The setting sun was hanging in the sky, shining obliquely over, and Xie Lin's unparalleled face was half bright and half dark. He lowered his eyes slightly, and his whole body was filled with a heavy chill, as if he had suddenly entered a world of ice and snow alone.

However, the Queen's voice continued: "Did you listen to what I said? I need you to make a promise to me - you are not allowed to ruin the prince's marriage, and you are not allowed to steal his love."

Xie Lin slowly raised his eyes, and his cold gaze fell on the queen, and he just stared at her in silence.

The queen frowned, seeming very dissatisfied with his reaction, and asked in a low voice: "What do you mean?"

Xie Lin looked straight into her eyes and said indifferently: "I should ask the Queen what this means. If you want to abandon your own child, he has to suffer; if you want to kill him, he has to die.

"When you find out that he is powerful and can't be killed easily, you want him to be obedient, and he has to be obedient? Xie Lin dares to ask the queen, are you the queen or the mother at this time?

"If you are the queen, what qualifications do you have to interfere in the marriage of the ministers of the previous dynasty? If you are the mother, why do you ask the person you treat poorly to obey you when you favor one over the other?"

The queen's face changed drastically and she looked at him in shock and anger.

Xie Lin asked and answered himself: "I see, you want to be both a queen and a mother. As a queen, you want to show a little bit of thin, false maternal love to your own child, and want to bind him to obey your arrangements and make way for your prince.

"When you were born, you gave up your noble status. After you came of age, you had to give up your beloved girl. What's ridiculous is that your belated, thin, and fake maternal love from the queen is not enough."

A slight sneer appeared at the corner of his lips.

The queen staggered and took a half step back, and Nanny An supported her in time.

Nanny An looked at Xie Lin and almost begged, "Master Xie, the queen did this because she didn't want to see brothers killing each other!"

The queen asked angrily, "After all this, you don't agree to my request, right?"

Xie Lin asked: "Why should I agree to your request?"

The Queen said, "Although you are now the Prime Minister, if you have a conflict with the Crown Prince, who do you think the Emperor will side with after he finds out? You don't think that because the Emperor promoted you to Prime Minister, you are more important than the Crown Prince in his eyes, right?"

Xie Lin sneered sarcastically, "I never thought of asking the emperor to stand on my side. The Queen came here to ask me to withdraw and not to compete with the Crown Prince. Could it be that the Queen has already admitted that the Crown Prince you chose and raised by yourself is actually not as good as me? Otherwise, what are you worried about?"

His words struck the queen to the heart. Her face turned pale and she was furious. Her chest kept heaving and she was speechless for a while.

"Your Majesty is sympathetic to me and wants me to go back and recuperate early. I will take my leave now." After Xie Lin finished speaking, he withdrew his gaze. Wangshan immediately called for someone to come over and carried him out of the palace.

The Queen never caught up.

After Xie Lin left the palace and got on the carriage, he began to cough violently, coughing up a little blood that fell on the corners of his lips. He was extremely tired, and closed his eyes, blocking out the bleak sunlight outside the carriage curtains.

When they returned to the gate of Xie's house, it was already dark. The carriage stopped. Wangshan wanted to help him get off the carriage, but Xie Lin had no intention of getting off.

He said, "Let's go to the Zhenbei Marquis' Mansion. I have something to ask the Cheng'an County Lady in person."

Wang Shan said worriedly, "My lord, you have been tossing and turning all day, and I am afraid that your wound has torn. Go back to the mansion to rest first, and it will not be too late to go tomorrow morning. Besides, it is time for you to take medicine. Doctor Gan Sui is waiting for you in the mansion."

Seeing that Xie Lin was unmoved, Wang Shan had no choice but to say, "I will ask about your affairs personally. Just consider it as a request from me to take a good rest in your mansion for one night!"

His master had just returned from the gates of hell. If he continued to do this, something bad might happen. Wangshan didn't even dare to think about it.

Xie Lin said calmly but firmly: "I want to ask her personally about this matter and hear her say it with my own ears. Let's go."

The sound of wheels suddenly came from not far away. Wangshan was feeling heartbroken and anxious when he heard the sound of wheels. He looked over and saw an extremely luxurious carriage running towards him.

The carriage was so luxurious that only princes and nobles were qualified to ride in it.

Soon, the carriage stopped at the gate of Xie's mansion. The curtain was opened, and the prince in a white brocade robe came out, waving a folding fan.

Wang Shan was stunned for a moment, then immediately took the lead in kneeling and saluting: "Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Dongfang Ye waved his fan and said, "No need to be polite. Is your master in the carriage?"

Wang Shan immediately said, "Your Highness, my master is seriously injured and cannot get off the carriage to pay his respects. Please forgive me."

"No problem. I have come specially to see your master. Since he is not available, I will go up and talk to him."

Xie Lin had already opened the carriage curtain and was about to get off the carriage to salute, but Dongfang Ye had already jumped onto the carriage and stopped him, then got into his carriage and sat opposite him.

Dongfang Ye said, "I was very sad when I heard that Lord Xie was murdered by Zheng Wenkang. Now that I know Lord Xie is safe, I feel much more relieved. I came here today to see if Lord Xie is well and to congratulate him for being promoted by my father to be the prime minister of our dynasty."

Xie Lin: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I am fine. The doctor said that I will be fine in ten days or half a month."

Dongfang Ye nodded: "That's great. Daqi needs pillars like Lord Xie."

After these words were spoken, silence suddenly surged up like endless darkness, drowning the two of them.

"By the way, I have some good news that I want to share with Lord Xie." Dongfang Ye suddenly spoke with a smile on his face and a cheerful tone.

“At the last celebration banquet, I wanted to marry the County Master Cheng’an, but before that day, I had never expressed my feelings to the County Master Cheng’an, which offended her and caused the matter to fail.

"After this period of time of getting along and understanding each other, I asked the Cheng'an County Princess again yesterday about her opinion, and she has agreed to my proposal."

Dongfang Ye took out the earrings and said, "Thank you, sir. Look, this is the token that the Princess of Cheng'an County gave to me."

He observed Xie Lin's reaction, and after a moment he continued, "Today I went to my grandfather's house and asked him to help me propose marriage, and he has agreed. Two days from now is an auspicious day, and we plan to bring generous gifts to your house in two days. The gifts are already prepared."

In the dim light, Dongfang Ye looked at Xie Lin's face without blinking, and finally asked with an expectant smile, "Master Xie will help me and the Princess of Cheng'an, and congratulate us, right?"

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