“The second person to propose was the imperial tutor’s youngest son . In the beginning, the youngest prince was in high spirits taking Xiang Er everywhere to go sightseeing . Agreeing to climb a mountain together, unfortunately they met a ferocious beast there . Depending on her strength to repel the beast, she was not injured, but that prince was scared and accidentally slipped off a hillside nearly losing his life . ”
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“… . . encountering dangers when they’re out, that’s just an accident, it’s unavoidable… . ”
Before Xia Yuqing could finish, had already turned around and had given her a look: “The third one was the nephew of an important general . Learning from the past lessons, they agreed on meeting at home to fly a kite . ”
“Xiang Er has a big house, so flying a kite there was no big deal . ”
“After flying the kite for a while, an a.s.sa.s.sin suddenly intruded . ”
Xia Yuqing’s mouth twitched: “Xiang Er exerted her might again?”
“No . This time the general’s nephew wanted to make a performance in front of a beauty . Pulling out a sword and advancing forward, he didn’t expect the a.s.sa.s.sin to be so skilled causing the nephew to… break his arm . It was finally when Xiang Er made a move was when he was saved and the a.s.sa.s.sin was finished off . ”
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“……”
“The fourth person was the nephew of the Jiu Men’s provincial governor . The fifth was a distant relative of the imperial tutor’s . The sixth… . and so on . It continued to happen for more than a dozen others . Soon afterwards, no one else dared to propose . ”
“……”G.o.d, that’s basically like misfortune summoning machine!
“Uncle thought that there must be something treacherous going on and brought Xiang Er to the temple . The Buddhist master there told uncle that Xiang Er’s life carries an evil aura . Regular would be polluted by it and can’t withstand it . Only if she meets someone who is more honorable than her, someone with a similar odor, with a tough life would be able to restrain her baleful aura . ”
“… . . Your majesty believes that this person is Chen Qie’s royal older brother?”
Feng Tingye looked at her and said: “At least your royal elder brother is the only one in these past few years that could stay by Xiang Er’s side for so long without a missing arm or broken leg . Oh, the first one was an accident . ”
“………” Which one of those men weren’t accidents?!
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“Wait, Your Majesty knew this all along?”
Feng Tingye lifted his brow at her as if he was saying ‘You think?’
Xia Yuqing silently cried . So the Ultra Seme Lord had already prepared everything, he was plotting since the beginning . A loss is a loss . Xiang Er, just resign yourself! Jiejie will make sure to light you a candle!
Xia Yuqing followed Feng Tingye back to the palace . Not long after, Feng Tingye was called away by his personal eunuch saying that the Da Rens have something to discuss . Although Xia Yuqing was curious, she was a bit tired from the little trip earlier on top of the fact that she could tell
Feng Tingye didn’t want her to meddle, so she didn’t follow after . Instead, she returned back to Xie Fang palace . She didn’t think that once she arrived at the doorsteps she would see a portable hill-like thing sneaking in front of the door s.h.i.+fting here and there .
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Turning back to give Lu Rui a suspicious look, Lu Rui quickly whispered: “Niang Niang, it’s General He . I heard he just came back to court and for some reason came running to ours immediately after . It appears that he has been wandering about in front of our door for a good while already . ”
General He? Xia Yuqing thought back to meeting that big oaf at the welcome ceremony, then her eyes shone . That day at the Grand Tutor’s residence, she had met this oaf and thought that this blockhead was like her and enjoyed staying at their own home, disliking going out . Never did she expect him to be out handling affairs .
Pondering for a while, she smiled and began walking towards where that fool was scouting . Yet she didn’t want anyone to report her arrival, so she hurriedly ran over to the big man .
“Hi!” Xia Yuqing jumped behind He Wenzhong and gave him a hard smack on the shoulder . This kind of strength lain on a typical person’s body would’ve caused someone to fall forwards, but this time… .
“Oooff… . ” The role of force is mutual, as expected of words of wisdom . Xia Yuqing cupped her hands together, feeling the sting on her right hand . She looked at him in her peripheral, is this man’s body made of rock?
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Hearing sounds, He Wenzhong looked distracted . Then, he suspiciously turned around to find no one… .
“Hey, we’re down here . ” Xia Yuqing angrily reminded her . Do you think being tall is so amazing? Having the same eye level as a giraffe makes it way easier to be struck by lightning!
He Wenzhong paused, then lowered his line of sight to find himself staring at Xia Yuqing’s face . All at once, his face became red: “I…I’m not… . ”
“……” He turned pink just like that? I didn’t even say anything yet!
He’s so thin-skinned . Completely different from his tall and strong image . What a pity there is such a discrepancy . Unexpectedly she thought it was kind of… . cute .
“Cough cough… . . ”trying hard to hold back from squeezing that big bear, she kept her face straight and dignified: “General He has been hanging around Ben Gong’s place for so long, is there something the matter?”
At once, his face became several shades redder . Luckily, his skin colour was darker so it wasn’t too evident . He bashfully played with his fingers and mumbled something that couldn’t be heard completely: “I… . . I…… . . ”
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As Xia Yuqing observed his coy movements, her entire body shuddered, getting gooseb.u.mps everywhere . Not wanting to deal with the pain from hitting a certain someone again, but at the end of her patience, she gave his body another slap: “I . . I… . what? If you have something to say, say it . If you can’t even do this, can you even be considered a man?”
