Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

Nan Xue looked at Chu Shitong's face, which showed a little disappointment, and asked curiously, "Your Highness, is this person very important to you?"

When Chu Shitong heard Nan Xue ask this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

important?

After he was reborn, he thought that the most important person was Si Jingli.

But during these years, Chu Shitong always felt that there was something inconvenient everywhere, as if something was missing around him, and nothing he did was as smooth as when he was in power in his previous life.

She thought about it for many years and still felt that it was because Will was no longer around.

There was a reason why Will was called his most loyal dog.

Although he doesn't talk much, he can understand Chu Shitong's feelings very well.

Will is just like Chu Shitong's other hand. He would kill people that Chu Shitong disliked directly and without leaving any trace in a place where Chu Shitong couldn't see him.

There were some people who had never shown any disgust towards Chu Shitong, but Will could still sense from those flawless expressions and emotions that he should kill him before Chu Shitong gave the order.

Perhaps it was because of Will's existence that Chu Shitong became more brutal at that time.

I won’t be able to find Will in this life. Maybe God doesn’t want Chu Shitong to become like that.

Chu Shitong doesn't like to talk about these topics, as they will make her fall into an inexplicable state of contemplation.

Just like her grand ambition to seize the throne, it would become extremely difficult without such a person.

She didn't want to mention it, nor did she want to admit it.

"What's important or not important?" Chu Shitong lowered his eyes, his tone unconsciously becoming cold, "He's just a dog. Do you really think that I can't live without him?"

Qingyu listened to this with a dazed expression.

It seems that he doesn't understand why Chu Shitong added the last sentence.

Nan Xue lowered her head so that Chu Shitong could not see her expression.

Chu Shitong said, "Since you are willing to follow me, then stay by my side. The punishment given to you by the prince is no slapping, but the beating with the board will be given as usual."

Only then did smiles appear on Nanxue and Qingyu's faces.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"*2

It’s good enough to avoid being slapped in the face.

Chu Shitong felt that her path to succession in this life seemed to be much easier. She had so many powerful people left by Tianxuan around her. Because of her special status, she was not afraid of being betrayed by these people.

Seeing the two of them happy, Chu Shitong couldn't help but ask: "You two..."

Nanxue and Qingyu stopped immediately and looked over, waiting for Chu Shitong's next words.

Facing the sudden serious gazes from the two men, Chu Shitong suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and his words got stuck in his throat, making it very difficult for him to speak.

"Have you ever met...Princess Tianxuan?"

Nan Xue blinked and said, "Of course I have seen it. Your Highness, why are you so hesitant when you say this?"

Chu Shitong didn't know how to address this legendary princess Xuan Wu Yue who brought disaster to the country and the people.

Now that she knew Xuan Wu Yue's true identity was her mother, calling her mother always sounded a little strange. Chu Shitong was a little uncomfortable with words like mother and maternal concubine. Calling her by her name was a little rude, so after thinking it over, she decided to call her by her title.

Chu Shitong couldn't even imagine how noble a princess who was given a title based on the country's name was.

"What does it have to do with you?" Chu Shitong was caught thinking something in his heart, and said unhappily, "Just tell me whether you have seen it or not."

Nan Xue said: "Of course I have seen her. Qingyu and I have both met Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Chu Shitong stared at the two people's faces for a long time, and always felt that something was strange.

"How old are you and Qingyu?"

Chu Shitong is now eighteen years old. If Xuan Wu Yue were still alive, he would be forty-three years old now.

She calculated the time. When Tianxuan was destroyed, Xuan Wu Yue was sixteen years old. When Chu Shiyu succeeded to the throne, Xuan Wu Yue was twenty-three years old. There was a two-year blank period in between. Chu Shitong was born in the third year after Chu Shiyu succeeded to the throne.

"In reply to your Highness, my sister and I are twenty-nine years old this year. I first met the princess when she was nine years old. My sister and I were five years old at that time."

Nanxue and Qingyu now look like women in their early twenties, and you really can’t tell that they are already twenty-nine years old.

"How old is that raccoon?"

Nanxue smiled and said, "I don't know."

Although he was smiling on his face, he had already cursed Li Nu in his heart.

Damn it, why could she just get ten strokes?

Nanxue even believed the lies of the raccoon slave in her heart, as if the master's favor was really useful. At least it could reduce the punishment.

Qingyu said, "Li Nu is thirty-one. Your Highness, don't look at Li Nu's youth, but she is already an old woman in her thirties. Even if she acts like a spoiled child to Your Highness in the future, Your Highness does not need to pay attention. If she still acts like a spoiled child in her thirties, you should just drag her out and break her legs."

Chu Shitong smiled. It seemed that Qingyu still had some hatred towards Li Nu.

"Okay, then I'll ask you again, how old is Ji Shu this year?"

Nan Xue was about to speak when she suddenly realized that this sentence was a trap and quickly shut her mouth.

Unexpectedly, Qingyu spoke before her.

"He is thirty-nine, four years younger than the princess."

Chu Shitong calculated that when Tianxuan was destroyed, Ji Shu was only twelve years old.

Nan Xue sighed helplessly in her heart.

His Highness is really cunning and shrewd. Even a simple-minded person like Qingyu was stunned by his trick.

Chu Shitong asked: "At the beginning, he told me that his real name was Xuan Changji, but is it true?"

Qingyu was about to answer again, but Nanxue quickly stopped him and smiled very reluctantly, "Your Highness, we don't know anything about Ji Shu."

"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me." Chu Shitong took a sip of tea slowly, and said with a determined look, "I already know his age. If I start with his surname, as long as I check all the members of the Tianxuan Royal Family, I will naturally know his true identity."

Nan Xue: “…”

Qingyu then realized belatedly that she had been tricked by Chu Shitong.

Knowing that she had let the cat out of the bag, she didn't dare say anything else.

Nan Xue hesitated for a while and said, "Your Highness, we don't tell you because we can't tell you now. There are some things that we can't tell you if the person involved doesn't want to talk about them."

Chu Shitong did not give in at all. "Just tell me who he is. I will just ignore it and know it in my heart. This way, I won't have to worry about him anymore."

Nan Xue was silent for a long time again. Both sisters seemed to have very difficult expressions because of this topic.

When Chu Shitong was getting annoyed and was about to ask the two to go back, Nan Xue lowered her head and spoke.

"Your Highness, he is the thirteenth prince of Tianxuan and the last crown prince. In terms of relationship, he is...your uncle."

Chu Shitong was slightly surprised. He thought he was just a member of the Tianxuan royal family, but he didn't expect that he was actually the last prince.

Before the fall of Tianxuan, there were three princes. The eldest prince inherited the emperor's romantic and dissolute character. He served as the crown prince for only three years but he caused a disaster and was expelled from the royal family by the emperor and thrown into prison.

The second prince was weak in character. After being sent by the emperor to lead troops to the battlefield, he was frightened to death in the East Palace that night and became a huge joke.

The last crown prince was the Thirteenth Prince, who was still young. The reason why he was given the crown prince position was that at that time, the princes of Tianxuan Kingdom were either dead or injured, and he was the only healthy prince.

Less than half a year after he became the crown prince, Tianxuan ceded land and cities to Xuan Wuyue, and the former emperor of Beiqing led his troops to establish the Beiqing Dynasty.

Most of the Tianxuan royal family members were dead at that time, and Chu Shitong found it hard to imagine how Xuan Changji survived.

After becoming a slave, he was bought by me and stayed by my side by some accident.

I guess he recognized my identity the first time he saw me.

Nan Xue said: "Your Highness, although he and the princess have the same father but different mothers, he regards the princess as his own elder sister. Your Highness can trust him completely."

"Then why is he unwilling to recognize me and even won't let you mention his true identity?"

"Perhaps... he is just not ready to face you. To us, you are the master, but to him, you are the only blood left by the princess, and you are a relative."

When Chu Shitong heard the word "relatives", his heart skipped a beat.

So during those times when I was unaware, Xuan Changji was watching me grow up with the eyes of an elder.

No matter whether Chu Shitong was in the capital or not, Xuan Changji would always help her quietly handle all the affairs of the mansion and the restaurant, gather her subordinates one by one, and let them stay by her side without telling anyone.

Because in Xuan Changji's heart, Chu Shitong is his sister's only child and his niece.

At this moment, Chu Shitong seemed to understand what the so-called elders were like.

People always say that relatives from your mother’s side are closer than relatives from your father’s side.

Because the relatives from my mother's side have no interests to compete for.

If they are willing to help, it means they really help without asking for anything in return.

It was Xuan Wu Yue who allowed Xuan Changji to achieve this.

Chu Shitong had complicated emotions in her heart. She had always thought that her mother Xuan Wu Yue was of no help to her at all, and even made her life fall into a swamp-like misery.

Today, Chu Shitong could no longer hold back and asked, "What does my mother look like?"

When I asked this question, I was in a state of trepidation.

She is afraid.

She was afraid of hearing bad things about Xuan Wu Yue from the mouths of these subordinates from the previous dynasty.

Her adoptive mother was terrible, and if her biological mother was just as bad, she didn't know how she would accept it.

Thinking of this, Chu Shitong smiled bitterly for no reason.

Nanxue said: "The princess is the best and most gentle woman in the world."

Chu Shitong was stunned.

It was as if time had stood still and my heartbeat suddenly quickened in my ears.

Like thunder.

"The emperor didn't allow the princess to marry because he felt those men were not worthy of the princess." Nan Xue couldn't help but smile gently when talking about Xuan Wu Yue.

Qingyu also said: "Her Royal Highness is the most gentle. At that time, everyone liked to stick to Her Royal Highness. Wherever the princess appeared, there would be a group of people waiting to see her beauty. There is no one in the world who doesn't like Her Royal Highness."

When Chu Shitong saw the smiles on their faces, his nose felt a little sore.

she thought.

After many years, when they mentioned Xuan Wu Yue, they would scold her as the scourge that caused the destruction of Tianxuan.

Scold her as a woman who was willing to live under the will of her worldly enemies.

They scolded her as a prostitute who was willing to give birth to an illegitimate child for Master Chu's family.

Chu Shitong never thought that her mother would be such a likable person.

Does this mean that Xuan Wu Yue was not forced to give birth to her, but that Xuan Wu Yue chose to give birth to her himself?

When Nanxue and Qingyu mentioned Xuan Wu Yue, they talked nonstop as if they had uncovered memories that had been buried for many years.

"When I first met the princess, Qingyu and I were stunned. Although the princess is young, she is the most beautiful person we have ever seen in the world."

"Hahaha, I remember my sister almost fell into the pond because she was looking at the princess. Luckily I quickly pulled her out."

......

Listening to the conversation between the two, Chu Shitong's stiff expression seemed to be slightly warmed by the fire. She lowered her eyes and smiled gently.

Unrealistic thoughts in my mind.

If... I had been raised by Xuan Wu Yue, I would definitely not be like this now... living like a monster that is neither male nor female and cannot shed tears.

On this day, Chu Shitong learned a lot about Xuan Wu Yue from Nanxue and Qingyu.

She thought Xuan Wu Yue couldn't have lived to this day and should have died long ago.

But Nanxue and Qingyu said that there was no definite news of his death, and they were still investigating Xuan Wu Yue's whereabouts.

Apart from them, people from the other three sects, as long as they are still alive and can see Chu Shitong, will come and pledge their allegiance regardless of everything.

Because this was the original loyalty of the Five Sects.

Even if there is a change of dynasties, as long as they can see their master again, they will choose to follow him even if it means committing a huge crime.

......

early spring.

The weather is finally warming up.

On March 12, Chu Shihuan returned to Beijing.

The rumors about Linglan and Chu Shihan were turned into a sad story, and Chu Shitong secretly hated them to the core.

Oh shit.

It also whitewashed the affair between the two.

As expected, Chu Shihuan tracked down the person behind the private gun factory, which affected the entire Huizhou officialdom, and was rewarded by Chu Shiyu.

His status in the court rose sharply. Not only did he receive rewards, but Chu Shiyu also gave him the 2,000 patrol troops that patrolled the capital.

This is something that never happened in the previous life.

Having the power to control the capital's patrol army is no small matter. It means that if there is any disturbance in the capital, Chu Shihuan is the only one who can stop it.

Chu Shitong was so angry that he whispered a lot in Chu Shifeng's ear, which made Chu Shifeng, who was already unhappy about this, decide to secretly target Chu Shihuan.

This can be considered as making the best use of resources before Chu Shifeng's downfall.

In early April, the winter jasmine flowers bloom.

It has been three months since Nan Xue was sent to Jiangzhou. She sent someone to deliver a letter overnight, saying that she had found Xuan Wu Yue's trace in Jiangzhou.

Eight years ago, Xuan Wu Yue was secretly sent to Jiangzhou by Chu Shiyu. It was said that he built an underground palace specifically for Xuan Wu Yue in Shennv Mountain. There were few villages here. After some investigation, Nan Xue confirmed that eight years ago, several people had indeed seen a woman with a stunning appearance appear in the mountains.

After a series of eliminations and feature confirmations, Nan Xue was almost certain that the person they saw was Xuan Wu Yue.