[Quick Wear] On strike, please don't disturb your ex

Chapter 145 The Maids in the Palace Are on Strike (15)

Miss Shen was the maid of Prince Qi. There must be many rules in the palace, so she didn't dare to accept his things. She had been an orphan since childhood and grew up in Prince Qi's palace.

If... he asked Prince Qi to marry Miss Shen in person, perhaps things would be much better.

Shen Fanli didn't expect that Lord Wen would come up with so many ideas.

If she knew, Shen Fanli would definitely worry about his safety.

You have to know that Song Liaoye is a person who even beats her own half-brother. The former Young Master Wang in the Duwei Mansion was beaten with a stick by Prince Qi because he had molested her and almost became disabled for life.

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Time passed slowly and the weather became hotter.

It was the hottest time of the summer and it was so hot just sitting in the yard.

The slaves and servants in the palaces of various mansions would take a rest in the shade, telling all kinds of gossip they had heard from their masters, and then disperse after they had rested enough.

That day, Shen Fanli walked through the corridor and heard a few old women talking behind the layers of shade of trees on the other side of the Qushui Pavilion.

She didn't take it seriously at first. The weather was hot, so she turned a blind eye to the servants' lazy behavior and just kept walking forward.

Suddenly, he stopped when he heard a certain name.

She frowned, wondering if she had heard it wrongly.

Then he listened carefully again.

"...Indeed, I heard that she is very beautiful and some people call her a fairy."

One of them sneered, as if in disdain, "What fairy? She's just a woman in a brothel who's a bit pretty and good at seducing men."

Another person said, "You are wrong. If she wasn't born like a fairy, how could they redeem her and buy her a yard?"

When the old woman mentioned a certain name, her voice suddenly lowered, which made Shen Fanli, who had been listening in the back, suspect that she might have heard it wrong.

Maybe he is a royal relative or a young master from a noble family.

How could it be him!

Shen Fanli shook his head, shook off the thoughts in his mind, and was about to leave.

"......That person is innocent. I heard that she is the daughter of a criminal. There was a lot of noise that day, but it was suppressed later."

"I wonder how beautiful that woman is that His Highness Prince Qi fell in love with her at first sight and kept her as a concubine outside the palace."

Shen Fanli took the first step but was unable to take the second step.

This time Shen Fanli really heard it. The person they were talking about was His Royal Highness Prince Qi——

Song Liaoye.

"Hasn't the prince always had something unusual with Miss Shen? Why is he still..."

"Hush, keep your voice down. You know about Miss Shen and the prince. You can't mention it. Be careful of getting beaten..."

Then another voice said, "Men are like this. They eat what's in the bowl and look at what's in the pot. You can't tell what will happen in the future."

"Miss Shen is a kind-hearted person..."

"..."

After that, the old women started talking about other things.

Shen Fanli stood there in a daze for a long time...

She heard something!

The prince actually redeemed a prostitute and kept her outside the palace as a concubine...

Maybe she hasn't woken up yet and had a dream.

When Shen Fanli returned to the courtyard, Jing'er was there. Seeing her appearance, she was horrified, "Sister Fanli, where have you been? Why are you sweating all over your forehead?"

Bi'er in the room came out immediately after hearing the voice, "Miss, come in quickly, it's so hot in the sun, if you have any errands, you can ask me and Jing'er or the guards outside the yard, look at how tanned you are..."

After helping the person into the house, Bier immediately poured tea for him, and Jinger went to get a fan.

Because the weather is hot, I always have a pot of slightly cool tea ready in case I want to drink something cold but there is none.

Shen Fanli took the cup and drank the water in one gulp. Bier poured another cup, and Shen Fanli drank it in one gulp again without even looking at it.

His eyes were a little glazed, as if he hadn't come back to his senses.

After she finished drinking the water, she put the cup on the table and suddenly spoke.

"impossible."

Shen Fanli shook his head, as if denying something.

Bi'er and Jing'er looked at each other, somewhat confused.

Jing'er had been beside her, fanning her. She asked in confusion, "Sister Fanli, what are you talking about? What's impossible?"

Shen Fanli also came to his senses at this time and found that he had returned to the courtyard and was inside the house.

She took the fan from Jing'er's hand, fanned it a few times, and then said, "Nothing..."

"Oh, but Sister Fanli, when you came back, you were a little..."

Bi'er interrupted Jing'er, took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat off Shen Fanli's head, and said, "Miss, you'd better not stay outside in the sun next time. The weather is too hot."

Shen Fanli nodded and said softly: "It's really hot, I can't even walk..."

"Where is the prince? Has he returned to the palace today?"

Shen Fanli was first silenced, and then Jing'er responded with her usual childish voice, "It seems that the prince didn't return home today..."

Bi'er also said: "The prince may have been delayed by something, and he will be back in two days, don't worry young lady."

Shen Fanli hummed in a low voice.

Shen Fanli really didn't believe the rumors that he had a mistress.

When he comes back, I will tell him about this.

Maybe he would even laugh at her for thinking too much.

Thinking of this, Shen Fanli waved her hand and told people to continue with their work and not to bother her.

Next she went to practice calligraphy.

Practice calligraphy and calm your mind.

You won’t have any random thoughts.

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And the next day, Shen Fanli no longer thought that he was just imagining things...

This time she saw it with her own eyes.

Song Liaoye and a woman were walking side by side in the corridor, apparently heading towards the lakeside garden in the mansion.

No wonder there has been noise coming from Linhu Garden these days.

It turns out that Linhu Garden already has an owner.

She had said before that she liked that yard, but Song Liaoye said that it was too far from where he lived and it was too close to the water, so he would be worried.

I didn't expect that the renovation was for other people to live in.

She was behind the fake stone and saw through the gap in the middle that King Qi was having a pleasant conversation with that man, with a smile on his lips.

As Shen Fanli watched, he felt more and more like a passerby peeping at other people's happiness.

The tighter my hands clenched, the more intense the pain was in my heart.

But she still didn't look away until the two people gradually disappeared from her sight.

As they were quite far away, she couldn't see the woman's appearance clearly, but she could see a little bit that her appearance was indeed as outstanding as they said.

Her manners were very graceful, and one could tell at first glance that she was a well-educated lady from a noble family.

Shen Fanli turned around slowly.

She raised her hands to cover her eyes, as if to block the dazzling sun in the sky.

A wry smile played across his lips.

She was explaining it to him yesterday, but those words today were like a slap in the face of Shen Fanli.

Shen Fanli really wanted to question him, but his steps were heavy.

She thought, what identity did she have to question the almighty His Royal Highness Prince Qi?

Under the scorching sun, she just felt a little cold.