Chapter 19 He is really beautiful
Seeing Shen Yue standing there in a daze, Xiao Yuheng thought she was frightened and a hint of gloom flashed across his eyes.
"I knew it."
Shen Yue finally came to her senses and hurriedly explained: "No... I'm not afraid of the prince."
Not only am I not afraid, I even kind of want to push him down, hehe.
"Well, Your Majesty, what I want to say is that you look absolutely stunning right now!"
"So cool?"
The man's face remained cold, but his eyes softened a little.
"Hmmmm."
Shen Yue nodded, stood up and sat closer to him so that she could admire the handsome man up close.
His skin was already a cool white, and paired with his rare red phoenix eyes, it added a touch of mystery and depth.
Because of the cold poison, tiny water droplets attached to his long eyelashes, shimmering with light, making his originally cold face have a bit of inexplicable charm.
The white hair flowed like a galaxy, gurgling in the veins of the black brocade robe. The brocade used in the robe was obviously the finest, but compared with the soft and gentle hair, it was far inferior.
He is really beautiful, breathtakingly beautiful.
That kind of beauty is clearly not what a man should have, yet you cannot ignore the subtle masculine charm emanating from him.
Shen Yue thought that any woman would be seduced by his beauty.
"Um what?"
The sudden approach made Xiao Yuheng's breathing pause, and he felt a little uncomfortable speaking. He quickly avoided her fiery gaze.
It was only a moment, but Shen Yue still caught the shyness and inferiority in his eyes.
"The prince doesn't like the color white, maybe it's because of this white hair?"
A certain prince twitched his lips slightly but did not deny it.
Shen Yue smiled knowingly:
"Your Highness, your white hair doesn't diminish your elegance at all; instead, it adds a touch of otherworldly grace. Also, the dark red lines on your pupils are both exquisite and commanding, even better than cosmetic contact lenses. I wonder how many people envy you!"
"envious?"
A certain prince clearly didn't believe it and sneered at himself, "They see me as an alien. They're so afraid of me that they can't even hide from me, so how could they envy me..."
"Anyway, I'm quite envious." Shen Yue muttered.
"Your Highness looks very good like this, really."
She spoke in a very low voice, but her expression was extremely serious.
Xiao Yuheng looked at her, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, but soon, he returned to his cold expression.
"Well, let's not talk about that anymore. Let's talk about you, Second Director. Do you have something to explain to this king?"
Well, he was calling himself "I" just now, but now he not only changed it to "this king", but also put on a face like the King of Hell. Men are really fickle.
Shen Yue cursed inwardly, but smiled:
"Your Highness, didn't you already know this? To join you, I abandoned the entire Netherworld Palace. Fearing that I might cause you trouble, I went alone to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion in search of an antidote. Unexpectedly, I met you."
As she spoke, she began to sigh.
"Really?"
Xiao Yuheng raised his eyebrows, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.
"Then how do you explain your nighttime visit to the study and sneaking into the king's secret room?"
“…” Shen Yue twitched the corner of her mouth.
"The Nether Palace threatened my life and ordered me to find a valuable brocade box in the palace. I didn't want to do anything that would endanger the prince, so although I opened the door to the secret room, I never entered. I only visited the study at night to get the silver to buy the antidote."
"really?"
"You lied to me, you're a dog!"
Xiao Yuheng felt that these words were awkward no matter how he heard them, but seeing Shen Yue's solemn oath and a look of grievance on her face, he felt that he really shouldn't argue with him.
"Is that the brocade box you are talking about?" Xiao Yuheng glanced in the direction of the antique display cabinet.
Shen Yue followed his gaze and saw a brocade box with a dragon pattern lying quietly in a hidden corner of the shelf.
The brocade box was carefully framed with bright yellow silk, and delicate golden silk threads outlined a lifelike dragon pattern. The dragon's body was winding and circling, and the dragon scales were layered, each one shining with a subtle light, exuding a royal style that could not be ignored.
Shen Yue had never seen such an exquisite box before, and subconsciously walked over to touch it.
“Don’t touch!”
Xiao Yuheng suddenly shouted, scaring Shen Yue so much that she withdrew her hand abruptly.
Just a look, what's the big deal?
"That brocade box is equipped with a mechanism that will shoot out poisonous needles if touched. Anyone caught in it will surely die. You are, after all, a killer trained by the Nether Palace. How could you be so careless and unprepared?"
When Shen Yue heard this, she instantly moved half a meter away and said aggrievedly, "How should I know..."
How do I know you are so cruel and merciless as to make a poison needle?
Seeing her dejected look, Xiao Yuheng finally softened his tone, "Forget it, be more careful next time."
"oh."
Shen Yue lowered her head, and her eyelashes drooped, leaving long shadows on her jade-like skin.
The man sighed, "Do you want to know what's in the brocade box?"
"I don't want to." Shen Yue said truthfully.
"I just thought the box looked nice and was new, so I wanted to touch it. The prince placed the box so secretly and set up a trap. I'm sure the contents are very important. The fewer people who know about it, the less danger there is."
This "less dangerous" refers to herself.
She already knew one of Xiao Yuheng's secrets. If she knew a second one, she would definitely not live to see tomorrow morning.
Xiao Yuheng seemed to know what she was thinking, and secretly curled his lips, then said without changing his expression:
"Then you're not curious why Cheng Sijin calls me Young Master?"
Shen Yue nonchalantly scratched her ear with her little finger.
"Since Miss Cheng addresses you as Young Master, she must be the confidant assigned to you by Concubine Rou. If my guess is correct, she frequents brothels to gather intelligence for you. She also shoulders the important responsibility of liaison between you and the Concubine Dowager. Tonight, you avoided your subordinates and went to the Wanbao Pavilion alone. Was it because you received a secret letter from the Concubine Dowager?"
Xiao Yuheng raised his eyebrows, "Sure enough, he's smart."
"There's just one thing I don't understand. According to the prince, Miss Cheng is knowledgeable in medicine and pharmacology. Why didn't you seek treatment from her when your illness relapsed, but instead came to this secret room and endured it silently?"
"Her medical skills were taught by Mother. If Mother couldn't cure the cold poison, what else could she do?" Xiao Yuheng said calmly, "It's okay. I'm already looking for the Medicine King."
It turned out that the person he was looking for was the Medicine King who had disappeared from the world for more than 20 years.
It was after learning about this that Song Xianzhi, the son of Pingyang Marquis, deduced that there was something wrong with his health and came to threaten him.
Why did he have to mess with this dog prince when he could have messed with anyone else? Now, he ended up dying from excessive indulgence. Isn't that shameful...
Forget it, let’s not talk about him.
"What if we can't find the Medicine King?"
The man curled his little finger secretly, "I don't know."
Shen Yue realized that he didn't want to continue this topic, so she stopped asking and just comforted him:
"Your Majesty, you will definitely get better."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yuheng's originally silver-white hair seemed to be injected with mysterious vitality. Starting from the roots, it slowly and quietly turned black.
The black color slowly spread like ink on rice paper, covering the original paleness inch by inch until the entire hair returned to a deep black.
"My Lord, you are fine!"
Shen Yue was very excited. She held the man's shoulders and was so excited that she almost jumped up.
She had beautiful peach blossom eyes, a smile on her lips, and her whole body seemed to be glowing.
Looking at her beautiful smile, Xiao Yuheng couldn't help but lose his mind.
It was so beautiful, so beautiful that for a moment, he actually thought Shen Er was a woman.
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