Chapter 25 Afraid He’ll Gross Me Out

“I’m afraid he’ll gross me out.” Yu Qingwu took a deep breath and sighed, “Shen Ke seems like a refined gentleman on the surface, but in reality, he’s more despicable than anyone else. Now that the Shen family has fallen to such a state, he’ll inevitably resort to dirty tricks to save his own life and disgust people.”

It wasn’t that Yu Qingwu was being overly worried; it was simply that she understood Shen Ke too well.

On the other hand, she was also afraid of what Shen Ke might say to Xie Jin Yan.

In the past, she didn’t care, and even hoped to use it to anger Xie Jin Yan to death.

But now, she feared those secrets falling into Xie Jin Yan’s eyes.

People are like that. When they don’t love, they are fearless. Once they love, they even fear saying a single word wrong.

Thinking of this, Qingwu couldn’t help but frown. She asked Xie Jin Yan in a slightly coquettish tone, “Your Highness, besides Shen Ke, there’s also Shen Lin who was intimate with Qin Shi, and there should also be her family members. How about summoning her sisters from her maternal family to ask? Or perhaps, the maids by her side.”

“Your concubine really doesn’t want to see Shen Ke’s face. When I was little, he bullied me quite a bit…”

“Is it that you don't want to see Shen Ke's face, or are you afraid that Shen Ke will use the letters you wrote to him to threaten you?” Yu Qingwu pouted slightly, trying her best to show a look of fear, haunted by childhood shadows. The next moment, the man's low voice came from her ear.

Yu Qingwu was stunned and looked up in astonishment.

She saw Xie Jin Yan’s lips slightly raised, looking at her with an amused expression, and said, “What? Wasn’t shijie (senior martial sister) the most fearless in the past? Now, are you worried about a few insincere letters?”

So, what was Xie Jin Yan’s reaction?

He… knew all along? He wasn’t angry?

Yu Qingwu was suspicious in her heart, and looked at him with some trepidation, tentatively asking, “Your Highness… Your Highness knows?”

Compared to Yu Qingwu, Xie Jin Yan seemed much more composed.

He spread his hands and replied very naturally, “That good-for-nothing, Shen Ke, as soon as he entered the Heavenly Prison, couldn’t withstand the torture. In order to suffer less, he took out those letters, saying… to let Me see your true colors of being a frivolous woman.”

“Alas, I must say, seeing those affectionate and brilliantly written love letters, I was indeed very angry.”

Very… angry?

For a moment, Yu Qingwu was even more uneasy.

Her little hand quietly tugged at Xie Jin Yan’s sleeve, carefully explaining, “Your Highness, those letters… were just used by your concubine to deceive that Shen Ke. You also know about your concubine’s hatred for the Shen family. In order to take advantage of Shen Ke, I had to put on an act…”

“Yes, that’s what I thought too, so I had someone beat Shen Ke again.”

“…” This scoundrel, he was deliberately scaring her!

In an instant, the big stone in Yu Qingwu’s heart fell, and she let out a long breath. She pushed Xie Jin Yan hard and scolded him in annoyance, “Xie Jin Yan, is it fun to scare people?”

She glared at him, unable to help but laugh in anger.

Seeing Yu Qingwu smile, Xie Jin Yan also smiled.

Then, with a look of disdain, he said, “I wouldn’t care about the likes of Shen Ke. Even if you were blind, you wouldn’t take a fancy to him. Besides, with a husband as handsome, extraordinarily talented, with a dragon-like appearance and phoenix-like bearing, with remarkable literary talent, powerful and influential like me, how could you take a fancy to such a mundane thing?”

Still talking about a dragon-like appearance and phoenix-like bearing?

This man was shameless enough!

However, after being ‘narcissistically’ teased by Xie Jin Yan, Yu Qingwu’s mood was no longer as heavy as before.

Her face was filled with a smile, and she pushed Xie Jin Yan’s arm again in a very coquettish manner.

While the two were joking, the carriage had already stopped.

Yu Qingwu opened the curtain and was about to get down, but when she saw the scene in front of her, she was immediately stunned.

This… why wasn’t it the palace gate?

Looking up at the plaque with the words ‘Crown Prince Residence’ written on it, it took Yu Qingwu a while to recover. She looked at the plaque, then at Xie Jin Yan, and asked in confusion, “Your Highness, is your concubine not returning to the palace?”

“What? Does my beloved concubine want to live apart from me?” Xie Jin Yan smiled faintly, reached out to help her down from the carriage, and explained as he pulled Yu Qingwu inside, “Didn’t I tell you? Eunuch Yu has already sent the evidence of Yang Cheng’s case to the Emperor at full speed. It has been proven that Yang Cheng did not die after falling into the trap while chasing you that day. Instead, he encountered wild wolves on the way back and was eaten by them, which is why he lost his life.”

“Many villagers in the area can testify to this.”

“Now that it has been proven that you are innocent, naturally you don’t need to be detained in the palace anymore.”

Xie Jin Yan’s reply was calm, but Yu Qingwu was stunned again.

Yang Cheng was clearly killed by her own hand…

Xie Jin Yan had really put a lot of thought into covering up for her.

However, in this way, wouldn’t he be leaving a handle in Eunuch Yu’s hands?

Thinking of this, the guilt in Yu Qingwu’s heart surged up again.

She took Xie Jin Yan’s arm and walked with him into the Crown Prince Residence, while lowering her voice to ask him, “Your Highness, is Eunuch Yu really reliable? And those villagers, will they cause you trouble in the future by bringing up old events because of their greed for money?”

“Bring up old events?” Xie Jin Yan stopped, lowered his eyes to stare at her, his eyes gradually darkening, and said sarcastically, “I have already sent someone to investigate. That Yang Cheng was notorious in the area. All the neighbors wished he was dead. You took his life that day, which can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people. Apart from some people with ulterior motives, no one will say much about it.”

“As for Eunuch Yu, shijie (senior martial sister) don’t need to worry even more…”

“Perhaps, to you, he will be more reliable than Me…”

As he spoke, Xie Jin Yan’s voice gradually disappeared.

Yu Qingwu frowned and asked him in confusion, “What did Your Highness say?”

Xie Jin Yan came back to his senses, turned his head to look at Qingwu, and changed the subject unnaturally, smiling, “It’s nothing. I mean, after this matter is over, I will marry you through the front door with great fanfare.”

“Shige (martial brother), you’re back?”

While the two were talking, a crisp voice suddenly came from the front.

Xie Jin Yan woke up from his thoughts, raised his eyes to look in front of him, and saw Gao Minyue walking towards them in a red dress, and a layer of frost suddenly condensed in his eyes.

Gao Minyue also immediately noticed Xie Jin Yan’s changed expression. Her eyes turned, and when she saw the woman beside him, the smile on her face instantly froze.

The next moment, that full of excitement was simply replaced by anger, and she walked over angrily.

She glared at Yu Qingwu fiercely, and questioned her with the tone of a hostess, “You… why are you back? Didn’t you kill someone?”

She gritted her teeth, her eyes full of unwillingness.

Seeing her behavior, she probably thought she was doomed, and thought that she, Gao Minyue, would soon become the Crown Princess?

However, Gao Minyue would be like this, presumably it was also inseparable from Xie Jin Yan’s previous ‘attentiveness’.

Although it was just acting, Yu Qingwu still felt a little uncomfortable when she thought about it.

She sneered and looked at Gao Minyue, then looked at Xie Jin Yan, bowed to him, and said in a sarcastic tone, “Your Highness, your concubine is a little tired, I’ll take my leave first.”