Chapter 262: Chapter 197: Updating, Updating

While Song Yan was busy stirring up turmoil, Wen Ranchen was preoccupied with conquering the world, and the Emperor and Empress were immersed in sorrow, only Shi Wang remained steadfast, guarding the place where Shen Jingxian’s ice coffin was located.

Shi Wang’s thoughts were simple: since the Princess said she would awaken someday, he must guard her.

Otherwise, if some careless person were to bury the Princess, how would she get out when she wakes up?

Although the Princess instructed him to send Wen Ranchen a handwritten letter every three days before she fell asleep, she didn’t leave many letters originally, and he had delivered all of them three months ago, so he didn’t follow Wen Ranchen to the front line.

Moreover, Wen Ranchen hadn’t opened the Princess’s letters in a long time.

Every time he received a letter, he would just put it away without reading the contents.

Don’t ask how Shi Wang knew, the answer is simple: he peeked.

The story had to be told from that day.

One day, Shi Wang, who had always obediently delivered the letters, suddenly recalled the anger of being betrayed by Wen Ranchen, so he prepared to enjoy the days of Wen Ranchen being heartbroken over the Princess.

After all, not everyone knew that the Princess would awaken, and he didn’t plan to share this significant secret with anyone else!

But unexpectedly, what he saw was not Wen Ranchen being heartbroken over the letters, he didn’t even open them, he just sat for a while and then put the letters in the box beside him.

?

What’s going on?

Wen Ranchen actually didn’t read the Princess’s letters! How daring!

But Shi Wang, after all, peeked and couldn’t directly go down and force Wen Ranchen’s head to make him read.

More importantly, Wen Ranchen hadn’t been doing well since the Princess left, his mood fluctuating unpredictably, which made Shi Wang feel a bit scared.

Just a little bit.

However, since then, Shi Wang deliberately observed Wen Ranchen’s reaction upon receiving letters.

Sure enough, it wasn’t as eager as before, if you looked closely… there was only pain left.

Pain?

Good! Pain is right!

From then on, Shi Wang left Wen Ranchen’s matters behind, no longer concerned.

But he remembered that Wen Ranchen no longer looked at the letters, so he didn’t follow when Wen Ranchen led troops to battle, only delivering letters when Wen Ranchen returned to the General Mansion.

Recently, with the letters all delivered and Wen Ranchen not returning, the constant good news from the front lines made Shi Wang feel he could even imagine Wen Ranchen’s crazed state.

He expressed great sympathy for Wen Ranchen’s enemies.

If possible, he wished he could hug the necks of enemy soldiers and ask them, “Brothers, are you in pain?”

Pain? Pain is right! Once I also went through this…

Just as Shi Wang was lost in thought, he suddenly saw the door to the room where the Princess’s ice coffin was kept open from the inside.

Shi Wang immediately sat up straight, an unbelievable thought spreading within his heart.

He had been guarding this place without ever leaving, and the Princess’s location was heavily guarded, impossible for anyone to bypass the barricades and enter.

It was also impossible for someone to evade his sight and enter the room.

Even taking a step back, if someone did sneak in, they certainly wouldn’t come out openly.

Thus, only one possibility remained.

Princess!!! My Princess!!!

Shi Wang fixed his gaze on it, and upon discovering the familiar corner of the garment fluttering from the room, rushed from the rooftop to the door in an instant.

“Your Highness!! You’re awake!!” Shi Wang, like a large dog reunited with its owner after three hundred years, wiggled his head and approached Shen Jingxian.

If he truly were a dog, he would have both paws on Shen Jingxian’s leg by now, with his tail wagging incessantly.

However, as Shi Wang moved closer to Shen Jingxian to observe for a while, he noticed something wasn’t right.

“Princess?”

Shen Jingxian looked at him, her eyes lacking the familiar gentle smile, instead filled with panic and fear.

Shi Wang stepped back without revealing any emotion, carefully observing Shen Jingxian’s features and posture, confirming that she wasn’t impersonated by someone else but was indeed the genuine Princess, at which point Shi Wang showed a sky-falling expression.

“Your Highness, did you lose your memory?”

Shen Jingxian didn’t answer; she was also confirming if the person in front of her was dangerous.

“Are you my subordinate?”

Shi Wang immediately nodded, “Yes, yes, yes I am! I really am!!!”

“Then can you take me to Fu Xuan?”

“Fu Xuan?” Shi Wang tilted his head, starting to search for that name in his mind.

Fu Xuan, Prince Xingyang, Hereditary Prince, having governed Xingyang very well since inheriting the title, with accomplishments over the past two years deserving recognition.

However, it seemed not only that.

Shi Wang’s mind took a turn, and he remembered!

He previously received news that Fu Xuan had a good relationship with the Princess, once escorting her from the Northern Land to the Capital City, and even secretly calling the Princess sister!

The Empress even considered making Fu Xuan the Prince Consort, but it seemed Fu Xuan did something that displeased the Empress, so she sent him away, letting Wen Ranchen smoothly take the position.

Recently, the news of the Princess being injured and comatose shocked the nation, and while aspiring individuals were busy avenging the Princess, only Fu Xuan personally brought the Divine Doctor to the Capital City, wanting to see the Princess.

Unfortunately, Fu Xuan couldn’t fulfill his wish.

Thus he remained in the Capital City, in a deadlock with the Emperor and Empress, insisting on seeing the Princess.

“Yes, it’s Fu Xuan, is he doing well now? Where is he, can you take me to him!”

Shi Wang looked at the eager Princess, sensing something amiss, the Princess awoke not recognizing him, not seeking the Emperor and Empress, nor Wen Ranchen, but first asked for Fu Xuan.

Even if Fu Xuan had a good relationship with the Princess, this was unreasonable.

For the first time in a long while, Shi Wang’s mind started thinking about matters other than killing.

A moment later, he came to realization.

His master once said, a person’s brain is very peculiar, and without thinking for a long time, memory degradation can occur.

Perhaps it’s because the Princess slept too long, leading to memory degradation, now only remembering Fu Xuan.

The master also said, memory is intricately linked, if it existed once, it can be recalled one day.

After pondering for a while, Shi Wang decided to follow the Princess’s wishes and find Fu Xuan.

“Prince Xingyang is currently in the Capital City, I will take you to him.”

Shi Wang considered many things, but to him the most important reason was to reassure the Princess.

If the Princess really forgot everything, only remembered Fu Xuan, then to the current Princess, surrounding matters and people are strangers, only Fu Xuan can provide her with a sense of security.

To Shi Wang, nothing is more important than the Princess’s feelings.

“Then let’s go now!” Shen Jingxian seemed very happy.

This look not only seemed to be about meeting an old friend or a close brother, but more like… going to meet a beloved.

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