Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Chapter 186 Your Highness, you don't want your secrets to be known by your women, do you?

At this moment, Chu Qingli stood in the study, her expression indifferent, seemingly radiating a cold aura.

She wore a form-fitting light blue dress that clung tightly to her graceful figure, perfectly highlighting her slender curves.

Lu Chen glanced at Chu Qingli and used the system to check her favorability rating, discovering that Chu Qingli's favorability rating towards him was already ninety-nine.

After Chu Qingli arrived at the Prince's Mansion, she stayed there and drank Dragon and Phoenix Tea every day. It's not surprising that her favorability rating towards her increased to ninety-nine.

only……

For some reason, Lu Chen always felt that Chu Qingli harbored some kind of malice towards him.

He had met many icy beauties, Bai Qingqing was one, and Chen Wanrong was another. Although they both exuded a cold temperament, Lu Chen could not sense that they were aloof.

Was it just his imagination that he had this feeling in front of Chu Qingli?

At this moment, Chu Qingli looked coldly into Lu Chen's eyes and said, "Your Highness, I already know what you've done."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen was completely stunned.

What is Chu Qingli saying?

What does it mean to know what he did?

This is like a constable saying to a bad guy, "Your case is exposed, come with us now."

After regaining his senses, Lu Chen asked with a puzzled look, "Qingli, what do you mean by that?"

Seeing that Lu Chen was pretending not to know anything, Chu Qingli thought that Lu Chen was feeling guilty, so she said directly, "I already know why the women in the Prince's mansion like the Prince so much."

"Your Highness, you wouldn't want your secrets to be known by your women, would you?"

This……

Seeing Chu Qingli's icy expression, Lu Chen was momentarily speechless.

Is Chu Qingli threatening him?

Although the tone is not right, this way of speaking is a way of threatening someone.

Lu Chen frowned slightly.

Chu Qingli said she already knew why the women in the Prince's mansion liked him. Could it be that Chu Qingli knew the effects of the Dragon and Phoenix Tea?

Dragon and Phoenix Tea can cultivate marital affection and increase the favorability of the women in the inner courtyard of the Prince's Mansion towards him. If Chu Qingli knew the effects of Dragon and Phoenix Tea, she would most likely think that the women in the inner courtyard of the Prince's Mansion liked him because of Dragon and Phoenix Tea.

However, so far, he seems to have only told Mu Zixuan about the effects of the Dragon and Phoenix Tea. How could Chu Qingli possibly know?

Could it be that there are dragon and phoenix trees in this world, and that Chu Qingli has seen a dragon and phoenix tree before?

Thinking of this, Lu Chen looked at Chu Qingli's icy face and said, "Oh? You know my secret? Then I'd like to hear it. What secret do you know?"

At the beginning, Lu Chen was indeed afraid that the effects of the Dragon and Phoenix Tea would be known to his other women. Now that the women in the inner courtyard of the Prince's Mansion are all of one mind with him, he is not worried at all about the effects of the Dragon and Phoenix Tea being known to his other women.

So what if they know? Anyway, their favorability rating is already 100. The reason why his women have such a high favorability rating towards him is not just because of the Dragon and Phoenix Tea.

Dragon and Phoenix Tea is just a flavoring agent, a catalyst to enhance their relationship. What truly strengthens their bond is the physical intimacy they share.

Therefore, Chu Qingli's words did not threaten Lu Chen at all.

Lu Chen was just a little curious about what Chu Qingli was trying to do by saying that.

Or perhaps she came to meet him alone because she wanted something from him.

Seeing that Lu Chen seemed to be testing whether she really didn't know, Chu Qingli simply stopped playing the riddle and said directly, "The reason why the prince's women are so obedient to him is because the prince used hypnosis on them, including my sister."

"If it weren't for hypnosis, they wouldn't like the prince so much."

amount……

Hearing Chu Qingli's words, Lu Chen understood that Chu Qingli was just guessing blindly, and that she had stumbled upon the truth. However, she hadn't guessed the real reason.

Lu Chen then smiled. Although Chu Qingli hadn't guessed the real reason, Lu Chen still intended to tease her.

Lu Chen then said with a smile, "Now that you know, what do you want?"

"You want to talk to me alone, which means you have conditions. Tell me, how do you want me to keep my secret from being revealed?"

Hearing Lu Chen seemingly admit it, Chu Qingli thought to herself, "Sure enough, this man knows hypnosis. My sister was hypnotized by this man."

It's good that he admitted it.

Now that she had leverage over this man, she didn't believe he would disregard his reputation and force her sister to stay in the Northern Prince's Mansion.

Chu Qingli then said, "Release my sister's hypnosis and let her leave the Northern Prince's Mansion, and I will pretend I never knew about this."

Hearing this, Lu Chen chuckled. No wonder Chu Qingli came to find him; it turned out it was all for Chu Yuqin.

Lu Chen smiled slightly, then looked at Chu Qingli's cold and beautiful face and said, "Qingli, do you think that's possible?"

"I was raised by Aunt Chu since I was a child. Do you think Aunt Chu would leave me? No matter whether I have hypnosis skills or not, Aunt Chu would never leave me. You should just give up on that idea."

Chu Qingli threatened, "Aren't you afraid I'll tell everyone about your affairs?"

Lu Chen said calmly, "Go ahead and tell everyone if you want. My reputation isn't exactly great anyway."

Hearing Lu Chen's shameless words, Chu Qingli was slightly taken aback.

Oh right, how could she forget that? The Northern King is an ignorant and lecherous man who is obsessed with beautiful women.

Even if I reveal the secret of the Northern King, it won't have much of an impact on him.

It was already a ruin, so there was no question of a building collapsing. This only further solidified Lu Chen's image as a lecherous man in the eyes of the people.

Moreover, even if the women in the Prince's mansion knew that they had been hypnotized by this lecherous man, they probably wouldn't think it was nonsense.

People who are hypnotized are in a hypnotic state, so how could they possibly think they have been hypnotized? They would only think that the person who suggested they were hypnotized is mentally unstable.

However, Chu Qingli was unwilling to let it go so easily. She still had to save her sister, so how could she just give up like that?

Then Chu Qingli said, "What will it take for you to release my sister?"

Upon hearing this question, Lu Chen pretended to be thinking and pondered for a while.

His gaze then swept over Chu Qingli's cold and beautiful face. After a while, Lu Chen finally spoke, "If you want me to lift the hypnosis on Aunt Chu, I can agree to it."

"But..."

At this point, Lu Chen glanced at Chu Qingli's entire body once more.

He hadn't expected to win over Chu Qingli so quickly recently, but since Chu Qingli was so eager to please him, he had no choice but to accept it.

(End of this chapter)