Shen Qingwu looked at the Crown Prince lightly and said softly, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince's eyes are red after just one meal with you?"

Crown Prince Chu Guandong shook his head awkwardly, but couldn't help but say in his heart: This one meal of yours is enough for others to eat for several days.

"Your Highness, if you do not agree to our engagement, you can ask His Majesty to revoke the marriage. I will never pester you." Shen Qingwu said calmly.

The Crown Prince looked at her in surprise, "You don't want to be the Crown Princess?"

"Do I think it will be useful?" Shen Qingwu asked with a fake smile.

The prince's hands on his knees tightened slightly, and he smiled, "Of course it's useless."

Shen Qingwu nodded. "As long as my engagement with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still valid, then as the future Crown Princess, I will definitely not be bullied by anyone. I will inevitably be a bit arrogant in Kyoto in the future. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."

Crown Prince Chu Guandong, "..."

He looked at Shen Qingwu, "I don't want to bully others by taking advantage of my power."

He didn't want people to think that he, the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, was someone who could be bullied and manipulated at will, but he also didn't want people to say that he, the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, was bullying and oppressing the people.

"If I accidentally hit the wrong person and get into trouble, I hope that the prince, as my future husband and the future monarch of Daxia, can support me." Shen Qingwu ignored him and stated his own request.

Crown Prince Chu Guandong had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Before the wedding, Your Highness the Crown Prince will always have the opportunity to cancel the engagement. After all, from the very beginning, the initiative of all this has been in your hands." Shen Qingwu smiled faintly.

As they were talking, the carriage had already turned into Kaijiang Road where the Shen family lived.

Neighbors were walking around in the streets, and children were selling flowers along the street.

The Prince's carriage was well-known to everyone in Kyoto. People who were planning to visit and play cards or have a drink stopped and saluted when they saw the Prince's carriage.

The carriage stopped in front of the Shen family's gate, and everyone saw the prince get off the carriage first, then stretched out his hand towards the carriage in a gentlemanly manner, and then a woman in red took the prince's hand and slowly got off the carriage.

"Qingwu looks even more beautiful now that she is no longer stupid." A woman couldn't help but sigh.

"I told Shen Qingwu not to paint himself all over the place, it would make him look like a ghost, but he refused to listen. Now he looks really good."

"If she dresses up properly, she can be called the most beautiful woman in Kyoto," said another person.

"That's right. The prince's attitude towards her has changed. He even helped her get off the carriage himself." Someone couldn't help but curl their lips.

"All men are the same." Another person whispered, then quickly pulled his best sister away.

In front of the carriage, the moment Shen Qingwu rested her hand on the prince's hand, many images flashed through her mind.

Someone shouted: In the spring of the 300th year of the Xia calendar, the national defense general Shen Lan colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, and his entire family was exterminated. The Shen family's daughter Qingwu was made a prostitute for the government.

The scene changed, and soon all the members of the Shen family were put on the guillotine, and the blood dyed the long street red.

And below the stage, Zhao Ruyun, with a slightly bulging belly, was smiling with a smug look on her face.

The scene shifted again, showing Crown Prince Chu Guandong. The background was Wangchunlou, the largest brothel in Kyoto. The Crown Prince ordered the madam, "From now on, send Shen Qingwu to the military camp to serve as a prostitute!"

In the corner, Shen Qingwu had a bruised face and nose and still looked stupid.

Across time and space, Shen Qingwu seemed to be looking into the eyes of another Shen Qingwu. Her heart tightened, and she suddenly pulled back her hand that was on the prince's palm as if it had been burned.

The prince curled his fingers into nothingness and looked puzzledly at Shen Qingwu, who had just taken the initiative to let him help her get off the carriage.

As soon as Shen Qingwu stood firm, he took two steps back to distance himself from the prince, and the look in his eyes when he looked at the prince also changed slightly.

If she fails to successfully find her soul that was lost in the human world this time, will she have to face such tragic torture in the near future?

It is now the spring of the 299th year of the Xia calendar, just one year later.

"Your Highness, would you like to come into the mansion and sit for a while?" In the blink of an eye, Shen Qingwu regained his initial confidence and relaxation. When he spoke to people, his almond eyes were slightly curved and a smile played at the corners of his mouth.

"Okay." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince glanced at the person who was still looking at him not far away and responded with a smile.

In the south house of the front yard, Wu Dabao has been waiting for Shen Qingwu to come back.

Early this morning, he drove Shen Qingwu into the palace.

But because the prince was sending him off, he came back early. However, he was still worried, so after parking the carriage, he waited here.

Seeing that Shen Qingwu finally returned safely, Wu Dabao felt relieved and walked forward respectfully.

Shen Qingwu took the prince to the small courtyard for receiving guests and asked someone to invite Shen Hao and Shen Qinglei over.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment. I'm going to go talk to your grandmother first to prevent her from worrying." After arranging things for the crown prince, Shen Qingwu took Wu Dabao away on the pretext of something.

Not long after Shen Qingwu left, Zhao Ruyun bribed the servant in the courtyard and sneaked in.

Zhao Ruyun had already heard that the prince took Shen Qingwu to Wangyue Tower for lunch.

The fire of jealousy burned fiercely in her heart, but she did not dare to make trouble with the prince.

Even if she couldn't become the Crown Princess, even if she was a concubine or even a royal concubine, she had to enter the Crown Prince's Mansion.

She is already the prince's person.

As soon as she entered the room, she burst into tears, "Your Highness, my cousin is back. Does what you said to Yun'er before no longer count?"

Before the prince put down his teacup, Zhao Ruyun tenderly threw herself into his arms.

With the beauty in his arms, so soft and boneless, the prince's hand couldn't help but fall on Zhao Ruyun's slender waist.

The prince hugged her tightly, leaned close to her ear and lowered his voice, "You are quite brave. Shen Qingwu just left and you came in."

"I just miss you too much and am too afraid of losing you." The hot breath burned her ears. Zhao Ruyun dodged delicately, but her small hands hugged the prince's neck to close the distance.

"You can't even do such a small thing, Yun'er. How do you think I should punish you?" The prince exerted force with his hands and placed Zhao Ruyun on the small table next to him. His movements were skillful and full of aggression.

He liked the excitement of being with Zhao Ruyun, and it especially reached its peak at this moment.

Zhao Ruyun's heart was pounding like thunder, her breathing was rapid, her hands trembling slightly as she supported herself on the edge of the table. She spoke in a gentle voice, "Your Highness has the final say. Ru'er is willing to accept any punishment."

"Shen Qingwu was a fool before. She didn't understand even when you and I indulged ourselves in front of her."

"Now that she's not stupid anymore, tell me, if I take you here today, will she find out when she comes back later?"

The prince hooked Zhao Ruyun's belt and asked with a smile.

"Then, Your Highness, are you attracted by my cousin now that she has become beautiful and smart?" Zhao Ruyun felt a surge of crisis in her heart.

She wished Shen Qingwu could witness this scene on the spot, so that the prince would have to let her into the palace.

Zhao Ruyun was anxious.

She doesn't want to live under someone else's roof anymore.

She didn't want to suffer the humiliation of yesterday again.

However, just when she thought the prince would untie her restraints, he let go and the smile on his face disappeared as he stood up.

"Shen Qingwu is not stupid anymore, so why should I settle for second best?" Prince Chu Guandong asked with a half-smile as he looked at the man whose face was quickly filled with disappointment.