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“But would it make you feel uncomfortable if I came to step into this… Is that right?” He replied lightly as if he guessed what she had in mind, “You can’t refuse the emperor’s grace just because it makes you feel uncomfortable with yourself – didn’t you say that you learned your lesson? Since you’ve already made up your mind to marry, how come you’re still fussing over such trivial matters?”

“…” She was speechless for a moment.

Yes, since she had already decided to marry Bai Fenglin, why should she care who would officiate the ceremony? What was the significance of these minor details compared to who she was getting married to? Zhu Yan’s lips twitched, her face turned ashen as she lowered her head, and after a moment, she still couldn’t help but blurt out, “Do you… honestly want to appoint a consort?”

“Of course.” Shi Ying didn’t even flutter the corners of his eyes, “Which emperor can be without an empress?”

“…” Zhu Yan fell silent and no longer spoke.

The carriage was racing, and the atmosphere within the compartment felt like frozen. In the blink of an eye, the carriage had sped out over three streets, Shi Ying stared straight ahead and faintly stated: “We are almost approaching the Forbidden Palace, you should go back.”

Zhu Yan was startled, and suddenly burst out, “I have another question to ask you!”

Shi Ying frowned: “What is it?”

“That… former Crown Prince, Shi Yu,” she gritted her teeth and finally mustered the courage to speak, “how is he now? Do you know anything about him?”

Shi Ying shuddered, as if he didn’t expect her to ask this question, and finally turned his eyes to look at her, his gaze deep and cold: “Why do you ask this?”

Zhu Yan whispered, “Because he is Xueying’s beloved!”

Shi Ying frowned for a moment, “Xueying the County Princess of the White Clan?”

“Mhm. Do you know her?” Zhu Yan didn’t expect him to be well informed about her situation, and couldn’t help but be a little surprised, “She’s worried sick about Shi Yu’s well-being… alas, I’m afraid that if this continues, she may actually fail to cope… “

Shi Ying didn’t answer to her inquire, he just indifferently stated: “You shouldn’t mind other people’s business.”

“Xueying is my best friend!” When Zhu Yan noticed that he didn’t deny it, she knew it was bad and her heart sank straight to the ground, “She… even suspected that you were the one who killed the Crown Prince! I was so angry that I almost quarreled with her. If she finds your brother sooner, she won’t suspect you so much for no reason!”

“For no reason?” Shi Ying fell silent for a moment, then suddenly said lightly, “What, are you so convinced that I’m innocent?”

“What?” Zhu Yan jolted, speechless for a moment.

“Ah-Yan, don’t put on an act with me. When you saw me in the depths of the Purple Palace, didn’t you feel a trace of suspicion in your heart?” Sitting in the Royal Carriage, wearing the Crown Prince’s gown, Shi Ying’s voice was light, but deep, “Why did I return to the Imperial Capital? What was the agreement between me and the Grand Master? What price did I have to pay to reclaim what was originally mine? – all of these, you wouldn’t have failed to consider, did you?”

“But… but…” she froze and looked at him with a determination in her voice, “No matter what, Master, you could never be such a person!”

” What kind of person?” Shi Ying glanced at her, a mockery sweeping across his frown, “Heh… do you really have any idea what kind of person I am?”

“…” Zhu Yan couldn’t say anything, only felt a cold dagger in his tone, cutting down inch by inch into her soul, completely severing her from him – truthfully, even after having spent many years beside each other, it had always appeared to her as if he was in an extremely distant place, untouchable or even inaccessible. The nearest moment between them was perhaps the moment when he was dying and said all those loving words to her.

It was only then that she realized in fact that her Master’s heart was completely beyond her capacity of comprehension. Whereas in this moment, what was inside the man’s heart when he was about to become the emperor? She was still in the shadows, never able to read clearly his true nature.

“Tell County Princess Xueying that there is no need to wait for Shi Yu anymore.” Shi Ying turned his head to look straight ahead, and his tone turned cold, phrasing one word after another, “He will never come back home again.”

“What?” Zhu Yan stared in disbelief for a while, as if ice and snow had been poured down on her head, chilling her to the bone, “Dear Heavens! Could it be that… could it be that what Xueying said is true? Master, all of this, is it all your doing?”

Shi Ying’s hand clenched silently on his knee, but did not deny the accusation, and after a pause, suddenly spoke in a stern voice with a bit of annoyance, “I already told you to don’t call me Master again.”

“…” she was unable to speak, she only felt the painful coldness of the chills within her chest suffocating her, and after a few moments, she finally struggled to speak again, as if she could not die until she heard an answer, “Then, may I ask Your Imperial Highness… Is Shi Yu really dead?”

Shi Ying looked straight ahead, and his tone remained calm and cold: “Yes.”

Zhu Yan trembled for a moment, and only after a while she followed up with an incredulous tone, “Was it you who did it?”

“What do you think?” Shi Ying grimaced, but did not deny it, “So what if the answer is yes?”

Zhu Yan’s body swayed, only to feel her mind go blank. She staggered back a step and leaned against the carriage, looking at this familiar person as if she didn’t recognize him at all, the look in her eyes changing several times intensely.

There was no sound coming from inside the carriage for a long time. After some unknown amount of time, Shi Ying turned his head and glanced towards her side, as if trying to discern something – yet, unexpectedly, she was no longer there. For the first time in her life, her magic spell surprisingly managed to deceive him, and she just disappeared in front of him without a sound.

“Ah-Yan!” In that instant, he couldn’t help but call out in a whisper.

As the carriage vanished from the end of the street, Zhu Yan materialized on the opposite corner, with her face turned extremely pale. She stumbled backwards, with feeble, disoriented footsteps.

“I told you to don’t call me Master from now on!” The words kept echoing in her mind, making it almost impossible to breathe. She walked forward in a trance, not knowing where she was going. Suddenly she stumbled and bumped into something.

” Aiya… it hurts, it hurts!” The one who was knocked down was a child, holding a string of small figurines made of fried candies into his hands; he was covering his forehead and cried out in pain, his tiny hands were as white as jade, and his face looked innocent and cute.

Zhu Yan’s eyes glanced at him and she broke down, “Little brat? Where have you been!”

She pulled the stumbled child up and hugged him hard.

“Auntie! Auntie! Help!” The child, however, struggled desperately and shrieked in panic. When Zhu Yan took a closer look at the child’s face, she froze and let go of her hand – yes, this was not Sumo… this child had long black hair and beautiful dark eyes, so he was obviously a Kongsang kid, but she had been in a trance and had wrongly identified him.

Why must her life be filled with so many moments of misjudgment?

In the palace of the Jialan Empire, the Steward was reporting back to the Red King in his study about the recent situation, explaining all the various incidents, and finally said, “Please rest assured, Your Highness. I see that the County Princess has changed a lot since she returned from her recent journey, and has really become much more reasonable.”

“I hope so…” the Red King sighed and rubbed his temple, “This girl, she has been fearless since she was a child, and now after experiencing so many things, it’s time for her to grow up a little.”

“It’s just that…” the steward murmured, a little troubled.

“What?” The Red King frowned and looked at his confidant, “Say whatever you have to say!”

“There is something your servant is a little worried about.” The steward sighed, with some concern, “The Princess is still very much attached to that little shark; even though she is in the Imperial Capital, she still repeatedly instructs her servants to search for him…”

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