Chapter 193 Heartless
Shen Wan said that he wanted to find out the purpose of Xiahou Yi's trip, and Xie Jingyu also felt it was necessary.
At the emperor's birthday banquet, he openly stared at his princess consort, and now he is standing up for her.
Is it necessary for an outsider like him to get involved in a little quarrel between the couple?
Xie Jingyu glanced at Xiahou Yi and said, "It's rare for a pampered prince to have such a strong sense of compassion."
Xiahou Yi said, "It's not that this prince is too compassionate, it's that you, Xie Jingyu, are too heartless to a woman."
He... is heartless?
These two words made Xie Jingyu frown.
Chen Ping looked at his grandfather with a twitching mouth.
Du Fu Gang has become so weak that his eldest son probably can't even write the word "heartless".
How on earth did Beiyue spread rumors about their young master? Isn't this ruining his reputation?!
Chen Wan didn't want to stand there stupidly, so she went under a tree to wait for them to finish talking.
Xiahou Yi looked at Chen Wan and said, "She was just a weak woman. Killing her would be as easy as pie, but you married her. This kind of revenge is really chilling."
Is he taking revenge on Wan'er?
I couldn't understand what Xiahou Yi was saying more and more.
Xie Jingyu said coldly, "Does the Third Prince of Beiyue have some misunderstanding about this prince?"
"Misunderstand?"
Xiahou Yi curled his lips in a smile. "Why are you pretending with me? I saw you physically assaulting her in the palace. Tsk tsk, if I hadn't caught her that time, she would have been terribly bullied by you. I'm really curious about what she did to offend you, someone like you who doesn't value power and status, who even gave away the throne. After her death, not only did you scatter her ashes to vent your anger, but you also imprisoned her by your side and tortured her in your rebirth."
He...violated Wan'er?
And Yang Waner's ashes?
Xie Jingyu's brows were twisted into knots, wondering if the Third Prince of Beiyue had a problem with his brain. But suddenly, his mind flashed back to that day on the Observation Tower, when Chen Wan had done something strange and asked someone to sprinkle flour on him for fun...
Xie Jingyu subconsciously glanced towards Chen Wan, then quickly averted his gaze and said, "Third Prince, are you so sure that the person you're talking about as reborn is this prince, and not someone else?"
Xiahou Yi laughed and said, "Is it that hard to guess? Not only did you not give Prince Cheng a chance to save Second Miss Shen, but you also saved First Miss Shen from falling off a cliff and killing yourself, preventing your own mother from being harmed, and even saving the emperor. You didn't even prevent your Ning Dynasty's Imperial Ancestral Temple from being struck by lightning. A little inquiry will reveal that these things were the work of you, Prince Jingbei."
After a pause, Xiahou Yi said, "How fortunate I am to be reborn. This prince has been diligent and conscientious, but you, the Prince of Jingbei, have done nothing serious and are only focused on revenge against women. Can you please show a little respect to me as your opponent?"
At the end of the conversation, Xiahou Yi was gritting his teeth.
Xie Jingyu, “…”
Thinking of how he was shot by Xie Jingyu on the battlefield in his previous life and almost died at his hands, although he was lucky enough to survive, he was left with a hidden illness. Less than half a year after he ascended the throne, his old injury relapsed and he died. Xiahou Yi felt unwilling to accept the thought.
Seeing Xiahou Yi's unwilling expression, Xie Jingyu laughed and said, "You sent a few assassins just to kill me. Do you, the Third Prince of Beiyue, really respect me as your opponent?"
Xiahou Yi said, "So I came here in person, didn't I?"
Xie Jingyu asked, "Aren't you afraid of not being able to return?"
Xiahou Yi smiled confidently, tapping Xie Jingyu's shoulder with the folding fan in his hand, "You can't kill me, and even if you could, you wouldn't let me die in your Ning Dynasty."
Xie Jingyu said, "Since you are preventing the war from starting at the border, I will not kill you."
"I also advise you not to try to start a war again. You couldn't win in your previous life, and you won't win in your next life either."
Xiahou Yi laughed and said, "Wouldn't it be great to be the emperor and rule the world? It's better to have the power of life and death in your own hands than to leave it in the hands of others."
Xie Jingyu also laughed, "As you said, I don't even care about the throne, who can kill me?"
Xiahou Yi was speechless.
He looked at Xie Jingyu.
Although they were rivals, he had to admit that Xie Jingyu was an opponent he admired.
As a prince, the throne is what he has always dreamed of.
Xie Jingyu seized the throne with thundering means, but gave it up so easily, which was something he could not do no matter what.
Xiahou Yi said, "To be honest, I'm used to seeing you with white hair, so I'm really not used to your current appearance."
"Be careful, don't die in my hands."
Xiahou Yi tapped Xie Jingyu's shoulder with his folding fan and turned to leave.
The moment Xiahou Yi turned around, Xie Jingyu looked back at the pretty figure under the tree.
Chen Ping's heart was in turmoil. "The reborn person that the Third Prince of Beiyue mentioned is... the Crown Prince's Consort?"
It was the Crown Prince's wife who wanted to save Miss Shen. She was not allowed to go to the birthday banquet at the Duke of Xingguo's mansion. The Taimiao was struck by lightning, and the emperor was about to be assassinated. On the surface, these were all done by the Crown Prince, but he was Xie Jingyu's personal bodyguard and knew that Shen Wan had asked Xie Jingyu to do these things.
Xie Jingyu's eyes were dim, "No wonder I always felt that she had the ability to predict the future."
"...But I abused the Crown Prince's wife and even scattered her ashes, yet she still married me. Even though she was forced to do so, what courage did she possess..."
Even the third prince of Beiyue felt sorry for the Crown Princess. Chen Ping couldn't even imagine how excessive what his master had done to the Crown Princess in his previous life.
Chen Ping asked worriedly, "The Crown Prince's Consort married me, didn't she do it to kill me?"
He had indeed sensed murderous intent towards him from the Crown Princess more than once.
But there are still some puzzling points -
"My master has spread the Crown Princess's ashes, which means she's dead. How did she know that?"
This is what Xie Jingyu wanted to know. "If something like rebirth can happen to her, it's not surprising that she knows about it."
That's true.
There is nothing more incredible than dying once and then living again.
Under the tree, Chen Wan was playing with stones out of boredom.
Xie Jingyu didn't walk over, just looked at Shen Wan, and Xiahou Yi's words echoed over and over again in his mind.
Things that I didn’t understand before, I now understand them all.
He knew that Shen Wan was afraid of him, and he vaguely realized that something had happened between him and Shen Wan, but he had an excellent memory and had never forgotten anything. He did not expect that there was another life between them.
His failed attempt at violence against her left her with a psychological trauma, so whenever he brought her into the rockery or got a little intimate with her, she would tremble with fear.
So even if the marriage was granted by the imperial decree, she knew that divorce was as difficult as ascending to heaven and almost impossible, but she still did not want to become his real prince's consort.
Knowing the reason, Xie Jingyu felt a pain in his heart as if it was being pricked by needles.
He really wanted to know why he treated Shen Wan like that in his previous life. Even after she died, he couldn't let go of his hatred and scattered her ashes to vent his anger.
No wonder she was always worried that he would kill her.
Thinking of Shen Wan marrying him and living in fear all day long, Xie Jingyu felt bad in his heart.
Realizing someone was looking at her, Shen Wan turned around and saw Xie Jingyu looking at her. As for Xia Houyi, he was gone.
What are you looking at her for?
Shen Wan looked around and saw that she was the only one under the tree, so he could only be looking at her.
"come over."
Xie Jingyu's voice was calm, yet penetrating.
Shen Wan didn't think much about it and walked towards him.
Xie Jingyu raised his hand out of habit, but just when he reacted and wanted to retract it, Shen Wan had already handed it over, and Xie Jingyu's heart seemed to be hit by something.
Chen Ping stood aside and saw this scene. He thought that he deserved to die because he suspected that the Crown Prince's wife married the Crown Prince with the intention of killing him.
He actually missed the Crown Prince's wife so much. If the Crown Prince's wife had this intention, she would not let the Crown Prince save the princess.
The Crown Prince has bullied the Crown Princess to death, and all the Crown Princess wants is that the Crown Prince don't kill her.
Chen Ping was also curious. His own prince was not a narrow-minded person, and he would not bully a woman casually. Especially since the prince liked the princess so much, how could he do such a thing to her?
What did the Crown Prince's wife do to the Crown Prince to make him so angry that he killed the Prince and Princess?
If the Crown Prince's wife had this ability, she wouldn't have been bullied so badly by the Crown Prince.
Shen Wan felt that something was wrong with Xie Jingyu, but she couldn't put her finger on it. She asked tentatively, "What did you talk about with the Third Prince of Beiyue?"
Xie Jingyu said, "It was Xiahou Yi who ordered North Vietnam to mobilize and then withdraw its troops."
A hint of surprise flashed in Shen Wan’s eyes.
It was strange enough for Shen Wan to find Xiahou Yi sending people to assassinate Xie Jingyu, but he didn't expect that the reason there was no war at the border this time was actually because of Xiahou Yi.
Thinking of Xiahou Yi looking at him with eyes full of pity...
A bold guess was about to come out of Shen Wan's heart.
Could it be that Xiahou Yi was also reborn like her?
Knowing that Xie Jingyu was a serious threat to North Vietnam, they sent people to assassinate him as soon as possible. If the assassination failed, North Vietnam would not be able to win the war, and it would only cost the people a lot of money and effort, so they tried their best to stop it.
Shen Wan was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't notice Xie Jingyu was looking at her.
When she realized what was happening, she blinked and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Xie Jingyu asked, "Where else do you want to go shopping?"
The tone was exceptionally gentle.
Chen Wan was a little uncomfortable with it.
If she remembered correctly, they had a fight and hadn't reconciled yet...
Could it be that after talking to Xiahou Yi for a few words, he forgot about the quarrel they had just had?
I have a good memory.
Shen Wan also decisively put it behind her mind, “It’s lively over there, let’s go there.”
Shen Wan pulled him forward.
After walking half the street, Shen Wan was sure that something was really wrong with Xie Jingyu.
His hands were especially easy to loosen.
Before, he held her hand tightly and never let go wherever she went, but now, as soon as she struggled a little, he would let go.
He was so easy to talk to that even Shen Wan was a little uncomfortable with it, but the Lantern Festival was so lively that she didn't have the time to think about why Xie Jingyu had suddenly changed so much.
All in all, she had a lot of fun.
I went home only after I was tired from shopping.
Then she was sure that something was really wrong with Xie Jingyu.
Normally, when they rode in a carriage, he would hold her in his arms and find all kinds of excuses to hold her in his arms, but today, when they returned to the Jingbei Palace from the street, she rode by herself.
Shen Wan couldn't help but ask, "Are you okay?"
Xie Jingyu asked, "Why do you ask?"
"You're different than usual."
Xie Jingyu said, "But aren't you used to sitting without me holding you?"
Shen Wan, “…”
She was overthinking it. This person was obviously very normal.
After returning to the Jingbei Palace, the two went back to Zhaolanxuan, took a bath and went to bed.
Usually Xie Jingyu would sleep with Chen Wan in his arms. Today, when they went to bed, he stretched out his arm. Chen Wan thought of what he said about consummating the marriage and dodged for a moment, so he retracted his arm.
Shen Wan, “…???”
Are you so easy to talk to now?
But Shen Wan didn't dare to look back and pretended to be asleep.
Until she fell asleep, Xie Jingyu never reached out to hug her again.
Xie Jingyu behind him did not sleep, but just looked at Chen Wan, unable to fall asleep for a long time.
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