Before she could finish her words, Tu Qingyu slapped her in the face.
It didn't take long, and it didn't look like she used much effort, and there were indeed no traces on Shu Muyun's face.
But only Tu Qingyu, who was hitting others, and Shu Muyun, who was being hit, knew how painful this slap was.
Shu Muyun's beautiful almond-shaped eyes were filled with shock at this moment.
She didn't understand. Tu Qingyu had just been punished, so why did he dare to hit her like that?
Tu Qingyu just rubbed his wrist and said calmly: "It is true that I was a coward in the past. I always thought that as long as I do my best, the prince will always see the good in me.
Now I understand, since things I haven't done will also be slandered, why don't I just do them?
You have repeatedly complained about how I bullied you, and now, I will bully you and show you how I did it."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at the servants who were following behind her in amazement and said, "Let's go. What are you still standing there for?"
It wasn't until she had walked a short distance that Shu Muyun came to her senses.
"You, you stop!" She yelled at Tu Qingyu. Seeing that Tu Qingyu ignored her, she became angry and wanted to chase him.
Tu Qingyu moved her fingers and her foot sprained again.
“Ouch—!”
Another dog eating shit.
"Girl! Girl, are you okay?"
As soon as Huo Qixiao came back, he heard the servant report that Miss Shu had been crying for a long time.
He frowned and asked, "Why are you crying again?"
Didn’t we say we were going out to fly kites today?
Are kites not fun?
By the time he reached the main courtyard gate, the servants had already reported what had happened that day.
"She hit me again? This..." He subconsciously started to blame, but the words he heard under Tu Qingyu's window this morning emerged in his mind.
In that state and tone, would he really take the initiative to hit someone?
Before he could figure out what was going on, the door opened and a person jumped into his arms.
"Your Highness..." Shu Muyun hugged him, "Your Highness, you have to make the decision for Yun'er, Your Highness..."
She cried out in sorrow, tears streaming down her face as if they were free.
Huo Qixiao patiently asked, "What's going on?"
"I made the princess sister angry. She, she deserves to hit me, but, but it hurts so much, Prince, Yun'er is in so much pain, wuwu..."
"Where did she hit you?" Huo Qixiao looked down at her face. "Face?"
Shu Muyun immediately covered her face and said, "Don't look at me, my lord. I must be very ugly now. If you see me, I will be too embarrassed to face anyone."
"It's okay, let me take a look." He forcefully pried Shu Muyun's hands apart, lowered his head and frowned at the half of Shu Muyun's face that she had just covered.
Shu Muyun thought he saw the slap mark on her face, and lowered her head sadly, "It must not look good, Your Highness, please don't look at it."
"It's not ugly." There wasn't even a mark on his face.
Huo Qixiao calmly withdrew his hand and put it behind his back.
"What's wrong, Your Highness?" Seeing that he no longer hugged her, Shu Muyun looked up in some confusion.
"It's okay." Huo Qixiao looked at the person in front of him and sighed slightly in his heart.
After all, this was the person who saved him, and the person he had cherished and cared for for several years. Even though there were doubts about this matter, he couldn't bear to blame him.
He reached out and ruffled Shu Muyun's hair. "It's okay. The King will go see her tomorrow."
"Yes." Shu Muyun nodded. "Your Highness, Yun'er is actually also at fault in this matter. Yun'er shouldn't have run into the princess in the garden. After the punishment, the princess hasn't left the house for a long time. Now that spring has arrived, she naturally wants to go out and enjoy the flowers. It's Yun'er who shouldn't have gone out."
When he heard these words in the past, he would just think that Tu Qingyu was overbearing. He went to the garden himself and didn't allow others to go there.
Now that I think about it carefully, the more I think about it, the more wrong it seems.
But even though he felt something was wrong, he still spoke subconsciously, "This garden is the garden of the palace, and the palace is my palace. There is no place you can't go.
It was she, the princess, who was too overbearing and even dared to hit someone. Don't worry, I will give you justice."
Shu Muyun nestled in his arms and smiled with satisfaction, "I don't care whether it's fair or not, as long as the prince treats Yun'er well, that's all."
If this continues, the princess won't live long.
If you can become a princess, who would want to be a concubine?
In the past, Huo Qixiao would definitely be moved when hearing these words, but now, for some reason, he didn't feel touched at all.
The next day, when it was time for lunch, he went to Tu Qingyu's side courtyard again.
"Is this the food for the princess? It's not even as good as what servants like me eat."
"You've just arrived, so there are many things you don't understand. This princess isn't favored by the prince. Since she married in, she hasn't been given the power of housekeeper. How much respect can a princess who can't manage the household get from the kitchen?"
"Then, can't the princess buy it herself? Or go out and buy it?"
"Well, they did in the past. After all, the princess had a large dowry, so if she took care of it a little, the kitchen would be happy to cook for her.
But ever since Miss Shu arrived, she seems to be the one in charge of the house. She specifically instructed that the princess's courtyard is not allowed to use money to buy food. So, no matter how long Miss Shu has been here, the princess has been eating plain soup."
"Ah? There's actually such a thing?!"
"That's right, and it's even more so these days. Ever since the princess was punished, no one in the palace has taken her seriously anymore."
…
The man holding the food box gradually walked away, and Huo Qixiao finally walked out from the shadows.
He knew that the princess would be treated coldly because she was not favored by him, but he did not know that the cold treatment was so severe that the food she ate was not even as good as what the servants ate.
Huo Qixiao, who originally wanted to go to the side courtyard to question, walked even more heavily.
Without disturbing anyone, he stood at the door of the side yard and looked.
What caught my eye was the beauty standing under the crabapple blossoms in the yard, as if she was about to float away in the next moment.
His pupils shrank.
That's...his princess?
At this time, Tu Qingyu was wearing a lavender long dress and her hair was simply tied up. She was standing under the crabapple tree.
A gust of wind blew up the light blue shawl on her arm, and the hint of sadness between her brows added a bit of alienation and beauty.
It was as if she was about to ascend to heaven in the next moment.
Huo Beiqi stared in amazement, and then he was in a state of astonishment for a long time.
He used to feel that Shu Muyun had a sense of independence from the world, but now it seems that everything about Shu Muyun was too superficial.
"Miss, you are wearing too little." At this time, Chunlan came out with a light yellow cloak and put it on Tu Qingyu. "It is the coldest time of the year now. Your body can no longer withstand the tossing and turning."
Tu Qingyu patted her hand and said, "It's okay. My body is just like this. It's good to be able to breathe properly."
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