C63 Red Phoenix

The next morning, however, when she went downstairs for breakfast, she met Xiao Huan, who, as if he had no memory of what had happened the night before, invited her to sit at the same table as he did on any other morning.

Once again, she understood the man's terror — the terror of what he was going to do next that she had no way of guessing. He couldn't help but feel that agreeing to go with him had been a fatal mistake.

Now that he thought about it, Xiao Heng had said that making her a housekeeper was definitely not as simple as it seemed. There might be something more important that she needed to do, or else he wouldn't have done this so that he could control her … However, if Xiao Heng didn't take the initiative to tell her, she wouldn't be able to guess. She could only take one step at a time.

The evening before Xiao Heng was summoned as a witness to the prefecture, he had actually come to ask her out. However, this time, Xiao Ya and Qin Prefecture had accompanied them, and Xiang Qiao was in charge of protecting the two madams and the old woman who had stayed at the inn.

The lamps hanging on the roadside today were not as flashy as the ones on the day of the lanterns, but there was something else – a variety of ice sculptures. Although there were no large ice sculptures like the Dragon Lantern Festival, the number of strange ice sculptures was especially spectacular.

Due to the cold weather, these ice sculptures had no intention of melting. In comparison, the southern Kingdom of Yan was indeed quite warm. After all, let alone putting an ice sculpture outside that hadn't melted for a long time, even heavy snow was rarely seen there.

Xiao Ya, who was walking beside her, seemed to have taken a fancy to something. She suddenly cried out and pulled the only Qin Prefecture out of the four of them who had a purse into the crowd surrounding a bunk. She had no choice but to follow Xiao Huan and wait by the side of the road.

After a while, she heard Xiao Heng cough, "These ice sculptures can be stored outside for the entire winter. If Miss Yun has taken a fancy to them, feel free to speak. This duke will buy them for you."

"Many thanks to Your Highness, but Yun Shu doesn't know how to appreciate these elegant things. Giving them to Yun Shu would only be a waste of heaven's treasures. Furthermore, Yun Shu had already made it clear to Prince that she would never leave the beam, so why would the Prince waste his energy pretending to be modest and courteous in front of me to win over the hearts of the people? " As Yun Shu said this in an indifferent manner, her gaze also only casually swept over those exquisite ice sculptures.

Xiao Heng forced her face to meet his gaze. "These words I've said are sincere. It would be great if Miss retracted her prejudice against me."

Yun Shu could not help but be taken aback. She could actually see some sadness in Xiao Heng's eyes, but it only lasted for a moment. She pursed her lips. "Prince, why do you care what a woman thinks of you?"

"I don't care about others, but Miss Yun is different …"

If not for what had happened last night, she would have taken the feelings in the other party's eyes and what he had said seriously. Yun Shu felt that it was too boring, so she raised her hand to slap his hand away. "Prince, why don't you just tell Yun Shu to do something, leave the enemy kingdom's generals uncaught, but wanting a small field officer like me, it can't be because the Prince's estate is lacking a butler, right?"

After hearing her words, Xiao Heng suddenly chuckled: "Regarding this matter, Miss Yun is indeed overthinking it. This king has already gotten used to acting recklessly, and this is well-known in Enoch. If Miss Yun doesn't believe me, then you can ask Enoch about what kind of person I am. It is This King's honour for you to be willing to understand This King. " As he spoke further, the smile on Xiao Heng's face became more ambiguous, and his handsome face also grew closer and closer.

Yun Shu subconsciously retreated, and unnaturally shifted her gaze elsewhere. "I am not interested in Your Highness."

"Is that so? This King is truly somewhat sad. This duke's skin looks so good, is Miss Yun really not interested at all? " As he spoke, he grabbed one of her wrists and forced her into a corner.

Yun Shu only felt the heat exhaled from the other side, mixed with the coldness in the air, pounce on her face and her mind was immediately thrown into disarray.

"Hey, I didn't see anything. The Qin Province. There's a liveliness over there that can be seen. Quickly go over." Xiao Ya's voice suddenly sounded from not too far away. Only then did Yun Shu react to the fact that she should have pushed her away.

After being pushed aside, Xiao Heng was not the least bit annoyed. Instead, his ears had become suspiciously red.

Yun Zhuyi glanced at him and went to find Xiao Ya. However, Xiao Ya had already pulled Qin Zhou to a nearby stage where they were performing Western Magic.

Xiao Heng cleared his throat. "Shall we go and take a look?"

"Yes." "Alright." Yun Zhui nonchalantly took the lead to head towards Xiao Ya and the others. In his heart, he recited the words "don't be fooled by that harmless looking face again" several hundred times.

However, just as she walked to Xiao Ya's side, Xiao Ya mysteriously pulled her to the side, "Although I really don't like that face and I didn't know that Royal Uncle really had that kind of intention towards big sister Yin, but Royal Uncle has always been gentle and courteous towards girls. How about Big Sister Yin consider being my Royal Aunt?"

Yun Shu almost immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Imperial Aunt … The little girl's way of thinking was simple as expected. Not to mention that Xiao Heng's motive for bringing her by his side was not pure, but the matter of relationships was not that simple. Besides Xiao Heng himself, no one knew if he had any other intentions towards her. Even if she was unable to return to the Yan Kingdom to fulfill her father's last wish, it was impossible for her to develop such feelings for him even when she was threatened by him. When he approached her, her first reaction would only be to be on guard and panic.

"The princess is still young, there are some things that are not like what the princess would seem to be on the surface. Your uncle doesn't have any feelings for me, and so do I." As soon as Yun Shu said this, she shifted her gaze back to the stage. Right now, the golden-haired, golden-bearded westerners on stage had just completed a more difficult battle with a living person. The spectators below the stage immediately began to cheer in surprise.

These cheers drowned out the whispers of love, and made Xiao Heng, who had just arrived behind Yun Shu, swallow back his words.

His prince had always been wise and decisive. He had never seen a trace of confusion in his eyes, but today, he saw it. Moreover, it was because of a few words from an enemy who didn't know her limits and had no sense of propriety.

As a close-combat guard, Qin Zhou was exceptionally stifled. He spent the entire night angrily staring at the back of Yun Shu's head. The Yun Shu who was being stared at naturally noticed this gaze that made her feel uncomfortable, but when she turned to look, this gaze immediately disappeared.

It was unknown whether it was because she was too concerned about the line of sight or because the weather was too cold, but that night, she caught a cold. The next morning, when he happened to call her up, he was startled and immediately went next door to knock on Xiao Heng's door.

Xiao Heng picked up a winter robe and ran over. He saw that the person hiding in the blanket was blushing, so he reached out his hand to touch her forehead. "Hurry and get a doctor." Xiang Qiao hurriedly walked outside, almost bumping into Qin Prefecture who was just entering the door.

"Yun Shu, do you want to drink some water?" As soon as the Qin Province entered the room, they heard the Prince use an abnormally gentle tone to ask the enemy kingdom woman. They couldn't help but feel somewhat complicated.

Yun Shu only knew that she heard a familiar voice, but her entire body was aching and her head was dizzy. She subconsciously nodded before she could even hear who was speaking clearly.

Xiao Heng turned his head and glanced at the Qin Province: "Go find the waiter and get a pot of hot water you can drink. Also, find half a basin of ice cubes."

Just as he finished speaking, he felt a hot patch of skin press against the back of his hand. He looked down and realized it was Yun Shu's face. He was stunned for a moment and then unexpectedly put his other hand on her face. "Isn't this more comfortable?"

"Comfortable …" After saying this in a daze, she even gently rubbed his hand twice.

Xiao Heng couldn't help but smile when he saw her act so obediently like Little Treasure.

Qin Zhou had just brought hot water and ice cubes into the room when he saw this scene. His feet almost staggered.

As soon as Xiao Heng heard the door open, he got up and was about to pick up what was in Qin Prefecture's hands, when he was grabbed by the wrist by the burning man.

Xiao Hengtian: "…" With a sigh, he pulled the two nearby stools to the side of the bed.

Qin Prefecture coughed twice before clearing his throat, "Your Highness, how about I pour some water for you?"

"No need, place the items on the chair and pick up a handkerchief along the way." When Xiao Heng sat back down on the bed, he looked down at his grabbed hand. He didn't expect to find anything unexpected — there were a few deep red marks on his originally unblemished white arm, which looked like feathers. He rolled up her sleeve a few times, and gradually revealed a hovering, blood-red phoenix.

His eyes could not help but flash a look of astonishment, but he immediately put down her sleeves. He glanced at Qin Prefecture, which had also noticed Yun Shu's arm, and said, "Don't tell anyone about what you saw just now. You can leave first."

"Yes, sir." Qin Prefecture nodded and left the room. He also closed the door, but he was still a bit worried.

He remembered that in the days before the late Emperor passed away, many things happened. For example, the previous Crown Prince Xiao Hengyi was crippled, and the late Emperor changed his younger son, Xiao Xian, to become Emperor in the testamentary edict.

However, what was even weirder was that the crippled Crown Prince Xiao Hengchuan, who had been expelled from the palace, did nothing at all. Instead, he leisurely took up the position of his own idle prince, as if the position of Emperor had nothing to do with him in the first place.

However, during that period of time, the most impressive thing was that when the Prince came back from the palace, he immediately sent people to secretly search for the woman with the phoenix tattoo on her arm.

However, after three or four years of searching for one, he was unable to find one. However, they never expected that the girl with the phoenix symbol on her arm would appear before them just like that.