The clingy concubine ran away, and the sickly prince lost control.

"Oh"

Luo Qingyan chuckled: "Ye Hui, have you forgotten? My mother refused to break off the engagement with you, tricked the Duke's family into marriage, and is still serving her labor service. Aren't you afraid of being arrested for spreading rumors?"

"Heh," Ye Hui chuckled, but with a hint of disdain. "Luo Qingyan, you're still just an inexperienced young woman. Once this gets out, even if I personally come out to prove that the young master didn't steal my fiancée, no one will believe me. People will only think that I'm being threatened by the powerful Duke's mansion, which is why I dare not tell the truth."

"You." Luo Qingyan's face showed anger.

"The reputation of Prince Pei rests on your shoulders. You'd better ask him to get me an official position." Ye Hui said in a drawn-out tone, "As long as I become an official, our engagement will not be made public."

"and."

Ye Hui lowered his voice again: "Is Prince Pei not going to live much longer? After he dies, you can come to me and I'll take you in. So now you should do your best to please the prince and get a higher official position for me. Then you'll have a good life with me. Think about it, it's for your own good."

"Really?" Luo Qingyan picked up the teacup and splashed it on Ye Hui's face with a "smack".

"Ah! Luo Qingyan, don't be stubborn and ask for trouble." Ye Hui hurriedly wiped the water off his face with his sleeve.

Luo Qingyan lowered her eyes, staring coldly at Ye Hui: "Since you think the young master's abilities are great enough to grant you an official position, wouldn't it be easier to make you disappear secretly?"

"You dare?" Ye Hui shouted, his voice breaking. He was afraid, but in order to prevent his descendants from being lowly merchants, he had to take a gamble.

He really underestimated Luo Qingyan. In the past, she was bullied by Luo Haitang to the point of barking like a dog and didn't dare to fart. Now she dares to threaten him with murder to silence him.

"What wouldn't I dare to do? If even the slightest rumor gets out, I'll settle the score with you." Luo Qingyan's icy voice pierced the air, like a knife cutting towards Ye Hui's neck. "Get lost."

Ye Hui shrank back, then straightened up again, pointing at Luo Qingyan: "Helping me is for your own good. The young master won't live much longer."

"Didn't you hear me telling you to get lost?" Rainbow, holding a large broom for sweeping the yard, came towards Ye Hui, who was fanning himself with a palm leaf fan.

"Luo Qingyan, think it over carefully." Ye Hui dodged the broom while retreating outside, stumbling as she stepped out the door.

Seeing Ye Hui's disheveled appearance, Luo Qingyan chuckled: "Rainbow, you're amazing."

"Sister Luo, if he dares to come again next time, I'll beat him again, every time I see him." Rainbow said crisply. At the farm, she loved to catch dragonflies with her big broom. She could catch many with one sweep. Just now, she felt that there was a big dragonfly in front of her, and it couldn't escape her big broom.

"Miss, this can't go on. Ye Hui will keep bringing up the marriage agreement. Do you really think you can get the young master to give him away?"

Granny Liu made a throat-slitting gesture.

Women who encounter troubles in marriage are never in the right; they not only fail to gain favor but are also often smeared with dirty water.

"Don't tell the young master that the Luo family failed to handle things properly; we'll deal with it ourselves."

Luo Qingyan lowered her eyes and pondered, thinking there must be a way to deal with Ye Hui.

"I heard you." The sound of a wheelchair rang out, and Pei Shiyuan arrived.

Luo Qingyan stepped forward and curtsied: "Your Highness, this is not your business. I will find a way."

"Killing her to silence her is not entirely unacceptable," Pei Shiyuan said coldly, looking at Luo Qingyan.

Luo Qingyan really knows how to use his name as a pretext, demanding that he disappear without a second thought.

"No, Your Highness, that's not what I meant. I was just trying to scare Ye Hui, I didn't really mean to...silence him." Luo Qingyan waved her hands, forcing a smile.

"So what are you going to do? You can't afford to compensate me if my reputation is damaged in the slightest." Pei Shiyuan raised an eyebrow.

Luo Qingyan lowered her eyes and grinned. "Your reputation is ruined. Apart from this incident, your reputation isn't exactly good. Which official in the capital, whether civil or military, isn't afraid of you? They're all terrified of you."

Civil officials fear your exceptional talent and are afraid of being rendered speechless by your rebukes. Few military officials can match your skills.

Ever since Pei Shiyuan returned to the capital, he has been in charge of every case involving the confiscation of property and the extermination of families.

They, the ordinary people, have watched this more than once.

Still want a good reputation? I really don't see that coming.

It was nothing more than a matter between men and women; the only thing that didn't cause any bad reputation was spread.

She was acting on her conscience, not wanting to implicate Pei Shiyuan unjustly.

Her mind raced, and then she had an idea. She looked up again, her tone firm: "Your Highness, I have a plan. Just watch!"

Pei Shiyuan scoffed. He didn't believe her, but seeing how confident Luo Qingyan was, he decided to wait and see what she was up to: "Okay, I'll wait for your good news."

"Your Highness, lunch is ready. Please come and have your meal."

Luo Qingyan diligently pushed the wheelchair.

Ye came back and made a scene, but Pei Shiyuan didn't get angry, so she had to be more proactive.

At the dinner table, Luo Qingyan dismissed everyone, picked up a salted river shrimp, and carefully peeled off the shell bit by bit with her slender fingertips, bringing the tender white meat to Pei Shiyuan's lips: "Your Highness, please try it."

"When did you learn this trick? Sit down."

Pei Shiyuan lowered his long eyelashes and glanced at Luo Qingyan. She was practically sitting on his lap. Was she up to something again?

Seeing Pei Shiyuan's long face, Luo Qingyan obediently sat back down in the chair next to her.

"You still want to listen to your mother and have an heir?" Pei Shiyuan's voice was icy. He had to ask Luo Qingyan again.

"No, no." Luo Qingyan was puzzled at first, but then she suddenly realized that her behavior had made Pei Shiyuan misunderstand. "I don't want children. I'm grateful that you didn't blame me when Ye came back and made a scene today, so I just..."

Luo Qingyan then handed over peeled shrimp: "Please have some."

That's more like it. Pei Shiyuan nodded, putting the tender white shrimp meat into his mouth. It was delicate and smooth; Luo Qingyan's cooking skills were quite good.

"You can't be blamed for Ye Hui's situation. After I die, you'll still be innocent. Go find someone to marry."

"Pah, pah, pah, Your Highness, you will surely live to be a hundred years old, what's with all this talk about dying?" Luo Qingyan fanned her hands, quickly driving away the bad luck. The divine doctor has arrived, there is hope for everything.

"Eat!"

While eating, Pei Shiyuan asked about the opening of Kangning Pavilion, and Luo Qingyan answered him one by one: "Your Highness, everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared."

After finishing his meal, Pei Shiyuan went to a room further inside, which had been specially prepared for him so he could take a nap. He had also brought his official business over and could handle it there.

Luo Qingyan escorted Pei Shiyuan back to his room and quietly closed the door.

"Granny Liu, it's time for us to go to the Luo residence."

Luo Qingyan changed out of the clothes that smelled of cooking oil and smoke, and put on a newly made shimmering brocade dress. The milky white long skirt was paired with a red top embroidered with colorful butterflies. She walked with a dazzling and graceful gait.

"Young lady, you are so beautiful." Granny Liu exclaimed, her hand reluctant to touch the soft, shimmering brocade, only glancing over it lightly.

Her daughter was not only beautiful, but also naturally elegant. No one would have imagined that Mrs. Sun could give birth to such a wonderful daughter.

God is so unfair, making her good daughter suffer so much.

Life seems okay for now, but I don't know what the future holds. Without my parents' support, I always feel uneasy about making a living on my own.

"Granny, let's go." Luo Qingyan put on her gold hairpin, looked at herself in the mirror from left to right to make sure her makeup was flawless, and then lifted her skirt to stand up.

She was going to see her father, who had spoken no more than five sentences to her in the past ten years.