Chapter 23: Love or Not
Shen Jingxuan opened the door and Chuntao and Xiamei came towards her.
She brought the two maids into the house and said, "Chun Tao, Xia Mei, you two will leave the house tomorrow."
"Yes, miss." The two responded.
Shen Jingxuan thought for a moment and said, "Take the money and buy some baskets for vegetables and bags for grain. The more the better."
"You can also order some. Anyway, we need a lot."
Xia Mei looked at Shen Jingxuan: "Miss, are you in a hurry to use it? Can we buy all the ones in the store and order some more?"
"Sure, go to a few more stores. The more the better." She didn't know how much they needed, so she could only ask them to buy more.
"Yes, Miss." They have followed Shen Jingxuan for many years and rarely asked for reasons. Every time they did whatever Shen Jingxuan said.
No matter what happens, they stand on Shen Jingxuan's side, whether it is right or wrong.
After Shen Jingxuan arranged these things, she asked the two maids to go back and rest. She also climbed onto the bed and fell asleep quickly.
At three quarters past three in the morning, Shen Jingxuan got up on time like the day before, tidied herself up, and went out.
Seeing Shen Xinglin standing in the yard, the corners of her lips curled up.
She originally thought that Shen Xinglin would not be able to get up today.
Shen Jingxuan continued practicing with Shen Xinglin according to the order of yesterday's practice.
After they separated, Shen Jingxuan went to her master's yard, accompanied them for breakfast, and then stayed in the yard to learn medical and poison techniques from the masters.
For several days, Shen Jingxuan did not leave the house. Except for taking Shen Xinglin for morning exercises and learning medical and poison techniques every day, she stayed in her room all the time.
The next morning, there was a knock on Shen Jingxuan's door: "Miss? Miss?"
"Chuntao, what's the matter?" She opened the door and saw Chuntao standing outside.
"Miss, I need to go check out the things I ordered last time today. Do you want to go?"
"Is it done? Then let's go and take a look." Chuntao helped Shen Jingxuan to tie up her hair, called Xia Mei, and the three of them walked out of the house.
Xie Zihan saw Shen Jingxuan walking towards him from afar, so he stopped and waited there.
Shen Jingxuan frowned: "Your Highness the Crown Prince."
After she paid her respects to Xie Zihan and was about to leave, she heard the prince's voice.
"Shen Jingxuan, do you think that this way, the prince will look at you more?"
Shen Jingxuan didn't understand what she had done, and why did she want him to look at her again?
Seeing Shen Jingxuan's puzzled look, Xie Zihan said angrily: "Don't pretend not to understand. This prince knows that you want to attract my attention, so I deliberately stopped pestering you."
"Don't play hard to get. This prince will never like you."
Playing hard to get? Shen Jingxuan didn't understand. Couldn't she just stop pestering him?
Who gave Xie Zihan the confidence that made him feel that she couldn't live without him?
Shen Jingxuan's face darkened: "You think too much. I don't need you to look at me more. You should look at your Huan'er more."
Xie Zihan was relentless: "You just wanted to attract my attention, didn't you? You did it, but I still won't marry you. I want to cancel the engagement."
"Oh, but attracting your attention makes me feel sick. You can cancel the engagement, but I will agree if you give me 100,000 taels of silver as compensation." Shen Jingxuan's eyes were full of sarcasm.
It's not impossible to get her to agree to cancel the engagement, but it's impossible without him paying a price.
Xie Zihan refused: "Don't even think about it."
Not to mention money, not only did he not give any money, he also insisted on canceling the engagement.
Shen Jingxuan raised the corners of her lips and said, "Don't even think about canceling the engagement. Even if it's disgusting, I will disgust you to death. Wait for the sedan chair to marry me."
You want to cancel the engagement, but you don't want to pay the price. So what does that mean to her?
Anyway, she was not in a hurry, so she waited for Xie Zihan to come to her.
She ignored the prince's anger and turned around and walked out of the mansion with her maid.
Shen Jingxuan took her maid to the herbal medicine shop and bought some commonly used medicinal seeds.
I also went to see the bags and baskets for grain that Chuntao and Xiamei had ordered.
But looking at so many things, Shen Jingxuan began to worry.
How can she quietly collect the space? She thought about it and finally decided to rent a yard first.
She took her maid to inquire around and finally rented a yard. She then asked Chuntao to notify the store owner and have the goods delivered to the rented yard.
Shen Jingxuan and Xia Mei were strolling on the street waiting for Chuntao.
When passing by a fish stall, Shen Jingxuan thought of the pond in the space. She bought all the fish and asked the old man to help deliver them to the rented yard.
"Miss, I'm back." Chuntao walked over quickly.
Shen Jingxuan asked: "Why did it take so long?"
"I saw Li Yong and his group. They knew the store owner was going to that yard to deliver something, so I sent them there and watched from there."
Chuntao spoke breathlessly, patting her chest with one hand to calm her breath.
"Let's go back home." She decided to sneak into the yard at night and put the things she bought into the space.
Shen Jingxuan had not walked far when she saw a carriage approaching from a distance.
She didn't need to look closely to recognize that it was the carriage of the Regent's Palace.
Xie Lingxiao had been watching her for a while. He had been watching her from afar since she bought the fish.
Shen Jingxuan and her maidservant acted as if they didn't see anything. They walked past the carriage and continued walking, but they were stopped by the guards.
"Miss Shen, my master wants to see you."
"I'm busy." Shen Jingxuan continued to move forward, but after taking a few steps, she was stopped by Xie Lingxiao's words.
"Miss Shen, there is something I want to ask you, are you interested?" Shen Jingxuan turned around and looked at the carriage, stared at it for a while, and then came to the carriage.
"What's the matter?" She looked at Xie Lingxiao from her seat near the carriage door.
Xie Lingxiao stared at Shen Jingxuan intently.
After not seeing her for a few days, he found that Shen Jingxuan was more different than before, but he couldn't tell what was different.
"The matter of the second house." After saying this, Xie Lingxiao looked at Shen Jingxuan steadily.
"What's your purpose? What's your purpose?"
"Return the jade pendant." Xie Lingxiao answered affirmatively.
He wanted to exchange a piece of information for the jade pendant, but he was not sure whether Shen Jingxuan would agree.
"You do have a purpose!" Shen Jingxuan stood up and was about to get off the carriage.
Xie Lingxiao hurriedly said: "I agree with you on one more thing."
"I don't care. You can say it if you want." Shen Jingxuan turned her head away and didn't look at him.
Xie Lingxiao frowned. He had already humbled himself in order to get the jade pendant back, but he didn't expect this result.
After hesitating for a moment, Xie Lingxiao no longer insisted: "Shen Jiande has a mistress."
Seeing that Shen Jingxuan was no longer looking at him, Xie Lingxiao didn't understand why he felt particularly uncomfortable.
He tried hard to calm down his emotions and calm himself, looking at Shen Jingxuan in silence.
Shen Jingxuan laughed.
He couldn't even think about using one thing to get the jade pendant back.
Shen Jingxuan suppressed her smile, turned around and looked at Xie Lingxiao and said, "Thank you, Regent, for telling me the truth."
"How can I return the jade pendant?" Xie Lingxiao mentioned the jade pendant again.
"It depends on my mood." When Shen Jingxuan turned around, she could no longer suppress the smile on her face and got out of the carriage with a smile.
Shen Jingxuan was delighted, but Xie Lingxiao was furious. He had never met such a person before.
Except for the guards and secret guards around him, he never let anyone get close to him.
Who in the capital, regardless of gender, is not afraid of him?
Not to mention getting close to him and stealing his things.
Snatching things from him was like snatching food from a tiger's mouth, except for this ugly woman, who didn't seem to be afraid of him at all.
Shen Jingxuan, who was not afraid of him, happily returned to the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion with her maid.
After she brought Chuntao and Xiamei back home, she told Chuntao to go out and look for Li Yong and his brothers.
Thinking about what Xie Lingxiao just said, Shen Jingxuan was excited. A mistress?
Shen Jingxuan's face was full of excitement. She had asked Chuntao to notify the three Li Yong brothers to confirm the matter and find out where the mistress lived.
I wonder if Sun and Shen Jinghuan will be so angry that they will crawl out of bed when they find out.
Shen Jiande is really brave. I wonder who is better, the tigress at home or the darling wife outside?