Meanwhile, on the other side...

Luo Ziqian had just come out of the East Palace and was walking on the road out of the palace when he turned around and bumped into someone.

The person arrived in a sedan chair, accompanied by a dozen or so palace maids, making a very impressive entrance.

Who else could it be but Princess Rongyang?

Upon seeing Princess Rongyang, Luo Ziqian immediately turned and ran as if he had seen a demon.

But it was too late.

Princess Rongyang immediately spotted him and called out to him.

"Brother Ziqian".

Since they were in the palace and under the watchful eyes of everyone, Luo Ziqian could no longer escape after being discovered. He could only stop and bow respectfully.

Once the sedan chair had landed, Luo Ziqian respectfully greeted, "Greetings, Princess Rongyang."

Princess Rongyang hurriedly got off the sedan chair, went directly to Luo Ziqian, and personally helped him up.

No need for formalities.

"Brother Ziqian, why did you go to the palace? Why didn't you come to see me after you went to the palace!"

Looking at Princess Rongyang's innocent and carefree face, Luo Ziqian was momentarily at a loss. He could only lower his head in a fluster before saying:

"Your Majesty, I had some urgent business to discuss with you. Now that everything is settled, I must return."

He said he was about to leave.

But Princess Rongyang wouldn't let him have his way. She grabbed him and said, "Since everything's alright, why don't you come with me for a walk?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Ziqian panicked even more and frantically shook his head.

"No, no, no, I have other matters to attend to, so I will not keep Your Highness company any longer."

He looked as if he had seen a raging flood or a ferocious beast, but Princess Rongyang seemed not to see it. She grabbed him and pulled him away.

"Are you going or not?"

After all, she was a princess, and Luo Ziqian dared not refuse again. In the end, he could only be dragged away by Princess Rongyang.

In the garden.

Looking at Princess Rongyang, Luo Ziqian felt extremely uncomfortable and uneasy.

Now, whenever he looks up, it's as if he's back to that night.

One or two months ago.

Luo Ziqian went to deliver flowers to Gu Jingchun, but Gu Jingchun directly confronted him, making things clear and nipping all his feelings in the bud.

At that time, he hurriedly left Gu Jingchun's residence and met Princess Rongyang at the gate.

Perhaps Princess Rongyang noticed his pale complexion and followed him.

Afterwards, the two went to a restaurant and started drinking.

At first, everything was normal. Luo Ziqian was drinking wine, and Princess Rongyang was looking through the carved window at the man dancing in the center of the stage downstairs.

She was engrossed in watching when Luo Ziqian closed the carved window.

They were in a luxurious private room; once the carved windows were closed, it became a closed space.

Greenie was originally standing guard by Princess Rongyang's side, but perhaps she had an upset stomach, so she hurriedly left.

At this moment, Luo Ziqian looked at Princess Rongyang with red eyes and a face full of grievance.

"Look at me, I'm so heartbroken right now, and you can still laugh?"

"Don't you like me?"

"You like me but don't care if I'm hurt?"

Luo Ziqian was heartbroken; he looked as if he were about to break apart, and was quite pitiful.

Upon seeing his expression, Princess Rongyang immediately forgot everything she had just told the story.

She replied almost instinctively.

"But you don't like me!"

Princess Rongyang sounded somewhat aggrieved.

"You call me a greenhorn? Why should I look at you? I hope you're miserable!"

"snort."

As she spoke, she felt increasingly aggrieved, her lips trembled, and she burst into tears.

"You bully me, you don't like me, fine, but you also make me watch over you."

"I'm already in pain because you don't like me, and you won't let me look at other people, forcing me to look at you and comfort you, which makes me even more miserable."

She cried very hard, sobbing as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances she had suppressed over the past few days.

Hearing Princess Rongyang's cries, Luo Ziqian felt even more pained.

"But isn't this how it should be when you like someone?"

Shouldn't we just watch her cry, watch her laugh, and be with her all the time?

Should I be the first to help her when she needs it?

Princess Rongyang gasped for breath, looking very aggrieved, and said:

"Why should I? I already think it's a huge favor to like you, so why should I have to coax you?"

"If liking you means me to suffer, then why should I like you?"

Luo Ziqian was silent for a while after hearing this, and then he felt that it made a lot of sense.

I can't explain why, but the pain in my heart has lessened considerably.

However, Princess Rongyang's weeping did not stop; on the contrary, it intensified.

Luo Ziqian was at a loss and, disregarding his own feelings, immediately began to coax the little princess.

After all, it wouldn't matter much if something happened to him, but if something were to happen to this little princess right under his nose, the entire Luo family would probably be in trouble.

Despite Luo Ziqian's various attempts, the little princess's tears did not stop.

Finally, Luo Ziqian picked up two bowls of wine and placed them in front of the two men respectively.

"Princess, since I have caused you so much pain, why don't you drink this bowl of wine and stop liking me from now on? What do you say?"

With that, he picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

Princess Rongyang looked at Luo Ziqian, then at the wine bowl in front of her, and burst into tears.

"You're so annoying!"

"Waaah..."

"It's one thing for you to dislike me before, but now I've been going to Gu Jingchun every day to learn from you, and I've finally gained a little weight, and you're making me dislike you even more."

"How could you do this? You're so annoying."

Seeing that this method was also useless, Luo Ziqian seized on the information in her words and immediately changed the subject, asking, "What advice did you go to Gu Jingchun for?"

Princess Rongyang sobbed, and her crying finally subsided a little before she spoke:

"You said I was still wet behind the ears, so I'll go and see what's wrong with Sister Gu Jingchun being wet behind the ears."

"I've observed her closely too. She's just a size bigger in the chest area and a bit bigger in the buttocks than me."

As she spoke, she directly pulled Luo Ziqian's hand and pressed it against her chest.

"You try it, mine's gotten quite a bit bigger too!"

“My foster mother said that in two more years, this part of me will grow a little bigger!”

After she finished speaking, she stopped crying, and then belatedly realized that Luo Ziqian's hand was still on her chest.

Turning to look at his face again, he had an expression that looked like he'd been struck by lightning.

A moment later, Luo Ziqian abruptly withdrew his hand, almost like a catapult, and took several steps back, shrinking completely into a corner with an expression that said, "The sky has fallen, I'm finished."