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The rose petals floated on the surface of the water, exuding a faint warmth from her fingers. Even her eyes were intoxicated.

Fu Yuheng extended his hand and scattered the bun, causing her to exclaim in alarm.

Soon after, water splashed everywhere and Shen Qingwan was pulled into the water.

"Do you still want to escape?" He quickly moved closer to her, and the Long Yanxiang on his body enveloped her within it.

He could only feel his body growing weaker and weaker, and the strength in his hands was tickling like a kitten. Fear, grievance, and even more, intoxication could be seen in his eyes.

After an unknown period of time, she finally lost consciousness.

"Empress, Empress?" In a trance, she could only vaguely hear someone calling her from the side of her ear. Only then did she abruptly wake up.

Was it a dream? When she thought back to what happened last night, she couldn't help but feel that it wasn't real. It was as if that person wasn't him, and she wasn't the one who was begging.

However, when she turned around, she felt a tearing pain on her body. She lowered her head to look, and the dense marks on her body were still there. Even the sticky feeling on her body was reminding her that it wasn't a dream, but something that had truly happened.

For a moment, she felt even more wronged. She hugged her blanket and started sobbing softly.

"Empress, what's wrong?" Seeing her cry, Lian Yun was anxious and puzzled. The Emperor had obviously stayed over the night, why would the Empress be sad? Did the emperor bully the empress?

Shen Qingwan did not explain, how could she say such things?

But he clearly didn't love her, so how could he force her to do this kind of thing?!

Seeing her like this, Lian Yun did not know how to comfort her. He could only help wipe his tears away with the handkerchief non-stop, as his heart ached even more.

He was so tired from crying that he gradually calmed down.

"Empress, don't cry anymore. If you keep on crying, your eyes will swell." Lian Yun pouted, "Why don't you come to the welcoming party tonight? At that time, you won't even be able to cover up your rouge and cosmetics."

"Wind welcome feast?" Shen Qingwan looked at her doubtfully. What welcome feast?

Lian Yun patted her forehead and said with regret: "Seeing this servant's memory, I had forgotten to tell you. "The emperor asked this servant to tell you before he left that there was a general who came back victorious tonight. He wanted to celebrate." Just a moment ago, he had been so focused on comforting the Empress that he had actually forgotten about this matter.

Shen Qingwan actually knows a bit about this matter. A few days ago she heard someone mention it, it seems that there was a war in the south, the scale was not big, and only sent a nameless little general in the past, he seems to be surnamed Chen, but now that he has returned triumphantly, the emperor is happy, so the banquet was set up.

"Got it, Lian Yun, prepare some water for me. I want to bathe and change." Her body was unusually sticky, making her feel very uncomfortable.

Only after taking a bath did he feel refreshed. He went to the empress's place to pay his respects, and the gloom in his heart seemed to have dissipated a little.

After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Shushen went to the empress to pay respects. Due to the matter of the Ninth Prince a few days ago, Xiao Shushen did not make things difficult for her, she only talked about family matters and let her go.

Since the emperor had just finished his morning assembly, it would be inconvenient for her to disturb him. This way, it would be rather boring. One person walked around the garden, randomly picking a flower, but was accidentally pricked by thorns in the hand, out of small blood droplets.

"Empress …" Lian Yun looked at her with an aggrieved look, "Why are you so bored today? This caused this servant to not dare to speak anymore. " As she had been by her side since she was young, she was rather close to her and didn't have much scruples when she spoke. Instead, it made her feel even more intimate and real.

"I'm fine …" He knew that she was worried about him, but no matter what, he couldn't feel happy. The life in the palace was like a dream, yet it was broken and he couldn't fly again.

It was scattered, scattered, and there were birds flying in the sky. That kind of free figure caused her to be extremely envious. If she wasn't a member of the Shen family, wouldn't she be as free as he was?

However, these words were just a thought. As children, how could they be picky of their parents?

"Lian Yun, when you want to marry someone, you have to leave this powerful courtyard far behind." Shen Qing Wan turned around and smiled at her, but her tone was mocking. A while ago, she was staring blankly at the outside, and she could see it clearly.

"What is the Empress saying, Lian Yun has to stay by your side and wait upon the Empress!" Lian Yun turned her head away, her mouth pouting in displeasure, but her ears were slightly red.

Perhaps she still didn't understand, but this was indeed what she wanted to warn her. If she had a choice, then she wouldn't want to stay in this place no matter what.

When they saw that the people from the royal kitchen were starting to get busy, which also meant that the welcoming banquet was about to begin, Lian Yun was summoned to go back and dress her up. Although they didn't know why the emperor called her but he probably had his own plans and didn't need her to worry about him.

Because it was a palace feast, Shen Qingwan had no choice but to dress up a little, pulling up her ponytail, wearing a light purple flowery pleated skirt, a dark purple thin smoky cloth, and a jade double plum hairpin. She looked like a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world.

"Empress, you are truly beautiful today." Lian Yun tilted her head, the smile on her face did not stop.

"Don't talk like that anymore." He smiled faintly, his face was like a blossoming peach, "The banquet is about to begin, we can't be late."