Started as a mute girl? I prospered in the lean years

Yun Rou's appearance and temperament are not as gentle and soft as her name suggests. There is a hint of heroic spirit between her brows.

From a distance, she could be seen wearing riding clothes and riding on a tall horse, with her chin slightly raised, looking even more proud than usual.

The horse's hooves clattered closer, but Yun Rou showed no intention of dismounting. She looked down at him and asked, "Cousin Chaohua, you won't be able to defeat me again this time, will you? This is not Qianzhou. If you are embarrassed, it will spread throughout the capital."

Chaohua didn't know what was wrong with her cousin. She always loved competing with her for the love of her grandparents. It was just a small matter for her to say bad things about her behind her back. She wanted to compete with her in everything.

She was not the kind of person who could be bullied by others. Seeing that Yun Rou had no intention of getting off the horse, she raised the whip without saying a word, wanting to scare her.

Yun Rou was startled by her action. She tightened the reins and adjusted the horse's head so that it was facing Chao Hua.

"Do you know what happens when a horse gets frightened?" She said with a trembling heart, and with a glance, she pulled the others into the water. "The ladies from all the families are here. What if something unexpected happens? Cousin, how can you be so willful?"

"So my cousin also knew that there were so many people here. Did someone press you on the saddle? You can't even get off the horse?" Chao Hua put away the whip, but anger still inevitably rose in his heart.

Sometimes she wondered if it was because she had such a good temper that Yun Rou kept getting in the way of her.

Shen Huaixu knew very well that although Chaohua seemed to have a bad temper, she was actually very soft-hearted and sensible towards the people around her. Perhaps it was because her parents protected her too well, so although she had a spoiled side to her character, she would not be annoying.

On the other hand, Yun Rou is different. She is also arrogant, mindlessly arrogant.

Shen Huaixu smiled and said to the palace maids standing by with tangled faces: "Hurry up and help Miss Yun off the horse. I think Miss Yun's body is more precious than the princess's. If no one helps her, she won't be able to get off today."

These words made Yun Rou feel as if the saddle under her was pricked by thorns. She was impulsive and would do things when she wanted to, but that didn't mean she couldn't understand what others said.

Naturally, her status could not be compared with that of a princess, and it was impossible for her to ride on a horse all day.

Seeing the maid reaching out her hand, she waved it away and said with a proud look, "My leg was slightly injured. I just need to rest for a while. I can get down by myself."

Everyone looked at each other, and everything they wanted to say was expressed in their eyes.

Someone spoke up at the right time: "Everyone is almost back. I heard that Princess Chaohua is very fond of the prizes for this hunt. How about you take out your prizes for everyone to feast their eyes on?"

Chao Hua sighed at Shen Huaixu's sharp tongue and winked at the palace maid beside him.

Soon, a palace maid appeared in front of everyone, holding a hairpin.

The beauty of this 'Golden Cicada Perched on a Jade Branch' hairpin lies in its exquisite craftsmanship. The hairpin body is made of high-quality jade, and a cute golden cicada is perched on a small leaf. The cicada feathers are unusually thin, and you can even see the patterns on the wings clearly.

Yun Rou was determined to get the hairpin, so she directly asked the eunuch standing beside her whether she was the leader of this hunting.

The eunuch obviously didn't expect Miss Yun to be so confident. He was stunned for a moment before saying, "My Lord, Princess Mingyi, the person who hunted the most prey this time is——"

He paused, looked at Shen Huaixu and said, "County Lady Mingyi. Congratulations, County Lady."

There was a momentary blankness on Yun Rou's face, as if she had not reacted, and her gaze slowly moved to Shen Huaixu's face.

Chaohua had been paying attention to his cousin's reaction. After seeing her expression clearly, he was worried that she would do something inappropriate, so he winked at the palace maid beside him.

What she didn't expect was that before the palace maid could reach Yun Rou, Yun Rou just turned around and left with a cold face.

She felt strange and angry at the same time. Why didn't he make a fuss when it was Shen Huaixu's turn? After all, she was also a princess. Could Yun Rou rely on her grandfather's support to bully her family?

As a result, Shen Huaixu, who was implicated, received a cold look from Chaohua.

Shen Huaixu was playing with the hairpin in his hand. Seeing this, he asked, "A princess, are you going to go back on your word?"

"Humph, it's just a small hairpin. This princess has plenty!"

After saying that, Chaohua turned and left, secretly making up her mind that she must learn how to curse from Shen Huaixu.

Shen Huaixu smiled, put away the hairpin, found Jiang Wei and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she turned around, someone called her from behind.

"Please stay, my Lord."

Shen Huaixu turned around and saw that it was Yi Qian.

Yi Qian walked up to Shen Huaixu with a smile on her face, her eyes swept over Jiang Wei standing beside her, and she said apologetically, "May I talk to the county lady alone?"

Jiang Wei had a very good impression of this well-educated Miss Yi, and said tactfully, "Ah Xu, you talk to Miss Yi. I'll go back to the tent to rest for a while."

After Jiang Wei left, the two walked to an empty tung tree and stood there.

"What does Sister Yi want to tell me?"

Yi Qian looked ashamed. She was selfish and really didn't deserve to be called "sister" by Shen Huaixu.

After a long silence, she said, "Asking these questions with my status is not only presumptuous, but also treasonous and against secular ethics. Unfortunately, I can't care about so much. Anyway, I have done the most outrageous things, so I am not afraid of adding another one."

She raised her eyes to look at Shen Huaixu, her clear eyes full of calmness: "My family has been trying to arrange a marriage for me recently, but I have a good man in my heart, and I like him, but... the flowers have feelings but the water flows but they are ruthless, what do you think I should do?"

Shen Huaixu's eyes widened slightly, and he looked at Yi Qian with disbelief in his eyes.

She used to think that Yi Qian came from a scholarly family and should be old-fashioned and dogmatic in nature. Who knew that her behavior was so unconventional that if she told others about it, she would be unacceptable to the world.

Such a person, in such an era, is indeed brave. She was shallow in the past.

However, she found it difficult to answer this question. After all, she knew very well who Yi Qian's favorite person was.

Shen Huaixu thought for a long while before answering, "Sister Yi, I really didn't expect you to tell me this. Indeed, if I were in your shoes, I would stick to what I want in my heart. Even if the person I like doesn't like me, I won't marry myself off casually - provided that my father and I give me the confidence. Nine out of ten women here can't do this, and this is still a conservative estimate. Therefore, you may be asking the wrong person this question."

Yi Qian seemed to be shocked. She stood there for a long while. Finally, she lowered her eyes, smiled bitterly, and murmured in a low voice: "As expected of his daughter, she always leaves me speechless."

Her voice was so soft, almost inaudible, and Shen Huaixu had to pretend that he didn't hear it.

If the person Yi Qian liked was not her father Shen Su, with Yi Qian's courage, she might have the idea of ​​matchmaking. Unfortunately, Shen Su's obsession for many years cannot be easily changed, and can only be left to time.

Judging from the meaning behind the other party's words, Yi Qian may have already expressed her feelings to Shen Su. No one knows when Shen Su will change his mind, not even Shen Su himself, so she guessed that Shen Su would definitely refuse mercilessly.

Although she admired Yi Qian, she could only pretend that she knew nothing about it. She could not give Yi Qian hope and let her waste her time.

Thinking of this, Shen Huaixu saw Yi Qian showing her a bright smile she had never seen before, "I understand, thank you, County Lord."

Shen Huaixu's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately had some bad thoughts. She quickly said, "Sister Yi, you are a very good young lady, and you deserve all the good things. You don't have to go down this path all the way to the end."

Yi Qian turned to look at her, curling her lips helplessly, "Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid."