Quick Wear: The Heirless Boss Wants to Get Close to Her Every Day

Chapter 476 The General's Daughter vs. the Deposed Crown Prince with No Heir (13)

"Shepherd's purse is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It can improve eyesight and stop bleeding. Shepherd's purse dumplings have a fragrant taste, are delicious, and also nourish the liver and lungs."

After Shen Shuyi finished speaking, she looked at Zhao Heng and said, "Your Highness, please try these. They are shepherd's purse dumplings that I made this morning."

As Zhao Heng listened to her speak, a gentle smile appeared on his lips. "Miss Shen is truly skillful."

"Don't praise it yet, try it and see how it tastes."

Zhao Heng did as instructed, picked up a shepherd's purse dumpling and ate it. The aroma was refreshing, and she wondered how she had managed to make the shepherd's purse taste so delicate. It was sweet and refreshing, leaving a lingering aftertaste.

He ate the whole plate of shepherd's purse dumplings with great enthusiasm, and then praised them as he put down his chopsticks.

When Shen Shuyi saw his smiling face, his eyes were clear and pure, giving her a sense of familiarity that seemed like a distant memory.

After eating shepherd's purse dumplings, the two went to the inner room, where Shen Shuyi continued to perform acupuncture to remove toxins for him.

After the acupuncture treatment, Zhao Heng noticed that the young girl packing her medicine box looked preoccupied.

He probed, "Has my condition changed?"

"No, no, your condition has stabilized. You just need to continue taking the medicine and getting acupuncture, and you will recover in a while."

Shen Shuyi gathered her thoughts, put away her medicine box, and spoke again in a soft tone, "In a few days, I will be going to the palace to attend the princes' selection banquet for their concubines."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Heng felt a sense of unease for some reason.

Do you have someone you like?

Shen Shuyi rested her chin on her hands, her voice somewhat muffled, "I have no choice but to participate. After all, I am still a member of the General's Mansion. If I don't go, my father won't let me off the hook."

She looked up at the silent Zhao Heng, "Your Highness, will you also be choosing concubines then?"

Zhao Heng wanted to say that he didn't have to choose. His father had deposed him from the position of crown prince and still felt indebted to him. He could accept that he would never marry.

Anyway, he's already a useless piece of trash.

But he nodded and said, "Mm."

"But I don't want to get married. Those young ladies certainly don't have any real feelings for me. I don't want to be with a resentful spouse."

Shen Shuyi's eyes lit up. "Since we are both forced into this situation, could you choose me at the palace banquet? That way, I can treat your injuries while I'm at home, and you can treat me as your personal physician!"

"I promise I won't disturb your peace."

A strange light flashed in Zhao Heng's deep eyes.

He asked, "Have you thought it through?"

"Well, Your Highness, will you agree?"

“Marriage is marriage. There is no such thing as a fake marriage. Although I am now a leisurely prince, my father’s side has been watching me closely. He wants to see me truly marry and settle down.”

“A fake marriage is a crime of deceiving the emperor.” Zhao Heng looked at her with bright eyes. “Miss Shen, I hope you will think this through before making a decision.”

Shen Shuyi's eyes were clear. "I have always admired your character. If I could marry such a virtuous and handsome Prince Su, it would be the greatest blessing I could ever have."

"Your Highness, I am willing to be your true husband and wife, to sleep in the same bed with you, and to live in harmony with you."

Zhao Heng was deeply moved. Regardless of whether she had romantic feelings for him, her sincerity alone made it difficult for him to refuse.

Moreover, he had his own selfish motives all along.

But he still told Shen Shuyi about his embarrassing past, "Miss Shen, I lost that feeling after I was poisoned."

He was a man, and even though he had never been intimate with a woman before, that part of him would change every morning.

But ever since the poisoning, that place has become completely silent.

"I'm afraid I'm willing but unable to bear you children."

Shen Shuyi only asked, "Have you tried it?"

Even with Zhao Heng's composure, he was still taken aback by the bold young girl before him. "No."

Shen Shuyi moved closer to him, gently placing her hands on his neck, her thin lips close to his ear, "Your Highness, I don't mind. I married you purely to get out of my current predicament, purely out of admiration for you. Even if we don't have children, it doesn't matter." Of course, she was just saying it nicely; her mission was to continue the lineage for her beloved Prince Su.
Zhao Heng smelled the faint fragrance emanating from the young girl and felt her warm breath on his ear, which made him feel hot all over, especially in his lower abdomen.
That place, which had been quiet for so long, is slowly starting to move again.
Shen Shuyi deliberately moved closer, and Zhao Heng, trying to hide his embarrassment, stepped back. Faced with this "sudden" situation, he had to admit that he harbored a certain tender feeling for Miss Shen that he himself was unaware of.

For the first time, the usually calm and rational Prince Su was at a loss. His Adam's apple bobbed, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Miss Shen, please get up."

If things continue like this, her predicament might frighten her.

"Okay." Shen Shuyi sat up straight and released her hands.

In a flash, Zhao Heng quickly retreated and sat behind the desk to conceal his embarrassment.

Shen Shuyi was stunned for a moment when she saw him like that. Then, looking at the man's restrained face and his upright posture, she blinked and spoke.

"Your Highness, do you hate me?"

Zhao Heng looked into her bright eyes and said, "I don't dislike her."

"Then you can try to like me after we get married!"

Zhao Heng had no objection to her suggestion and nodded, "Mm."

Shen Shuyi rested her chin on one hand, looking at him with her beautiful eyes, "Then from now on, you can call me something else."

"Stop calling me Miss Shen, Miss Shen!"

"You can call me Yiyi, or Yi'er, either is fine!"

Zhao Heng had never been so close to a woman before, and for a moment he couldn't bring himself to call her that.

Faced with the girl's expectations, he picked up his brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote the two characters "意意" on the Xuan paper on the table.

Shen Shuyi stared at the words on the paper and exclaimed, "Your Highness, you can also renege on your promises?"

"Then would you like to read it aloud from the paper, okay?"

"Yiyi," Zhao Heng said calmly.

Shen Shuyi felt that he was just reading a book, without any emotion.

"Your Highness, could you read it again? With a little emotion?"

Zhao Heng didn't understand why he would joke around with her about something like this. "Alright, Shuyi, it's lunchtime. Let's go out for lunch."

Shen Shuyi wasn't in a hurry to fuss over the form of address, since there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.

……

After finalizing the agreement, Shen Shuyi felt relaxed on her way back.

Unexpectedly, they saw the people sent by the General's Mansion in front of Tingyu Villa. The steward brought Cuiqin the dress to wear to the palace banquet.

Green Willow put her hands on her hips and said, "My young lady has everything she needs, who would want the clothes you sent her!"

She couldn't stand Cuiqin's attitude; she thought that just because she was a maid from the General's Mansion, she was superior and looked down on others.

When they were little, Cuiqin often bullied her, and she remembers it all!

Cuiqin was also very angry. "Luwu, have you lost your mind? These are clothes that the General ordered us to send over. They were all carefully selected by the Madam. If the young lady loses face at the palace banquet because of your deliberate obstruction, you won't have enough heads to lose!"

The steward of the general's mansion also glared at Green Willow with a stern expression.

These words startled Green Willow. A royal banquet—what if…?
Just then, a clear, cold voice rang out.

"Who on earth has the audacity to cause trouble at my manor?"

With a "whoosh!" the whip lashed out, and Cuiqin was knocked to the ground again.

When Cuiqin struggled to lift her head, she saw Shen Shuyi holding a long red whip. It wasn't a ghost; it was the young lady!

Last time, it was definitely the young lady who hit them!
……

(End of this chapter)