To the palace maid, the couple's behavior just now seemed like a simple farewell between husband and wife, and she couldn't see anything amiss.
After Shen Yun left, a palace maid asked Ning Yin, "Master, would you like to go in and rest for a while?"
Ning Yin nodded, lifted her skirt and stepped onto the stairs. Perhaps it was the threat from Shen Yun just now, or perhaps it was the sudden presence in the Chu Kingdom's palace that made her feel very uncomfortable. Distracted, Ning Yin stepped on her own skirt and began to sway back and forth.
Just as she was about to fall to the ground, Ning Yin suddenly felt a tight grip on her wrist, and someone steadily helped her up.
The palace maid behind him looked up and quickly bowed to the newcomer, "Your Highness, the Prince of Nan!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Yin turned to look. The man beside her was dressed in a sky-blue brocade robe, his gentle face expressionless.
Are you alright?
The man asked a question, and Ning Yin immediately withdrew her hand after regaining her balance. She bowed respectfully to the man and said, "Thank you for saving me, Your Highness the Prince of Nan."
Chu Xiao is Chu Mo's older brother and also the emperor's least favorite son.
The King of Chu not only gave his only sister to Xiao Xuan, but what bothered him even more was not just this matter.
His own mother, who had only aged and lost her figure after childbirth, angered the King of Chu during a night of intimacy.
The King of Chu felt that she had offended him by serving him with such a body, showing no respect for the Emperor's authority. So he sent her to the Cold Palace that very night.
Chu Xiao ultimately only received the title of Prince of the South. In a month, he would turn eighteen and set off for his fiefdom.
The fiefdom granted to him by the King of Chu was a desolate, barren land, while the fiefdoms given to his other sons were prosperous, fertile lands of fish and rice.
Chu Xiao could not bear it. He had just seen Ning Yin in the main hall and knew that Ning Yin was Shen Yun's wife. But when he was hiding in the shadows, he could clearly see the disgust on Ning Yin's face.
Chu Xiao was a very shrewd man, and he immediately guessed that Ning Yin was most likely forced into it.
“Madam Shen, there’s no need for such formalities. I live in the Yunji Palace nearby. You can come to me anytime if you have any difficulties.”
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