"Princess..." After treating Xiao Changying's wound, Zhenzhu saw Shen Xihe's wrist being pulled out from Xiao Changying's hand. The five deep fingerprints on it were shocking, but Shen Xihe didn't even frown, as if he didn't feel any pain.
When Zhenzhu treated Shen Xihe's wound, her eyes were red. How could her princess, a princess of noble birth, have ever suffered such an injury? It was so deep that it might leave a scar. What would a girl do if she had a scar on her body
"It's just a little scar, only on the arm, not on the face. Why are you all so sad?" Shen Xihe really didn't care. After Zhenzhu had bandaged it, she stood up and walked towards her room. "Hongyu and Biyu, you two take turns to look after King Lie."
"Zi Yu, I'll stay with the princess, you go down and have some rest." When they reached the door of the room, Zhenzhu instructed Zi Yu.
Zi Yu looked at Shen Xihe, and seeing Shen Xihe nod slightly, she bowed and left.
After entering the house, Shen Xihe let Zhenzhu serve her: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
She took care of Shen Xihe meticulously, and waited until Shen Xihe lay down and covered him with a brocade quilt before she knelt on the footstool: "Please punish me, my lady. I shouldn't have acted on my own."
Closing his eyes sleepily, Shen Xihe fell asleep silently. The room was silent, but Zhenzhu remained kneeling, not daring to move at all.
Shen Xihe woke up to the sound of a rooster crowing. It was still dark outside the window. She tilted her head and looked at Zhenzhu who was still kneeling with her head down: "Do you know where you went wrong?"
"Please tell me clearly, Princess." Pearl's voice was a little hoarse.
"You're wrong because you don't understand who you really belong to." Shen Xihe sat up slowly. "Is it Mo Yuan who suggested that I go for a walk in the back hills?"
"Yes, General Mo said it was the prince's order..." Under Shen Xihe's increasingly sharp gaze, Zhenzhu's voice weakened.
Shen Xihe: "You thought Mo Yuan would not disobey my father's order, so you encouraged me. Why did I listen to you? Because I trusted you and regarded you as someone who would never betray me. But how do you know that Mo Yuan was not being used by others? Aren't you also being used by him?"
Pearl opened her mouth and finally lowered her head in shame: "I know I was wrong, please punish me, Princess."
"It's enough to punish you to kneel for three hours." Shen Xihe shouted to the outside, "Zi Yu."
Zi Yu, who had just gotten up and dressed, was still a little drowsy when she entered the room and saw Zhen Zhu kneeling. Her sleepiness immediately disappeared, and she walked forward politely without daring to breathe: "Princess."
"Help your sister Pearl down and apply medicine to her knees." Shen Xihe ordered.
Ziyu hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhenzhu up, and led the unsteady Zhenzhu back. When they reached the door, Shen Xihe spoke again: "Zhenzhu, what I want is an obedient, sensible helper who I can trust with my life, not a self-righteous slave who thinks he is good to me. You can't even compare to Ziyu in this respect.
After leaving the Northwest, I am no longer the little girl who needs my father and elder brother to make decisions for me; now that I am about to enter Kyoto, I can no longer be the little girl who knows nothing about the world and only knows how to feel sad about autumn and the moon. No one can make decisions about my affairs except me. "