Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

Chu Shitong was startled, and suddenly shook off Qin Wei's hand, saying coldly: "It's settled now, you can go down first."

Qin Wei heard the haste in Chu Shitong's words and knew that he wanted to get rid of him quickly, so he stood up and said tactfully, "As you wish."

"and many more."

Si Jingli walked up to Qin Wei with quick steps. The atmosphere froze instantly. Jianying and Rushang both retreated tactfully, leaving Chu Shitong racking his brains to think of how to explain.

"Your Highness, I..."

As soon as Chu Shitong opened her mouth, Si Jingli interrupted her impatiently.

"Stop talking."

Chu Shitong: “…”

Si Jingli stared at Qin Wei, with the air of a wife catching an adulterer.

"Are you the slave that Chu Shitong picked up on the street?"

He looked Qin Wei up and down, as if he understood why Chu Shitong had been silent. Qin Wei's appearance was indeed good, and their heights were almost the same. Even though Si Jingli had been pampered since childhood, Qin Wei's aura was not inferior to Si Jingli at all.

"Yes."

Qin Wei admitted it frankly.

His frankness made Si Jingli feel more and more unhappy.

"You also know that you are a slave?" Si Jingli sneered, "A slave dares to kiss the master's hand. You don't want this mouth anymore, right?"

Qin Wei's expression remained unchanged, as if this insult did not hurt him at all.

Chu Shitong explained awkwardly: "Your Highness, you misunderstood. Just now..."

"Don't explain yourself. Do you think I'm blind?"

Chu Shitong's excuses for Qin Wei seemed to add fuel to the fire, making Si Jingli even angrier. But when he saw Chu Shitong's red eyes and tear marks at the corners of his eyes, his heart skipped a beat and he didn't dare to get angry anymore even though he was right.

Chu Shitong explained: "Your Highness, this is really just a misunderstanding. There was a report from the border city that my cousin was killed in the battle. I just ordered him to avenge my cousin."

Si Jingli was stunned, "Chu Shifan?"

Chu Shitong lowered his eyes, and his long eyelashes falling down his eyelids were filled with a hint of silent sadness.

Si Jingli understood why Chu Shitong looked so lonely. Chu Shifan and Chu Shitong had been friends for many years, and he went to the battlefield because of Chu Shitong. Now he died in battle, Chu Shitong must be feeling very sad.

After a long silence, Si Jingli suppressed his anger, gave Qin Wei a cold look, and let him go.

The night in early winter was very cold, and Si Jingli pulled Chu Shitong back into the house.

He patiently and softly comforted Chu Shitong for a long time, but Chu Shitong remained silent. The silent suppression made Si Jingli feel very uncomfortable.

"Tong'er, if you feel bad, you might as well cry it out."

"I can't cry."

This was the second time that Chu Shitong had killed Chu Shifan. The combined guilt from past and present lives almost killed her, but her eyes had been wet and sour for a long time, but the tears were reluctant to fall.

She looked at her face in the bronze mirror, as if she was looking at a monster, and couldn't help but laugh at herself with her eyes full of pupils.

monster.

She is a monster.

She couldn't cry when her mother died, she couldn't cry when she learned about her own life experience, and now her brothers and sisters died because of her, she still couldn't cry.

Seeing her like this, Si Jingli felt extremely uncomfortable.

Watching his beloved living in pain and suffering, but being unable to share her worries, this feeling of powerlessness made him fall into self-doubt.

Chu Shitong looked up at a dead tree in the yard. The night wind was blowing, and the dry leaves were falling gracefully. She murmured numbly.

"Do you think I'd kill everyone?"

Si Jingli hugged her with a pained look on his face, "No, it was just an accident, don't think too much about it."

Chu Shitong smiled tiredly. She couldn't tell Si Jingli about her rebirth. Chu Shifan died twice because of her. How could she believe that it was just an accident?

"I have a premonition." Chu Shitong repeated, "Your Highness, I have a premonition that I will kill everyone around me."

"Don't say that..."

At this moment, Si Jingli didn't know how to persuade her. He just hoped to divert the conflict so that Chu Shitong would stop blaming herself.

"Chu Shifan died at the hands of the people of Xifeng Country. If you trust me and leave this matter to me, I will definitely help Chu Shifan get revenge within three months."

Chu Shitong said decisively: "No."

"Why?"

Si Jingli thought of Qin Wei's carefree look, and the pent-up jealousy in his heart began to surge up, "Do you think I'm not as useful as a subordinate you just recruited? In your eyes, this prince is really useless except for his good looks?"

"It has nothing to do with this." Chu Shitong lowered his eyes and said, "I don't care who goes to seek revenge, but you can't fall into danger."

Chu Shifan’s death once again awakened Chu Shitong. She had already lost her cousin and could not let history repeat itself and lose Si Jingli again.

Otherwise, such repeated tragedies would really make her fall into endless guilt.

Si Jingli's eyes turned red and his heart softened. It turned out that Chu Shitong cared so much about his safety.

But the more this happened, the more useless he felt.

"Tong'er, can you trust me for once?"

He half-knelt on the ground, holding her hand tightly, and spoke solemnly.

"I promise, I will come back safe and sound."

"Need not."

Chu Shitong frowned, and her complicated thoughts became a little irritated because of Si Jingli's stubbornness. "I have already arranged it, Your Highness, please don't worry about it anymore."

Si Jingli didn't dare mention the matter again. He just held her and kept comforting her, humbly hoping that some of his words could make Chu Shitong feel a little better.

Ever since Chu Shifeng's downfall, Chu Shitong's temper has been getting worse day by day. Si Jingli, the arrogant and rude prince, has unknowingly learned to read people's expressions. Now, as soon as he notices that Chu Shitong is getting irritable, he will immediately behave himself and no longer act like a spoiled child like before.

It's a pity that Chu Shitong regretted not taking more time to target Chu Shihuan. If she had known about this in advance, she could have found ways to prevent Chu Shifan from suffering this disaster.

She was reborn, and although she had taken all kinds of precautions against the difficulties she encountered in her previous life, the butterfly effect brought about by her rebirth meant that even if she came up with a hundred solutions, there would always be other people who would have new ways to deal with her.

People are not static. The change of one person will naturally lead to changes in a group of people.

Chu Shifan’s death is the best proof.

"Your Highness, I want to go back to Beijing."

Chu Shitong couldn't help but speed up her efforts to deal with Chu Shihuan. As long as she didn't take revenge, she would lose face.

Si Jingli understood her feelings and said softly, "Okay, let's leave tomorrow."

Originally, there were some follow-up ceremonies to be completed tomorrow, and the people of Quanzhou attached great importance to these. It was not easy for Si Jingli to give up the customs left by his ancestors for so many years for Chu Shitong.

Chu Shitong's tired eyes finally slowly closed.

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness."

……

In an endless dream, Chu Shitong dreamed of Chu Shifan that night.

Chu Shifan seldom appeared in her dreams, or rather, since he appeared every day, Chu Shitong seldom thought about him.

This dream brought back countless days when he had accompanied her silently.

The two of them were drinking and racing horses.

Go to school together and eat together.

Because she encountered obstacles everywhere in the court, he resolutely entered the officialdom despite the opposition of the eldest princess. However, because he offended the emperor by speaking on her behalf, he was demoted to the remote Liangzhou and they never met again.

Because she offended someone in the court, he was sent to a remote border, where artillery fire was raging. Because of his pure heart and kindness, he lent out soft armor and was shot through the heart by an arrow and killed on the spot.

Chu Shitong felt extremely regretful. Why did she let him go to the battlefield when she knew he was kind-hearted? Why did she not stand up bravely to refute Chu Shiyu's will when she knew that the Xifeng Kingdom was extremely vicious?

In her dream, she saw the tall and suave young man from the capital.

Chu Shifan was wearing the same royal blue gown as usual, with a cheerful, somewhat silly smile on his face. He rubbed her head and asked with a smile.

"Oh, this is the first time I've seen Xiao Qi cry. It really opened my eyes."

Upon hearing Chu Shifan's voice, Chu Shitong immediately burst into tears.

She hugged Chu Shifan, tears falling like beads from a broken string. Her cold voice was tinged with tears, almost pouring out her guilt and regret.

"I'm sorry, cousin! I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry…."

She repeated these three words countless times, as if she wanted to express all the debts she had in her past and present lives.

"What do you owe me?"

Chu Shifan smiled and wiped away her tears. "I died because I was not as skilled as others. It has nothing to do with you. You have nothing to be sorry for me. Don't be sad because of this."

"It's all my fault... If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been sent to the border at all... It's all my fault. If only I could have stopped this in advance..."

"It's okay, I don't blame you. Chu Shihuan, that bastard, probably has disliked me for a long time. I was careless this time. It has nothing to do with you. Don't blame yourself."

Chu Shifan rubbed her face and made her laugh like he did when they were little.

"You look ugly even when you cry. Why do you think I keep playing with you? It's because you're pretty. If you become ugly, don't blame me for turning my back on you."

She couldn't laugh, but she had to laugh.

Tears fell one by one, but the corners of his mouth tried hard to maintain a raised arc.

Chu Shifan was amused, "Your smile is even more beautiful than your cry, forget it."

He patted her head and comforted her, "I don't blame you, I really don't blame you, don't blame yourself, promise me, otherwise I won't be able to die in peace."

Hearing Chu Shifan's forgiveness with her own ears was undoubtedly the greatest comfort to Chu Shitong, but she was not a heartless person. On the contrary, she was as sensitive as a needle. Even if Chu Shifan forgave her, she would not easily forgive herself.

So in her dream, she cried and laughed, and woke up from the dream with regret and relief.

The sound of silk swayed above my head and the sound of horse hooves rang in my ears.

When Chu Shitong opened his eyes, he saw Si Jingli's worried face.

"Tong'er, did you dream about Chu Shifan?"

He gently stroked her eyebrows and she nodded. Thinking of Chu Shifan's words in her dream, she felt indescribably empty in her heart.

Si Jingli said tactfully: "We should be in the capital tomorrow. I know you are angry about him, but... this matter has nothing to do with Prince Duan. Don't rush to kill him out of impulse."

Chu Shitong climbed up from the couch, rubbed his numb shoulders, and said weakly, "I know."

She still has to endure it.

I have endured for so many years and grown to this point, simply because Chu Shiyu is still alive and I can't just break up with him, so I have to endure it.

"Your Highness." Chu Shitong straightened his clothes, hiding his emotions as usual, and said expressionlessly: "When I return to the capital, some bad things may happen. In the short term, if I don't look for Your Highness, please don't come to me."

Si Jingli pursed his lips and said nothing. He knew that Chu Shitong was really cruel.

Chu Shitong's voice was a little hoarse, but cold and lonely, like a spreading chill.

"Before the storm stops, please don't get involved, Your Highness. Otherwise, it will do you and me harm and nothing good."

"it is good."

Si Jingli smiled bitterly, "I promise you."

……

The first thing Chu Shitong did when she returned to Beijing was to go to the palace. She pretended to be completely unaware of Chu Shifan's death and went into the palace to report what she had seen at the Quanzhou Youlong Club.

When she learned about this from the palace, Chu Shitong pretended to be shocked and saddened. Chu Shiyu had only received the news two days ago. Chu Shitong couldn't let Chu Shiyu know that her news spread faster than the royal family.

Reports came from the border that Chu Shifan died from an arrow piercing the heart, and the arrow was highly poisonous. Due to the special corrosiveness of the poison, he could not even keep a complete body. His entire chest and abdominal cavity were completely rotten, and the body could not be moved at all, which means that Chu Shifan's body could not be sent back to the capital.

The road was bumpy, and if we add the time spent on the road, the body would probably have rotted away by the time the person was halfway there.

In order to preserve his body for burial, the old general guarding the border city requested that he be buried in the border city.

Chu Shiyu agreed, and promoted him to a relative of marquis, and ordered a grand funeral for him.

After learning about this, Her Royal Highness the Princess fell ill and did not leave the Princess Mansion for several days. She learned that Chu Shifan's body could not be sent back, and her only request was that Chu Shiyu could send someone to retrieve the purse jade pendant that Chu Shifan was wearing as a commemoration.

Chu Shiyu naturally agreed to such a small matter.

Perhaps because he regretted sending Chu Shifan to the battlefield, he sent a lot of things to the Princess's Mansion as a way of comforting her.

When the first snow fell in the capital, Chu Shitong went to the Princess's residence, but the Princess refused to see anyone. Chu Shitong had no choice but to leave the gift and leave.

When she returned home in the snow, she met someone she hadn't seen for a long time.

Xie Chuchu was standing at the door in plain clothes, accompanied by two young children, Lingling and Wencheng.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Qi."

It was the first time that Chu Shitong saw Xie Chuchu looking so haggard. Ever since they met, Xie Chuchu had always dressed elegantly and appropriately even though she lived in poverty. But now, she was wearing a plain blue and white dress with a plain silver hairpin, which made people feel that she was not living well.

"How did you come."

Before Xie Chuchu opened her mouth, Lingling and Wencheng beside her couldn't help but ask one after another.

"Your Highness Prince Qi, is my father really dead?"

Chu Shitong was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

Xie Chuchu scolded the two children harshly, then knelt down and said, "The children are ignorant, I hope Your Highness will forgive me."

Chu Shitong rubbed his brows and said, "Just tell me what you want to say."

Xie Chuchu lowered her head and said, "I'm here to say goodbye to His Highness."

"where are you going?"

Xie Chuchu didn't answer, but just pulled the two children forward and said, "I have something I want to ask Your Highness."

For Chu Shifan's sake, Chu Shitong asked patiently.

"what's up."

"I would like to entrust the two children to Your Highness first."