His Highness the Crown Prince Always Wants to Marry Me

Chapter 385: Open Conspiracy and Sowing Discord

The handsome man and petite woman found that Yu Qing Qian was rather difficult to deal with. It was rare to find such calmness at such an age.

Many geniuses with excellent talents in the Holy Academy often demonstrated an unruly attitude, but they couldn’t detect this kind of inflated self-confidence from Yu Qing Qian.

“Junior Sister Yu is a smart person. You should be able to guess that someone is adding fuel behind the scenes to push the news.”

The handsome man paused, then continued: “We, the Seven Swordsmasters, did want to face you but the rumours about stepping on you are absolutely ridiculous. This also shows the sinister intentions of the people behind it. I hope Junior Sister won’t be fooled.”

“Then Senior Brother wants to resolve the misunderstanding and conflict with me?” Yu Qing Qian raised an eyebrow and asked with folded arms.

The handsome man laughed and said: “Junior Sister is indeed a smart person. We have no grudges nor enmity between each other to begin with, so why should we be tricked by someone with malicious intentions?

“Of course, it’s our fault before, so I hope Junior Sister Yu will be forgiving, but now we truly want to befriend Junior Sister.”

The talent and strength that Yu Qing Qian revealed just now shocked the handsome man and petite woman. Whether the seven of them could suppress Yu Qing Qian or not, there was no need to hold a grudge against each other.

It was better not to offend such a person and the two of them felt that it was best to be on good terms with her.

Yu Qing Qian was silent for a moment, then said: “Since Senior Brother has said it like this, then I’ll take a step back too. However, if we face each other during the challenge, then that can just be regarded as a simple competition and exchanging pointers between each other.”

Yu Qing Qian’s meaning was very obvious. It was always fine to compete a bit, but just don’t become enemies in the future.

She actually didn’t like to cause trouble and create grudges with others, and she wouldn’t let the people pushing from behind succeed either. After this, she believed that the Seven Swordsmasters would know how to choose allies.

The handsome man felt relieved when he heard what Yu Qing Qian said—as long as they didn’t become enemies.

“Junior Sister is really as refreshing as the rumours.” The handsome man thought for a bit, then said: “Junior Sister, if you’re not making a contract with the Golden Ginseng, then can you sell it to me?”

“It’s not that I can’t sell it.” Yu Qing Qian saw the joy on the handsome man’s face and changed her tone: “But the Golden Ginseng is somewhat useful to me, and the grade is higher than the spiritual plants I’ve sold before. If you want to buy it, the price won’t just be a thousand spiritual jade.”

“Of course, how could I allow Junior Sister to suffer a loss. Just say the price, and if it’s within my tolerance, then I’ll make this trade.” The handsome man really needed the Golden Ginseng, and it’d definitely be impossible to buy such a spiritual plant outside.

“Three thousand spiritual jade, no second price. If you want it, take it, if you don’t want it, forget it.” Yu Qing Qian said nonchalantly.

It clearly didn’t matter much to her whether she sold it or not.

The handsome man smiled bitterly when he heard that Yu Qing Qian wanted such a high price. It seemed that this Junior Sister was still angry about what happened before.

The handsome man took out three thousand spiritual jade and handed it to Yu Qing Qian, “Junior Sister, this is three thousand spiritual jade.”

Three thousand spiritual jade was indeed expensive to buy an advanced-level spiritual plant, but the handsome man was in great need for the Golden Ginseng. If he missed out on this plant, he may miss out on it for life. In addition, it could be regarded as some compensation for his previous contempt towards Yu Qing Qian, so he didn’t hesitate.

“Senior Brother is a smart man.” Yu Qing Qian accepted the spiritual jade and handed the box containing the Golden Ginseng to the handsome man, openly provoking: “If that news didn’t spread, I might’ve sold it to Senior Brother without even needing two thousand spiritual jade. Now Senior Brother spent an extra one thousand spiritual jade, that’s all due to the credit of the people behind it.”

The handsome man chuckled: “Junior Sister is correct, us Seven Swordsmasters naturally wouldn’t be so lenient towards those people behind the instigating.”

Even if they knew that this was an open conspiracy, but they still had to jump into it. It felt uncomfortable to be plotted against by others. Since they had decided to befriend Yu Qing Qian, they could only vent their anger on those who spread those rumours.