Transmigrated into a vicious female supporting role, reborn as a hostage to the paranoid male protag

"Your Highness!" Qiu Shuang's face turned pale when she heard this. The scars on her back from being whipped seemed to become hot because of Su Yingxue's words. She immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, the Princess, I am a humble servant. Why would Your Highness say this because of me?"

Seeing this, Su Yingxue hurriedly stood up to help, but Qiu Shuang was unwilling to get up. She knelt in front of her, her face pale but her expression extremely firm.

She said, "Your Highness, I am of humble status. Your Highness the Princess is the shining pearl of the Great Sheng Dynasty, a daughter of a wealthy family and of noble status."

"I am only a servant serving Your Highness. Since I entered the palace, all the thunder and rain are God's grace. Your Highness rewards and punishes me willingly."

Su Yingxue already felt guilty, and now hearing this, her eyes instantly turned red. She felt a mixture of emotions, and when she reached out to help him, tears started to fall. Her voice had to be solemn and cold, to convey the dignity of a superior. Su Yingxue said, "Qiushuang, since that's the case, I order you to get up. Will you obey?"

"Qiu Shuang will follow the orders of His Highness." Upon hearing this, Qiu Shuang finally stood up and stood beside Su Yingxue, still serving her patiently.

At that moment, Su Yingxue felt a surge of warmth in her heart. These were the four maids by her side, loyal and attentive to her.

Zhang Susu sometimes wondered what merit or virtue she had. Was it the constraints of the Great Sheng Dynasty's system? Or was Su Yingxue truly blessed with such a good fate, to have them serve her so wholeheartedly?

"Qiu Shuang, let's forget the past. From now on, as long as I am alive, I will protect the Princess's Palace."

Su Yingxue looked at the tribute tea carefully placed in the porcelain cup in front of her and said softly, "I will repay you double for the past debts in the future. After all, I understand your good intentions towards Qiu Shuang."

"Yes." Qiu Shuang knelt down to express her gratitude.

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In this way, for two weeks, Chu Xingchen and Su Yingxue listened to Mr. Qingming's morning lessons and poetry strategies, historical books and classics in the morning, and practiced archery in the training ground in the afternoon.

I have to say, whether it was because of the special new bow and arrow, or because of Chu Xingchen's intentional or unintentional guidance, or because Su Yingxue suddenly got the hang of it, her archery skills were getting better and better.

Now she can hit the target with every shot, and one or two out of ten can even reach the eighth ring or above. Even Mr. Liu recently praised her, "Congratulations, Your Highness! At this rate, with another month of practice, Your Highness can pass the entrance archery exam for Juxian Yashe."

When Mr. Liu praised Su Yingxue, Chu Xingchen was also beside him. These days, he was wearing one of the brocade clothes she had sent to the side hall of the Princess's Palace.

Chu Xingchen was dressed in a pure white brocade robe that looked as white as snow and as bright as the moon, with a few strands of light ink-colored bamboo embroidered on it.

She was wearing a gorgeous brocade robe, a white jade hairpin, lacquered hair, a distant look, and a cold face. Although she was the most inconspicuous person in the Dasheng Palace, she was rebellious and noble in her bones.

The Chu Xingchen of the past seemed like a cold pond in a thousand-year-old ice cave, with a bone-chilling coldness all over his body. He was serious, solemn, cold and aloof.

But today, I don’t know if it was Su Yingxue’s illusion or what, when Mr. Liu praised her, when she looked up, her eyes met Chu Xingchen beside her, and the corners of her mouth seemed to be slightly raised at a stiff angle.

Could it be that he is laughing?

That shouldn't be the case. Su Yingxue thought, considering the grudges between Chu Xingchen and her, he must have felt resentful because Mr. Liu praised her but not him, and his mouth twitched out of dissatisfaction.

"Thank you for the compliment, sir." Su Yingxue was delighted by the compliment and bowed slightly to Mr. Liu. "Thank you for your guidance recently. I have benefited greatly from it and have made great progress. Thank you for your hard work!"

"Qiushuang, please send someone who is not bad at all to go back to the palace and get some hard work money to give to Mr. Liu." Su Yingxue arranged with a smile. After several attempts to refuse, Mr. Liu finally accepted it with a smile.

After all, Su Yingxue has a special status. In the Great Sheng Dynasty, the rewards given by the Venerable to people of lower official rank or status will almost never be rejected.

Because refusing would be disrespectful. Moreover, Su Yingxue was the most honorable princess in the entire Dasheng Dynasty.

After Mr. Liu left, Su Yingxue and Chu Xingchen continued to practice together.

For some reason, Chu Xingchen had been practicing for two weeks in a row. I don't know if it was because he was tired from practicing or what, but Chu Xingchen's archery skills had not improved in these days. It was still the same as when he first came. Even Mr. Liu couldn't help but sighed after the inspection and assessment.

After Su Yingxue fired a few arrows, she still remembered Chu Xingchen's twitching mouth. She thought, this child has it tough, maybe seeing her being praised by the teacher made her feel unbalanced. She secretly glanced at Chu Xingchen, who was also busy practicing archery not far away, and sighed.

Same teacher, same training, perhaps the only difference was the bow and arrow. Su Yingxue stared blankly at the bow and arrow in her hand, as if thinking about something, then waved her hand and gave Qiu Shuang the order.

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A week later, before the noon class, Chu Xingchen, as usual, took a carriage driven by a servant to the training ground to learn archery.

After the carriage stopped, Chu Xingchen stood up and was about to get off when the curtain was lifted from the outside by a pair of white jade-like hands. Then Su Yingxue smiled and held Qiu Shuang's hand, climbed onto the carriage on the horse stool, and sat opposite him.

"Sister, what's the matter?" Chu Xingchen had never imagined that Su Yingxue would actually abandon her dignity and step into his carriage today. After all, Su Yingxue was the eldest princess. If she wanted to see him, she only needed to send a palace servant to inform him. Why would she need to get into the carriage herself?

What's more, this is the parade ground and horse farm, where are parked the carriages of the military officers and soldiers of the entire parade ground, as well as the carriages of the dignitaries and royal family ladies who are also training in riding and shooting in the parade ground, not to mention the servants and guards in the horse farm, which can be said to be full of spies from all parties.

Currently, Su Yingxue is still the eldest princess waiting to be married. If it were to be spread that she was riding a horse with a man outside her family before getting married, it would damage her reputation and fame...

Wait, what on earth was he thinking? Chu Xingchen suddenly realized what was happening, a cold smile on his face. Fame and reputation, was Su Yingxue, a wicked royal daughter, even worthy of them?

This woman had coveted Chu Xingchen's beauty years ago and wanted to take him into the princess's palace as a concubine. He actually had a sudden whim, thinking that she was one of those self-disciplined, polite, and elegant royal ladies in books? Was Chu Xingchen crazy?

Chu Xing pondered this, his eyes turned cold, and he said in his heart, "How can she be worthy of him?"

Su Yingxue hadn't really thought about it that much. A while ago, she had a palace craftsman make a new bow and arrow using the finest materials, tailored to Chu Xingchen's physique and habits. Once it was ready, she immediately had Qiu Shuang bring it over.