She raised her eyes and glanced at Qi Che calmly: "Mr. Yun is quite attentive."

"It's my duty." Qi Che kept smiling, but there was no warmth in his eyes.

Chu Qingluan retracted her gaze, looked at Qi Che's face, and asked the question she had always been curious about.

"How long has Young Master Yun been following the Third Prince?"

Qi Che raised his eyes, smiling: "Princess, why do you suddenly ask this?"

"It's just a casual question." She said calmly, as if she was just chatting: "I'm just curious, with a talent like Mr. Yun, you could definitely pass the imperial examination and serve the court, but why is he willing to be inferior to others?"

Qi Che's eyes flashed, and then he smiled and said, "Princess, you think too highly of me. I am just a small strategist."

No one noticed that his hands under his sleeves were now clenched into fists.

Talent? Fame?

Oh, he already had these!

He studied hard for decades and finally passed the imperial examination. During the palace examination, even the emperor praised him personally, saying that he had "brilliant literary talent."

But what is the result?

He just made a mistake after getting drunk and had sex with Gu Yanran, but was threatened by Gu's family to marry Gu Yanran.

He is a newly crowned top scholar who has just entered the officialdom and has no background. If he does not follow the wishes of the Gu family, will he have the opportunity to return home in glory?

What was hateful was that Chu Qingluan was the most noble princess of the Great Chu, but she had to hide it from him. She had to watch him get into trouble. Afterwards, she even wanted to divorce him in a big way, causing him to lose his reputation and ruin his career.

"Mr. Yun seems to be uneasy?" Chu Qingluan's voice suddenly sounded.

Qi Che raised his eyes and met her cold eyes, the obsession in his heart grew wildly.

——This was the first time the two of them were so close since she regained her identity.

“Just recalling some past events.”

Qi Che answered gently, but his hands were clenched painfully in his sleeves.

That divorce completely ruined him and made him lose his foothold in the court.

But he had clearly confessed and expressed his willingness to make amends for his sins, and only asked for a chance.

But what about her?

First it was Pei Yuan, then Xie Yunqi. She provoked one man after another. But why couldn't she look back at herself?

Hadn't he been good enough to her during those three years of marriage?

She watched herself being a horse slave in the backyard of the princess's mansion, doing the dirtiest and most tiring work, and even flirting with Xie Yunqi in front of her -

He was really unwilling to give in!

Therefore, he chose to join the Third Prince and took great pains to participate in the autumn hunt.

He was willing to disguise himself as Yun Yan, a humble bastard - just to be able to get close to her again.

"Princess!"

Qi Che suddenly leaned forward, his voice was frighteningly gentle, "Tell me, if a person is betrayed by the person he loves, how should he seek revenge?"