Chapter 117 Reward
Although the man broke into her boudoir without permission, Chen Wan was grateful from the bottom of her heart because he came to give her earrings. Besides, this bastard had done even more outrageous things than breaking into her boudoir and didn't take the separation between men and women seriously at all.
Taking the earrings, Shen Wan asked happily, "Where did you find them?"
Things lost outside the palace are generally impossible to find, not to mention the Lantern Festival, which is packed with people.
Xie Jingyu said, "It fell into my arms."
Shen Wan, “…”
The ears turned red.
Thinking about how many times he had held her in his arms at the Lantern Festival last night, Shen Wan regretted asking.
Isn't it enough to just get the things back? Why ask so many specific questions?
The atmosphere was awkward and ambiguous.
Shen Wan couldn't bear it anymore and whispered, "The things have been delivered, you, you can leave now..."
Xie Jingyu moved, but the direction was not what Chen Wan expected.
Instead of walking towards the window, he walked up to Shen Wan and said, "You've come all this way, but you won't even treat me to a cup of tea?"
His voice was rich as wine.
Shen Wan subconsciously took a step back, "You can ask the secret guard to deliver it."
The previous gold hairpin and silver notes were sent by the secret guards, so it was natural that the secret guards could also send an earring.
It's something that the secret guards can do, but he insists on doing it himself, and then feels tired after he does it. How can this be?
Xie Jingyu said, "My secret guards are very busy and don't have time."
Outside the window, on the tree, Chen Ping, who was almost getting bored, said, "..."
Okay.
Grandpa said he was busy, and he was very busy.
Chen Wan simply didn't believe it. Could it be that the dignified Prince of Jingbei only had one or two secret guards under his command? Even if the secret guards were not available, there were still maids and servants in the Jingbei Palace, so who could not be sent?
She is not a three-year-old child, so easy to fool, but Shen Wan only dared to refute these words in her heart and did not dare to say them out loud.
This bastard is difficult to talk to, and this is her boudoir, where they are alone, a man and a woman, so the most important thing is to get him out of here quickly.
It’s just a cup of tea, just pour it for him.
Chen Wan resigned herself to her fate and went to pour him some tea. Just as she had picked up the teapot, Shanhu's voice could be heard from outside the door. "Yinchuan, why are you running so fast?"
Yinchuan panted, "Why are you waiting outside? Where is the girl? The emperor summoned her to the palace."
Shen Wan's hand holding the teapot trembled.
Why would the emperor summon her to the palace?
She looked at Xie Jingyu, her voice floating, "Tell the emperor that I asked you to save him?"
Apart from this matter, Shen Wan couldn't think of any other reason why the emperor would summon her to the palace.
Xie Jingyu said, "Your contribution was the greatest for the Emperor's safety last night. I will definitely commend you for your contribution."
Shen Wan, “……!!!”
Shen Wan just felt her palms itchy, and she especially wanted to pinch Xie Jingyu's neck.
Asking for merit was a good thing, but the emperor did not send a reward directly. Instead, he called her into the palace, obviously wanting to know how she knew that someone would assassinate him at Yudai Bridge at that time.
If the emperor asks, how will she answer?!
This bastard definitely did it on purpose!
He knew that if he asked, she wouldn't say anything, so he asked the emperor to ask.
Shen Wan secretly glared at him and gritted his teeth, "Do you want more tea?"
"I'll drink it next time."
He stood up with a smile, jumped up, and jumped out of the window.
Shen Wan was furious. Did this bastard mean there would be a next time?!
Besides, Shanhu was guarding outside the door, not knowing whether Xie Jingyu had left or not. She didn't dare ask Yinchuan to come in, fearing that she would scream in fright. But the emperor summoned her, and the girl had to enter the palace. Shanhu could only knock on the door and shout, "Miss..."
"Come in."
When Shanhu came in, Shen Wan was already sitting in front of the dressing table.
Shen Wan didn't rearrange her hair, but just put on two more hairpins, and then took Shanhu to the front yard.
Halfway down the road, Yun came over hurriedly, looking a little worried. "Why did the Emperor suddenly summon you to the palace?"
Shen Wan didn't dare to tell the truth and could only shake his head.
Yun said, "It's your father who is in the military camp and can't accompany you to the palace."
Shen Wan said, "Don't worry, mother. The emperor has always trusted father, and I am the future prince consort of Jingbei Prince, who was granted marriage by the emperor. It must not be a bad thing for the emperor to ask me to enter the palace."
Yun felt a little relieved, but still very worried.
She was afraid that Shen Wan would enter the palace and say something careless that might offend the emperor.
Yun really couldn't understand why the emperor would summon her daughter to the palace. Even if there was something, he should have found Chen Ji.
The palace maids were still waiting outside the mansion. Yun, feeling uneasy, sent Chen Wan out of the mansion and watched her get on the carriage and drive towards the palace.
Chen Wan's mood was also up and down. Leaning against the carriage, she was thinking about how to explain why she asked Xie Jingyu to rescue her last night, while greeting Xie Jingyu in her heart.
Xie Jingyu left in a hurry yesterday, and she didn't have time to remind him not to tell the emperor that she knew about the assassin's ambush, so he asked for credit on her behalf.
Is this asking for credit?
This clearly caused her a lot of trouble.
Lying to the emperor is a crime of deceiving the emperor.
Shen Wan's head was buzzing. She didn't like riding in carriages and hoped that the carriage would go slower and slower. However, the Duke Dingguo's Mansion was not far from the palace, so they arrived soon.
After entering the palace, the palace servants led them towards the imperial study. Those who were summoned to the palace almost did not stop and went directly into the imperial study.
The emperor was reviewing memorials, Shen Wan stepped forward, knelt down and saluted the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
The emperor glanced at Shen Wan and said, "Get up."
Shen Wan stood up, lowered his head, and did not dare to look directly at Tian Yan.
The emperor closed the memorial and said with a smile, "I'm not as brave as I was when I was a child. I'm holding my head high."
Shen Wan’s face flushed and she looked up obediently.
That was another dark chapter in her history of mistaking someone for someone else.
At that time, she was less than three years old. The emperor went out of the palace in casual clothes and went to the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. The little girl didn't see his face clearly and thought it was her father. She stumbled over, hugged the emperor's legs and shouted "Daddy". She also pulled off the jade pendant that the emperor was wearing, and the emperor gave it to her as a reward.
When I was a child, I recognized the wrong father. When I grew up, I didn’t recognize my cousin and made a mess of things. My face feels hot when I think about it.
The emperor asked, "Did you ask Prince Jingbei to rescue me last night?"
There was no way to deny it, so Shen Wan could only nod.
The emperor asked, "How did you know I was there and was assassinated?"
Although she was mentally prepared, Shen Wanxin still trembled violently when she heard the emperor ask this.
She looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I said this was a dream. Do you believe it?"
The emperor was about to serve tea when he heard this and asked, "Did you dream about it?"
Shen Wan nodded heavily.
It seems that the more strongly you nod, the more convincing it is.
Chen Wan said, "Yesterday, in order to have enough energy to visit the Lantern Festival that night, I took a nap in the afternoon. I ended up dreaming about the Lantern Festival. I almost fell off a bridge and was saved by the Prince of Jingbei. I also dreamed about you, Your Majesty, being assassinated..."
"I didn't take it seriously at first, but if it weren't for the Prince of Jingbei, I would have fallen off the bridge last night. I was worried that my dream of the Emperor being assassinated would come true, so I quickly asked the Prince of Jingbei to go and protect Him."
Shen Wan's voice became smaller and smaller. After all, the person he lied to was not an ordinary person, so he couldn't do it without feeling guilty.
However, the emperor did not seem to doubt it. Instead, he looked at her, no, to be more precise, he looked into her eyes, lost in thought.
Shen Wan knew that none of them were looking at her, but she didn't dare to move. She didn't even know how to blink. After a long while, she called out cautiously, "Your Majesty?"
The Emperor came to his senses and said, "Prince Jingbei has done a great service in rescuing me. I want to reward him. He said the credit belongs to you. What reward do you want?"
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