Chapter 181: Chapter 149: The Warmth and Coldness of People (Part 3)

“Thinking about the fish soup you just made, it turns out you have things you’re not so good at.”

Wen Ranchen rarely showed a slightly awkward expression, although his face wasn’t red, Shen Jingxian just felt he was shy.

Shen Jingxian found the big dog in front of her a bit cute.

“Does Your Highness think that Ranchen can do everything?”

“Of course, do you remember when we were little, there was a problem I couldn’t solve after thinking for an hour, but you solved it with just one glance.”

Wen Ranchen slightly smiled, “That was because the tutor had just taught it the day before, only Your Highness was sleeping.”

Shen Jingxian was shocked, “How did you know I was sleeping?”

Wen Ranchen: “I had a feeling.”

Shen Jingxian: “You could understand the tutor’s lesson while multitasking, and you dare say you’re not a genius!”

Wen Ranchen: “Your Highness is also very smart.”

Shen Jingxian continued to list the extraordinary traits of Wen Ranchen, “Don’t think I don’t know, when I was seven, father didn’t spend a single soldier to annex the five small neighboring nations, that was your idea, wasn’t it? Also, you’ve always studied the Four Books and Five Classics with me, yet your martial arts haven’t declined at all! You can also do paper cutting, make orange lanterns, blend fragrances, practice medicine, you can do everything, and no matter what you do, it’s always with ease, like you have everything under control, nothing can stump you.”

Wen Ranchen fell silent, unable to refute, because indeed, everything Shen Jingxian said, he could do, and had learned with ease.

But there was only one thing he never found easy.

Recalling what the Empress said today, Wen Ranchen had an inexplicable intuition that he should speak up about this matter.

“Your Highness.”

Shen Jingxian stopped counting on her fingers, tilted her head slightly to look at Wen Ranchen, with an innocence she herself had not noticed, very charming, “Hmm?”

“Would you like to hear my heart?”

Shen Jingxian was puzzled, “How do I listen?”

Wen Ranchen glanced at Shen Jingxian’s innocent little face, at this moment the Princess hadn’t realized what she was about to do.

He lifted his hand and whispered, “Your Highness, pardon me.”

Wen Ranchen’s hand was very big.

Shen Jingxian only had time for one thought, and her face was placed against somewhere a little hard, yet very warm, she could clearly feel the temperature through the fabric, and the irregular thumping beneath the skin.

This was the rhythm of a heart.

Thump thump thump.

At this moment, Shen Jingxian couldn’t really tell if what she heard was her own heartbeat or Wen Ranchen’s heartbeat.

Heart… beating so fast.

“Did Your Highness hear it?”

Hearing this, Shen Jingxian began to listen carefully.

In her previous life, she knew some basic medical common sense, like how a normal person’s heart rate is between 60-80 beats per minute, if it’s over 80 but under 100, it’s considered a moderately increased heart rate, and if it exceeds 100 per minute on an ECG, it’s termed sinus tachycardia.

She needed to count Wen Ranchen’s heartbeat to see if it was normal.

“Wait a little longer.”

At this moment, Shen Jingxian lying on Wen Ranchen’s chest had no other thoughts, truly counting each heartbeat one by one.

She felt so tired having to count both time and heartbeats.

About a minute later, she roughly counted about 95 beats.

So Shen Jingxian concluded, she sat up from Wen Ranchen’s embrace, looked at him and said, “Your heart… is beating a bit fast.”

Wen Ranchen seriously looked at Shen Jingxian, and among all things in the world, his eyes at this moment could only hold one person, “Because of Your Highness.”

Shen Jingxian blinked, “But I still didn’t hear your heart.”

“Does Your Highness want to listen again?”

Shen Jingxian didn’t answer, just moved closer again to Wen Ranchen’s chest, the temperature this time was even hotter than before.

Shen Jingxian asked, “Besides the heartbeat, what else can be known like this?”

“The warmth or coldness of a person,” Wen Ranchen’s deep voice came from above, carrying a slight hoarseness, “If only my temperature could be passed to Your Highness.”

…

The Empress held the secret letter handed over by the Dark One, her face breaking into a knowing auntie smile.

Who would’ve thought, Wen Ranchen, this kid, has quite the skill?

But how dare he lay hands on her daughter, when she’s trusted him so much!

The Emperor leaned in, equally indignant, “Wen Ranchen, that rascal!”

But after cursing, he closed his mouth, recalling the time he forcibly kissed the Empress back then, fearing old scores would be settled, the Emperor ultimately chose to remain silent.

Yet after the auntie smile, the Empress showed a meaningful smile, and leisurely said, “We should give that kid Fu Xuan a chance too, it’s only fair this way.”

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