Just after dealing with the remaining assasin, Dong Shen and Luo Beichen turned to see if Qin Xu was in any danger and when they turned the view left them speechless.
Luo Beichen sword slipped from his hand and with a clang dropped on the hard stone.
Dong Shen was momentarily stunned, the most shell shocked were the audience of the nobles and princes, just as Qin Xu turned the first thought in their minds was, 'what sorcery is this? '
"What the hell this is cheating. " Came the voice of third price Dong Liu as he hurriedly made his way towards the end of the bridge where Luo Beichen, Dong Shen were looking at Qin Xu as if they have seen a ghost.
Qin Xu unaware about the bomb she dropped, looked at her viel and sighed, 'anyway she was thinking of getting rid of it one of these days, if it happened today so be it.
Taking her attention off the veil she asked Luo Beichen, "brother in law what were you talking about just now, scared the assassins to death? Who scared the assassins to death? " She asked with curiosity on her face.
If someone can do that isn't it akin to having a super power.
"No.. No.. No Qin Xuu... No sister in law I just said where did you learn such amazing swordsmanship? "
Just as Luo Beichen called Qin Xu by her name Dong She shot him a glare hence he hastily changed her form of address again to sister in law.
"Oh that... My father is a great general, of course as his daughter cannot not know how to even wield a sword. " Spoke Qin Xu as if it was obvious.
"Then then... Sister iaw why are there rumors circulating around you about you being an talentless ugly person? " asked Luo Beichen what the hell how can she be ugly and talentless if she is ugly then who in this world can be beautiful.
'THEY WERE ALL DAMN UGLY'
"Oh that i dont know I never said I was ugly. "
Said Qin Xu with a shrug of her shoulder, 'she never said it so what does it matter to her who said what she doesn't care about these baseless things anyway.'
With that said she handed over the sword to Dong Shen, who after some hesitation took it from her little hand. "Nice sword" She said.
To which Dong Shen just nodded, right now he was too shocked to speak.
The events of these past three days one after another were more bizarre then the other and now he was seeing this consort of him for the first time, whose face he was afraid might cause downfall of nations.
Luo Beichen however was not reconciled, "sister in law then why do you wear a veil? " Asked Luo Beichen looking as if the next minute he would cry now the entourage of the nobles and crown Prince and third pronce has also come.
Probably also wanting to know the answer to this question.
Who amongst them was not present that day during the challenge and who amongst them had not accidentally either missed the target intentionally or did not even participate just because they have heard the girl was ugly and stupid and now looking at her they truly regretted their actions that day.
It was also a another thing that probably they were not skilled enough to shoot the target even if they tried but for now they forgot such a main issue.
"Oh that, that's because when I came back from Quanzhou suddenly I developed some rashes and although in Quanzhou it's not a big deal I have heard that in Capital one must wear veil to hide such unsightly appearance as it looks ill mannered to walk around with rashes while not covering i and sullying the eyes of people around, I have heard that here people pay more attention to beauty and will frown upon ugly people" Qin Xu said righteously.
Somehow all the people standing there felt guilty, Qin Xu labeled them hypocrite although unintentionally what she said made them look like discriminatora who judged people based kn their looks.
Although they felt offended, they knew what Qin Xu said was in fact the truth that's how things were in Capital they admired beauty and discarded people based on looks and talent.
"But why can't I see any rashes on your face now? " asked Luo Beichen.
"You can't because now I am more or less healed, I was going to take off my veil tomorrow you see but its alright if it's today I don't mind."said Qin Xu with a casual wave of her hand as if she was being gracious enough to let them peek at her countenance one day before her desired unveiling event.
Third Prince was in the worst mood and so was the Crown Prince, 'it was they who pushed such good water to flow in that Damn Dong Shen's feilds, how happy they were when they thought that Dong Shen was marrying an ugly talentless idiot women but now the joke turned on them. '
Looking at the beautiful enchanting face he has never even seen in his dreams the third prrince blurted out, " How can this be this is clearly cheating."
His eyes were full of rage as he looked at Dong Shen, 'This Dong Shen always had an unparallel luck and now see he won and he won big, big enough to make him be smug for the rest of his life. ' oh how how he wished he could go back that day and not miss the target.
"What cheating, I didn't cheat anybody see it's my face I have the right to cover it afterall I am a virtuous women. " Spoke Qin Xu looking all serious and cute at the same time seeing her appearance Dong Shen's lips quirkes up slightly.
'Calling yourself virtuous for hiding your face tsk tsk is virtuousness so cheap nowadays. '
He had already handed the assassins to be investigated by the investigating bureau and be dealt with.
"Alright, aren't you getting late for the Tea Ceremony? ' asked Dong Shen
Remembering the tea ceremony Qin Xu suddenly remembered the purpose of their visit to the place,the assassination attempt has let it skip from her mind, now that Dong Shen reminded her she became serious.
"Yes, yes Your highness, let's go, let's go it's not good to make the Empress wait. "
So the two of them bid goodbye to everyone and started going towards the Phoenix Pavillion of the empress which was just behind the Dragon hall.
Looking at the back of the both of them, "one firm and strong with broad shoulder and the other with a soft and elegant grace, the people behind sighed, 'some people are destined to be together they have never thought that Dong Shen was this lucky and Qin Xu turned out to be a swan. '
Suddenly a nobel young master blurted out all of a sudden, "Dong Shen is a toad eating the swan. " Some young master even nodded their heads and the third Prince truly felt it deep in his heart, 'indeed Dong Shen is a toad how dare he swallow that swan.'