Chapter 30 A Man's Promise is Worthless
This was the first time Qin Xin had seen her so stern. She was startled and suddenly understood from the Crown Princess's words.
The Crown Princess was afraid that if something happened to Chu Yanluo in the Prince's Mansion, it would plunge the mansion into even greater trouble. The mansion was already in the eye of the storm, and if Chu Yanluo died in the mansion, everyone would think that the mansion had killed her!
Some people even think that the newly arrived Crown Princess couldn't tolerate Chu Yanluo and cruelly killed her!
Qin Xin nodded hurriedly: "Yes, Your Highness, this servant will go and fetch Physician Qin right away!"
Xiao Qingyuan watched her leave in a hurry and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
He looked at Shen Wantang, his eyes filled with mixed emotions: "Thank you."
"Your Highness, there's no need for such formalities."
Looking at her calm face, Xiao Qingyuan felt for the first time that he shouldn't always look at his wife in name only with prejudice.
Since their marriage, she has never done anything to betray him; on the contrary, she has helped him time and time again. For example, in this matter, she could have refused to help, but she didn't.
He misunderstood her, scolded her, and wronged her, but she never took it to heart. She neither cried nor made a scene, nor did she retaliate. Her tranquility and serenity were not feigned, but rather a result of countless hardships she had endured.
But how old is she? Fifteen? Or sixteen?
Why does she possess such extraordinary courage and temperament?
"Shen Wantang".
"Please speak, Your Highness."
Don't you hate me?
Why should I hate the Crown Prince?
"On our wedding night, I didn't lift your veil and left you alone. I made you lose face and left you alone in an empty room."
Shen Wantang was surprised. So he knew he was wrong? It seems he wasn't completely devoid of humanity and manners; he understood all the social norms and ethics.
She smiled calmly: "I don't hate the prince. Before I married into the family, I knew what I would be facing. The prince's actions were within my expectations. In fact, I had anticipated that things might be even worse. The situation on our wedding day was, in my opinion, quite good."
"Since you knew what you would face if you married into this family, why did you still marry into it? Didn't you resist?"
Shen Wantang felt that he was somewhat naive and otherworldly: "The prince didn't want to marry me, but he still went to fetch the bride, didn't he? Didn't you resist?"
“I resisted, but it was no use. Yanluo’s life was in my mother’s hands, and I had no choice but to obey her.”
“Even someone of the Crown Prince’s status and position can’t fight back. Does the Crown Prince think that my fighting back will be of any use? Parents’ orders cannot be disobeyed. I will marry whomever they tell me to marry. I have no right to choose. The same goes for the Crown Prince. So, I really don’t hate the Crown Prince.”
If Shen Wantang had said these things before, Xiao Qingyuan would have thought she was faking it, but now he felt that she was telling the truth.
In the end, she was just as pitiful as he was. She had no say in her marriage. Marrying into the royal family was not something she could control. Whether she became his crown princess or his steward, it was not her fault.
On the contrary, he couldn't fight against his parents, so he took his anger out on Shen Wantang, which was really wrong.
Feeling guilty, he softened his tone considerably: "Shen Wantang, no matter what our future holds, you can come to me whenever you're in trouble. I'll do my best to help you if I can."
Shen Wantang didn't take his promise seriously. In her past life, she had seen too many lovesick men and women. When a man makes a promise, he may be sincere, but afterwards his sincerity will change.
A man's promise is worthless.
A polite smile appeared on her face: "Thank you, Your Highness."
"Then I won't stay any longer. There's no one to take care of Yanluo, so I have to go back and look after her."
After Xiao Qingyuan finished speaking, he turned to leave, but just then he ran into Granny Chai carrying a food box.
The food box was covered, but a rich and enticing aroma wafted out from inside.
Xiao Qingyuan could tell from the smell that this was the kitchen's specialty soup—matsutake mushroom and pigeon soup.
He was starving, and the aroma of the soup made him swallow hard.
He hadn't eaten since last night, and now he was so hungry he wanted to eat the food container that held the pigeon soup too.
He hesitated for a moment, then walked back.
Granny Chai had already opened the food box, taken out a clay pot, then picked up a soup ladle, ladled out a bowl of soup, added some pigeon meat and matsutake mushrooms, and placed it in front of Shen Wantang: "Your Highness, this is freshly made. Please try it and see if it suits your taste."
Shen Wantang took a sip and exclaimed, "It's incredibly delicious! I've never had such a wonderful pigeon soup before. Which chef made this?"
"Your Highness, it was made by the old woman from Qian Dachui's household. She's the best at making this."
"reward!"
"yes."
Granny Chai turned to leave, but saw that Xiao Qingyuan had returned at some point and was standing at the door, silent and unwilling to leave, just staring at the bowl of pigeon soup in Shen Wantang's hand.
Shen Wantang also noticed Xiao Qingyuan: "Does Your Highness have anything else to say?"
Xiao Qingyuan's face flushed slightly: "Can you finish this soup? Don't waste it."
Shen Wantang and Granny Chai exchanged a glance and almost burst out laughing.
Both of them struggled to suppress their laughter. The pampered young master of the Ning Prince's mansion, who was spoiled and had everything he wanted, actually said not to waste it. How amusing!
"There's quite a lot of soup; I can't finish it all by myself. Would the young master like a bowl?"
After asking the question, Shen Wantang didn't wait for Xiao Qingyuan's reply before instructing Granny Chai, "Go and get another set of bowls and chopsticks to serve the young master soup."
"Yes, Princess Consort."
Xiao Qingyuan said, "No need. Since you can't finish it, I'll just take this casserole with me. I don't feel comfortable here. I'll go back to my courtyard to drink it."
After he finished speaking, he went straight forward, put the casserole back into the food box, put the lid on, and carried it away.
Shen Wantang was stunned: "Granny, he even took our pots?" Although this palace is his home, it's too impolite of him to take the pots.
Granny Chai was even more dumbfounded: "The young master is becoming more and more outrageous. He must have taken the pot away so rudely in order to nourish that shameless woman's body!"
She looked at Shen Wantang and saw that he only had one bowl of soup left. She felt ashamed for her young master.
She apologized repeatedly: "Please forgive me, Your Highness. It was my fault for not watching over your soup properly. This will definitely not happen again next time. Please drink it first. I will go to the kitchen right away and have them make you another pot!"
Shen Wantang shook her head: "No need, this bowl is enough. I can't drink too much anyway, so don't make it any longer."
Granny Chai could only stammer and retreat.
On the other side, Xiao Qingyuan carried the food box and hurried back to his courtyard.
He endured his hunger and entered the house with some delight: "Yanluo, look what I brought you!"
Chu Yanluo had already changed into Xiao Qingyuan's clothes. She lay on the bed and spoke indifferently, "What?"
"It's pigeon soup! This is the perfect thing for you to drink right now. Let me help you up, and after you drink a bowl, you'll feel much better."
Chu Yanlu frowned: "Didn't I already say I wanted bird's nest soup? Why did you give me pigeon soup? I don't want it, take it away!"
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