464 Father and Daughter (1)
Xuanyuan Ce felt a lump in his throat. “Do you hate him?”
Xuanyuan Ce did not know if he was asking about the Shen family or himself.
Shen Yijia frowned. She did not like to mention Shen Pingxiu. She wiped her mouth and stopped eating. She said with a straight face, “I don’t hate him. He’s not worthy of my hatred, but not only did he betray my mother, but he also caused her death, so I want to avenge my mother.”
Xuanyuan Ce was almost out of breath.
After a long time, he asked again, “What if there’s a misunderstanding?”
“What misunderstanding can there be? He clearly promised to treat my mother well for the rest of his life, but he married someone else. Everyone knows this.”
“Besides, isn’t manslaughter considered murder? No matter what the reason is, it’s a fact that my mother died because of him.”
Xuanyuan Ce swallowed his blood and his hand trembled.
“Your Highness, we’re here.” Chu Feng’s voice came from outside.
Xuanyuan Ce heaved a sigh of relief.
Shen Yijia did not get out of the car immediately. She scratched her head and said awkwardly, “Can I buy some fruits from you?”
She had eaten, but her beautiful husband had not. The others in the family had not eaten either.
Xuanyuan Ce guessed why she mentioned this and nodded.
He did not say that he did not need money because after interacting with her a few times, he more or less understood Shen Yijia. She looked carefree, but she had her own principles in doing many things.
Shen Yijia grinned and took out a piece of silver from her pouch. She opened the sack and looted the dragon’s eye and lychee in the ice box. These two fruits could hardly be seen in the market, so she suggested buying them from Xuanyuan Ce.
Seeing the gold bars in the sack, the corners of Xuanyuan Ce’s mouth twitched.
He had originally planned to attack the Shen family. Since this girl had her own thoughts, he could only let her be.
Not long after Shen Yijia left, a Demon Guard suddenly appeared in front of the carriage.
“Did you let them escape?” Xuanyuan Ce asked.
The Demon Guard knelt down and apologized. “I didn’t do my job well.”
Xuanyuan Ce looked at him strangely. “Even you’re no match for that person?”
He had fought with the men in black just now, so his skills were not top-notch.
The Demon Guard said, “The other party used poison.”
He wanted to catch him, but he did not expect the other party to trick him. If he had not dodged quickly, he would not have been able to return.
After saying that, he waited for a while. When he didn’t hear anything else, he flashed into the night.
Xuanyuan Ce leaned back into the carriage. “Use poison!” he thought.
When Chu Feng found the little beggar today, he had already been silenced. Beside the corpse was a line of small words, asking him to go to the City God Temple alone at midnight tonight.
He gladly went to the appointment, but he did not expect the other party to have the intention to kill him.
Because his body had yet to recover, he could only use less than 30% of his strength. He could only stall for time until the Demon Guards arrived. Only then did Shen Yijia see him.
This person was certain that he would save that little girl and had a strong killing intent towards him. Could it be someone Ji Luo had left behind?
Although he did not capture her, this made him even more certain of his guess.
Thinking of what Shen Yijia had just said, his heart ached again.
That girl… was infuriating!
“Wow, there’s cinnamon and lychees!”
At the dining table, Shen Yijia had just served two plates of fruits when Sister Huan and Brother Hao cheered.
There were more than ten fruits on each plate.
The Lin siblings and Bruiser had never even seen it before, let alone eaten it. However, when they saw Brother Hao and Sister Huan drooling, their faces were filled with anticipation.
Madam Li placed the breakfast on the table and asked curiously, “Sister Jia, where did this come from?”
Shen Yijia was about to say that she had bumped into a vendor selling some this morning when Madam Li said, “Fresh cinnamon and lychees can’t be bought easily on the market.”
Because these two fruits were not produced in the capital, they had to be transported from other places. This way, the cost would be high, and the price would naturally not be cheap.
Often, as soon as they entered the capital, they would be bought by those wealthy families. Not only could they not afford it, but they also could not compete with them.
The Bulwark Duke’s residence had never liked to be extravagant. The number of times they could eat these at home every year was only during the one or two times they were rewarded by the palace.
If not for Madam Li, Shen Yijia would not have known about this. She could only tell the truth. “I bought it from Lord Jing’an.”
Madam Li was stunned for a moment. The emperor would also treat the envoys to good food and drinks for the sake of their reputation. There was nothing strange about Lord Jing’an having these.
However, was the prince of the Xuanyuan Kingdom so poor that he wanted to sell the fruits provided by the courier station?