Chapter 24 I really don't like you anymore
Yunxi already had a knife wound on her arm, and when Xiao Shenjing pulled her like that, the pain instantly pierced her heart.
She just gritted her teeth and swallowed back her cries of pain.
She just frowned, looking sadly at the man in front of her, "Your Majesty, please let them go? I did something wrong, I will accept whatever punishment you want."
"Shut up!" Xiao Shenjing suddenly interrupted her.
He switches to this appearance so easily, clearly not feeling that he's done anything wrong.
It's like cooking oil over a raging fire.
His veined hand gripped her arm tightly. "You still don't think you're wrong, do you?"
"I know I was wrong." The intense pain from her arm stung Yunxi's eyes, and she let the tears roll down her cheeks, like a duckweed adrift with nowhere to cling to.
Even her crying was a carefully calculated act, like pear blossoms in the rain.
She's still just giving him the runaround!
Xiao Shenjing was furious and shoved her away. "Yunxi, what makes you think you can do this? You are uneducated, have no background, are provocative and eccentric, stupid and foolish, and self-righteous. You are nothing but a crude and vulgar outlaw. What makes you think you can scheme against me like this?"
"Tell me, what gives you the right?" His eyes held an uncontrollable chill.
"Since I am so worthless, why won't you let me go?" Yunxi's pent-up resentment exploded instantly.
He'll get angry if she doesn't beg for mercy.
She knelt down and begged him, but he still got angry.
He wanted to humiliate her, and she accepted it all, as long as it didn't involve others. She was even willing to personally crush herself into the dust.
But he had no intention of letting her go.
"What exactly do you want me to do?" The gentle and obedient demeanor that Yunxi had cultivated over the past three years was torn apart without hesitation.
To keep her tears from falling, she stared wide-eyed at Xiao Shenjing in front of her, looking up at him from afar.
"Now that you are the emperor, can you please stop arguing with an ignorant and foolish commoner like me? Why don't you just consider me dead? You go your way, and I'll go mine! Wouldn't it be better if we kept to ourselves and never saw each other again?"
Never to see each other again?
"Do you think you can get away with anything after committing a crime in front of me?" Xiao Shenjing's eyes were filled with a chilling coldness.
"Even if I plotted against you back then, you still ruined my wedding." Yunxi was so angry that her blood boiled. She questioned him loudly, her eyes filled with disgust and hatred, "You even left my husband's life hanging in the balance. You have completely ruined my life. What more do you want?"
"You think that's enough? It's already an act of mercy on my part not to kill you immediately!" Xiao Shenjing sneered, utterly disgusted by her current appearance.
"Xiao Shenjing, why do you hate me so much?" Yunxi really couldn't understand. "I did like you back then, but now you can see that I don't like you anymore, and I won't bother you anymore."
"What did you say?" Xiao Shenjing turned his head, his phoenix eyes fixed on her.
"I really don't like you anymore. I know I used to be incredibly audacious, but now..."
I really don't like you anymore.
"What do you think you are? Your affection is worthless to me!" Yunxi's words were abruptly interrupted by Xiao Shenjing, his eyes chillingly indifferent. "Yunxi, I will not kill you. I want you to live well, and you must atone for every single mistake you've made!"
Xiao Shenjing uttered those words.
He turned and left.
Yunxi truly wished she could kill this man. "Xiao Shenjing! Why won't you let me go? Why?"
Why?
Xiao Shenjing paused for a moment, then strode away again.
She dared to toy with him and deceive him like this, without even showing the slightest remorse.
He had no doubt that if she had a sword, she would draw it on him again without hesitation.
She was ruthless and deceitful towards him, yet she was tender, affectionate, and devoted to other men. How could he let her go so easily?
At this moment, Dao Yi, who was following behind, wished he were invisible.
He hadn't seen Xiao Shenjing so angry in many years.
Before stepping out of the prison, Xiao Shenjing said to Xing Zhao, the deputy commander who was standing bowing to him, "Give her a good talking to."
Xiao Shenjing's lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.
Instead, he turned and left with a stern face.
Seeing this, Dao Yi deliberately slowed down and whispered, "Remember not to hurt Miss Yunxi's body."
Xiao Shenjing didn't know if he had heard it, but he paused for a moment.
When they returned to the palace, it was already 7:45 PM.
Eunuch Fu naturally dared not ask Xiao Shenjing what he had done this time, but he did notice the bloodstains on his sleeve.
So he instructed the palace maids behind him, "Help His Majesty change his clothes."
Xiao Shenjing waved his hand. "No need."
Deng Hou's anger had not subsided, so much so that his face appeared particularly gloomy.
With a trembling heart, Eunuch Fu could only remind him, "His Majesty has bloodstains on his sleeve."
Xiao Shenjing raised his arm and glanced at it.
Only then did he notice several streaks of scarlet blood on his sleeve.
He paused for a moment.
Recalling what had just happened, his face grew even more gloomy.
Despite being covered in injuries, he stubbornly refused to beg for mercy or admit his mistakes.
Such a temperament, if not tempered and restrained, will become like a wild horse that has broken free of its reins, restless and harmful to both itself and others.
Xiao Shenjing pinched the bridge of his nose.
Eunuch Fu whispered a reminder, "The princess has been waiting outside for a long time."
After a few breaths, Xiao Shenjing nodded.
Eunuch Fu immediately bowed and withdrew to fetch someone.
Cen Yuwei entered alone, carrying a food box. She walked gracefully over and gave a gentle bow. "Brother Yin'an, you are busy with state affairs. I made some cold water lychee syrup. Would you like to try it?"
"Okay." Xiao Shenjing nodded.
Cen Yuwei's eyes immediately lit up with joy.
When she handed the cold water lychee balm to Xiao Shenjing, she accidentally touched his fingers, and immediately pursed her lips, looking somewhat shy.
“Brother Yin’an, I’m currently preparing for my wedding. Do you have any other preferences? Could you tell me about them?”
Xiao Shenjing put down his bowl and cup, paused for a moment, and finally smiled slightly at Cen Yuwei, "Just decorate it according to your preference. If you need anything, just tell Fushun and have someone send it to you."
"Thank you, Brother Yin'an." Cen Yuwei smiled and curtsied.
Xiao Shenjing still had memorials to read, but as Cen Yuwei bowed and left, she couldn't help but cough a few times.
Seeing her thin shoulders trembling from coughing, he stood up and said, "I will take you back."
Cen Yuwei quickly said, "Brother Yin'an, you're busy. You already have to worry about national affairs."
“It’s alright!” Xiao Shenjing interrupted her directly.
On the way back to the palace, the two remained silent, but Cen Yuwei was still very happy.
Xiao Shenjing simply escorted her to the door and then prepared to leave.
“Brother Yin’an, you must be tired from walking all this way. Why don’t you come in and sit down?” Cen Yuwei bit her lip and said with her eyebrows lowered.
"No need, I still have memorials to review."
Only after Xiao Shenjing's figure disappeared did Cen Yuwei reluctantly turn her gaze away, and asked the palace maid behind her with a dejected expression, "Xueyu, do you think Brother Yin'an doesn't like me?"
Aunt Xueyu immediately comforted her, "How could that be? His Majesty personally escorted the princess back, which shows that he cherishes her dearly."
Cen Yuwei didn't speak immediately. She looked at the crescent moon in the sky and coughed. "You heard what General Cen said during the day."
Although Cen Yuwei's parents passed away early.
However, his father had always enjoyed a high reputation in the army. The reason why Xiao Shenjing was able to win over the army so quickly when he raised an army was not only because of his uncle's years of hard work in the army, but also because of his engagement with Cen Yuwei.
Since Cen Yuwei was engaged to the Emperor, the collateral branches of the Cen family naturally had to rely on her. As the future Empress, she would inevitably need to select some suitable people to serve.
After all, every one of the concubines in the harem had a powerful family backing them.
Therefore, if anything were to affect her status, she would naturally be notified by members of the Cen family faction.
What happened at the city gate in the morning would naturally reach Cen Yuwei's ears immediately.
"Is the princess worried about the one in prison?" Aunt Xueyu asked knowingly.
Cen Yuwei twisted her handkerchief.
A few days ago, Brother Yin'an went on a private visit. Not long after he returned, the deceased Yunxi appeared in the capital.
It is definitely not an accident or a coincidence.
"His Majesty chose the Princess without hesitation that day, which says it all," Aunt Xueyu comforted her. "She was the one His Majesty abandoned before, and she would still be the same today. Princess, don't worry too much, your health is the most important thing. Your wedding with His Majesty is just around the corner, so you must take good care of yourself by then."
Cen Yuwei remained silent for a few moments before finally nodding.
Regardless of the circumstances, she and Yin An are engaged, and she will be his lawfully wedded queen.
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