Chapter 8 Do you really not want me anymore?
Qin Ye!
Yun Si shook her head.
The face I could see was still Qin Ye.
How come it's so clear this time?
Yun Si suddenly sat up in bed.
"you……"
It is indeed Qin Ye, but this is not a dream, it is reality.
Qin Ye's expression was not good. In his dark eyes, there was obvious restrained anger, as well as a hint of embarrassment and mockery.
what happened?
Yun Si's gaze swept around the room.
Yes, this is her room.
"Why is Your Highness here with me?"
Yun Si looked at Qin Ye in confusion. Qin Ye coldly tugged at the hem of his clothes, and Yun Si realized that her hand was tightly gripping the hem of his clothes.
She quickly let go of his hand.
Qin Ye didn't say a word, and turned to leave.
After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped: "I was just passing by. I didn't expect to hear you calling me 'little brother' in your dream. I'm so sorry to have disturbed your sweet dream."
"…What?"
Before Yun Si could react, Qin Ye had already opened the door and strode away.
Yun Si pursed her lips.
Why did she have that dream again?
She still can't completely forget the feelings that experience brought her.
It's strange.
Now, when she thinks of Shen Qian, she only feels hatred and disgust, not too much sadness or grief. But when she thinks of her experience in the cave, she feels a sense of regret and bitterness.
At first, she only had feelings for Shen Qian as a friend and brother. She cared about Shen Qian a lot and relied on him a lot because he was the only one who was willing to take the initiative to get close to her and show her kindness.
After the incident in the cave, Shen Qian said he wanted to marry her, and her feelings for him clearly changed, which is why she agreed to get engaged to him.
At that time, she didn't understand and thought that this was love. After getting engaged, she became more dependent on and trusted Shen Qian. In fact, under his coaxing, she almost cut off all contact with the outside world except for her parents and brothers.
Shen Qian often told her, "A-Si, people's hearts are unpredictable. You must remember that in this world, only I am truly sincere to you and will never harm you."
"If you trust me, then ignore what those people outside are saying."
"A-Si, although you are frail and sickly and do not know how to manage the inner courtyard, I truly love you and will not care about your shortcomings. As long as you are obedient, I will treat you well for the rest of my life after we get married."
"You're always so willful, no wonder people don't like you and don't want to be your friends. Only I can tolerate you like this."
"I'm doing all this for your own good. Your parents don't understand, but don't you understand?"
At that time, she felt as if she had been drawn into a fog, unable to react at all. She even thought that Shen Qian truly liked her, which was why he had been so patient and devoted so much energy and time to her.
Looking back now, his words were clearly a series of carefully woven mental shackles.
Later, Qin Ye appeared and forcefully took her away, allowing her to briefly escape Shen Qian's mental control.
However, she couldn't distinguish right from wrong. After marrying Qin Ye, she still trusted Shen Qian, which caused her already precarious relationship with Qin Ye to plummet to rock bottom, ultimately ending in a tragic failure.
The past is too painful to recall.
Yun Si got dressed and got up. As soon as she opened the door, Lan Xin and Lu Yu were standing there, their faces full of curiosity and smiles. Lu Yu asked bluntly, "Master, did His Highness stay in your room last night?"
More than a year into our marriage, this is the first time I've seen His Highness come out of his master's room.
Could it be that they... last night?
Lan Xin was also excited and curious, and looked at Yun Si and asked, "My lady, has His Highness said when you will be restored to your status as a princess?"
Yun Si poked each of their foreheads and said calmly, "I'm hungry. Go prepare breakfast for me."
"oh."
The two left dejectedly.
During the meal, Lanxin told Yunsi about Lin Shuyan's situation.
To facilitate her recovery, Lin Shuyan has settled in the mansion and has been placed in the Rose Courtyard, which is not far from the main courtyard.
It was arranged for her by Granny Qian.
After listening, Yun Si calmly continued eating, showing no sign of anxiety on her face.
Lansing sighed softly.
What happened to the promise to win back His Highness?
Master, you wouldn't be thinking of backing out, would you?
That Miss Lin... although she's a decent person, we absolutely cannot give her the chance to steal His Highness away.
“Master.”
Lu Yu rushed in from outside, shouting, "Something terrible has happened!"
"Can't you be a little more careful?"
Lansing glared at her and lectured, "What kind of behavior is this, rushing around like this?"
Lu Yu pursed her lips, not angry at all: "Master, something big has happened to the Shen family. Young Master Shen has gone missing. Even the Emperor has been alarmed and has dispatched people from the Dali Temple and the Patrol Battalion to search the whole city."
"Yeah?"
Upon hearing this news, Yun Si merely gave a barely perceptible smile.
The disappearance of a fourth-rank official is certainly no small matter.
All of this was within her predictions.
Neither the Dali Temple nor the patrol battalion would have imagined that Shen Qian would be imprisoned in a secret room of the sealed-off Yongyi Marquis's mansion.
However, if a third person knew about Shen Qian's actions that night, then someone would definitely remind them to go to the Marquis of Yongyi's residence to look for him.
The person who provided this clue is very likely related to the mysterious figure behind Shen Qian.
Is His Highness in the manor?
Yun Si put down her chopsticks and got up to walk outside.
She only had Lan Xin and Lu Yu by her side, neither of whom knew martial arts, so she couldn't let them do dangerous things.
In her past life, she followed Qin Ye and knew that the struggle for the throne was fierce, with many ambitious princes in the court. She could only follow Qin Ye and could not hear any other voices.
She relied on what she saw to guess many things, so much so that she still doesn't know who the mysterious person who had a secret conversation with Shen Qian on the night she died was.
As soon as Yun Si arrived at the main courtyard, she saw Mu Ze, the head of the guards in the mansion, come out of the study.
Mu Ze didn't give Yun Si a friendly look.
This is all because of the consequences of her past hostile attitude towards Qin Ye.
In this mansion, probably apart from Lan Xin and Lu Yu, no one likes her.
Yun Si glanced at Mu Ze and smelled the blood on him.
Was he also injured when Qin Ye was attacked last night?
"etc."
Mu Ze didn't even give Yun Si a second glance, and walked straight past her.
But he didn't expect that Yun Si, who was always arrogant and looked down on everyone, would actually take the initiative to call out to him.
In fact, Yun Si did not disregard anyone. When she was in the Marquis's mansion, she was very kind to the servants around her and never treated them as servants just because she was a young lady.
She just... disliked Qin Ye so much back then that she took her anger out on these people.
"What is it?"
Mu Ze is a tall, aloof, and tough man. All his emotions are written on his face, and he doesn't pretend at all.
"Your Highness was assassinated last night. Was the attacker very powerful?"
Yun Si noticed a slight bulge on his left shoulder and guessed that his wound must be on his left shoulder.
Mu Ze's skills were quite good, and Qin Ye's were even more unfathomable.
However, Qin Ye concealed his strength. Perhaps in order not to expose himself, he did not make a move. But the fact that he could injure Mu Ze means that the other party must be a force to be reckoned with.
If Lin Shuyan directed and starred in it herself, then she must have some talent.
Yun Si dared not underestimate those who could be reborn.
"Why does Master Yun ask this? If we weren't powerful, how could we have gotten injured?"
Mu Ze was getting impatient and turned to leave after saying that.
He gets annoyed just seeing this woman now.
If it weren't for her, His Highness wouldn't have been summoned to the palace and reprimanded by His Majesty.
He was also forced to kneel as punishment.
The key question is, does this woman have a heart?
Will His Highness be able to earn even a shred of gratitude from her for everything he has done for her?
He felt sorry for His Highness.
Yun Si stepped forward, took out a bottle of her own concocted wound medicine, and handed it to him: "Here, take this medicine. It should help your wound heal faster."
Upon seeing this, Mu Ze's cold and hard expression faltered, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.
"If Your Highness is so kind, you should show more concern for His Highness. I am a rough man and can recover quickly without medicine."
"Your Highness, I will take care of it myself."
Yun Si shoved the medicine bottle into his hand without saying anything more, and walked towards Qin Ye's study.
Mu Ze glanced at the medicine bottle in his hand, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes, and casually tossed the bottle into the haystack next to him.
Yun Si knew nothing about this.
Even if I knew, it wouldn't matter.
She didn't expect the people in the manor to change their attitudes and opinions towards her so quickly. Those prejudices had accumulated over time, and it would take time to eliminate them as well.
The study door was open. When Yun Si entered, Qin Ye was sitting behind his desk, tidying up his things without even looking up.
After Yun Si went in, she closed the door, then moved a chair to the opposite side of his desk, sat down, and said to him, "Qin Ye, let's talk."
Qin Ye paused slightly as he tidied his things, then looked up at her: "What do you want to talk about?"
"We need to be honest."
Yun Si met his gaze and said solemnly, "There's a misunderstanding between us, and I want to explain it to you."
"oh?"
On Qin Ye's stunningly handsome face, besides indifference, a hint of other emotion finally appeared: "What misunderstanding? Tell me, I'll listen."
“I know it wasn’t you who framed the Marquis’s mansion.”
"You've already said that."
"It's Shen Qian."
Upon hearing Yun Si's words, Qin Ye's gaze, which had been fixed on her face, paused slightly.
She continued, "Do you think that even if you present the evidence to me, I won't believe that Shen Qian harmed my entire family, and instead I'll accuse you of sowing discord?"
Qin Ye remained silent.
His acquiescence made Yun Si give a wry smile.
“There is a mysterious person behind Shen Qian. I don’t know how they found out that my father has something that is detrimental to them. This thing is very likely hidden in the Yongyi Marquis’s Mansion, which has been sealed off. Shen Qian has already been there.”
How do you know he's already been there?
"Because he is now locked in the dark room of my father's study."
Qin Ye frowned, his gaze towards her somewhat complicated.
He was probably too surprised to have ever imagined that she would tell him such a secret.
Right now, the whole city is searching for Shen Qian, causing quite a stir. Once people find out that this matter is related to her, it goes without saying how miserable her fate will be as a helpless daughter of a disgraced official.
This at least shows that she trusts him.
"Shen Qian is trapped in the secret room of the Marquis's mansion. The mysterious person behind him must have also received that message and knows that Shen Qian went to the Marquis's mansion. Therefore, if we want to find out the identity of the mysterious person, we only need to keep an eye on the Dali Temple and the patrol battalion. Once we find someone providing them with clues..."
“Yun Si”.
Qin Ye abruptly interrupted her: "This matter ends here."
"Why?"
Yun Si thought he didn't believe her or didn't want to help her, so she suddenly stood up, leaned over him across the desk, stared into his eyes, and asked, "Qin Ye, do you really... not want me anymore?"
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