"Your Highness, we both have difficulties in our positions. I hope Your Highness will not force me. In my life, I will only follow the emperor and be in the same camp with him." Shen Qingwan stared into his eyes and said seriously.
Fu Huaiyu was speechless. Looking at Shen Qingwan's determined eyes, the last bit of rationality in his heart about to break, and he frantically wanted to destroy this person who he couldn't get.
In the end, Fu Huaiyu suppressed the madness in his heart, and turned his peach blossom eyes a few more times, and his tone became distant, "It's a pity, in this case, I won't bother you anymore, I hope your choice is worthy of yourself."
After saying that, he disappeared from her room as suddenly as he had arrived. However, once some crazy ideas appear, even if they can be suppressed, they will not disappear. One day, such ideas will make people act.
Shen Qingwan rubbed her temples and didn't take Fu Huaiyu's words to heart. Instead, she was relieved that the two of them had talked it out. She felt relieved that she didn't have to get entangled with him anymore.
Shen Qingwan slept soundly throughout the night without any dreams, and was in a very good mood the next day.
"Lianyun, is there anything important to do in the palace today?" In order to ensure that everything is foolproof, Shen Qingwan often verifies the daily important matters in the palace with Lianyun.
"Your Majesty, there is nothing important today." Lianyun replied.
"Okay, then you get ready, accompany me to ask for a pass from the emperor, and accompany me for a walk on the street outside the palace. I miss my father too, and want to go visit him." Shen Qingwan said.
"Okay." Lianyun could see that Shen Qingwan was in a good mood today, so she was not surprised when she suggested going shopping. She was just a little worried that the pass would be difficult to get.
Fortunately, Fu Yuheng seemed to be in a good mood today, and generously gave them two passes and let them out of the palace without letting Shen Qingwan say anything. Of course, the reason Shen Qingwan gave was that she wanted to go back to the general's mansion to visit her father.
Because they both planned to go for a walk in the street before returning to the general's mansion, they both changed into ordinary young lady and maid's clothes, and left the palace with only two guards to protect them secretly.
"Miss, we haven't left the palace for a long time. Where are we going today?" Lianyun has gone out with Shen Qingwan many times and has long been accustomed to changing her words when she is outside.
The last time Shen Qingwan disguised herself as a man and left the palace, the empress dowager was angry for a long time. In order to avoid suspicion, she had not asked to leave the palace for a long time. This time she finally came out, and both the master and the servant were very excited.
"Let's go to the one we usually go to..." As Shen Qingwan said this, she suddenly saw a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye. She paused, motioned to Lianyun to keep quiet, and followed her to approach the man quietly.
They saw a woman in light pink clothes, leaning sideways, not far in front of the two of them, talking to someone else.
Shen Qingwan pretended to pass by them, and after hearing what they were talking about, she thought to herself, "Sure enough."
This woman was one of Fu Huaiyu's concubines whom she had met in his mansion when she went to see him for border affairs. Because they had only met a few times, she felt that she looked very familiar, and she happened to be talking about Fu Huaiyu with the people around her, which made her sure of what she was thinking.
It just so happened that she needed to find someone close to Fu Huaiyu to ask about his daily behavior. Such a cautious person would definitely not tell a concubine who was not very favored about something too confidential, so she must not know that they had already torn their faces apart. So she walked forward with Lianyun and pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Hey! Miss, have we met somewhere before?"
"... You are... Lady Xianfei!" The concubine exclaimed in a low voice after seeing her face clearly.
Shen Qingwan raised her hand and made a whispering gesture, saying, "Shh—I'm here secretly outside the palace for a visit, please don't reveal my identity and make things difficult for me."
The concubine immediately covered her mouth and said in a low voice with apology: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm just too surprised. The young lady has indeed met me before, I am a concubine in the palace of the Ninth Prince."
The person who was originally talking to the concubine knew that Shen Qingwan had something to talk about when he saw this, so he tactfully said goodbye.
Shen Qingwan took the person to a place where there were fewer people and asked, "I remember now. No wonder my sister mentioned the Ninth Prince just now. It is a great fate that my sister and I met here by chance. Could you please do me a favor?"
"Mother...Miss, just tell me directly, I will do my best." The concubine said.
"I'm not afraid of being laughed at by my sister. In fact, I have always admired the prince very much. I took this opportunity to come out and listen to more stories about the prince. My sister is close to the prince, so she must know a lot about his character. Can you tell me briefly about it?" This was the speech Shen Qingwan had already thought of in her mind.
Seeing that the concubine was a little hesitant, Shen Qingwan said again: "It's okay, I'm just curious and won't make a fuss about it, so sister, just say whatever you want to say, I'll just listen."
The concubine then spoke timidly: "Hey, I have seen too many people worship the prince, and I understand. But you don't know, young lady, although the prince is indeed very handsome and seems to be kind and easy to get along with, he is actually very moody."
Shen Qingwan thought there was something going on, but asked with a puzzled look on her face: "What do you mean?"
"Before, a concubine accidentally touched his things and apologized to him profusely. I thought that given the prince's temper, nothing serious would happen. But that person was moved to a deserted courtyard and went crazy not long after that." The concubine whispered.
Shen Qingwan was surprised. She didn't expect Fu Huaiyu to be such a person. Even if they were not in the same camp, they were enemies of each other. But she still admired Fu Huaiyu's character. Now it seems that he was just pretending.
She said: "I didn't expect the prince to do things like this. It's really disheartening."
The concubine spoke out her feelings, but then she came to her senses and remembered her fear: "This... I didn't mean to gossip about the prince behind his back, it's just..."
"I understand." Shen Qingwan signaled the concubine not to be afraid, "I am not from the palace, I will only listen to these words, and will never spread them out. Don't worry."
The concubine was very grateful and thanked Shen Qingwan profusely before leaving.
Shen Qingwan returned to the general's mansion with mixed feelings. General Shen was almost well now. He chatted with his daughter for quite a while and said in a good mood that he would go back to the barracks to take a look after a while.
Seeing that her father was no longer in danger and in a good mood, she was very happy. She stayed in the general's mansion for dinner and then asked General Shen to send someone to send them back to the palace.