When Shen Tangning arrived, the scene was incredibly lively.
An angry roar came from the next room: "What do you mean by this? Locking me up like a prisoner? I, Bei Di, am not someone to be trifled with!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a tea set was thrown out of the room, landing squarely in the corridor and shattering on the floor.
"..."
She hesitated for a moment, then carefully lifted her skirt to avoid it.
Looking up, Chi Yan came out of the house, and the two met face to face.
He frowned and called for someone to clean up, then came forward first: "Are you injured?"
Shen Tangning shook her head, glanced curiously into the room, and lowered her voice: "Not going very well?"
Chi Yan sneered, his teeth clenched: "More than that!"
Liu Yifu also came out looking disheveled. He was stunned when he saw Shen Tangning, then straightened his clothes and said, "Miss Shen."
Chi Yan glanced at him with an inexplicable look and said coolly, "Don't bother with it. How clean can you be without a shower for a few days?"
Liu Yifu was struck a fatal blow: "..."
Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Shen Tangning spoke up, "Where is the princess? I'll go see her."
Chi Yan led her to the door of a room, raised his hand and knocked. The maid bowed her head to open the door, and was stunned when she saw the person in front of her.
Shen Tangning smiled slightly: "I've come to visit the princess, may I come in?"
The maid hesitated for a moment: "Wait a moment, I'll go in and inform them."
She quickly turned back and nodded to Chen Tangning: "Please, Madam."
The rooms at the inn were small, laid out like an ordinary guesthouse. Shen Tangning entered the room and looked around before spotting Jiang Zhijing on the couch.
Her eyes were red and swollen, her face was haggard, and her hair was unkempt. When she looked up at me, she was so pitiful that it was hard not to feel sorry for her.
Jiang Zhijing recognized her and said softly with a thick nasal voice, "Miss Shen."
After paying her respects, Shen Tangning stepped forward and hesitated before saying, "Princess, please accept my condolences."
Jiang Zhijing's eyes reddened again, and she held back her sobs as she asked her to sit down.
Shen Tangning sat on the embroidered stool, handed over the handkerchief, and comforted her gently: "No one wanted this to happen, Princess, please take care of yourself."
The latter, with tears in her eyes, lowered her head and said, "He was perfectly fine yesterday, how could my brother..."
She bit her lip, tears silently falling onto her knees; such restraint made her all the more heartbreaking.
Shen Tangning's eyes flickered slightly: "The princess and the second prince have a very good relationship?"
As far as she knew, the two were not siblings.
The royal bloodline has always been weak, and the seventh princess had been living among the common people and hadn't spent much time with her brother, so their relationship couldn't have been very deep.
Then her sadness is somewhat...
Jiang Zhijing raised her eyes, her gaze filled with a hint of fear: "To be honest, I am not very close to my brother. My sadness is only because I am worried about myself."
Shen Tangning was taken aback: "Huh?"
She couldn't hold back her sobs and said in a pitiful voice, "My brother died tragically for no reason, while I am alive and well. If I return to Qi, my father will definitely not forgive me! Why wasn't it me who died?"
Shen Tangning: "..."
She was momentarily at a loss for words.
"The princess is also a precious jewel in your heart, how could Your Majesty bear to blame her?"
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