"I……"

Shen Shichen choked suddenly, his face flushed red, he felt humiliated, embarrassed, and ashamed.

"What's wrong with you?" Jun Qingyu glared at him, "You were daydreaming, and now you're awake?"

"I……"

"It's time for you to wake up. You believed everything Jun Luoyuan said. Now that you've been cheated of your feelings, it's really not worth it to just kick him away. As a man, how can you be so spineless as you are? If it were me, I would have been so ashamed that I would have died."

"!"

Those explicit words were as embarrassing as if Shen Shichen were stripped naked in public.

He clenched his hands, trembling with shame, gritted his teeth, and could not utter a word of rebuttal:

"Princess Yuan said...said...she would marry me! She wouldn't lie...the marriage was the emperor's order, and she didn't know about it."

"Look at her happy reaction. She can't wait to marry Prince Chen. Does she seem to like you?"

“…”

Shen Shichen opened his mouth and wanted to say something else, but his voice was pale and powerless.

He couldn't convince himself.

He lost.

His eyes turned red with shame and anger, and he started to run away.

Jun Qingyu grabbed his arm and said, "Shen Shichen, is this all the courage you have?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean you're stupid. Jun Luoyuan isn't a real princess, but you're an official based on your real abilities. I'm afraid she's not worthy of you. Besides, can you swallow this humiliation?"

Jun Qingyu sneered and grabbed his hand.

Bang!

A cold little porcelain bottle was placed in Shen Shichen's palm.

Shen Shichen was shocked all over. He looked at the small porcelain bottle in his hand, then looked at Jun Qingyu who had already left. Realizing something, he shook his hand in panic and threw away the bottle.

He dared not...

However, when he saw Princess Yuan who looked so happy from the corner of his eye, he gradually felt unwilling and resentful in his heart...

Why lie to him?

Is he easy to bully?

Why play tricks on him?

His eyes could not help but look at the small porcelain bottle that had just been thrown away...

Inside the palace.

Jun Luoyuan was happy for a long time, and it took her a long time to calm down. The maid Jianjia smiled and said a lot: "Princess, you just stay here and wait for Prince Chen to come and welcome you back to Jiangnan."

"I'm afraid the Emperor will issue an order soon. We will be busy with matters related to your wedding dress, regulations, etc. for quite some time!"

As they were speaking, another palace maid came to report that Lord Shen had arrived.

Jun Luoyuan didn't want to see him, but Shen Shichen had already walked into the courtyard.

"Greetings, Princess Yuan." He held a tray with the cup of tea on it. "When I came in, I happened to meet the palace maid who was serving tea, so I sent her away and brought the tea in for you."

When he arrived, all the palace maids retreated.

Jun Luoyuan nodded lightly, his expression not quite welcoming.

He took the tea and took two sips.

She saw Shen Shichen standing aside, staring at her, with no intention of leaving.

"What's the matter?" she asked.

Shen Shichen saw her finish her tea, cover the cup, put it on the table, and stare at the teacup, absent-minded for a few seconds.

"Shen Shichen?"

"Deaf?"

Shen Shichen came back to his senses, his expression indifferent, and said: "I heard that you are going to Jiangnan to marry, I came to congratulate you."

There was no trace of happiness in that calm tone.

Jun Luoyuan didn't notice, "Thank you."

"But," he changed the subject slightly, "Didn't you say you liked me?"