At this moment, no one paid attention to what Su Xiaoqi said.
However, Su Xiaoqi was just struggling randomly.
Because she accidentally saw Liu Junsheng's eyes.
To be precise, it was the look he gave the Grand Princess: fierce, icy, hateful, stern.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Su Xiaoqi would never have believed that there was a husband in this world who looked at his wife with such a terrifying gaze.
But she saw it, and her heart was shocked. She suddenly felt that she had misjudged Liu Junsheng.
A man as cunning and wicked as him was naturally very patient.
This could be seen from his series of actions.
As long as he had a shred of hope, he would not give up.
As long as the Grand Princess hadn't found something out, he would insist on denying it.
He was a typical case of not shedding tears until he saw the coffin.
But now, he decided to confess everything based on just a few words from the Grand Princess.
This was not like him.
"Your Highness..." Su Xiaoqi wanted to remind the Grand Princess.
However, Liu Junsheng spoke first.
"Man'er, believe me, I was also forced. I did all this not of my own accord," Liu Junsheng said something very uninformative.
The Grand Princess listened, but showed no reaction, only giving him a cold glance.
The disgust and hatred in her eyes were almost palpable.
Liu Junsheng's heart sank suddenly.
At this point, he could finally be sure that the Grand Princess truly had no feelings for him.
Fine, let it be.
Since the relationship had already broken down, let's be thorough and tear it apart completely. Let the storm come even more fiercely!
A sinister glint flashed in his eyes. He reached into hisζι, and a silver light flashed. Su Xiaoqi cried out in alarm, "Your Highness, be careful."
Then she kicked out, forcefully kicking Liu Junsheng's wrist.
"Ah..." He cried out in pain and fell to the ground again.
The dagger also fell.
He glared at Su Xiaoqi hatefully.
If looks could kill, Su Xiaoqi would have died several times over.
But what of it!
With Su Xiaoqi's reminder, the Grand Princess had already reacted. Li Gui personally stepped forward and pressed him firmly to the ground.
His fair face was pressed into the carpet, rubbing against it forcefully.
It ground out a long bloody mark.
"Hmph, I knew you wouldn't be so easy to talk to. But what use is your doing this? It only angers me and is useless otherwise," the Grand Princess had been wary all along.
But deep down, she still hoped he wouldn't make a move.
But now it was too late to say anything.
She looked around, waved her hand wearily, and had Li Gui drag him away.
"Lock him up. For the outside, just say that Prince Consort Liu is ill and not seeing guests. Also, inform the Ministry of Revenue."
Li Gui took his orders and left.
Su Xiaoqi listened with a pensive expression.
Before the Grand Princess could speak, she proactively promised that what happened today would remain between them and would not be spread further.
The Grand Princess said that she was absolutely confident in her.
"This matter cannot be concealed for too long, but before that, I still have important matters to attend to."
So Su Xiaoqi was still tasked with taking Huian County Princess and Bao Ge'er back.
In late May and early June, it was getting hotter in the capital. Su Xiaoqi, accustomed to the pleasant climate of Bashu,
could not stand the capital, which could freeze people to death when it was cold.
And when it was hot, it could peel off a layer of skin.
She thought about it, and the hot spring villa, Liuyuan, was a good place.
It was located in the southern mountains, where it was cool daily.
And there were also hot spring pools to soak in.
So she went to invite Madam Zhao, Shen Xiaomei, and Du Yiyi.
The few of them gathered together and then invited the Old Madam, who also feared the heat.
The group, with their maids, servants, guards, and household staff, set off grandly for Liuyuan in the southern suburbs of the capital.
They spent several happy days here.
Every morning, she would go out the back door of the villa with Zhang Yu and run a few laps along the country paths.
Watching the rice flowers sway in the wind, and the rice ears yellowing under the wind's pressure.
Then smelling the negative oxygen ions in the air, life was also sweet.
But such beautiful days came to an end on a night in early June.
In the middle of the night, Su Xiaoqi was drowsily asleep when she suddenly smelled a strong scent of blood.
She suddenly opened her eyes, looked around, and saw a figure sitting by her bed.
Without a word, she drew her dagger from under her pillow and stabbed.
"Hiss... Wife, are you trying to murder your husband again?" Shen Yun said helplessly, pinching the dagger with two fingers.
However, he was already injured.
Now, after this commotion, blood gushed from his chest with a "gurgling" sound.
"Ah, you're injured." And so seriously.
Su Xiaoqi was startled. Without even putting on her clothes, she hurriedly applied styptic powder and bandaged him with gauze.
After a busy while, she finally settled Shen Yun down.
Then she heard his stomach growl.
She asked and found out that Shen Yun had rushed back and hadn't eaten or slept for three days.
When he was hungry, he drank some water from his waterskin.
When he was tired, he dozed off on his horse.
He had traveled day and night to get here.
But he had run into an ambush and was cut across the chest. He had wanted to hide in the villa but happened to find her here.
It was also a miracle he survived.
Su Xiaoqi listened, heartbroken.
She immediately fetched soft bread and melt-in-your-mouth cake from the adjacent room...
for him to eat first.
Then she quickly asked Zi Ling to go to the kitchen and cook a bowl of noodles.
"Add two poached eggs," Su Xiaoqi thought of supplementing Shen Yun's protein and boosting his immunity.
After eating and drinking his fill, Shen Yun hugged Su Xiaoqi tightly.
Su Xiaoqi looked up at the sky. It was almost dawn.
She wanted to push Shen Yun away but found that he was so tired that he had fallen asleep in her arms.
Su Xiaoqi sighed. She couldn't sleep anymore, so she put him down.
But as soon as she moved, Shen Yun tightly grabbed her wrist, and in his sleep, he called out a name.
"Meixin..."
Su Xiaoqi's heart skipped a beat. She looked at Shen Yun in disbelief.
What, he was leaning in her arms and calling out another woman's name.
Meixin, Meixin, Su Xiaoqi was very sure that this was definitely a woman's name.
She was a little angry. Regardless of Shen Yun's injuries, she pushed him away, jumped out of bed, got dressed, and washed up.
Then she immediately called Zhang Yu and asked her to find out the whereabouts of Zhang Lei and Zhang Feng.
Zhang Yu saw that behind the partially drawn curtains was her lord, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and was startled. Hearing her master's command, she understood that her lord had returned.
But Zhang Yu and Zhang Feng were nowhere to be seen.
She took her orders and immediately went to investigate.
Soon, she returned with Zhang Lei to report to Su Xiaoqi.
However, Zhang Lei did not return alone; he brought a woman with him.
To be precise, it was a woman dressed as a young married woman.
Even though Su Xiaoqi had seen many beauties.
When she saw Meixin, she was still greatly shocked.
The woman before her had a face like a jade plate, a small upturned nose, a small mouth, a pointed chin, crescent-shaped eyes, and two deep dimples on her cheeks.
She was very beautiful when she smiled.
Su Xiaoqi, as a woman, was astonished at first glance, and then stunned.
Beautiful, extremely beautiful!
No wonder Shen Yun was still yearning for her, unable to stop himself from murmuring her name in his dreams.
Su Xiaoqi's heart felt as if a jar of vinegar had been overturned; it was sour.