Chapter 255: Chapter 255: Didn’t You See He Has Designs on Me?
After Xie Xun administered the medicine, he personally carried it out, thoughtfully instructing Yicui who was waiting outside.
"Bring over some wontons, she must be hungry by now."
Inside the room, Shen Hua couldn’t help feeling anxious. Seeing Cui Yun indifferently observing the situation without a response frustrated her further.
The girl stretched her neck to peek outside, noticing that Xie Xun hadn’t entered, she lowered her voice to question: "Why didn’t you speak up just now?"
Cui Yun responded coldly.
"What does Miss Shen want me to say?"
Shen Hua frowned: "Didn’t you see, he harbors ill intentions towards me?"
It was so obvious!
Cui Yun appeared somewhat enlightened, but Shen Hua inexplicably felt his attitude had improved considerably, his tone relaxed and melodious as if pearls falling onto a jade plate: "So Miss Shen, you want me to step in and stop him?"
What kind of question is that!
Shen Hua puzzled: "Solving the problem, isn’t that what a cousin should do?"
Yet Cui Yun remained indifferent: "From what I saw, you seemed quite willing when taking the medicine."
His eyebrows slightly furrowed, seeming troubled: "So much so, that I couldn’t find a suitable moment to interrupt. I feared ruining Miss Shen’s good fortune."
Shen Hua found Cui Yun’s behavior strange and sarcastic at this moment.
It had a Zhou Zhizhi vibe.
She must be overthinking this.
Fortunately, there was no need for Cui Yun to act, as shortly Duke Fu’s Mansion’s people hurriedly came looking. It appeared as if they had quite a serious matter at the mansion, needing him to return to stabilize the situation.
Xie Xun rarely looked stern as he exited, but before he could step out, he stopped and turned back to see Shen Hua seemingly relieved, joyously as if finally getting rid of him.
Xie Xun almost lost his breath.
All he could do was remind: "You should open the gift I gave you."
That small box, Shen Hua glanced at it casually, and early had Yicui throw it into a chest.
Now, her eyes unblinking, she spoke some overly contrived flattering words: "Princely Heir is joking, you have good taste, the hairpin you gifted, I wore it a few days ago."
"I liked it very much!"
Xie Xun’s lips twitched unconsciously. He didn’t believe a word.
Otherwise, would Shen Hua have this attitude towards him?
His headache grew, yet he still urged: "If you really opened it, take a closer look."
After he left the West Garden, Cui Yun rubbed his brows. He hadn’t been to the Ministry of Justice for quite some time, and today he must certainly leave the mansion. But before leaving, he needed to return to Sui Courtyard to change into his official clothes.
Before leaving, he spoke in a flat tone, not seeming to care much.
"Since you cherish it so much, why not take it with you next time you go out?"
Cui Yun flicked his robe, speaking slowly: "Xie Xun still has ties with Fifth Princess, and those things he gave, Miss Shen dares to accept them."
The character of Fifth Princess, Wei Yingying had mentioned many times to Shen Hua, a person who bullies others using her status.
Upon hearing this, Shen Hua said:
"I tricked him. I don’t even know which chest it’s thrown into."
Hee hee hee, she really is a clever devil.
Cui Yun slightly smiled: "Is that so, won’t you consider Heir Xie’s words to take it out and look at it again?"
Shen Hua originally had this intention, to see what stance Xie Xun was taking, but suddenly lost interest.
"Am I mad, not to let it gather dust and instead flaunt his given hairpin in public? Inviting trouble for myself."
Cui Yun: "Indeed, Heir Xie shouldn’t have given it."
Shen Hua nodded: "It’s also taking up space."
This remark seemed to please Cui Yun.
Her black hair soft and compliant, Cui Yun met the girl’s dark eyes, and resisted the urge to touch them.
But at this moment, she started to complain again: "He gave it when you were there too! How is it all my fault now?"
Shen Hua: "Cousin, are you blaming me?"
The more she thought about it, the more it felt wrong.
"You’ve mentioned the Fifth Princess to me multiple times."
Shen Hua asked: "Are you trying to compete with Xie Xun for someone?"
Shen Hua earnestly said: "That Fifth Princess really isn’t much. She lacks looks yet harbors a belly full of scheming, and even made a fool of herself at the last palace banquet."
"She’s not worthy of you."
Not to mention, the Fifth Princess doesn’t even compare to a thumb against Yan Mi.
You might as well consider Yan Mi!
Shen Hua was serious, her small face tight as a palm.
"Cousin."
She struggled to squeeze out a sentence: "You should cherish the person in front of you."
Cui Yun only noticed her last sentence.
He looked deeply at Shen Hua. Before leaving, he left three words.
"Understood."
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Shen Hua still lay on the couch until Xue Shuyue appeared.
Although both resided in the West Garden, Shen Hua’s East Courtyard was secluded, and the tight tension in these past days did not disturb anyone else.
Xue Shuyue naturally didn’t know about Shen Hua’s illness.
Yet, she saw it this morning! Cui Yun coming out of the East Courtyard.
With a coldly handsome appearance, calling him Jiao Jianyue would not be an exaggeration. But Xue Shuyue wouldn’t mistake it, there was a slight smile on Cui Yun’s lips!
Xue Shuyue was both jealous and relieved.
Jealous that Cui Yun even came over for breakfast to accompany Shen Hua, but also relieved that Shen Hua could attract Cui Yun!
So, she came!
"Miss Shen!"
Shen Hua looked at her silently, then turned over, refusing to engage.
Xue Shuyue approached ingratiatingly: "There’s something I’ve held in my heart for a long time, always feeling I should tell you."
Seeing her act this way, Shen Hua turned back. She arranged herself in the most comfortable listening posture.
"Speak!"
Xue Shuyue didn’t mind the rebuff: "It was last year’s incident—I lost one of my ear pendants, a keepsake from my mother before she passed. I always cherished it, and when I lost it, I was anxious and didn’t care that it was dark as I went out to look."
Xue Shuyue: "Can you believe it, Wu Shaoyin also left the house, dressed up glamorously."
At that moment, she disdainfully skipped greeting Wu Shaoyin; thus, one went east, and the other west, quickly parting ways.
"But I pondered and felt something was off. I couldn’t resist following to see."
"She’s really cunning, getting her hands on some sweet soup, eagerly rushing it to cousin’s study."
Now, although Wu Shaoyin was kicked out of the Marquis Mansion, Xue Shuyue never passes up a chance to curse her.
Shen Hua’s bright, sparkling eyes, filled with gossip!!!
Seeing Shen Hua listen earnestly, Xue Shuyue narrated with even more vigor.
"Cousin’s study was as bright as daylight, I saw it clearly, how her grandfather was a prominent Grandmaster known throughout the court before his downfall, and he even taught several princes, though fallen, she comes from a noble family."
"With just that, she dares to indulge in wishful thinking?"
Xue Shuyue scoffed mockingly, imitating the deliberately coquettish tone of Wu Shaoyin’s voice. She didn’t forget to bow weakly and demurely.
—"Cousin, I made some sweet soup, as ordered by Old Lady Feng."
Shen Hua suddenly widened her eyes.
Xue Shuyue, seeing this, was quite pleased: "She really is bold."
"With a man and woman alone at night, it’s easy for mishaps to occur, who knows if she drugged the sweet soup, Miss Shen, what do you think, who is she trying to seduce in whose mansion?"
Shen Hua listened with great joy! She instantly jumped up from her couch. The girl in a hushed tone: "Did she succeed!!!"
The sky cleared, the rain stopped, Yangyang sat up critically ill, feeling as if she could move again.