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

Chapter 206: Guarding against Xie Nanyuan like guarding against wolves

What do you think?

Shen Qionghua hesitated for a moment, and finally told the truth, "Xiyao, His Royal Highness Prince Rui is a prince, and he may have greater potential in the future. I am not suitable for him."

Luo Xiyao said anxiously: "But Qionghua, I know my cousin best. He won't mind these material possessions."

Luo Xiyao was sometimes very puzzled about Shen Qionghua. Most women would be overjoyed if they could marry into a royal family, but Shen Qionghua avoided her like the plague.

Prince An could be said to have bad intentions and was out to get the Shen family's money, but since her cousin was an upright person, Qionghua was not tempted at all.

Even when she had brought Qionghua and Huo Jing together, Qionghua had said that they were not suitable for each other.

Later, she asked Qionghua what kind of man she was looking for, and she hoped that Qionghua would prefer a man whose family was not as good as the Shen family.

She was extremely surprised at the time. It was said that a woman's marriage was like a second reincarnation. With Qionghua's looks and character, even if she didn't want to marry into a wealthy family, she wouldn't marry into a family inferior to the Shen family, right?

It’s not that she looks down on merchants, it’s just that the world is like this, among the four classes of scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants, merchants are ranked last.

But there are also different levels among merchants. The Shen family is definitely one of the few merchants who can easily come up with millions of taels of silver.

Moreover, Qionghua was conferred the title of county lord. Although it was just a title, it also made the Shen family superior to other merchants.

If Qionghua wanted to get married, with her ability, she could marry the second son of an official family below the third rank. Why did she have to choose someone who was inferior to her in every way?

Luo Xiyao was puzzled and couldn't figure out what Shen Qionghua was thinking.

How did she know that Shen Qionghua had a trauma in his heart after his experience in the previous life, and he avoided those wealthy families as much as possible, and wanted to find someone who was not as good as herself, who was easy to control, so that he would not be controlled by others. If he dared to do anything to let her down in the future, he would kill his father and keep his son.

Shen Qionghua concealed the little calculation in her heart and lowered her eyes and said, "Even if Prince Rui doesn't mind, it doesn't mean that Prince Rui and I are suitable to be together."

Although Luo Xiyao said that she had a backer who could control Xie Nanyuan, she was still very concerned about her cousin and couldn't bear to see him miss the woman he loved.

Hearing Shen Qionghua say this, he unconsciously spoke up for Xie Nanyuan.

She pursed her lips and said, "Qionghua, my cousin... although he has a bit of a strange personality and a bit of an odd temper, he is definitely a good person and his appearance is not bad either. Do you... really have no feelings for him at all?"

Shen Qionghua only said one sentence, "Xiyao, the prince and I are not the same kind of people."

Hearing this, Luo Xiyao had no choice but to shut up, stick out his tongue, and thought to himself:

Cousin, it's not that I, as your cousin, don't want to help you. It's just that you are not motivated enough. You have been with Qionghua for such a long time, but there has been no progress at all. You'd better just wish you good luck.

Having said that, Luo Xiyao tactfully changed the subject and talked to Shen Qionghua about other interesting things in the capital.

The two chatted and laughed, drank tea and ate snacks. They talked for more than an hour before Luo Xiyao said goodbye.

Shen Qionghua walked her to the door and on the way ran into a few servants passing by carrying a thick stack of wooden boards.

Luo Xiyao was a little curious and asked casually, "What is this for?"

Shen Qionghua paused slightly, and lied without blushing or beating his heart, "Some tables and chairs in the mansion are broken. There are servants in the mansion who are carpenters. I asked them to fix them and they can still be used."

Luo Xiyao looked at Shen Qionghua in surprise when she heard this, "Qionghua, I didn't expect you to be so frugal."

The Shen family is wealthy, and they even repaired the broken tables and chairs and used them again. They are really frugal.

Hearing Luo Xiyao's praise, Shen Qionghua couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, and did not explain any further.

Luo Xiyao left with emotion.

As soon as she left, Shen Qionghua immediately returned to her own courtyard, where several servants had been waiting for a long time.

Shen Qionghua pointed at the window and said, "Nail all the windows in the house shut. Don't let even a fly in!"

"Yes!"

At Shen Qionghua's command, several servants immediately took action and nailed the window shut from the inside.

A quarter of an hour later, Shen Qionghua looked at the window framed by wooden boards, walked forward and pushed it hard.

No push.

The corners of his tightly pursed lips slowly lifted into a smile.

She wanted to see how Prince Rui could get in through the window.

Shen Qionghua looked at Shaoyao, Gancao, and Fuling and said, "From today on, two people will keep watch and take turns resting."

"Yes."

Poria cocos and licorice looked puzzled, only Peony understood why Shen Qionghua did this.

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Since she "recovered from her illness", Shen Qionghua began to avoid Xie Nanyuan intentionally or unintentionally.

So, Xie Nanyuan found that he could no longer see Shen Qionghua.

It's not that Shen Qionghua didn't see him, but every time he looked for Shen Qionghua, she "happened" to be away.

Xie Nanyuan was usually very busy with official duties. The emperor valued him and allowed him to gain experience in the court. Now that he had some free time, in addition to instructing Shen Yi on martial arts every day, he wanted to meet Shen Qionghua and cultivate their relationship.

Because he had promised her before that he would not enter her bedroom as long as she didn't pretend to be sick to avoid him, now that she had done it, he naturally had to keep his word.

So at the beginning, Xie Nanyuan was very polite and asked Linze to go to the Shen Mansion in advance to send the invitation, but he was told that Shen Qionghua was out and not at home.

Just by coincidence, one stick of incense stick time before Linze arrived at the Shen family, Shen Qionghua went out with her maid Shaoyao.

Where did you go?

The doorman said he had no idea, how could a servant like him know the young lady's whereabouts.

Later, Xie Nanyuan went to the palace to report on matters. After leaving the palace, he thought that today should be the day when Shen Qionghua went to Shiding Tower to settle accounts, so he took Linze to Shiding Tower.

But he was told that Shen Qionghua had left. He then went to Shen's house and was told that he had not returned yet.

Afterwards, Linze found out that Shen Qionghua was originally going to return home, but suddenly changed her mind and went to the teahouse, where she listened to opera excerpts for the entire afternoon.

This continued for a period of time thereafter. When Xie Nanyuan was busy with official duties, Shen Qionghua stayed at home obediently.

Whenever Xie Nanyuan left the house to look for Shen Qionghua, Shen Qionghua would definitely not be there, and the places she went to were all kinds of unexpected.

This behavior happened again and again. Even if Xie Nanyuan was slow-witted, he realized that Shen Qionghua was avoiding him. She just changed her way of pretending to be sick.

Xie Nanyuan was angry, but what made him even more curious was why Shen Qionghua was able to know his whereabouts in advance?

The answer to all this came one day when he discovered someone was monitoring him outside the mansion.

Xie Nanyuan looked at the token that Lin Ze had searched out from the secret guards dressed as civilians. The veins on his forehead throbbed, and he once again had a deep understanding of Luo Xiyao's behavior of being unfaithful.

The Duke of Zhenguo had not been in the capital for many years. Although the capital was safe, as a parent, how could he be truly at ease? So he left eight secret guards in the mansion for Luo Xiyao to command.

They are all masters picked from among the secret guards.

But Luo Xiyao always felt that she was being monitored, so she was unwilling to let the secret guards follow her and always asked them to stay in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to guard the house.

But at this moment, this person was monitoring him near Prince Rui's Mansion. It is easy to imagine who was behind this.

Linze was even scolded for this.

Linze also felt extremely aggrieved. The secret guard's martial arts skills were better than his, and he had no ill will towards the prince. Moreover, he was far away and disguised as an ordinary citizen. How could he discover him?

Lin Ze roared in his heart, but he looked obedient and didn't dare to say a word.

Xie Nanyuan went to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to find Luo Xiyao.

Luo Xiyao felt guilty and refused to admit it. Later, when the secret guard was tied up and thrown in front of her, she finally confessed everything honestly.

It turned out that these were the people Shen Qionghua asked her for. One person was responsible for tracking his whereabouts, and the other was responsible for informing her with his excellent lightness skills.

The two of them cooperated with each other, which was why he always "just happened" to miss Shen Qionghua when he was looking for her.

Xie Nanyuan felt depressed and climbed over the wall into Shen Qionghua's yard that night, but found that the window was locked.

I wanted to go through the main gate, but found that in addition to Shaoyao, there was also an older housekeeper guarding the gate.

After asking An Yi one by one, he found out that Mrs. Shen had been staying in Shen Qionghua's room for some time.

It is called a heart-to-heart talk between mother and daughter.

Xie Nanyuan gritted her teeth secretly, what a heart-to-heart talk between mother and daughter.

But I had to go back home.

Under Shen Qionghua's wolf-guarding operation, Xie Nanyuan was very busy with official duties and had little free time. He did not find a chance to see Shen Qionghua for more than a month.

Not to mention cultivating feelings.