Chapter 105: Your Highness, Do You Understand?
Shang Xi put the box away and said, "Let's eat first. You can teach me after breakfast, okay?"
Xiao Ning nodded when he heard that.
She was a little hungry...
Shang Xi shouted "Someone come here" outside, and then maids pushed open the door and came in one after another, carrying all kinds of toiletries.
Xiao Ning: “…”
So she searched for a long time last night, but where did the person hide?
Before Xiao Ning could ask, Furong spoke first and asked her to go to the side room to wash up.
After Shang Xi finished washing and dressing, the two sat down at the dining table in the small hall, and breakfast was brought to the table one by one.
"Try this, it tastes very good..."
"And this..."
Shang Xi picked up some food for Xiao Ning, and Xiao Ning hurriedly took the bowl to take it, "Thank you..."
Furong, who was supposed to be responsible for serving the dishes, looked at her master happily serving Xiao Ning and couldn't help looking up at the sky.
Is this still the master she knows?
After dinner, Xiao Ning taught Shang Xi how to use the sleeve crossbow in the yard.
She picked up the crossbow and helped Shang Xi secure it at his wrist.
During the process, Xiao Ning almost held him in her arms. Her scent covered him, and her warm fingertips scratched his arm from time to time.
Shang Xi's back was tense and he dared not move.
My ears couldn't help but feel hot.
His mind was not on the crossbow at all.
Xiao Ning muttered to himself for a long time, and when he turned around, he found Shang Xi in a daze.
Xiao Ning: “…”
The corners of her mouth twitched, and she was speechless: "Your Highness, do you understand?"
Shang Xi came back to his senses and pretended to be calm: "There are some things I don't quite understand. Can you please say it again?"
Xiao Ning let go of him, put his hands on the table, and said speechlessly: "Your Highness, if you don't listen carefully, it will be useless if I tell you ten times."
Shang Xi: “…”
He pursed his lips awkwardly, still pretending to be calm and arguing, "I was listening, but I just didn't understand some parts."
Xiao Ning: “…”
Have you heard it or not? How could I not know it?
Xiao Ning glared at Shang Xi and moved closer to explain to him again.
This time, Shang Xi tried hard to ignore the feeling of her fingertips moving across his skin, as well as the strange feeling of pleasure that occasionally came from the contact of their skin, and listened carefully to her explanation of how to use the sleeve crossbow.
"Do you understand this time?" Xiao Ning asked.
Shang Xi nodded.
Xiao Ning stood behind him, stretched his arm over his shoulder, pointed at the wind chime hanging under the eaves, and said, "See it? Shoot it."
Her lips were close to his ear, and the hot breath she exhaled while speaking sprayed on the base of his ear, making him shudder.
Xiao Ning felt it and looked at him strangely.
"What's wrong?"
“No, nothing…”
Xiao Ning looked at Shang Xi suspiciously, stepped back a little, and signaled him to continue since he was fine.
Shang Xi nodded, and followed the method Xiao Ning had just taught him. He pointed his sleeve at that place and turned the mechanism next to it. With a "whoosh", a crossbow arrow flew out from his sleeve and headed straight for the wind chime.
It was a bit off and only hit the tail end of the wind chime.
However, Xiao Ning still gave praise without hesitation: "Princess, you are amazing! You can hit the target on your first try!"
Shang Xi: “…”
I don’t know why, but when I heard her praise like this before, I just thought it was exaggerated. But now, when I hear it, my heart feels as sweet as if it were filled with honey.
The corners of his lips couldn't help but rise.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, adjusted the angle, aimed at the wind chime under the eaves, re-triggered the mechanism, and shot an arrow.
This time the wind chimes shattered.
When it falls to the ground, it sounds like pearls and jade falling on a plate, tinkling and donging, which is extremely pleasant.
Xiao Ning exclaimed: "This voice is really beautiful."
Then……
Shang Xi shot down the few pitiful wind chimes hanging under the eaves one by one.
Xiao Ning: “…”
Furong: “…”
I have to say, her master really has the potential to be a tyrant...
The beads on this wind chime are made of jade!
A wind chime is worth hundreds of taels, thousands of taels of real gold and silver were shattered by him just like that...
However, the person involved was not aware of it at all. He tilted his head to look at Xiao Ning and asked with a smile: "How is it? Do you like it? Do you want to listen more..."
Xiao Ning looked at Shang Xi with an indescribable expression.
The sound was pleasant, and she really liked it, but she couldn't be so loud...
She laughed dryly twice, avoiding Furong's resentful gaze, and said, "I don't want to listen anymore, I don't want to listen anymore..."
Shang Xi raised his arm and looked at the empty sleeve crossbow. The corners of his lips curled up unconsciously, and he said to Xiao Ning: "Thank you, Xiao Yanqing, I like this gift very much!"
Xiao Ning also smiled: "As long as you like it."
The maid picked up the arrow shot by Shang Xi and placed it on the table.
Xiao Ning said: "Now you pretend it yourself, let me see."
Shang Xi nodded and deftly loaded the short arrow into his sleeve crossbow.
"Not bad, Your Highness the Princess is indeed smart and learns things quickly."
Xiao Ning still did not hesitate to praise.
Shang Xi blushed at the compliment and whispered, "You're just a chatterbox..."
Xiao Ning smiled and said, "Alright, it's getting late. I should go back to the Marquis' Mansion. After all, I'm still in mourning..."
Shang Xi stood up and said, "I'll go back with you. It's a good opportunity to burn some incense for my grandfather..."
Xiao Ning did not refuse. After all, as the old marquis's nominal granddaughter-in-law, it was her duty to burn incense and observe mourning.
The two of them took a carriage back to the marquis's mansion.
The spirit tablet was placed in the courtyard where the old marquis lived during his lifetime.
The two went in together.
Except for the old lady, everyone else is here.
Seeing Xiao Ning and Shang Xi come in together, the others quickly stood up and greeted them with a smile.
In the past, if Xiao Ning was late, he would definitely be attacked by everyone. But now, even if he stayed outside at night, no one dared to ask any questions.
Xiao Ning and Shang Xi stepped forward, and Xiao Xun quickly packed the incense and handed it to them.
The two men bowed and knelt in front of the old marquis's spirit tablet, lit incense and burned paper.
After everyone talked for a while, they followed the old custom and left someone to guard the place while the others were allowed to leave on their own.
Today it is the turn of the fourth room to be on duty.
On the way, Shang Xi said to Xiao Ning, "The old lady has been ill for some time. Now that I'm here, it's only natural that I should go and pay my respects to her. Come with me."
Xiao Ning nodded when he heard this, "Okay, I'll go with you."
After all, they have been married for several years. After the old marquis passed away, the old lady fell ill. Although she is better now, she still needs to rely on medicine for nourishment.
When she heard the servants report that the prince and princess came to pay their respects, she was a little surprised, but soon her eyes darkened and she said calmly, "Let them in."
Seeing Shang Xi, the old lady wanted to stand up. Shang Xi hurried forward to support her, with a polite smile on his face: "Old lady, you are still sick, lie down quickly..."
"I came to burn incense for the old marquis today. I heard from the servants that you are better now, so I came to see you..."
The old lady also smiled, and saw that she and the princess were actually getting along well. "Thanks to the princess, I'm much better now. But it's just like that with old age. Illness comes like a mountain, and goes like a thread. I'm useless now..."
Xiao Ning sat next to them and watched the two of them perform their acting skills.
She actually didn't quite understand. At first, he was reluctant to come when she begged the princess to come. Now, not only did he come on his own initiative, but he also wanted to be comprehensive. In the past, Her Royal Highness the Princess would only become well-mannered and polite when meeting the Emperor and Empress.
Why could Shang Xi do that?
Naturally, they were worried that the old marquis had just passed away, and that Xiao Ning's reputation as an unfilial grandmother would spread in the mansion.
Although Xiao Ning didn't care about these false reputations, he didn't want to hear those bad remarks.
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