She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 320 - 319: Astonishing Secret, What’s So Fascinating About a Dead Person?

Chapter 320: Chapter 319: Astonishing Secret, What’s So Fascinating About a Dead Person?

Shen Shuyun followed Yan Wanqing back home, her heart racing with fear.

The turmoil that had once raged in her heart had settled down over the journey and had now vanished, leaving only trepidation behind.

Yan Wanqing was so clever; she was truly worried that her little trick had been seen through.

But throughout the journey, Yan Wanqing did not initiate a single conversation with her.

This silent silence made Shen Shuyun so afraid she swallowed hard.

It wasn’t until they entered the inner chamber and she saw Yan Wanqing proceed to the bedroom without looking back, instructing Cong Ge to start preparing the bathwater, that she didn’t recover her composure.

"What are you staring at?" Cong Ge walked past her, pulling her aside to avoid the maids carrying water basins from bumping into her.

With this tug, Shen Shuyun stumbled, as if she was suddenly snapped awake from a deep dream.

"I, I-I, Miss, Miss she..."

"How come you’ve started stuttering after just stepping out?" Cong Ge chuckled lightly, then reached out to touch Shen Shuyun’s sweaty forehead: "Did you roll around outside? Your head’s covered in dust and sweat, you should also go back to your room and take a bath."

"No." Shen Shuyun shook her head.

She felt certain that Yan Wanqing must have seen through her.

"Why are you being so stubborn now," Cong Ge had no way with her, and then a maid came out calling, "Sister Cong Ge, the Commandery Princess is calling for you."

"I’m coming." Cong Ge handed her handkerchief to Shen Shuyun: "Remember to wipe your face, looking like a little gray cat." Then she quickly went inside.

Leaving Shen Shuyun alone at the door, her feet rooted to the spot, unable to move.

Shen Shuyun’s heart was filled with extreme unease, knowing that her ultimate goal, as well as Yan Wanqing’s, was to kill Song Huaxu. In this she hadn’t deceived at all, and right now, every move Yan Wanqing made tormented her.

So she did not want to leave, nor did she dare to.

The jewelry she had taken out with her had not been retrieved, something that Yan Wanqing would know with a check.

After what seemed an eternity waiting, the maids entered one after another, indicating Yan Wanqing had finished bathing.

She hurried against the flow of people and made her way into the inner chamber.

The room was shrouded in a layer of fog. Yan Wanqing was wearing only a thin robe, reclining lazily on the Imperial Consort’s couch by the window. At this moment, the sparse bamboo leaves outside rustled in the wind, with occasional patches of sunlight filtering through the leaves, mottling the beauty’s body and making the scene look like a painting.

Seeing Shen Shuyun enter, Yan Wanqing lazily turned her head, holding a Beauty Fan in her hand, and raised an eyebrow at Shen Shuyun.

Shen Shuyun was rendered mute by the beautiful scene before her.

Her mind had earlier conjured up words to say, but now she had forgotten them all, her heart and eyes filled only with the stunning glimpse under the window.

People were all conquered by her intelligence, wary of her repeatedly, yet they overlooked her beauty, a beauty beyond compare throughout the Six Kingdoms.

Seeing Shen Shuyun standing there, foolish and stunned, Cong Ge and Yan Wanqing exchanged smiles. Cong Ge stepped forward: "Quick, wipe your mouth, your drool is showing."

Shen Shuyun hurriedly went to wipe with the back of her hand, only to find it wasn’t wet as she expected.

She knew she had been tricked, her face reddened with shame.

"...Miss."

Yan Wanqing waved the Beauty Fan, a gentle breeze caressing her face, her temple hair fluttering lightly: "Cong Ge, you go out first."

Cong Ge bowed and left, closing the door behind her.

Only the two of them remained in the room.

For a moment, there was a peaceful silence.

Yan Wanqing didn’t speak, simply staring at her, the Beauty Fan in her hand slowly fanning, irregularly.

Shen Shuyun’s complexion went from redness to a pale defeat, as she clenched her waist belt tightly, her entire demeanor very constrained.

"Please, please punish me, Miss!"

Shen Shuyun knelt down.

Instead of tiredly bearing it passively, she might as well come clean honestly.

Yan Wanqing, who did not speak, really couldn’t bear it any longer.

Yan Wanqing let out a soft sigh, "You are not a servant of this Commandery Princess, you needn’t kneel."

"I must, I must kneel. Since I’ve chosen the Commandery Princess, these are the things I ought to do," Shen Shuyun stammered, "unless the Commandery Princess no longer wants me."

"Tell me, why should this Commandery Princess punish you?" Yan Wanqing didn’t intend to continue on that subject and switched to a different topic instead.

"Because I made a mistake. I contacted a disciple of the Divine Church of Light without permission," Shen Shuyun confessed sincerely, kneeling like a quail, "But it wasn’t to tip off Song Huaxu, it was through these disciples that I sought to understand his movements."

When Yan Wanqing had been in the ear room, Hong Wu had already informed her of everything.

So after taking a bath and feeling refreshed, Yuan Wanqing harbored no anger towards Shen Shuyun at all.

"Then tell me, what has he been up to lately?"

"He has been staying in the back mountain, watching over Song Ning."

"Watching over a dead person? Is that worthy of his attention?" Yan Wanqing chuckled disdainfully. She had run out of words for her master.

Shen Shuyun nodded, "I also found it strange, but indeed, the disciples saw it with their own eyes, and they even bring food there every day."

"Food?" Yan Wanqing raised her eyebrows slightly.

As far as she knew, Song Huaxu’s need for food was minimal, so minimal he could almost go without eating.

When they had traveled together previously, she had been so hungry she felt her front touch her back, yet her master had not taken a sip of water, still full of vigor.

Thus, hearing that Song Huaxu had someone deliver food, she found it quite perplexing.

Shen Shuyun nodded without understanding, "Yes, is there something strange about it, Commandery Princess?"

It was just some food, after all. Everyone needs to eat, right?

Yan Wanqing supported her jaw with the Beauty Fan, her lovely brows slightly knit.

Could it be he had been badly injured? Did he need to keep eating to recuperate his body and mind?

But why not stay in his own residence? Why insist on going to the ice coffin’s location, staying with a dead person?

Yan Wanqing faintly felt there was some earth-shattering secret, but she just couldn’t grasp it.

"About this matter, I don’t blame you," she said.

Shen Shuyun’s face lit up with joy. She was just about to confess about pawning her jewelry when she heard Yan Wanqing continue, "However, you shouldn’t have clashed with the Marquis Residence’s young miss. She’s not a kind person. It was good of you to save that elderly woman, but you must protect yourself first. As punishment, you are forbidden to leave the house for half a month. Are you okay with that?"

"...Yes," Shen Shuyun’s spirit deflated.

Where would she dare object?

At this moment, under the roof one must bow their head, whatever Yan Wanqing said was the final word.

"There’s another matter I want you to handle," Yan Wanqing spoke again as Shen Shuyun responded apathetically.

"Do it well, and your punishment will be lifted."

"Please instruct me, Commandery Princess!" Shen Shuyun immediately stood upright, very eager.

"Keep an eye on your master’s every move for the Divine Church of Light, and if possible, go in and check on Song Ning’s condition."

"What’s there to see in a dead person?!" Shen Shuyun asked in confusion.

Yan Wanqing’s face remained expressionless, "Report everything, no matter how small, to avoid any possibility of occurrence."

After all, if she could be reborn in this life, perhaps Song Ning might as well.

She had to allow for the possibility of anything happening and prepare any preventative measures in advance.

Only in this way, could she always stand on invincible ground.

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