Chapter 27: Senior Sister Arrives

Shen Fu was suppressed to the point of losing her temper.

The woman seemed to feel that she had suffered enough
punishment and withdrew her hand, channeling a strong internal force that
flowed back into her body.

Shen Fu suddenly opened her eyes wide. “Senior Sister——”

She and Zhao Qin had studied under the same master and
practiced the same martial arts, so naturally, the internal strength they
developed was similar.

In this world, except for Zhao Qin, the nature of the
internal force was almost the same as hers, and its concentration was not lower
than hers. Shen Fu felt insignificant in comparison.

“Senior Sister, why are you hissing——”

It still hurt, but not as severely as before.

Shen Fu never thought that Zhao Qin would appear in Jinling.

Thinking of the bad things she had done, her face turned
pale, then red, and then pale again, like the face-changing act in Sichuan
Opera, which was quite beautiful. At the same time, she felt inexplicably
guilty, and her eyes wandered everywhere; she didn’t dare to look at Zhao Qin.

“If I hadn’t come, how would I know that my junior sister
was about to run away with another woman?”

“Ah—Senior Sister, please believe me. Ruyi and I are just
friends. We are really just friends.”

“Friend…” Zhao Qin’s lips curled slightly, her tone cold.
“A friend worth your life and death?”

When people feel guilty, they often lose their temper. “…I
didn’t expect this…”

“Then what did you think? Um, A Fu, tell me about it?”

Shen Fu: “Senior Sister…”

She deliberately dragged out her tone, the elongated ending
sound delicate and sweet.

Zhao Qin couldn’t help but curl the corners of her mouth.

She was both angry and amused at the same time. This little
girl never cared about her age.

“Senior Sister, Senior Sister, I was wrong…”

“Senior Sister, I’m sorry…”

“Senior Sister, you are the best…”

When it comes to routines, it doesn’t matter whether they
are old or not, as long as they are effective.

The little girl who had been crying for her parents just
moments before now had her eyes rolling around, her little mouth seemingly
coated with honey. Each time she called out to her senior sister, her voice
became sweeter than the last, more tender than a steamed egg.

“I’d rather hear you call me Senior Sister less often,” Zhao
Qin said, dissolving the drug for Shen Fu in a bad mood. “Can’t you take better
care of yourself? You’ve only been away from the capital for a short time, and
you’ve already made yourself like this. Don’t you feel bad for your own body?
Do you want me to feel bad for it?”

Shen Fu replied confidently, “I just want my senior sister
to love me… My senior sister loves me because she loves me. She loves me, so
she loves me. Do you think I’m right?”

What Zhao Qin struggled with most was expressing her
feelings with words.

Her face turned slightly red, unsure if it was from the heat
or the steam.

Shen Fu lay on the bed, grinning slyly like a little mouse
that had stolen some oil.

“Does it hurt?”

Shen Fu’s eyebrows curved. “As long as Senior Sister is
here, I don’t feel any pain at all.”

Before she could finish feeling proud, she let out a cry,
and her expression suddenly turned ferocious.

Zhao Qin burst out laughing at her distorted facial features.

Fortunately, Zhao Qin didn’t really want to make things
difficult for Shen Fu. She just couldn’t stand the fact that Shen Fu didn’t
care about her health at all and tried to gloss over the matter with a smile
when talking to her. Therefore, after giving her a small punishment and a
severe warning, she still couldn’t bear to see her suffer, so she silently
increased the input of internal strength to regulate her body.

Zhao Qin’s internal energy was moderate and peaceful,
originating from the same source as Shen Fu’s. When her internal energy entered
Shen Fu’s body, it was like adding a cup of warm water to a cup of ice water,
quickly melting the floating ice.

After being deliberately tormented by her senior sister
once, Shen Fu no longer dared to be naughty. She lay down on the mat obediently
and asked, “Why did Senior Sister come to Jinling?”

Zhao Qin replied, “Why? Don’t you want to see me?”

Shen Fu laughed. “How is that possible? Senior Sister and I
have been apart for so long. We haven’t seen each other for many days now. Of
course, I miss you every day.”

Her words sounded extremely sincere, but Zhao Qin chuckled.
“I don’t think so, do I?”

Shen Fu said righteously, “What do you mean by not sure?
Senior Sister, there is no falsehood in what I said. If you don’t believe me, I
can take out my heart and show it to you. Did someone spread rumors about you?
Senior Sister, you must not believe the words of those treacherous ministers
and villains…”

“Why do I need your heart? If you could be a little more
honest and obedient, I would be very happy. If you really followed my plan,
there wouldn’t be so many variables. Why would I rush all the way from the
capital?”

Shen Fu knew that she must have disturbed Zhao Qin’s guilt.
Now she didn’t dare to talk nonsense. Instead, she felt very guilty in her
heart. “I’m sorry, Senior Sister, I have caused you trouble…” This apology
was sincere.

“What’s the point of saying sorry between you and me, Ah Fu?
You never have to apologize to me. In my eyes, no one and nothing is as
important as you, understand?” Zhao Qin’s tone was calm, but it made Shen Fu’s
heart tremble. Before she could be moved, she heard Zhao Qin say, “Besides,
this time, you really made a great contribution. I can’t praise you enough, so
how can I blame you?”

Zhao Qin’s words cheered up the depressed Shen Fu. “You
didn’t lie to me?”

“Xiuchundao discovered a batch of Xiaoyao Powder and Fushou
Cream of unknown origin a long time ago. We thought they were imported from
abroad, but we have never caught the transporter. We didn’t expect that the
transporter was hiding outside Jinling City. He is really very courageous.”

…

Zhao Qin’s hands were very gentle, and the pain gradually
eased under her massage.

Although it had not been completely cured, the arthritis had
been suppressed to a large extent. As long as she took good care of her body in
the future and didn’t do something foolish like this again, it could be
guaranteed that it wouldn’t relapse easily before she became old and weak.

Shen Fu felt more and more relaxed in the warmth, especially
with the person she trusted right beside her. After a short while, her eyelids
fell, and she fell into a deep sleep.

“Senior Sister…”

Her voice became softer and softer. Zhao Qin noticed that
her breathing was gradually becoming calmer, so she stopped talking. She
loosened Shen Fu’s joints with a few movements and picked her up sideways. On
the other side of the screen was a potion that had been boiled long ago, and
she sat in it with the person in her arms.

…

Chu Baige decided to change his name from Baige to Ant.

Because he felt like an ant on a hot pot now.

What should I do? What should I do… The eldest princess is
here, the eldest princess is here!

Princess Zhao Qin, although she did not have a good
reputation in the capital, the Embroidered Spring Blade alone was enough to
terrify Chu Baige. He was not one of those pedantic aristocratic families who
boasted of their thousand-year-old heritage and dared not take the Zhao family
seriously. When Zhao Qin glanced at him lightly, he felt his bones stiffen.

Beauty, indeed, is beauty.

Zhao Qin’s features were worthy of the title of the most
beautiful woman in the capital.

But considering her aura, the title of the most beautiful
woman did not suit her very much.

She had already escaped the realm of beauty or ugliness; at
least, others had lost the qualifications to judge her. Anyone who looked into
those sharp eyes would know that she was definitely not just a beauty with good
looks.

She was ambitious, capable, shrewd, and had ambitions to
dominate.

That is to say, she took advantage of her gender. Over the
years, there had not been any powerful women in the royal family of Zhao State,
especially the former queen, who had completely become the emperor’s
bootlicker. She did everything she could to secure her position, but no matter
what, she was always revolving around a man and made a lot of jokes. As her
biological daughter, Shen Fu naturally received the buff of being
“underestimated.”

This buff would probably have a negative effect on ordinary
people.

When it came to Zhao Qin, this became a positive cover-up.

As long as she didn’t expose herself, no matter how many
tricks she used, in the eyes of the aristocratic families, they were all tricks
of a little girl.

Only someone like Chu Baige, who had a strong intuition and
had glimpsed a corner of the world through his relationship with Shen Fu, could
perceive the behemoth hidden under the fog.

Chu Baige now felt guilty and scared.

He had heard of the name of the Embroidered Spring Blade.

Judgment before trial was a special permission granted by
the emperor.

What if the princess saw Shen Fu looking so sick and
suspected that it was his fault?

Was it too late to escape now?

The answer was that it was too late.

The next moment, his door was knocked on, and the man with
the Embroidered Spring Blade said respectfully, “Mr. Baige, the master invites
you to the front hall for dinner.”

If you stick your head out, you will be killed. If you hide
your head, you will be killed too. Just die. I hope Shen Fu can wake up sooner
and get justice for herself!

Fortunately, when he reached the front hall, he relaxed
because he saw someone.

A person whom he normally disliked, but at this moment, he
was extremely happy to see.

“Old Shen, you’re awake! I told you that you’d be a disaster
for a thousand years…”

He laughed loudly and was about to pat Shen Fu’s shoulder
with his hand familiarly. Before his palm touched her clothes, he suddenly felt
a chill and shivered all over. “Hahaha… I’m so happy for you…”

He raised his outstretched hand and scratched the back of
his head.

Shen Fu: “…You look so stupid.”

Chu Baige secretly glanced at Zhao Qin, who was sitting next
to him, feeling bitter: “…”

“Afu and Mr. Baige have a very good relationship,” Zhao Qin
said indifferently.

Regardless of gender, anyone would always feel unhappy if
they saw that their lover had a friend of the opposite sex who was closer to
them than themselves.

When Chu Baige was called out by Zhao Qin, cold sweat broke
out on his face.

He wasn’t afraid of power; he was simply afraid of Zhao
Qin…

It was like mice being afraid of cats.

Shen Fu could tell Chu Baige was nervous at a glance and
also heard the implication of her senior sister’s words. She rolled her eyes
and fell on Zhao Qin’s face, smiling like a little fox. “Senior Sister, are you
jealous of this man?”

Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean by being jealous of this
person?

Why do I feel like you look down on me?

Of course, Zhao Qin would not admit such a thing and simply
said, “No.”

But she denied it too quickly, and Shen Fu sensed some kind
of guilty conscience in her voice, so she smiled even more happily.

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