Shang Shaoyan didn't wait long in the tent before Lu Shuangyi arrived.
Lu Shuangyi, dressed in fine clothes and adorned with gold and silver jewelry, entered with her chin held high, followed by two or three maids.
Shang Shaoyan finally remembered what he had forgotten.
This third princess is really after Qiao Xiuyu. What if Qiao Xiuyu comes to bring her food and runs into Lu Shuangyi...?
Shang Shaoyan couldn't help but shudder. It wasn't that she was afraid Lu Shuangyi would steal Qiao Xiuyu away. After all, she was so outstanding that Qiao Xiuyu would have to be blind to choose Lu Shuangyi.
What she feared was that Lu Shuangyi would cause a scene in the military camp and pester her if she found out; that was the real headache.
Thinking this, she lost all expression and only wanted to get the woman away as soon as possible, so she didn't bother with pleasantries: "What do you want?"
Lu Shuangyi's face stiffened, then her eyebrows shot up: "How dare you! I am a princess, why don't you kneel before me?"
Shang Shaoyan: "………………"
To be honest, she had never seen such an intellectually disabled person in both of her lives.
Yan Xuening is much better than her.
No wonder Qiao Xiuyu fled to Suzhou.
Shang Shaoyan looked at Lu Shuangyi with a half-smile: "Even if your father came, I still wouldn't kneel. Do you believe me or not?"
Lu Shuangyi was so angry she jumped up and down. She pointed at Shang Shaoyan and said furiously, "What, are you trying to rebel?"
Shang Shaoyan raised an eyebrow at her. It was the first time she had seen such a strange species, and she was so curious that she couldn't help but laugh: "My God, how did you know?"
Lu Shuangyi: "..."
She thought Shang Shaoyan was teasing her and was about to slap her when she saw him unsheathe his large knife from his waist and slowly wipe the blood off it, saying with a sigh, "Oh dear, I really don't know who's so blind as to not even clean my knife properly, I have to clean it myself... Hey, by the way, why are you so close to me? Do you want to see my knife?"
As she spoke, she handed the heavy, blood-stained broadsword, weighing several dozen kilograms, to Lu Shuangyi, blinked, and said innocently, "What's so interesting about this? It's just a sword that killed thousands of Western Turks."
Lu Shuangyi was so frightened that she stood rooted to the spot and dared not move. The maids she brought with her were all pale with fright, screaming and backing away.
Shang Shaoyan curled his lips and glanced at Lu Shuangyi with disdain: "Scared already? Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore... There will probably be fighting in the next few days, you should go back quickly, so that there will be no one to take care of you."
Lu Shuangyi glared at Shang Shaoyan and sneered, "I'm here for a political marriage, so you'd better show me some respect."
Shang Shaoyan: "..."
She really didn't understand. Was a marriage alliance a good thing?
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Perhaps because Shang Shaoyan's expression was too indescribable, Lu Shuangyi got angry again: "What kind of expression is that?"
Shang Shaoyan smiled gently: "Princess, do you know who you've chosen for the marriage alliance?"
Lu Shuangyi's expression froze, clearly indicating that she had never asked that question.
Shang Shaoyan: "..."
She rubbed her temples, looking at Lu Shuangyi with a headache, and asked, "You didn't know? You're going to marry the Western Turkic Khan, a fifty-year-old man."
Lu Shuangyi: "...?"
She froze for a moment, then cried out in shock, "No way! You're lying to me! How dare you lie to me!"
Shang Shaoyan gave her a speechless look: "The old Khan has already married three Khatuns, and they're all dead. You're the fourth... I'm really not lying to you. If you don't believe me, ask your maids. They wouldn't lie to you, would they?"
Lu Shuangyi turned her head trembling to look at the maids, only to see that they all avoided her gaze and dared not look her in the eye.
Now she understood everything.
"How could this be..." Lu Shuangyi collapsed to the ground. "The Empress said that the Khan is young, handsome, and has never been married..."
Shang Shaoyan glanced at Lu Shuangyi with some sympathy and continued, "Also, there's a custom in the Western Turks—levirate marriage. Have you heard of it? If you're lucky enough to outlive the old Khan, you'll have to marry the next Khan, who is now the young Khan. He's young, good-looking, and has never been married before... You should be satisfied."
Lu Shuangyi looked up at Shang Shaoyan in shock, her eyes red, clearly terrified.
She has always been proud at heart, and naturally she would not tolerate the custom of levirate marriage. She doesn't care about the old Khan or the young Khan; she really doesn't want to get married now!
Seeing this, Shang Shaoyan sighed and said to Lu Shuangyi, "If you don't believe me, you can go to Shuocheng and ask around. I don't like to lie. If you find out and don't want to get married... come find me, I have a way."
Lu Shuangyi staggered to her feet, gave Shang Shaoyan a deep look, and then turned and left the tent.
The maids wanted to follow, but were stopped by the guards at Shang Shaoyan's door.
The leading maid was trembling with fear upon seeing this, but she managed to maintain her composure and said in a fierce but inwardly weak voice, "Princess Heyang, do you dare to stop us?"
Shang Shaoyan chuckled, not even bothering to glance at them, and said casually, "Her Majesty the Empress's reach is a bit too far—others may not know, but I certainly do..."
As she spoke, she began to carefully wipe the large knife again. Several maids watched her in fear, and for a moment they dared not move.
Shang Shaoyan finally looked up at them, but that casual glance seemed to carry a thousand pounds of weight: "Now that you've come to Shuocheng, you should know that I'm in charge here; don't even think about leaving, and don't even think about sending a message out of the city. Every move you make is on my radar..."
The head maid shuddered, glancing at Shang Shaoyan with fear in her eyes.
This is a malevolent spirit.
Shang Shaoyan gave a few more instructions, and then let the maids leave.
No sooner had they left than Qiao Xiuyu walked in. He glanced at the backs of the maids with some confusion, but didn't pay them any mind.
Qiao Xiuyu quickly looked away, then moved closer to Shang Shaoyan and said with a smile, "An'an, today I brought you Kung Pao Chicken and Jade Shrimp, and they're still hot. Take a look and see if you like them."
Qiao Xiuyu soothed Shang Shaoyan's anger. She opened the food box and tasted a few bites. Seeing Qiao Xiuyu staring at her expectantly, she couldn't help but laugh: "It's delicious, very much to my liking—what are you standing there for? Quickly sit down and eat with me."
Qiao Xiuyu sat down but didn't touch her chopsticks for a long time. Shang Shaoyan was a little puzzled when he saw this: "Why aren't you eating? Aren't you hungry?"
Qiao Xiuyu looked at Shang Shaoyan, hesitated for a moment, then lowered her eyes and said, "An'an, I just saw the Third Princess of Southern Chen leave from here..."
Shang Shaoyan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "She did come looking for me. What happened?"
Qiao Xiuyu cleared his throat and said, "It's like this, that Third Princess used to pester me relentlessly, seemingly because she was in love with me..."
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