'Sure enough this girl is distorting what she just said a minute before on the face of this Prince! What audacity indeed.'
Qin Xu seeing that the knife was coming towards her throat expertly manuvered it, "what are you saying your Highness it is indeed you I am worried about, won't people say that i made his highness the great War Prince of the Dong Nation to wear a green hat on his head oh. " Qin Xu spoke with great conviction.
Dong Shen couldn't hear anymore, he knew if he argued with this women he will die of internal injuries from swallowing back blood.
What gall she has to even mention him wearing a Green hat!
"Qin Xu... " Dong Shen uttered each syllable of her name one by one with his cold voice.
"I will prepare the handkerchief. " He had no choice he might as well say his reputation was going downhill from the day he shot that moving fish with the bow.
He doesn't want to give the emperor and his brother another chance to laugh at him and make a fool of himself.
He has had enough of this now.
Seeing that Dong Shen finally understood the seriousness of the matter, Qin Xu rolled her eyes under the veil,she felt tired after explaining him so much, really for being a Prince he was really too slow, she doubted how was he even alive in the Palace where hidden dragons and crouching Tigers were ready to kill their opponents in seconds if you show them even a little bit of your weakness, tsk tsk with his brains, being able to live this far as a famour Prince of a Nation was really a miracle, then she eyed his physique.
'Possibly having a strong physique helps after all this guy was quite huge at 195 CM and his built like a soldier and martial arts might have saved him from assassination as for Palace Politics, he was hardly in the Captital City and has just returned.
Now that he has returned it was her duty to protect her dumb husband, she was in the same boat as him now if he died then she won't have a good ending too, tak tsk being a Princess Consort was such a tiring Job.
Then she looked at Dong Shen with pity, 'Don't worry I will protect you from now on. ' with that she nodded subconsciously.
Dong Shen was paying attention to the movement of Qin Xu seeing her nod her head out of the blue he thought, 'she definitely is conspiring something, he should beware.'
Qin Xu wad unaware that the man she was thinking of protecting was conspiring to assassinate her currently.
As the carriage reached the Palace gates, Qin Xu and Dong Shen descended as the carriage won't enter the palace they have to walk all the way towards the heavenly dragon Palace.
Although usually a palanquin should have come to the palace door to take them away however as Dong Shen was not really liked coupled with the fact that he never took palanquin to the palace and just walked whenever he came, there was none present today.
And unknowingly or intentionally the palace did not prepare any for Qin Xu just to make thinks difficult for her, it can be seen that they had no intention of giving face to either Dong Shen or Qin Xu.
Dong Shen didn't mind not that he was not angry however he wanted to teach Qin Xu a lesson and he knew he would be fine walking as for the women beside him, she can walk for all he cares even till night until she reaches the palace.
Anyway he was sure she has to present the tea before noon otherwise the empress might make things difficult for her and he will just sit and enjoy his tea, although he did promise to handle the issue of the virgin cloth but that was it he was not going to Interfere more after all the handkerchief matter also involved him in the first place.
Thinking that finally he can punish this unruly cunning women Dong Shen's mood improved and he started walking faster.
Meanwhile Qin Xu was fine with walking she was not as good a martial artist as Dong Shen but she used to practice swordsmanship and had strong core muscles and flexible body hence walking was not at all tiring for her.
It's just that she was not as tall as Dong Shen and could not match his long steps gradually falling behind.
However the maids by her side were having a hard time keeping up with her.
Dong Shen thought that Qin Xu might take atleast two hours to reach the dragon hall but just as he turned behind he could she the women walking with elegance and grace her body dress swaying slightly with her body's movement making the orchid embroidery on her dress look life like and the whole persona gleaming with the warmth of the sun, they finally came across the square.
The Palace Square was actually a garden and besides it a small lake added a touch of scenery to the surrounding, currently the lake's water was still cold due to the spring winds and lotus were blooming in it making the scenary artistic and beautiful the bridge was laden with numerous cherry blossoms and the pink and white flowers were scattered on the bridge.
The surrounding air was filled with the sweet and fresh fragrance of cherry blossoms.
Qin Xu was in awe and quite enjoyed the picturesque scenery of the palace square.
Standing on the bridge the tall and handsome Dong Shen was emitting a cold aura as if she ran off with his mother, slightly sullying the beautiful scenery otherwise if you ignore Dong Shen's cold aura Qin Xu felt that today was a beautiful day for outing indeed.
Not only Dong Shen but right now some people who were sitting in the gazebo just across the bridge were also looking at Qin Xu with mixed feelings some with envy some with curiosity and some just wanted to see a good show.
The spectators were the Crown Prince the third Prince and other Princes, some nobel sons and daughters of the aristrocratic family who were personally invited by the Third Prince to watch a great show and crack melon seeds with him.
The third Prince was really a womanizer to the boot so much so that he even brought two of his concubines to watch the show with him sitting at either side of him serving him tea and refreshments.
Although the other Prince and Princess looked down on his behaviour they kinda enjoyed his carefree attitude and nosy gossipy personality, as they can also get to know quite a bit of juicy gossips from him.
It was all fair and well until the target of his gossips and entertainment was someone else and not them.