Silent Lover (The Silent Concubine) - Chap 125
Chapter 125 – How to Win Back Someone’s Heart?
Jun Xuanxiao kicked open the doors of the sleeping palace, startling a group of palace maids who all kneeled in fear. They had witnessed firsthand the scene where Prince Zhenbei went on a rampage, just as savage and cruel as the rumors had described…
Among the kneeling maids, one disguised as a palace maid quietly raised her head, looking at Jun Xuanxiao’s angry expression. After deliberating for a moment, she made up her mind. In times of prosperity and danger, wasn’t this her best opportunity?
“Prince, this is a calming soup brewed by this servant in the imperial kitchen. It may soothe Prince’s…,” her voice was soft and charming, yet tactful…
Jun Xuanxiao couldn’t calm his inner rage and certainly had no mood to drink any nonsense soup. He never had such a habit…
“Get out,” Jun Xuanxiao waved his hand irritably, dismissing the maids.
The other maids immediately fled the sleeping hall like they were granted a pardon, fearing they might incur Jun Xuanxiao’s wrath. This palace maid, however, lingered for a while, thinking she had failed to catch Jun Xuanxiao’s attention and reluctantly prepared to leave, setting aside the soup pot…
“You, wait.”
Jun Xuanxiao suddenly spoke up and stopped her…
The palace maid paused in her steps, her face showing joyous excitement. With light steps, she walked over, deliberately shyly lifting her eyes to look at Jun Xuanxiao. Jun Xuanxiao did pause briefly when he saw her face, but it was just a glance…
Indeed, she was beautiful, but compared to the person in Jun Xuanxiao’s mind at this moment, she fell short…
This palace maid was naturally Shen Ruofei…
On that day when the Emperor Ye fled in defeat, taking his family away from the capital, she was left behind as a lowly concubine. Shen Ruofei could only gather her belongings and prepare to escape for her life, but she saw from afar Prince Zhenbei storming into the palace…
The heroic face of Prince Zhenbei, his towering figure descending like a god. In Shen Ruofei’s eyes, he was the man who completely overshadowed everyone else. The rumored grim and ruthless Prince Zhenbei turned out to be exceptionally handsome and extraordinary.
Moreover, he wielded unparalleled power and influence, even toppling the emperor himself. Was there a man in the world more outstanding than him?
Shen Ruofei regretted deeply. Originally, she should have been married to Prince Zhenbei! At that time, due to a series of misunderstandings, she refused to marry a man who was ugly and extremely cruel, fearing she might die in the mansion. She let a mute servant take her place, who would have expected that Prince Zhenbei was so different from the rumors?
She felt jealous of that mute servant. How could he have gotten such a big advantage for nothing? As for her, the true Shen Yu who had hoped to become the emperor’s concubine, she had missed her chance!
Shen Ruofei rekindled her hope. She was unwilling to return to the Northern Region in such a dejected manner. Taking a bold step, she made a decision. She wanted to stay!
With Shen Ruofei’s scheming and cunning, she naturally secured a position to serve Jun Xuanxiao closely…
“Lord, what are your orders?”
At this moment, Shen Ruofei was ecstatic, looking at the heroic Prince Zhenbei, her heart beating fast…
“I ask you,” Jun Xuanxiao asked with a stern face, “If I have hurt someone’s heart, is it possible to win them back?”
Jun Xuanxiao certainly wasn’t confiding in this palace maid. He simply didn’t understand matters of love and had no clue about Shen Yu’s feelings. Women’s thoughts were intricate, and she should understand better.
Shen Ruofei was taken aback, but having spent days in the palace, almost always watching what Jun Xuanxiao was up to, she had learned a lot about his movements. Her mind was meticulous, and she immediately thought of…
“Between men and women, if it’s just a misunderstanding, a few sweet words can resolve it. If it’s deep-seated enmity, perhaps reconciliation is no longer possible,” Shen Ruofei tried to sound as articulate as possible, “This servant may be presumptuous, but please don’t blame Lord.”
Jun Xuanxiao’s eyebrows knitted together…
“If he originally loved me deeply, but now he is cold towards me, is there a way?” Jun Xuanxiao’s expression remained fixed as he asked, “Who are you?”
Shen Ruofei was looked at by him, as if all her thoughts had been seen through by him and she was afraid. She knelt down with a bang…
“I am a concubine newly accepted by Emperor Ye, but the Emperor has been living with a young man named Shen Yu in Qilin Pavilion for several days, and the concubines in the harem have not even seen a single look at her. I would like to stay in the palace and serve the king.”
Are they inseparable day and night?
Jun Xuanxiao thought in his heart, he didn’t pursue Shen Ruofei’s small thoughts…
“Serve the king’s bath tomorrow.”
Shen Ruofei was even more delighted, forgetting everything, and devoted herself to serving Prince Zhenbei’s bath, giving him a massage and looking at the strong figure of Prince Zhenbei in the water. Shen Ruofei’s double cheeks in the sky…
“Tomorrow morning, the king will be appointed as a side consort,” Jun Xuanxiao said with his eyes closed.
