readsfreenovel Chapter 249: Countdown to Kill
Chapter 249: Countdown to Kill
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The group returned to Huanleju before finishing the wine. As soon as they entered the main hall, they saw Xu Yuanchao's figure. His meeting with Tan Qianhuan instantly filled the whole yard with murderous intent. The cold winter could freeze one's blood.
"Is the King of Jibei free?"
Tan Qianhuan sneered with disdain on his face.
"I am taking a break from my busy schedule. After all, I have to be on guard against people with ill intentions at all times."
Xu Yuanchao raised his eyes nonchalantly, also with a disdainful sneer, and stood up calmly, his arrogant and heroic face full of aggression.
"Then King Jibei must be extremely alert."
The two men were of similar height, and the atmosphere was always below freezing when they stood staring at each other.
"God will naturally reward my hard work."
Seeing the two of them just staring at each other without taking any action, Ran Qianxi pushed them away impatiently.
"Two of you, come over here."
Everyone looked at her as she swaggered back to the room, and the two people who were in a critical situation immediately lost their temper.
There was no light in the bedroom. She pushed open the door carelessly, and something even more unexpected happened. Shu Xuanhe was actually waiting for her inside.
He leaned naturally on the couch, his chest muscles slightly exposed in his slightly transparent dark green brocade robe, which would make anyone who saw him feel their blood boiling.
"I'm forty years old and still doing this..."
He gently closed his folding fan and lifted Ran Qianxi's chin and said, "No, I am only thirty-five this year."
Ran Qianxi was stunned for a moment and asked, "How old are you?"
"Thirty-five years old."
Hearing the outrageous answer, Ran Qianxi closed her lips in disbelief. Although he didn't look old, with a son that old, he should be at least 40 years old to be considered normal.
"You're holding a son at the age of fifteen?!"
"Yes, my family found a child bride for me. I was fifteen and she was twenty-one."
After hearing such an incredible story, Ran Qianxi really didn't know how to respond...
"He's a ruthless person, too. He can even kill a 15-year-old child."
"Ha ha ha ha."
The humorous answer suddenly made Shu Xuanhe laugh, and then he laughed out loud and sat up.
"If I hadn't followed my family, maybe I would have met you when I was thirty. Don't you think that would be a good thing?"
Ran Qianxi waved her hands quickly and it was easy to see that she was resisting. The mistake was that Xu Yuanchao and Tan Qianhuan met at the same time. The two of them were enough to make her rack her brains, and she even dared to dream of adding an evil prince who was so moody and unhappy.
"I think forget it. I like younger ones."
"Really? The King of Jibei is over 40."
Ran Qianxi smiled and said perfunctorily: "Is there?"
"It doesn't matter whether he can do it or not, because if he can do it, I can do it too, and if he can't do it, I can do it too~"
Shu Xuanhe moved closer and closer, almost close to her earlobe, but Ran Qianxi ignored him and sat in front of the dressing table.
"You came in here late at night just to say this?"
Looking at the turning back, he felt a little lost for some reason.
"Of course not. I haven't seen Ah Qian these past few days and I've been thinking about him a lot, so I came here uninvited."
The beauty trap was not ineffective for her, so she asked the truth while removing her makeup.
"Just say what you want to say, and stop being so rude."
"Why don't you believe it?"
"Just because you are Shu Han's father, I don't believe it."
"Haha, that's okay, right?"
Ran Qianxi knew that he must have come for a purpose. After making inquiries from all sources since she met him, she found out that he was definitely a profit-seeking person and would never show his affection to a woman out of the blue.
"Forget it if you don't want to talk. It's getting late. If you don't have anything to do, I really don't dare to keep you."
The order to expel the guest had been issued, and Shu Xuanhe seized the last opportunity to ask about the purpose.
"The New Year is coming soon, Miss, are you going back to Jizhou to celebrate the New Year?"
"Of course I will."
He changed his mind and smiled, "He should go back with King Jibei, right?"
"How should I know? You asked him why he went back? Did he want to murder him in the middle of nowhere?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shu Xuanhe's expression suddenly became serious. It was indeed a good idea to ambush him halfway. After all, there was Tan Qianhuan's force in the imperial city, headed by the national defense general Hao Biao.
"Second Miss, you are joking. I have no grudge against him in the past or today, so why would he murder him?"
Ran Qianxi glanced at him and smiled coldly.
"Humph, who knows if there is any grudge?"
After she finished speaking, she stood up and slowly walked towards Shu Xuanhe, pushing him against the bed frame little by little, but the subtle atmosphere between the two of them did not help to foster their relationship at all.
"It's just that the prince's words are so clumsy."
Shu Xuanhe Yixiao held her hands, and he mastered the ambiguous movements to perfection.
"Second Miss, just speak nicely. Are you trying to get a taste of my beastly behavior?"
"You misunderstood. I just think your method is low-level."
As she finished speaking, she pulled her wrist away.
"I know that Tan Qianhuan is a thorn in the side of the imperial court. It's no surprise that you're willing to do anything to get rid of him. But I don't know what he did or didn't do. Please don't involve me in this struggle."
"Hahaha, since the Second Miss has spoken directly, this king has nothing to hide. If you want the Ran family to be safe, then cut off contact with him. His Majesty's side is where you should be."
After saying this, he swaggered out of the room.
Inside the hall, Tan Qianhuan was waiting for him to come out. When he heard footsteps behind him, he turned around quietly, and the first thing he saw was the corners of his mouth and his neck.
"It's rare for Prince Shen to return to the capital. It seems that this prince is in imminent danger."
"King Jibei is too kind. I don't have the ability to do that."
Tan Qianhuan raised his lips and walked over. Xu Yuanchao was the first one to get nervous.
"You don't have it, but your master does."
Xu Yuanchao: "King Jibei, please be careful with your words!"
"Oh? You seem to understand."
Xu Yuanchao also took a few steps forward. From a distance, the three of them looked like fighting cocks...
"Even for Xi'er, King Jibei should be careful with his words."
Shu Xuanhe: "The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. I wonder if anyone is willing to stop the wind for the Xier you are talking about."
Tan Qianhuan: "King Shen's words are very helpful, just like the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop."
Shu Xuanhe raised the corner of his mouth with disdain, turned around, glanced at Xu Yuanchao and left. As soon as he left, Tan Qianhuan went to Ran Qianxi's room.
Xu Yuanchao sat back calmly, and Xiahou Chen and Bai Wenxiao could only accompany him.
Xu Yuanchao: "What did Xier do today?"
Xiahou Chen: "Nothing, just went to the Moon Catching Tower to have a drink."
Xu Yuanchao: "Let him drink less from now on."
bedroom-
Ran Qianxi, who had just changed into pajamas, walked out from behind the screen and heard Tan Qianhuan knocking on the door.
"Is Xi'er asleep?"
She opened the door without thinking.
"If you have something to say, hurry up, and if you have any farts, hurry up."
Looking at the impatient woman, he said without thinking: "I want to marry you."
"What? What are you doing crazy again?"
"I will definitely marry you in this life. Even though my career is hopeless, you are the only one who can fill my heart."
Before she could react, Tan Qianhuan took her head and kissed her.
"I swear in this life that I will give everything I have in exchange for you always being by my side."
"Haha, come on, I'll thank you if you stop giving me musk, and you still dare to dream of an equal exchange."
She slammed the door shut, but Tan Qianhuan was not discouraged or disappointed. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he happened to run into Xu Yuanchao who came over. He naturally knew the purpose of his visit and what would happen between the two of them, so he glanced at him and left Huanleju.