Before Shen Qingwu could finish his words, Zhou Silin covered his mouth with her hand.
Zhou Silin glanced anxiously at Chu Guannan's seat, glared at Shen Qingwu, and shouted in a low voice, "Can you please keep your voice down? If he hears me, he'll definitely make me feel ashamed!"
Shen Qingwu winked beautifully, pulled Zhou Silin away, and then looked at Chu Guannan, puzzled, "You're so embarrassed?"
"The King of Yan speaks very harshly. You haven't dealt with him yet, right? He never shows mercy to others and always loves to poke at people's hearts!" Zhou Silin looked at Chu Guannan through the layers of grape trellises with resentment.
"What do you like about this person who has no moral integrity?" Shen Qingwu asked sincerely.
"He's handsome." Zhou Silin said as a matter of course, with a hint of obsession in her eyes, "Don't you think Prince Yan is the most handsome man in Kyoto?"
Shen Qingwu shook his head, "I don't think so."
Her cold voice interrupted Zhou Silin's infatuation.
Zhou Silin looked at her in disbelief and asked angrily, "Then tell me, who is more handsome than him?"
Shen Qingwu calmly pointed at himself with his backhand, "Me."
Zhou Silin took a deep breath, and then another deep breath, "Men, I mean men!"
"Oh." Shen Qingwu nodded indifferently. Anyway, she had already slept with him. Her appearance was as amazing as her strength.
"Looking good is useless. You can't carry anything on your shoulders or lift anything with your hands. You may be in glory now, but who knows what will happen when the crown prince ascends the throne." Wang Shuying said bluntly, patting Zhou Silin on the head. "You better wake up and don't forget that you are a concubine. As long as His Majesty is still alive, you can't be the Princess of Yan. Do you want to be someone's concubine?"
There was still a hint of obsession in Zhou Silin's eyes, but she shook her head without hesitation, "No, I won't be your concubine."
"Unless you can get Chu Guannan to take the initiative to ask His Majesty to grant you a marriage, otherwise, you'd better give up as soon as possible." Wang Shuying kindly reminded.
"Of course I know there's no chance for him and me." Zhou Silin leaned against the grape trellis. "I just think he's good-looking. It's just a thought. I won't really go crazy."
…
As night fell, the noble ladies went to have dinner together. Someone urged Shen Qingwu to calculate their marriage fortunes, but Shen Qingwu didn't even need to say a word, as Zhou Silin fought back with all her might.
Xiao Qingyi drank two more cups by herself. When the banquet was over, she caught up with Shen Qingwu and stopped her way under the swaying red lanterns. "Qingwu, calculate it for me. It doesn't matter how much it costs. I have plenty of money."
She looked like she was drunk, but her dark eyes seemed so clear.
"Qingqing has the appearance of being rich and noble, with a loving couple, many children and grandchildren, and she will die of old age." Shen Qingwu took a step back slightly. It seemed like he was being perfunctory, but it was sincere.
Xiao Qingyi narrowed her eyes slightly, then suddenly straightened her expression and bowed slightly, "Thank you."
Then he gave way.
"What a fool! She couldn't even hear what he was trying to trick her into listening." Zhou Silin said with a sarcastic laugh after walking a distance away.
Shen Qingwu shook his head and laughed without explaining.
…
As the night deepened, what surprised Shen Qingwu was Chu Guannan's courage. In such a crowded place, he actually dared to climb in through the window.
Wu Chunxiang, who was about to spread the quilt beside Shen Qingwu's bed, pulled out the dagger hidden in her sleeve without hesitation and looked at Chu Guannan warily, "You bold lunatic, trespassing into a woman's boudoir at night, don't you want to die?"
In the dim candlelight, Wu Chunxiang couldn't see the face of the person who came, but she stood in front of her young lady without hesitation.
Her heart was in her throat and she gripped the dagger even tighter. Many thoughts and worries flashed through her mind. She was afraid of ruining the young lady's reputation and she was also afraid that she would not be able to protect the young lady.
"Miss, can we beat him?" Wu Chunxiang swallowed and asked Shen Qingwu nervously.
She knew that Shen Qingwu was very skilled, which was the main reason why she did not cry for help after weighing the pros and cons.
"You try it first." Shen Qingwu sat at the head of the bed, his tone leisurely, looking at the person walking towards him step by step across the darkness.
Unfortunately, Wu Chunxiang was too nervous to hear Shen Qingwu's cheerfulness at all and remained tense.
Chu Guannan chuckled and continued forward.
"Don't come any closer. If you take another step forward, don't blame me for being rude—King of Yan?"
When Chu Guannan walked into the candlelight, Wu Chunxiang finally saw the true identity of the person who came. It was actually King Yan.
She had just seen it today when she went to pick watermelons with her master.
The pressure from her royal title made her shut up.
"Go out and guard." Chu Guannan gave the order in a flat tone.
Wu Chunxiang, however, still acted like a mother hen protecting her chicks and didn't obey the order. She even didn't lower her hand holding the dagger. She turned around and looked at Shen Qingwu worriedly, "Miss?"
Shen Qingwu finally stood up with a smile and pressed Wu Chunxiang's arm. "Okay, you go guard outside first. The prince won't hurt me."
Shen Qingwu's gentle voice made Wu Chunxiang slowly lower her arm.
After the door was closed, Chu Guannan finally took a step forward and sat next to Shen Qingwu. He spoke with a sinister tone, "I didn't expect that the Shen family's daughter, who is no longer stupid, is quite likable. The little prince who had been silent for many years has finally come to his senses."
Shen Qingwu frowned and looked at Chu Guannan with a look that said, "Are you sick?"
Chu Guannan took off his outer robe and lay back on the bed. There was no unique smell of her on the bed, but she was by his side.
He raised his hand and pulled her, letting her lean against his chest. "Does fortune-telling really shorten one's lifespan?"
"If you reveal the secret, you will inevitably have to pay a price." Shen Qingwu smiled indifferently, propping himself up slightly and looking at Chu Guannan.
The first time they met, she knew that this man was handsome. She chose to practice dual cultivation with him not only because of the dragon energy in him, but also because she was attracted by his good looks.
"Now that the crisis of the Shen family has been resolved and your father and brother have returned to Beijing, why do you have to exhaust yourself like this?" Chu Guannan asked in confusion.
"I have to end my engagement with the Crown Prince before I can feel at ease," Shen Qingwu replied. "The Emperor is the master of discarding his usefulness. This time, my father attacked the barbarians from behind. This way, the barbarians should be able to live in peace for a few years. In this way, the Shen family will be useless."
The reason why Chen Lan was promoted was because he did not have a complicated background, but the emperor was wary of the person in charge of the army. The current emperor was trying his best to prevent the military power from falling into the hands of one person for a long time.
In recent years, what the emperor wanted to do most was to take away the power in the hands of the Grand Marshal, so he supported Xie Yuening, who was unable to bear children and was disappointed with her man and parents.
The crisis of the Shen family was not resolved, but all the undercurrents were washed underground. The emperor would still take action against the Shen family, so he took advantage of the situation and summoned the Shen family father and son back to Beijing.
Only in this way can it be more convenient to use everything in one go.
"If the affair between the Crown Prince and Su Zhiyao were exposed, it would surely cause widespread discontent. If you take advantage of the current momentum to propose breaking off the engagement, the Su family would undoubtedly put pressure on the Crown Prince. With both public opinion and the Su family's pressure, the Emperor probably wouldn't insist." Chu Guannan had proposed this plan before, but Shen Qingwu rejected it. "Why don't you agree to such a quick solution?"
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