Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

When I came out of the jewelry shop, I saw Si Chunyao lying on the ground at the door, her legs covered in blood.

Bishui felt like vomiting after watching this, but Chu Shitong wanted to admire the high efficiency of Prince Rong's Mansion.

These guards were really ruthless. Originally, breaking the legs meant breaking the bones of both legs, which can be restored after being broken, but the guards of Prince Rong's mansion directly smashed Si Chunyao's leg bones into pieces, leaving no possibility of recovery. If nothing unexpected happens, she will have to be paralyzed in bed in her next life.

Chu Shitong walked up to Si Chunyao and saw that she was surprisingly still keeping her eyes open and had not fainted from the pain. Chu Shitong looked down at her legs. Blood and flesh were stuck to broken bones, and her dress was smashed. From a distance, it looked like a large pool of red, which was dazzling and scary.

Si Chunyao's face was ashen, covered in sweat, her lips were pale and bloodless, her hair was torn into a mess, and she looked as disheveled as a beggar on the street, looking extremely pitiful.

Chu Shitong smiled and said, "Miss Si, you are really useless. I just said one sentence and you were beaten like this. You didn't show any sign of that when you insulted me just now."

Si Chunyao was completely speechless now. She opened her mouth and tried desperately but couldn't make a sound. Chu Shitong looked regretful and said, "Miss Si was born so beautiful, but it's a pity that she can only be a paraplegic in the future. Miss Si came here because she wanted to buy jewelry to attend the second princess' birthday banquet. She must also want to choose a good husband at the banquet and marry into a good family to get rid of her bastard status and hold her head high. But after what happened, I'm afraid there is no place for Miss Si in the Rong Palace."

Chu Shitong pulled out the folding fan from his waist, which was the one that Si Jingli had repaired. He gently waved the fan and left this place of trouble.

Killing someone and destroying their heart would only serve to give her arrogant heart a final blow after it has already been broken.

There are many concubines in Prince Rong's Mansion. Si Chunyao, who was originally the most outstanding one, was beaten into this state. I wonder how many people are secretly happy about it.

Prince Rong is not stupid. After knowing that his daughter is useless, he will immediately start training someone else. Si Chunyao's position will be quickly filled by someone else, and she will be directly abandoned because she is useless now.

How could an abandoned concubine's daughter have a good ending in this capital city? It's all her fault for being too extreme in her conduct.

......

That night.

Like a frost leaking in the night.

"Your Highness."

Chu Shitong was leaning on the couch, reading a book in the dim candlelight, her long inky hair casually spread out, her snow-white inner garment covered by a velvet blanket inlaid with jade. When she heard Rushang's voice, she asked without raising her head.

"how."

Rushuang reported every move of Zhao Heng yesterday in great detail. Just as he was about to say how many times he had done that with a woman tonight, Chu Shitong interrupted him.

“That goes without saying.”

Rushuang shut up immediately.

Chu Shitong understood why Zhao Heng did not cause trouble for Zhou Hengchuan again, but she could not accept the current result. In her previous life, she was a vengeful person, and holding grudges was a habit engraved in her bones. There has never been a time when she could let go of the grudges and laugh it off when someone wanted to hurt her.

She believed that people who could easily say forgiveness did not understand hatred at all.

"This prince has a task for you." Chu Shitong estimated that there would be nothing to do in the academy in the next few days, so he took a map from the table and gave it to Rushuang.

"This is a map. There is only one road marked on the map. You will meet a family who have relocated on this road. They left the capital several days in advance. You have to be quick to catch up with them. However, they can't walk fast with their belongings, so it shouldn't take you much effort."

Rushuang was a little confused by Chu Shitong's riddle.

Chu Shitong put down the book, picked up the scissors on the table, and trimmed the candle wick. After the wick was trimmed, the dim light of the candle became much brighter, and the originally blurry face became clearer.

Chu Shitong spoke casually, as if he was telling a story.

"It was dry, and this family forgot to close the window when they went to bed at night. A gust of wind blew over their candlesticks. It was just a coincidence that the outside of their house was covered with kerosene, and the candlesticks fell to the ground as if they were ignited. The family was instantly engulfed in flames. It was so pitiful. The family had just been reprimanded by His Majesty for their bad luck and had to move to a faraway place to serve as officials. Unfortunately, all sixteen members of the family died in the fire, just like the burning of Dongwuso a few days ago. Not even an ash was left. It was really pitiful."

Rushuang half-knelt on the ground and listened quietly to the story told by Chu Shitong.

Chu Shitong said: "Rushuang, have you heard this story told by this prince?"

Rushuang shook her head.

Chu Shitong raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and the firelight was reflected in his light brown eyes, as if only the reflection was reflected in his pupils, without the slightest warmth of the candlelight.

"Well now, you heard it."

"My subordinate understands."

Chu Shitong smiled, "I just want you to see them off. I have no other intention. After all, we have known each other for a while. After they left, they gave me such a big gift. I have to return it, right? The mountains are high and the road is long. I can't go. But fortunately, you can go for me. But before the second princess' birthday, the gift must be delivered and you must come back."

"I obey my orders."

Rushuang disappeared cleanly in the night. Chu Shitong gently blew out the candle, and the room fell into darkness.

......

The next day, Imperial Library.

Chu Shitong returned to the school after three days. Apart from some people's inexplicable concern, there was nothing else special. Most of them came to congratulate her on her new house.

In her previous life, she had always kept a low profile, and before entering the court, Chu Shiyu's favor towards her was not too obvious. But this life was different. She was granted a mansion at the age of fourteen as an exception. Although it was because of the burning of Dongwuso, her reputation for being favored had spread in advance.

Chu Shifan asked Chu Shitong mysteriously what happened between him and Si Jingli, saying that Si Jingli had ignored him in recent days. Chu Shitong just smiled and didn't explain.

The morning class passed by so quickly that it seemed that even the flowers on the trees had not had time to fall.

Chu Shitong still went to have lunch with Chu Shifan under the old locust tree as usual. It seemed that the locust flowers had passed their blooming period, and only the remaining locust flowers and lush green leaves were left hanging on the tree.

Chu Shifan looked at the rabbit rice that Chu Shitong brought out and asked in confusion, "Xiaoqi, you have established your own residence, why do you still eat such plain food? How can you grow taller without even a bit of meat?"

Chu Shitong said, "Who said there was no meat? Didn't you see there was meat in that dish?"

Chu Shifan looked for a long time before he saw some slices of meat on a plate of food. He said in a mad voice, "This is just a little? This is not even enough to fill my stomach!"

Chu Shitong was eating and said casually, "That's because the gap between your teeth is too big."

Chu Shifan: “…”

For some reason, Chu Shifan seemed to have no appetite today. Even after Chu Shitong had finished eating, he was still eating slowly, looking in one direction from time to time.

Chu Shitong had finished eating early, and took out a book to read. After waiting for a long time, Chu Shifan still hadn't finished eating, so Chu Shitong asked, "Has the weather gotten hotter recently? Why does it seem like you don't have much appetite?"

Chu Shifan said gloomily, "After eating with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for two days, I have been thinking about the food at Prince Rong's Mansion. Now the food at the Princess's Mansion seems tasteless."

"Perhaps my cousin can go to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a meal."

Chu Shifan instantly became interested, "Really? Then let's go find Prince Si now! He eats so slowly, he must not have finished yet! I saw that Prince Rong's Mansion seems to have prepared some ice cream for him!"

"The freezing point in Prince Rong's Mansion should also be amazing." Chu Shitong said with a smile: "Cousin, go ahead. It's getting late. I'll go back to the academy first."

"Stop!" Chu Shifan pulled Chu Shitong's arm, "What happened between you and Prince Si?"

Chu Shitong lowered his eyes, but the smile on his face never faded.

"Nothing, we just don't agree with each other."

Chu Shifan sighed in frustration and said, "Oh, forget it. I'm not familiar with Prince Si. He seems to prefer playing with you. I can't even ask him out alone. He only agrees when you're around. As expected - no matter how good the food at other people's homes is, it's still other people's homes. I'd better just eat the food at the Princess's Mansion."

Chu Shitong was a little confused when he heard this, "Cousin, what are you talking about? Didn't you always ask him out before? I'm curious about how you asked him out."

"No way." Chu Shifan said, "It's true that I made the appointment at the overpass, but after you were called away by the emperor uncle that day, Prince Si left directly. He never went out to play with me alone. He only agreed to the horse racing because you asked me to invite him. After that, Prince Si and I played together basically because of your relationship."

Chu Shitong seemed to be frozen in place and remained silent for a long time.

She always thought that Si Jingli came those times just to give face to Chu Shifan because of his invitation, but she never thought that Si Jingli came because of her?

Is it just because I saved him once in Hua Xilou?

Chu Shifan finished his meal in a flash, and the two of them passed by the depths of the Bronze Sparrow Palace again.

The leafy trees blocked the sky, and scattered sunlight passed through the gaps and scattered onto the bluestone slabs. In the shadow of the corridor, Si Jingli became as lonely as he was at the beginning, and the exquisite food on the table was basically untouched.

Chu Shitong took a look and turned away.

......

In the following days, Chu Shitong lived a peaceful life like this.

Chu Shifeng and Chu Shihan both came to see him at the mansion, and some young masters from aristocratic families also came one after another. Chu Shitong entertained them with a smile as always.

Ji Shu replaced most of the people in the yard, and he bought three shops for three thousand taels of silver as he had promised. It was unknown what he said to the buyers, but they were very happy to sell them to him.

Ji Shu spent a lot of effort to find some saltpeter, and he was successful in making ice. However, saltpeter, the main material for making ice, is difficult to find in large quantities. Ji Shu seems to have been thinking of a way. Chu Shitong is not in a hurry. To put it bluntly, she even feels that she has gotten a bargain by finding Ji Shu as her subordinate.

In her previous life, her subordinates were all picked up from here and there, but in this life, the ones she picked up are quite useful.

Xie Chuchu and Yuan Xi met formally, and they accompanied Ji Shu to start reorganizing the restaurant they had just bought.

The eighth day of June.

The weather was indeed getting hotter and hotter. It was so hot under the old locust tree where they had originally had lunch that Chu Shitong and Chu Shifan were forced to start looking for a new place.

The Imperial Academy covers a large area. Unless you go to crowded places on purpose, many courtyards are basically empty.

Chu Shifan and Chu Shitong searched for a long time before they found a yard full of greenery. In the middle of the yard was an old tree that was so thick that it took three people to hug it. It was estimated that the tree was a hundred years old.

The whole yard was much cooler under the shade of the trees.

The two of them were walking along the road and were too hot to talk, so they just sat down under a tree and began to fan themselves to cool off.

The clear water was so hot that I started to wipe my sweat, which shows the importance of going to Qingliang Mountain Villa to escape the summer heat in a few days.

The heat finally dissipated and the two opened their lunch boxes to eat, but they heard some noise coming from the other side of the tree.

"Your Highness, this is the sour plum soup that the old lady ordered to be made early in the morning. She even added ice to it. Are you really not going to drink it?"

Si Jingli's impatient voice came.

"I said I don't want to drink it, take it away."

"But... the old lady was afraid that you would get a heat stroke, so she told you to drink at least a little of this sour plum soup."

"Drink it, and when you go back you can tell them that I drank it."

"The servant dare not."

"Then you should say less."

When Chu Shifan heard about iced sour plum soup, his eyes instantly brightened up. He stood up and was about to look for Si Jingli, but suddenly stopped and looked at Chu Shitong.

Chu Shitong knew that Chu Shifan's greed was an old problem, and the weather was really hot today, so he didn't want to stop him and said softly.

"If you want to go, go ahead, cousin. It's so hot, don't get a heat stroke."

Chu Shifan immediately said excitedly: "Xiao Qi is so nice! Wait for me to get some sour plum soup and give it to you to drink!"

Chu Shitong laughed and lowered his head to eat quietly.

In fact, the princess had ordered someone to bring sour plum soup to Chu Shifan, but the princess's mansion was not as luxurious as Prince Rong's mansion, so there was no ice in it. Moreover, the princess felt that no matter how hot the weather was, too cold things would be harmful to the body. The sour plum soup she ordered people to bring to Chu Shifan was still warm, which cost Chu Shifan his life.

Chu Shifan walked excitedly to the other side of the tree and saw Si Jingli lying on a chair, squinting his eyes and looking drowsy. A servant was standing beside him. The table in front of him was filled with all kinds of delicious food, even iced fruits and iced sour plum soup. Chu Shifan felt his mood instantly improved.

"His Royal Highness!"

Chu Shifan's voice woke Si Jingli up. He opened his eyes and looked towards Chu Shifan, then glanced around him in confusion and said.

"Master Fan has also changed the place to eat today?"

"Of course, Xiao Qi and I are here. His Highness the Crown Prince and we are truly destined to be together!"

Si Jingli sat up a little straighter, straightened his clothes, and said, "If you are with His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, why didn't I see her?"

Chu Shifan said, "Xiao Qi is on the other side. I just heard that His Royal Highness has some iced sour plum soup that he doesn't want to drink. I wonder if His Royal Highness is willing to sell it to me?"

Chu Shitong was listening at the side and felt that Chu Shifan still had some brains. At least he knew to give the money and didn't shamelessly ask for it for nothing.