"What exactly do you want to do?"
"Your Highness, I don't understand what you are saying." Shen Qing looked dignified, as if she was not the one who had just attacked. "If you continue to pester me like this, I will think that you are not attracted to me, right?"
"Ridiculous!" Murong Zhi frowned upon hearing this. How could someone be so shameless? "Compared to Jing'er..."
"I am ten thousand times more powerful than Shen Jing, right?"
"You are far inferior to..."
"Not as narrow-minded as Shen Jing, not as sinister and cunning as Shen Jing, right?"
"you!"
"Me? I'm perfectly fine, Your Highness. Stop praising me. Even if you do, I won't fall in love with anyone else."
Murong Zhi looked at Chen Qing with shock in his eyes, "I won't argue with you, I advise you to take care of yourself."
"I never listen to advice." Shen Qing walked over and touched the donkey eating grass nearby. "Mountains of swords and seas of fire... Your Highness, we have a long way to go."
Murong Zhi turned away.
Shen Qing is a very principled person.
She won't admit to anything she didn't do. She won't admit to anything she did.
This way, you can avoid getting into trouble.
She was not stupid, Murong Zhi asked her with the answer in mind.
She refused to admit it and let him investigate. If he could find Hua'er, she would be the loser!
"I always watch the crabs with a cold eye, to see how long you can run rampant..." Shen Qing uttered a little opera tune, with both pride and sarcasm in his eyes.
Shen Jianshan hurried back to the courtyard, his steps a bit hurried. At this moment, Cheng Xue was sitting quietly at the table, holding a book in her hands, her expression focused and peaceful.
The charcoal fire in the room was burning brightly, making crackling sounds from time to time, sparks flying everywhere, and a warm atmosphere filled the entire room.
The leaping flames illuminated the furnishings in the house, and amid the sound of the charcoal fire, the whole house seemed exceptionally peaceful.
"lady."
Cheng Xue looked up in shock when she heard Shen Jianshan's voice, "General, why are you back so early?"
Winter hunting usually lasts two days and one night. Now that Shen Jianshan is back, doesn’t that mean the winter hunting is over?
"Alas, something went wrong during this year's winter hunt. An assassin was trying to assassinate the Crown Prince, but the Third Princess of Jinyang Kingdom blocked an arrow for him and is still seriously injured and unconscious."
"Who is so bold?" Cheng Xue was shocked.
"I don't know, but it has nothing to do with us. I came here to tell you something else." Shen Jianshan took a sip of tea, "Jing'er, she's gone too."
"Jing'er?" Cheng Xue frowned, her eyes shifting slightly, "Did you go with the prince?"
"Madam is intelligent," Shen Jianshan affirmed. "However, she is only serving as a maid."
"What? Jing'er is still the daughter of my general's mansion. How can she be following the prince as a maid? Where is she now?"
"The prince refused to let Jing'er return with me." Shen Jianshan sighed, "Jing'er never showed up during the entire process. As her father, I didn't even get to see her face."
Thinking of the scene at the palace gate, Shen Jianshan couldn't help but feel ashamed. He couldn't even bring his own daughter back!
"Ever since Shen Qing came back, there have been constant disturbances at home..."
"Madam, you can't say that." Shen Jianshan interrupted Cheng Xue, "Qingqing is our daughter. It's inevitable that she will come back. Besides, Qingqing has done nothing wrong."
"Is Jing'er wrong? She's just afraid of losing us." Cheng Xue frowned and spoke up for Shen Jing.
"Hasn't Jing'er made enough mistakes?!"
Shen Jianshan's words stunned Cheng Xue, and she looked at him in disbelief.
Did he have such a big opinion about the daughter she taught?
"Madam, you can't assume Jing'er was wronged just because she lost to Qingqing."
People always unconsciously sympathize with the weak to show their compassion.
Shen Jianshan didn't blame Cheng Xue, but he didn't agree with Cheng Xue's ideas.
"But they are all my daughters!" Cheng Xue's tears flowed down her cheeks, "Everything was fine when she was not back..."
"For so many years, you've been worried about Qingqing, asking me to send people to inquire about her constantly, and you never gave up. Now that Qingqing has finally returned, why is Madam blaming her?"
Cheng Xue lowered her head and sobbed, she didn't know.
She really wanted to make amends with Qingqing, but sometimes she couldn't help but blame her. Blame her for being too strong-willed and unwilling to give in. Blame her for being out of control and not listening to her parents.
"Forget it. The most urgent thing is to get Jing'er out of the East Palace first." Shen Jianshan sighed and gently put his arm around Cheng Xue's shoulders. "When this is over, I'll take you out for a walk."
Cheng Xue nodded.
East Palace.
Shen Jing sat in the room and cried.
The room was in a mess, with various broken porcelain fragments scattered everywhere, some of which were still flashing sharp light.
On the ground, two young palace maids were kneeling trembling, their bodies trembling constantly, their heads bowed deeply, not daring to breathe. Their faces were as pale as paper, and their eyes were filled with fear and anxiety, afraid that the slightest mistake would bring disaster.
"I want to see Murong Zhi!"
Why! Why did Murong Zhi imprison her here? Rong Qing’s injury had nothing to do with her!
"Please don't embarrass me, young lady. Your Highness is handling government affairs at this time."
"Get out! All of you get out!" Shen Jing threw the teacup in her hand at the palace maid who answered.
The teacup hit the palace maid right on the forehead. She immediately covered her head and cried, with blood flowing down her face.
Shen Jing's eyes were flustered for a moment, but she didn't use much strength!
"What's going on?" Murong Zhi said coldly as he stood at the door of the room. He frowned slightly and looked at the palace maid on the ground.
"Your Highness, spare my life, Your Highness!"
"You go down first."
The two palace maids got up and left immediately after receiving the order, not wanting to stay for even half a minute.
"What do you want to do now?"
"I want to go home." Shen Jing faced Murong Zhi with a cold face, feeling uncertain. "Rong Qing's affairs have nothing to do with me. I have no reason to harm him."
"Then why did you let Rong Qing into the hunting grounds?"
"It's because Shen Qing came to me and said that the hunting grounds were dangerous, so I asked Rong Qing to protect you!"
Now, she must push Shen Qing out, otherwise Murong Zhi will only think that Rong Qing was seriously injured because of her ridiculous intuition.
"Didn't you say that it was your intuition that I was in danger? Why did you change your story again?" Murong Zhi couldn't believe what Shen Jing said. "Which of your words is true?"
"Every word of this is true!" Shen Jing stood up, walked to Murong Zhi, shook his hand, and looked into his eyes sincerely, "Your Highness, please believe me, I have no reason to harm Rong Qing!"
There was a hint of coldness in Murong Zhi's eyes.
Thousands of reasons often come to mind in an instant.
"Your Highness, you said you would treat me well for the rest of your life..."
Murong Zhi looked at Shen Jing's hurt eyes, and his heart ached. He pursed his lips slightly, wanting to say something.
"Your Highness, Princess Man Yue has woken up and she wants to see you."
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