The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading
Chapter 449 - 401: Do You Know the Meaning of Calling Me Brother Jinyan?

Chapter 449: Chapter 401: Do You Know the Meaning of Calling Me Brother Jinyan?

Shen Chuwei uneasily shook her head, "No one has said anything to this concubine."

Xiao Jinyan frowned, feeling that Little Nine was keeping something from him.

"Then why did you suddenly ask this palace that question?"

Shen Chuwei looked down at Xuetuan in her arms, struggling with her thoughts, when Liu Xi stepped in with a bow.

"Your Highness, Minister Lu requests an audience."

Xiao Jinyan nodded, his gaze turning towards Shen Chuwei, observing her hesitant expression, "This palace will attend to matters first and return later."

Shen Chuwei nodded.

Xiao Jinyan stood up, gave Shen Chuwei a glance, and then departed.

It wasn’t until Xiao Jinyan’s figure had vanished at the door that Shen Chuwei withdrew her gaze and looked down at Xuetuan in her arms, her delicate brows furrowing as she thought about the portrait and jade stone hidden in the secret compartment.

She stroked Xuetuan’s fluffy head, who in the world was Feng Wuyou?

Xuetuan lifted its head, its azure eyes staring unblinkingly at Shen Chuwei, its little paw scratching her hand twice.

Shen Chuwei, seeing Xuetuan scratching her, thought its paw was itchy and picked up Xuetuan’s paw only to see the pink, tender pads hidden amidst the white fur.

"Xuetuan, your paw pads are so pink and tender."

"Meow." Xuetuan placed its other paw on Shen Chuwei’s right hand and patted it a few times as if in urgency.

Shen Chuwei looked at it curiously, "What’s wrong? Are you hungry?"

She took out a sausage from the Space and began to unwrap it.

Xuetuan’s originally anxious expression turned to excitement upon seeing the sausage, its eyes glinting green as it bit into the sausage and started eating.

"Crown Princess."

Concubine Xu walked in with a cheerful step, waving her handkerchief.

Seeing Concubine Xu arrive, Shen Chuwei took the chance to inquire if she knew who Feng Wuyou was.

Concubine Xu sat down on the couch and glanced at the small bed, "The little ones are asleep."

"Yes, they’ve been sleeping since returning from the Cining Palace." Shen Chuwei leaned in curiously, asking mysteriously, "Do you know who Feng Wuyou is?"

Concubine Xu was stunned for a good while as the man in black had been looking for none other than Feng Wuyou, nicknamed Little Nine.

"Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"I am just curious who this person is, do you know?" Shen Chuwei looked at Concubine Xu expectantly, hoping to learn about Feng Wuyou from her.

Concubine Xu found it a bit difficult to respond, although she and Shen Chuwei were close friends, the man in black had forbidden her to tell others. If she told, she would have no credibility.

If she didn’t tell, she felt she would be letting her friend down.

Concubine Xu never expected to find herself in the kind of dilemma one reads about in storybooks.

"How did you come to know about Feng Wuyou?"

Shen Chuwei propped her chin with both hands, "I learned of it unintentionally, and now I’m just curious about who she is."

Concubine Xu was utterly surprised; apart from her interest in eating, sleeping, and drinking, she had never seen Shen Chuwei so curious about something.

"I’ll inquire about it for you." To inquire meant to wait for the man in black to arrive, to ask him since his search for Feng Wuyou would surely reveal who she was.

Shen Chuwei nodded.

After Concubine Xu had left, Shen Chuwei sat in front of the small bed looking at the sleeping babies. Actually, Xiao Jinyan could have told the truth; there was nothing wrong with it. Who didn’t have a playmate or close friend from childhood they were fond of?

But he had lied instead.

The Study Room was filled with Feng Wuyou’s portraits, alongside birthday gifts. If they were not very close and had a special relationship, why keep those things?

And yet, Xiao Jinyan had claimed there was none?

Shen Chuwei felt somewhat gloomy.

At dinner time, Xiao Jinyan returned from outside.

The maids brought up the dishes, one by one, onto the table.

Xiao Jinyan sat down at the table, picked up his chopsticks, and began elegantly picking up food. Seeing Shen Chuwei not moving her chopsticks, as she was usually the most eager during mealtimes, said,

"Stop looking around, let’s eat."

Shen Chuwei picked up her chopsticks and began eating, gazing at the feast before her, thinking to fill up first then have a talk.

At the dining table, Xiao Jinyan was always a man of few words.

Throughout the meal, he barely spoke a couple of sentences.

After bathing, Xiao Jinyan planned to have a proper chat with Little Nine.

If it hadn’t been for hearing her entertaining all sorts of nonsensical thoughts, he might not have taken such a matter to heart.

"Speak up, what was today’s matter all about?"

Shen Chuwei sat on the bed with her legs crossed, looking up at Xiao Jinyan who wore a grave expression. ’You’re the one who lied, yet you act as though you are in the right.’

"This concubine was simply curious."

Xiao Jinyan stretched out his long arm, pulling her into his embrace, "In the future, don’t ponder over these needless matters. Has there ever been another woman beside this palace?"

Shen Chuwei thought it through carefully; since arriving, she hadn’t paid much attention to Xiao Jinyan’s daily life. Only later did she learn that, although there were many women around Xiao Jinyan, he hadn’t touched a single one.