Shen Youying no longer cared how angry Xuan Ci was.
After leaving the palace and getting into the carriage, she finally couldn't help but laugh and leaned against Danzhu. Her peach-blossom eyes, brimming with water, curved into a smile, with a touch of coquettishness: "Did you see Xuanci's expression?"
"Princess Xuanci's face was contorted with anger." Danzhu was also happy for her young lady. She was two years older than her and had served her since she was a child. The year her young lady fell into the water, she was too young to go into the palace with her. She only knew that her chubby-cheeked young lady had gone into the palace unharmed, but when she returned, she had a high fever and was unconscious.
The Duke sent a token to the palace to summon the imperial physician, who then personally cared for the girl for three days and three nights before her fever subsided and she regained consciousness. She was so thin that she looked unrecognizable.
When the girl woke up, she said that Princess Xuanci had deliberately pushed her down. At that time, the Duke was shocked and angry. He called the servants who were with him to ask questions, but the girl and the lady had been separated and there were no servants with them.
Later, the matter was dropped due to a lack of evidence, and the girl was quite depressed for a while, refusing to go to the palace again.
"I think Princess Xuanci will be too angry to sleep tonight," Danzhu said with satisfaction. "Finally, I've gotten my revenge."
Shen Youying, holding a soft pillow in her arms, nodded with a smile.
When Xue Shen was pushed into the carriage by the guards, he saw her with watery eyes and a radiant smile. Shen Youying was indeed very beautiful, with a small face, big eyes, snow-white skin, and red lips. Her figure was slender and well-proportioned, neither too fat nor too thin. Because she had not yet fully matured, her face still had a touch of girlish innocence. When she smiled with her eyebrows curved, she had a charming and delicate appearance.
No wonder Shen Mingjiang dotes on this youngest daughter like the apple of his eye.
If he had such a daughter, he would cherish and protect her.
Thinking that Shen Mingjiang's eyes were now in his hands, Xue Shen moved his lips with great satisfaction, and his expression towards Shen Youying softened considerably: "What's making you so happy?"
The cheerful atmosphere in the carriage froze for a moment because of his arrival. Danzhu stopped smiling, lowered his head, and nimbly got off the carriage to make room for him.
Because Xue Shen needs to use a wheelchair, the carriages in the Qin Prince's mansion are much larger than ordinary carriages, large enough to accommodate a wheelchair.
Xue Shen maneuvered the wheelchair to a natural stop beside Shen Youying. Because they were so close, their clothes intertwined.
Shen Youying awkwardly pulled her legs back and quietly tugged her skirt back a little.
"nothing."
Xue Shen noticed her subtle movements but pretended not to, and continued, "Xuan Ci is His Majesty's most beloved princess. It's not appropriate to make a scene today. I'll find an opportunity to avenge you in the future."
Shen Youying: ?
"She has already admitted her mistake." She looked up at Xue Shen in confusion, her face full of bewilderment, not understanding how he still needed to vent his anger.
"He only apologized verbally; he wasn't seriously injured." Xue Shen sneered, a hint of ferocity unconsciously flashing in his eyes, his expression quite terrifying.
The familiar rapport the two had built during the day was suddenly broken. Shen Youying stared at him blankly, then belatedly realized that the person in front of her was not as gentle and good-tempered as when they were acting in the palace.
He was the King of Qin, whose moods were unpredictable and who was meticulous about every little thing.
Shen Youying subconsciously straightened her back, like a wary little animal sensing a threat.
Xue Shen noticed the sudden fear and aloofness in her eyes, frowned, took out a string of sandalwood prayer beads from his sleeve and fiddled with them one by one, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Afraid of me?"
His tone was very calm, as if the anger he had inadvertently revealed earlier had been dried up like dew.
But it is precisely this sudden and unpredictable shift in emotions that makes him seem all the more capricious.
Shen Youying dared not answer this seemingly simple question casually.
She nervously clenched her fingers, gently shook her head, and cautiously said, "Today we owe a great debt to Your Highness. Actually... I had a falling out with Princess Xuanci when I was young. At that time, we were of different statuses, so we could only try to downplay the matter. For someone as proud as Princess Xuanci to bow her head and admit her mistake to me today is already a great humiliation."
“You’re too soft-hearted,” Xue Shen shook his head and sighed. “You can’t be so soft-hearted if you’re going to be my queen.”
He took Shen Youying's hand, gently smoothing her clenched, slender fingers one by one, and placed a chilling short dagger in her palm, instructing her to hold it: "The common people say I'm a ruthless demon, a killer who doesn't blink an eye. As the saying goes, a wife should follow her husband's lead. Even if you don't claim to have mastered all my skills, Your Highness should at least have mastered eight-tenths. Next time someone dares to lay a hand on you, you must learn to fight back. You can't disgrace the Qin Prince's Mansion, hmm?"
The chill of the short dagger seeped into his heart from his palm.
Shen Youying's fingers twitched slightly as she obediently gripped the dagger, whispering, "But...but today she is a princess."
"So what if she's a princess?" Xue Shen scoffed, withdrawing his hand to pinch her soft cheek. "Do you believe that if Xuan Ci and I were both in danger, and His Majesty could only save one, he would definitely choose me?"
Shen Youying's first reaction was disbelief.
But she quickly connected the rumors to the emperor's mind and realized that, as an emperor who succeeded his brother after the death of his brother, Emperor Cheng'an might indeed do such a thing.
Shen Youying's eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings as she finally understood the deeper meaning behind Xue Shen's words. She raised her eyes tentatively to meet Xue Shen's gaze, gripped the dagger tightly, and nodded, saying, "I believe you."
Xue Shen smiled with satisfaction: "This child is teachable."
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The carriage stopped at the second gate of the Prince's Mansion. The guards laid out a wooden plank and pushed Xue Shen out of the carriage.
Looking at his profile, Shen Youying felt a strange mix of pity and regret.
The reason why the King of Qin dared to be so arrogant and domineering was because he saw through the Emperor's weakness. But on second thought, his willingness to constantly poke at the Emperor's weakness might also be due to his self-abandonment because of his leg ailment.
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