After Chen Banjun left, Shi Wuxia also stopped and returned the embroidered shoes of the Princess of Yan to her.

Princess Yan sighed as she looked at the bright red blood on her son's buttocks, and then went to call someone to carry her son to the bed.

Then the son said, "Please, Miss Shi, lend a hand again."

Shi Wuxia glanced at his buttocks. Hmm, that was indeed a bit ruthless. Besides putting on an act for the emperor, he also managed to vent his anger.

To go all the way, he bent down, grabbed Xie Qian's shirt from the back with one hand, and pulled him onto the bed with the other.

Princess Yan closed her eyes, unable to bear looking directly at the scene, yet she couldn't help but peek through a crack.

Xie Qian, on the other hand, accepted it well, and through this incident, he was not too surprised by Shi Wuxia's accusation.

Anyway, he never expected that Shi Wuxia would properly carry him to bed.

After lying down, he said to the Princess Consort of Yan, "Mother, could you please fetch some ointment for me?"

Princess Yan understood; her son was trying to get rid of her.

She desperately wanted to know what had happened to her son, but she also knew he was stubborn and wouldn't tell her if she left him. So she decided to leave and give them time to talk.

When only the two of them were left in the room, Xie Qian turned to look at Shi Wuxia and said, "Thank you for your help earlier, Miss. I suppose His Majesty won't summon me to the palace until I can get out of bed."

There was no time to nod.

Xie Qian then asked, "In your opinion, young lady, won't His Majesty become suspicious?"

He didn't know much about the emperor.

"meeting."

Shi Wuxia was very certain, “Your Emperor of Dayuan is just benevolent, not stupid.”

Xie Qian refused to see the Empress, and their commotion today is illogical.

She had given the emperor a warning; if he still didn't keep an eye on the empress, he would be asking for trouble and would have no choice but to suffer the consequences.

"Alright, nothing else, I should go now."

Hitting people is hard work too; my wrists are sore. I need to go back to the charity hall and have the kids massage them.

Seeing her flick her wrist, Xie Qian felt a little hot as he thought about how a woman had just spanked him. “Miss Shi, although most of the people in the manor are from Yan, there are many people and many gossips. There are also those people from the palace. It’s hard to guarantee that today’s events won’t get out.”

This would damage the young lady's reputation. I, Xie, sincerely wish to marry you; please consider it.

Shi Wuxia glanced at him and said, "Now you know to consider my reputation. My godfather said that those things are neither food nor clothing. If I don't care, no one can bind me with those rules and regulations."

However, if you are less calculating towards me, and one day truly want to spend your life with me, I will reconsider.

This person looks thin, but is actually quite strong when you touch them. Hmm, she likes people with good figures.

Xie Qian, unaware that someone was lusting after a beautiful woman, said with shame, "It was my despicable act, but I will seriously consider what you say, young lady."

Seeing that his attitude was good and he was willing to talk to him, Shi Wuxia asked, "Can you really tell if someone is approaching by smell?"

Xie Qian nodded, "Yes."

Thinking that he had no time to help him, he explained in more detail, "I was sick when I was sent to the Prince of Yan's mansion. At that time, the Prince of Dingyuan noticed that things were not peaceful in the mansion, and my mother wanted to divorce my father because she could not give birth to an heir for him. My father disagreed and asked his friend, the Prince of Dingyuan, for help."

The Prince of Dingyuan, wanting to save my life, gave me to my father to be his son. Under the careful care of my father and mother, my health gradually improved, but I developed a problem with my sense of smell; I could smell odors that ordinary people couldn't detect.

As he grew up, many women wanted to enter his harem and try to get close to him. The scent of their cosmetics and even their body odor bothered him greatly.

Shi Wuxia smelled very clean, which was one of the reasons, besides his scheming, for wanting to marry her.

If you're going to get married anyway, at least you should marry someone whose nose and stomach won't suffer.

He continued, "After Li Heng's crimes were exposed, I suspected that I was not sick back then, but was poisoned by the steward. Unfortunately, no doctor I consulted could find the problem."

Shi Wuxia was a skilled doctor. Hearing this, he became curious and placed his fingers on the man's wrist, then leaned over to examine his other hand.

She frowned slightly. "The pulse is indeed abnormal, but I can't diagnose the problem right now. When my godfather returns, he will surely be able to see the truth."

Xie Qian smiled and said, "It's alright if there's no doctor. I've gotten used to it over the years."

However, my overly sensitive sense of smell has indeed caused me a lot of trouble. When I was young, I couldn't even eat normally or sleep normally.

I am not a child of the Helian family, and I should not have to bear all this. As a junior, I should not question the ancestral agreement to exchange children.

But since they have already sent me away and given their parental love to Prince Ning, they shouldn't expect me to come back.

Otherwise, what about all the years of careful nurturing I received from my father and mother? What about all the medicine I ate and all the suffering I endured?

If it weren't for Prince Dingyuan sending me to my father and mother, I would probably have ended up like the other children in the Helian family, a pile of bones.

I am but an ordinary mortal; I cannot be so magnanimous as to openly and without reservation embrace them and acknowledge them as family. I know the advantages of power, but I am also pragmatic.

He reiterated his loyalty and said he would not covet anything that belonged to the Crown Prince.

Shi Wuxia nodded, "I will inform my brother-in-law of these letters. The Empress's side will likely be difficult to calm down. You should be aware of this."

The Empress was indeed restless. Upon hearing that Xie Qian was injured, she cried to the Emperor, "Why did Shi Wuxia have to get involved in this matter? Could it be that the Crown Prince hates me and doesn't want us to see each other? Is he worried that his younger brother will compete with him for something?"

In the past, when the emperor showed concern for the empress, he would have advised her not to overthink things. But today, the emperor asked, "Have you ever thought about competing with the crown prince for her?"

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