Jin Suting breathed a sigh of relief as they left. The maids in the East Palace were truly imaginative; she had been cuckolded in a few words.

I am speechless.

After a while, she thought Yuan Jing had left, so she patted her clothes and stood up.

But he saw Yuan Jing still in the garden, he was still... picking flowers???!

Yuan Jing picked up the flowers, what evil had happened?

"Miss Jin," Yuan Jing noticed the person behind her and bowed respectfully. She smiled shyly and hid the flowers behind her. "When did you come? I thought these flowers were beautiful, so I picked some to use as decorations."

It's weird that Yuan Jing, a grown man, actually likes this.

"Oh, really?" Jin Suting swung her arms casually. "You don't have to explain to me. I won't say anything to you. I just got here, haha. That rose is pretty, and the daisy is nice too. What flowers do you like?"

Yuan Jing blushed, scratching his head sheepishly and saying, "Actually, I don't really understand it. I just think this flower is pretty."

"Are you going to give it to a girl?" Jin Suting asked tentatively.

"No!" Yuan Jing's face turned red like a tomato, and he was terrified, as if he had committed some mistake.

"It's a good thing to have a girl you like. Tell me who she is from." Jin Suting showed her gossipy nature. "I'll talk to Helan Ruizhe and ask him to help you get married."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, miss. No, no, no, that's not necessary." Yuan Jing pinched the flowers. He didn't dare tell Jin Suting that the girl he liked was Qin'er. He wanted to make a sachet for her by himself.

"Don't be shy!" Jin Suting coaxed him step by step, "Love should be expressed out loud!"

"Thank you for your kindness, young lady. I still have some work to do, so I'll go down first." Yuan Jing ran away holding the flowers.

Jin Suting waved at him: "Hey! Don't run! Love should be expressed out loud!"

This guy is so funny that Jin Suting bent over with laughter.

He seemed to have had a lot of contact with Qin'er in the past. I wonder which girl he fell in love with. Qin'er will be very sad!

However, Yuan Jing's attitude towards her seemed different from before.

What is the difference...

right!

Yuan Jing's attitude towards her became much more respectful!

She had come to the Eastern Palace so many times, but Yuan Jing had never bowed and called himself "subordinate" like he did today.

So, does that automatically bring her into the identity of the Crown Princess?

Are people in the East Palace so fond of preconceived ideas?

The two maids just said, "Our Crown Princess"

Yuan Jing called himself "subordinate" again!

Hi! How embarrassing!

The little rabbit in Jin Suting's heart was shy and covered her three-petal rabbit mouth with her hands, smiling shyly.

However, the maid just mentioned.

Helan Ruizhe didn't go to the northwest because of her. To make great achievements and establish a career should have always been the ideal of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

I can’t describe how I feel, but I feel a little guilty.

Although she really didn't want him to go to the northwest, the border was so desolate, how could someone as pure and innocent as Helan Ruizhe go to such a place.

She had been to the Northwest, and it was really not a place for people to stay.

But isn’t it a man’s dream to conquer the battlefield and be feared by all?

Helan Ruizhe is still His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and there are millions of people behind him waiting for him to protect them.

Could it be that he had invisibly ruined her plan and blocked her from realizing her dream?

If he hadn't rescued her, if she could have returned to the general's mansion within these two months, Helan Ruizhe might have gone to the northwest today.

After all, he still couldn't let go of himself.

She doesn't want to be a burden to anyone, so she has always learned to be independent and doesn't like to trouble others.

But these days, I always drag down and trouble the people around me.

The guilt accumulated more and more, and she felt very uncomfortable.

***

Helan Ruizhe was reading a military book in his study. Today, Liu Mo led 30,000 elite soldiers to the northwest. However, news of defeat arrived from the front.

This is not a solution.

"Helan Ruizhe, are you there?" Jin Suting knocked on the door of the study.

"Come in." He closed the military book and said to the people outside.

The door was pushed open, and Jin Suting was holding a plate of small pastries, still warm.

Just now she went to the kitchen to find some ingredients and made some crispy cakes, thinking that he had sacrificed part of his ideals for her, so she had to be nicer to Helan Ruizhe.

"I made you something to eat," Jin Suting said, "I was worried you might be starving because you were studying too hard."

"I just had lunch." Helan Ruizhe laughed. Did she think she had an elephant stomach?

She put the plate of shortbread on the table, glanced at the closed military book, lowered her eyes, and said, "It's been an hour since lunch. Here's a new flavor. Try it."

Helan Ruizhe obediently picked up a shortbread, took a bite, and praised: "Your craftsmanship is improving day by day."

Jin Suting also laughed. He praised himself for being genuinely happy. "What were your original plans for today?"

"What?" Helan Ruizhe was eating attentively. Jin Suting asked such a random question, and he was a little confused.

"If I wasn't here and you didn't come to save me yesterday, what was your original plan for today?" Jin Suting took a deep breath and still wanted to get a result.

"Why are you asking this suddenly?" Helan Ruizhe frowned. What was this silly girl thinking about all day long?

"You answer me first." Jin Suting started to challenge Zhener.

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