After being rejected, he emptied the mansion and went into exile

"General Xiang, I'm sorry, the young lady said she was tired."

"General Xiang, the young lady is busy."

"General Xiang, I can't find the young lady."

...For several days, Xiang Hongxuan didn't see Shen Jinyao.

At night, the lights went out early and she closed the doors and windows tightly.

Even a few people were arranged to guard the doors and windows.

Who are you guarding for?

Xiang Hongxuan naturally knew it.

Of course it's to protect him.

He didn't know what happened.

All I know is that Shen Jinyao did not show up when the betrothal gifts were presented that day.

Later, he came to the Shen Mansion many times, but Shen Jinyao always made excuses.

He was too embarrassed to ask the Marquis directly, so he had to ask Shen Zhiyong for help.

After all, ever since the two of them agreed to their marriage, the Shen family's brothers have had a somewhat subtle attitude towards him.

Although they would joke with him, they were always giving him advice in their words.

He knew that this was a brother's way of standing up for his sister.

Therefore, he thought that for this kind of thing, he could only go to Shen Zhiyong.

After all, Zhiyong is his man.

Shen Zhiyong was quite surprised that Xiang Hongxuan actually came to the training ground to find him.

After he understood the purpose of the visit, he looked a little embarrassed.

Seeing him like this, Xiang Hongxuan had nothing to understand.

There must be something going on here.

He and Shen Jinyao were about to get married, so nothing unexpected could happen.

He said in a low voice, "Zhiyong, you have to understand that even if your elder sister and I divorce in the future, it will be many years from now."

"Besides, we might fall in love with each other over time. It's not certain."

When Shen Zhiyong heard this, he felt that what the general said made a lot of sense.

After all, the general is good-looking and has great kung fu skills. Who can not love a young general?

Shen Zhiyong weighed the pros and cons and had to say what he had heard.

It turned out that Shen Jinyao was indeed deliberately avoiding Xiang Hongxuan.

As for the reason, it is because I heard that engaged couples cannot meet each other before they are about to get married.

"Is that why?"

Shen Zhiyong nodded, "Yes."

"My mother and aunts also tried to persuade her, saying that these were old calendars and that we didn't need to follow them, but my eldest sister still insisted."

Xiang Hongxuan's eyes darkened slightly. This was not like Shen Jinyao's style.

After all, in Shen Jinyao's eyes, their marriage was fake.

Since it is fake, there is no need to insist on these unimportant customs.

Besides, Shen Zhiyong also said that the ladies of the Shen family did not agree with doing so.

This is strange.

What is the reason for Shen Jinyao, who has never cared about these rules?

Could something really have happened?

Shen Jinyao wants to escape without telling anyone?

impossible.

Xiang Hongxuan thought of something and asked, "Then how did Jin Yao know all this?"

Since the ladies don't care about it, naturally no one from the Shen family will mention it.

Shen Zhiyong thought for a moment and said, "It should be my second sister."

"Shen Tingyao?"

Shen Zhiyong nodded, "Yes, it's the second sister. The eldest sister said she wanted to be the same as the second sister."

Same as what?

Where is the same?

He also saw Shen Tingyao and the eldest prince eating, drinking and chatting in the restaurant yesterday.

In a trance, he thought of the eldest prince.

It must have been his idea.

Want to embarrass him.

After all, the first person who knew his feelings was the eldest prince.

Why did he do that?

Shen Zhiyong looked at General Xiang, whose brows were getting deeper and deeper, and kept wondering if he had said something wrong.

Xiang Hongxuan left the parade ground and went to find the eldest prince.

The eldest prince looked at the man in front of him with a dark face and a cold expression, and sneered.

"Oh, what brings General Xiang here?"

Xiang Hongxuan looked at the eldest prince and then at Shen Jinyao.

He sat down by himself.

He called the waiter and filled his glass with wine first.

The eldest prince saw that Xiang Hongxuan did not respond to his words and was only concerned with drinking.

The look seemed a little scary at first, but upon closer inspection it was actually a little sad.

Sad?

He leaned close to Shen Tingyao and whispered, "Ting'er, you go back first."

Shen Tingyao nodded.

She left quickly.

Unexpectedly, at this time Xiang Hongxuan actually raised his head and put down the wine glass in his hand.

"Second Miss Shen, wait a minute."

Shen Tingyao couldn't stand or sit, so she could only listen to Xiang Hongxuan continue.

"General Xiang, what's the matter?"

Xiang Hongxuan knew that although Shen Jinyao was always mean to Shen Tingyao, she cared about her sister in her heart.

He pondered and said, "Why doesn't Jin Yao want to see me?"

Shen Tingyao wondered if it was her illusion.

I always feel that Xiang Hongxuan seems a little lonely at this moment.

Shen Tingyao lowered her head and thought about something. The eldest prince beside her was a little puzzled, wondering what Shen Tingyao was thinking.

Of course I say I don’t know at this time.

He just wanted to see Xiang Hongxuan suffer a loss.

Who made him not know the limits?

Ok?

Why did Ting'er run to the door?

Shen Tingyao glanced at the eldest prince, then said to Xiang Hongxuan, "If you two have any grudges, you should resolve them yourselves and don't involve us sisters."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at the eldest prince with resentment and left with her maid.

"Hey, you... Ting'er..."

The eldest prince stood up and only saw the corner of Shen Tingyao's clothes.

The eldest prince wanted to chase after him, but Xiang Hongxuan's arm blocked his way.

"Tell me, Your Highness, how have I offended you?"

"How could you think of using such a cruel method on me?"

He knew that he couldn't get what he wanted, he knew that he couldn't get the love he wanted, he knew that he didn't want Shen Jinyao to marry someone else, and he was willing to use himself to set the stage.

He had never lost a battle, and now that he knew his feelings, he didn't want to lose.

The eldest prince was in a high position and asked all the servants to leave.

"Don't think I don't know what you did to the emperor that day?"

"Tell me what I did."

The eldest prince naturally didn’t know what Xiang Hongxuan had done specifically, but he knew it must have been Xiang Hongxuan who did it.

The eldest prince grabbed Xiang Hongxuan by the collar, but found that he couldn't pull him up.

He hit Xiang Hongxuan hard on the back.

Then he whispered fiercely in his ear, "Do you know how powerful I am now? I've finally got a handle on you."

"I don't care how you treat the Emperor, but please don't be so blind as to bring my mother along with you."

Queen?

Xiang Hongxuan loosened his clenched fists.

"sorry."

He was so focused on punishing the emperor that he forgot that the emperor was staying with the queen that day.

He naturally knew that the eldest prince and the queen had a good mother-son relationship.

It was not his intention to involve the Queen.

The eldest prince didn't expect Xiang Hongxuan to admit his mistake so quickly. He was stunned and his arms relaxed.

"I didn't mean to do that. The person I contacted didn't ask clearly whether he rested at the Queen's place."

"I……"

Xiang Hongxuan knew it was better not to bring up this topic again.

"If I do something wrong in the future, just come to me directly. You can even beat me up."

"But you can't involve Shen Jinyao like this anymore."

"Can you promise me?"

The eldest prince touched his nose.

Why did this Hongxuan change?

"You can ask me to agree, but you have to promise me one thing."