Shen Jing's legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.
How could Shen Qing see it?
Murong Zhi always climbed in through the back window, so he shouldn't be discovered at all!
"Mother, mother, please listen to my explanation! Shen Qing is talking nonsense, she is slandering me, mother!"
"Slander you? Why would Qingqing do that? What good would it do her to slander you?" Cheng Xue asked back. "After Qingqing came back, I was afraid you would feel that we had neglected you, so I specifically told everyone that you are also a lady of the general's mansion, and no one should be negligent."
"What about you? You were trying to embarrass Qingqing, both openly and covertly, and I just thought you were just a child. Now you've gone so far as to secretly communicate with the Crown Prince!"
"Tell me, have you ever done anything...outrageous with the prince?"
Facing Cheng Xue's questioning, Shen Jing quickly shook her head.
"Never! Mother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I have always been in love and respectful, never crossing the line!"
So, she is indeed with the prince...
Cheng Xue sat down, holding her chest, and the maid next to her patted her back.
"Mom, calm down." Shen Yanzhi walked over and supported Cheng Xue's shoulders. He glanced at Shen Jing, "Do you remember what your mother once said?"
"My daughter remembers, but who dares to refuse His Royal Highness?" Shen Jing cried, "If I refuse, and His Royal Highness embarrasses my father in the court, wouldn't Jing'er become a sinner?"
"You mean, the prince forced you?" Cheng Xue was furious again.
"Mother, I dare not lie. I will follow your instructions, but..."
Shen Jing immediately put all the blame on Murong Zhi. Anyway, Cheng Xue would not ask Murong Zhi whether it was forced or not.
"Then tell me, if your father were to negotiate with the emperor and offer fame and fortune in exchange for the Shen family's daughter never entering the palace, would you be willing?"
Shen Jing's face turned pale in an instant, and she looked at Cheng Xue in shock.
Why?
What's wrong with being the Crown Princess?
Murong Zhi is the one who has the greatest hope of ascending the throne. If the General's Mansion can stand on the side of the Crown Prince, then they will be able to serve the emperor in the future.
Besides, wouldn’t my father be happy that I would become the father-in-law of the emperor?
When Cheng Xue saw Chen Jing's hesitation, she knew that things were definitely not as she said, at least the prince was not forcing her.
"From today on, Shen Jing is under house arrest in the academy. No one can let her out without my permission."
"No, no, mother!" Shen Jing cried, "Why? Why did your attitude change as soon as Shen Qing came back? I am the daughter who has always been by your side!"
"Is it because the blood flowing in my body is not yours?"
"Is it true that no matter what I do, I can never compare to Shen Qing's position in your heart?"
“If the person who fell in love with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today was Shen Qing, would you support her with your whole family, or would you put her in confinement?”
Cheng Xue almost couldn't breathe because of his silent and unrepentant attitude.
"You, these past twenty years, I've really spoiled you! Someone, bring the family rules!"
"You haven't wanted me for a long time, have you? On the first day Shen Qing came back, you wanted me to make room for her!"
Shen Jing cried and stood up from the ground.
"What General's Mansion? I don't care!"
After saying that, she turned and ran out.
It’s the opposite, it’s completely the opposite!
"Don't look for her anymore. I want to see where else she can go after leaving the General's Mansion!"
Shen Qing glanced at Shen Yanzhi who was still comforting Cheng Xue, turned around and left the front hall.
After Shen Jing ran out, he looked back and found that no one had chased him out, which made him feel even more sad.
She admitted that the General's Mansion had given her everything, but she had also been filial to them for twenty years! Now she just wanted to marry Murong Zhi, was that wrong?
This time, if Cheng Xue doesn't let Shen Qing apologize to her properly, she will never go back!
When Shen Qing came out in white fox fur, she happened to see Shen Jing hadn't gone far, so she smiled faintly and caught up with her.
Shen Jing turned around when she heard footsteps, thinking that Cheng Xue had chased her out, but it turned out to be Shen Qing. Her expression suddenly became distorted.
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to see you off." Shen Qing stopped in front of Shen Jing, "It's freezing cold, I don't know if my sister is cold, I specially brought her some clothes."
It was indeed very cold, but Ana Shen glanced at Shen Qing’s empty-handed appearance. What kind of clothes did she give her?
"Oh, I came in a hurry and forgot to bring it." Shen Qing said apologetically, "Are you cold, sister?"
Nonsense, of course it’s cold!
“It’s right that it’s cold.” Shen Qing took a step closer to Shen Qing, reached out and gently rubbed Shen Jing’s cheek with the back of his hand.
"I also felt extremely cold the day I collected the bodies of the forty-seven people from Qingshan Temple."
Shen Jing suddenly slapped Shen Qing’s hand away.
"What's the meaning?"
Shen Qing was not annoyed, but instead looked at the slender white hand in front of Shen Jing.
"What do you mean? Didn't you tell Murong Zhi that I went to Qingzhou?"
"You know, I used these two hands to lift their bodies up little by little, and to dig holes and bury them little by little."
"Yesterday they told me in a dream that the underground of Qingshan Temple is too cold..."
“Ah! Stop talking, the people in Qingshan Temple are dead, what does it have to do with me!” Shen Jing took a step back and looked at Shen Qing as if he were a madman.
Why was she telling her all this nonsense?
"It has nothing to do with you? Indeed, I'm just telling you a story. Since you don't like to listen, I won't say it anymore." Shen Qing withdrew his hand and gathered the fox fur. "Go away, I won't see you off."
Shen Jing was puzzled. Wasn’t she here to persuade her to go back?
"Hmph." Shen Jing snorted coldly and turned away.
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