The war god prince climbs the wall every night, and the princess is angry

After the parade, they were assigned by the court to serve in the palace.

But before that, there was some free time.

The top three scholars and Jinshi would all attend various banquets or be wooed by factions in the court.

Although this imperial examination has ended, its afterglow continues.

The restaurants in Beijing made a lot of money by taking advantage of this residual heat. An Jin took this opportunity to launch a wave of new styles of pastries, and the profits of Shidinglou grew at a gratifying trend.

The Shen family's other industries are also showing a growth trend, and the gap of three million taels of silver is being filled visibly.

On this day, Luo Xiyao was sitting bored in the garden of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. She had a letter in her hand, and sitting next to her was Fu Chen, who was abusing his power for personal gain.

"Oh." Luo Xiyao held the letter from Shen Qionghua and sighed deeply.

Fu Chen couldn't help laughing at the gloomy look on his face. He shook his head helplessly and said, "You sent the person up there yourself, and now you're worrying about him."

Luo Xiyao raised her eyebrows when she heard this and said, "What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me! Am I wrong to be worried?"

"Look at your good friend. He went to the Shen family again yesterday and stayed there for most of the day."

Well, now even the titles of 'Huo Jing' and 'Mr. Huo' are gone, and he is directly downgraded to 'your good friend'.

This implicated anger was truly unjust, and Fu Chen couldn't help but defend his friend: "Huo Jing went to the Shen Mansion for serious business..."

"What business is this? I think he is just abusing his power for personal gain!" Luo Xiyao retorted without thinking.

Most women are unreasonable when they are angry.

Fu Chen quickly shut up. If he continued, he would get angry and he would have to clean up the mess.

Fu Chen stopped talking, but Luo Xiyao's anger did not subside. "I knew he would contact Qionghua again. What do you think of him, ah..."

"He and Qionghua had only met a few times, and that day on the pleasure boat, he suddenly asked for her hand in marriage. It was too sudden. Too hasty."

"Marriage is a lifelong event. I must get to know each other better before I know if we're a good match. If we rush into marriage and there's a conflict of temperament after marriage, wouldn't I be harming Qionghua?"

Fu Chen understood Luo Xiyao's thoughts, but he still said: "But it's not you..."

"It's me, that's right." Luo Xiyao interrupted him, opening her eyes wide and saying, "But I just let them get in touch, I didn't let them get married right away!"

"Who knew Huo Jing would suddenly ask for Qionghua's hand in marriage? It caught me completely off guard. I—"

"Boom--" The slanted rockery stone was suddenly chopped down by someone, which scared Luo Xiyao.

The smoke and dust cleared, revealing a figure in a black robe. Looking up, there was Xie Nanyuan's gloomy face.

Luo Xiyao covered her heart with her hands, and when she saw that it was Xie Nanyuan, her heart, which was about to jump out of her body, fell back to its original place.

She closed her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. When she opened them again, she was furious and no longer cared about the fear she had for Xie Nanyuan since she was a child. She said in a stern voice:

"Cousin, what are you doing? You're causing this!"

"Do you know that if the stone had been a little off, it would have hit me on the head?"

"If it hits my head and something happens to me, where can you find a cousin as smart, sensible, lovely and capable as me?"

"I was almost scared to death. You must apologize to me today, otherwise I will not forgive you, you—"

Before Luo Xiyao could finish her words, the black figure moved in front of her at lightning speed, and the pair of powerful hands tightly pinched Luo Xiyao's shoulders with a sinister look.

He asked word by word, "What did you just say?"

"I asked you to apologize to me, you--" Luo Xiyao raised her chin angrily and met Xie Nanyuan's eyes.

There was a devastating storm in those dark pupils, as if it wanted to tear her apart.

Luo Xiyao's body trembled, and the courage that had just been strengthened by anger was like an old, weathered window paper, which broke with a single poke.

She retracted her chin in dismay and said awkwardly, "Well, cousin, if you don't want to apologize, then forget it."

People should admit defeat when they should, and a wise man never suffers a loss in front of him.

But Xie Nanyuan did not let her go, and one could feel his anger in his breath.

"I asked you what you just said!"

Seeing him like this, Luo Xiyao shuddered in her heart and said, "I asked you, cousin, to apologize to me..."

"That's not it." Xie Nanyuan said in a deep voice. He stared into Luo Xiyao's eyes, the veins on his forehead bulging. "You just said that Huo Jing asked to marry Shen Qionghua!"

"But really?"

what?

How could my cousin hear it so clearly from a distance?

What should I do? It’s hard to talk about this.

Luo Xiyao was thinking about finding an excuse to get away with it, and just as she was about to speak, she heard Xie Nanyuan say, "Think it over first."

Immediately afterwards, the force on her shoulders increased. Luo Xiyao wanted to scream in pain, but under Xie Nanyuan's gaze, she forced herself to hold it back, silently in her heart.

Qionghua, I'm sorry, I can't keep it secret for you.

You and your cousin are partners who trust each other. Telling your cousin shouldn't be considered a rumor.

Anyway, my cousin will never spread this and ruin your reputation.

Luo Xiyao explained to Shen Qionghua in her mind, then she smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Oh, cousin, your hearing is really getting better and better. You can hear it from such a distance..."

Seeing that Xie Nanyuan was looking at her more and more like a dead person, Luo Xiyao quickly stopped flattering him and said, "Cousin, you heard it right. Huo Jing did ask to marry Qionghua."

After receiving the definite answer, Xie Nanyuan's eyes turned bloodshot and he was completely panicked. He murmured, "How could it be..."

She had clearly said that she wasn't planning on getting married yet, and even if she did, she would wait until everything was settled before...

"Cousin, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!" Luo Xiyao had never seen Xie Nanyuan like this before, and she was a little panicked for a moment.

"When did it happen?" Xie Nanyuan asked.

"What?" Luo Xiyao didn't react for a moment.

"I'm asking you when Huo Jing proposed to Shen Qionghua!" Xie Nanyuan said sternly.

Luo Xiyao trembled and said, "It was... it was when we met in the mansion, the day you asked me if I was in a good mood..."

"Didn't you say...that only you and Shen Qionghua were going out together?"

Luo Xiyao said: "I...I...this doesn't concern Qionghua's reputation, so I just lied..."

"I lied...Okay...Okay..." Xie Nanyuan's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Luo Xiyao, you are so good!"

Hearing this tone, Luo Xiyao was so frightened that her whole body trembled. She lost her grip on the letter and it fell to the ground. The signature happened to catch Xie Nanyuan's eyes.

He bent down to pick it up and read the contents of the letter clearly.

The big palm tightened suddenly, and the originally new paper was immediately full of creases. The veins on the back of the hand bulged, making Luo Xiyao's right eyelid twitch.

Sure enough, the next moment, Xie Nanyuan disappeared from sight like a gust of wind.

The garden fell silent in an instant. Luo Xiyao finally came to her senses and couldn't help but curse, "What's wrong with you? What does Huo Jing's request to marry Qionghua have to do with him? Why is he so angry?"

Does he think he is a matchmaker who controls everything and even other people's marriages?

Lin Ze tiptoed out from where Xie Nanyuan had just stood, wanting to cry but unable to, "Princess, why did you lie?"

Now that’s good, no one can have an easy time.

Luo Xiyao was so angry that she had no place to vent. When she heard Lin Ze's words, she immediately yelled, "I'm telling my lie, what does it have to do with him?"

Anyway, with the situation like this today, the prince must have gone to the Shen family to find Miss Shen. He doesn't need to hide it anymore, otherwise Princess Pingning will make who knows how many stupid moves she will make.

Lin Ze said with a bitter face: "Princess, the prince likes Miss Shen!"

"You helped an outsider snatch the future mistress of the Rui Palace. How could the prince not be angry?"