Don't ask where people go

"Your Highness, what are you doing?" Fang Zilan glanced down at Li Qiyou's hand that was holding hers, and said calmly, "Your Highness is married, and Luo Fu is married. Please do not overstep your bounds."

Li Qiyou gritted his teeth, "Fang Zilan, do you really want to marry that immature brat Murong Qing?"

"Otherwise, what should I do?" Fang Zilan curled her lips indifferently. "Does Your Highness really think that I was so drunk at the welcoming banquet that day that I was completely unconscious?"

Li Qiyou froze, "Why didn't you refuse..."

“Refuse?” Fang Zilan interrupted Li Qiyou without any politeness. “Does Your Highness think I can refuse?”

Li Qiyou didn't speak, but suddenly tightened his grip on Fang Zilan's hand, as if afraid that the person in front of him would suddenly disappear.

Seeing this, Fang Zilan slightly turned her head, avoiding looking at Li Qiyou's almost obsessive expression, "Your Highness, it's late at night, and it's really inappropriate for us, a man and a woman, to be alone in a room..."

"Fang Zilan." Li Qiyou stared intently at the person before him and asked, word by word, "Are you willing to marry Murong Qing?"

"Your Highness, things have come to this point. Even if I don't want to..." Fang Zilan began to speak, but Li Qiyou interrupted her, "As long as you say you don't want to, I will take you away."

Fang Zilan was taken aback, and subconsciously looked at Li Qiyou, "What do you mean by that, Your Highness?"

“I’ll take you away from the wedding.” Li Qiyou’s eyes were burning, and he finally uttered the most undignified word, but the only solution in his heart, “elope.”

Fang Zilan chuckled, "Your Highness, are you perhaps ill? Confused...?"

As she spoke, she reached out to touch Li Qiyou's forehead, wanting to confirm whether he was delirious due to a fever, but he grabbed her other free hand as well. "I'm not sick, and I'm not confused."

"Your Highness, do you know that if I agree to your request..." Fang Zilan composed herself and said seriously, "After tonight, no matter how vast the world is, there will be no place for us to stay."

"So what?" Li Qiyou's voice held a hint of urgency. "We can find a remote place to live in seclusion..."

"A remote place?" Fang Zilan raised an eyebrow. "Under the whole heaven, all land belongs to the king. Your Highness, where do you think we can escape to?"

Li Qiyou was stunned for a moment, and Fang Zilan continued to speak on her own, "Moreover, Your Highness is a married man. If you elope with me, what will become of the two princesses?"
“I…” Li Qiyou opened his mouth, but before he could defend himself, Fang Zilan continued, “Today, Your Highness can disregard the two princesses for my sake. In the future, you can also abandon me for someone else.”

"I won't!" Li Qiyou pulled Fang Zilan into his arms without further ado. "Besides you, I will never..." "Your Highness, you are the Jade Prince of Dajing. And I am the third young lady of the Fang family of the Prime Minister's residence." Fang Zilan's expression turned cold as she pushed Li Qiyou away. "People like us are destined to be powerless from birth. Even if you are unwilling to bear the glory and reputation of the Li royal family, I cannot betray the Fang family."

After she finished speaking, she resolutely said, "Your Highness, please leave."

Fang Lihui reached out and poured Warner a cup of tea. "Miss Sassan, would you like to try it?"

Warners didn't take the teacup from Fang Lihui. Instead, he placed his own teacup in front of her and said slowly, "I'm not trying to get information out of you. It's just that the Sassanid family is very strict, so even though Miss Sassanid is involved in the family business, she has never set foot outside Persia. However, I've heard that Miss Sassanid enjoys collecting all sorts of strange and unusual stories from outside Persia, and even sends people to spend a lot of money to buy many foreign items. She also seems quite fascinated by our Great Capital. Therefore, I've made a bold guess, and I hope Miss Sassanid won't take offense."

After he finished speaking, seeing that Warners was wary and silent, he stopped probing and went straight to the point: "I invited Miss Sassan to tea today because of my cousin's matter."

Warners' expression softened slightly, and Fang Lihui continued, "It's true that Miss Sassan and my cousin are mutually in love, but it's also true that your love for each other isn't deep. My cousin is unwilling to give up his position as head of the family for you, and you are unwilling to give up the family's glory for my cousin. Am I right, Miss Sassan?"

Warners remained silent, looking down at the tea in her cup. The vibrant green color, clear and bright, cast a thin shadow over her amber eyes, making it difficult to discern her true thoughts.

“If Miss Sassan doesn’t speak, I’ll take that as a tacit agreement.” Fang Lihui picked up his teacup and took a sip. “However, after this ordeal, I’m afraid Miss Sassan and my cousin’s thoughts have changed again. Miss Sassan has developed a fear of the unknown, while my cousin has developed a do-or-die courage.”

“No wonder Liren kept telling me not to talk to you. You really are good at bewitching people.” Warners raised her head, as if she had become a different person. The hesitation and confusion in her eyes had disappeared without a trace, and it seemed that being dignified and composed was her true nature.

She said coldly, "But you're wrong about one thing. My fear isn't of the unknown, but of Liren."

Fang Lihui asked in surprise, "Are you worried about my cousin?"

Warner stared intently at Fang Lihui, as if he had made a tremendous decision, and said, word by word, "Do you know why my father insisted on Liren marrying into the family? It's because Liren once said that I am more important than his life, but never more important than the Fang family. In his heart, the most important thing has always been the Fang family. If he is forced to give up his position as head of the family and hand the Fang family over to you because of me, how could he be willing to do so?"

"How could I be willing to accept this?" Fang Lihui repeated the last four words, then suddenly laughed. "Miss Sassanid, are you determined to return to Persia and never have anything to do with my cousin again, so we can all go our separate ways?"

“I am different from Liren. I grew up in the glory of my family and enjoyed the power that came with the Sassanid name, but I never bore any responsibility. My father told me that if I did not want to bear the Sassanid name in the future, his money would be enough for me to live well somewhere in the world.” Warners said quietly, his expression serious. “Liren did his best to stand at the top of the Fang family. There is no reason for him to give up for me.”

"Whether there's a reason or not should be decided by my cousin." Fang Lihui still had a smile on his face, but it held a hint of ambiguity. "Moreover, I've heard that Miss Sassan is exceptionally intelligent, a business genius no less than my cousin. Her ruthlessness and decisiveness in the business world are no less than any man's. Could such a person have been trained like that by the head of the Sassan family?"
As he spoke, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and his voice deepened as he said, "You say I'm bewitching people? I think Miss Sassan is the real master of misleading the public."