THE FLOWER PALACE'S SECRET

Chapter 43: Falling in Love in the Wrong Place

Shen Yanzhia accompanied Princess Duanmu in Prince Qin's personal library. Dozens of books stacked on the study table with the condition closed. Some of these books are books about literature and medicine.

Both of them had been in the book since the morning. Princess Duanmu deliberately asked her to accompany him because she had no other job. Inside this residence, Princess Duanmu only had Shen Yanzhia and her personal servants as friends. Other than those two people, Princess Duanmu doesn't trust anyone anymore.

Shen Yanzhia was watching Princess Duanmu from the next table. The Xiaxi princess looked very seriously reading a book discussing the literary poetry in the history of the Ling empire. Every now and then the woman's forehead wrinkled when she saw Princess Duanmu smiling to herself like crazy.

He's getting bored. Shen Yanzhia stood up from her seat, tidied up her clothes and walked down the bookshelves lined up to form a row. All of these books were almost finished when Lin Zian was at the border a few weeks ago.

His second attention was distracted when someone knocked on the door. Xu Chi came to tell her that Tang Yin had come and asked to meet Shen Yanzhia. The detective had come to retrieve the blood letter that Shen Yanzhia had borrowed.

In the courtyard of the garden gazebo between the main hall with the East and West Pavilion, the young man was sitting while reading the case records. The black clothes typical of the Bureau of Investigation he wore made the man look like a sturdy black stone statue.

Tang Yin turned her gaze away from the case records when Shen Yanzhia came accompanied by Princess Duanmu behind her. That Empress Qin then sat down before Tang Yin. His hand outstretched handed the blood letter belonging to the late Crown Prince to the young detective.

"Wangfei, are you sure you really understand the contents?" ask the young detective.

"certain. I'm not stupid."

The detective handed over a notebook that Shen Yanzhia had secretly requested. The book containing the birth records of a noblewoman was from the Bureau of Investigation. Tang Yin got it from the archives of records of the royal family that could only be unlocked by high-status people.

Tang Yin borrowed the hands of the Head of the Bureau of Investigation to obtain the archive under the pretext of the investigation that was being carried out. The detective said that Shen Yanzhia should return it two days after today.

Tang Yin's sharp eyes caught a strange gaze that had been continuously watching her. The gaze of a girl behind Shen Yanzhia made Tang Yin's heart beat faster than usual. A strange feeling spread as soon as his eyes met those bright beautiful eyes.

"Detective Tang? You hear me?"

"Yes?"

Shen Yanzhia glanced at the two people who were in front and behind her in surprise. The woman realized Tang Yin had lost focus when she met Princess Duanmu. Ever since they crossed paths on the street of Rouwu city a few days ago, Shen Yanzhia noticed an attraction that bound Princess Duanmu and Tang Yin.

"Daughter Duanmu?"

"Yes?"

Shen Yanzhia's guess was correct. The two people were being struck by a storm in their hearts. A bird in a golden cage was having a crush on an eagle in the wild. Two different stories that are very difficult to put together.

Tang Yin's feelings probably developed because the young man had never touched a woman, just like Lin Zian. His lifetime in this world is spent investigating cases and traveling from one crime scene to another. The young man had no time to think about women.

Princess Duanmu, as a princess who had been locked up in the palace for a dozen years certainly did not understand the meaning of meeting the sight of a foreign man who had suddenly come out of nowhere. Princess Duanmu was a mature woman. His heart was also filled with various colors.

"Tang Yin! Where is Santumnu's courtesy to Princess Duanmu? Bow your head!"

Shen Yanzhia suddenly snapped at the young detective. He could not allow the feelings of the two people to grow and develop. Princess Duanmu is the daughter of a peace envoy and will soon marry the Crown Prince. If the two fall in love, when it comes time for the wedding day to come someday, both can get hurt.

It was better to end it now before the feeling bloomed.

"Daughter Duanmu, go back to your room now!"

Princess Duanmu's disappointment was hidden behind her beautiful and graceful face. The woman left with a poignant smile that was sweetly polished on her father's face. Meanwhile, Tang Yin also lowered her head, realizing how inappropriate she was to dream of such a faraway moon.

Tang Yin paused after a while. The young man also left with deep disappointment. Only, his face did not show any expression. The face remained flat and resplendent as usual.

In another corner of the residence, someone witnessed Shen Yanzhia's treatment of the two people. The person let out a heavy sigh, then walked over to Shen Yanzhia who was calming down by reading Tang Yin's note.

"Yin-waiting..."

Shen Yanzhia turned her face away. The woman's reddened face held back the anger that had been bottled up since a moment ago.

"I'm against it!" shen Yanzhia said firmly.

"What's wrong with their feelings?"

Shen Yanzhia stared intently at Lin Zian. Why was it that when he had the chance to meet the man, he was instead faced with a situation like this?

Ever since Lin Zian came home from the palace this afternoon, Shen Yanzhia was pulled into the Eastern Pavilion by force. The man tightly blocked his wrist leaving a reddish mark on his white skin. Shen Yanzhia threw out the hand checks forcefully.

Lin Zian regretted Shen Yanzhia's treatment of Tang Yin and Princess Duanmu. To Lin Zian, the feeling of falling in love in their eyes was not a mistake. No one in this world can choose who he will fall in love with.

As a fellow female, Shen Yanzhia should have known the feeling Princess Duanmu was feeling. He should have understood and allowed the two to develop their own feelings instead of being given such firm distance. Although Tang Yin and Princess Duanmu had never said that they were in love with each other, the gazes of their two eyes upon meeting had already explained everything

"You want to disrupt the planned peace in such a way? Lin Zian, is your common sense gone?"

Lin Zian could not contain the anger. The man stood up, then gripped Shen Yanzhia's shoulder tightly until the woman found it hard to break away. The glint of fury in Lin Zian's eyes made Shen Yanzhia slightly frightened.

"What's wrong with the feelings that grow in the human heart? Wangfei, there are many ways to achieve peace. Marriage is not the only way!"

Has Lin Zian's common sense been lost? Where did the wisdom that always radiated from just the look in his eyes go? Why was Lin Zian as if he had turned into a completely unfamiliar foreign figure?

Shen Yanzhia understood that the man had not come to see her because of her busyness. Shen Yanzhia also did not mind the concubines in the residence she disliked. Shen Yanzhia also did not say anything, she did not say anything that harmed Lin Zian in this residence at all!

"Zian, do you really not understand what I mean?"

Shen Yanzhia had to be disappointed that the man did not know the intent of his treatment of Tang Yin and Princess Duanmu this afternoon. That guy's really stupid. He understands nothing at all.

"Will they choose to fall in love with whom?"

"You talk about feelings as if you really know them. Then what about you? Do you also know your own feelings?"

Shen Yanzhia's successive questions made Lin Zian shut up. The man had no words to answer or deny his wife's question.

"Have you ever thought about your feelings? Have you ever thought about my feelings? What do you know about all that, Xiao Qin?"

"You never even asked me how I felt when the three concubines came to this place. You didn't even ask me if I allowed you to visit them or not!"

Lin Zian was still silent.

"Right, I'm guilty. I'm guilty of having put my hopes in and of judging you highly."

Shen Yanzhia's anger had already reached the crown. The woman released the grip of Lin Zian's hand on her shoulder forcefully. Part of his clothes were torn because Lin Zian was unwilling to let go.

"I'll have Consort Yu calm you down."

The woman left with a still tempestuous rage. Meanwhile, Lin Zian was still petrified where he stood. He could not think of anything to explain his feelings. The man then ran out of the Eastern Pavilion.

"Wangfei, wait!"