As Chunxiang said, a lavender flag was hung in front of the building instead of the signboard, and a small flower was embroidered with silver thread on the flag.

The name of the shop is Hongyuanlou, so the embroidery on it should be irises.

The maid from Han Shizhong's family came out to greet Shui Xinyuan and his party.

The store is dark. As soon as you enter the door, you will see a large tiger painted on the wall on the right side of the store. There are deer, carp and panda decorations randomly placed on the shelves. The color of each decoration is very dim. Is it because it is covered with dust?

Even if they don't take themselves seriously, it's hard to imagine that those arrogant aristocratic ladies would have dinner in such a place...

Shui Xinyuan and Chunxiang followed the Han family's maids along the narrow corridor to the private room, where eight noble ladies were already sitting around a large round table.

Seeing eight people turning back at the same time, each with heavy makeup on their faces, Chunxiang sighed softly behind Shui Xinyuan.

"Queen, we are waiting for you!"

Han Shizhong's wife sat on her seat, pointing with one hand to the two empty seats.

In the dimly lit private room, although the faces painted white with powder were smiling, they were all superficial smiles.

"Thank you for your invitation..."

However, Shui Xinyuan also forced out a fake smile and sat down.

Chunxiang stood behind Shui Xinyuan with a nonchalant expression, but she was keeping the ladies in check with her eyes.

I don't know if Chunxiang's sharp eyes had an effect, but those aristocratic ladies who usually said whatever they wanted unscrupulously when they were with Shui Xinyuan were particularly quiet today.

……what is going on?

The atmosphere in the box was very strange. Some people lowered their heads nervously, while others winked at each other.

After the Han family's maid closed the door and left, the silence became heavier and heavier.

"There is still an open seat..."

Shui Xinyuan said, and several other ladies raised their heads in surprise.

"Who else is coming?"

"Ah... no, no, Ma Shilang's wife was originally going to come, but she happened to be unwell today and canceled at the last minute..."

When the wife of the Han family's servant answered, her voice was higher than usual.

"But...the weather is really nice today."

"Yes! It's getting hotter and hotter..."

I don't know if it was because it was easier to chat after breaking the silence. Several noble ladies chatted about the weather with the ladies sitting next to them, but the fake smiles on their faces were still a bit scary.

At this time, someone knocked hard on the door, and a girl with a red face poked her head in.

"Uh, I'm sorry, can you ask someone to help serve the tea? My hand is injured and I can't hold so many cups of tea at one time. The lady's maid is already there to help, but I need another person.

"

She should be the girl who works in this restaurant.

The ladies looked at each other. Except for Shui Xinyuan, no one had served tea themselves, so no one stood up. All eyes were focused on Chunxiang.

"Then I'll go help..."

"sorry to bother you."

After Chunxiang left, the room became quiet again.

Could it be that this box was too gloomy and gloomy, so they couldn't enjoy themselves chatting?

at this time……

There was a sound of something breaking in the distance, and after a while, someone ran over.

"Excuse me, uh..."

The Han family's maid walked in with a panicked look on her face, looking at her master and Shui Xinyuan in turns, hesitating and speechless.

"What's up?"

"Uh... the maid who came with the Queen suddenly fainted..."

"Chunxiang?"

Shui Xinyuan couldn't help but stood up, and the Han family's maid nodded.

"fainted……"

"Just now, there."

"Ah...I'll go take a look!"

Shui Xinyuan was more worried about Chunxiang than the looks from those ladies.

Shui Xinyuan pushed away the Han family's maid and rushed to the corridor.

Could it be from the direction where I heard the sound of breaking plates just now?

Shui Xinyuan was about to walk in when someone grabbed her sleeve.

"Shui Xinyuan!"

Looking back, the person grabbing her sleeve was...

"Ziwei?"

Why is he here?

Ziwei looked solemn and wanted to hold Shui Xinyuan's hand.

"Shui Xinyuan, I have something to tell you."

"Ah? But now it's a bit..."

"don’t worry."

What should you worry about? No, although Shui Xinyuan is full of suspicion, he has no time to pay attention to Ziwei now. He has to save Chunxiang first.

"Let me go, my maid has fainted, I want to go right away..."

"Shui Xinyuan, let's escape!"

"……What?"

Shui Xinyuan had no idea what was going on at first, but now he had another question.

"what?"

"Shui Xinyuan, I know that you don't want to be the queen, you are just forced to..."

"ah?"

Shui Xinyuan was stunned and speechless.

Being a queen is indeed not as easy and pleasant as everyone thinks, but I am definitely not forced to become a queen.

The person who most wants to be by Lu Fusu's side is himself.

"You are forced by the most powerful man in this country to marry even if you don't want to. I know it very well, but since you don't like it, you can escape! How about it? I can take you to escape."

"..."

...What on earth is Ziwei talking about?

No, let’s save Chunxiang first. We don’t have time to pay attention to these incomprehensible words now.

Shui Xinyuan turned around and wanted to leave, but Ziwei held her arm again.

"Hey, don't hesitate anymore! Shui Xinyuan, I know everything!"

"I don't understand what you're talking about, but I'm not free right now."

"You don't have to hide it in front of me! Don't worry, everyone will keep our secret..."

"You...let me go! Ziwei..."

When Shui Xinyuan turned back to glare at Ziwei, something lit up in the corner of his eyes.

A man with fierce eyes stood not far behind Ziwei.

The thing that shines brightly is from a man’s arms…

"...!"

Shui Xinyuan immediately kicked Ziwei's calf. When Ziwei screamed and lost his balance, Shui Xinyuan took the opportunity to break free from his hand and push him down with force.

Shui Xinyuan didn't have time to see Ziwei and the man behind him fall down together, and ran away.

...He wants to kill me.

Tell her loudly.

The man behind Ziwei took out the sheathed dagger from his arms, and stared at him.

Shui Xinyuan met his eyes just now.

There is a bright light in front of the corridor, that is the exit... You must leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. If you continue to stay here, your life will definitely be in danger.
To be continued...