Chapter 174 Tell the truth and she loses

Wei Mingliang stared at the palace maid on the roadside and said, "Look up."

Chu Liuzheng was stunned. Shouldn't he have just walked over to her? Why was he talking to her?

Just when she was stunned, a hand wearing a gold and emerald ring and with calluses on the palm of the hand reached out, pinched the tip of her chin, and lifted it up irresistibly.

Chu Liuzheng:!!!

A tall man with a slender waist, thick hair, deep eyebrows and a faint smile was reflected in the pupils that shrank slightly due to surprise.

[Ah, these are the peach blossom eyes that make even dogs feel affectionate. They are so electric, no wonder the fake princess fell for them.]

[No, whose chin are you pinching? Let go!]

She stepped back, saving her jaw while kneeling and bowing: "Your Highness, be well."

Wei Mingliang put his hand down, his tone containing just the right amount of surprise: "You recognize me?"

Chu Liuzheng maintained his bowing posture, his eyes fixed on the ground. "I had the honor of meeting Your Highness at the plum blossom viewing banquet hosted by Her Highness the Princess."

"No wonder I thought you looked familiar. Please stand up." Wei Mingliang looked at her. "You were wearing a crimson cloak that day, weren't you?"

"Yes." Chu Liuzheng stood up and turned his gaze from the ground to the hem of Wei Mingliang's cloak.

Wei Mingliang looked at the jewelry in her hair and found that it was just what ordinary palace maids used, nothing special about it.

He made an excuse: "I'm lost. Do you know how to get to the Imperial Garden?"

[Haha, even the maze of Xixia can't trap butterflies. Lost? Who are you kidding?]

"I didn't know, please forgive me, Your Highness." Chu Liuzheng bowed.

Wei Mingliang stared at her standard salute posture, turned the ring on his left middle finger, and said good-naturedly: "Ignorance is not a crime. Since you work in the palace, you must be more familiar with the roads in the palace. Why don't you accompany me to find the way?"

After saying that, without giving Chu Liuzheng a chance to find an excuse to refuse, he raised his foot and walked forward.

What else can Chu Liuzheng, a little palace maid, do except follow him?

She deliberately lagged behind Wei Mingliang by two steps, but unexpectedly, Wei Mingliang took two steps back and stood shoulder to shoulder with her. He tilted his head to look at her and asked, "What's your name?"

Chu Liuzheng lowered his eyelashes and answered obediently: "My servant Cuihua."

[Who knows what's going on with Butterfly? Anyone who reveals her real name is a fool.]

The smile on Wei Mingliang's lips froze. It seemed that this was not the name he found.

He looked at Chu Liuzheng's profile and continued to ask, "How old are you?"

Chu Liuzheng didn't even blink: "Twenty-four."

After hearing this, Wei Mingliang was sure that the palace maid beside him was talking nonsense, but he also continued the conversation: "It doesn't look like it."

"Oh, this servant looks young." Chu Liuzheng smiled and flattered him, "Your Highness also looks young, not at all like a man in his thirties."

Wei Mingliang: "...I'm only twenty-three."

"Ah? Not at all..." Chu Liuzheng's eyes widened in surprise, and then he panicked and said, "What I meant is that Your Highness doesn't look like twenty-three at all, but more like eighteen."

【It depends on how you continue the conversation.】

Wei Mingliang: “…”

He decisively changed the subject: "Which palace do you work in?"

Chu Liuzheng replied: "The cold palace."

Wei Mingliang: "...Why are you here?"

Chu Liuzheng: "Wrong way."

Wei Mingliang patiently tried to find a topic to talk about: "How many years have you been in the palace?"

Chu Liuzheng: "I just entered the palace this year."

Wei Mingliang waited for her to continue, but Chu Liuzheng was very frugal with words, so he had no choice but to ask, "Do you have parents, brothers, or sisters at home?"

Chu Liuzheng continued to make up a story: "No, I am a coffin child, a star of misfortune, whoever I catch will be defeated."

…

The two of them asked and answered questions as they walked. Wei Mingliang tried hard to get information, but Chu Liuzheng just kept replying randomly after reading it. If she told the truth, she would lose.

When he heard Chu Liuzheng start making up a story about how her fiancé had been killed before she entered the palace, the veins on Wei Mingliang's forehead throbbed. He paused, tilted his head, and narrowed his peach blossom eyes unkindly: "Why do I feel like you're lying to me?"

"I dare not." Chu Liuzheng shook his head innocently.

[Hey! You're the one I'm deceiving, you little butterfly!]

Wei Mingliang stared at her clear almond eyes for a long while, then suddenly leaned closer, startling Chu Liuzheng so much that she instinctively leaned back. When she was about to fall, a big hand suddenly came to her lower back, holding her and pulling her forward.

The slightly sweet scent of agarwood filled his face, and Chu Liuzheng threw himself into Wei Mingliang's arms: "..."

[Damn! What's this weird trend?]

Wei Mingliang leaned closer and whispered in her ear, "Chu Liuzheng, you are very brave. Do you think it is fun to deceive my highness?"

Chu Liuzheng: “…”

[Oh no, this is out of control. Butterfly actually knows my real name.]

Wei Mingliang looked at her round ears and said, "You were the little eunuch who followed Emperor Shunguang the whole time during the Firearms Battalion's drill, weren't you?"

Chu Liuzheng: “…”

[Does his father have to be so sharp-eyed? ]

"I'm curious, how would your emperor react if I killed you here?" He said it in a joking tone, but the murderous intent in his eyes was genuine.

What kind of reaction could that be? Is it difficult to replace a palace maid?

"I am timid, Your Highness, please don't joke with me. Your Highness wants to go to the Imperial Garden, so just walk a little further." Chu Liuzheng, who was exposed, simply stopped pretending and tried to pry Wei Mingliang's fingers away, trying to get away.

Who would have thought that the hands behind the waist were like iron palms that could not be moved at all.

While she was debating whether to break her fingernails or step on them, Wei Mingliang said, "How about you tell me what the emperor wants you to do, and I'll let you go?"

Good question, I'd like to know that too.

Chu Liuzheng opened her mouth slightly and was about to make up something credible when she suddenly saw Wei Mingliang leaning down and tilting his head slightly to block her view.

???

Just when she was confused, an angry voice came, "What are you doing?"

Chu Liuzheng: “…”

Is there something wrong with this direction?

Xiao Jingfan strode over. From the perspective of him and the group of people behind him, the tall man took the woman in palace dress into his arms, their necks touching, their postures affectionate, as if they were kissing.

Zhou Yuande glanced at the woman's hand wrapped in gauze and his eyelids twitched suddenly.

What a sin!

How did Miss Liu Zheng get involved with the Second Prince of Western Xia?

Yin Taiyu looked at the scene in front of him in shock. The bastard Wei Mingliang asked him to delay Emperor Sunguang by playing chess just to come and tease the palace maids?

What kind of serious business is this?!

Chen Xing looked at the two people who were still hugging each other, then looked at the emperor whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He raised his hand to touch his chin and suddenly realized something.

On the other side, Wei Mingliang, who heard the sound, stood up slowly and turned around, with a hint of displeasure in his eyes at being interrupted.

The hand that was holding the waist of the person in his arms changed to rest on his shoulder, and he openly pulled Chu Liuzheng into his arms, whispering soothingly: "Don't be afraid."

Chu Liuzheng leaned obediently against his chest, with her head lowered and her cheeks flushed, looking like a shy little girl.

Seeing this, Xiao Jingfan pursed his lips and stared at her with a pair of eyes like deep pools. His cold gaze fell on her like an ice cone and asked, "What are you doing?"

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell he was asking Chu Liuzheng, but Chu Liuzheng still didn't respond. Wei Mingliang raised the corner of his lips, and the hand on Chu Liuzheng's shoulder tightened. "As Your Majesty can see, Liuzheng and I are in love with each other. I wish to take her as my concubine. I hope Your Majesty will grant this."

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