Xiao Jialan was a little moved. She asked with a smile: "Then you are not afraid? What if my brother disagrees?"
"Not afraid."
Yuan Chen said seriously: "In the worst case, I will stay in Nanyue and be your son-in-law. Your brother will always agree, right?"
Xiao Jialan was shocked again and again. She felt that Yuan Chen was really ready to give up the sky for her.
She felt distressed and worried at the same time. She felt sorry for Yuan Chen's concession and worried that he would be wronged because of her.
Xiao Jialan hugged Yuan Chen and said, "Whether brother agrees or not, I only want you. At worst, I will elope with you."
Yuan Chen chuckled lightly, hugged her and lay down, saying: "Your husband, I won't be so useless."
If he can't even handle his brother-in-law, then he doesn't need to be a prince.
He gently patted Xiao Jialan's shoulder and said, "Go to sleep."
Xiao Jialan found a comfortable position in his arms, and then closed her eyes with satisfaction.
A cozy night.
The next day.
Yuan Chen went to court, and Xiao Ce angrily found Xiao Jialan, gesturing with his hands and not knowing what he was talking about?
Xiao Jialan thought this was a bit funny, so she gave him a pen and ink, indicating that he should write it down.
Xiao Ce took a brush and wrote: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone too far to deceive others!"
Xiao Jialan said: "I don't blame you. You have nothing to talk about. He didn't pull out your tongue because it was for my sake."
Xiao Ce was a little depressed and continued to write: "He asked me, and my subordinates just answered truthfully."
Who would have thought that this man could be so stingy that he was silenced by poison? It was simply too much!
Xiao Jialan rolled her eyes at him and said, "I don't know what should be said and what shouldn't be said? If you say something nice, can he make you mute?"
Xiao Ce's mouth twitched, he glanced at Xiao Jialan and continued: "Such a stingy man, what do you like about him? Isn't the prince thousands of times better than him?"
Xiao Jialan looked at what he had written and sighed: "If Yuan Chen sees this, he will cripple your hands."
After a pause, she said again: "Yuan Chen has already planned to send me back to Nanyue. If you want to go back to Nanyue in one piece, don't think about causing trouble for Yuan Chen, otherwise I won't be able to protect you!"
Xiao Ce looked bitter and resentful, but he had to bow his head under the eaves, so he could only accept this fact.
He put away the pieces of paper he had just written and prepared to destroy the body and eliminate traces to avoid being discovered by Yuan Chen.
Xiao Jialan said: "You should go back first. I will intercede for you when Yuan Chen comes back."
Xiao Ce cupped his fists and saluted, then turned around and retreated. He met Xin Ruyi head-on. He nodded and smiled at her.
Xin Ruyi was a little embarrassed, after all, she was the one who administered the poison, although she didn't know how Xiao Ce offended Yuan Chen.
After Xiao Ce left, Xin Ruyi asked: "Why did Mr. Xiao offend His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Xiao Jialan smiled and said: "He said the wrong thing in front of Yuan Chen, which made him unhappy."
Xin Ruyi was a little curious and asked: "What did Mr. Xiao say?"
Xiao Jialan pulled Xin Ruyi to sit down and said, "Xiao Ce told Yuan Chen that I had a childhood sweetheart in Nanyue, but Yuan Chen was unhappy."
Xin Ruyi was a little speechless, she said: "Do you really have a childhood sweetheart in Nanyue?"
Xiao Jialan thought for a while and said: "It's just that the two families are relatively close. My parents died early, thanks to the wife of Zhongyong Hou Mansion who always took care of them.