Chapter 41: The author who has been absent from updates is back?
Shen Junheng chuckled: "Princess, I just divorced He Pingzhi, and you can't wait to find me a matchmaker? I finally have a free and easy life, but I don't want to get married again."
"I'm not the one who's impatient. Well, since you're playing dumb, I won't bother to mention it." Xiao Jinhuan smiled mysteriously, "Then can you guess who introduced Sun Youyu to me?"
"Ji Zixuan?"
"How do you know everything?" Xiao Jinhuan gave her an approving look. "Ji Zixuan is truly a wonderful person. She was able to convince Sun Youyu to express his feelings to me."
Shen Junheng just made a random guess, but he didn't expect that he would be right.
But Ji Zixuan was ambitious. Even though she had made countless fortunes, she was probably still not satisfied. She wanted to befriend Xiao Jinhuan, most likely for some other reason.
"She is indeed a wonderful person." Shen Junheng asked tentatively, "Princess, how do you plan to thank her?"
Xiao Jinhuan glanced at her, pondered for a moment, and said softly, "She wants me to set her up with Third Brother..."
Shen Junheng was stunned.
Xiao Jinhuan asked cautiously, "If I really help her become the Crown Princess, would you mind?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Junheng's expression clearly failed her. She said stiffly, "Xiao Lingyu can marry whoever he wants. What does it have to do with me?"
"Do you really think so? I hope you're not saying one thing and thinking another." Xiao Jinhuan looked at her inquiringly. "Then I'll create an opportunity for her to get in touch with my third brother. As for whether she can become the Crown Princess as she wishes, that depends on my third brother's wishes."
Shen Junheng forced a smile.
At night, Shen Junheng couldn't sleep.
Xiao Lingyu hasn't come to see her at night recently. Although she knows that it is because the open and secret struggles between him and Xiao Linghe have reached a fever pitch, he must be careful at critical moments and not let Xiao Linghe catch any more of his handles.
But she still felt a little uncomfortable, wondering if he would marry Ji Zixuan after getting along with her. After all, Ji Zixuan was financially strong and could provide great help to his fight for the throne.
After all, didn't he marry Shen Bizhu before? Since he can take a concubine, why can't he marry a wife?
Haha, these are Xiao Lingyu’s business, what does it have to do with her?
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On the day of Xiao Jinhuan's wedding, at the wedding banquet, Shen Junheng met Ji Zixuan. She still greeted her warmly, and she still nodded lightly.
Shen Junheng saw Ji Zixuan's rosy face and thought that she must be in high spirits because of the good news.
Ji Zixuan deliberately sat next to Shen Junheng and chatted with him idly, but Shen Junheng was absent-minded.
Suddenly, Ji Zixuan whispered in her ear, "I heard that the prince liked you before?"
Shen Junheng was slightly stunned, looked at her and said nothing.
Ji Zixuan poured her a glass of wine and continued, "You said the prince rejected me. Could it be that he still has feelings for you?"
Shen Junheng took a sip of the wine, but found it too bitter, so he put it down and said lightly, "Miss Ji, you're joking."
Ji Zixuan didn't care. She picked up the wine glass and drank it all. She smiled and said, "Since the prince has no interest in me, I won't bother him. But I think happiness must be earned by oneself. If Miss Shen and the prince are in love, why don't you be brave?"
Shen Junheng looked up at her and they smiled at each other.
Be brave
Shen Junheng asked himself, "Be brave? Is that really possible?"
Ji Zixuan filled his glass with wine again, raised it high in front of Shen Junheng, and said proudly, "Come on, cheers!"
Shen Junheng raised his glass, clinked it with hers, and then drank it all in one gulp.
Unexpectedly, although this wine is a bit bitter, it has a sweet aftertaste and a long lasting effect.
"Ms. Ji, you have a really good alcohol tolerance."
"Drinking like this is boring, how about we play some drinking games?"
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Soon, several people gathered around and started chatting with Ji Zixuan.
Ji Zixuan stood up and mingled with them generously.
In a short period of time, Ji Zixuan became very successful in the capital, and she was the absolute focus at this banquet.
In sharp contrast to Ji Zixuan's glory is Xiao Linghe.
Xiao Linghe looked depressed, drinking alone at the table, and looked a little lonely.
Xiao Linghe failed to checkmate Xiao Lingyu's army, leading to a counterattack from Xiao Lingyu. Chen Ying had committed suicide in his mansion, Zuichunlou was sealed off, and Zhou Jiuniang's whereabouts were unknown.
However, this was just the beginning. All sorts of cases were brought to light at once, involving more and more people. Jingzhao Prefecture was still continuing its in-depth investigation, determined to find him.
Xiao Linghe was naturally in a bad mood.
What made him even more annoyed was He Pingzhi.
He had visited him a few days ago and learned that he had contracted that shameful disease. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood. The two had a huge argument and He Pingzhi fainted from anger.
Xiao Linghe fell seriously ill after returning home, and now he was drinking to drown his sorrows at this banquet, which only made him even more sorrowful.
Shen Junheng was confused. Even though Ji Zixuan had a golden finger, there was no reason for her to overshadow the protagonist of the book.
The book is coming to an end. How will the story of Xiao Linghe and He Pingzhi end?
Wait, the epilogue?
Shen Junheng suddenly remembered that the book she was reading was a serialized online novel. Although the ending of He Pingzhi and Xiao Linghe was explained at the end of the book, the status of the book showed that it was still serialized. It was just that the author had not updated the novel for three years, so she thought that was the end of the story.
Many new characters suddenly appeared in the book. He Pingzhi and Xiao Linghe's scenes seemed to have been edited out, and Ji Zixuan seemed more like the protagonist... From all the signs, Shen Junheng boldly speculated that the author must have picked up the unfinished book and resumed it. He not only changed the plot, but also changed the protagonist!
As Shen Junheng pondered this, he felt this possibility was even more pronounced. This author might have suffered a beating from other professions during his three-year hiatus, and after much deliberation, he decided to return to the online literary world. The author's book had originally been abandoned due to poor performance. This author was a failure to begin with, and with the online literary world now more competitive than ever, he probably didn't even know how to write the golden three chapters. Many of his initial submissions were rejected by the editor, leaving him with no choice but to rewrite and continue this abandoned work.
She couldn't help but find it funny. If that was the case, then it wasn't her, the butterfly, who changed the characters and the direction of the plot, but the author.
She is just an insignificant supporting character in the book, so small that she can't even be called a butterfly.
Shen Junheng smiled bitterly. He really wanted to ask this author, who hadn't updated the book yet, what was his positioning for this book? If it was a story about political intrigue, he'd made the villain, the prince, a love-sick man. If it was a story about palace intrigue, he'd made it about two men. Now, he'd made Ji Zixuan the protagonist. What on earth was he trying to accomplish?
The more Shen Junheng thought about it, the more headache he felt. He simply stopped thinking about it and turned his gaze to Sun Youyu and Xiao Jinhuan.
"Bow to heaven and earth."
"Bow to your parents twice."
"Husband and wife bow to each other."
"The ceremony is over, send her to the bridal chamber!"
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