After my mother read my mind, my whole family rebelled

It's raining again.

The first rain of this month should also be the last one of the rainy season.

It started drizzling in the second half of last night. It was a little chilly, but I slept well.

Shen Yuyao slept until early morning and was awakened by the barking of a dog outside the door.

"Be quiet, the princess and the little princess are still asleep." It was Zi Su's voice in the yard.

"Dahuang, stop making noise!" Zi Su lowered her voice and scolded the big yellow dog in the yard.

Shen Yuyao opened the window slightly and looked out.

The rain was falling outside the window, dripping along the green tile eaves, splashing some water that mixed with the rain, as if covering the entire farmhouse with a thin veil.

Tang Wei, who was supposed to be sleeping in the carriage, entered the courtyard and stood under the eaves with a sword in his hands.

After yesterday's battle, Tang Wei became more alert.

Zi Su was holding an umbrella and Dang Gui was wearing a bamboo hat and they were carrying a few boxes from the carriage outside the yard into the main room.

"The roof of the carriage was leaking. I covered it with something last night, but when I checked it this morning, it was still wet."

As Angelica was moving the things, she explained to Zisu, "We can only move them into the main room. We're afraid it'll be too damp and ruin the things inside."

Zi Su asked softly, "Where's the prince?"

"The kitchen." Angelica smiled and said, "It rained last night, so the prince and I slept on the floor in the kitchen."

"what?"

Zi Su was a little surprised that the dignified King Ning actually stayed overnight in the kitchen.

After dinner last night, Xia Xiaoxian felt sleepy, so Shen Yuyao took her into the house to rest early.

Zi Su and Bai Zhi were Shen Yuyao's maids who came with her as a dowry, so they lived in Shen Yuyao's room and slept on the floor.

There are only two rooms in the farmhouse, and the other one is where Xu Yunxuan usually lives.

Before going to bed, Zi Su saw Xu Yunxuan enter her room, and thought that the prince was resting with the concubine, but she didn't expect that the prince was sleeping in the kitchen.

"We have to wake up the prince, go back to the main hall and rest, I have to prepare breakfast for the masters."

Bai Zhi came out and heard the prince sleeping in the kitchen, her face full of disbelief.

"I won't go, Your Majesty," Angelica shook her head and pouted, "Your Majesty is grumpy when he wakes up!"

Danggui was a little puzzled as to why his prince chose to sleep in the kitchen instead of in the two rooms.

However, he didn't dare to ask.

Along the way, Danggui got to know Xia Yu's daily habits.

Xia Yu gets up by himself every day and never lets anyone call him.

If he was still asleep, anyone who tried to wake him up would be in trouble. At best, he would be scolded, and at worst, he would be wounded by a sword.

Danggui had also heard from the old guards of the palace that the prince had become a different person since the princess had a difficult childbirth, and had become very irritable when waking up.

Once, a new bodyguard came to the Ning Prince's Mansion in Yanjing. After receiving an urgent secret letter from the doorman, he went directly to the prince's bedroom to wake him up.

As a result, as soon as he entered the bedroom, he was stabbed in the chest by the prince who jumped up. Fortunately, the prince discovered it in time and stopped the attack, so the guard avoided death on the spot.

Later, the news gradually spread beyond the palace, and people on the streets talked about the fact that the Prince of Ning's palace was violent and irritable, and often acted like a madman.

Therefore, Danggui would definitely not go.

Bai Zhi was furious, "If you don't go, should I go?"

Baizhi was very disdainful of the Danggui in front of her.

He was a new guard, but he didn't follow the orders of the head maid and even dared to talk back.

Shen Yuyao heard several people talking through the window. Seeing that Xia Xiaoxian was still sleeping soundly, she whispered by the window, "Zi Su, pour some hot water. I'll go get them."

Zisu glared at Baizhi and Danggui fiercely.

See, I told you to speak more quietly, but you still woke the princess up.

When Baizhi and Danggui heard Shen Yuyao's voice, they both shrank their necks and looked at each other.

Their voices were clearly very low, but they still woke up the princess?

wrong.

It must be rhubarb!

Last night, Zi Su heard a few people chatting and found out that the young lady she had been with since childhood was imprisoned. Her heart aches until now.

In the past, in Prince Ning's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion, Zi Su had heard other servants talk about how eerie and terrifying the imperial prison of the Great Xia Dynasty was.

This time, she and the young lady had only been separated for a short time, and the young lady had stayed alone in that hell on earth for nearly two days.

Whenever she thought of this, tears would well up in Zi Su's eyes.

When Baizhi and Danggui heard Shen Yuyao's voice, they both shrank their necks. Although the voice was very small, it still woke up the princess.

"Miss, are you still wearing men's clothes today?"

Zi Su brought hot water into the room to help Shen Yuyao wash up. She saw that Shen Yuyao was wearing a moon-white tight-sleeved outfit.

"Ah."

Shen Yuyao nodded slightly. Before returning to Prince Ning's Mansion in Yanjing, she planned to wear men's clothes, which would reduce a lot of trouble.

After Shen Yuyao got dressed and walked to the kitchen door, she saw Bai Zhi still hesitating and she really didn't dare to go in.

As soon as Shen Yuyao pushed open the door of the kitchen, she saw Xia Yu holding a sword in both hands, with his back against a pile of firewood, his legs crossed, his head slightly lowered, and his eyes squinted, sleeping soundly!

Shen Yuyao had been to military camps with her father and brothers, and had seen men sleeping with swords in their arms in the camp, but this was the first time she had seen someone sleeping so soundly with his legs crossed and a sword in his arms like the King of Ning.

Shen Yuyao suddenly wanted to test Xia Yu to see if his martial arts skills were completely lost.

She approached Xia Yu quietly, taking every step to carefully observe Xia Yu's reaction.

Each step is slightly heavier than the last.

After walking several steps in a row, Xia Yu still had no reaction.

Shen Yuyao sighed in her heart, "It seems that Xia Yu's martial arts may really be useless."

For a prince who had fought in many battles and was once praised by the emperor for his bravery and fighting skills, it was such a huge blow to him to lose all his martial arts skills!

Shen Yuyao felt a little regretful and some pity in her heart.

Even the way he looked at Xia Yu softened.

But she didn't notice that Xia Yu's hand, which had been tightly gripping the hilt of the sword, loosened again.

Shen Yuyao walked to Xia Yu's side, bent down, and patted Xia Yu's shoulder, "Prince, go into the room and sleep."

Xia Yu opened his eyes blankly as if he was woken up, "Princess."

"Your Majesty, Bai Zhi needs to use the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Can you come into my room and sleep for a while?"

Shen Yuyao was a little surprised. Didn’t Danggui just say that the prince was grumpy when waking up?

It seems that there is not at this time.

Xia Yu turned his neck a few times, stood up, and moved his hands and feet a few times. There was a smile in his eyes, and there was no anger at all.

"No need, I'm going out for a walk..."

"Your Highness, it's still raining outside." Shen Yuyao reminded in a low voice.

"Oh, then I will go to the main hall and sit down."

Xia Yu lowered his head and did not look at Shen Yuyao. He walked past Shen Yuyao and walked out of the kitchen.

Since their reunion, Shen Yuyao sincerely believes that Xia Yu is completely different from before. Although Xia Yu often smiles when he looks at her and Xia Xiaoxian, he also often avoids her gaze.

It seems that he is afraid of Shen Yuyao.

It's just weird.

What is it about Shen Yuyao that makes the prince so afraid?