, mocking Song He for being blind, mocking him for not cherishing himself and abandoning his wife for that scheming woman, and being happily deceived by her.

Hearing this, Song He's face turned from white to green in an instant, extremely embarrassed.

Originally, he wanted to argue that Yu Qingwu was deliberately opposing him in order to attract his attention.

However, when Yu Qingwu revealed Xie Jinyan's identity, his words immediately got stuck in his throat.

He gritted his teeth, looking at Yu Qingwu with extreme embarrassment, then at Xie Jinyan. Finally, trying to save face, he stammered in retort, "You... how do I know if what you're saying is true or false? What if you're deliberately deceiving me and luring me into a trap? How would I know?"

After saying this, Song He put on that smug look again.

As if the two people in front of him were really pretending to be husband and wife in order to deceive him.

Seeing his behavior, Yu Qingwu couldn't help but laugh again.

She sneered, "Young Master Song, I'm curious. We deliberately deceive you and lure you into a trap?"

"We simply revealed each other's true identities, and told you that we are a legitimate couple. May I ask, how would we deceive you, and how would we lure you into a trap?"

"Or..."

"Does Young Master Song have special preferences? Do you just like snatching other people's wives? Do you just like married women?"

"If that's the case, then I have to be careful of you."

As she said this, Yu Qingwu immediately put on a frightened expression, leaning into Xie Jinyan's arms with extreme tenderness.

However, when she looked at Song He, her eyes were filled with undisguised mockery.

Xie Jinyan, whose mood had been gloomy for many days, couldn't help but smile after seeing this scene.

He never knew that his serious and aloof Shijie (senior female apprentice) had such a charming side.

Especially when looking at that Song He, her eyes were full of provocation, and her words were full of sarcasm, enough to infuriate anyone.

Song He didn't expect a woman to say such explicit words, but he couldn't refute them.

In an instant, his face turned red, and his eyes were filled with anger, his expression as if he wanted to devour Yu Qingwu alive.

"You... shameless!" he cursed, and angrily flung his sleeves and left.

Yu Qingwu smiled, completely unconcerned.

In the past, she would have been ashamed to say such things.

But after being husband and wife for so long, she was no longer ashamed of the explicitness of her words.

After all, she wasn't the one causing trouble. Whoever caused the trouble would be the one embarrassed.

Obviously, Song He was not only embarrassed, but even extremely humiliated.

"Shijie, you've changed."

Yu Qingwu pursed her lips and smiled, but a gentle male voice came from her ear, with a hint of emotion and a hint of relief.

He looked at her deeply and said, "In the past, I was always afraid that with your personality, you would suffer from verbal attacks."

"Although words are not a big deal and may not cause any real harm, they are not a small matter either. After all, the Yun Dynasty has many restrictions on women. If you grew up in the Jianghu (martial world), it would be fine, but in the Imperial City, among the nobles, some women die from gossip."

"Just like Qin Yiliu, whose heart is vicious and deserves to die, but there are also innocent women who, because of a few rumors from others, or even just one or two sentences, commit suicide out of shame."

"In the past, you would get angry if others said a word or two to you. Therefore, for a long time, I was wondering if it was right or wrong to tie you to my side, the side of the Crown Prince."

Xie Jinyan sighed, but the light in his eyes gradually brightened. He looked at her with a smile and said, "Today, I am relieved. Even if I am far away on the battlefield one day, I am no longer afraid that you will be bullied by others because of your past psychological trauma."

Xie Jinyan spoke in a gentle voice.

In the end, his deep eyes were filled with tenderness.

Hearing this, Yu Qingwu was slightly stunned.

She was both surprised and amused.

She was surprised by Xie Jinyan's such meticulous care for her, and amused that the usually纨绔 (spoiled and profligate) Crown Prince had such a sentimental side.

But in the end, these emotions turned into heartache.

She had seen the changes in Xie Jinyan during this time.

In the end, his worries and sentimentality were inseparable from the recent sudden changes.

Yu Qingwu stared at him, without speaking.

After a moment, she suppressed her emotions and replied with a lighthearted tone.

"Your Highness, Crown Prince, one is influenced by one's company. My current words and deeds are all learned from you. In the past, I thought they were disdainful, but now I think they are very useful, especially when dealing with those who have no self-awareness. They are really very useful."

"May I ask if you are Mistress Yu and Langjun (husband) Xie?"

As the two were talking, a servant suddenly approached from a distance, sized them up, and said respectfully, "Langjun Xie, Mistress Yu, my Tusi (chieftain) invites you."