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Shen Qi supported Duke Xiang over to the Xiang Zhu Yuan, and the cloth inside was still the same as it was before she got married. It was simple, but it was not cold, but because she had no master, she moved all her things to King's Mansion, making it seem much emptier.

Although the Xiang Zhu Yuan Courtyard was remote, the courtyard wasn't small either. Although October had already arrived, the large bamboo forest within the courtyard was still full of life and vitality.

Shen Qi, with the help of Zi Zhu and the others, helped King Duan to get him onto the bed and took off his jacket and boots. At the moment, Duke Xiang was looking at Shen Qi busying herself with work with her eyes opened wide, he was in a good mood, she could only stretch out her hands to lift her feet.

"Prince, can you go back to sleep after you finish drinking the hangover soup?" Shen Qi discussed with him softly.

Seeing King Xian nod his head, Shen Qi immediately ordered Zi Zhu to bring the hangover soup over, and then personally feed it to him. After that, he brought some tea for him to rinse his mouth with, and then made him lie down and cover him with a brocade.

Just as Shen Qi was preparing to get up, her hand was grabbed by King Duan.

Shen Qi:...

"What happened to the prince?" Shen Qi asked in confusion.

King Duanren didn't speak as he looked at her, but the grip on her hand didn't loosen in the slightest.

Shen Qi: What do you mean? There was such a huge gap between the drunk and the drunk!

Seeing Shen Qi frown with a puzzled look on her face, Duke Xian opened her mouth and said something that Shen Qi thought she was hallucinating, "Don't go."

Shen Qi looked at King Duan with a look of disbelief, as if she had just discovered a strange new continent. The usually aloof and elegant King Duanren actually said such coquettish words after getting drunk, and even had a wronged look on his face.

It was too strange, to the point that Shen Qi didn't react for a long time. When she realized that Duke Xian was starting to get impatient, she immediately nodded her head, "I'm not going, I'm just watching you from the side. If you need anything, just call me."

Only then did King Duan let go of her hand in satisfaction before closing his eyes and falling asleep.

Shen Qi: You must be pretending to be drunk right? Absolutely, right?

Zi Zhu walked over and asked with concern, "Princess, would you like to rest for a while?" She had always been in the habit of taking a nap.

Shen Qi nodded her head, "I will be better off sitting on the soft couch for a while." As she said that, she lay down on the bed. Violet Bamboo immediately went up and picked up the pillow to make her feel more comfortable.

On the Qing Yuan side, the Lady Xu was holding Shen Jianing's hand and conversing with him. The old lady was dispirited, and would take a nap after the meal. The Chui knew that his mother wanted to talk with Second Sister, so he brought Sister Ya back to their room.

After getting rid of the servant girls, Lady Xu looked at Shen Jianing and scolded him: "Why are you saying those words to her?"

Shen Jianing looked at his mother in disbelief. "Mother, is Third Sister your biological son?"

Lady Xu angrily punched her, "What are you saying? If it's not me, who else would it be? " What she did not say was that it would be better not to have her.

"Then why did you keep doing that to her? I know Mother likes Big Sis, but Third Sis was born by you, too? " Shen Jianing was puzzled, "I've always wondered why you treated Third Sister like that. At that time, you kept it a secret from me, so I always thought Third Sister was not your own son."

When she was young, she did think that Shen Qi was not born from the Lady Xu, that there were so many powerful families in the capital city, and that there were only a few concubines in that mansion. At that time, she had thought that Shen Qi was someone like that.

Although she didn't talk much with those little girls about family matters, she could often hear those little girls talk about how the concubines in the family made their mothers angry. She hated the concubines in the family so much that she knew that her status was not to be liked by the concubines in the family.

As the first daughter, of course, she was acquainted with all the first-rate girls, and seeing how her mother treated her third sister, when she asked about her mother's reasons, her mother intentionally misled her, so much so that for a while, she had an opinion towards her father.

Not to mention Shen Qi, even if she could not punish him harshly on purpose, it would still be neither cold nor hot. Because of her cold and detached personality, no one felt that anything was amiss.

However, later on, when Shen Jianing heard the truth from her grandmother, she was already thirteen years old and her personality had already formed, so she couldn't get close to Shen Qi. All these years, she hadn't been cold nor hot, but only she knew that she was actually feeling guilty towards Shen Qi.

"Her life is against her mother, how can you treat her well?" Lady Xu felt very uncomfortable in his heart when he heard his second daughter's question.

"Do you believe that?" Although she didn't know what was going on exactly, just by looking at how Shen Qi was fourteen years old and her mother was still well and sound, she was able to prove how useless these words were.

Lady Xu's sad look made Shen Jianing unable to continue asking. No matter what, she was still her mother, and Shen Jianing was still unable to stop her feelings and disrespect.

"What does this have to do with your elder sister? It's because her eight characters are compatible with Prince Xian that the empress dowager asked for the emperor to bestow the marriage. " No matter who the Lady Xu was speaking to, they would only believe him at the end.

Shen Jianing could also see that when it came to matters concerning her elder sister, his mother would easily lose her rationality. Furthermore, she also knew that it was impossible for her to ask her mother about anything today.

Even though she did not know how her poem had been stolen by her elder sister, and she was also sure that there was no one who had betrayed her, this matter was extremely bizarre. The poem had been made the night before, and the next day's Flower Viewing Banquet had appeared on her elder sister's paper.

It wasn't that she wasn't shocked at the time, but for the sake of the sisters' relationship and the mutual destruction of each family, she didn't say anything. She just turned around and destroyed the poem, then improvised another poem on the spot to make it look like she wasn't going to make a fool of herself.

Without any evidence, she couldn't ask Big Sis, so she told her mother in secret. Unexpectedly, her mother taught her a lesson, what was sisterly assistance, brotherly love, as a sister, she had to yield to her sister!

From then on, she knew that whenever it came to her elder sister, her mother would always be biased towards her. At that time, her elder sister was already a concubine, so she naturally wouldn't say anything about it or question her.

Shen Jianing would never know how Shen Jiahui obtained her draft of the poem, it was also Shen Jiahui's negligence. She remembered that her sister had written a poem that made her famous, but she could not remember the exact time, and had not taken out the poem ever since because she had never thought to use Shen Jianing, so she felt that her talent was not inferior to her second sister's.

In the end, she did not know who said that the Shen Fei was known to have talent, and on such an occasion, they should have taken out a poem to let these people learn a little. At that time, she was completely unprepared, and with the excitement of the Lifei, she wholeheartedly thought to herself that she could not let people laugh at her.

Thus, she took out the poem that originally belonged to Shen Jianing. At that time, she took the initiative to reveal her work to be prepared for Shen Jianing.

Lady Xu and Shen Jianing's side had separated from each other on bad terms. When the Emperor of Xiang Zhu College woke up, Shen Qi was sitting on a soft bed, reading a book. Beside him was a pot of tea.

Hearing movements, Shen Qi looked over, seeing that Duke Xian had woken up, he smiled and walked over, "Your highness, you're awake? Is it a headache? " He should have sobered up by now.

King Xian shook his head. "This King is fine."

Shen Qi helped him put on his clothes and boots, then helped him wash his face and rinse his mouth. Finally, she poured a cup of tea for him and passed it over, "Your Highness, let me drink a cup of tea."

After drinking a few mouthfuls, King Xian placed the cup down and asked, "What time is it now?"

"Shen Ji, are you going back to the Royal Mansion?"

"Yes, go bid farewell to your father-in-law. Let's go back."

Shen Qi looked at King Duan's expression and didn't dare to ask whether he still remembered the drunk act. Seeing him return to his normal high and cold self, Shen Qi felt that Duke Xiang must have been a person of importance.

Seeing that the little wangfei was secretly sizing him up, King Duanren thought she was reluctant to leave. Thus, he consoled her, "When you want to come back, this prince will bring you back to visit."

Shen Qi didn't understand why he said those words to her, but it didn't stop her from knowing that the Duke was concerned about her, so she smiled and thanked him.