After I died, the scumbag prince cried down the city wall

Chapter 248 Reverse Scale

"I saw that Princess Xuan's usually calm eyes were actually showing a rare ripple, and a barely perceptible blush crept up her cheeks, revealing the turmoil and struggle in her heart.

Song Yanyi then turned and left, and Su Yan followed closely behind without saying a word.

Princess Xuan finally woke up from her dream, and hurriedly calmed down her panic, lowering her eyes to hide all her uneasiness.

Before leaving, Song Yanyi once again gave Cui Rongrong a meaningful look, as if penetrating the fog in her heart.

Cui Rong suddenly woke up from her dream and hurriedly said goodbye to Princess Xuan: "Then I will leave first, Princess."

Princess Xuan's voice trembled slightly, her eyes still lowered: "Go."

Cui Rong was filled with confusion. Why would the usually calm and composed Princess Xuan lose her composure like this?

She couldn't help but glance sideways at Su Yan, but found that he looked calm and composed, as if he didn't have much interaction with the princess.

Cui Rong frowned, puzzled, as if she was trapped in an unsolvable mystery.

Along the way, her thoughts were like a wild horse running out of control, until she reached the gate of the palace and saw Song Yanyi waiting quietly outside, and then those messy thoughts gradually subsided.

Thinking back to the argument with him the day before, she was actually not prepared for how to face him, and she had never expected to meet him again so soon.

There was a hint of awkwardness in the air during their encounter, and perhaps he felt the same way.

An idea came to Cui Rongrong's mind: why not just pretend that she didn't see him?

However, Song Yanyi's sharp eyes caught her and asked with a little displeasure: "Why don't you come out yet?"

Cui Rong hesitated for a moment, and finally walked out slowly.

Song Yanyi's face looked a little gloomy. He said calmly, "Don't come to places like Prince Xuan's Mansion in the future. Even if you come, pretend that you know nothing. Don't think about useless things all day long."

"How could I have thought of that?"

Cui Rongrong's rebuttal was weak and unconfident. She wondered why he could always see through her thoughts?

Song Yanyi seemed to have caught her rare guilty conscience and asked casually, "Is your herbal medicine shop still busy?"

"well enough."

Cui Rong answered nonchalantly.

"Didn't you aspire to be a doctor who saves lives? Why do you make money by selling health products all day long?"

There was a hint of blame in Song Yanyi's words, which made Cui Rong furious.

"Is there anything wrong with me making money? Can't a famous doctor make money? Besides, I'm still curing diseases and saving lives!"

Cui Rongrong refuted confidently, with a stubborn light flashing in her eyes.

"Who did you save?"

Unexpectedly, these words seemed to come out impulsively, and she immediately continued: "I just saved a dying man. He had stab wounds all over his body, and one of them almost took his life. If it weren't for me, he would have died long ago."

"So you took him back to the store?"

Song Yanyi's questioning made people feel puzzling, as if all this was an obvious fact to him.

"Of course, it's impossible to leave him outside with such serious injuries."

Cui Rong looked at him puzzledly, not understanding why he was asking these questions.

Song Yanyi's eyes became even deeper, with a hint of inquiry in them: "Is it done now?"

"Not yet. He is too badly injured to be moved around. He needs to be observed for a few days. It would be best for him to stay in the store. He also offered a generous reward and gave me one thousand taels of silver as a token of gratitude."

When Cui Rongrong mentioned this, the uncontrollable joy on her face revealed the secret, and the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction after helping others was beyond words.

Song Yanyi quietly looked at her face that was radiant with joy, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if he had a subtle appreciation for her pure and direct expression of emotion.

Cui Rongrong suddenly noticed his gaze and turned around, just in time to meet his black eyes which were no longer cold as ice but revealed a hint of warmth, like the gentlest sunshine in spring, which made her stunned involuntarily.

Immediately, she came back to her senses, her eyes flickering, and she was secretly surprised at how she could have revealed so much to him for no apparent reason?

I secretly swore in my heart that I never wanted to have anything to do with him again!

Her heart tightened, and then she spoke with obvious evasion in her voice: "I'll take my leave first."

Song Yanyi did not block her way, but reminded her in a gentle and deep tone: "Try to reduce the number of times you go to Prince Xuan's Mansion in the future. After all, it is where the royal family gathers. If you make a mistake by mistake, you may fall into unpredictable danger."

There was subtle concern and worry in his voice.

A light suddenly flashed through Cui Rong's mind. Why did he always show up at the critical moment?

It seemed that everything was as he expected.

She turned her head slightly to avoid the gaze that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, with a nonchalant smile on her lips, and replied perfunctorily: "I know, I will pay attention to it."

Just as she was about to take the opportunity to leave, Song Yanyi seemed to have expected it. He took a step forward, his figure as steady as a mountain, his sharp eyes seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, staring straight at her, and asked: "Are you hiding something from me?"

"What's wrong?"

Cui Rong's tone was pretended to be relaxed, but her eyes flickered and avoided inadvertently.

"You have been avoiding my gaze since a while ago."

Song Yan's dark eyes were full of inquiry, hiding his deep concern for her and a hint of imperceptible worry.

He wondered if she was planning something behind his back. Although he had already ordered people to protect him secretly, people's minds were unpredictable. What if she was careless in the slightest?

She was smart and cunning, which forced him to pay more attention to her.

Cui Rongrong felt that this sudden questioning was like touching a reverse scale. She tensed up instantly and her voice became louder involuntarily: "When have I ever been afraid to look you in the face?"

Song Yanyi was stunned, not understanding why she suddenly became so angry.

Cui Rong was filled with anger. She walked around him and left quickly, leaving behind a trail of angry footsteps.

Looking at her back as she left angrily, Song Yanyi's brows were tightly locked together, and the worries in his heart gathered like dark clouds.

Why is she becoming more and more worrying?

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Inside the Prince Xuan's mansion, the lights were dimming. Princess Xuan returned to her bedroom in a daze, with tear stains on her cheeks and a trembling voice: "It's him, it's really him. I've been looking for him for so long that I even thought he was no longer in this world..."

Cai Lian hurried forward, held the princess's hand tightly, and comforted her: "Your Majesty, everything is over. We should look forward."

Princess Xuan's tears fell like pearls from a broken string, full of sorrow and self-blame: "He is still alive. I heard the servants call him Lord Su. It turns out that he has passed the imperial examination and has become an official in the court."

Cai Lian said softly, "Isn't this a good thing? Madam, don't blame yourself anymore. You should be happy for him."