Chapter 80
Shen Qingnian took the medicine from Xiao Ju's hand, waved for her to leave, and then smiled at Song Xuan: "My body is fine. After I fell into the water last time, my father invited the physician to prescribe some nourishing medicine for me. Your Highness need not worry."
After saying that, she drank the medicine in her hand in one gulp. The bitter taste spread in her mouth, but she did not frown at all.
Song Xuan strode over to the table, poured her a cup of tea, and made her drink a sip to suppress the bitter taste in her mouth.
After Shen Qingnian drank the tea, Song Xuan took the initiative to say, "Qingnian, Lin Yue'er has been exiled to the border. She can no longer hurt you."
The process of exile was extremely arduous, and it was uncertain whether they would even make it to the border alive. For Lin Yue'er, this journey was fraught with uncertainty, and she would suffer even more torment.
Shen Qingnian sighed softly, her gentle tone tinged with emotion: "Lin Minxin is truly muddle-headed. If he hadn't embezzled, accepted bribes, and formed cliques for personal gain, Miss Lin wouldn't have ended up like this."
A sharp glint flashed in Song Xuanwen's eyes. He stepped forward, pulled the beauty on the bed into his arms, and kissed her jade-like face before saying, "It's all her own fault."
When he saw Lin Yue'er push Qing Nian into the lake, all the gentlemanly manners he had learned vanished, and he only wished he could kill Lin Yue'er.
Shen Qingnian glanced at Song Xuan: "Please, Your Highness, step outside the palace. I will freshen up before we proceed to Fengyi Palace."
Song Xuan hesitated, then finally left the palace.
He needed to dress formally for the tea ceremony today, but he wouldn't wear those complicated clothes. Tomorrow, he could dress Qing Nian himself...
Half an hour later, Shen Qingnian, dressed in gorgeous clothes, was helped out of the bedroom by Xiao Ju.
She wore a light green formal dress embroidered with a noble peacock, and the pearls and jade in her hair were extremely luxurious. Despite wearing such a grand and magnificent dress, she only applied a little makeup, which added a touch of solemnity and majesty to her bright and elegant features.
Seeing Shen Qingnian in such a magnificent attire, Song Xuan's eyes lit up. If Shen Qingnian in her phoenix coronet and wedding gown yesterday was a goddess, then the Shen Qingnian now was a beautiful but aloof fairy from the heavenly palace, exuding solemnity and a touch of majesty.
"Your Highness," Shen Qingnian bowed to Song Xuan, her eyes crinkling at the corners, her bright features softened by gentleness.
Song Xuan noticed that she was wearing red jade earrings today. The earrings swayed gently with the beauty's movements, which did not match her green dress very well, but they could still reveal her little thoughts.
Wearing earrings that you gave yourself is a way of expressing your joy and reciprocating the kindness you show to yourself.
People who are deeply in love are like this; they will carefully analyze every move their partner makes, and when they discover that their partner is interested in them, they feel as sweet as if they have eaten honey.
Song Xuan felt a sweet warmth in his heart.
After helping Shen Qingnian up, he took her hand and headed towards Fengyi Palace. As they walked, he gently instructed her, "We are now husband and wife. We should not be so distant. From now on, you don't need to perform the proper etiquette."
He didn't want to be so distant from her.
Shen Qingnian nodded gently, her eyes filled with an unyielding sweetness, only revealing a subtle rationality in the deepest recesses of her eyes. She and the man walked hand in hand toward Fengyi Palace.
In the Phoenix Palace.
The Empress and the Emperor were already waiting inside.
At this moment, the Empress's expression in the hall carried a hint of sternness—
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