C7

"Wen Liang, you're finally here." Shen Yan had obviously been waiting for a long time. The table was filled with the dishes that Xiao Wenliang liked, and she would serve them to Xiao Wenliang everyday. Because in the past three months, he practically ate at the Autumn Water Pavilion.

"You're not well, you shouldn't work so hard." Looking at Shen Yan, he could only feel pain in his heart. If not for being on guard over Shen Yan all day and all night, how could she have suffered from typhoid?

If he could, he would rather be sick than have her suffer.

"For the sake of being gentle and kind, I'll gladly do it." Shen Yan smiled lightly, her gentle and beautiful face full of love for Xiao Wenliang.

"Yan Er, I might need to go out for a few days!" Xiao Wenliang suddenly thought about what the emperor had instructed him to do today. "You must take good care of yourself in the next few days."

The Emperor summoned him to the palace early in the morning and ordered him to search for evidence of the embezzlement of the Censor's Huan Si. This was not a big matter, but the important thing was that Huan Si was with His Highness the crown prince.

Everyone knew that the Duke Xian Palace had always been at odds with the crown prince. However, they didn't know why the emperor had not ordered Xiao Sian to go and investigate, but had instead ordered Xiao Wenliang to investigate.

"Is there any danger?" Shen Yan's watery eyes revealed worry. From an angle that was difficult for Xiao Wenliang to see, a glint flashed across her eyes, and she turned to ask gently: "Do you need more people?"

"Does Yan Er have any good ideas?" Xiao Wenliang squinted his eyes, and looked at Shen Yan's fair face with a gentle gaze, as though it was hard for people to guess what he was thinking about in his heart.

"Yan Er remembers that there's a secret guard behind the wangfei? I believe that the Royal Concubine must have extraordinary skills to bring that person from the Rong Guo to the Xiao Nation. I can relax a little bit when he does work for Wen Liang. " Shen Yan said gently, her face was filled with worry.

Princess Hua-Yang's secret guard?

Xiao Wenliang naturally had an impression of him. He was naturally able to hear some of the Yan Er's thoughts, but his Yan Er had always been pure and kind, and it was normal for her to have some grudges against the princess of Rong Guo.

He also felt that this idea was not bad.

Tingxue Residence.

Rong Qianyu had already received instructions from Xiao Wenliang that he wanted help from her, she was a little stunned. She did not believe that there was no one he would be able to use from Xiao Wenliang's subordinates, and as for Xiao Wenliang calling for help from Yue Ye, she did not understand, but she agreed without hesitation.

No matter if it was for personal reasons or if he was forced to do it, she knew very well that he had to go. However, when Rong Qianyu was giving orders to Night One, he was obviously shocked, but he did not ask any further, as Night One had always been like this. Ever since Rong Qianyu had saved him, he was like the sharp sword in Rong Qianyu's hands.

On the other hand, Su Zhu was still a little dissatisfied, complaining endlessly, "Royal Consort, you don't have Dark Night to protect you right now, then …"

"I am currently in the Wang Mansion all day, would anyone still try to harm me?" Rong Qianyu lowered her head slightly, and carefully took care of the lotus flower tea on the table.

She was simply saying that her martial arts had been crippled, and without Ye Yi's protection, it was easy for something to happen to her. However, Rong Qianyu was incomparably clear in his heart, that right now, within the Wang Mansion, who would dare to intrude and harm her?

Wasn't the only person who could harm her the master of the Wang Mansion, Xiao Wenliang?

In the past, how proud was she? Her martial arts were high and powerful, but she was still powerless and crippled by him. No matter how good her martial arts were, the person who wanted to hurt her was someone more important than her life.

Rong Qianyu, was exactly like this.

At night, the night was quiet, and the moonlight was dim.

Inside Tingxue Residence, just as Rong Qianyu was about to turn off the light and go to bed, she saw the night maid rushing over. She bowed slightly with an anxious expression on her face, "Esteemed wangfei, Miss Shen has arrived."

The servants and servants sent by the Rong Guo were naturally aware of the position of their wangfei in the Wang Mansion. How could they not see that, other than on the wedding night, the prince had never taken a single step into the Tingxue Residence.

A dignified wangfei, her name was a fact of life and death.

The culprit behind all of this was the woman, Lady Shen, whom the Prince had doted upon a hundred times. Although she did not have any status, her status was rather high and she was even above the position of an imperial concubine.

"Bring her in!" Rong Qianyu was somewhat surprised, but she wasn't as anxious as the servant. Instead, she had an incomparably indifferent expression, as if she had nothing to do with her.

Su Zhu's face became ugly, "What is she doing?" After knowing Shen Yan's identity, Su Zhu became even more unaccustomed to seeing her.

With a slight smile, Rong Qianyu said lightly: "She still won't come to pay her respects."

According to the rules, no matter what kind of status Shen Yan had, as long as she was a woman of the Duke, Xiao Wenliang, she should pay her respects to her, the true consort. However, the first time Shen Yan had ever seen her not lying weakly in Xiao Wenliang's arms, let alone standing up to greet her, even her words didn't contain the slightest of respect for her.

"The princess is indeed as intelligent as ever." When they arrived outside the door, she indicated that the servant behind her should place the pastries in her hands on the table. Following which, she waved her hands and dismissed the servants on both sides, allowing them to wait outside as she herself entered the room.

"I wonder if Miss Shen came late at night for an important matter?" Rong Qianyu slightly raised her head, her tone carrying a trace of ridicule.

In the entire room, only Su Zhu, Rong Qianyu and the currently smiling Shen Yan remained. Shen Yan turned her head and shifted her gaze onto Su Zhu, as her red lips slightly parted, "This must be the female official Su Zhu by the princess's side, right?"

In the Rong Guo, because of Rong Qianyu's identity, she was called a female official. However, this matter was only known to those in the Rong Guo, after all, Su Zhu was not a real female official, and it was only because of Rong Qianyu's importance that she called him a female official.

"You should know what to ask, other people are afraid of you, Shen Yan, but I am not!" Su Zhu said angrily. After all, in these past few days, she hated Shen Yan so much that her teeth itched. Now that she had actually met her, especially since she wasn't accompanied by Xiao Wenliang, she naturally had much more guts to do so.

Hearing that, the smile on Shen Yan's face became even wider, but anyone could see the coldness in it. She looked straight at Su Zhu, and her gentle voice slowly sounded, "That's right, you, female official Su Zhu, naturally aren't afraid of me.

That day, Shen Yan was still the direct descendent of the Shen family, so she was the one who was reported to the Rong Guo Palace for the Mid-Autumn Festival. As a senior official's daughter, Shen Yan naturally had the qualifications to attend, but she should not be smart enough to use Rong Qianyu to deal with other girls.

Naturally, she had a deep impression of her now.

"Humph!" Shen Yan, you are only the daughter of a sinful subject, since you were lucky enough to live, you should live a peaceful life. " Would Shen Yan be safe? Su Zhu did not believe it. How could the heart of that woman from back then become so simple and inexperienced?

These past few days, she had been constantly thinking about revenge for her family. The Shen Family's extermination was a string in her heart that she could not let go of, but now, she was touched by Su Zhu.

Shen Yan did not care what crimes her father committed, she only knew that half a year ago, the hundreds of people in their Shen Family had been ordered by the current Emperor, and her entire family was executed by them. Under the protection of a few loyal servants, she finally managed to escape Rong Guo with great difficulty, but the servants who protected her back then had all died.

She was just a weak girl who was powerless. She had to beg all the way to the Xiao Nation, and because of her extraordinary appearance, she had to dirty her body and face all day. She wanted to be the direct descendant of a daughter and be doted on ever since she was a child.

Those days, it was simply Shen Yan's nightmare, until she met the injured Xiao Wenliang. When the man with extraordinary clothes saw her, he didn't look down on her, but looked at her with eyes filled with joy, as if he had finally found the treasure that he had lost and recovered.

The Shen Yan of the past was also a woman that countless of young masters were chasing after, but she did not put them in her eyes at all. It was true that they were good, but the person Shen Yan wanted to marry was only a member of the imperial family, she wanted to obtain fame for herself, so she had only wanted to climb up to the heaven's pride level girls a few times, but unfortunately, Rong Qianyu had never looked at her directly, and the way she looked at her was always filled with disdain.

When she saw Xiao Wenliang, she did not have the slightest bit of sympathy for him. Even though the man in front of her was injured, she had changed her mind when she saw Xiao Wenliang's extraordinary clothes and the expensive jade pendant at his waist. At that time, she was battered and exhausted, and needed someone to protect her.

Moreover, that man subconsciously revealed a surprised expression when he saw her, letting her be sure that Xiao Wenliang would treat her well.

Only, she never would have thought that Xiao Wenliang's identity would give her such an unexpected surprise. In the entire Xiao Nation, there was only one prince with a title and a mansion, and he was highly regarded by the Emperor.

Even if after getting along with him for a few days, she realised that Xiao Wenliang might have mistaken her for someone else. So what?

And for Princess Rong Qianyu to actually marry the Duke of the Xiao Nation as an imperial concubine, that was even more unexpected.

Shen Yan once again looked at Su Zhu with eyes filled with killing intent. Rong Qianyu naturally withdrew them one by one, stood up, looked at Shen Yan evenly, and said indifferently: "Miss Shen wouldn't be so stupid as to want to kill people in my Tingxue Residence, right?"

Even if she, the princess consort was not favoured, there were still a lot of people talking amongst the Tingxue Residence. Some of the servants were from within the Wang Mansion, whether or not they could keep their mouths shut, no one could guarantee. If Shen Yan had really made a move, then if news of this had spread, a nameless woman would actually dare to barge into the palace and kill the concubine's personal servant, and even if it was Xiao Wenliang, her face would probably not look good.

Shen Yan retracted the ruthlessness in her eyes, turned and smiled: "Wangfei is overthinking it, I only came to visit elder sister. A few days ago, my younger sister's body wasn't feeling well, so I couldn't come to visit elder sister.