He took the hot tea and took a sip. The delicate fragrance of tea overflowed from his mouth, which showed that he had done some work.
Narrowing his eyes with an expression of enjoyment, Ao Chen shook his head while smelling the aroma of tea at night.
"Well, very good craftsmanship. I didn't expect Yang Xi to have research on tea ceremony... It's just..."
Ao Chenye deliberately prolonged his voice, as if he had something to say, but he didn't express it clearly immediately. He just looked at her with unfathomable eyes.
Just what?
Yang Xi's heart jumped suddenly when she met his unfathomable gaze. The fighting spirit she had just brewed up to capture his heart was instantly wiped out by his deep gaze.
The hands hidden in the sleeves trembled slightly, but at the same time, a faint anger surged uncontrollably in his heart...the resentment left over from last night.
The humiliation of not having the groom-to-be at the engagement party last night has not faded. If he is not here to coax her today, how much more will he continue to hurt her?
For him, everything she did... was it worth it?
There had never been a moment when her heart felt so cold, so... tired.
As if all her strength was drained away in an instant, she looked at him faintly, and asked softly with some self-abasement: "Brother Ye, if you think there is anything I did wrong, you can tell me directly, and I... will change it."
In the end, years of infatuation made her choose to compromise.
Quietly watching the change in her expression, from the initial excitement and anticipation to the current depression, the dimple on her face filled with slight melancholy was like a thorn in his chest.
Ao Chen took a deep breath secretly at night and suppressed the reluctance welling up in his heart.
Under the premise that the situation is unclear, he must stay rational and no longer be controlled by the Corroded Heart Grass.
After that, he looked at her lightly: "I didn't mean to tell you this, you did a good job..."
Before he could finish his words, Yang Xi interjected with expectation: "Really?!"
My heart that had just sunk seemed to come back to life in an instant.
She reached out enthusiastically to take the tea cup from his hand, placed it on the table with attentiveness, and then sat across from him.
"If Brother Ye likes it, can I make tea for you every day from now on?"
Every day from now on?
Ao Chenye's eyes narrowed secretly, and he was a little... hard to accept this statement.
In order not to let her realize that he was here to test her, he smiled slightly, shook his head, and declined politely: "Just let the servants do this kind of work..."
"But I want to make tea for you myself! Imagine that in the future, you are reading the memorial, and I will help you sharpen your ink. When you are tired, I will make you a pot of hot tea. How loving those days will be.
, Brother Ye, don’t you like people serving you?”
Princess Yang Xi interrupted him eagerly. Her deep affection for him made her eager to get his approval and response.
Ao Chenye just smiled faintly, changed the subject and said jokingly: "When did Yang Xi become so diligent? She got up very early this morning too."
His casual and teasing tone lowered Princess Yang Xi's wariness.
She pursed her lips and tried not to mention the sad thing last night that kept her awake all night. She pretended to be relaxed and said - "Of course, Brother Ye, even though he usually likes to be lazy, he takes Brother Ye's affairs very seriously.
Yes, I am not lazy at all. In order to let you drink the tea I made, I got up very early to practice. I originally wanted to bring it to you in the imperial study room in person, but you came in person, which made me very happy.
!”
Ao Chenye's dark eyes flashed with shrewd light.
"Oh? So I am so important to you?" He pretended to smile.
"Brother Ye asked knowingly!" Yang Xi pouted and glanced at him.
"Really?" This time Ao Chenye responded with obvious perfunctory response.
Of course Yang Xi could see how sensitive he was. Maybe she knew that he showed it on purpose to let her know.
In this case, she could only cater to him: "Brother Ye, did you just... have something you wanted to say to me?"
She knew that she had interrupted him just now, and she did it on purpose, because...she didn't have the courage to listen. She didn't know why, even if he hadn't said anything yet, she felt inexplicably uneasy in her heart, so...she didn't want to listen.
But at this moment, she knew she could no longer delay.
Seeing that she already understood what he meant, Ao Chenye stopped beating around the bush.
He looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze: "Yang Xi, I'm very happy that you are so attentive to me. However, does your positive move contain other meanings, such as... You want to know, Xing Mo
thing?"
Yang Xi's eyes trembled when she heard the central topic, and she bit her lip: "I..."
It was hard to say it, but when she thought that her second brother might be punished, she couldn't sit idly by.
So, after a pause, she mustered up the courage to meet his scrutinizing gaze: "Brother Ye, what on earth will you... do to my second brother? He... he didn't really hurt Ke'er.
Girl, can you...let him go?"
The reason why the second brother has reached this point is because of... her...
She really didn't want to see her second brother continue to ruin his life for her.
Looking at her pleading expression, Ao Chenye did not waver. He tried hard to suppress the waves of distress in his heart, suppressed the urge in his body to clamor to protect her, and just watched calmly.
she.
"Yang Xi, do you really think he didn't hurt Ke'er? Or, what I should ask is...do you think you really didn't hurt Ke'er?"
Hearing his rhetorical question, Yang Xi's heartstrings trembled. Looking at his sharp eyes that seemed to have seen through everything, her pupils secretly opened, and her eyes couldn't help but become confused.
"...Brother Ye, what do you mean?"
Did he...know something? Or did he learn something from his second brother?
No, no, the second brother will never betray her!
Seeing her wavering eyes, Ao Chenye captured this moment, looked at her with sharper and more penetrating eyes, and used her confusion to carry out overwhelming psychological tactics.
As the king of a country, he has to examine so many cases, and has faced countless criminals. It is no longer an unfamiliar trick for him to use his status advantage to psychologically defeat the enemy and let the enemy defeat himself without attacking.
Now, he might be able to use this psychological tactic again.
After thinking about it, he matched his sharp eyes and said with a voice full of confidence that he was in control of everything - "Yang Xi, do you think in your heart that I am someone who can be deceived at will? If I were such a mediocre emperor,
The Tenglong Kingdom should have already become a vassal state of your Fulong Kingdom, do you think Xing Mo’s little tricks can really deceive me?"
"No, my second brother didn't ask Bai Ke'er to kill me...Second brother...how could he hurt me? After all, he is my biological brother..."
Princess Yang Xi suddenly woke up in the middle of her words and realized that she had almost let something slip, so she hurriedly covered it up in a few words.
Ao Chenye's eyes sharply captured the strange appearance of her interruption in her words, and a glimmer of light flashed across his eyes.
What she just said was to "ask Ke'er to kill her..."
Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind, and he thought - if Xing Mo "wanted" Ke'er to kill Yang Xi...
By the way, I remember that Kerr was so disappointed, so sad and disappointed that he just judged her crime like this... Her expression was so real.
In this case, Xing Mo loves Yang Xi so much that he is willing to sacrifice himself in order to make Yang Xi happy, so he kidnapped Ke'er and acted together in a scene?
But, there is one more thing - "Yang Xi, Xing Mo is a sinner of Fulong Kingdom, so you conclude that he will not hurt you? If I remember correctly, he watched you almost being killed by Ke'er at that time. Death, to a certain extent, he can be regarded as the sinner who, together with Ke'er, murdered my future queen, do you think I should let him go?"
Yang Xi didn't know what Ao Chenye was thinking, but just nodded and answered firmly according to the feeling in his heart: "No! My second brother has loved me so much since he was a child, there is no way he will hurt me! He must be because I was shocked by Bai Keer's sudden behavior, so I didn't react for a moment. Brother Ye, I don't ask you to believe in my second brother, but please believe in me. My second brother will never have any evil intentions towards me. of!"
Is she so sure?!
In the shadow of Xing Mo almost causing Ke'er to kill her, there was only one possibility for her to be so sure that Xing Mo would not hurt her...she knew Xing Mo's actions in advance.
Otherwise, how could a person, after facing a threat to his life, be so convinced of the "conspirators" who participated in endangering his life?
The truth seems to be coming to light soon, and all that is lacking is one piece of evidence.
This evidence...he will get it soon.
Secretly remembering her words, Ao Chen smiled lightly at night, pretending to have some room for maneuver and said: "Since my future good queen is asking for help for Xing Mo, it would be too much for me if I don't care about my feelings. The queen is disappointed."
His softened attitude made Princess Yang Xi feel ecstatic in her heart.
She held his big hand with emotion, and looked at him with affectionate eyes: "Brother Ye, I promise you that my second brother will never do anything harmful to us again, because the second brother actually wants to I live a happy life and we will grow old together happily."
Really? Xing Mo really hopes that she will live happily!
Just as he inferred!
Happiness? Growing old together? Tsk! How can he believe that the life obtained through conspiracy and trickery will be happy?
Ao Chenye lowered his eyes slightly, instinctively avoiding her affectionate gaze, not wanting her to affect his heart anymore.