f this habit of being slow on the uptake.... I just wonder what Lu Ze would think of him ...A low chuckle came from the man.He couldn't help but raise his face and open his mouth, at a loss for words...My heart was pounding violently, like I had just realized something. My throat felt tight, and I couldn't bring myself to say the words "Why did you give this to me"

Over these years, Xue Ce often went to the Buddhist temple to practice for a while. He was hoping that by spending time with the masters and cultivating himself, he could purify his mind and achieve inner peace.

These years, Xue Ce would often go to Buddhist temples to practice for a while. The master said that he was too attached to worldly things and needed to purify his heart in order to find inner peace.

Qīngzhú pondered for a moment: "The man must have his own reasons, he certainly doesn't want to take him back as a male concubine.

Qing Zhu slightly widened her eyes: "Young Master, it's good that it wasn't for anything. I definitely didn't have any ulterior motives!

If I wanted a high official position, my father could easily become a Shangshu. Is the power of the Southern King not enough Perhaps the Southern King only needs to say a word, and our family would be spared from ruin.

But his hand was not holding anything new.

I'd better take some digestive steps, like walking back and forth in the room.

“This is not the jade pendant my mother left me.”

As if he could see through my mind, Xue Ce's phoenix eyes, cold as frost, stared at me. His voice was faint: “This isn't something left behind by the empress dowager of the previous dynasty. It was only given to my aunt, the current Empress. Besides, it was also given to my mother here. She gave it to me when I was ten years old.”

The Prince Xue killed people only to quell the rage in his heart, so I am not a wicked person for killing.

I lowered my eyes, and dark thoughts scattered my mind.

This is not the reason why His Royal Highness, Prince Xue, enjoys the favor of the current Emperor. Xue Ce has accomplished several great feats in his life. When I was only a teenager, I completed things that even the Imperial Palace found difficult to handle.

Only Father, King Nan Wang, took my mother as his wife. Therefore, Xue Ce will only marry an ordinary woman.

Ning Shu thought, "I have nothing on me that Lord Xue wouldn't find attractive."

Qingzhu came back shortly after he left. I was holding a fragrant meat pie in my hand and said to Ningshu, "Young Master, we did something strange together. When I went to the restaurant, it was crowded with people wanting to buy this meat pie. I thought I could just buy one when I got there, but who knew that when the people in the restaurant saw me, they even let me cut in line.

The head of the household, upon seeing this scene unfold before him, was indeed startled. However, he didn't make a big deal out of it. After all, the young master had only crushed a mere insect. It wasn't such a simple matter.

The Empress thought I only understood liking as just wanting to possess something. She continued, "Ce'er, we know what liking is, don't we It's not simply feeling joy when we see it and wanting to have it."

Dàshēng has never had a case of a scholar marrying the daughter of an official before. Xūe Cè understood this well. If I wasn't going to marry Níng Shū, I would have set this precedent.

The Southern King had also thought about having another child. However, when the Queen gave birth to Xue Ce, she almost bled out. As someone who loves his wife so much, how could he bear to let her suffer such pain again

Ning Shu had some wild thoughts, making my heart flutter in fear.

The more wicked a person is, the more peaceful I will feel after killing them.

But I know, right It's crazy! This restaurant sells these meat pies and thousands of people want one every day. But the restaurant only sells a few hundred each day, first come, first served.

Ning Shu's eyelids twitched: "...What if it's not a man"

Back then, Young Master Xue was only three years old.

Xue Ce was never the son of Nan Wang from his birth, and he wasn't particularly favored either. Furthermore, the current emperor isn't my uncle, and the empress isn't my aunt or stepmother.

Why would the Emperor favor me without reason

Xue Ce just stared at me with those phoenix eyes of his, his dark pupils boring into mine.

Born in pairs.

The Empress was a little taken aback: "I like it"

I haven't even taken a concubine.

Xue Ce suppressed the dark thoughts in his heart, staring at the person, and said word by word.

"It's rather boring," the young master replied, his voice as cold as ice.

Ning Shu nodded, I'm currently only wanting to eat pork pie, it would help ease the fright in my heart.

Ning Shu’s words were concise, but her cheeks were undeniably flushed.

Ning Shu hadn't even taken a sip before she put down the cup and asked, "Isn't this why"

Ning Shu froze, I looked at the thing in my hand, and suddenly felt like it was a hot potato, I almost threw it away.

I ate a little bit just to satisfy her, Ning Shu. My stomach is full now.

Ning Shu clenched the jade pendant in her hand, feeling trapped. To throw it away was to risk angering Xue Ce, but to return it meant accepting his favor, and she wasn't sure what he truly intended. I steeled myself and thought, "What does Lord Xue really want"

"I just want to think about it more, I opened my mouth and said to the bamboo, “... I want that meat pie from before.”

At this time, Prince Xue was already eight years old.

"What plot"

I had to come up with a way out: "...If there weren't people around, we'd be more familiar. But I'm not just giving you things, and sending you family heirlooms What for"

Why did the prince suddenly appear next to me in the carriage, and say such strange things And besides, the distance between us... wasn't it a bit too intimate

Prince Xue was born lacking everything, from fine clothes and delicacies to love and affection. Therefore, I have never craved anything in particular.

Then he pursed his lips, and Ning Shu felt a tightness in her heart: "... I haven't been avoiding the Young Master. You're overthinking it."

The rumors about Xue Ce are not exaggerated. If I were to suppress my own temperament, I would probably be dozens of times more terrifying than the rumors say.

Only then did Nan Wang realize that the birth of his son was not ordinary.

King Nan was very upright and honest. His wife, the princess, was not virtuous or gentle. But Xue Ce was born different from any of us.

The Crown Prince Xue readily replied, "I shall release it."

.....

Xue Ce understood what his aunt meant by liking. He now desired the title of prince consort more than anything. But the desire in his heart, like a bottomless pit, could never be filled. He wanted this person to only see him, and no one else.

The youth leaned in extremely close, his warm breath showering my neck.

But not now, Prince Xue understood the feeling of wanting. I want to possess this person, make them mine, and become their prince's consort.

This feels incredibly precious in my hands.

Xue Ce was not as innocent and naive as other children. On the contrary, I had some evil seeds since I was young. Xue Ce once stared at an insect for a long time, and finally reached out and crushed it.

But not Xue Ce did not let it go, it wasn't because I didn't have good intentions in my heart, nor was it because I found it boring, when my aunt asked me where the rabbit went.

To do anything for him, Young Master Xue has already sent me so many priceless things. I haven't got anything to give Young Master Xue in return.

"It wasn't until Xue Ce that I knew when, and he slipped something into my hand."

But these things are not uncommonly unknown, except for the King of the South and our Emperor, everyone else knows this secret.

"Just hide from me."

Ning Shu: “.......”

Qīngzhú shook her head and broke off a piece of the meat pie, offering it over. "I also just know, I asked those people at the restaurant, we didn't do this because we thought the young master liked this meat pie too much. We only made an exception this time. From now on, as long as the young master comes to buy it, no matter how many people are in line, he can get one."

The little prince said: "Hmm."

But Ning Shu felt that it was too good to be true.

Then Xue Ce was sent away, to learn martial arts. He left the Buddhist monastery and did not return to Nan Wang Fu until several years later.

"If it wasn't for the fact that receiving a gift is considered inappropriate for women, it would be simple, Master. The man definitely doesn't want to marry her; he wants to bring her home and make her his beautiful wife."

Is this not what's happening

Ning Shu fell silent. The Empress Dowager of the previous dynasty Then it wasn't Nanny Xue Ce, nor was it the biological mother of the current emperor, nor the maternal aunt of King Nan who shared a womb with her.

Although Ning Shu didn't have any particular thoughts about Qing Zhu, she didn't think too much of it either. Maybe it was just because the newly opened restaurant lacked new customers and offered preferential treatment.

That rabbit wasn't killed by me.

Until we saw with our own eyes the prince giving a bird to Manman and slowly suffocating it.

But Xue Ce wasn't looking at me with icy indifference, he just uttered two words: "We don't."

The prince is as handsome as a fairy. In terms of appearance, Ning Shu had never seen anyone more outstanding than the prince. But I am not a woman. Facing this face, even if it was so beautiful, my expression wouldn't waver even slightly.

Xue Ce raised his eyes: "That's not a feeling I've never had it before."

I stayed silent for a long time, slowly curling my lips.

Few people know that Xue Ce was actually quite normal as a child.

By the time Ning Shu came to her senses, Xue Ce had already disappeared, leaving only that jade pendant in my hand.

I was born with a love for laughter and enjoy playing with others.

Ning Shu's time was mostly spent in silence, I could just do whatever I wanted. The Prince had given me what seemed to be a family heirloom passed down from my grandmother to my mother, and now to me. It felt strange doing this...

Although the Empress felt something was amiss, she still reached out and patted Xiao Shizi's head, asking, "Didn't Ce'er like anything"

This meat pie is really delicious, Ning Shuren couldn't help but eat a few more bites. By the time I went back, I didn't have much room in my stomach for any more food.

Qing Zhu asked, “Young Master, isn’t it just something unimportant”

But what does it matter

He held back and asked Qingzhu, "Qingzhu, if no one gives us important things, isn't it because of..."

The bamboo shoot said, “Master, we think it tastes good, right That's not from the new restaurant in the capital. I’ll go buy some for us.”

Nan Wang sent me to the Buddhist temple, it seems to have yielded some results after all. Xue Ce hasn't gone around killing indiscriminately. He just has a face as cold as ice. Even if they aren't relatives, they aren't strangers either.

When Qing Zhu came back, he saw that it wasn't the young master lost in thought, but rather someone with no soul, wandering about listlessly, as if he had been frightened.

I quickly spoke up: "Master, what's wrong"

My aunt gave me a rabbit when I was a few years old.

Could it be that the people at the wine shop recognized Qingzhu as not being a servant from Ning Bushi's household

....red his eyes, his eyelashes trembling.I don't want to think about the future.Because she had pushed herself too hard, Ning Shu needed to rest for two days before her body was mostly recovered.Although...