There is a person hiding in Sheng Xiyan's small study room. In the past few days, she didn't even dare to let Xigui in, and she handled all the big and small matters by herself.

Sheng Xiyan's interest in medicine is growing. She enjoys studying prescriptions and acupuncture techniques every day. In comparison, boiling medicine is a bit boring, but it is bearable.

Chu Yuanchen, who had eaten and drunk his fill, sat casually by the side, helping her from time to time. Seeing that she didn't even raise her head and ignored him for a while, he started to make small talk again: "My mother is pretty, isn't she?"

"nice."

Princess Jingle's appearance was first-rate. Even though she was past her prime and not as bright and cute as a young girl, she had a noble temperament, and her every frown and smile carried the arrogance of a beauty born in heaven.

“I look like my mother, right?

"picture!"

"I'm good-looking too, right?"

"nice……"

Sheng Xiyan blurted out, then paused for a few breaths, then looked up at him silently.

When their eyes met, the pair of peach blossom eyes that were similar to Princess Jingle's were as bright as stars. Sheng Xiyan was in a trance for a moment and couldn't look away.

Sheng Xiyan: “…”

With a stern face, she handed over a bowl of black medicine and said, "Drink it." A suspicious red color appeared on her earlobe.

Chu Yuanchen took the medicine with a smile, drank it in one gulp, and his eyes fell on the jade bracelet on her wrist.

He no longer wanted to know how this marriage came about in the first place. At least now, he was not repulsed by her and even had a little expectation of her.

With a smile on his face, he leaned back on the desk and said, "I want to eat lion's head tonight."

Unfortunately, his seductive glance was almost like looking at a blind man. Sheng Xiyan didn't even look at him. He was thinking in his heart whether he should add one more ingredient tomorrow.

She had been boiling medicine every day these past few days, and the small study was filled with the smell of medicine. The third-class maids in her yard were not allowed to enter the room to serve, but they certainly could not hide it from Xigui's nose.

Sheng Xiyan didn't intend to hide it. At first, she wanted to see if Xigui could really keep his mouth shut.

But later, one time, when she was leaving the study, she happened to glance at the small courtyard in front of the main hall, and saw Xigui moving a small stove to boil medicine in the upwind direction, and then naturally chatting with other maids passing by: "I have been having headaches recently, and I asked someone to prescribe a prescription. Our girl is so kind that she allowed me to boil medicine in the courtyard."

Sheng Xiyan couldn't help but smile.

The best place to hide a leaf is a forest, and the best way to hide the smell of medicine is of course a bigger smell.

After the third acupuncture treatment on Chu Yuanchen, his pulse had almost stabilized. Although his heart pulse was still a little weak and he was still very frail, for the time being, he was no longer in serious condition.

Sheng Xiyan was so happy that he felt his medical skills had improved a lot that he gave him all the honey pills in a small porcelain bottle that he had made in the past few days, and told him to take them every day. Then he sent him to Qingming Tea House.

She had the carriage parked in front of Qingming Tea House, took Xigui into the tea house, and then slowly picked up the tea leaves. She stayed there for half an hour before buying a can of Longjing tea and leaving.

After returning to the carriage, Xigui was about to lower the curtain when Sheng Xiyan saw a young man in a black brocade robe walk into Qingming Tea House.

It’s Xiao Shuo.

Sheng Xiyan smiled slightly, feeling relieved, and said, "Let's go."

The carriage moved slowly along Huashang Street.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and Zhou's shop on Huashang Street has started selling moon cakes. When a horse-drawn carriage passes by, the fragrant aroma of fried moon cakes wafts in.

Xigui understood immediately and asked with interest, "Miss, I'll go down and line up for you. Do you want ox tongue cake or peach blossom cake today?"

Sheng Xiyan smiled and said, "Miss, I want to eat mooncakes."

So the carriage stopped and people lined up to return home.

Sheng Xiyan opened the curtains. The street was bustling with people. There was a rabbit lantern hung in front of the door of a shop along the street. The rabbit lantern was plump and white, with a carrot in its mouth. Sheng Xiyan smiled when she saw it.

The memory is very far away. Sheng Xiyan now only vaguely remembers that when her mother was still alive, she also ordered a rabbit lamp for her. It was very beautiful. She treasured it very much and later gave it to her younger brother.

My younger brother is lost, and the rabbit lamp is also missing.

By the way, the rabbit lamp my mother bought seems a little bit similar to this one.

Sheng Xiyan had an idea and decided to go to the shop to buy it. On August 15th, she would hang it at the gate of the yard. It would definitely look nice.

Sheng Xiyan's almond-shaped eyes curved as she got off the carriage. After saying something to Xigui, she walked across the street.

Just as I reached the middle of the road, suddenly a white horse came running towards me, raising a cloud of dust.

Passersby screamed and made way, and Sheng Xiyan also quickly retreated several steps, but the white horse turned its head and rushed towards them again.

Sheng Xiyan narrowed her eyes and immediately realized that it was directed at her.

"Please——"

The white horse raised its front hooves high, and a gust of wind lifted her veil, revealing her plump red lips.

There was a commotion all around. Some people screamed, some hugged their children tightly, fearing that the white horse would go crazy again, and some covered their eyes and dared not look.

Sheng Xiyan's face inevitably turned pale, and her heart was beating very fast.

"Girl." Xigui didn't care about queuing anymore, and ran over in a panic. He supported Sheng Xiyan and asked anxiously, "Are you okay? Did you get bumped into anything?"

Sheng Xiyan calmed down and shook her head, saying, "No problem."

The horse didn't hit her, not even a speck of dust got on her.

Sheng Xiyan knew clearly that the other party didn't really want to hit her, but more wanted to scare her and see her run away. After all, letting a horse run in the street and letting a horse run to injure someone are different crimes.

So after realizing this, she simply stood there and stopped hiding.

The young man on the white horse snorted lightly and called out in a sinister tone, "Miss Shengda."

Sheng Xiyan looked over coldly, her voice flat, "Riding a horse in the streets of Beijing in broad daylight, Prince Zhou really has a refined taste."

Her face was only slightly pale, without the fear and trembling that Zhou Jingxun expected to see, nor did she fall to the ground in panic because of running away. The veil was also covered neatly on her face, and even her hair was not messy. This made him very unhappy.

Zhou Jingxun got off his horse and approached her step by step, saying maliciously: "You are far inferior to Miss Shengda. You appear to be generous and magnanimous, but in private you can't even tolerate your orphaned cousin. You forced her to jump into the pond before you stopped. This is just a tit-for-tat."

After the Queen Mother granted him the marriage, he went to find Zhao Yuanrou excitedly, wanting to tell her that he could finally be with her for the rest of her life as he had promised.

Unexpectedly, he did not see her, and even when he visited the palace at night, he did not see the beauty. Later, Zhao Yuanrou's maid told him that Zhao Yuanrou was forced by Sheng Xiyan to jump into the pond at Sheng's house, and she got a fever as soon as she returned.

Zhou Jingxun was furious at the time, but later he heard that his mother was invited by Madam Sheng to visit the Sheng Mansion, so he simply went with her, planning to find an opportunity to question Sheng Xingan about the Sheng family's rules. Unexpectedly, his luck was so good!

Xigui was extremely angry. Her cousin had said that she would die to make amends to her, but it had only been a few days and she had even filed a lawsuit? She had never seen anyone so shameless!

As Sheng Xiyan's personal maid, Xigui had also seen Zhou Jingxun. She had always heard Fangfei say how good-looking the future lady was, how good at literature and martial arts, and how rare among men. But she didn't think much of him. But now, it seemed that the man in front of her was nothing more than a pig in human skin! How could he be worthy of the girl? Even less worthy of the famous Prince of Zhenbei!

Sheng Xiyan was not surprised at all. After all, in her previous life, Zhao Yuanrou didn't even get her shoes wet, yet he was still so happy to avenge her.

The corners of her mouth curled slightly, and she sighed repeatedly: "It turns out that Prince Zhou came to support my cousin. Hey, you don't know, my cousin just got engaged, and she came to my house to cry, make a fuss, and even hang herself. Even if she has someone else in her heart and is dissatisfied with her marriage, this marriage was not arranged by my father for her, so why did she come to my house to make a fuss? Hey."

The previous startled horse had already attracted the attention of many passers-by. When Zhou Jingxun accused Sheng Xiyan of bullying his orphaned cousin, his voice did not subside at all. Some people had already been pointing fingers there.

Zhou Jingxun just wanted to see her bewildered, panicked and embarrassed, and it would be best if she was scolded to the point of being unable to get over it, and even committing suicide would allow Rouer to vent her anger. Unexpectedly, the other party only hit back with a mild blow.

Zhou Jingxun's face sank. He had good hearing and could even clearly hear people whispering around him:

"Whose family is she from? Don't you know what it means to marry your parents first? Even if you are not satisfied, you shouldn't go to your uncle's house to seek death."

"Did you hear that? It turns out that you have someone else in your heart!"

"Could it be that she wanted to elope but failed, and was scolded by her uncle, so she jumped into the water because she couldn't bear it?"

"I don't know if she's dead or not. If she's not dead, my fiancé's family will be so angry if they find out. They will definitely cancel the engagement."

As the people talked, they finally realized the truth.

…

Zhou Jingxun: “…”

Sheng Xiyan must have deliberately made her words unclear, how shameless she is!

Who said he wanted to cancel the engagement? He was looking forward to being with Rou'er, looking forward to it so much that his eyes were almost popping out, how could he possibly cancel the engagement! ?

However, he couldn't possibly explain to those bastards that he was Rou'er's fiancé, saying that Rou'er wasn't going to elope with someone else, nor was she going to her uncle's house to commit suicide. He wasn't that kind of womanizer, and couldn't afford to lose face!

Sheng Xiyan's almond-shaped eyes were distinctly black and white, bright and cold. She spoke word by word, "As the saying goes, a good dog doesn't block the road. Prince Zhou, you are blocking my way."

Zhou Jingxun's eyes were gloomy. In his eyes, Sheng Xiyan was just a pedantic and boring person, not even a bit as good as Rou'er. He had never taken her seriously, but it was this person whom he had never taken seriously, that made him feel vaguely suppressed at this moment.

This made Zhou Jingxun very unhappy.

Zhou Jingxun gripped the whip, his face grim.

He didn't notice that there was a silver needle on the fingertips of Sheng Xiyan's right hand, which was hidden by her sleeve.