Chapter 248: Chapter 186: Prince, you wouldn’t want your secrets to be known by your women, would you?_i

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

She was dressed in a close-fitting, cyan long dress that tightly wrapped around her graceful figure, fully accentuating her slender and curvaceous body.

Lu Chen glanced at Chu Qingli and used the system to detect her favorability, discovering that her favorability towards him had already reached ninety-nine.

After Chu Qingli’s arrival at the Prince’s Mansion, she had been staying there and drinking Dragon and Phoenix Tea every day, so it wasn’t surprising that her favorability had soared to ninety-nine.

Yet…

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

He had encountered many icy beauties, Bai Qingqing was one, Chen Wanrong was another, even though they all exuded a cold temperament, he didn’t feel that distant rejection from them.

However, in front of Chu Qingli, he had this feeling. Was it his own delusion? At that moment, Chu Qingli looked at Lu Chen with cold eyes and said, “Prince,

I already know about those things you’ve done.”

Hearing this, Lu Chen froze.

What did Chu Qingli mean by that?

What did she mean by knowing about the things he had done?

It was like a constable saying to a wrongdoer, “Your deeds have caught up with you, come with us.”

Regaining his senses, Lu Chen asked with a puzzled face, “Qingli, what do you mean by that?”

Seeing Lu Chen pretending to be oblivious, Chu Qingli thought he was feeling guilty and went straight to the point, “I already know why all the women in the Prince’s Mansion like the Prince so much.”

“Prince, you wouldn’t want your secret to be known by your women, would you?”

This…

Confronted with Chu Qingli’s icy expression, Lu Chen was momentarily at a loss for words.

Was Chu Qingli threatening him?

Although it didn’t sound like it, the way she spoke was indeed threatening.

Lu Chen slightly furrowed his brow.

Chu Qingli said she knew why the women of the Prince’s Mansion liked him; could it be that she knew about the effects of the Dragon and Phoenix Tea?

The Dragon and Phoenix Tea could foster marital affection and increase the favorability of the women in the inner court of the Prince’s Mansion towards him. If Chu Qingli knew about the effects of Dragon and Phoenix Tea, she would most likely think that the women’s affection for him was all due to the tea.

However, so far, he seemed to have only discussed the effects of the Dragon and Phoenix Tea with Mu Zixuan, so how could Chu Qingli possibly know about it?

Could it be that this world also had the Dragon Phoenix Tree, and Chu Qingli had seen one before?

With this thought, Lu Chen looked at Chu Qingli’s frosty face and then said, “Oh? You know my secret? I am quite curious to hear what sort of secret you think you know about me.”

If it had been earlier, Lu Chen would indeed have been afraid of the effects of the Dragon and Phoenix Tea being known by his other women, but now all the women in the inner court of the mansion were united with him, and he was not worried that they would find out about the tea’s effects.

So what if they knew? All their favorability was already at one hundred, and the high level of affection they had for him was not solely because of Dragon and Phoenix Tea.

The Dragon and Phoenix Tea was just a seasoning, merely a catalyst for promoting affection. The real enhancement of feelings happened when they were physically close to each other.

So Chu Qingli’s words didn’t threaten Lu Chen at all.

However, Lu Chen was somewhat curious as to what Chu Qingli was trying to achieve by saying this.

Or perhaps her arranging to meet me alone was to obtain something from me. Seeing Lu Chen seemingly trying to test whether she really didn’t know, Chu Qingli simply stopped playing cryptic and said directly, “The reason those women of the Prince are so obedient to him is because he used hypnosis on them, including my sister.”

“Without hypnosis, they wouldn’t be so fond of the Prince.”

Eh…

Hearing Chu Qingli say this, Lu Chen understood that she was purely guessing, and by chance guessed correctly, although she hadn’t figured out the real reason.

Lu Chen subsequently revealed a hint of a smile. Although Chu Qingli hadn t guessed the real reason, he still planned to tease her.

Then Lu Chen said with a smile, “Since you’ve found out, what would you like to do about it?”

“Your request for a private talk indicates you have conditions. Speak, what do you want in exchange for keeping my secret?”

Hearing Lu Chen’s apparent admission, Chu Qingli thought to herself, sure enough, this man can use hypnosis, and her sister had been hypnotized by him. Since he has admitted it, so much the better.

Now that she held this man’s weakness in her hands, she didn’t believe he would ignore his own reputation and forcibly keep her sister in North Prince Mansion.

Chu Qingli then said, “Lift my sister’s hypnosis, let her leave North Prince Mansion, and I will pretend I never knew anything.”

Hearing this, Lu Chen chuckled, no wonder Chu Qingli came looking for him – it was still about Chu Yuqin.

After laughing, Lu Chen looked at Chu Qingli’s beautiful cold countenance and said, “Qingli, do you think that’s possible?”

“I was raised by Madam Chu since I was a child; do you think she would leave me? Regardless of whether I can use hypnosis or not, Madam Chu will never leave me. You should give up on that thought.”

Chu Qingli threatened, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll expose your secret?”

Lu Chen responded indifferently, “If you want to tell others, then go ahead. It’s not like my reputation is that good anyway.”

Hearing Lu Chen’s shameless words, Chu Qingli was temporarily stunned.

Right, how could she have forgotten that? The North Prince was already seen as a man of no learning and immersed in lust.

Even if she disclosed the North Prince’s secret, it wouldn’t impact him greatly. It was a ruin to begin with; there’s no talking of collapse. This would only further solidify Lu Chen’s image as a licentious man in the people’s hearts. Moreover, even if the women of the Prince’s Mansion found out they had been hypnotized by a lecherous man, they might not think it’s absurd.

Those under hypnosis wouldn’t believe they had been hypnotized; they’d only think the person claiming so is out of their mind.

However, Chu Qingli was not willing to let it go just like that. She still wanted to save her sister – how could she just let it be?

Chu Qingli then asked, “What will it take for you to release my sister?” Hearing this question, Lu Chen put on a pensive look, contemplating for a while.

Then, his gaze scanned over Chu Qingli’s beautiful, cold face. After a while, Lu Chen spoke, “If you want me to lift the hypnosis on Madam Chu, I can agree to that.”

“It’s just that…”

As he said this, Lu Chen’s gaze once again swept over Chu Qingli’s entire body. He hadn’t thought of conquering Chu Qingli so quickly these recent days, but since Chu Qingli herself came to offer, he couldn’t be blamed.