Xiao Jinyan's eyes were too sharp, he could actually guess what she was thinking? She exclaimed, was it because I was too obvious?

Xiao Jinyan: "..." What does eating melon mean? Although he was very curious, in order not to expose his ability to read minds, he refrained from asking.

A cold and arrogant prince like Xiao Jinyan would not easily talk to others unless he couldn't help it! "Your Highness, what is it like?" Shen Chuwei thought that it was nothing to gossip occasionally.

Xiao Jinyan said: "It's unrequited love."

"Oh." Shen Chuwei suddenly realized, "I understand."

No wonder she acted out of character when seeing the complicated relationship between Xiao Jinyan and Chang Liangdi. According to the plot of the novel, even a tsundere shouldn't be like this.

It turns out it was unrequited love, which makes more sense.

Xiao Jinyan also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as the explanation was finally clear.

"I understand."

Shen Chuwei nodded vigorously.

Xiao Jinyan lowered his eyes to look at her legs and asked, "Are your legs feeling better?"

"I am much better now, thanks to Your Highness for helping me apply the ointment. The illness was cured so quickly." Shen Chu smiled slightly and flattered.

Xiao Jinyan snorted, "You're just too talkative."

Shen Chu smiled but did not comment.

Before dinner, Shen Chuwei took a walk in the yard to see if there was anything delicious.

When passing by the rockery, she heard people talking and mentioned her name, so she subconsciously stopped.

"I originally thought Shen Chuwei was just a fool and didn't take her seriously, but I didn't expect she was a scheming woman who could turn things around after being punished. Now my aunt is also praising her, her methods are really amazing."

Chang Liangdi just heard the Queen praising Shen Chuwei more than once, which made her alarm bells ring and she had to be on guard.

"My lady, your Highness is only temporarily bewitched by Di Shen's beauty. When your Highness comes to his senses, he will know that you are a thousand times better than Di Shen." The maid Huaixiang soothed her gently.

Chang Liangdi raised her chin with an arrogant look on her face, "I am the Queen's niece, Shen Chuwei is just a crude girl from the countryside, she is not worthy to be compared with me."

Huaixiang nodded in agreement, "My lady is right, Shen Liangdi is not even worthy of carrying your shoes."

"It doesn't matter whether His Highness likes me or not. What matters is that I take the position of Crown Princess. Then I will be the future Queen."

Chang Liangdi was indeed fond of Xiao Jinyan at the beginning, and she also tried hard to make Xiao Jinyan like her, but Xiao Jinyan was always cold to her.

My mother was right, a man’s love is not as important as power, but the Crown Princess is real.

So she went out of her way to please Xiao Jinyan so that she could be made the Crown Princess as soon as possible.

Shen Chuwei curled her lips when she heard Chang Liangdi talking about her behind her back. She is not from the country, she is from the modern world!

She suddenly thought of a TV plot, bent down, picked up a stone from the ground, weighed it, looked towards the lotus pond, raised her hand and threw it into the water.

There was only a "plop" sound.

Chang Liangdi was startled, stood up and glanced around, "Who?"

After throwing the stones, Shen Chuwei clapped his hands, jumped away, and his footsteps made dull sounds on the bluestone slabs.

Chang Liangdi heard the footsteps and hurriedly chased after them, but Shen Chuwei was nowhere to be seen.

Not seeing anyone, Chang Liangdi felt a little uneasy. If what she had just said were heard by His Highness and her aunt, it would be all over.

She was so angry that she let her guard down.

Chang Liangdi withdrew her gaze and looked at the handkerchief in Huaixiang's hand. She reached out and took it, looking at it carefully. She found that there was a phoenix feather embroidered on it. Her face changed drastically.

The Phoenix Feather can only be used by the Empress. Chang Liangdi's face turned pale instantly. Could it be the Empress just now?

What should I do?

The only person she can rely on in the Eastern Palace is the Queen. If she loses the Queen's support, she can forget about her position as the Crown Princess.

Shen Chuwei took out a piece of chocolate from the space, tore open the package, put it to her mouth and took a bite, thinking that Chang Liangdi would be scared to death by now.

She couldn't help laughing out loud and walked back to the room with brisk steps.

Xiao Jinyan saw her coming back with brisk steps and a smile on his face, "What's the matter? Why are you so happy?"

Shen Chuwei stopped laughing and said, "Your Highness, I saw a yellow oriole with its feathers falling off on the way back just now. It kept chirping and I couldn't help laughing."

Xiao Jinyan's eyes fell on her pink lips, and there was a little black substance on the corner of her mouth. "What did you eat secretly again?"

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"I didn't eat it secretly." Shen Chuwei was confident, thinking that she only ate a piece of chocolate, that was not called eating secretly, that was eating openly! Xiao Jinyan's slender fingers took out a clean square handkerchief from her body, came to her lips, and wiped the black stuff from the corner of her lips for her.

Shen Chu was stunned for a moment. His movements were very gentle. She could still smell the cool fragrance on the handkerchief, which smelled very nice.

After Xiao Jinyan wiped it clean, he showed her the dirty handkerchief and asked, "You still say no?"

Shen Chu lowered her eyes slightly and looked at the black substance on the white handkerchief. She knew it was chocolate, probably because she laughed too loudly just now.

"This is chocolate, not meat. I am eating it openly and there is no need to steal." She still spoke with a righteous tone.

Xiao Jinyan asked: "So, you walked around outside with this face on?"

Shen Chu hesitated for a moment, thinking back to when he had walked from the lotus pond to the wing room, he did walk a circle, and nodded, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

Xiao Jinyan said: "You are my concubine, please pay attention to your image."

Shen Chuwei nodded obediently, "I understand."

* When the queen finished her tea and was washing her handkerchief, she felt around and found that it was missing.

She stood up and looked around the room, but couldn't find it.

Qingying came in with tea and snacks and saw the queen looking down for something: "Your Majesty, what are you looking for?"

"My handkerchief is missing. It was there just now." The queen even looked under the table but couldn't find it.

Qingying placed the snacks in her hand on the round table and said softly, "My Lady, please sit down and have some snacks first. I will come to you."

"Yeah." The queen walked to the round table and sat down. It had been two hours since lunch and she hadn't eaten much of the vegetarian meal. She was so hungry that her stomach was sticking to her back. She picked up the snack, brought it to her lips and took a bite to fill her stomach.

Qingying searched for a while but couldn't find it. After telling the Queen, she went out to look for it.

Chang Liangdi originally wanted to have dinner with the Queen, but when she thought about what she said inappropriately in the afternoon, she didn't dare to go.

When I go to bed at night, I can’t sleep in the first half because I’m worried and afraid, and in the second half, I fall asleep and wake up from nightmares.

I didn't sleep well all night.

The next day, Chang Liangdi went to have breakfast with big dark circles under her eyes, and she was still extremely scared.

(End of this chapter)