Chapter 295 - Marrying the Mute Princess Part 10

难道这个北漠第一美人嫁给他这位病秧子，并非委曲求全？
Song Yan is uncertain.
But tears do not lie.
宋砚沉默几秒，抬起手，骨节修长的指尖靠近谢时竹的脸。
谢时竹浑身僵住，忽然想到刚才自己从宋砚手上看到的银针，现在宋砚这样是不是准备动手了？
系统紧张得不敢呼吸。
Xie Shizhu dared not even take a breath, staring in astonishment at the refined young man before her.
Song Yan gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his slender fingers and whispered, "I'm just a little injured, it's nothing serious."
Xie Shizhu was slightly stunned, seemingly unable to believe that Song Yan had only wiped her tears and said something inappropriate.
However, the only thing that can be confirmed is that this abnormal person has let go of his murderous intent towards her.
As soon as she thought of this, Xie Shizhu stopped her tears, forced a smile, and nodded her head under Song Yan's gentle gaze.
Seeing that she stopped crying, Song Yan's lips curved slightly, and he looked deeply at her.
Xie Shizhu will not give up any opportunity to win over the big shots. She quickly took out her handkerchief and grabbed Song Yan's wrist.
宋砚眸光闪过诧异。
Then, Xie Shizhu gently wrapped the handkerchief around his hand and tied a bow, which served as a bandage for Song Yan's wound and stopped the bleeding.
As Xie Shizhu was about to move her hand away, Song Yan grabbed her wrist gently, holding it softly, and said, "The official has already gone after the assassin. It's time for us to leave now."
谢时竹听话地点了点头，任由宋砚将她从医馆牵了出去。
As they headed towards the riverbank, Song Yan still didn't let go of her hand.
谢时竹盯着宋砚的背影，心想，她这是巴结大佬成功了？
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Returning to the riverside, there are now more people than before.
Not only are there common people here to release river lanterns, but there are also many royal guards.
他们来回走动，似乎在抓什么人。
Song Yan ran into several concubines and servants in the mansion, and the servants quickly informed him in detail about what had just happened.
As the prince crawled out of the water and stepped onto the shore, he was stabbed in the back by someone.
Luckily, a woman from the Northern Desert saw it and helped the prince, causing the assassin to stop.
要不然，这把刀估计就真的杀掉了太子。
听到这里，谢时竹已经猜到北漠的女子是她的妹妹谢惜。
她很快就猜到了些什么，雇佣刺客的人不是别人，而是北漠的人。
北漠又使用了老套路，借用此事，想要将谢惜送到太子手里。
仆从说，太子已经被送回皇宫了，可能要休养一段时间，身体应该不会有什么大碍。
谢时竹自然不会关心太子的身体。
但这几个妃子站在宋砚面前，担忧地揪着手帕，像是一颗心都牵挂着太子。
恨不得，她们才是救太子的人。
宋砚似乎没有注意到她们，而是带着几个仆从从这里离开，直接回到了府中。
一到府中，晁兰也没有向宋砚请示什么，直接撇开所有人，带着自己的几个丫鬟踏进府中。
而剩下的妃子一看她走了，也不顾身边的王爷，跟随晁兰的脚步。
没一会，门口就只剩下宋砚与谢时竹，还有几个丫鬟。
宋砚望着她们的背影，表情是一如既往的柔和。
尽管在王府里他一个王爷不被重视，但他没有任何恼怒。
谢时竹微微欠身，跟宋砚施礼后打算回屋子，却被宋砚温柔的声音制止住。
"Wait a moment."
谢时竹茫然地看着他，等待着宋砚的下一句话。
After a few moments of contemplation, Song Yan said, "In a while, it will be Mid-Autumn Festival, and I need to go to the palace. At that time, you will accompany me to the palace."
说完后，谢时竹微微睁大眼睛，一脸的震惊。
就连身边的几位丫鬟也很是惊讶。
按照规矩，中秋节进皇宫与皇上太后等人赏月宴，只能与府中的王妃前去，还轮不到一个侧妃。
Thank you for the offer, but I'm afraid my identity is not suitable for that, Your Highness.
With a slight smile, Song Yan's voice softened but gained a firmness: "You are this prince's consort, and that is your rightful position. There is nothing inappropriate about it."
As soon as the words fell, Xie Shizhu's face showed a hint of astonishment, and her gaze towards Song Yan underwent a subtle change.
Song Yan signaled that she would go to bed and then turned around and disappeared from the sight of several people.
As soon as she left, the maidservants exchanged glances and quickly informed the queen about this matter.
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Late at night.
Xie Shizhu, dressed in black, wearing a veil, climbed out of the window and swiftly left the mansion.
An hour later, Xie Shizhu returned to the mansion.
She returned to the house and had just laid down when she heard voices talking outside.
是晁兰跟姝妃，这两人在得知谢时竹能与贤王进宫，心里很是不满，打算在黑夜里给谢时竹一点教训。
They are not afraid of Xie Shizhu hearing it. After all, she is mute and even if she gets beaten, she can only swallow it and cannot speak it out.
Chao Lan is ready to beat Xie Shizhu until she is unable to go to the palace with the virtuous king.
Clearly she is the queen, and the only one accompanying the virtuous prince into the palace.
However, as they were about to kick open the door to Xie Shizhu's room, before their foot could touch the door, their other foot stepped on something.
不知道是什么，但是非常滑。
晁兰脚底一滑，身子往后倒，下意识地抓住姝妃。
姝妃被她拉也一起摔倒在地，两人的后脑勺磕在地上，纷纷疼得五官扭曲。
谢时竹听到她们痛苦的呻/吟声，拉上被褥盖在自己的脑袋，眉梢一挑。
刚才她从外面回来的时候特意从买了点类似滑石粉的东西，她加了点水然后泼在了门口。
When Song Yan said he was going to take her to the palace, she already had a hunch that Chao Lan would definitely come to bother her.
This thing could make these two people struggle on the ground all night and still be unable to get up.
Xie Shizhu covered her ears and ignored the screams of the two women outside as she leisurely closed her eyes to sleep.
The next day, a servant passed by this place and saw the princess and the concubine lying in front of Xie Shizhu's door, wearing a desperate expression.
她们赶紧过去扶起这两人。
经过一夜，地上的东西早已经蒸发干净。
晁兰跟姝妃百思不得其解，她们到底是踩到了什么而滑倒，还出了这么大的糗。
晁兰警告丫鬟，不要把这些事情告诉王爷以及其他妃子，要不然让她们吃不了兜着走。
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时间过得很快，已经到了中秋节。
There was a sedan outside the Wang Mansion, and Xie Shizhu dressed up and got out of the mansion. He bowed and got into the sedan.
Sitting inside the sedan was Song Yan, who was resting with his eyes closed. Upon hearing the sound, he slowly opened his eyes and, seeing Xie Shizhu, curved his thin lips slightly. Please let me know if there's anything else I can help with.
谢时竹坐在他对面，乖巧得过分，低眉顺眼，晶莹如玉的肌肤格外扎眼，黑白分明的眼眸清澈似水，垂眸时，鸦羽的睫毛在眼睑下投了一片阴影。
女人身着一袭浅粉色常服，杨柳细腰，秀发及腰，更衬得她俏丽美艳。
宋砚目光在她脸上停留几秒，又缓缓移开视线。
Xie Shizhu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the man was no longer looking at him.
After a journey of less than two hours, they had already arrived at the palace.
Song Yan got off the sedan chair first. He had a tall figure and was dressed in a snow-white robe, with a moon-white belt tied around his waist. His extremely pale complexion had a touch of sickly beauty.
He slowly lifted the sedan curtain, his thin lips slightly curved with an elegant smile as he softly said, "@@Step out of the sedan.
Xie Shizhu feels a bit nervous, after all, as the consort of a useless prince, she rarely had the opportunity to visit the imperial palace.
She clumsily got out of the sedan chair. Just after getting out of the chair, her eyes widened in astonishment at the grand and bizarre palace.
In no time, a eunuch came over to lead them to the moon viewing banquet.
按照彦国的规定，历年中秋节，众皇子与公主还有文武朝臣，要陪皇帝与太后等人一起熬到月亮出来。
到了地方，谢时竹感叹一声：好多人哇。
She saw the crown prince wearing a python robe and sitting in the direction close to the emperor's throne, he lowered his eyes, and there was also the crown princess pouring wine for him.
After Song Yan sat down, Xie Shizhu quickly averted her gaze.
两人落座后，没一会儿，晁兰竟然出现在这里。
However, she was following the Minister of Revenue, so it seems that Song Yan didn't bring her along, and Chao Lan followed her father. Reply: It seems like Chao Lan decided to accompany her father instead.
而晁兰看的方向不是贤王，而是不远处的太子。
太子倒是没什么动作，反倒是太子妃一脸阴沉，目光直直看着晁兰。
Chao Lan dared not act recklessly in front of the Crown Princess and quickly lowered her head. She walked over to the Wise King's side and sat on the other side of Song Yan.
All the officials here are trying to please the Crown Prince, after all, it is expected that the next emperor will be the Crown Prince.
With his eyebrows furrowed, Song Yan seemed unaffected by all the hustle and bustle around him.
在宋砚捏起酒杯准备饮酒时，忽然一个纤长的手放在他的胳膊上，阻拦住了他。
宋砚诧异的侧头，映入眼帘的便是女人担忧的眸子。
下一秒，谢时竹小心翼翼地收回手，缓慢比划道：“王爷，你身体一向不好，不能喝酒……抱歉，妾身不该管这么多…”
宋砚眼底闪过不易察觉的异样，然后将酒放回了案面，薄唇轻勾：“好。”
谢时竹没想到他会真的听从自己的建议，惊讶过后，樱唇漾开一个弧度。
Her smile was so dazzling that it momentarily flustered Song Yan.