Sheng Xiyan stood in front of her and said with a smile, "As for whether you mind or not? Well, of course I do... mind quite a lot."
Xiao Zhuozi, Meixiang, Shanhu, and Aunt Zhang stood in front of the ice jar, determined to defend the ice to the death.
Dun Shuyuan shouted, "Sheng Xiuyuan, you are outrageous! You are of lower rank than me, yet you not only refuse to pay respects, but you also allow the palace maids to be so arrogant!"
Sheng Xiyan slowly waved her round fan, adorned with flowers and a full moon, and said calmly, "Sister Dun, I suddenly thought of something that would be perfect for you."
Dun Shuyuan rolled her eyes and asked, "What is it?"
"Listen carefully, you are really a toad pretending to be a frog, you are ugly but you are just playing with flowers."
When the palace maids heard this, they all burst out laughing, and even the two palace maids they brought with them laughed secretly.
Dun Shuyuan reacted, put her hands on her hips, and shouted:
"What are you laughing at! Sheng Xiyan, you're so shameless! Qi Yan's death anniversary is coming soon, and not only do you not think about remembering him, you're also seducing the emperor into throwing himself into his arms every day. Aren't you afraid of retribution for being such a heartless bitch?"
Sheng Xiyan pinched the handle of the sandalwood fan and said coldly, "Dun Shuyuan, you don't do anything that has anything to do with others. Let's go quickly. If you dare to grab the ice, I will go and complain to the emperor immediately."
"you!"
Dun Shuyuan raised her hand to hit someone, but Sheng Xiyan grabbed her wrist and pinched it hard.
"Dun Shuyuan, I have plenty of ways to poison you, so you'd better not mess with me, understand?"
"Just wait!"
Dun Shuyuan left angrily, cursing and kicking over the kumquat bonsai in the yard as she left.
Several palace maids said excitedly, "My lady, you should punish Miss Dun like this, to let her know that we are not easy to bully."
Sheng Xiyan nodded and stepped over the threshold woodenly, and Hua Xia followed her in.
Look at her getting on the couch and looking for pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
"My lady, here, clean the table in front of Coral and put it away."
Hua Xia set out the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, and spread out the cotton-padded paper.
Seeing her start to draw a portrait, it was obvious that it was Emperor Xuanwu. However, Hua Xia knew that Sheng Xiyan was upset at this time, it must be because of what Dun Shuyuan said just now, that Qi Yan's death anniversary was approaching.
"My dear, please don't be sad."
Sheng Xiyan twisted the ink in the wolf-hair brush and said calmly, "I'm fine."
The past cannot be retrieved, but the future can still be looked forward to.
Give time time,
Let the past go and let the beginning begin.
Look forward, don't look back.
Dun Shuyuan returned to the side hall, and was so angry that she threw things around. The better Sheng Xiyan's life was, the more complicated her mood became.
The pain and shame of being abandoned by Qi Yan in the past,
The love I have for Qi Yan in my heart,
Even though I changed the man, I still felt the frustration of being defeated by Sheng Xiyan.
"Sheng Xiyan, you should be missing Qi Yan every day and feeling miserable. Why are you living so happily? I will never let you have your way."
Two days later, in the Yangxin Palace.
Xuan Ling took the seat of honor.
Standing below was a handsome young man, with a handsome and feminine appearance, and a pair of peach blossom eyes radiating tenderness and sweetness.
He waved his folding fan and said, "Brother Emperor, please rest assured. The psychological warfare plan I have planned for you will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort."
The speaker was Prince Yu, the eighth son of the late emperor, a talented and romantic man renowned in the capital.
Xuan Ling said, "I have already completed the first step of conquering the heart, and the effect is quite good. Next is the abandoned cat effect you mentioned. Tell me more about it."
Prince Yu said, "The best way to reverse a relationship is the abandoned cat effect.
In the past six months of getting along with Young Lady Sheng, it’s obvious that my brother loves you more and is the weaker party…”
"Bold!" Xuan Ling felt so vulnerable that his dignity was gone, and he threw the memorial onto the table.
Prince Yu said with a coaxing smile, "Don't worry, my royal brother. The plan I have devised for you can turn the tide and guarantee that you will gain the upper hand."
Xuan Ling was skeptical, "Go ahead."
"A cat that has been abandoned by its owner once will become extremely docile and well-behaved after being picked up again because it is afraid of being abandoned by its owner again. The same is true in relationships between men and women. Love is actually a psychological game.
A sweet and long-lasting relationship never relies on one person's efforts, but on knowing how to control yourself. Don't be nice to one person blindly, as it will wane when the moon is full, and that will make you look cheap.
The key is to make her feel your importance.
In the current situation between you and Miss Sheng, you are in a passive position, so you need to cool down the relationship appropriately so that she can realize the importance of this relationship."
Xuan Ling nodded and said, "Just leaving her alone? I haven't summoned her for two days. How much longer will it take?"
Prince Yu confidently said, "Your Majesty, the coolness after a relationship is the key to warming up. You just need to calm down, stop thinking about her, let her think about you, and figure out why the Emperor hasn't summoned me these past few days."
Xuan Ling stood up and said coldly, "You rely on these tactics to attract people in the capital?"
Prince Yu laughed heartily and said, "Your Highness, I have no great ambitions, but I have a special interest in women."
"Stop doing your job and play chess with me."
"Yes, my royal brother."
As soon as the black and white jade chess pieces were placed, in a short while, the black pieces ate up all the white pieces.
Xuan Ling was puzzled, "You've been very smart since you were young. At the age of ten, your chess skills surpassed those of ordinary hermits. How come you ended up being so useless?"
Prince Yu rubbed his head, his feminine and handsome face showing a slight guilty look. "Didn't your brother have a high fever and burnt out his brain?"
"Your brain is fried, how come you haven't lost your romantic skills?"
Prince Yu grabbed Xuan Ling's sleeve and said coquettishly, "Royal brother, it's okay for me to be a little stupid, as long as I don't cause you any trouble."
Xuan Ling felt relieved. Although his younger brother, Prince Yu, was not as smart in studies as when he was young, he still relied on him and had a good relationship with him. This was the only brotherly love he felt in the royal family.
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