Chapter 353: Not Joining the Game]
Yuan Xu continued:
"As for why this little kid's sister trusts Mr. Su so much, it's actually because Mr. Su is indeed this little kid's distant cousin. However, because of the little kid's sister's special status, it's difficult to openly point out this relationship. Given the current situation, I have no choice but to make it clear. I also hope that the high official will be discerning and not wrongly accuse a good person."
After hearing this explanation, Master Sun was speechless for a moment. He was so angry that his face turned green. He was so angry that even his ribs that had just been broken by the mule began to hurt.
However, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him, and he said, "Wait a minute! Even so. Just now, this young man whipped my servant with a horsewhip and then had his mule hit me. Everyone saw it. Isn't this assaulting someone in broad daylight? He should be arrested!"
At this time, Shen Fenghe, who had been silent all this time, spoke calmly:
"I'm afraid this young master has misunderstood. I was clearly lashing out at the mule with my whip, but the animal refused to obey at the critical moment and simply stayed in the street. I was anxious to get home, so I used more force, but the tip of the whip accidentally injured one of your servants. Everyone can attest to this. As for you being knocked down, it was that animal's lack of humanity that suddenly charged at me. I apologize to you."
Hearing this, everyone nodded and said, "It seems the young master's whip was indeed aimed at the mule just now. Those people were hit by the whip tip. There's nothing we can do about it. Mule carts are inherently dangerous when traveling. This is common sense. Who told those people to rush forward and get whipped?"
"That's right..."
When Master Sun heard that the crowd was also speaking in favor of Chen Fenghe, he was almost furious.
Yuan Xu spoke at the right moment: "Mr. Sun, after all, Mr. Su did make some mistakes. I would like to apologize to you on his behalf. My Yun family is willing to cover the medical expenses for Mr. Sun and his servants."
Seeing this, the high-ranking official pulled Master Sun aside and whispered, "Master Sun, let's call it a day. Master Yun is the prefect's guest of honor. You don't want to offend the prefect, do you?"
Upon hearing this, although Mr. Sun was still dissatisfied in his heart, seeing that the high-ranking official had even brought up the prefect, he knew that it would be of no benefit to him if he continued to argue, so he could only snort angrily and kept silent.
The crowd dispersed.
Yuan Xu then stepped forward and said, "Mr. Su, you are too impulsive. Come with me. The young master suddenly felt unwell, so he sent a carriage to pick you up."
Shen Fenghe now had no choice but to follow obediently. She glanced at Shen Yichuan and asked, "What should we do with this mule cart... and Yichuan?"
Shen Yichuan was still in a daze at this time. He looked at Yuan Xu and then at Shen Fenghe, not understanding why his sister suddenly became Mr. Su.
Even though he didn't understand the situation, he knew that after the arrival of "Butler Yun," the police stopped arresting Sister. So, he did whatever Sister told him to do, and he couldn't say anything without thinking, or he would harm Sister.
After Chen Fenghe finished asking, a servant came forward and said, "Mr. Su, don't worry. I will take this mule cart, the horses, and the cargo back to the village and hand them over to Madam Qin."
Yuan Xu continued, "As for Yichuan, let's go back in a carriage. Mr. Su's carriage needs to go faster. I'm worried that Yichuan will feel uncomfortable and may even get dizzy."
Chen Fenghe: “…”
The group walked to the end of the street and saw two carriages parked on the road out of the town.
Yuan Xu made a gesture of invitation and said, "Mr. Su, please get in the carriage."
Chen Fenghe lifted the curtain slightly and looked inside, then couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.
She just knew...
There was already someone sitting in the carriage, a 'patient' who was supposed to be at home waiting for her to go back and treat him because he was unwell.
Xiao Yunshuo was wearing a thick fox fur coat and holding a hand warmer in his hand, looking very fragile.
He had originally closed his eyes to rest, but when he felt the curtain being lifted, he raised his eyelids and saw that it was Chen Fenghe. There was not much change on his face, he just glanced at her lightly.
Chen Fenghe sighed and resigned herself to her fate before getting on the carriage.
On the other side, Yuan Xu also picked up Shen Yichuan from the mule cart and was about to get on another carriage.
Shen Yichuan couldn't help but yelled, "I want to go back with Ah...with my brother in a carriage!"
Yuan Xu would never agree. He took out some candied haws and said, "Yichuan, be good, brother... I have a lot of delicious food in the car. Don't you want to eat some?"
Shen Yichuan was a child at heart, so how could he not be tempted by food? But he still looked at the carriage that Shen Fenghe had gotten on, hesitant.
Yuan Xu smiled and said, "Don't worry, our carriage will follow behind your...brother's carriage. You can always see him from the window and won't lose him."
Shen Yichuan asked, “Really?”
"nature."
Shen Yichuan hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and said like a little adult: "Well... okay." Then he obediently got into the carriage with Yuan Xu.
The driver outside shouted "Gee!" and the carriage moved forward steadily.
Chen Fenghe looked at her nose and her heart, intending not to speak and wait for Xiao Yunshuo to speak first.
Anyway, it's embarrassing... it's embarrassing for both of us.
However, Xiao Yunshuo was more patient than her, and was still as calm as an old monk in meditation.
The carriage sped away, and the wind blew in through the window gaps. Chen Fenghe was originally "fully armed" to drive the mule cart. He wore sheepskin over his coat and gloves made of rabbit skin on his hands, so he was not cold.
However, he inexplicably recalled that he had just seen Xiao Yunshuo without gloves, and his eyes subconsciously glanced at his hands.
Xiao Yunshuo's slender fingers were bent in a relaxed manner, holding a gilded heater in his palm.
I can't help but think that if these hands were learning to play the piano in a world before I traveled through time, the slender fingers dancing on the keys would definitely be very... well... sexy.
Hmm...what is she thinking?
It's just a pair of hands. Her hands are beautiful too. Is it necessary to be obsessed with other people's hands?
But just as his gaze was pulled back to reason for a moment, he couldn't help but glance over again.
Chen Fenghe sighed inwardly without temper.
That's all.
There is nothing you can do if you can't eat the delicious food. You can always be forgiven for feasting your eyes...
Maybe it was because she was too engrossed in watching that he noticed, Xiao Yunshuo suddenly opened his eyes and glanced at her.
Then he suddenly grabbed her hands and pried them apart.
"What are you...doing?"
The next second, a warm hand warmer was stuffed into her palm.
Chen Fenghe was stunned for a moment and immediately wanted to return it to him: "I'm not cold..."
Xiao Yunshuo's slender fingers reached into the rabbit fur gloves on her hands and gently brushed across the back of her hand.
A little... well... itchy, my hands itchy, my heart itchy too...
Even with gloves on, her hands were still cold.
Xiao Yunshuo simply took off the gloves on her hands, wrapped her hands with his big hands, and said unhappily: "Are you still not cold? Your hands are almost as cold as stone!"
Chen Fenghe subconsciously wanted to pull her hand back, but Xiao Yunshuo glared at her and she dared not move.
"What are you doing?"
Fine, just don't move.
To be honest, Xiao Yunshuo's hands are quite warm, and can compete for the title of the best hand warmer.
The two were silent for a moment. Xiao Yunshuo frowned and looked at her with a cold look in his eyes.
Chen Fenghe was a little confused. Is he... angry?
The question is, she shouldn't have offended him, right?
It has been five or six days since he moved to Murakami. She has hardly seen him. She can't provoke him even if she wants to.
Xiao Yunshuo stared at her for a while before lowering his eyes and sneering, "You're really able to keep your composure!"
Shen Fenghe was stunned for a moment.
Where did this come from?
What did she do? What does it mean to be able to keep calm?
"Your Highness, what do you mean?"
Xiao Yunshuo glared at her and said with gritted teeth, "Are you pretending to be stupid, or do you really not understand?"
Chen Fenghe shook his head blankly.
This riddle... has no beginning or end.
Xiao Yunshuo suddenly raised one hand and clasped her neck, then kissed her domineeringly with his thin lips.
Chen Fenghe: “…”
Can't you just talk it out? Why do you have to use your mouth to talk...
After a while, Xiao Yunshuo finally let her go. Looking at her flushed cheeks and panting appearance, he said coldly:
"I've publicly declared myself unmarried, and you're not angry at all? These past few days, matchmakers from dozens of miles around have been practically trampling over the Yun family's doorstep, and you don't care at all?"
Shen Fenghe was stunned for a moment before he finally understood.
Is it because he saw that she wasn't jealous and didn't react, so he came here to question her?
"Your Highness claims to be unmarried to avoid complications. The fewer people involved in this disguised identity, the less likely it is to be discovered. If I were Your Highness, I would make the same claim. As for those matchmakers... Your Highness is still unmarried, handsome, and wealthy. Although he's a little weak, he takes daily nourishing supplements like ginseng and bird's nest, so I don't think it's a big problem. He's the ideal son-in-law. Families with unmarried daughters are not blind, so they will definitely be more proactive in proposing marriage. This is also human nature. Why should I care?"
Xiao Yunshuo was so angry that he couldn't help but take a few deep breaths before suppressing his rage to have her done right there. He sneered, "Those matchmakers are arranging marriages for your husband. If I agree, another woman will enter the house! Are you so magnanimous?"
Chen Fenghe's eyes trembled slightly, and a moment of sadness flashed in her eyes, but she quickly concealed it.
A fleeting smile played at the corners of her lips as she whispered, "Your Highness won't forget that he's the Crown Prince, will he? When Your Highness ascends the throne, how can I be the only one in the harem? If I get jealous now because of these false things, then in the future, facing the countless nobles in the harem, won't I become a jealous woman, impeached by the whole court and the whole world?"
Chen Fenghe has always chosen to avoid talking about this matter.
As a modern person, she wanted to instill the idea of monogamy into an ancient person - if he was just an ordinary citizen, it would be fine, but this person was the crown prince, the future emperor. It was somewhat inappropriate and futile to do so.
Even if Xiao Yunshuo himself accepted and agreed with such ideas, how could it be so easy to convince the court officials, various forces, and even the people of the world after he inherited the throne?
She is a very pragmatic and cold-hearted person.
If a task has a success rate of over 50%, she will always give it a try.
Even if the success rate was low, if it was a mission that had to be done, she would still do her best, even if it meant sacrificing her own life. This was her duty as a special forces soldier and military doctor.
But if the success rate is low and it is not something that must be done, she will simply give up after weighing the pros and cons.
For example, she wants to be Xiao Yunshuo's Crown Princess - and maybe even the Queen in the future.
She had no obligation to be the Crown Princess.
He also failed to convince Xiao Yunshuo and the world of his confidence.
So,
The best solution is not to get involved.
If she hadn't been forced into a difficult situation by Xiao Yunshuo's questions today, she wouldn't have said these words.
And after she said it, she regretted it.
Since she has no intention of joining the game, why bother saying it?
A moment of astonishment flashed across Xiao Yunshuo's face.
This is not because of what Shen Fenghe said,
In fact, what Chen Fenghe said just now was what a virtuous queen should say.
Since ancient times, the requirements for a queen have been to be broad-minded and a role model for the country.
This naturally includes not being jealous and being able to tolerate all the concubines in the harem.
If she had said these words in a gentle manner as she should have - although this was not what she would say, Xiao Yunshuo would not be surprised.
However, on the contrary, when she said these words, her face showed a desolate, helpless and somewhat detached expression as if she was watching from the sidelines.
Xiao Yunshuo suddenly felt a little depressed.
Several times before, he had vaguely felt that during his exile, although his Crown Princess had devoted herself to protecting and caring for his mother and ninth brother, treating the poison for him, helping him hide his identity, dealing with Qu Wenmin, and doing her best to restore his position as Crown Prince, but... once it came to emotions, she would instantly become distant and restrained, as if she was deliberately keeping a distance from him.
He had convinced himself that it was probably just his illusion. She might just be shy and embarrassed. After all, to her, although they were already married, he was probably no different from a stranger.
Therefore, he thought that if they spent more time together and became familiar with each other, this sense of alienation between them would disappear.
However, in that instant just now, that kind of alienation and self-control was so clearly revealed that it shattered all his previous self-deception.
His Crown Princess, perhaps... is really deliberately distancing herself from him?
Why? Is she in love with another man?
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