Shen Yunxi moved slightly closer to Lu Wanqing and whispered in her ear.
"Miss Lu, is something stolen necessarily better than something you already own? If the people admiring the flowers knew they had mistaken them for something else, what would their reaction be?"
Lu Wanqing's face drained of color. "What do you mean by that?"
Shen Yunxi straightened up, shook her head slightly, and walked a few steps toward the rose garden. "It doesn't mean anything. I believe Miss Lu understands what I mean, but don't worry, I won't spread rumors."
At least, it's not time for Jun-hyun to know yet; it's still a long way off!
With a guilty conscience, Lu Wanqing instantly understood what Shen Yunxi meant. She was puzzled as to why Shen Yunxi knew, but then she thought that Shen Yunxi often entered the palace and must have met Jun Xuan when she was young.
So it's very possible that Shen Yunxi is the one who helped Jun Xuan!
To this day, Lu Wanqing has no idea what happened between Junxuan and that little girl. She only knows that Junxuan thanked her when she went to the palace to see the then Imperial Noble Consort.
At that time, Lu Wanqing was already somewhat shrewd, so she naturally didn't refute him. After all, she knew that Junxuan was the Crown Prince, and she always went along with what Junxuan said.
Now that I think about it, if Shen Yunxi was the little girl who met Jun Xuan, then everything makes sense and can be traced back to its origins.
No, I can't let her tell Junxuan about this, otherwise everything she has now will vanish!
Lu Wanqing's gaze fell on the rose garden. Shen Yunxi's position was very close to the rose garden, just below her. The entire garden was carved out downwards, like fertile fields.
Seeing this, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Lu Wanqing's eyes.
Without Shen Yunxi, Junxuan would never know that the little girl who helped him back then wasn't her!
Thinking of this, Lu Wanqing reached out her hand to Shen Yunxi.
A voice in Lu Wanqing's head told her to push Shen Yunxi down. As long as she pushed Shen Yunxi down, she would definitely be disfigured, and then she could take the opportunity to kill her.
Even if she doesn't die but is disfigured, she can't tell Junxuan that he would never meet a woman with an ugly appearance!
Just as Lu Wanqing held her breath and reached out to push Shen Yunxi, Shen Yunxi suddenly took a step to the side.
"ah!"
A scream rang out as Lu Wanqing fell into the rose field. She had used all her strength when she fell, and the force of her fall was considerable. The roses in the Empress Dowager's garden were large, high-quality varieties with very large thorns.
Without even thinking, it was obvious that Lu Wanqing's injuries were serious.
Shen Yunxi said lightly, "Oh dear, how did you fall? Miss Lu, how could you be so careless? Does it hurt? Luckily, we have someone guarding the place. I happened to be picking flowers and there was some distance between us, otherwise people might have misunderstood that I pushed you in."
Lu Wanqing reacted quickly, and she soon came up with the best solution. She was originally going to shout, "Shen Yunxi, why did you push me!"
To everyone's surprise, Shen Yunxi didn't play by the rules at all, completely shutting down her words and giving her no chance to frame her.
“Chen Yunxi!” Lu Wanqing almost roared.
No wonder Shen Yunxi had the palace servants who were with them stand at the entrance of the garden and not come in. It turned out that she was giving her a chance to make her move, and then preventing her from framing someone else.
Something's not right. Why did Shen Yunxi react so quickly?
Is Shen Yunxi not an idiot, or does she lack a brain?
In the past, she was the one who schemed against Shen Yunxi, but today she was the one who was schemed against by Shen Yunxi and couldn't find her way out. What exactly happened?
“Miss Lu, please don’t be angry. If you’ve been pricked by a thorn, you should go see the imperial physician right away. I see you have several scratches on your face. Be careful not to disfigure yourself.” Shen Yunxi spoke calmly, with a faint smile on her face, but no smile in her eyes.
Is it really that hard to bear a little physical pain?
Lu Wanqing was never a kind-hearted person; on the contrary, she was extremely ruthless. In her previous life, she conspired with Shen Leyi to scheme against Shen Yunxi, as well as Shen Yunxi's relatives and friends.
Shen Yunxi's cousin, Jiang Weiran, and Zhizhi all died at Lu Wanqing's hands, and Cai'er also lost an arm.
These three lives and one arm alone are not something Lu Wanqing can easily repay.
Therefore, Shen Yunxi is only giving Lu Wanqing an appetizer now, not the main course. She wants Lu Wanqing to repay his sins little by little.
How do you make someone suffer unbearable pain?
It's very simple: give her everything she wants, and then let her watch as she loses what she has gained little by little.
Upon hearing Shen Yunxi's words, Lu Wanqing belatedly realized that she was experiencing a sharp pain on her face, indicating that her cheek had indeed been scratched.
Seeing that things had come to this point, Lu Wanqing didn't care about anything else and immediately got up from the flower field. He didn't care about the injuries on other parts of his body, but he was very worried about whether the injury on his cheek would leave a scar.
"Shen Yunxi, you remember this: I will repay you for everything that happened today!" Lu Wanqing strode away, not forgetting to utter harsh words to Shen Yunxi before leaving.
Shen Yunxi smiled faintly, "In that case, I will wait for Miss Lu's return gift. I wonder what kind of surprise Miss Lu will give me in the future."
It wasn't that Shen Yunxi was afraid to take action; she just didn't want to dirty her hands for the time being.
When Shen Yunxi returned to the front hall, the Empress Dowager had already gone to rest, but Granny Tian was still there, apparently waiting for her.
“Miss Yunxi, Miss Lu just ran away covering her face. She looked so aggrieved that I’m afraid the Empress Dowager and the Emperor will have something to say about her.” Granny Tian said with a worried expression.
Although she also felt that it was a good thing for Shen Yunxi to embarrass Lu Wanqing, she was worried that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor would be heartbroken if Shen Yunxi was injured, and it would be bad if they punished her.
Shen Yunxi understood that Granny Tian was waiting for her here because she must have been instructed by the Empress Dowager. There might be some things that the Empress Dowager couldn't say, so she wanted Granny Tian to remind her, worried that it would affect their relationship.
However, the Empress Dowager was overthinking it. Shen Yunxi didn't care. She knew the Empress Dowager was doing it for her own good, but she could only disappoint the Empress Dowager's expectations in this life and was destined not to follow the same path as before.
“Granny, there’s no need to worry about me. I didn’t do it. Lu Wanqing tried to hurt me, but I accidentally fell into the flower field. Besides, so many people in the garden saw it. It’s impossible for Lu Wanqing to bribe the people in Your Majesty’s palace so quickly. Furthermore, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor favor Lu Wanqing. Regardless of whether I did it or not, they won’t give me any kind looks, so I don’t care,” Shen Yunxi replied.
Granny Tian thought about it and realized that it was indeed true.
“In that case, there’s really nothing more to say. Whatever we say depends on the attitudes of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor,” Granny Tian agreed.
Shen Yunxi smiled bitterly, gazing into the distance.
"Sometimes the facts don't matter at all; what matters is the Emperor's thoughts. Perhaps, he only wishes that I, not Lu Wanqing, would be the one to get hurt."
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