Xie Ruiyao was moved.
Deeply moved.
She simply couldn't resist such a huge temptation.
The moment she thought she might become the Princess consort to Chu, might become Xiao Jinsen's official wife, she found herself completely unable to refuse Ye Qichi.
For her.
Even if it was risky, even if it meant failure, even if after failing she had to face unthinkable consequences, she still felt that all of that paled in comparison to the possibility of her becoming the Princess consort to Chu.
Her yearning was clearly visible to Ye Qichi.
The reason he could propose a collaboration to Xie Ruiyao, despite barely knowing her, was because he knew her personality all too well; he knew that compared to the chance of becoming the Princess consort to Chu, she could accept anything else. In the original text, she had been unscrupulous to the extreme in her efforts to become Xiao Jinsen's woman, employing despicable tactics that were too disgraceful to behold.
The point is.
