The grass in the factory should be plucked

Chapter 61 Cold War

Jiang Li asked curiously again: "Sir, why don't you get married? They said that you are not a registered eunuch and you can get married."

"Cough, cough, cough..." Xie Changan was choked by a mouthful of wine and started coughing non-stop.

"You are a girl, and you have no shame!"

"Men should get married when they are old enough, and women should get married when they are old enough. It's human nature! Even the eunuchs and maids in the palace are in pairs..."

She chuckled, "I know what it means to eat together."

"Stay away from hanging out with Yin Shiyi and the others, or they might teach you bad things!" Xie Changan scolded with a stern face.

Jiang Li said with a smile: "After I leave the palace, I will occupy a mountain and become the king. I will also collect the spirit pets from another mountain. If you want to pass through this mountain, you have to leave money to buy your way through!"

"That's a nice thought." Xie Changan glanced at her. She's also beautiful, he thought.

Maybe it was because the night was too beautiful, or because Xie Changan was too easy to talk tonight, but Jiang Li asked, "Xie Changan, are you willing to be my husband?"

After saying this, she also felt that she had been reckless, and her cheeks flushed.

Xie Changan was already a little drunk, and approached her, "You want to marry me?"

His pair of peach blossom eyes were sparkling and a little drunken, and his eyes were moving around, making him particularly charming.

Jiang Li seemed to be bewitched and couldn't help but speak out what was in his heart.

"Well! You are good-looking, skilled in martial arts, and considerate and caring. You are truly the best candidate for a husband."

"So, do you like me?"

His voice was hoarse, but it carried a bewitching power.

Jiang Li blushed and said in a whisper, "I like it."

"I like it very much."

Xie Changan stared at her intently, then slowly lowered his head...

Jiang Li stepped back nervously, "What do you want to do?"

She only heard him sneer in her ear, "You have no sense of shame! You are dreaming!"

Jiang Li suddenly felt extremely aggrieved, and pouted and said, "It's fine if you don't agree, but why are you scolding me?"

Xie Changan stood up and said coldly, "Let's go back."

Perhaps he was annoyed, as Xie Changan said nothing on the way back in the carriage.

After returning home, he went straight back to his room and ignored Jiang Li.

Jiang Li went to the guest room and went to sleep angrily.

The next day, before four o'clock in the morning, Jiang Li was picked up by him, stuffed into a carriage, and returned to the palace.

What she didn't know was that, perhaps because of what she said, or perhaps because the wine was too strong that night, Xie Changan had a beautiful dream all night.

In the dream, he was wearing a bright red wedding gown and lifting the bride’s red veil.

The shy and beautiful bride under the veil is Jiang Li! Then comes the wedding night...

After waking up, Xie Changan was full of regret and didn't know how to face her.

All the way there he had a stern face, frowned, and didn't even look at her.

Jiang Li thought he was still annoyed by her "teasing" last night, so she tried to shrink herself like a quail, and it would be best if she didn't exist.

After returning to the palace, Jiang Li ran back to the cold palace through a secluded path.

Xie Changan looked at her fleeing figure, and couldn't help feeling angry and amused, gritted his teeth secretly.

She just ran away like that, stirring up a storm?

The more Jiang Li thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. For the first time in her life, she mustered up the courage to confess her feelings to someone, but was actually scolded as "shameless and wishful thinking."

Chu Feixue went to the East Factory gate to block him every day, so why didn’t he say this?

She thought again and realized that it was true. Chu Feixue’s identity was the same as her own.

A concubine in the cold palace, who had an affair with the old emperor even before he died, wasn't she shameless and delusional?

Jiang Li was filled with shame and felt too embarrassed to see Xie Changan again, so she began to avoid him.

Every night he would rush to go out on duty with other secret guards, either to release mice or to collect them.

Yin Yi also knew that she had placed a lot of rats in the officials' mansions to collect daily intelligence on the officials, which was how she was able to discover the major case of Zhang Yu and others embezzling taxes.

He then ordered the secret guards to take good care of her and not let Little Sixteen get hurt, otherwise she would have to endure the wrath of Xie Touer.

The secret guards were very happy to team up with her. With such a powerful person around, they could accomplish their missions with half the effort.

Xiao Shiliu herself is an excellent martial artist, so not only will she not be a drag, but if they don't put in a great effort, they simply won't be able to catch up with her.

Xie Changan finally realized that Jiang Li was deliberately avoiding him, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth.

He couldn't arrest her in a high-profile manner in the yamen, so he went to the cold palace to look for her.

That devilish girl must have already placed many spies around the cold palace. As soon as he got close, she would hide herself tightly. There were many rooms in the cold palace, and for a while, he really couldn't find her.

"Come out, I have something to tell you." Xie Changan was helpless.

The cold palace was quiet, with only a few cats squatting on the wall, staring at him intently.

Xie Changan was so angry at her cowardly appearance that he laughed: "You don't have to go on a mission tonight. I'll wait for you at the government office."

He had official business to attend to, so he couldn't stay here for too long and left in a hurry.

Jiang Li hid in an empty room, crying out of grievance.

She was already avoiding him, so did he have to chase her and scold her again?

At the hour of You, Jiang Li followed Yin Jiu and walked towards the East Factory Yamen in a dodgy manner.

As soon as she reached the entrance of the alley, she saw Xie Chang'an wearing a black cloak, riding on a horse, looking at her intently with clear eyes.

Jiang Li turned and ran.

Xie Changan was furious, so he rode his horse to catch up with her, bent down, picked her up, held her to his chest, then whipped his horse and galloped away.

Yin Jiu was stunned. What was going on?

Jiang Li was embarrassed and annoyed, and pushed him hard, "Put me down! What are you doing?"

Xie Changan whispered, "Stop it, you don't want me to be impeached for robbing a woman in the street, right?"

Hearing this, Jiang Li didn't dare to struggle anymore, for fear of being laughed at by passers-by.

It was already winter, the wind was freezing cold, and she couldn't help but shiver.

Seeing this, Xie Changan wrapped her whole body in his cloak. Jiang Li pressed against his chest, enveloped by his warm breath, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed and her ears were burning.

Xie Changan rode back to the mansion without stopping, threw the reins to the doorman, and walked into the house carrying Jiang Li.

The old steward came forward and asked in confusion: "Sir, this is..."

Xie Changan snorted: "A disobedient little raccoon."

Jiang Li was so embarrassed that she hid in his arms. Now she was too embarrassed to see anyone!

Xie Changan carried her all the way into the study, then he untied his cloak and put her down.

Jiang Li lowered her head, turned around and faced him with the back of her head.

Xie Changan laughed and gently pulled her back: "Don't you want to see me now?"

Jiang Li lowered his head, aggrieved: "You can scold me, and then let me go back immediately after you're done."

Xie Changan sighed softly: "Why would I scold you?"

Jiang Li said angrily: "I know I have no sense of shame. Who am I to dare to have such wishful thinking and covet you..."

"I, I was scolding myself for being shameless and having wild fantasies about you..."

Xie Changan spoke with difficulty.

Jiang Li suddenly raised her head and opened her eyes wide in surprise. What did he say?

Xie Changan reached out and took off her mask, looking at her deeply.

"Actually, I like it too..."

He added, “I like it very much.”

He surrendered.