Chapter 196: Chapter 160: Watching the Princess Cry

Xiao Qi initially thought she would have to continue persuading for a while, but unexpectedly, the Princess obediently retreated back to Yi Fen Palace’s garden, sitting on the swing and swaying back and forth.

Looking at the Princess like this, although Xiao Qi knew it was very rebellious, she couldn’t help but silently exclaim again and again in her heart, “The Princess is so well-behaved.”

Just sitting there, she captured everyone’s gaze.

No wonder she is such a precious person.

Xiao Qi didn’t see it; she thought the precious person was sitting on the swing talking to herself.

“Dark One, are you there…are you there…are you there.”

“Dark Two, Dark Three, Dark Four… Dark Twenty-Eight!”

“None of you are coming out, right? If you don’t come out soon, I will jump off the swing!”

“I really will jump, okay!”

“I’ll count to three and then jump!”

Thus, while Xiao Qi was stealthily watching the Princess and using the few words she knew to praise her, she saw the fragile Princess she thought of as delicate fall off from the swing.

Xiao Qi instantly rushed to Shen Jingxian’s side, extended her hands, looked at her calloused hands, hesitated for a moment, thinking that the Princess’s outfit was quite cool for summer, and what if her rough hands hurt the Princess’s skin.

The leader told her that the Princess’s skin was extremely delicate, and that anything besides fine cotton and real silk would injure her.

So Xiao Qi withdrew her hands and chose to use her body as a cushion for Shen Jingxian.

Shen Jingxian felt the softness beneath her and was pleased — finally, these people were willing to come out.

But when she looked down, she found it was not the familiar group like Dark One, but Xiao Qi.

Besides Xiao Qi, some other unfamiliar maids suddenly appeared around her.

Shen Jingxian couldn’t help but ponder: Is it a distortion of human nature, or the degradation of morality— is it the maids’ problem or hers? Why do these maids look so strong, so fierce, and most importantly, unfamiliar?

“Are you here to arrest me?” Shen Jingxian automatically slipped into a conspiracy theory, wondering if the Heavenly Dao was making its final desperate attempt to destroy Yunyi Country in advance, thus dooming her.

In fact, although they appear to be maids, they were actually trained female secret guards who were swept off their feet by the Princess’s inquiry.

They didn’t know what being “cute” meant, they only felt like cuddling the Princess’s lovely little face and comforting her.

Hence, a group of female secret guards became starstruck by the Princess.

Wow, the Princess’s eyes are so big, her eyelashes so long, so beautiful!

The Princess is looking at me, she seems a bit wronged, why does that make me strangely excited!

The Princess’s skin is so white, like jade, I wonder how it feels to touch.

The Princess’s voice sounds really good too.

Did the Princess just ask a question and why did nobody answer…forget it, since nobody answers, I won’t either.

The Princess is really beautiful, guarding the Princess is a wonderful duty, it previously benefited Dark One’s group, now we must think of a way to seize the Princess.

A group of a dozen maid-like secret guards was all considering Xiao Jiujiu in their minds, yet none answered the Princess’s question.

The main reason is they differed from Dark One’s group; they needn’t report matters to their master, simply fulfilling the task of assassination was enough.

Killing was their forte, internal communication was decent, but speaking face-to-face was not really their thing, especially when the Princess was so beautiful, they would still get shy, okay.

Xiao Qi was still underneath Shen Jingxian’s bottom, not knowing whether the Princess remembered she existed.

Yet Xiao Qi neither cried nor protested or moved, just quietly staying beneath Shen Jingxian, while sighing softly at the softness.

She had a hunch, given the rarity of the opportunity, she must savor the experience longer.

Like this, a group of people stared at each other; big eyes belonged to the Princess alone, while the small eyes were those of the dozen maid-like individuals. This gaze continued for over ten minutes, and eventually, Shen Jingxian surrendered first.

Damn, can’t these people’s eyes get dry at all, not even a blink, she wonders what eye drops brand they use because her eyes have been dry lately.

It is human nature that when eyes dry out, one ought to rub them.

As Shen Jingxian reached out her right hand to rub her eyes, suddenly she was hit by a strong scent, causing her nose to tingle and instantly filling her eyes with tears.

Dammit, who dropped Tear-inducing Fruit on the floor without cleaning it up.

Shen Jingxian’s tears at this moment were cheap, streaming down like flowing water, unstoppable.

Tear-inducing Fruit is a type of food ingredient that, when shredded and fried with meat, is incredibly sweet, yet possesses a problem; just as its name implies, aside from being delicious, it has another effect—inducing tears.

This fruit, once cut open, ensures you cry non-stop for the duration of an incense.

Shen Jingxian suddenly remembered that during her midnight snack last night, she indeed, probably, had eaten Tear-inducing Fruit.

Nothing else to say, that flavor was genuinely delightful.

If only she could have more of it.

Shen Jingxian, while crying and dazing, unexpectedly displayed a kind of ethereal beauty in crying!

The secret guards were astonished; how could someone cry so beautifully! So captivating! Wanted to keep watching!

At this moment, all the leader taught about hierarchical respect and [subject] was forgotten, they only knew the Princess cries, continued crying, persistent crying.

Xiao Qi was somewhat different, she couldn’t see the Princess cry, but she knew — the Princess…was soft.

Until the effect of Tear-inducing Fruit wore off, Shen Jingxian’s tears stopped.

The secret guards saw the Princess had ceased crying and unanimously showed disappointed expressions.

Shen Jingxian: …

Shen Jingxian now understood, something was off with the maids in her palace; she did not sense maliciousness.

Earlier she intentionally posed the question, yet none responded.

This group seemed more concerned with her tears than the question?

Was she a Mermaid Princess, could her tears become pearls, hence they stared at her crying?

Thinking of this, Shen Jingxian inadvertently startled herself, considering the slight possibility.

She promptly looked down; thank goodness, no pearls.

She thought it might morph from historical fiction into fantasy.

Truly peculiar.

Shen Jingxian attempted to stand up supporting herself on the ground, noticing a person beneath her!

“Xiao Qi?! Quickly stand up, you’re being squashed by me, why didn’t you make a sound?!”

Xiao Qi blushed, feeling a bit embarrassed to say she stayed due to the Princess’s fragrance and softness being irresistible.

Xiao Qi’s silence plunged Shen Jingxian into contemplation; could it be a trick by the Heavenly Dao, intentionally using these strange maids trying to drive her insane.

Damnable Heavenly Dao!

Shen Jingxian angrily retreated to her room, lowly muttering all day.

Until dinner at night, when the Empress came to accompany her and revealed the maids’ identity, Shen Jingxian suddenly comprehended.

Oh, secret guards, then it’s alright.

“Mother, where’s Dark One’s group?”

“They went on a mission, only they can carry out that task.”

Shen Jingxian nodded, a lock of hair fell down and inadvertently dropped into the soup.

Shit!

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