Her pride, which she derived from her appearance, crumbled in an instant. She always admired her reflection in the mirror with self-pity, but these past few days, Yicui had taken all her copper mirrors. However, Shen Hua would rather look at the small bumps in her shadow than let Cui Yun see them.
She should have appeared before him radiant and full of presence, with her little finger raised proudly. Not in such an ugly state.
Shen Hua snatched the hood and was about to cover herself. He stopped her.
"Stop it."
Cui Yun whispered, "What did Ni Kang say?"
"Is it an allergy?"
She trembled slightly, biting her lower lip tightly.
"What are you still looking at?"
After dropping these fierce words, there was an overwhelming and indescribable embarrassnt. Then her eyes misted with tears, her voice quivering with sobs, the tears lingering without falling.
"Just now downstairs, so many eyes were watching, and you were like that. How am I supposed to face myself!"
Seeing her like this, Cui Yun’s heart tightened.
"It was my lack of consideration."
"It was your fault to begin with! You even pulled my hood! Are you happy now?!"
She buried her head in seclusion. Her chin was lifted.
"It’s not like it won’t get better."
Cui Yun leaned in, gently touching her lips, very carefully, as if afraid to disturb her: "Like this, I like it too."
"I..."
She sobbed.
"After all, I am a delicate girl, I naturally value face the most."
"And that Hu Er below. He is the spy, his whole family are spies. Is he blind? How I dressed, did it offend his eyes? Did he have to berate like this?"
Cui Yun leaned down to her level, his voice imasurably tender: "Don’t cry, the Hu Family will soon et disaster."
Shen Hua swatted away the handkerchief he extended to wipe her tears.
"Stay away from , don’t touch ! Don’t think I don’t know about the good deeds you’ve done outside. Now you care about ? When I was suffering on the ship, you were in Shengjing acting all lovey-dovey with other girls."
Cui Yun was stunned.
Seeing him silent, Shen Hua sneered.
’Thump thump’ the sound of knocking.
Shen Hua jumped off the table and covered her face.
The butler personally entered, delivering the dishes one by one, sensing the tense atmosphere and quickly withdrew.
Because of his interruption, Shen Hua’s emotions were still intense.
She threw the hood to the ground again, continuing with a cold sneer as her opener.
"You’re not even defending yourself now?"
Cui Yun: "What girl?"
His fingertips lightly touched the girl’s wrist to feel her pulse.
"Let’s talk about it first, then decide on the accusations."
"I’ve already t the lady from the Grand Tutor Mansion."
She was indeed a fine beauty. But Shen Hua felt her eyes were not eyes, her nose not a nose.
Cui Yun suddenly looked at her, his deep eyes filled with astonishnt.
"She is only six years old."
Shen Hua: "..."
She was montarily confused.
Furious, she began to argue irrationally.
"I knew it! n always like younger girls."
The more she spoke, the thirstier and hungrier she beca. After drinking so tea, she reluctantly started to eat.
She ate slowly, but with enjoynt. Her eyes curved like crescents. If one ignored the redness beneath her eyes, who could tell that just a short while ago, she had been crying breathlessly?
Cui Yun served her soup.
Shen Hua drank it.
He served her vegetables.
She accepted them all.
Seeing this, Cui Yun assud everything was explained clearly. He also let out a sigh of relief.
When Shen Hua was nearly done eating, he planned to send her back, but the girl pressed her hands on the dining table.
Looking at him arrogantly, as if she didn’t recognize him, her whole body prickly again.
"Rember that."
Then, she said.
"I’m not finished with you."
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She clearly didn’t just say it in passing.
When it cos to acting, she can make the dead seem alive, always able to justify herself convincingly. Ten bulls couldn’t pull her back.
After Shen Hua left, Cui Yun was frequently lost in thought. His expression was cold and detached, a long-lost vigor in handling matters as the favored girl beca arrogant.
He finally chuckled softly. He had Ying Yi send the Sky Mountain Snow Lotus and Dragon Blood Scorpion; Ni Kang knew how to combine them into dicine, which would speed the recovery.
Probably after applying for two days, Shen Hua would be completely healed.
During these two days, Shen Hua did not show Cui Yun a pleasant face.
Two days later, instead of going to the Ministry of Justice, Cui Yun stood outside the pear garden for a while before turning towards the Imperial Palace.
Soone had to help share the burden of his anger.
This was the first ti he entered the palace without being summoned.
Upon hearing the news, Ji Teng imdiately set aside the morial report.
"Where is he?"
"He went to the Imperial Hospital; seed very urgent."
Ji Teng stood up and headed outside: "Hope he’s not hurt."
Ji Ge also followed: "Give a break, Cui Yun is practically invulnerable now, who would dare hurt him today."
By the ti they arrived, Cui Yun had already left.
The officials at the Imperial Physician’s office respectfully reported.
"The Prince ca to get a stalk of Sky Mountain Snow Lotus and Dragon Blood Scorpion."
These could be used in dicine, rare to find outside, but the Imperial Palace had no shortages.
Ji Ge: "I feel sothing’s not right."
"He’s always posturing..."
Seeing Ji Teng’s piercing cold gaze, he quickly changed his words.
"He doesn’t seem to care much for you..."
Good, Ji Teng’s gaze turned icy cold.
Ji Ge recklessly stated: "It’s really not like soone could casually co to the Imperial Palace for dicine, and it wasn’t even you he asked."
"I also heard he went to First-tier Sky recently, was pulling and dragging with so girl. They even had a al together."
Ji Ge slapped his thigh.
"How audacious!"
"Without my sister Shen present, he’s ssing around outside."
Ji Teng seed thoughtful, ordering the servants to send a ssage to the inner palace.
The next day, when Shen Hua groggily woke up, she saw soone leaning on the windowsill, looking at her with a lancholic gaze.
Wei Yingying: "Ji Teng said you’re back; I initially didn’t believe it."
Shen Hua, grumpy after waking up, imdiately turned over and closed her eyes, ignoring her.
"Show so respect!"
Wei Yingying: "I am quite a big deal now!"
"My Daddy used to act that way, now he’s very attentive. You can’t see any trace of the contempt he had when he slapped ."
Such behavior only made her despise him more, but fortunately, Mama’s days were now stable.
"Wei Zhuzhu and her mother had better behave."
Last ti I returned, they even kowtowed to !
"Seeing Wei Zhuzhu kowtow so beautifully, I let her do it for 15 minutes to embarrass her, and she didn’t dare to fart but still thanked afterwards."
She was so pleased with herself, talking non-stop as if she could go on forever.
Eventually, Shen Hua managed not to throw a pillow at her.
She just slowly sat up straight, revealing a sweet smile.
"Wei Yingying."
Girl: "I may need to remind you."
Wei Yingying was surprised by the girl’s coquettishly groggy charm; Shen Hua’s change was undoubtedly huge. While Wei Yingying was taken aback, the girl spoke.
"The official now sits on high, his genius and great strategies relieve the world, his belief in shining justice is like thunder clapping, purifying the court and adored by the people. What he does, are things even the late Emperor dared not do."
"That’s quite different from the Third Prince I rember."
With a thunderous realization, the dumbfounded Wei Yingying finally noticed under Ji Teng’s sweet talk, what she had overlooked!!!
Shen Hua smiled lightly, without any burden on her conscience.
"He’s been deceiving you all along."
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