Ask the Nine Ministers

Chapter 63: Love Ties

Li Zhao's eyes darkened and his expression changed.

But he did not fly into a rage or use violence against her on the spot as Xue Sui had guessed. Instead, he released his hand that was holding her, and let it hang by his side, trembling slightly, with a cold voice.

"Are you playing lonely?"

Xue Sui did not answer, but looked at him with his clear black and white eyes.

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It was the most brutal provocation and disregard for Li Zhao.

There was silence in the room for a moment.

The two people who were equally poisoned by love just stared at each other, except for the movement of their eyelashes and breath, it was so quiet that it seemed as if no one was there.

After a while, Li Zhao chuckled.

That was the helplessness of a favored child of destiny after he capsized in a ditch.

"You are so bold. Aren't you afraid that I will kill you in my rage?"

"It's too late." Xue Sui answered very calmly.

After saying that, she slowly sat up straight, straightened her clothes with a smile, smoothed her messy hair, and pursed her lips lightly as if nothing had happened.

"What your Highness just drank is the young of the southern Xinjiang Gu worm used to make the Love Thread Inducing Poison, also known as the 'Love Thread Gu'. Your Highness is worth a fortune, so naturally you don't want to get entangled with a woman to detoxify. So, using poison to treat poison is the only way. You take the male Gu, and I take the female Gu. From now on, your Highness and I are tied together. If I die, your Highness must die too."

Li Zhao's face changed slightly.

He never believed in those supernatural things before. Although he had heard of the witchcraft in southern Xinjiang, he just regarded it as absurd and bizarre gossip.

But after drinking the half cup of water mixed with the blood of the two people, the surging heat in the body gradually subsided, and the uncontrollable body reactions also slowly calmed down...

He was finally relieved of all the torment, which made him believe that what Xue Liu said was true.

He asked: "What would you do if I died young?"

Xue Sui thought for a moment, "My senior sister can make poisons and control poisons, so I think she can also help me..."

Seeing Li Zhao's pupils suddenly shrink, as if he didn't want to believe it, she smiled.

"Your Highness, don't worry. There are people who share life and death with you. Your Highness has done nothing wrong, and Xue Liu is also sincere."

Li Zhao dragged her down, held the back of her neck, and gritted his teeth in a hoarse voice.

"Xue Liu! How dare you?"

Xue Sui smiled as he listened to the heavy breathing coming from his throat. He slowly pushed his arm away, placed his fingers lightly on his wrist, lowered his eyebrows and eyes, and spoke in a light and calm voice.

"Your Highness can call me Ping An. May all be blessed with peace and prosperity. This is what I wish for, and in the future, it should also be what Your Highness wishes for."

Li Zhao lowered his head to look at the slender jade fingers on his wrist, and suddenly a strange feeling arose in his heart.

Of course she is good-looking.

But as the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, how could he, who has seen all kinds of beauties, be easily moved?

However, the weird thing is that Li Zhao actually felt that Xue Liu, who was concentrating on taking the pulse, was so beautiful that there was no one like him in the world.

Even though she had schemed against me like this, I couldn't get angry.

Is this the effect of the "Love Thread Gu"?

After removing one poison, another one comes.

Li Zhao felt uneasy and clenched his fists slightly.

Xue Sui seemed unable to see his reaction. He withdrew his hand and wiped his fingertips with a handkerchief before saying softly, "The larvae of the poisonous insect are still small. It will take some time to completely eliminate the remaining poison. Your Highness may have to be patient for a while..."

After saying this, she seemed to have thought of something, and the corners of her lips slightly raised.

"Of course, if Your Highness doesn't want to endure, that's fine. The Eastern Palace has no shortage of beauties. But I want to remind you to be careful of the poisonous insects. If you can't find a woman you like and you force yourself to do it, the poisonous insects will be dissatisfied and bite back, and Your Highness will suffer."

Li Zhao's eyes shone, "What do you mean by that?"

Xue Sui smiled and said, "It means exactly what it says."

Li Zhao's handsome face turned pale in an instant, as if he had been struck by lightning.

What she meant was that the love poison in his body only liked her? If it was another woman, if she forced herself to do it, she would suffer backlash and suffer even more pain?

Doesn't that mean that he must be with Xue Liu in this life?

Li Zhao forced her to laugh out of anger.

"Xue Liu, you dare! Do you really dare?"

Xue Sui stood up and bowed slightly to him.

"Your Highness, this time it was Xue Liu who was offended, but I am an orphan girl who is only trying to survive. Your Highness wanted to kill me, but it was not today. My current situation is difficult, so I have to make plans early."

Li Zhao's face was stern and his eyes were full of sneers.

Xue Sui looked at him steadily.

"According to the time, they will be here soon. If they see us, even if we did nothing, I'm afraid we will be unable to prove our innocence."

Li Zhao curled his lips, his face half-smiled. "Is there still innocence between you and me?"

Xue Sui pursed his lips, which were as soft as petals, and said seriously: "I am innocent. If Your Highness feels that he is not innocent, I cannot be responsible for Your Highness. On Prince Duan's birthday next month, I will enter Prince Duan's mansion. You and I will still be in the same boat and support each other as usual."

Li Zhao was so angry that his throat tightened and he wished he could strangle her to death.

"very good!"

"Your Highness, don't be too nervous. When Xue Liu succeeds, the love thread insect will have grown. Once the insect's life span ends, it will die, and Your Highness will be free that day..."

Xue Sui said this with a smile, glanced at him, and slowly walked towards the tightly closed window. She pulled hard but it didn't open, so she knocked gently on the window frame.

Li Zhao looked at her indifferently, "Don't waste your time. Since Pingle dared to do something that defied the will of heaven, she must have made all the necessary preparations. We can't get out unless she shows up."

Xue Sui turned around.

Seeing Li Zhao's calm face, a sense of uneasiness suddenly arose in his heart.

"Your Highness, aren't you afraid of being seen?"

Li Zhao's eyes were dark: "Since we are here, let's make the best of it."

A good idea: now that we are here, we should make the best of it.

Xue Sui was slightly startled, as he heard something unusual in Li Zhao's words.

How could a prince who has been walking in crisis all year round and still sits firmly in the East Palace under the powerful suppression of Concubine Xiao and the Xiao family and lives a life of ease, happily attend the banquet without bringing his attendants and fall easily into Pingle's palm?

Xue Sui's expression gradually turned cold, and his smile became stiff.

"I am different from Your Highness. Your Highness is a child of destiny, and everything is taken care of by Him. I have no one behind me, no one to rely on, so I have to plan seven steps before I take one step, and I never dare to leave everything to fate."

Li Zhao said: "Xue Ping'an, you are so pitiful and hateful!"
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The banquet at Changchun Pavilion is still going on.

Several girls gathered around Pingle and chatted and laughed.

A maid came over, approached Pingle cautiously, and whispered a few words to her. Pingle's face showed joy.

"it is good!"

She smiled and looked at the girls and women beside her.

"I've been sitting for too long. I'm tired. Come with me for a walk."

Those girls were all the ones who followed her around in the Pinglefang Women's Club. They didn't need to say anything, just a glance and they all stood up with a smile and begged for mercy from the queen, saying that they were full and wanted to go out to sober up and digest their food.

Empress Xie smiled and said, "Go ahead."

Pingle walked in front, holding her four-year-old daughter's hand, twisting her waist, and the other girls followed closely behind her, walking out in a mighty procession, very high-profile.

As soon as she left, it seemed as if half of the people at the table were gone in an instant.

Empress Xie remained calm, as if she was unaware of the disrespect of these people. She sat at her desk calmly, raised her glass to drink, and chatted softly with the ladies who stayed behind.

In less than a moment, a palace servant rushed in.

"My lady, this is bad..."

Queen Xie's face darkened slightly and she placed the cup heavily on the table.

"Why are you panicking? Speak properly."

The palace maid was startled. Under Empress Xie's stern gaze, she did not dare to directly say what Princess Pingle said, "The prince and the girl were having an affair in a private room." Instead, she said tactfully:

"His Highness is drunk and has been resting in the bamboo forest room for a long time. Just now, Princess Pingle and a group of girls went there, and a maid came to report that there seemed to be a woman's voice in the room... Madam, please go and take a look..."

She raised her eyes meaningfully, and Empress Xie's face changed, but only for a moment.

The next moment, she nodded and smiled and returned to her normal state, saying calmly: "I'm afraid the prince can't hold his liquor. I'll go and take a look. Everyone, just relax and enjoy your drink..."

After saying this, Queen Xie left the table calmly.

The ladies at the banquet looked at each other, all of them were horrified.

Su Xiuwan had just gone out to join in the fun, and as if afraid that others might not know about it, she hurried back and whispered to Fu: "Madam Shangshu, I heard that your daughter has found happiness... Congratulations."

Fu frowned and looked at Xue Yue'e and Xue Yueman beside her, and was shocked.

Could it be that Xue Liu, that useless guy, brought shame to the Shangshu Mansion?
Fu said nothing, stood up, and followed the ladies in groups of three or four out.

Xue Yuechen was also panicked when he heard the news, "Jade."

Feicui responded, Xue Yuechen gave a look, wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, followed Fu, and walked quietly to the elegant room in the bamboo forest outside the flower garden on the east side of the imperial garden.

She didn't believe Xue Liu would do such a thing.

The last time she offered advice to Concubine Xiao, Sixth Sister was helping her. Knowing that the Xue Family and Prince Duan's Mansion are deeply tied together, how could she try to curry favor with the Eastern Palace?
What can the prince give her?
How can Li Zhao compare to Li Huan?
Thinking of this, Xue Yuechen felt a little more at ease.

"It's definitely not Sixth Sister. Let's walk faster."

Li Zhao: Come on, come on, let's all come and see how Xue Ping'an and I get along...

Xue Sui: Nonsense, I am innocent. You are willing to commit yourself to me, but I am not.

Li Zhao: Absolutely!