The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading
Chapter 95 - 94 Look, Xiao Jinyan is pressuring me again

Chapter 95: Chapter 94 Look, Xiao Jinyan is pressuring me again

"Forget it, forget it, just wash up when I get back."

Shen Mingzhu let down her skirt, barely covering the surface of her shoes, making it hard to notice anything unless one looked closely.

She glanced at Shen Chuwei lying on the soft couch and couldn’t help but complain internally, sleeping like a pig—who sleeps for such a long time during a nap?

The little rabbit had just run out when it was caught by Gui Xiang, who came close and sniffed only to smell an unpleasant stench of poop. "If you keep running around getting dirty, be careful that the Master doesn’t want you anymore."

While speaking, she headed toward the well to give it a bath.

An hour later, at the time of the lamp lighting, the temperature plummeted.

Shen Mingzhu was so cold she couldn’t stand it any longer, not even waiting for the King of Heaven.

"Let’s go back."

Shen Mingzhu turned around and walked outside, planning to go back and warm up by the fire. Just as she stepped out, she caught a whiff of a fragrance that made her stomach growl twice. It smelled even more delicious upon a second sniff.

Having waited for two hours, she was already hungry.

Shen Mingzhu looked towards the direction of the small kitchen, only to see Chun Xi busying herself. While she hesitated, she heard the shrill voice of Liu Xi.

"The Crown Prince has arrived."

Shen Mingzhu was delighted at the news, feeling that the four-hour wait had not been in vain. She hurriedly straightened up her appearance and attire.

Xiao Jinyan walked in with forceful strides, wearing a moon-white satin robe embroidered with gold.

Shen Mingzhu rushed forward to greet him, "Your Highness, I wish you peace and safety."

Xiao Jinyan frowned when he saw Shen Mingzhu, "Why have you come so late?"

"Your Highness, I haven’t seen my sister for a long time, and I came to visit her today after being released from house arrest. But my sister is too fond of sleep; I didn’t have the heart to wake her, so I waited until now," Shen Mingzhu subtly hinted that Shen Chuwei lacked the courtesy of receiving guests.

Xiao Jinyan said coldly, "She’s just recovered from a serious illness and needs rest. Don’t come disturb her for no reason."

Shen Mingzhu had thought that at least Your Highness would scold Shen Chuwei, but he actually defended her.

"I understand now," she replied.

Shen Chuwei had awakened from her hunger. When she opened her eyes, she discovered it was already dark. Usually, after sleeping for an hour, Chun Xi would wake her, but today she had slept for such a long time, and Chun Xi hadn’t called her?

She stretched and was just lifting her sable fur blanket when Xiao Jinyan stepped in.

She was startled, "Your Highness?"

Xiao Jinyan noticed that the window was left open and frowned, "There’s a wind outside, why didn’t you close the window? You’ll catch a cold if you’re not careful."

"I forgot," said Shen Chuwei as she stood and put on a coat that lay nearby.

Chun Xi came in with a trot to close the window.

Shen Mingzhu followed behind His Highness, hearing their conversation. She snorted in her heart, thinking His Highness was blinded by beauty. Shen Chuwei obviously left the window open on purpose, to catch a cold and gain His Highness’ sympathy through pretending to be ill.

Xiao Jinyan: "..." Would you just shut up!

As a foodlover and a Divine Doctor, Shen Chuwei immediately caught a very bad smell: "What on earth is that? It stinks!"

Following the smell, she approached Shen Mingzhu and asked in confusion, "Lady Shen, what powder did you use? It smells terrible."

Shen Mingzhu, who had been suppressing her anger all afternoon, was infuriated upon hearing these words, but due to His Highness’ presence, she had to restrain her anger, "What do you mean by that?"

Xiao Jinyan looked at Shen Chuwei and asked sternly, "What’s the matter?"

Shen Chuwei replied, "Your Highness, I smell a poop odor, and it’s very unpleasant."

Shen Mingzhu flushed with anger, her neck growing hot: "Your Highness, I groom and dress myself every day, paying attention to appearance and attire, how could I possibly smell that disgusting? Despite being younger, she can’t slander her elder sister like this."

Her words were a reminder to His Highness that Shen Chuwei was deliberately being disrespectful because of her youth.

Xiao Jinyan didn’t even glance at Shen Mingzhu, instead commanding coldly, "Liu Xi, take Lady Shen out for a check."

"Yes," Liu Xi looked at Lady Shen, "Lady Shen, please follow me."

Shen Mingzhu clenched her teeth and followed Liu Xi out, fuming with indignation.

Chun Xi approached and asked, "Your Highness, shall we serve the meal now?"

Xiao Jinyan commanded, "Serve the meal."

Shen Chuwei instructed, "Chun Xi, light some incense to clear the smell."

A stench like that really spoils the appetite for eating.

"Understood, young master," Chun Xi accepted the order, proceeding to serve the meal while lighting a stick of incense.

Liu Xi directed the young eunuch beside him, "Check what Lady Shen has on her."

Shen Mingzhu stood there as the two young eunuchs searched her, which was humiliating enough.

Just as they looked towards her feet, she instinctively shrank back.

The sharp-witted young eunuch immediately spotted the problem. As he knelt down, he first smelled a whiff of poop, then saw dirty stuff on the surface of the shoe.

The young eunuch stood up and reported, "Eunuch Liu, Lady Shen’s shoe is dirty, and the repulsive smell is coming from her shoe."

Shen Mingzhu’s face turned pale and she instantly understood that the rabbit had smeared something on her, feeling so nauseated that her stomach turned.

Even if she didn’t wish to leave, she had lost her composure and could no longer stay.

"Eunuch Liu, please inform His Highness that I have to leave due to an urgent matter," she said.

After Shen Mingzhu finished speaking, she left in a hurry, cursing Shen Chuwei thoroughly in her mind.

Shen Chuwei, you slut, what’s the point of keeping a rabbit, just to smear poop on my shoe and make me lose face in front of His Highness.

His Highness clearly saw it was Shen Chuwei’s fault, yet turned a blind eye, as if he was without eyes.

All those words that Shen Mingzhu had cursed inwardly reached Xiao Jinyan’s ears. He was used to women cursing him in their hearts.

He looked across at Shen Chuwei, who was enjoying a chicken leg with gusto. They say that one’s appearance reflects their heart, and this phrase couldn’t be truer; Shen Chuwei had never cursed him.

If she would just stop imagining a melodramatic storyline between him and Lady Gui, that would be even better.

But Xiao Jinyan wasn’t bothered; nobody’s perfect, and Shen Chuwei was already much better than the rest. He couldn’t set his expectations too high.

After dinner, Xiao Jinyan, as usual, drank tea and asked Shen Chuwei, "How have you been resting these days?"

Shen Chuwei cheerfully replied, "Your Highness, I’ve been eating deliciously and sleeping soundly every day."

"That’s good," Xiao Jinyan nodded and slowly began, "Managing the affairs of the East Palace is actually quite straightforward—the expenses of everyone in the palace, the daily outgoings, social interactions..."

The moment Shen Chuwei heard she would have to handle so many things, her head started to ache, and she couldn’t pay attention to whatever else he was saying.

No wonder Xiao Jinyan disregarded the Empress’s discontent and didn’t allow Lady Gui to become the Concubine in charge of managing the affairs of the East Palace; these matters were indeed too mind-numbingly tedious.

She was just a lowly maid, without backing or support, and had become the target of Xiao Jinyan’s exploitation.

Wasn’t everyday life tasty just as it was?

Handling so many affairs, what was the difference between her and a butler?

Xiao Jinyan spoke at length about important matters, and noticing Shen Chuwei staring blankly at him, he asked, "Did you understand all