With mixed feelings, she tried to step into the water again, but unexpectedly, a hand reached out from behind and easily pulled her back to the shore.

"Why did the girl end her own life?"

His strong and powerful arms tightly wrapped around Shen Muxue, and his muscular and well-defined body made her feel dizzy.

She raised her bloodshot eyes and replied with a wry smile, "Because my stepmother hates me, I've become a stumbling block to my sister's future. Is there any meaning in such a life?"

"What about your father?"

The man asked in a deep and gentle tone.

"I have been stationed far away on the frontier for many years and have not returned home."

When she mentioned this incident, she seemed to be overwhelmed by the pressure of life.

Shen Muxue felt extremely desperate and struggled to rush into the deeper water.

Seeing this, the other party immediately took action and hugged her with even more determination.

Looking at the beautiful yet sad face in my arms, I couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

The girl from the Shen Mansion in front of him exceeded his expectations.

Completely different from the expected rough and rude person, he turned out to be a rare and stunningly beautiful person.

Just as he was about to offer a few warm words of comfort, his lowered gaze fell upon the slightly trembling little body in his arms. He couldn't help but gurgle in his throat, and a warm current slowly rose from his body.

This experience is both fresh and confusing. Is this what is called love?

Since there was no response for a long time, Shen Muxue felt that there was something wrong with the way they were together, and tried to break away from the man's arms.

"Thank you for saving my life. Could you please tell me your name? If possible, I will definitely look forward to repaying you in the future."

Unexpectedly, the other party not only did not relax, but instead used even more force.

"How do you plan to repay this debt of gratitude? Using your life as collateral?"

Hearing this, she looked up at the man. After hearing such a teasing statement, she couldn't help but wonder whether this man was the emperor who had been rumored for a long time not to take concubines.

Did I recognize the wrong person?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but get horrified, struggled hard to break free from his arms, and then ran away quickly.

The man looked at the empty space in his arms, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Did you scare her?"

Xiao Shunzi approached cautiously, "Do you want me to find out which lady that is?"

"My father has been away from home in the frontier for several years. If it's not the eldest daughter of the Shen family, who else could it be?"

Seeing the emperor's rare smile, Xiao Shunzi mustered up the courage to continue, "What wonderful news! Heroes saving beauties have been a beautiful legend throughout history. Your Majesty, you saved Miss Shen this time. I'm sure she must be filled with gratitude. Add to that the dream, and it seems this was simply destined."

The emperor came to Xie's house today because he knew that the eldest daughter of the Shen family would appear here, and he planned to come and see whether the daughter of this general met his expectations.

However, what the monarch did not expect was that the woman surnamed Shen was so stunningly beautiful, and the extraordinary connection between the two of them made him begin to imagine the scene of her becoming a member of his harem.

On the other side, Shen Muxue wandered around in panic for a while and finally found Siyun, and changed her clothes in a quiet little house.

Then the two of them rushed towards where Shen Yuwei was.

From a distance, he could see that the yard was filled with people, so he sent Siyun to investigate the situation first.

A maid whispered, "Miss Shen was changing clothes inside the house when the eldest son of the Xie family mistakenly walked in. Wang is now making a fuss and demanding an explanation."

After squeezing into the crowd, Shen Muxue saw that the door of the room was tightly closed, and the two ladies, Wang and Xie, were standing outside negotiating.

Wang pretended to wipe tears from her eyes and complained, "Why did my precious girl have such a miserable fate? She lost her mother shortly after birth, and was about to get married, but her innocence has been ruined by your family. How can I explain this to my father who guards the border?"

Obviously, this is putting the blame on your own daughter, right?

After hearing these words, Shen Muxue felt a little clearer in her mind.

In fact, until this point, Wang had not even entered the room to take a look, but she began to put the blame on them.

Madam Wei pretended to apologize sincerely, "Please don't be angry, Madam Liu. It was simply a misunderstanding. We have so many guests today, and it's inevitable that drunk people get a little out of control. However, since things have developed to this point, our Xie family will definitely give you a reasonable explanation. However, since our young master is already married, we can only wrongfully accept your beloved daughter as a concubine."

There were many voices praising Wang for taking the initiative to negotiate in person to protect her daughter.

After all, the person she met was Xie Jing. In this situation, it was already very good to be able to get the status of a concubine.

There were even other people talking about it.

Maybe it was actually Miss Shen who deliberately failed in her seduction, which caused the second lady's reputation to be affected.

After hearing this, Siyun just wanted to teach these people a lesson.

But Shen Muxue shook her head gently, then slowly walked through the crowd to the front.

Then, she showed an extremely gentle and sweet face, and asked innocently, "Mother, why are you crying?"

"You...why are you here?!"

Wang looked at Shen Muxue who suddenly appeared in front of her with extreme surprise, and stepped back repeatedly until her back hit the wooden board.

Shen Muxue asked with a puzzled look on her face: "Mother, if I'm not here, where would I be?"

Mrs. Wei beside her seemed to be shocked as well. She looked at Shen Muxue and said to Wang: "This may be a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."

Wang finally came to her senses and explained to everyone with a smile, "I was a little worried just now. My daughter is fine. Hahaha, everything is fine."

When everyone heard this, they realized it was a misunderstanding and planned to leave.

People are about to leave, and this good show is about to end before it even begins?

Suddenly, Shen Muxue shouted, "Mother, why can't I find my sister?"

This voice made everyone present stop and look towards Wang and Madam Wei.

Siyun took advantage of no one's attention and came to the door, pushed it open and rushed in.

Wang stood at the door in a dilemma. She wanted to go in and see what was going on, but she was afraid that others would follow her in and find out the truth.

Just as she was hesitating, a scream rang out: "Ah! It turns out that the second young lady is hiding here!"

Hearing the scream, Shen Muxue couldn't help but smile secretly. This was what they called asking for trouble.

"Hurry up and let mom come in to see what's wrong with my sister?"

She gently pushed Wang forward, and a crowd of people followed behind.

I saw clothes scattered all over the floor in the room, Master Xie was fast asleep, and the second young lady of the Shen family was half-exposed, curled up in the corner of the bed, trembling.

Seeing this, Wang fainted, fearing that her beloved daughter's future was in jeopardy.

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