After the maid spoke, the atmosphere instantly became somewhat tense.
Chu Shao’s expression did not change much, but she was slightly surprised to hear that Shen Shuang had come at the order of Princess Zhao Yang. She smiled and asked, “Who is Shen Shuang?”
Xiao Jin cleared her throat but didn’t answer. After all, she couldn’t possibly say that Shen Shuang was the chosen concubine in Xiao Shuang’s heart.
Old Zhang, who was standing aside, began to feel embarrassed for Xiao Jin.
Shen Shuang, the daughter of the Minister of War, was a famous female hero in the capital, known to everyone.
With her martial arts skills and an extremely strong desire for power, she had managed to stay in seclusion until this day, without ever showing interest in any of the handsome young men from wealthy families in the capital.
However, she had a relationship with the prince when she was young.
When the prince skipped classes at the Guozi Jian to the extreme and even the masters there could not do anything about it, he simply stopped studying the books of the sages and went directly to the military training ground to practice martial arts.
Coincidentally, Miss Shen was also practicing with swords and spears on the training ground.
She was dressed in men’s clothing at the time, with the goal of beating all the guards of the same age in the training ground.
But how could the prince, who had always been arrogant, allow anyone in the capital to be more arrogant than him?
So, thinking that Shen Shuang was a man, he mercilessly beat her up.
Therefore, fate is truly amazing.
Yesterday, Xiao Jin had asked Old Zhang about this matter in the prince’s mansion, so she knew all about it.
However, Xiao Jin really couldn’t understand why Princess Zhao Yang, who said that she had been admiring Shen Shuang for a long time, even though the original owner had just beaten her up when they were young. This kind of relationship should be enemies meeting, especially jealous.
But ultimately, it had nothing to do with her. Considering this, Xiao Jin looked at Chu Shao’s slight smile and said calmly, “I had a friendly match with this person when I was young, so she probably holds a grudge against me.”
Old Zhang coughed violently.
This was followed by a cold glance from Xiao Jin, which made him cough even more violently.
Chu Shao smiled and said thoughtfully, “It turns out there’s a grudge… no wonder Princess Zhao Yang sent her to see the prince.”
Xiao Jin frowned slightly.
Although she knew that Chu Shao had dealt with the prince’s Stewart last night, she had also heard rumors about an assassination attempt at the prince’s mansion, she didn’t understand what it had to do with herself, Shen Shuang, and Xiao Shuang.
Chu Shao noticed the frown on Xiao Jin’s face, so she dismissed the onlookers and told her about what she had seen last night, omitting the part where she had killed someone and claiming that she had only gone to the Prince’s residence to take a look. Of course, no one would believe that.
Apart from the part about Princess Zhao Yang, Xiao Jin actually knew everything else clearly. After all, anticipating that Chu Shao would go after the Fourth Prince, the first thing she did was to pull out the batch of guards that the original owner had previously raised and have them help Chu Shao clean up and provide some cover from behind the scenes.
Therefore, Xiao Jin knew very well that when Chu Shao withdrew from the Wang residence last night, and even instructed the guards to help distract a few pursuers, the remaining guards were all under her direct command and had an absolutely clean background.
So she dared to use this force. Later, Xiao Jin subtly inquired about some trivial matters from these guards and found that when the original owner was not around, all of these guards took orders from another person, who was the most trusted confidant of the original owner.
However, that person was currently fighting with the army and was not in the capital.
Realizing that the original owner still held a trump card, Xiao Jin had the guards write a letter and send it to the other side last night. She estimated that in another day or two, she would receive a reply. By then, she could use the power of the original owner to investigate the case, and the doubts should be clarified.
But the most pressing matter was…
After hearing all of this, Xiao Jin nodded finally and said to Chu Shao, “Please have breakfast first, Princess.”
After all, no matter how big the matter was, it was not bigger than the mission. Without completing the mission, there was only a dead end.
Seeing Xiao Jin’s calm expression, Chu Shao couldn’t help but feel a little surprised. She smiled at the other party and didn’t even want to pick up her chopsticks.
Ordinary people, upon hearing such news, would at least show some emotional fluctuations. Moreover, Xiao Shuang was favored by Xiao Jin but was secretly colluding with the Fourth Prince.Â
However, after hearing all of this, Xiao Jin showed no reaction at all, and even asked her to eat first.
“So, does your highness plan to meet Miss Shen now, or not?”
A smile appeared on Chu Shao’s lips, “If we do meet, it may not end well if Miss Shen is Princess Zhao Yang’s spy. But if we don’t meet, it might seem unkind and suggest that your highness does not value the Shen family.”
Xiao Jin understood the implications of this.
She took a sip of tea and said firmly, “Let’s discuss this after the princess finishes her meal.”
Although Chu Shao didn’t know why Xiao Jin was insistent on having her eat first, she still laughed, seemingly pleased.
Then she picked up her chopsticks and obediently began eating.
After Chu Shao finished her meal, the system sent a congratulatory message, “Congratulations, host! Mission 5 has been completed and the system will reward you with 48 hours of bonuses.”
Compared to the long countdown, this reward was nothing.
Xiao Jin sighed imperceptibly.
Chu Shao was a little puzzled by this expression.
She had already eaten breakfast as Xiao Jin had requested, so why was she sighing?
Chu Shao’s smile faded slightly.
Was it because of Shen Shuang?
Yes, Xiao Jin wasn’t sighing because of her, but because of Shen Shuang.
After all, Shen Shuang was trouble, and Xiao Jin didn’t like trouble.
After Chu Shao figured out what was going on, she smiled gently and said, “If your not finds it difficult to handle, I can help you solve this trouble.”
Xiao Jin was drinking tea and choked when she heard this.
After coughing a few times violently, she finally managed to catch her breath and said politely to Chu Shao, “A guest is a guest. I will personally go and meet her.”
After all, Xiao Jin believed that if Chu Shao took care of the matter, the outcome for Miss Shen might be more bad than good.
Her smile was very gentle, but the curve of her lips was slightly faded.
Xiao Jin was upset because of Shen Shuang, but she didn’t want her to get involved.
Chu Shao didn’t quite understand the reasoning behind it, she only knew that Xiao Jin had refused her kindness, twice.
So was this Xiao Jin’s fault?
No, of course not.
Xiao Jin’s change came after Shen Shuang appeared, so it was all Shen Shuang’s fault.
Xiao Jin didn’t notice that something was wrong with Chu Shao and was still carefully tracing the relationship lines: “Shen Shuang is the daughter of the Minister of War. And Minister Shen has never participated in partisan struggles. The only time he attended a banquet was for the Crown Prince’s coronation, and he had to prepare gifts to celebrate.”
“Since no one can tell which side he stands on, it means that Shen Shuang cannot be Aunt Zhao’s informant.”
Of course, Xiao Jin firmly believed that the biggest reason why Shen Shuang and Xiao Shuang were not familiar was because of the original work.
In the original work, even though Minister Shen was courted by various forces, he never took a side.
It wasn’t until the dust had settled and the male lead became emperor with everyone’s support that he exclaimed “Long live the emperor.” Afterward, the male lead also admired him greatly, and promoted him to high ranks and nobility without difficulty.
Minister Shen was extremely far-sighted, so he wouldn’t easily become Xiao Shuang’s informant.
Moreover, accompanying the emperor was like accompanying a tiger.
As for someone as mysterious and unpredictable as Xiao Shuang, no one knows what she is thinking. Shen Shangshu is still working under the Qi emperor, so standing with Xiao Shuang is no different from cutting off his own career.
Taking all these factors into account, Xiao Jin can basically confirm that even if Xiao Shuang had some suspicions…last night’s incident was probably done by Chu Shao.
But Shen Shuang’s appearance should have nothing to do with what happened last night.
Since there was no connection, why did Xiao Shuang still want Shen Shuang to come and see her?
Xiao Jin couldn’t help feeling a little curious.
Chu Shao listened quietly to Xiao Jin’s words and smiled, asking, “So, does your highness mean she wants to go see her?”
For some reason, listening to Chu Shao’s words, Xiao Jin felt a little uneasy.
Perhaps it was because Chu Shao smiled too beautifully.
Beautiful people always have an aggressive quality.
Xiao Jin comforted herself like this while also comforting Shen Shuang who was waiting outside.
Then she nodded, “Yes, let’s go see her.”
Chu Shao seemed to agree deeply, her eyebrows and eyes curved as she smiled, “That’s right, after all, it’s like snow melting after winter. The more you see her, the less it will be.”
“…”
This metaphor seems a little inappropriate.
Xiao Jin fell into silence.
But Chu Shao stood up, gently holding the armrest of the wheelchair and warmly said to Xiao Jin, “This princess will accompany you.”
It was completely without any room for negotiation.
Xiao Jin suddenly felt like she unintentionally caused trouble for Shen Shuang.
…
The woman stood in the courtyard, feeling a little distressed.
She was wearing a light yellow dress, and her whole person was as radiant as a ginkgo leaf.
When she swung the red tassel spear in her hand, the woman felt that the spear was very heavy and that she should bring a sword instead.
A sword sharp enough to fight against the Prince Yan.
Although everyone in the capital said that Xiao Jin was paralyzed and had contracted a cough, and was now a useless person.
But Miss Shen didn’t believe it.
Because the coughing illness affected the lungs and heart, which Xiao Jin didn’t have, so how could she be injured?
What does the uselessness of her legs have to do with her ability to handle a sword or spear?
Shen Shuang frowned and thought about these two things that she couldn’t understand.
After thinking for a long time, she finally came to a conclusion: everyone in the capital was a fool.
Once she had figured it out, Shen Shuang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Thanks to Princess Zhao Yang allowing her to teach the Prince of Yan sword and spear techniques, she had the opportunity to spar with Xiao Jin again.
After all, when they had sparred years ago, Xiao Jin had not shown any martial arts ethics.
At that time, Xiao Jin was still the third prince and Shen Shuang was still disguised as the new soldier, Miss Shen.
She thought that the third prince, with a sword at her waist, would definitely use a sword. But unexpectedly, she stood on a high platform and without a word, drew three feather arrows.
Then she pulled the bowstring and aimed at her.
Even though she dodged quickly, she was eventually hit by an arrow in her hair bun.
When she pulled the feather arrow out of her hair bun and was about to angrily denounce Xiao Jin’s shameless behavior, she just stood on the high platform and smiled: “You are too arrogant, young lady. You said that I was shameless, but you didn’t say that we had to use the same weapon to spar. Why are you blaming me now?”
The third prince had a fair and pretty face, but the words he spoke were very irritating.
Shen Shuang was itching to beat up the Third Prince, so she gritted her teeth and said, “If you have the ability, come down and compete with me again!”
The Third Prince frowned and smiled, “This palace has already won. Why should I compete with you again?”
“Although you won just now, I won’t lose to you if we compete again!”
The Third Prince thought for a moment and said, “If that’s the case, then this palace cannot compete with you anymore.”
“If this palace doesn’t compete with you, then I have won. If I compete with you again, I will lose to you… So why should this palace continue to compete with you?”
“Are you stupid, or is this palace stupid?”
…
In the end, when Princess Zhao Yang asked about her opinion of Xiao Jin, Shen Shuang blushed and answered, “I admire her very much.”
She admired Xiao Jin’s shameless style.
She had never seen such a shameless person before.
When it came to shamelessness, she was indeed inferior to him.
Shen Shuang remembered her past experiences.
It was a pity that she could match the leader of the Fengling Guards, but lost to Xiao Jin. That was why she was annoyed about it.
Unfortunately, she was capable of matching the leader of the Fengling Guards in combat, yet she was defeated by Xiao Jin, which left her feeling dissatisfied.
However, today Shen Shuang has made a decision. While Xiao Jin is seriously ill, she will teach him spear technique and redeem her previous defeat.
But when Shen Shuang heard the sound of wheels rolling over the floor and turned around, she was stunned. The first person she saw was not Xiao Jin sitting in a wheelchair but Chu Shao.
As she looked at Chu Shao’s features and held onto her spear tightly, even though it was not a hot day, she felt a thin layer of sweat forming on her palms.
What a beautiful woman.
She’s so pretty.
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Author’s Note: Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution between 2022-03-0423:58:30 ~ 2022-03-0523:59:49.
Translator’s note: Ugh.. Shen Shuang, Don’t you dare fall for her, she’s a psycho!.
TO BE CONTINUE….
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