Pei Zhixuan replied, "No matter what happens, I will protect you. Don't worry."
He couldn't see the complex emotions that had formed on Shen Yunjiao's face behind him.
If what Prince Pei meant by protecting me was confiscating my entire family's property and exiling them, then it would be better not to protect me.
Of course, Shen Yunjiao didn't say these words out loud, but silently quickened her movements as she applied the medicine.
After applying the medicine, she also dutifully took Pei Zhixuan's pulse and wrote him a prescription.
Pei Zhixuan reached out and took the prescription from her. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Shen Yunjiao's words to urge him to leave, "The wound has been treated. Your pulse is very weak. You should go back and rest as soon as possible."
Pei Zhixuan saw that Shen Yunjiao had dark circles under her eyes and couldn't bear to let her work so hard.
He stood up, his gaze settling steadily on her beautiful, lotus-like face. "Thank you."
Just as Pei Zhixuan was about to leave, the jade pendant on the dressing table caught his eye.
The jade pendant, perfectly round and engraved with dragon patterns, seemed familiar; I felt like I'd seen it somewhere before.
Pei Zhixuan couldn't help but move closer.
Seeing him suddenly walk towards the dressing table, Shen Yunjiao looked at the table with some confusion.
Then she suddenly noticed the jade pendant that Xiao Huaijin had given her.
Oh no! She completely forgot to put the jade pendant away when she was playing with it yesterday.
Shen Yunjiao rushed to the dressing table, grabbed the jade pendant, and placed it behind her.
But Pei Zhixuanque had already seen the jade pendant clearly.
The character "谨" is engraved on it.
Jin, Xiao Huaijin.
This is the jade pendant that the Crown Prince used to wear on his waist every day.
Such an important thing has now appeared in Shen Yunjiao's room.
Pei Zhixuan wasn't so foolish as to not understand the meaning behind giving someone a jade pendant.
He would only give the jade pendant he wore every day to someone he truly loved.
On this summer afternoon, cicadas chirped and birds sang, and a gentle breeze blew through the room.
Pei Zhixuan found the so-called "adulterer".
"Well, if there's nothing else, you can go back now." Shen Yunjiao suddenly felt a little nervous and answered with a forced smile.
Afterwards, she thought about it and wondered why she was so nervous. It was just that she had suddenly become her ex-husband's boss's girlfriend...
Pei Zhixuan looked up at her, his deep, dark eyes looking dangerous.
Only then did he notice the ambiguous kiss marks on Shen Yunjiao's collar, which looked like they had been repeatedly sucked.
He suddenly chuckled softly.
It's truly a cruel twist of fate.
In the past, when he was first forced into marriage by Shen Zhizhang, he thought how wonderful it would be if Shen Yunjiao could meet someone she liked even more and let him go.
Now his wish has come true, and Shen Yunjiao has indeed become someone else's woman.
"Is that the Crown Prince?"
"What?" Shen Yunjiao only saw Pei Zhixuan's thin lips move slightly, but she couldn't hear what he was saying.
Pei Zhixuan's face was tense, with a few fine red lines at the corners of his eyes. He tried his best to suppress the urge to vomit blood again and asked, "You said before that you had fallen in love with someone else. Were you referring to Xiao Huaijin?"
Shen Yunjiao paused for a moment, then nodded solemnly, "Yes, the person I like is the Crown Prince."
This was the first time she had admitted to liking Xiao Huaijin in front of outsiders.
It felt strange, a mix of nervousness and relief.
Looking into her clear and honest almond-shaped eyes, Pei Zhixuan felt a lump in his throat, and finally managed to squeeze out a question in a trembling voice, "Why?"
Why the crown prince?
Why did she fall in love with someone else?
"Shen Yunjiao..."
Pei Zhixuan called her name with a strained voice.
He really wanted to tell Shen Yunjiao that he regretted it and that he shouldn't have forced her to leave when he was angry.
They said he was completely wrong, that he shouldn't have abandoned Shen Yunjiao and left her alone in an empty room for two years after getting married.
He wanted to advise Shen Yunjiao not to be with the Crown Prince, as his status was too high and their relationship wouldn't last.
He had so much to say, but he didn't know where to begin or how to say it.
What good would it do to say it?
Shen Yunjiao understands everything; she has already made her choice.
In the past, her choice was Pei Zhixuan.
Now, her choice has changed to Xiao Huaijin.
Pei Zhixuan suddenly felt a suffocating discomfort.
Looking at the conspicuous red mark on Shen Yunjiao's neck, he would constantly fantasize about intimate scenes between her and Xiao Huaijin.
His breathing instantly became heavy. He couldn't help but step forward, grab Shen Yunjiao's hand through her clothes, and said in a deep voice, "You shouldn't be with him."
Outside the window came the sound of the head housekeeper instructing the maids to do chores in the laundry room, and several of the concubines' children were playing and laughing in the covered walkway, their silvery laughter carrying into the quiet room.
Shen Yunjiao could see the sadness and frustration on Pei Zhixuan's handsome face, but she still replied directly, "You know I won't listen to you."
"Who I'm with and what I do is none of your business." Shen Yunjiao's voice was soft, but her words were extremely cold.
When Pei Zhixuan heard this, his body stiffened. He had wanted to hold Shen Yunjiao's hand tightly, but now he couldn't muster any strength at all.
After a short while, he gave up struggling.
Shen Yunjiao watched helplessly as he stumbled and staggered out of the room.
Hopefully, this time he's truly given up.
Fu Xia hesitated at the door, only daring to enter after Pei Zhixuan had left. "Young Master..."
"Don't worry, he's just upset. He'll be fine once he gets back and thinks things through," Shen Yunjiao replied calmly.
"That's good." Fu Xia nodded and asked, "Is the girl still asleep?"
After what just happened, she is no longer sleepy.
Shen Yunjiao shook her head and asked again, "Where is Zhixuan?"
"I was just helping Lin's mother make chrysanthemum tea, and she should be resting in her room now."
Thinking that she hadn't spent enough time with Ye Zhixuan these past few days, Shen Yunjiao took a pot of sake to her room.
As soon as I stepped across the threshold, I saw Ye Zhixuan holding an embroidery hoop, her head down, carefully sewing a handkerchief.
Upon seeing Shen Yunjiao arrive, she smiled, put down what she was holding, and went to greet her, "Yunjiao."
Shen Yunjiao looked a little embarrassed. "I invited you to live in the mansion, but I haven't been able to come and keep you company every day. It's my fault."
Ye Zhixuan replied earnestly, "I'm already incredibly grateful that you took me in. Everyone has their own things to do, so you don't need to worry about me."
Shen Yunjiao knew that Ye Zhixuan was a kind and understanding girl. She nodded and said, "I have already asked someone to investigate who was behind the scheme to frame your father when he had the accident. Just wait and see."
After saying that, she shook the sake jug in her hand, "Do you remember the white jade sake we used to make when we were little? I made it again, come and try it."
Ye Zhixuan blinked. "Isn't it inappropriate to drink during the day?"
Shen Yunjiao waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, this wine has a very low alcohol content, you won't get drunk."
She pulled Ye Zhixuan down to sit, and seeing the handkerchief she was embroidering, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Your embroidery skills are amazing! Look at this duck, it's so lifelike, it feels like it's about to fly out of the handkerchief."
Ye Zhixuan covered her mouth and chuckled, saying, "Thank you for the compliment, Yun Jiao, but these are mandarin ducks, not ducks."
“My embroidery skills were taught by my mother. She was very skilled at needlework and embroidery. It was because of the exquisite and beautiful things she embroidered that she caught my grandmother’s eye and was able to marry my father. Unfortunately, she passed away early.”
"After your mother passed away, Lord Ye never remarried?" Shen Yunjiao asked curiously.
She remembered that the Ye family only had one daughter, Ye Zhixuan, and she had no brothers or sisters.
Ye Zhixuan said, "My father was deeply in love with my mother, and even though the elders in the family pressured him, he was determined not to remarry."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yunjiao couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
Such a devoted and faithful man was a rare find in her time.
Shen Zhizhang also deeply loved Shen Yunjiao's mother, but three years later he immediately married Concubine Lu into the mansion.
Indeed, people shouldn't be compared to each other.
I wonder if Xiao Huaijin will be as devoted to his wife as Lord Ye was to her in the future.
As Shen Yunjiao pondered, she suddenly felt like laughing.
Who cares?
Love if you love, otherwise forget it.
I have never been a pretentious or affected person.
Besides, the future is always unpredictable, so why bother worrying about things that haven't happened yet?
With this thought, Shen Yunjiao felt much better, and she pulled Ye Zhixuan to finish the whole pot of sake.
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