"Oh, by the way, you don't need to go to my brother. If he didn't know, he wouldn't have been in such a hurry to issue an imperial decree to bestow marriage upon us."
"Your Zhao family has gone too far!" Shen Hanshan's eyes burned with raging anger.
Zhao Zhi stepped forward with a grin, put her hands on his shoulders, and said, "How could it be that our Zhao family is going too far? This is clearly to continue the Shen family's lineage!"
Shen Hanshan angrily brushed her hands away and turned to walk out.
As he reached the door, he realized he hadn't yet addressed the important matter. "It seems Your Highness was aware beforehand that Yun Li was using Chaoyang County as a rear warehouse. However, there's one more thing I must remind Your Highness of: Yun Shu is ruthless. If he knew that the eldest princess of Da Xuan was aiding his rival, he might do you a disservice."
“I am just a woman who never leaves my home. How could he possibly interfere in your heavily guarded Prince Rui’s mansion?” Zhao Zhi said dismissively. “If something were to happen to me in the mansion, shouldn’t the prince consort be the one who is worried?”
"My good intentions have been taken for granted!" Shen Hanshan stormed off in a huff.
Shen Hanshan didn't come looking for Zhao Zhi again all day.
Zhao Zhian quietly studied military books all day.
Dinner was also eaten in their own courtyard.
Du Heng waited until it was completely dark, but no one from the Princess's courtyard came to invite his prince to dinner.
He thought to himself, "Last night, the prince must have been dissatisfied with no one, Princess. No wonder they weren't even allowed to eat dinner together. The prince can forget about sleeping with her tonight."
Later that evening, as expected, no one in Fenglaiyi Courtyard summoned Shen Hanshan to serve the emperor.
Du Heng and Su Mu stared at each other in Shen Hanshan's study for half the night, neither daring to remind him about going to Fenglaiyi Courtyard.
The next day, Zhao Zhi dressed up early, waiting to go to the palace with Shen Hanshan to express their gratitude.
The Prince Rui's Mansion is neither too far nor too close to the Imperial Palace.
The two set off at dawn, when the morning light was just beginning to break and the fog was thick.
Zhao Zhi, wearing a veil, sat in the sedan chair with her hands folded over her abdomen, dozing off.
Shen Hanshan sat next to her, closing his eyes to rest.
Both of them had their own thoughts on their minds.
Zhao Zhi thought that Cui Shenghe had clearly promised to come and pick her up on the second day of the wedding, but it was already the third day and he still hadn't come.
Shen Hanshan was thinking about how to bring up his divorce from the eldest princess with Zhao Yi.
The carriage rumbled and slowly moved forward.
The surrounding scenery gradually became clear in the dim light, yet remained hazy due to the fog.
Suddenly, the birds took flight in fright, and several dark figures darted out of the roadside woods like ghosts, heading straight for the carriage.
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