Chen Yuanyuan's face reddened. She couldn't help but say, "Ah Ke, what nonsense are you talking about?" She knew that even if a normal woman and a young man lived together, there would be all kinds of rumors, especially when her identity was so sensitive.
"I am not speaking nonsense. Didn't Brother Song and Huang Chang say the same thing?" Ah Ke was still a young girl who had not seen much of the world. She did not understand the risks behind this.
"Prince Song was just responding to Huang Chang's words." Chen Yuanyuan almost stomped her feet. She thought, my silly daughter, in the future, men will eat her up and she will be grateful.
"It's not that I'm just being perfunctory." Song QingShu smiled slightly. "How about this, if Madam doesn't mind, you can stay at my place for a period of time. We'll talk about it when you think of a place to go."
Chen Yuanyuan's charming face was flushed, and her big watery eyes were filled with incomparable awkwardness. "This … I'm afraid it's not very good."
Song Qingshu waved his hand. "Furen, do not worry. I am upright, I am not afraid of any rumors."
Chen Yuanyuan was speechless. Of course you are a man, of course you are not afraid. It is always us women who get hurt … but she quickly realized that her reputation was already bad enough. As the saying goes, debt does not weigh on one's body. Also, he was helping out of kindness …
"Then I will trouble Master," Chen Yuanyuan bowed and said softly.
Ah Ke also looked gratefully at Song Qingshu. "Brother Song, thank you!"
Being stared at by two calamitous beauties, even Song Qingshu, with his strong will, was dazed for a moment. He was worried that he would lose his composure if he continued to stare. He said in a hurry, "Huang Chang came just now. He might have alerted others. We should leave the palace as soon as possible."
"In such a hurry?" Chen Yuanyuan instinctively looked at her daughter, her reluctance to part with her was clear in her words.
Even though Ah Ke was also reluctant to part with her, for safety reasons, she also urged, "Mother, leave the palace first. I will find opportunities to come see you often."
Song Qingshu criticized in his heart, thinking, you are an imperial concubine who is favored, even if you and Zhao Gou are only husband and wife in name, but other people do not know, how would they dare to let you leave the palace as you please.
Chen Yuanyuan was obviously thinking the same thing as him. "It's easier said than done for you to leave the palace."
Ah Ke pursed her lips and smiled. She tugged on Song Qingshu's sleeve and said, "Brother Song's kung fu is so strong that he can come and go as he pleases in the palace. If I miss you, I can just ask him to take me out of the palace quietly."
Song Qingshu's face was filled with black lines. He thought to himself, if you often walk by the river, how can you not wet your shoes? It was too risky to come to the Imperial Palace to bring his most beloved concubine out of the Imperial Palace. At the very least, Huang Chang would not sit by and do nothing.
"Nonsense, Prince Song has a lot of things to deal with every day. He doesn't have time to deal with you." Chen Yuanyuan pinched her daughter's face.
"It shouldn't be a problem to bring him out of the palace once in a while." Song Qingshu interrupted. No matter what, he had to give them some reassurance. Otherwise, it wouldn't be right to just take him away like this.
Before the mother and daughter left, they whispered to each other for a while. Song Qingshu saw that it was almost time, so he said to the two of them, "I'll send Ah Ke back to the palace first. When I come back, I'll take you out."
Chen Yuanyuan and Li Yuanzhi had no objections. After all, they couldn't leave Ah Ke alone in the cold palace with no one around. First, they were afraid of danger. Second, even if they returned safely, they wouldn't be able to explain to the guards in the palace.
Song Qingshu held Ah Ke's slender waist and returned along the way. Soon, they returned to her bedroom. After settling her down, he was worried that something might happen to the two women left in the cold palace, so he hurriedly turned around and left.
"Wait …" Ah Ke suddenly grabbed him and said with a face full of resentment, "Do I annoy you that much?"
Song Qingshu was stunned. "No, why do you ask that?"
"Then why did you just put me down and leave?" Ah Ke pouted and muttered in a low voice. "I feel like a burden."
Song Qingshu laughed. "No man in the world would dislike such a beautiful girl as a burden."
Ah Ke's eyes lit up. "You … also think I'm beautiful?"
Song Qingshu looked at her gently. "Of course, white jade inlaid with pearls can't compare to your beauty, and the first dew of a rose can't compare to your beauty."
Ah Ke had been praised for her beauty many times since she was a child, but she had never been as happy as she was now.
"Brother Song, thank you for saving my mother." Ah Ke's face became more and more gentle. The resentment from being tricked to Yan Jing by him seemed to have mostly disappeared.
"It's a piece of cake." Looking at her charming face under the candlelight, Song Qingshu's heart moved. Although Ah Ke and Chen Yuanyuan looked somewhat similar, their temperaments were completely different. Chen Yuanyuan was graceful, mature and charming, while Ah Ke was full of youth and beauty. One was an extremely beautiful young woman, while the other was an extremely beautiful young girl. It was really a saying that plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums each had their own advantages.
Seeing that Song Qingshu had been staring at her in a daze, Ah Ke turned her face away shyly.
A faint blush appeared on the girl's crystal clear face, and the bashfulness on her face made Song QingShu stunned. He subconsciously teased, "Previously, you said that if I complete your request, you'll promise me one thing. I wonder if it's still true now?"
Ah Ke's heart skipped a beat. "Of course … of course it counts."
"Then can I make a request now?" Song Qingshu looked at her with a smile that was not a smile.
Ah Ke's heart beat even faster. The young girl's modesty caused her to reflexively refuse. "But you clearly didn't complete my request."
Song Qingshu immediately became gloomy. "Although I didn't kill the assassin or Huang Chang, I saved your mother. In addition, I will have to take care of her and protect her for a period of time. No matter how you look at it, I can still fulfill your previous request."
"Then … after my mother is settled, then you … you have completed your request," Ah Ke said with a red face.
Song Qingshu's eyes lit up. "Then when the time comes, I can make any request I want from you?"
Ah Ke somewhat regretted making him stay. She didn't even need to look in the mirror to know that she was blushing. She thought to herself, How do you expect me to respond to such a question?
Seeing that the young girl had her head lowered and was silent, Song Qingshu suddenly felt that this was particularly interesting. "If you don't say anything, then I'll take it as a silent agreement?"
Ah Ke opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Song Qingshu laughed. "Alright, I won't tease you anymore. I'll leave first. Take care of yourself in the palace. If there's anything urgent, you can contact me according to the method I taught you just now."
"Well, you have to be careful yourself." Ah Ke felt her vision blur, and Song Qingshu was no longer in the room. For a moment, she couldn't help but stand on the spot, feeling lost.
When Song Qingshu returned to the Cold Palace, he found that both Chen Yuanyuan and Li Yuanzhi had a strange expression on their faces. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's wrong with you guys?"
Chen Yuanyuan smiled but didn't say anything. It was Li Yuanzhi who said in a lively manner, "Just now, Sister Yuanyuan and I made a bet on how long it would take for you to come back. Sister Yuanyuan said that with your lightness skill, you could come back in the time it takes to drink three cups of tea. However, I know your character. You definitely want to stay there and have some fun with Ah Ke, so I concluded that you wouldn't be able to come back in less than an hour."
Seeing Chen Yuanyuan's faint smile, Song Qingshu was extremely embarrassed. After all, he was teasing her daughter. He was a little angry and wanted to pull Li Yuanzhi over. "You stinky girl, are you deliberately making it difficult for me?"
Unexpectedly, Li Yuanzhi was already prepared. Like an agile rabbit, she instantly hid behind Chen Yuanyuan. "Sister Yuanyuan, someone wants to kill me to silence me ~"
"Don't hide. No one can save you today." Song Qingshu deliberately said fiercely.
Seeing Song Qingshu pouncing over, Li Yuanzhi cried out in alarm. She pushed Chen Yuanyuan forward and took the opportunity to hide further behind.
Chen Yuanyuan originally thought that Li Yuanzhi was only using her as a shield. She didn't expect that the other party would turn her into a moving shield. In fact, even if she had expected it, she couldn't do anything about it. After all, Li Yuanzhi knew martial arts, and she was just a delicate and weak woman.
Hearing Chen Yuanyuan's cry of alarm, Song Qingshu subconsciously reached out to catch her, holding her steady so that she wouldn't fall. In the end, he couldn't help but feel extremely embarrassed.
It should be known that with his character, if he wanted to take advantage of someone, he would do it openly. He didn't care about such petty tricks. Therefore, the situation in front of him was what he hated the most. It was clearly not his intention, but it made his glorious and imposing image fall into the Mariana Trench.
Chen Yuanyuan was still smiling a moment ago, but now her smile froze on her face. Her gaze fell on the other party's hand on her chest. She opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't say anything.
"Hey, what's wrong with the two of you?" Li Yuanzhi hid behind them. Who knew that after waiting for a long time, Song Qingshu still hadn't caught up? When she looked back, she saw that the two of them were quietly hugging each other.
"No … nothing." After all, Chen Yuanyuan was someone who had experienced great storms. After a while of buffering, she had already come back to her senses. She quietly took a step back. "Just now, you almost pushed me down. Fortunately, Prince Song supported me."
Li Yuanzhi stuck out her tongue. "I'm sorry, Sister Yuanyuan."
"You don't have to be so polite with me." Chen Yuanyuan dotingly stroked her hair.
Seeing that Chen Yuanyuan acted as if nothing had happened, Song Qingshu couldn't help but sigh. There was indeed a difference between a mature woman and a young and inexperienced girl. It was much easier to interact with a mature woman.
Seeing that the two of them were chatting endlessly, Song Qingshu couldn't help but say, "It's getting late. Let's leave the palace first."
Li Yuanzhi giggled and said, "Okay, I'll give you a chance to hug each of them." As she spoke, she opened her arms, indicating for Song Qingshu to come between the two of them and hug them.
On the side, Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed. She thought that she had cultivated alone for so many years, and a man had never even touched the corner of her clothes. Who knew that during this time, she would be hugged and touched by Song Qingshu. Really …
But when she thought about how she had been in contact with Song Qingshu before, a mere hug didn't count as much. Chen Yuanyuan calmed her mood and her face returned to its usual graceful and gentle smile. "Thank you, Young Master."
Song Qingshu nodded. Hugging the two of them, he turned into a sharp arrow and quickly flew out of the palace.
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