Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

"I just don't know, Your Highness, are you attracted to me or my talent?"

Yan Ci's straightforwardness caught Shen Zhaoyan off guard. His hand, which was about to pick up the teacup, froze in mid-air for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, he picked up the cup of tea as usual.

He put the teacup to his lips and took a sip. During this interval, he raised his eyes and quickly glanced at Yan Ci's face, with a playful smile on the corner of his lips.

"What if the king says both?"

Yan Ci lowered his eyelids to hide the mockery in his eyes, and said in a calm voice: "All of them? That's not impossible."

Shen Zhaoyan put down his teacup and laughed heartily, "So, Miss Thirteen is ready to stand on my side?"

"As for choosing a team, I am good at it, but there must be enough benefits."

"Benefits? What benefits does Miss Thirteen want?"

"You just said that you like me as a person and as a talent, so why don't you marry me?"

Shen Zhaoyan's eyes showed great surprise, "I thought Miss Thirteen liked A Yin, how come you suddenly found that I am better than A Yin?"

"No, you are not even as good as one finger of Xie Chengyin. I asked you to marry me, but I didn't say I wanted to marry you."

Shen Zhaoyan's face became a little stiff and his smile faded.

"what do you mean."

"That's what I mean. If you want to win me over, you have to show your sincerity. If you don't even have this little sincerity, how can you still think of recruiting talents?"

The sarcasm in Yan Ci's words was not concealed at all. At this point, no matter how dumb Shen Zhaoyan was, he understood the meaning of Yan Ci's words.

He stood up from his chair and stretched out his body, his face gloomy and blue, "You are kidding me!"

Yan Ci chuckled, "Yeah, it's just teasing you, so what? I remember your vengeance on me, but it's nothing compared to yours."

"Okay, okay, okay, Yan Ci."

"Thank you, His Royal Highness Prince Xiang, for the compliment."

Shen Zhaoyan gritted his teeth and said in a cold tone, "You are in the palace now, aren't you afraid that I will kill you again? Do you think that I can't kill you if you bring Ding Si with you? If I remember correctly, he almost died last time."

Yan Ci also stood up from her chair. Although there was a big difference in height between her and Shen Zhaoyan, there was a certain distance between them, and the pressure from their aura was reduced a lot.

"You don't dare to kill me this time." Yan Ci said firmly: "It is precisely because I was in the Prince Xiang's Mansion. I don't know how many people saw me before I came. If I never went out again, what do you think people outside will think and how will they spread it?"

Shen Zhaoyan sneered, "I have plenty of ways to cover it up."

"Yes, there are many ways, but can you cover up the past from His Majesty? Before I came here, I sent a letter to His Majesty. I will enter the palace to see him today."

Shen Zhaoyan snorted, "No wonder you are so arrogant today, it turns out you already had a way out. Yan Ci, I really underestimated you."

"It's the same for you, King Xiang. You are the one who is good at making plans. Yan Ci is ashamed of himself. He just had no choice but to save his life."

Yan Ci felt happy when she saw Shen Zhaoyan's expression as if he wanted to peel off her skin. She just wanted to annoy Shen Zhaoyan. Only when people are annoyed and angry will they lose their reason and act impulsively.

This is the result she wants.

However, Shen Zhaoyan's self-control has exceeded her imagination. He is worthy of being the one who sat on the throne in his previous life. He has a thorough understanding of both power and human nature.

If she hadn't been reborn, she would never have been able to see through him.

Yan Ci looked at Shen Zhaoyan's motionless figure. His deep gaze was like an unfathomable abyss, hiding a ferocious beast that could rush out at any time and tear everything apart.

"Oh, by the way, I heard that your princess is not very kind to my sister. Do you want to consider changing her? Such a petty princess will affect your great cause."

"Yan Ci, you are not allowed to interfere in my family affairs."

"Okay." Since Xiao Yizhen is so important to you, she will start with the Xiao family.

Yan Ci turned around and left the main hall with a look of regret. Ding Si, who had been waiting outside, saw Yan Ci coming out and quickly walked up to her and looked her up and down.

His tone was full of concern, "Are you okay?"

Yan Ci shook his head slightly and walked towards the palace gate under Dao Ji's puzzled gaze.

As soon as Yan Ci left the main hall, Yan Ru walked in from outside with tea in hand.

Seeing that Yan Ci was no longer in the hall, Yan Ru was about to ask. After putting down the tea, he looked up and saw Shen Zhaoyan standing by the table in the hall with an angry face. His slightly opened mouth suddenly closed tightly.

Shen Zhaoyan looked at Yan Ru, his anger that had nowhere to vent became even more violent, "Get out!"

Yan Ru was so frightened that he shivered. Fortunately, he put down the tea in his hand early, otherwise it would have fallen to the ground.

Not daring to ask more questions or look more, Yan Ru turned around and left the main hall, but he was still extremely confused. It was only a quarter of an hour, what did Yan Ci say to the prince that made him so angry?

Thinking that Yan Ci came to the palace this time to give her a fight, could it be because she had angered the prince?

But Yan Ci left, but she couldn't leave. Looking at Shen Zhaoyan's ugly face, she knew in her heart that she would probably have no good days in the palace in the future.

Yan Ru felt resentful and angry. Yan Ci was really incapable of doing anything good and always made things difficult. He was not helping her at all, he was clearly trying to harm her. She even thought for a moment that they were sisters.

Bah! Liar!

Although this was Yan Ci's second visit to Prince Xiang's Mansion, she had a general idea of ​​the mansion's layout. After all, she had been to Prince Xiang's bridal chamber and his study.

Without anyone to lead the way, she led Ding Si all the way out of the palace.

Ding Si didn't know what the two of them talked about in the main hall, but seeing Yan Ci's happy expression as she walked and hummed a tune, he knew that she had not suffered any loss.

A smile also appeared on his usually cold face.

Yan Ci naturally had never sent a letter to Emperor Tianqing. She knew that Shen Zhaoyan would never go back to verify it no matter what. But as long as she could scare him at the time, it would be fine. As for whether Shen Zhaoyan would find out about it someday in the future, it didn't matter.

At this point, as Yan Ci, she and Shen Zhaoyan have completely fallen out.

Even if Shen Zhaoyan had wanted to recruit her before, he would no longer have that intention after this.

According to their original plan, they had not intended to oppose Shen Zhaoyan so early.

They originally planned to wait until Shen Zhaoyong had more support from court officials and was able to compete with Shen Zhaoyan before fighting with Shen Zhaoyan. After all, Shen Zhaoyan's foundation was deep and could not be shaken by her and Xie Chengyin alone.

But now the prince's health, which had once been good, was deteriorating, and he could no longer sustain the time for them to slowly plan.

Moreover, Emperor Tianqing was also having health problems, and no one knew when something unexpected might happen.

Therefore, they needed to cut off Shen Zhaoyan's possibility of seizing the position of crown prince or even the throne as quickly as possible.