"Once he takes this elixir, let's see how much reason Xia Siheng has left."
Xie Jinqian's lips curved slightly as he turned his gaze toward Commandery Princess Yan'er.
Commandery Princess Yan'er was a little worried. "What did you give the Ninth Prince?"
She wanted to marry Xia Siheng, but she certainly did not want to hurt him.
"Just an elixir that temporarily strips him of his internal energy and reason, with a little aphrodisiac effect thrown in. Whether you can have him next depends on your own abilities."
Xie Jinqian's expression remained utterly composed.
He had already helped her this much. If Commandery Princess Yan'er still failed, she would be more than merely foolish.
Commandery Princess Yan'er set her teacup down hard on the table, spilling a little tea, and said with a smile,
"I'm nothing like those coy, sheltered women of Great Xia. If I don't even dare make a move on the man I like, how could I still call myself bold and spirited?"
With that, she rose and walked out of the private room.
After she left.
Not only did Xie Jinqian show no admiration, but he looked at her cup of tea with eyes full of disgust.
"Second Master, she's a commandery princess of a nation. Can she really lower herself to do something so improper?"
Jing Feng asked.
In his twenty years of life, he had never seen a woman dare do such a thing.
To the women of the Great Xia Dynasty, reputation was no different from life itself.
"There's no need to worry. Before agreeing to work with her, I specifically looked into her. This won't be the first time she's stepped out of line."
"Last time, she draped her arm around a man's shoulders in the street, calling him 'brother' at every