“Shut up!” Shao Yanru said in an icy voice.

Shuqi hurriedly shut her mouth, pulled herself together, closed the door, and walked up to the window.

A corner of the gauze curtain in front of the window was lifted. The window was facing the corridor outside and the pavilion where Prince Yue was.

“Miss, Prince Yue stopped the Fifth Miss and didn’t let her go!” Shuqi came up to Shao Yanru, who was standing in front of the window and lifting the curtain to peek at Chu Liuyue and Shao Wanru, and reported in a low voice.

Shao Yanru got furious with her face as gloomy as the peaceful sky before a storm. She stood motionlessly in front of the window and stared quietly at the pavilion outside the window.

In the pavilion, Shao Wanru was delicate and gorgeous, while Chu Liuyue was handsome and noble. They were both charming, looking like a perfect couple. But Shao Yanru stared at them with her eyes full of resentment.

Prince Yue was the perfect candidate for her husband she had chosen since she was a child. How dare Shao Wanru try to steal him from her? She would definitely make the b*tch die a terrible death!

She clenched a corner of the gauze curtain, staring coldly at the pavilion.

Seeing her face darken, Shuqi did not dare to say anything else. She stood behind her and looked through the raised curtain, even breathing cautiously.

As Shao Yanru’s principal maid, Shuqi was certainly clear about Shao Yanru’s intention. Prince Yue, about whom the First Miss cared the most, had an unusual relationship with the Fifth Miss. It was reasonable for the First Miss to get furious at this time.

In the pavilion

Shao Wanru was extremely composed, and her watery eyes looked particularly gentle as if there were limpid ripples in them.

She was such a girl close to the hairpin age who exuded a sort of indescribable charm even when standing gracefully in front of others. Her bright red lips attracted others’ attention easily.

She had a perfect-shaped bulge in the middle of her upper lip, which was quite tempting.

Although she asked about Shao Yanru and seemed to be concerned about her, she did that after being stopped by him. It could be seen that she didn’t want to ask nor talk to him at first.

It upset Chu Liuyue. He fixed his eyes on her face again. When he first met her in the imperial palace after the three years she had spent in the Yuhui Nunnery, he was amazed at her beauty. He didn’t expect that it was her, the little girl he happened to see in Jiangzhou when she jumped over the wall.

She had grown up into such a beauty several years later!

“Your Highness, can you tell me what happened to my Eldest Sister?” Shao Wanru said impatiently, tilting her head slightly to dodge Chu Liuyue’s eyes.

“Not long after I came out of the Empress’s palace, I met the First Miss Shao at the rockery. The First Miss Shao probably wanted to bow to me, but she didn’t expect that she would miss her step and fall. I’ve sent for an imperial physician after bringing her here, and the imperial physician just said that there was nothing serious with her,” Chu Liuyue coughed in a low voice and said.

“Thank you, Your Highness!” Shao Wanru bowed sideways to him and said. Despite the conflict between Shao Yanru and her, in the eyes of outsiders, they, who were both legitimate daughters of Duke Xing’s Mansion, were families anyway.

But she didn’t understand what Chu Liuyue meant.

Did he suggest that Shao Yanru tried to hook up with him, but he had nothing to do with Shao Yanru? However, did it have anything to do with her whether there was any relationship between the two of them?

What was more, others didn’t know the relationship between them, but she was clear about it. In the last life, even if Shao Yanru married into the imperial palace as Chu Liuyue’s step-mother, they still had an affair.

“Fifth Miss Shao, I heard that you also got involved in the Third Miss Shao’s case. Is that true?” Chu Liuyue asked in displeasure.

Shao Wanru looked up at him speechlessly, wondering if he was trying to drop the former topic after realizing her unwillingness to talk with him.

But since he decided to drop the former topic, what was the point of his talking about something else?

She glanced over Shao Yanru’s room. The door of the room was closed tightly, and there seemed to be no one inside. However, Shao Wanru knew clearly that Shao Yanru was inside. Shao Yanru probably had lost her head so that she closed the door to cover up her act!

Was it because of Chu Liuyue?

Thinking of this, Shao Wanru found this was the case. In the last life, the two of them had acted in close collusion, which indicated their close relationship. Now, Chu Liuyue suggested that Shao Yanru tried to hook up with him. Even if Shao Yanru could not hear the conversation between Chu Liuyue and her, she must have seen Chu Liuyue prevent her from leaving here.

Noticing a corner of the gauze curtain was slightly lifted, Shao Wanru showed a mocking smile, thinking Shao Yanru was running of patience.

It was a good thing to make Shao Yanru lose her composure, but she really didn’t want to stay here and continue the conversation with Chu Liuyue. Every time she saw Chu Liuyue, it reminded her of her tragic death in the last life and made it difficult for her to calm down.

Maybe it would take a while for her to hide her resentment. But now, she really couldn’t calm down.

“Actually, I don’t know the whole story either. Your Highness, I want to go to see my Eldest Sister first. She has closed the door and might be mad at me now!”

Shao Wanru pointed to the door of Shao Yanru’s room as she spoke.

Chu Liuyue turned his eyes. When he saw Shao Yanru’s tightly closed door, a trace of displeasure rose in his heart. Like Shao Wanru, he knew Shao Yanru’s character very well. How could she, who had always been very composed, act so pettily?

Glancing at the half-lifted curtain, he frowned silently. Shao Yanru behaved improperly now. This time, she deliberately fell in front of him, and now she even closed the door and peeked at him through the window pettily.

After thinking for a while, he leaned to one side to get out of Shao Wanru’s way and said, “Fifth Miss, go and see the First Miss. I happen to be going with you.”

After that, he turned around and walked out.

The two of them took the same path, so Shao Wanru had no choice but to follow him. They arrived at Shao Yanru’s door one after the other.

The little eunuch went to knock on the door that was left unlocked. After that, they heard footsteps come from inside. The maid Shuqi hurriedly appeared at the door, acting as if she had just come out.

“Greetings, Your Highness. Greetings, Fifth Miss.” Seeing them at the door, Shuqi hurriedly bowed to them and said with her head down.

Even so, they still noticed the panic on Shuqi’s face.

“How is the First Miss?” Chu Liuyue asked.

“The First Miss… might have sprained her ankle. The imperial physician just said…” Shuqi hesitated for a moment, seeming to have no idea what to say. She was obviously suggesting that something was wrong with Shao Yanru.

Shao Wanru stood behind Chu Liuyue composedly, intending to wait quietly and see what they were going to do.

Chu Liuyue frowned and said, “If she still feels uncomfortable, go and ask the imperial physician to come again.”

“Yes, Your Highness. My master asked me to express her gratitude towards you. If you hadn’t happened to pass by, she wouldn’t have been able to receive good treatment in time. The imperial physician said that if my master received a treatment a little later, her injury would go worse,” Shuqi bowed again respectfully and said gratefully.

“Don’t mention it!” Chu Liuyue said and turned around, and Shao Wanru gave way to him.

“Fifth Miss, please take care of the First Miss!” Chu Liuyue said.

Shao Wanru didn’t answer, bowed sideways, and then stood with her head down, failing to continue the conversation.

Chu Liuyue frowned again. The girl in front of him seemed to be very meek, but also a little too stupid to continue the conversation.

Every Miss from an aristocratic family came up to hit on him shyly as soon as they met him. Even if they had nothing to talk about, they would bring up some topics. What was more, he tried to offer some topics, but Shao Wanru just couldn’t continue the conversation.

Chu Liuyue lowered his eyes slightly and said with a straight face, “Fifth Miss, I have to trouble you to help me find out if the First Miss was set up by someone. Every time the candidates enter the imperial palace to participate in the consort selection, there will always be various accidents. Some candidates, who are very likely to be selected, could fail because of this!”

Chu Liuyue said with his usual prestige on his cold face. Not to mention the Misses from aristocratic families living in the backyard, even the officials in the imperial court did not dare to offend him, who was considered the most prestigious prince, at this time.

However, it seemed that the Fifth Miss Shao in front of him neither took a fancy to him nor was afraid of him!

Shao Wanru smiled, raised her calm and gentle eyes slightly and said, “Your Highness, I’m afraid you have to trouble the Nanny in charge to find out why my Eldest Sister showed up there, whether there was any palace maid sending messages secretly for someone, why my Eldest Sister was set up, and who could benefit most from it.”

She said unhurriedly with assurance, neither flattering nor humble, as if she was just talking about a common thing and didn’t grasp Chu Liuyue’s implied meaning.

Chu Liuyue frowned more tightly, for he didn’t like this kind of feeling. He glanced at her little face as gorgeous as a blooming flower, thinking he was just amazed at her beauty when he first met her in the imperial palace. He did have a crush on her, but it definitely couldn’t compare with his grand ambition.

But he found it unpleasant to be ignored and even despised by her!

He stared at Shao Wanru with deep eyes. Seeing that there was no trace of shyness on her face, he couldn’t help feeling upset, turned around with a snort, and strode away.

The little eunuch bowed to Shao Wanru with joined hands and followed him in a hurry.

As Chu Liuyue’s personal eunuch, he could sense that Chu Liuyue, who had always been aloof, seemed to take a little different attitude towards the Fifth Miss Shao. Therefore, he did not dare to treat the Fifth Miss Shao lightly.

“Shuqi, how is my Eldest Sister?” As Shao Wanru walked in, she asked Shuqi, who froze there.

“Ah… Oh, the First Miss is inside!” Shuqi said. Looking outside and finding that Prince Yue had strode away, she could only turn back and follow Shao Wanru inside.

The First Miss actually wanted Prince Yue to come in and wanted to have a private conversation with him. But now Prince Yue had left, and Shuqi dared not stop him!

In the room, Shao Yanru sat on the bed with a livid face. She heard their conversation clearly. When she saw Chu Liuyue come over, she went back to the inner room in excitement and lay down. Unexpectedly, Chu Liuyue just asked about her condition, but he didn’t come in. Now she had racked her brains in vain.

“Eldest Sister, are you all right now?” After coming in, Shao Wanru looked at Shao Yanru and asked flatly. She was at least one foot away from the bed.

Shao Wanru just couldn’t be bothered to pretend to be a good sister when there was no one else around!