After diverting Zhou Hanyan's attention, Zhao Shu and Wei Tingsi moved to Lin Dongxue's side. Xiao Guozi knew a little about disguise and carefully wiped the things off his face, revealing his true appearance in no time.

His skin was very delicate, something a man in his twenties shouldn't have. Although his face looked quite mature, it still had a childlike quality.

Zhang Chang looked at Lin Dongxue and then at Zhao Shu, and made a startling discovery: "I think Young Master Lin looks quite similar to the Princess."

Zhao Shu also noticed it, but there wasn't much similarity, only two or three points.

“This servant looks more like the prince,” said Xiao Guozi.

Wei Tingsi nodded. He also felt that Lin Dongxue resembled Prince Yong more, and Zhao Shu also looked like Prince Yong, but not as much as Lin Dongxue.

"Could it be the prince's bloodline that was lost among the common people?" Xiao Guozi asked cautiously.

Zhao Shu remained silent, offering no opinion. Who exactly Lin Dongxue was, perhaps even he himself didn't know. Or perhaps he did know, but recalling the time since they met, Zhao Shu had never noticed him having even the slightest desire to acknowledge his ancestry.

People can be similar, and things can be alike; she couldn't make a judgment, and everything could only be explained by him.

When Zhou Hanyan returned, she was completely stunned and couldn't believe her eyes. The person she had been protecting was a grown man, but after leaving for a short while, he had returned as a teenager. The contrast was too great.

"Sister Ajun, what's going on?" She could see that Lin Dongxue and Zhao Shu looked somewhat alike, which made her feel a little relieved. At least with this connection, Wei Tingsi wouldn't easily do anything to Lin Dongxue. After all, concealing one's appearance to infiltrate the military camp was a serious crime!

Zhao Shu didn't answer directly, but she still said, "Ask him."

The guards were all trusted confidants of the Weitingsi. He didn't speak, and everyone kept quiet, no one daring to spread what they had seen.

The roads in Sichuan are difficult to travel. Riding a horse along the official road is a detour, but going off the official road is even more difficult.

As evening approached, the group stopped to set up camp. Lin Dongxue woke up and saw everyone looking at him strangely. He immediately touched his face and found that it was smooth and delicate, quite different from the rough skin he had worn after the disguise.

"I..." He didn't know how to explain, and once he uttered the word "I", he couldn't say anything more.

Zhao Shu sat down, not too close to him, and asked, "What is your purpose in approaching me?"

He shook his head. "I didn't approach you."

This makes sense. Many merchants came to Chunyuan to purchase goods back then. It's not surprising that the Lin family from Luoyang would come, since the Lin family is a major merchant family in Luoyang. It would be strange if they didn't.

"Then how do you explain that you look like my father? Didn't you have any doubts when you saw him?" Zhao Shu continued to ask, pressing him relentlessly, her gaze fixed on his eyes.

But his eyes showed no sign of panic.

“I have never met the prince, not even in person,” he explained.

Zhao Shu frowned. Indeed, Prince Yong was a prince, and merchants could not see him. At most, they could see Uncle Fu. Zhao Shu could accept this explanation. "Then what about me? Do you think I look like you?"

"At first I thought they looked somewhat alike, but I didn't think about it too much. You are a princess of the dynasty, while I am just a mere merchant. I never dared to think too deeply about it." He smiled shyly.

It was that familiar shyness again, but this time Zhao Shu could tell that it was feigned. He didn't think that the royal family was particularly noble, nor did he think that merchants were so lowly among the social classes of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants. He was confident.

"Is it that you dare not think about it, or that you do not want to think about it?"

He shook his head. "I never thought about it."

That makes sense. How could a future heir to a family who is pampered at home possibly think that he is not actually his parents' biological child? I ask you, which family in the world today would hand over its business to an adopted son? That's insane.

Zhao Shu remembered that he had been to many places and was very knowledgeable. Compared to him, the noble young men in the capital were less than one-tenth of him. He had both experience and talent, so why would he have any doubts?

"Do you know that disguising yourself to infiltrate a military camp is a capital offense?" Zhao Shu suddenly thought that he had some connection with her, even if it was just a half-sibling relationship.

He fell silent, remaining silent for a long time.

Zhao Shu then said, "It means the extermination of nine generations of their family."

It's not that serious, but if someone tries to get rid of him, they can definitely wipe out his entire family.

Upon hearing this, he suddenly looked at Zhao Shu and asked, "Do you really want to do this?"

"Others can do it, but you can't. No matter who you are, just because you look like my father is enough to give you nine lives and allow you to do whatever you want. From now on, I'll protect you, so don't worry about it."

After she finished speaking, she stood up and left without pressing her for more information or saying anything more. Everyone says that twins have a telepathic connection, but that's all a lie. How come she doesn't have one?

It's also possible that they just look alike and are actually two completely unrelated people.

However, she believed that Lin Dongxue would definitely find out the truth. If he really was a child of the Prince Yong's mansion, the Lin family would not delay his future. She just needed to wait.

Wei Tingsi walked behind her and took her hand. "It's alright. Your Highness is still young. You will marry a concubine. Even if you don't have any brothers, I won't bully you or let anyone else bully you."

Zhao Shu glanced at him sideways, "I never said I wanted to marry you, so why should you protect me?"

Despite saying that, she still felt sweet inside. To be honest, she wasn't afraid of being bullied, but she felt that the Yongwang Mansion was too desolate. Besides, even if she married a concubine and had children, there would still be a distance between them, and they would not be the closest to her after all.

Wei Tingsi hugged her back, "Does that mean you're going to abandon me?" His warm breath tickled Zhao Shu's cheek.

Zhao Shu turned around and bumped into his nose. He quickly covered it and cried out in pain. Zhao Shu laughed rather unkindly.

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