"ah--"

"careful!"

When Jiang Li leaned forward, Zhou Qingyuan subconsciously stepped forward to catch her, but someone was one step faster than him! Shen Tingsi flew in front of Jiang Li, and when Jiang Li was about to fall, he grabbed her arm and pulled her up.

Jiang Li, who found support, also grabbed Shen Tingsi's sleeve tightly, as if she had grabbed the last straw.

The moment their eyes met, the atmosphere around them changed slightly in an instant.

Everyone looked at the scene in front of them with horror, and when they realized something was wrong, they quickly lowered their heads.

Zhou Qingyuan's outstretched hand froze in mid-air. When he saw the two people supporting each other in front of him, his pupils suddenly shrank and he even forgot to breathe.

"Are you okay?"

After Jiang Li steadied herself, Shen Tingsi bent down slightly and looked at her, his big hand still tightly grasping her arm.

Jiang Li let out a long sigh and quickly pulled her arm out: "No, it's okay, thank you, Your Majesty."

"I'm glad you're okay."

Shen Tingsi straightened up and put some distance between them, then turned around and continued walking towards the door without changing his expression. Jiang Li turned her head to look at the whip on the ground that almost tripped her, then followed Shen Tingsi out of the ancestral hall.

Zhou Qingyuan, who had been stunned, waited until the two figures disappeared from his sight before coming to his senses. He swallowed unconsciously, and all he could think of was the scene just now.

The backs of the two of them matched so well, yet so glaring.

Suddenly, a bold idea popped up in Zhou Qingyuan's mind, but he quickly rejected it.

No, impossible!

Zhou Qingyuan clenched his fists and forced himself to get rid of the messy thoughts that emerged in his mind.

At this moment, the housekeeper hurried in, came to Zhou Qingyuan and cautiously tested him: "General, the old lady..."

When Zhou Qingyuan was mentioned, his emotions instantly returned. He pursed his lips and said grimly, "The old lady contracted a serious illness and unfortunately passed away. Let's prepare for her burial."

"yes!"

The housekeeper knew that Zhou Qingyuan was going to conceal the real cause of Zhou's death, so he spread the news that Zhou had unfortunately died of a serious illness.

After the butler left, Zhou Qingyuan's eyes swept over everyone present and warned, "I don't need this general to teach you what to say and what not to say about what happened today, right?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone's heads shook like rattles. Today's incident not only involved the scandal of the General's Mansion, but also involved His Majesty. Even if they were given ten heads, they would not dare to speak nonsense!

After warning everyone, Zhou Qingyuan hurriedly left the ancestral hall. Now that Zhou had passed away and Jiang Li had just divorced him, the burden of the entire general's mansion fell on Zhou Qingyuan, making him breathless.

Jiang Li and Shen Tingsi, who left the ancestral hall, are now walking one after the other on the way to Nanyuan and Zhuyuan.

The two of them remained silent all the way, and no one spoke first to break the eerie atmosphere.

This was the first time they had felt so awkward when walking together.

Jiang Li held the Heli Book and looked down at the marble path under her feet.

Shen Tingsi, who was walking in front, pursed his lips slightly and seemed to be hesitant to speak several times. He listened quietly to the movements behind him, waiting for Jiang Li to ask, but he waited for most of the way and didn't hear Jiang Li's voice. It seemed that she didn't intend to ask.

Rather than Jiang Li's silence, Shen Tingsi would rather she question him why she lied.

But now she remained silent, and Shen Tingsi couldn't figure out what she was thinking.

Would she treat him as a friend as before, or would she distance herself from him because of their identities? Thinking of the latter, Shen Tingsi's eyes dimmed instantly, and he stopped where he was with a hint of anger.

Jiang Li was immersed in her own thoughts and did not notice Shen Tingsi's movements for a moment. As she was walking, she bumped into a wall of flesh with a thud.

hiss--

Jiang Li gasped, and the next moment Shen Tingsi turned around and clasped her shoulders with both hands, looking at her nervously.

"Are you okay?"

Jiang Li, who originally wanted to rub her forehead, temporarily stopped the action. She shook her head, took two steps back and escaped from Shen Tingsi.

When his palm fell empty, Shen Tingsi subconsciously reached out to grab it, but when he stretched out his hand, Jiang Li had already retreated half a meter away from him.

"I was blind before, so please forgive me if I have offended you, Your Majesty."

Jiang Li interrupted Shen Tingsi and bowed to him: "If Your Majesty has no other instructions, I will take my leave first."

Without waiting for Shen Tingsi to speak, Jiang Li walked around him and hurried towards Nanyuan.

Although Jiang Li looked hurried from behind, she actually had a calm expression.

The more this happened, the more she had to pretend that she couldn't accept it for the moment to distance herself from Shen Tingsi, so as not to arouse suspicion. It would be strange if she could accept the fact that he was the emperor without changing her expression!

Shen Tingsi stood there, quietly watching Jiang Li's departing back. The thing he was most worried about finally happened.

Looking at Jiang Li's departing back, Shen Tingsi finally did not chase after her. He knew that Jiang Li needed time to digest it. It didn't matter, he could wait.

At that time, on the other side.

Feng Jue took the handkerchief to the deep mountains where the great doctor Su lived in seclusion. After finding out the ingredients of the medicine on the handkerchief, he became interested. Finally, he decided to go down the mountain to take a look. If His Majesty needed it, he could come forward as a witness.

Feng Jue was more than happy to receive this result, and he immediately brought Doctor Su down the mountain. Doctor Su was old and had difficulty walking, so Feng Jue specially sent a carriage over this time.

There was a long distance from the deep mountains to Jiangnan City, and the carriage was slow, so the two of them were delayed on the road for three full days before arriving in Jiangnan.

As soon as they arrived in Jiangnan City, they met a difficult patient. In the end, Doctor Su saved the man from the hands of death with his superb medical skills.

Since then, the news that the great doctor Su, who had been in seclusion for many years, had reappeared in the world quickly spread throughout Jiangnan City.

After separating from Zhou Qingyuan, Jiang Li returned to the Jiang Mansion. Upon learning the news of their separation, Jiang's father and mother were so excited that they wanted to set off firecrackers and hold a banquet to celebrate!

Of course, he was stopped by Jiang Li in the end.

Since moving out of the general's mansion, Jiang Li has been deliberately avoiding Shen Tingsi. She has not gone anywhere in the past few days. She just stayed in the Jiang Mansion, talking with Jiang's mother and playing chess with Jiang's father.

After staying at home for three whole days, he couldn't hold it in any longer, so after dinner he went to the street with Qingzhu.

However, today the two of them seemed to have had a bad start. As soon as they arrived on the street, they encountered a thief, who took away the jade pendant that Jiang Li had been wearing.

"Stop, don't run!"

The thief took advantage of the chaos to snatch the jade pendant from Jiang Li's neck, and the next moment Jiang Li ran after him.

"Miss, Miss, wait for me!"

"Someone come, catch the thief, catch the thief!"

Qingzhu chased the thief while shouting at the top of his voice, which instantly caused chaos on the already busy street! Jiang Li chased the thief in front of him relentlessly, all the way to a sparsely populated alley, when the thief suddenly disappeared.

Jiang Li stopped in the alley, bent over, put her hands on her thighs and gasped for breath.

"Stop hiding, come out and return the jade pendant to me!"

Jiang Li knew that the thief was hiding nearby, so she called him out with an impatient look on her face.

Just then a dark shadow came out from the darkness, holding a stick in his hand, and pounced towards Jiang Li!

At the critical moment, a crimson-purple figure dropped from the sky, grabbed Jiang Li's waist and took her to the alley next to her.

Bang--

The sound of a heavy object hitting the ground was heard in the distance, followed by the thief's cry of pain.

Jiang Li didn't have time to see what happened to the thief. At this moment, she was staring at the man who appeared out of nowhere in front of her with wide eyes.

"Your Majesty? Why are you here?"

Shen Tingsi put his arm around Jiang Li's slender waist and pressed her against the wall behind him, looking at her with deep eyes.

"Ms. Jiang, it's time to repay the favor you owe me."

This chapter is super long!! Dear ones, enjoy reading it. The hero and heroine immediately confirm their relationship, and then hehehe, you know what's going on~ 　　(End of this chapter)