Outside the ancient and expansive palace gate.
A handsome young man in white, with a smile on his face, his robes and black hair fluttering, strode quickly toward the palace-dressed woman at the palace gate.
It seemed like he could only see her.
This scene, in any viewer's eye, is a romantic encounter between a dashing young man and a beautiful woman, worthy of being the subject of a romantic story.
However……
"Tch, what a show-off."
Fu Gui rolled his eyes dramatically.
"His heart is as black as a honeycomb briquette, how dare he dress so white? Sure enough, the better-looking a man is, the more likely he is to lie."
Qi An raised an eyebrow: "Is he good-looking? Isn't he just a pretty boy? He's about the same as those idols, but he can't even sing or dance as well as them."
Fu Gui: "...Indeed."
She still admires Zheng Ge, a truly upright and honorable man, much more!
The guards, completely absorbed in watching the prince consort walk towards the princess with such affection, were suddenly... *thump*...
Suddenly, the prince consort tripped over his own feet, cried out in alarm, and fell forward, landing face-first at the princess's feet.
The guards: "..."
Well……
What's even more unfortunate is that the princess was walking briskly toward the prince consort when he suddenly prostrated himself at her feet.
So, the princess lost her footing and stepped squarely on the prince consort's delicate fingers.
"ah……"
A sharp pain shot through him, and Xu Shi screamed in agony, suspecting that all five of his fingers had been broken.
The guards, seeing the prince consort sprawled on the ground like a toad, his features contorted in pain, suddenly felt their illusions shatter.
"oops……"
Qi An hurriedly withdrew his foot, but "accidentally" stumbled as he did so, and the sole of his shoe rubbed against it again.
"You scared me to death! Why did you jump at my feet? You haven't seen me for a few days, but you don't need to miss me like this."
Qi An lifted Xu Shize up by the back of his neck like a chick, and "accidentally" pulled out a tuft of his hair in the process.
Xu Shi held his swollen and deformed hand, his cheek muscles twitching from the pain, and his face and body were covered in dirt.
His once dashing white robes were now filthy, his jade crown had fallen off, and his hair was askew; he had lost all his pretentious air.
Qi An looked distressed and said, "Shi Ze, I didn't mean to. I was just too excited when I saw you, and that's why I couldn't stop myself."
Xu Shi forced a smile: "Ayu, there's no need to blame yourself. It was all my fault."
Qi An grabbed his pig's trotter: "Does it hurt? Let me see."
Xu Shi gasped, almost screaming in pain: "No...it doesn't hurt, Ayu, don't worry."
Fu Gui: "Tch, you pretentious show-off. If it didn't hurt you, why would you be shaking your head?"
Qi An pinched and squeezed here and there, making Xu Shize break out in a cold sweat, before finally throwing him away.
"It's nothing serious, I won't die. This princess hates spoiled pretty boys the most, thankfully my husband isn't one."
Xu Shize, who had intended to take the opportunity to act cute, was speechless.
“Ayu is right.”
Seeing that the princess had finished expressing her concern, the guards ran over and asked, "Your Highness, the prince consort is injured. Should we go to the palace to have the imperial physician examine him?"
Xu Shize's heart skipped a beat.
Once he enters the palace, he will know exactly what has happened there in the past few days.
"Ah Yu, how about we..."
"No need, let's go straight back to the princess's residence."
Qi An interrupted Xu Shize, shattering his hopes.
"This minor injury doesn't require any major effort; I can heal it myself. And the Prince Consort isn't the kind of person to make a fuss, is he?"
Xu Shi nodded through gritted teeth, “...Yes.”
The guards looked at the prince consort's hands, which were swollen more than a pig's trotter, and two of his fingers were clearly deformed.
Some people praised, "The prince consort has remarkable composure."
"Of course, our eldest princess is a heroine, and her husband will naturally be influenced by her, so he won't be bad either."
Xu Shi was in so much pain he wanted to curse, but he had to force himself to appear calm and collected, his face turning green with embarrassment.
But given his current appearance, it was nothing short of awful and ridiculous, lacking any charm whatsoever.
"Alright, stop joking around. Go and guard the palace gates. No one is allowed to enter or leave without my order. Anyone who trespasses will be executed without mercy."
"Yes. I will obey the Princess's command."
Xu Shize was even more anxious. What had happened? Why did Nie Yuhuang give such an order?
Just then, a sharp pain shot through his wrist as Nie Yuhuang grabbed it and strode toward the carriage.
"Let's go, Shize, back to the manor."
Xu Shize was already in pain all over from the fall, and his injured wrist was being held by Qi An, causing him to stagger.
"Ah Yu, slow down."
"You're already slow enough. Can't you take bigger steps? Stop being so effeminate!"
Xu Shize: "..."
His wrist was almost crushed, and he cursed inwardly: Nie Yuhuang, can't you be a little more gentle like a woman?
On second thought, this was a female demon who went to the battlefield to kill enemies at the age of eighteen and even cut off the head of his cheap father.
The woman's dashing figure was close at hand, her hair blowing in the wind as she passed in front of him, a blend of strength and gentleness, contradictory yet alluring.
Xu Shize seemed dazed for a moment, then shook his head vigorously, reminding himself once again...
Huangfu Shize, you're here to kill Nie Yuhuang and seize her Great Yu Kingdom, so you absolutely mustn't fall in love with her.
Finally, they arrived at the carriage of the princess's residence, and the coachman quickly placed a footstool in front of it.
Qi An first climbed into the carriage, and with a tug, Xu Shize's forehead hit the gold-trimmed edge of the carriage with a dull thud.
Thus, under the watchful eyes of the guards in the distance and the coachman nearby, the prince consort, after his earlier blunder of falling face-first into excrement, once again tumbled headfirst off the carriage.
Everyone: "..."
Did the prince consort not check the almanac before going out today?
Finally, Xu Shi was dragged onto the carriage by Qi An like a dead dog.
The guards suddenly felt that the prince consort was too weak and unworthy of their wise and powerful princess.
Xu Shi sat miserably in the carriage, a large bump on his forehead. When he fell, his pig's trotter was injured twice, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't feel it anymore.
Xu Shi closed his eyes, too tired to speak. In just a short while, he had already lost all face.
"Why are your eyes closed? Don't you want to see me? Are you tired of me? Weary of me? Don't love me anymore?"
Qi An said expressionlessly, "Fine, I understand. I'll divorce you immediately when we get back and set you free."
Xu Shize suddenly opened his eyes: "Ayu, what are you saying? How could I possibly get tired of you? We'll be together for the rest of our lives."
For Ayu, I even gave up my career; you can't doubt my sincerity towards you.
Every time Nie Yuhuang and Xu Shize argued, as long as Xu Shize brought up his career prospects with a wronged expression, Nie Yuhuang would give in to him.
This trick has always worked in the past.
But this time, things went wrong.
"You're not doing this for me, you're doing it for yourself. The fact that you chose me over your career only proves one thing..."
Qi An smiled enigmatically: "Doesn't that mean you think you can get something more important from me than a career advancement?"
Xu Shi felt a chill run down his spine as he was stared at by those eyes that seemed to see through everything.
What did she mean by that?
Did she find out something?
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