Xie Shu's words were so powerful that everyone at the scene was stunned and no one said a word.
However, as they fell silent, there seemed to be an extremely low pressure in the air.
In such cold and sharp eyes, Gu Suisui lowered his head in grievance, and finally walked towards Xie Shu.
She plopped down and knelt in front of Xie Shu.
Everyone was shocked.
Her nose was red and her voice was low, "Sister Xie, I know that A Chang and I both owe you the grace of saving our lives. I can compensate you for whatever you want."
"I didn't mean that you wanted to harm Ah Chang. I was just... worried about Ah Chang. I said the wrong thing. I apologize to you. Don't be angry, okay? It's my fault -"
The dignified princess actually knelt down for Xie Shu, a sinner.
Isn't this trying to trap Xie Shu in an unjust place?
Xie Shu was not in a hurry. She knelt down and gently touched Gu Suisui's face with her fingers.
She smiled, her eyes as cold as ice: "You can compensate me for anything? How about giving up your position as princess?"
"Thank you sister... I can let Ah Chang take you as my concubine." Gu Suisui suppressed the anger in his eyes and said pitifully.
"Concubine?" She suddenly turned around and her eyes fell on Chu Tongshang's face again.
She said calmly: "What if I said that I want the position of princess?"
It seemed like he was talking to Gu Suisui, but more like asking Chu Tongshang.
Gu Suisui's face turned pale, and her whole body was stagnant. It was probably because Xie Shu's sharp-tongued appearance today was beyond her expectation.
She didn't even know how to respond.
How could Gu Suisui be really naive? She is a noble daughter of a noble family, and her mother raised her carefully, so she can do no wrong.
Don't make a mistake.
"Suisui, why don't you get up soon?" Chu Tongshang came down and helped Gu Suisui up.
Gu Suisui's eyes were red, "Ah Chang, it's not that I didn't want to test the medicine for you at the beginning, I just..."
She was so choked that she couldn't speak, looking innocent and pitiful.
Just what? It's just that the Gu family doesn't allow her to rest her lower body on a sick man, let alone waste her body for a man.
He said he was going to the temple to pray for blessings, but it was just to avoid falling out with the Chu Palace.
The Gu family was a noble of the former Northern Han Dynasty and one of the four great families.
Gu Suisui's status was comparable to that of a prince or princess.
Taifu Gu is not a direct member of the Gu clan, but even if he is a collateral member, he is not an ordinary family member.
"Don't cry."
He interrupted her, with gentle waves flowing in his cold black eyes.
He raised his hand and touched her head, "Even if she tested medicine for me, I would never want to marry her."
"Didn't I tell you everything? It was her wishful thinking. You will always be my wife."
"Only one person is allowed in a lifetime."
Those words that Xie Shu had forgotten grinded through her heart bit by bit, making her tremble with pain.
"He's not an important person to begin with."
This sentence scratched Xie Shu's eardrums, and her originally straight back was now only stiff.
She still kept squatting on the ground, feeling that her body suddenly lost strength, and the bitterness welling up from the bottom of her heart almost swallowed her up.
He was not an important person in the first place, so even if he tried the medicine for him, he asked for that engagement.
But he said...
He never wanted to marry her.
So, is the engagement just a temporary measure? Just to see her sacrifice for him like a fool.
She just doesn't ask for anything in return.
Xie Shu felt that she could no longer breathe. She, an unimportant person, almost lost her life because of him.
in the end……
But it was nothing compared to Gu Suisui's tears.
"Sui Sui, it was my fault the king made you feel wronged a few days ago."
He tried his best to comfort Gu Suisui, his voice was very gentle, for fear of scaring her.
Gu Suisui is pitiful, innocent and simple.
Xie Shu lowered her eyelashes and remained calm, as if she had long been used to it.
In the end, he was afraid that Gu Suisui wouldn't believe what he said, so the man looked at Xie Shu and sneered.
He said directly: "I will send someone to Lengyuan to see the remnants of the Xie family."
"But I have a request. His Royal Highness Prince Jing will hold an archery competition at the hunting ground in a few days. The prize will be a thousand-year-old ginseng."
"Sui Sui is in poor health, and I want you to win back this ginseng."
This was not a discussion, but a commanding tone, and Xie Shu had almost no room to refuse.
She froze there again and raised her eyes to look at him.
King Jing.
That was the person she had ever offended the most, her mortal enemy!
After she was imprisoned, King Jing almost chopped off her hand.
That is the enemy.
In order to support Gu Suisui's health, she was asked to hunt for the prize from King Jing?
Gu Suisui leaned in his arms, her face turned pale, her eyes filled with tears, and she looked like a little white rabbit.
She seemed to be very afraid of Xie Shu, and her fingers were still holding Chu Tongshang's sleeves hard.
"A Chang, but King Jing's hunting ground must have many capable people and strangers. Can Sister Xie do it?"
"If she can't do it, the lives of the rest of the Xie family will be lost."
Chu Tongshang dropped these words and returned to the study with Gu Suisui, who was extremely aggrieved.
As for the bowl of medicine made with Xie Shu’s hard work.
Like Xie Shu's heart, it cooled down little by little in the winter.
It took her a while to figure out that Chu Tongshang was not joking.
I really want her to win the prize.
She knows archery, but she has been a medicine tester for him for three years and has not touched a bow and arrow for three years.
Can these hands, now covered with frostbite, still be able to draw a bow and arrow?
He just wanted to watch her lively and watch her dying struggle.
After all the young tailors left, Baoqin put down the tray and helped her up.
"Thank you sister, King Jing is not easy to deal with. If you go..."
"Do you really want to win the lottery?"
Xie Shu lowered her head and looked at her hands, not knowing what she was thinking.
After a while, her whole body trembled, and some memories in her mind were peeled away bit by bit.
'Little girl, I will teach you archery. You must know that no one in this world can be trusted. '
"I hope you can protect yourself at all times."
'Don't be afraid, hold my hand. '
She bit her lip hard, blood dripping from her eyes, and the pain in her eyes turned into tears.
The memories in my mind were shattered in an instant.
She has been practicing archery for decades and just wants to be the best!
The things that the man taught her carefully at the beginning and asked her to use for self-protection have now become Chu Tongshang's tools to please Gu Suisui, and they are also his humiliation to her.
Xie Shu stood up suddenly and ran out. It wasn't until she was tired from running and out of breath that she shook her head and huddled in a deserted corner.
She grabbed her collar, feeling hollow in her heart.
She couldn't sit still and wait for death, but what about her nephew?
What if you can't get first place and get the jackpot?
Xie Shu wanted to go to Nangong Yin, but she didn't dare and couldn't hinder him any longer.
No matter how painful it is, no matter how difficult it is, it's all something she should bear alone.
Xie Shu wiped away her tears and raised her head in the corner to look at the narrow sky.
She was heartbroken.
Why didn't she die? Why would he leave her alone.
She really misses him.
