Falling in love while doing tasks [Quick Wear]

"how?"

"Compensation? Your Highness, you cannot ask me to do that. I, a guilty subject, really do not deserve to be called your sister."

Yue Shengyi hurriedly refused and wanted to kneel down again, but Song Xu's gloomy face made her stop slowly.

Song Xu pursed his lips tightly and looked at her without blinking. He didn't let her go until he saw that she was at a loss.

"So what do you want to do? You have to give me a sister anyway, so why don't you just agree to it. How do you think?"

After saying that, she slowly let go of Yue Shengyi's hand, but before she could answer, Song Xu continued talking.

"You have to think about it carefully. When a person dies, there is nothing left. Besides, it is useless for me to take your life. You have to think about it carefully. I will give you a meal to think about it. Let's eat first."

Song Xu turned around and walked out while talking.
"Follow."

".yes."
After a hesitant response, Yue Shengyi slowly followed. His long eyebrows were still tangled, and his left hand unconsciously grabbed his sleeve, and the delicate cloud pattern embroidered on the cuff looked like it was about to be torn out of shape.

Song Xu, who had already walked to the corner of the corridor, looked back at Yue Shengyi's face, which was full of confusion and anxiety. That cute little expression finally made Song Xu dispel the depression that had arisen in her heart, and the corners of her lips also curled up slightly.
"Sister Shengsheng, hurry up."
"Uh-huh. Eh?!"

Yue Shengyi was lost in thought and didn't react at all. He subconsciously agreed to Song Xu. When he finally reacted, he could only stare at Song Xu's wide sleeve disappearing around the corner not far ahead.

"What did I just say?"
Raising his hand and slapping his forehead, Yue Shengyi let out a low cry of pain, but then he had to quicken his pace and chase after him.

But for some reason, those jade-white ears slowly turned a rouge-like red.

******
[Host, please note that the current task completion rate is 20%. Queen Fengwu wrote the edict to establish the crown prince, and Wu Xu was established as the crown prince.]
The food was served, and Song Xu had just picked up the chopsticks when the mechanical sound of 33 slowly rang in his mind.

Song Xu paused for a moment, then returned to normal, and picked up two pieces of food with his chopsticks for Yue Shengyi, who was feeling very uncomfortable on the other side.
[Got it, thanks for the reminder.]
[You're welcome. This is the first mission, so I need to let the host familiarize themselves with the mission process. That is, every time a plot development reaches the process of pushing the mission to completion, I will remind the host in a timely manner. I hope the host will be aware of it.]
[I understand. But 33, there is one thing I don’t understand.]
[Host, please tell me. I will do my best to answer your questions.]
After a brief pause, the mechanical voice of 33 sounded again.

[However, some confidential matters are beyond my ability to answer, please forgive me.]
[Don't worry, I just want to ask about my sister.]
Song Xu picked up some more food for Yue Shengyi. Seeing her eating so hard that she didn't even have time to look up, looking like she was extremely hungry, he felt both distressed and amused at the same time.

[Since I am a tasker who travels across the world to carry out tasks, then my sister is also a tasker. What is her task?]
[this this]
The mechanical sound of 33 was rarely stuck, as if it was in embarrassment and hesitation. Song Xu was so nervous that she almost broke the chopsticks in her hand.

[Is this some kind of secret?]
[Neither.]
After hesitating for a long time, 33 finally spoke out fluently.

[Ms. Shu Shengyi's mission is to successfully find her partner in every world, but because she has no original memories, this mission depends on the host. Please do your best. I'm leaving now!]
"Clap!"
The chopsticks in my hand finally broke.

Song Xu's eyes were cold and deep. He looked up at Yue Shengyi, who was puffing his cheeks and looking confused. He snorted softly and said:
"eat fast."

"No no no."
Not knowing what had happened to the Fifth Prince, Yue Shengyi shivered his chilly body, nodded rapidly, and continued to eat the food in his bowl.

Ah.
According to 33, his sister came to these worlds to find a partner. Now that he has found sister Shengsheng, the position of partner must belong to him.

But what if I didn't come with you? Would my sister be snatched away by someone else?
Song Xu curled the corners of his lips slightly, tapping the table with his slender fingers from time to time, his eyes full of meaning.

Time passed slowly, and finally, Yue Shengyin finally agreed to Song Xu's call of "sister".

There was no way. Even if she didn't want to agree, she couldn't resist Song Xu who always followed her and called her "Sister Shengsheng, Sister Shengsheng".

Besides, Yue Shengyi felt really guilty towards Song Xu. After all, it was because of her negligence that caused the Fifth Prince to lose his biological sister. Now that the Fifth Prince didn't want her to pay with her life, she would just be shameless for once and answer the call of "sister".

As she became the elder sister for a long time, she did not feel that the Fifth Princess was as gloomy and violent as the rumors said. Instead, she found that she had an extremely clingy personality, just like a child.

This discovery made Yue Shengyi sigh that rumors were unreliable and could mislead people. At the same time, he gradually became more concerned about Song Xu.

But the longer they spent together, the more Yue Shengyi started to call her "sister". Later, when they were getting closer and closer, even when Song Xu often said "Shengsheng" inexplicably, Yue Shengyi didn't notice anything unusual.

Perhaps Yue Shengyi would occasionally have some doubts, but in the end they would always be dissipated by Song Xu's pitiful little expression.

In this way, the two of them had been living together day and night in the princess's mansion for more than half a month, and neither of them realized that there was anything wrong.

******
In August of the seventeenth year of Xiazhi, Empress Huyan appointed her fifth daughter Wu Xu as crown prince and conferred the title of Princess Wen of Chen on her.
In the same month, the civil officials, led by Prime Minister Pei Yu, requested the emperor to select a prince to rule over the princess.

A tall, thin middle-aged woman in a crimson-purple embroidered court dress slowly stepped out of the line and bowed to the hall. Her narrow eyes and thin lips made her look particularly mean.

"Your Majesty, I think that it has been two years since the Fifth Princess came of age, but there is no one in the palace. Now that she has been canonized as a princess, it is time to choose a legitimate ruler for her to take charge of the affairs of the palace."

As soon as she finished speaking, several civil officials stood up from the queue behind her and echoed her voice.

Song Xu, who was standing to the left of the empress, was fiddling with the soft long tassel on the sword at his waist, listening to the ministers standing below constantly echoing her, all asking her to marry a man. Her eyelashes drooped slightly, and a sneer appeared at the corner of her lips.
She has made a sound, she doesn't care about any man.

More and more ministers have stepped forward and have begun to recommend young men from various families.

The empress still didn't speak. She could clearly see the cold curve on Song Xu's lips through the pearl curtain hanging in front of the crown. The tasseled sword was almost pulled apart by her.

He sighed silently in his heart, and at the same time observed a moment of silence for the civil servants and ministers who were chattering non-stop.

It's obvious at first glance that he is someone who has never experienced the bad temper of the Fifth Girl. Look at the line of military generals, each of them is so well-behaved and as quiet as a chicken.

It's time to change the blood in the court. While she is still clear-headed, it's better to clear some obstacles for the fifth girl in advance.

Otherwise, with the Fifth Girl's temper, she would go against those stubborn people as soon as she ascended the throne and would probably start a killing spree, which might cause turmoil in the situation.

Alas, this girl was born to be a debt.
The queen sighed helplessly and raised her hand to stop the endless suggestions from the many civil officials below.
"Stop for a moment and let the princess speak for herself."

"His Majesty."
Pei Yu, who had remained silent since his previous advice, now bowed and took a step forward, his deeply furrowed brows full of disapproval.
"Your Majesty should have the sole authority to decide the Crown Princess' marriage. Why bother with this?"

"Haha, Prime Minister Pei, what you said is too much. The princess is my daughter and the crown prince. This position of mine will belong to her in the future. Now it is up to her to decide on her own marriage."

The empress casually waved her hand to reject Pei Yu's intention. These few simple and straightforward words clearly expressed the noble status of Princess Song Xu, and also suppressed the slightly restless hearts of some ministers in a timely manner.

Even with all that said, there are still some people who refuse to give up and stand there with their heads held high, as if they will not give up until they achieve their goal.

Tsk, it's really an iron nail. Apart from the unrealistic ambition, the rest is pretty good. It's a pity that ambition is not something a minister can have. As the queen, she can only use the hammer unceremoniously.

The Queen glanced at Pei Yu coldly, then directly pointed out Song Xu.
"My Lady, please tell the ministers your opinion."

"Yes."
Song Xu responded without turning his head, his right hand dropped, his slender fingers gently clasped on the sword at his waist, and he walked down the jade steps step by step towards the civil officials who stood out.

The long gold-thread embroidered green phoenix train lightly dragged past the line of military generals, who all took a step back, making the ministers standing in the line of civil officials stand out more prominently.

Fengwu State's civil and military officials were strictly separated and did not interfere with each other. In addition, the Queen deliberately did this, so Wu Xu's reputation as a killer on the battlefield did not spread.

Because Wu Xu's usual ruthless style of doing things had brought her a lot of negative effects, the Queen had to order that Wu Xu's actions on the battlefield be kept secret.

At that time, the eldest princess Wu Ying was still alive, and the queen's idea was that the eldest daughter Shanwen would be the emperor, and the youngest daughter Shanwu would be in charge of military affairs. Anyway, the two daughters were close, and this arrangement was considered to ensure the strength and stability of Fengwu State. If it weren't for the accident later, the queen's wish might have come true.

Therefore, the civil officials knew little about Wu Xu's true character and only thought that she had a violent temper. So when they saw the generals retreating in unison, they found it very strange.

Only the sharp-minded Pei Yu felt something was wrong. These generals had bad tempers and were all very arrogant. She had tried to deal with them many times, but all ended in failure.

But this lady just walked past them, and they all backed away to show their weakness. Doesn't that mean that this Lady Chen Wen, the former Fifth Princess, is someone who is not easy to mess with? !
Thinking of what he had occasionally heard before about the existence of a god of killing in the army, Pei Yu, who had sneered at the existence, felt more and more uneasy.

This, how is this possible? !
But no matter how she denied it in her heart, as she watched the princess getting closer and closer to her, Pei Yu's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

(End of this chapter)