Xia Qingyan said, "Feiyan, don't let your imagination run wild."
This time, Zhao Shuning just replied with a smile.
Actually, ever since she stepped into the prince's mansion.
From the way Xia Qingyan looked at her, she had sensed that Xia Qingyan might be hiding something from her.
"I can't do what I promised you."
Zhao Shuning turned around.
"Buran, let's go."
Yan Ruyu nodded.
She led Zhao Shuning out.
Seeing this, Xia Yan quickly winked at Xia Qingyan, signaling him to go out and bring the two of them back.
After Zhao Shuning left the prince's mansion, she found a secluded inn.
Before long.
Sure enough, Xia Qingyan came huffing and puffing.
Zhao Shuning and Yan Ruyu were sitting upright, sipping tea at the table. They seemed to know that Xia Qingyan was coming and were waiting for him on purpose.
Even a teacup had been prepared for him.
"Feiyan."
"You'd better call me Miss Luo. I feel more comfortable with that."
Xia Qingyan swallowed hard.
He felt a bit uncomfortable.
"Miss Luo."
"The young prince rushed out in such a hurry. I suppose you've already thought up what to say."
"Me?"
"Don't hide it from me anymore. I know what I should know, and I've guessed most of what I shouldn't. Young prince, your goal has been achieved. Today, you didn't really want to use my spiritual power to check out the appearance of An Yun, the woman your father is going to marry, right? What you wanted was for me to appear in front of your father in that gorgeous dress."
"You really did a good job of scheming, young prince."
Xia Qingyan looked ashamed.
"You already know everything."
"I was blind to trust you."
Zhao Shuning continued, "I thought you were still that gentle and refined Xia Qingyan. I thought you were really indignant for your mother. I thought it was An Yun who first crossed your bottom - line. Xia Qingyan, I don't want to know what kind of relationship you have with An Yun, but when did I ever offend you? Why did you have to harm me?"
Actually, Zhao Shuning didn't really know if it was Xia Qingyan who had harmed her.
She just wanted to draw out Xia Qingyan's real purpose.
Xia Qingyan suddenly stood up.
There were many guards following behind him.
"You all retreat."
The guards retreated outside the door.
Xia Qingyan gently closed the door of the inn room.
Facing Zhao Shuning, he suddenly knelt down on both knees.
Was he admitting it?
"Sorry."
"Feiyan, please forgive me."
Endless disappointment welled up in Zhao Shuning's eyes.
This was the friend she had trusted. She thought his eyes were so pure and his way of dealing with people was so gentle and refined. She never thought he could be such a calculating person.
It was only now that she realized it was all just her assumption.
"Ling'er, don't be sad."
Xia Qingyan knelt on the ground.
"Did you put the golden silkworm gu on me?"
Xia Qingyan nodded.
Then he immediately said, "At first, I approached you with other motives. Later, I learned that you liked drinking and were especially interested in my bamboo - leaf green wine. So I did such a thing and put the gu on you. It was just because I really wanted to possess you."
It was deformed and perverted.
There was regret in Xia Qingyan's eyes.
Yan Ruyu's cold voice sounded, "Do you know that after you put the golden silkworm gu on her, someone else gave her a medicine curse? Originally, neither of them was fatal and she could handle them. But combined, her life was no longer in her own hands."
Xia Qingyan looked up in horror.
"What?"
"You were hit by a medicine curse?"
"Who did it?"
Xia Qingyan's legs went weak and he slumped to the ground completely.
He covered his face with his hands and burst into tears. His cries were full of regret.
He shouldn't have done this. He didn't expect that at the moment when he looked into her eyes, he seemed to see his mother. He just didn't want his mother to leave him, nor did he want Luo Feiyan to leave him. So he chose to put the gu on Luo Feiyan.
But he was the one who put the golden silkworm gu. He put the king of gu. After the golden silkworm gu matured, it would obey his order. Once Luo Feiyan's consciousness was affected by the golden silkworm gu, she would obey his words.
"Sorry, actually I regretted it. I regretted it a long time ago. On the way when you took me back to the marquis's mansion, I already regretted it."
"I was really possessed by the devil. So I wanted to make up for it. I know it's useless to say anything now. I'm here today. You can do whatever you want to me. Even if you want to grind my bones to ashes, I won't utter a single sound."
Zhao Shuning's expression was solemn.
"I want to know what happened on your side."
Xia Qingyan looked confused.
He slowly told the whole story.
Since he was born, he thought he was the happiest child in the world.
At that time, his father only had his mother as his wife. Most men in the Hailing Kingdom were affectionate, and Xia Yan was no exception. At least, that's how it seemed in front of others.
His mother was the only princess at that time and was doted on by his father.
That high - spirited and extremely good - looking mother was also his pride.
Xia Qingyan thought their family would always be this happy.
However, his mother's health got worse and worse every year. No matter how many medicines she took or how many alchemists were invited, they couldn't cure her.
Xia Qingyan still remembered.
On the night when his mother died, it was raining heavily. He was blocked outside the room.
Inside the room, there were only his mother, his father, and An Yun. Later, his father also came out.
Xia Qingyan heard them say that his mother was dying. He wanted to see his mother for the last time. He believed that his mother must also want to see him.
But they all wouldn't let Xia Qingyan in.
Xia Qingyan still took advantage of the guard shift. When An Yun and his father were talking in the side hall, he secretly slipped in through the dog - hole.
That night.
The lights in his mother's bedroom were brightly lit.
But no one entered her room.
The moment Xia Qingyan went in, he was almost scared to scream.
Was the person lying on the bed still his mother who used to smile gently and live freely?
At that time, Gu Qingqing's face was pale and haggard. At a glance, she looked like an old woman in her seventies or eighties.
Her arms and ankles were like skeletons. There was not a bit of flesh on them.
"What happened to your mother?"
Xia Qingyan said blankly, "She was hit by a gu."
It seemed to be the golden silkworm gu.
"The golden silkworm gu will never break out of the body without the master's inducement. And the only person who could have put the gu at that time was the personal maid - An Yun."
Xia Qingyan quickly said, "Feiyan, although I put the gu on you, I never thought it would break out of your body one day. And I can swear to heaven that I just wanted you to stay by my side all the time. I definitely had no intention of harming you. A few days ago, when I saw that man beside you, I regretted it. I wanted to take out the golden silkworm gu in your body and set you free."