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Shen Hancheng was rational enough, but at that moment, a look of incomprehension flashed past his pitch-black eyes. He was at a loss for words, as his hands slowly clenched into a fist.

To fall in love with a man, was this Heaven's revenge against him for killing so many times over these years?

In the past, he could deceive himself into thinking that to Su Jinruo, he only felt that it was a strange feeling, but not necessarily, that way of feeling.

Therefore, he tried to stay far away from her and think of a way to avoid her. He was wholeheartedly deceiving himself and proving that he didn't have any feelings for Su Jinruo.

Indeed, he could put Su Jinruo down.

Even if Su Jinruo was sick a few days ago, he would still be able to do it.

Waiting patiently without paying any attention, was it not enough to explain that to Su Jinruo, he still treated him normally and had no other intentions …

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Why, why?

Shen Hancheng closed his eyes tightly, and suppressed the boiling blood in his body.

Many years ago, someone made him swear to the heavens that in this lifetime, he would not do anything that would shame the Royal Clan.

Furthermore, due to his special physique, he was lawless and disregarded the royal rules. He had some strange thoughts about his own gender …

This was a sin, an unforgivable sin.

No one could disobey the last wish of the Consort Mother, and neither could he.

Shen Hancheng suddenly opened his eyes, focusing on the young man on the bed. His gaze was cold, if there were people in the room and saw his gaze, they would have lost their spirits.

The sleeping youth had a rouge coloured blush on his cheeks, long and curling eyelashes, and peach-colored tender lips. He was so beautiful that it was hard to look away.

Shen Hancheng slowly straightened his body as his gaze tightly locked onto Su Jinruo. He lifted his hand and slowly, yet without hesitation, placed it on Su Jinruo's delicate neck.

As long as he had the slightest bit of strength, Su Jinruo who had no power to resist would be dead.

Why didn't he help? Some things can't be stopped while others get thrown into chaos. Shen Hancheng, do you not know about it?!

As the person in front of him had said, when it came to emotions that shouldn't exist, one should choose to eliminate them …

If she kept him, she would bring her endless troubles in the future.

After a long while, the dim yellow candle light was extinguished. Someone came out from the house with a gloomy face.

Lv Ruo rushed forward, about to enter, but the voice of the person at his side, was cold enough to freeze.

He flatly refused and said, "If you dare to step half a step into the room, this king will make it so that you will not be able to walk for the rest of your life."

As the sound of his voice faded, a baleful aura filled the air.

That person was arrogant without a trace of nostalgia. He did not stop his footsteps and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Qian Yijian looked in the direction in which his master had left, and thoughtfully stroked his chin.

It had been a long time since he had seen his master like this.

The next day.

When Su Jinruo opened his eyes, he instantly half stood up and went into a state of attack.

She scanned the room and saw that there was no danger. She slowly breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.

Then, he seemed to have thought of something and checked his clothes carefully. Seeing that there was nothing wrong with his clothes, he finally felt relieved.

If an ordinary person drank wine, it would just be to have fun. If she drank wine, it would be seeking her own death.

It was a good thing that she was safe. Otherwise, with the secret of her body, she wouldn't be able to keep it safe.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door and asked, "Young Master, has Young Master gotten up yet?"

The light in his eyes flickered slightly as Su Jinruo got off the bed. Just as he was about to move, he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder.

Her gaze suddenly became cold as she tore off her clothes and opened her mouth, revealing a deep bite mark … Blood oozed out, and shockingly, it entered his eyes.

Outside, Lv Ruo's voice was still as sweet as ever, "Young Master, Young Master, get up quickly. Ninth Prince has already left for the capital, you …"

"Creak!" The door was quickly opened by someone.

Su Jinruo, who had always been calm and composed, asked Lv Ruo right away when he saw him.

"Who touched me last night?"

Never have I seen Su Jinruo this panicked before. Lv Ruo replied dazedly, "Other than this servant, there's also Seventh Prince. What's wrong, Young Noble?"

Seventh Prince...

Shen Hancheng?

Su Jinruo was frozen in place and did not move for a long time.

Drunk was indeed a mistake.

Su Jinruo stood up late and no one dared to call her out, so they missed their time of departure.

She was the minister in charge of managing the flood. She had not left yet. Of the officials who went with her, who would dare to leave first?!

But... Shen Fan was different. As a noble prince, although he was not favoured, given his identity, no one would dare to refute him.

Every day in the Li Dynasty, there would be one less opportunity. This was the people in the imperial court … Deep understanding.

Now that Old Emperor's body was unwell, the capital was in a state of turmoil, and he and Shen Hancheng … Whoever returned first would have the upper hand.

Seventh Prince Shen Hancheng did not return with. Instead, he chose to stay and travel with Su Jinruo.

As she sat in the carriage, Su Jinruo meditated with closed eyes. She was unable to guess what Shen Hancheng was thinking about.

Even if he did not have the heart to reign, and did not have the heart to ascend the throne … To him, going back earlier would only bring him benefits and no disadvantages. However, he …

She didn't dare to mention what happened last night. What exactly happened to that bite mark?!

Even if he was extremely unconvinced in his heart, it was true that only Shen Hancheng, an outsider, had touched him last night. Why did he do this?

After meeting Qing Shui, they walked and got into the carriage. Lv Ruo bit his lower lip and never let go.

Last night, he had been guarding Su Jinruo, so Lv Ruo did not dare to walk around for even a moment.

It was just that Lv Ruo did not expect that in just a single night, the entire mountain range would be peaceful … Rumors had been flying everywhere.

On the day that Su Jinruo got drunk, the Seventh Prince, who was rumored to not be a woman, favored him and the good fortune that had been passed down in the capital for a long time, was real.

It was rumored that some guards personally saw the Seventh Prince being dissatisfied and angrily left Su Jinruo's room.

It was rumored that Su Jinruo had humiliated the current Seventh Prince because he was drunk.

That was why the Seventh Prince was so furious, he ordered Su Jinruo's servants to cut off her legs so that she would be unable to walk.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt angry and sad.

Even though the young master's identity … He was the legitimate son of the Prime Minister. He was a man.

However, the fact that the Young Master was only a daughter was something that could not be changed.

Now that their young master had been criticized like this by others, there was someone else who had seen it … When her master had intimate contact with the Seventh Prince, she had always felt sad that her master had difficulties speaking and could not justify her actions.

Lv Ruo looked at Su Jinruo, and two clear streams of tears fell down uncontrollably, "Young Master's innocence …"

His young master's innocence had been ruined.

When they were in the capital, it was said that Young Master and Seventh Prince were ambiguous, at most, it was just a guess, a catch.

But now …

Su Jinruo slowly opened his eyes and looked at Lv Ruo, whose face was full of tears.

After thinking about it for a moment, Su Jinruo knew what Lv Ruo was thinking about.

She took a sip of the tea on the small tea table in the car, then laughed:

"It doesn't matter. These small matters are nothing to me.

If there really is anything, just remember to dig deeper. "

Lv Ruo's mouth split open, but started crying again, "But with your personality, I'm afraid that you want to dig out the body of the young master, no matter how deep you bury him, it will be useless."

"I didn't say that I was burying myself in a pit …"

Su Jinruo lifted his hand and slowly held onto his left shoulder.

"I want to bury the mastermind in the pit."

In the end, Lv Ruo turned her tears into a smile and said, "Actually, Your Highness can also be considered a victim. It's just that this servant felt that the loss of reputation for him wasn't as great as for Young Master, and thus ignored him. Furthermore, he has been constantly entangled with his young master. Thinking about it, if his young master was buried in a pit and the young master was dug out, then it would definitely be him. "

"No matter what, the one who is related to young master is him. Therefore, this servant feels that young master is truly unlucky to meet the prince. I'm afraid that young master has jumped into a pit and that the prince is definitely a scumbag."

"Listening to your words, I feel that the prince and I are entangled in a life-and-death struggle, with irreconcilable conflict …"

After saying this, the two of them smiled at each other.

With just a joke, it cleared the haze in Lv Ruo's heart.

Shen Hancheng's character was not bad, and to his young master's various actions, other than the initial ruthlessness, being fair and honest, was even better.

Lv Ruo understood in his heart, and did not intend to investigate further.

Although the rumors were as fierce as tigers, she thought that if Seventh Prince Shen Hancheng was willing to protect her young master, even if there was evidence against her, that high and mighty Son of Heaven would probably not be able to do anything to her young master …

Lv Ruo sighed deeply. In the imperial court, there were many taboos …

For three days, Su Jinruo had not even seen Shen Hancheng once.

Was it because he wanted to avoid it, or was it really that coincidental?!

When it came to meals, he had urgent matters to attend to.

The carriage curtain was lifted, a trace of gloominess surfaced on Lv Ruo's bright face, and she scolded:

"How unlucky, we're only two days away from entering the capital, and the sky isn't beautiful yet. It's actually raining. Does the heavens have any ulterior motives?"

Su Jinruo raised his eyes from the book, his gaze made contact with Lv Ruo, but followed her direction instead. He had unintentionally seen Qian Yijian holding up an umbrella for his master.

Su Jinruo lowered his eyes and retracted his gaze. He placed the book in his hand to the side and started to put it away.

Seeing Qian Yijian heading into the tavern, Lv Ruo turned and said to Su Jinruo:

"Young Master, it's getting late and we just happened to encounter heavy rain. I'm afraid we won't be able to continue on our journey today."

Su Jinruo nodded, "Just wait a little longer. In a few days, we will see the mama. You shouldn't be too impatient."

That's true …

Lv Ruo's big eyes were filled with longing. She pursed her lips and sighed:

"Forget it. At least I'll be able to look forward to it for a hundred days. Now, with every day that passes, I don't care anymore."

She took an oil-paper umbrella and jumped off the carriage. "Young Master, get off."

Perhaps because it was close to the outskirts of the city, the inn was built in a rather remote location and there weren't many people staying there.

Even the coachman had a spare room.

It was a good thing that they had already rushed to the place where the inn was. If they were still in the wilderness, with the ground slippery and the wheels sinking into the water, who knows what might happen …