Chapter 109: Suffering

"Miss... let's go."

Xi Yue lowered her head and murmured softly.

"No...no."

"What do you mean, 'no', miss?"

Seeing Shen Ruolan talking to herself, Xi Yue almost cried.

Although life wasn't easy in the Shen family before, at most she was just looked down upon, but she was never beaten. Her face still stung.

"Your Highness can only be mine."

Shen Ruolan raised her head, and the dim sky made her somewhat distorted face look particularly ferocious.

After a moment, she smiled, as if nothing had happened. "Let's go, we should prepare the congratulatory gift."

"What gift?"

"Naturally, it is a greeting and gift for the Crown Princess."

Her tone rose slightly at the end, carrying a deeper meaning, but Xi Yue couldn't guess what that meaning was.

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Yuan Siyin woke up in a swaying carriage. It was very quiet around her, with only the squeaking of the wheels rolling over the snow.

The candle burned quietly. Yuan Fuqing was fast asleep on the wooden table, while Ziyuan was embroidering by the candlelight.

She rubbed her sleepy eyes and propped herself up on her elbows: "Zi Yuan... what time is it?"

"It's almost 7 PM, Miss."

Seeing that she was awake, Ziyuan quickly put down her needlework, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to her: "We'll arrive at your residence in about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. Would you like to sleep a little longer?"

Yuan Siyin sat up, took the porcelain cup, held it in her hands, and gently shook her head.

Aside from feeling sore and weak in my wrists, I didn't feel any other discomfort.

"Has anything significant happened tonight?"

After hesitating for a long time, she looked at Zi Yuan.

Zi Yuan did not go into the palace with her, but waited outside the palace. So if she heard any rumors, it meant that things had really gotten out of hand.

"this……"

Zi Yuan hesitated, as if she had something difficult to say.

Yuan Siyin's heart sank.

"Tell me, I can handle it."

She closed her eyes tightly, shrank into the corner of the carriage, and covered her chest, waiting for Zi Yuan to tell her the bombshell news that she had harassed Yu Shiyan.

"His Highness the Crown Prince... is a homosexual."

"I knew it... Huh? Huh?!"

Yuan Siyin nearly jumped up and hit her head: "Yu Yuanchao? Homosexuality?!"

Yuan Fuqing was a little disturbed and hummed a couple of times, so Yuan Siyin had to cover her mouth and lower her voice.

"What happened?"

She did hear Yu Yuanchao's voice, but it was Yu Shiyan who came in.

How did things develop from a perfectly good situation to Yu Yuanchao's homosexuality?

Was she dreaming?

It must be true. Yu Shiyan would rather grind her to dust than take the initiative to get close to her.

"I don't know the specific servants either."

Zi Yuan shook her head, quite calmly, "But we should know by tomorrow morning, after all, we've offended the second young master of the Lin family."

The person who strayed from his marriage was none other than Lin Wanxian, a minor character in a casual relationship?

Yuan Siyin sat up straight again, trying to calm herself down.

Never mind, it's good that she's not the one who suffers.

The dream was just too real, so much so that she still blushed when she recalled that dreamlike memory.

"By the way, after Young Master Si saw you out, he asked me to tell you that he had some things to take care of and wouldn't be coming back with you."

The carriage gradually slowed down. Yuan Siyin lifted the curtain and saw that the Yuan residence was brightly lit not far away. "What's wrong with him? Why isn't he home on New Year's Eve?"

He wouldn't have gone looking for Qi Xinxin, would he?

"They didn't say what to do, they just told Miss to come back in peace."