Are you a princess? (2)

“The prince was drunk last night, probably because he was afraid that the alcohol would cause distress to me, so… he didn’t come to visit me.” Shen Wan replied in a low, worried and pitiful voice.

It is impossible for her to save face for a scumbag. He was a shameless person anyway, and she didn’t care about his reputation.

When she thought of her violent kick on “that place”, she thought that even if He Xiyan thought of coming to her house in the next two months, he would probably be helpless. 

Just thinking about it makes her very happy.

Pfft—

Hhuh?

He Qing Ning was originally surprised that her third brother didn’t enter the bridal chamber with the bride on the wedding night. She couldn’t understand that the daughter of General Shen, who should be dignified and noble, would look so soft and weak. 

She doesn’t know if General Shen finds his daughter like this, whether he would wake up from his grave and come alive.

Suddenly, He Qing Ning noticed Shen Wan’s smile when she looked up. 

When she took a closer look, the other party still looked cautious and uneasy, which was no different from what she had seen before… Was it a hallucination? He Qing Ning looked away.

“Doctor Chen, go in and help Third Brother to see why he is sick. Third Brother has always been in good health, Why did he suddenly fall ill? It might be a serious illness so the check up cannot be delayed.”

Doctor Chen bent over and walked to the bed with the medicine box on his hand. The curtain of the bed was lowered, and only a figure could be seen lying on it. 

Earlier, when the doctor went to open the curtain, he was shocked by He Xiyan’s loud “Get out”. 

From then, Doctor Chen didn’t dare to open the curtain directly. So, he just stood by the couch and asked in a low voice.

“Prince, can you let me take the pulse for you? Her Royal Highness is right, you really can’t drag it if you are really sick.”

“Everyone, this prince is fine, so you don’t have to worry about me.”

He Xiyan was lying on the couch, and he was really anxious. Since he was young, he had never suffered the kind of loss he had suffered last night, and that too to think he had suffered a loss in the hands of a little woman…

Not only was he kicked “there” so badly that he felt like his soul would depart, he was also beaten under the covers terribly. What’s even worse was that the woman actually took off his clothes, tied him into a cocoon, and hung him up on a tree branch.

After struggling for a whole night, when the sky was about to light up, he had finally broken free of the rope twisted into cloth strips. 

Also, he blamed his clothes which were made of really good materials. If it wasn’t for that, it would have not taken so much effort to break free. But the most important thing is that his whole body felt extremely painful, and the pain in that indescribable place almost made him faint.

After breaking free, he sneaked back to his room secretly, and the first thing he did was to check his body, which was wholly covered with traces of beatings. His face was especially swollen and there were long nail marks on his skin. And… that place… it hurts terribly. (-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩___-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩-̩̩̩)

[T/N: He deserves it haha]

Shen Wan! He remembered her as the most wicked woman he had ever met!

“188, I seem to hear the sound of teeth grinding… do you think He Xiyan is thinking about last night and hates me very much?”

[188: Wan Wan, when he gets better, he will find you for revenge.]

“Ah, I’m so powerful, that one punch can make his head burst… haha, let him just try it.”

188: Wow, his host is awesome.

He Qing Ning saw that Dr. Chen had requested so badly, but He Xiyan was still reluctant to see the doctor. So she said, “Brother, you can stretch out your wrist and ask Dr. Chen to help check your pulse. If it is really serious, Imperial Father and I will be worried.”

“I’m fine.”

He Xiyan endured the pain on his body and cursed in his heart. Why are these people still not going out!? How can he go out to see the doctor if they don’t go! He also knows that he needs to have himself checked by the doctor!!

“Yes, Your Highness, the princess is right. If you have a disease, you must treat it soon, otherwise the minor illness will become a serious one. The prince avoiding the doctor is not good.”

Shen Wan answered, “If the prince has any hidden illness and is worried about it, don’t worry! The doctor will not reveal what kind of disease you have to others. He will make sure to keep his word.”

Both Doctor Chen and He Qing Ning had strange expressions when they heard her words.

Is this girl stupid? Even if He Xiyan doesn’t have any hidden illnesses, if she says it like this to people outside, won’t they speculate that He Xiyan has hidden illnesses?

He Qing Ning suddenly remembered Shen Wan had said that on the wedding night, the two of them had nothing in the bridal chamber and didn’t consummate their marriage… Her expression turned into surprise and astonishment. 

[Translator is laughing hard]

Did the third brother really have a hidden illness? Is that why he didn’t go to the bridal chamber? 

The more she thought about it, the more He Qing Ning felt that she stumbled upon a very big revelation.

Could it be that the third brother suddenly discovered this last night? By the way, the third brother is so old, but it seems that he has never had a maid serving him, and the servants around him are all man servants.

He Qing Ning felt Shen Wan looking at her, and she raised her eyes to meet her. The eyes of the two met for a moment, and then quickly moved away, as if they both understood what the other was guessing.

[T/N: Pfft!]

Doctor Chen really didn’t dare to help He Xiyan diagnose his illness anymore. Seeing that the prince always refused his requests, he only asked a few words. Hearing He Xiyan’s energetic voice, it seemed that there was no serious illness… So, he hurried back with the medicine box in his hand and exited the prince’s place.

This third prince is also the favored son of the emperor.

He didn’t want to provoke the emperor by diagnosing and treating the hidden disease. He didn’t know when he would be stabbed in the back if he couldn’t cure the prince.

Seeing that He Xiyan was really unwilling to see the doctor, He Qing Ning felt annoyed.

She glanced at Shen Wan, walked up to her, and whispered, “Let’s go to your room and talk.”

Shen Wan: Talk what?

If she meant to ask when He Xiyan would be alright, she assured that it would take at least two months. As for whether it will work in the future, then it is more practical to ask Shen Shi.

 Of course, she would be happy to talk about that with them.

188 felt that when his host saw He Qing Ning, her eyes were unusually sparkling. 

Through previous experience, he intuitively felt that in this small world, He Qing Ning is the one who is the favored person of his host.

It’s just, why is the host so sure that she could get together with He Qing Ning?

They are now in ancient times, and even if the host and him are from the future, the people here are from the ancient era, and they may not be open to modern ideas…

She is now the princess of He Xiyan and He Qing Ning is the princess. He finds it very difficult for the two of them to develop feelings for each other. It can be seen that the host is very happy, so 188 chooses not to be nosy, and decides to support her silently.

“Wang Ye~”

Shen Wan came to the bed first, but didn’t intend to open the curtain. She called He Xiyan sweetly, making him feel pain all over his body and a chill ran down his spine.

This dominatrix!

He still remembered that last night her voice was fierce and vicious, and her actions were harsh and violent. At this moment, pretending to be a weak little woman, she really thinks she can pretend well!

He will not be fooled!!

This woman is inconsistent! 

“What’s the matter?” He Xiyan asked in a cold voice, “If you want to talk about seeing the doctor, this prince doesn’t want to. This prince is very good, so you all go out, and don’t disturb me. I will be fine after two days.”

Shen Wan: I am afraid that if you wait for two days later, it will rather take a few months.

“This wife will retire first. The prince and the princess have their own views, so there will be nothing wrong…” Shen Wan lowered her voice, and continued very shyly, “This wife is still waiting to be with the prince~”

He Xiyan interrupted her: “Get out.”

You want me to enter her bridal chamber?! Dream on! Living with this violent and inconsistent women is simply impossible! Let her live like a widow for the rest of her lifetime.

Shen Wan excused herself, and left with He Qing Ning. Neither of them spoke on the way to her yard.

[188: Wan Wan, can I ask a question? Do you fancy He Qing Ning?]

Shen Wan made a small face, “188, you think too much, I am now the Wang Fei of He Xiyan, He Qing Ning is his sister.”

[188: But I feel that the look in your eyes is very wrong. I have confirmed that she is the one who you want to find.]

Having been bound to Shen Wan for so long, he has also completed some tasks. Every time she completes a task, he seems to be riding a roller coaster. If he was not a young system, his heart would definitely not be able to stand it. Although the roller coaster looked dangerous and irritating, she could always do the task well in the end.

What he suspects is that in every small world, Shen Wan can find a young lady who is so affectionate and loves each other. He always feels a little unrealistic. It seems that there is always a character in these books just created for her, only when she comes, this character will become alive. At the end of each mission, she covered the memory. Even if the memory was not covered, different worlds have different faces, and they should meet different people. But the first time she looks at a certain character, she will somehow feel connected with her. This illusion is the previous sentence, confirmed, it is you.

“The third brother really didn’t come to your room last night?” He Qing Ning asked very directly. Well, she has always been like this. 

She is the emperor’s most favored daughter, because the Empress of Xiyun Kingdom is the emperor’s favorite person. As for why she was so close to He Xiyan, it is because He Xiyan’s derivative mother died of dystocia, and the queen was frail and sick.

After Princess Shihui was born, for the sake of the Empress’s life, the Emperor was forbidden to let her conceive again. It was then, that the Empress happened to meet He Xiyan, and then she raised him under her name. It’s a pity that the Empress’s body was not good enough to sustain for the next few years, and she still died in the end.

“No.” Shen Wan answered honestly. She thought that He Xiyan would never think of coming to her house in his entire life, and thinking of her would definitely make him feel unbearable.

He Qing Ning blinked, and said in a low voice, “Today’s things shouldn’t be publicized.”

“Ok…” Shen Wan looked at He Qing Ning and answered very obediently.

He Qing Ning felt a little strange in her heart. She felt that Shen Wan was like a delicate flower that could be blown away by the wind. He Qing Ning didn’t like women who were too weak. 

The main reason was her mother, who was weak and sick and had passed away. She always believed that women who are too delicate will not live long. General Shen died for the country, and he had only one daughter. Yet his daughter lacked a strong and brave bearing as the daughter of a general, so she is a little unhappy.

Looking at Shen Wan’s bright eyes at this moment, she was not so unhappy after seeing her spirited look. The other party has also been walking steadily, completely different from the fragile, about to fall down posture. 

It was very different.

“That…” He Qing Ning paused and said, “No matter what, you are also the princess of my third brother. Yesterday was the night of your bridal chamber, but we have really wronged you. Third brother and I will think of a solution. No matter what, we should make him agree to see a doctor.”

Shen Wan: Wouldn’t it be OK to let He Xiyan live as an eunuch?

If it was not castrated directly, there would be a lot of trouble in the future. Yesterday, she really thought that she would just cut it for him with a pair of scissors.

“I understand, no matter whether the prince has a hidden illness or not, I am his princess in this life. This is a fact that can’t be changed.” Shen Wan said, “Anyway in this life, I will be the princess and I absolutely won’t discredit the prince.”

He Qing Ning felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. As a princess, she can’t be weak. He Qing Ning has many sisters, and they are all a headache. She has to be fierce. Thankfully she is favored, and so her power is not in vain. 

Seeing Shen Wan’s obedient appearance, she wondered if she was too aggressive before and had frightened the other party.

“If you were wronged in the future, come to me, I will support you.” If the third brother really has a problem, isn’t she wronged? Shen Wan is a bit younger than her, plus her previous impression of her still remained, and she thought she must keep her safe under her wing, and protect her.

Shen Wan: “188, He Qing Ning has suspected that He Xiyan can’t ‘do it’ anymore.”

 [188: Wan Wan, now you can hit the iron while it’s hot!! Win her sympathy, and then get together!…]

[T/N: Haha 188 went from ‘will break but won’t bend’ to ‘break the wall and push her down real quick’]

“Shut up, 188!”

As the two were talking and walking to her room, Hong Zhu trotted in and whispered in Shen Wan’s ear, “Wang Fei, the second lady is here at the palace, and she went directly to the prince’s side.”

He Qing Ning who was close to her also heard it. Second lady? Is it the daughter of a lowly concubine of the General’s Mansion… the Shen Shi who seems to be able to be blown down by a gust of wind and whose face is always blank?

“The second sister should be very worried about the prince’s body, after all, in her mind, the prince is like her elder brother.”

In Xiyun Country, folk customs are relatively open. There is no woman who cannot go out, and there is no man and woman who cannot meet. Unmarried men and women often participate in poems to show off their talents.

This Shen Shi, as her name suggests, is really talented. She and He Xiyan were able to get to know each other thanks to various poetry clubs. Since the two started meeting, Shen Shi has been keen to participate in poem meetings, and so is He Xiyan. Through the help of a few familiar people, the two sides have met on the surface. And, in order to not let people gossip, Shen Shi will bring the original owner with her.

[Kiyu’s little note: Shen Shi means “gentle lady”, which is why it was mentioned that she was just like her name]

It is a pity that the original owner was not very interested in music, chess, calligraphy or painting. Her body was also not delicate, but because she admires He Xiyan, she pretends to be very delicate in front of him.

He Qing Ning looked at her strangely when she heard Shen Wan’s words, big brother? Her third brother is a prince, the emperor’s son, who grew up under the name of her Mother Empress. When did he become the eldest brother of a concubine’s daughter?

She looked at Shen Wan’s heartless look, and couldn’t help but smile.

She held Shen Wan with one hand and said, “Let’s go to my palace and see what’s going on.”

188: Ah! You held hands so soon!! it seems in this world, there’s no need to worry too much! Maybe it won’t take long before… hehe…

Shen Wan soon heard Shen Shi’s low cry as soon as she entered the house. She glanced at Shen Shi sitting outside the curtain, indicating that He Xiyan did not let Shen Shi look at him either. Shen Shi’s eyes were red from crying, like a little bunny, making people feel pity.

“Second sister?”

Shen Wan coughed slightly, walked up and patted Shen Shi on the shoulder, “Don’t worry, the prince is still alive, it’s okay, don’t cry so much. If you cry like this, people would think that the prince has passed… bah! Don’t cry like this.”

“How did the prince suddenly fall sick? He and you only got married one day but, suddenly, he is falling sick. This disease is really too strange.”

Was she trying to tell that the prince fell ill because of Shen Wan?

He Qing Ning frowned, and she was really annoyed. Shen Shi seemed to feel He Qing Ning’s gaze, and quickly raised her head to see her sharp gaze, and was really startled.

“Shen Shi greets Her Royal Highness Princess Shihui.”

“What are you doing here?” He Qing Ning asked in a cold voice, “Crying so early in the morning! Are you not worried that you will disturb Third Brother from recuperating?!”

“I…I’m just too worried about the prince, so…” He Qing Ning was not a fool, looking at Shen Shi who stammered her words, and looking with her eyes darting around, she understood something.

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It seems that FL is not taking overbearing cold persona this arc. Adding the feudal era, I am really interested in seeing how they will end up together