Thus, after returning to the capital, her father arranged for her to meet someone else. That family was his father's business partner in the shopping mall, and they were famous wealthy merchants in the south.
When he had gone to the capital with his father, he would occasionally stay in Shen Mansion for a while, and the two of them could talk for a while.
She was someone who had an extremely good character and cultivation, and her father was even more satisfied with him. She thought, if she married into the south, her chance of meeting Yan Xiao again will lessen, and her love for him would slowly fade.
Thus, she readily agreed.
But in the end, she still could not completely let go of Yan Xiao. Thinking about how she would take a peek at him before she left, she even had plans to leave the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets.
But unexpectedly, after walking around outside for a long time and not seeing Yan Xiao, he had instead met Qin Sang.
Although she was currently masked, who else could it be other than Qin Sang who came out from Prince Rui's Palace?
"What's she doing out here in the middle of the night?"
Shen Qin frowned, she did not think much into it, and followed along.
Shen Qin followed her the whole way, and seeing how fast she was, even though Shen Qin was following closely behind, he was almost dumped by her.
But even so, after going around a few alleys, Shen Qin still lost him.
"How preposterous!"
Shen Qin cursed in a low voice, and waited outside the alley for a long time without seeing Qin Sang. After waiting for around two hours, she finally saw Qin Sang's sneaky figure appear in her line of sight.
She anxiously rushed back, but this time, Shen Qin did not follow her, as she had expected that she had returned to the Prince Rui's Palace, so she took a detour, and was the first to appear outside of the Prince Rui's Palace in front of Qin Sang.
When Qin Sang returned, she was actually a little nervous. After all, she was under Yan Xiao's watch, and the reason why her actions were convenient in the past was because Yan Xiao trusted her. But now, she didn't dare to be confident.
Tonight, she had ventured out to inform of the news, afraid that she would be discovered by him.
Just as she was about to jump onto the high wall and enter, a pale purple figure landed in front of her, scaring her into taking a step back.
Shen Qin?
Seeing the face of the approaching person, Qin Sang panicked, why was she here?
He reached out and touched the mask cloth on his face subconsciously, secretly relieved. However, he heard a sneer sound and it sounded out from right in front of Qin Sang, "Miss Qin, you should still remove the mask cloth."
Qin Sang didn't think that Shen Qin would call out her name, and her heart was in a mess. If Yan Xiao found out that she had snuck out tonight, then she would have wasted a lot of effort in obtaining his trust.
She stared at Shen Qin in silence for a long time before gradually calming down. Looking at Shen Qin, she slowly took off the mask cloth and said: "Miss Shen, why aren't you resting so late at night?"
Shen Qin's face did not relax at all, "Isn't Miss Qin busier? Is there anything you can't do during the day that you have to wait until night? "
She looked at Qin Sang's smiling face and frowned.
"This is none of Miss Shen's business. Please go back, Miss Shen."
Her words were light, but her killing intent was concentrated in her eyes. As long as Shen Qin was distracted, she would be able to kill her with one slash.
Shen Qin's eyes flashed with a cold light, she looked at Qin Sang with a sharp gaze, as if he could see through her thoughts. "You're using your bitter meat to approach the pavilion master, just so you can scheme against him?"
"You're thinking too much."
Qin Sang's voice also sunk down, a sharp killing intent condensed in her eyes. In her hand, it was unknown when a dagger had appeared, directly slashing at Shen Qin's throat.
Shen Qin naturally sensed it and the sharp tip of the blade flashed past her. She nimbly backed away, but because of her subconscious movements, she revealed a flaw, and her arm was fiercely slashed by Qin Sang's dagger.
The piercing pain swept across Shen Qin's elbow, not giving her the chance to dodge, Qin Sang's dagger pierced towards her again.
Without caring about the wound on her elbow, she leaped and flew past Qin Sang's shoulder. When she turned around, she kicked her shoulder.
The two's martial arts were evenly matched, and it was difficult to determine the victor in a short period of time.
In truth, at this moment, Qin Sang was even more nervous, if she was discovered by Yan Xiao, she could not think of how to explain herself, but Shen Qin seemed to have decided to pester her to no end, and every time she attacked, he would not even leave a chance for Qin Sang to escape.
"Who is it, dares to trespass into the Prince Rui's Palace!"
The guards of Prince Rui's Palace had already arrived, seeing two women fighting on the wall, not far away, Yan Xiao was rushing over, Qin Sang's heart was panicking, the dagger aimed at Shen Qin had already been kept.
It was to the extent that the moment Shen Qin's leg kicked over, she actually took the initiative to face it head on, and directly got kicked.
Then she fell off the wall, groaning in pain.
Shen Qin didn't care about all this as she jumped down from the wall. Because she wasn't holding any weapons, she simply stomped on Qin Sang's chest, and asked with a cold glint in her eyes, "What else do you have to say?"
At this time, Yan Xiao had already arrived in front of them. Seeing the dark colour on Shen Qin's elbow, which was clearly stained with blood, her heart suddenly hurt.
"Xiao …"
Qin Sang looked at Shen Qin with a troubled expression and pursed her lips. Finally, she blamed herself: "I was reckless and did not care about Miss Shen's matters."
Although Qin Sang had already taken the initiative to admit that it was her fault, Shen Qin actually revealed a sense of unease in her heart.
When she saw that Yan Xiao had already walked in front of them, she did not think much of it and said, "Pavilion Master, it was just nice that you came.
"That's not it, Xiao Xiao. It's not what Miss Shen said …"
Qin Sang was stomped on the chest, causing him to be unable to get up, and could only look at Yan Xiao anxiously, wanting to defend himself.
Yan Xiao did not look at her, but instead, slowly turned his gaze towards Shen Qin. Her blood-covered elbow was slightly lowered, and when he saw Yan Xiao, her heart jumped, but he did not show it, and said: "Who did you see?"
"I …"
Shen Qin heard something from Yan Xiao's words, and his heart suddenly sank. Soon after, he shook his head, "I saw her sneakily covering her face, so I secretly followed her and lost her in the end."
"So you didn't see it then?"
"…"
Shen Qin lowered her eyes and did not speak. From Yan Xiao's tone, she could already tell that she was unhappy.
"Xiao, I'm not going to meet someone, I'm …"
Saying that, she stopped for a moment, her face revealing a look of pain, Shen Qin glanced at her, that gaze of Yan Xiao's was as cold as a blade, it pierced her eyes painfully.
The hand that was stepping on Qin Sang's chest was slowly pulled back. Hearing Qin Sang continued: "Today, I saw that you were troubled over the matters of the Yizhou, and knew that I wouldn't be able to help you in any way, but seeing your vexed expression, my heart also felt very uncomfortable. I wanted to secretly go to their usual place to check, and see if I could find any clues to help you.