The twinkling stars decorate the sky, reflecting the outline of the petals, quiet and beautiful.

"Miss, just pick a few flowers. It's not good to pick too many..." Grandma Gao tried to stop Yu Tanqi from "destroying the flowers."

Yu Tanqi refused to listen: "I will just pick the blooming flowers and leave the buds. They will bloom again later."

After hearing Yu Tanqi say that he wanted to pick all the blooming flowers, Taohua glanced at the flower garden and estimated that it would take about a dozen baskets. So she went back to Luqiyuan and asked five servants to pick three baskets each, and they brought fifteen baskets to Shaoguangyuan.

When the servants of Shaoguangyuan saw this, their pupils shrank, and they wanted to say something but stopped themselves. They wanted to step forward to stop it but did not dare to.

Everyone in the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion knows that Miss Yu is the crown prince's beloved daughter. The prince even cooks for Miss Yu himself. So, it should be okay to just pick a few flowers from the yard, right?

But it seems that there is more to it than just picking a few flowers.

Roses, peonies, gardenias, irises, pansies, lilacs, etc. Yu Tanqi picked all the flowers he could see.

Linlang and Taohua wanted to help, but she refused.

She picked the flowers one by one, intact, and put them into the basket.

Flowers of red, white, blue and other colors placed in a basket are surprisingly beautiful.

When I filled the fifteenth basket with flowers, I looked around and saw that the flowerbed suddenly became bare under the night sky, with only branches and leaves blending into the dark night and a few small flower buds left.

It will take at least half a month for the flowers to bloom again.

Grandma Gao couldn't bear to watch.

She couldn't imagine how the prince would react when he came back and saw the bare yard.

Yu Tanqi looked towards the entrance of Shaoguangyuan and pursed her lips slightly.

He hasn't come back yet.

She suddenly asked, "What time is it now?"

Linlang replied, "Miss, it's almost five minutes past midnight."

"He hasn't come back yet." In the past, he would send her back to Luqiyuan at 11:55 am.

Yu Tanqi lowered her eyes, her thick and long eyelashes covering her eyes.

There was a silence.

Grandma Gao said with some difficulty, "The prince must have been delayed by something important. He will definitely come back."

Yu Tanqi didn't say anything else. He walked towards the main hall of Shaoguangyuan with a basket full of flowers, sat on a stool and began to pick the petals.

Under the candlelight, the girl's face was gentle, her slender white hands slowly pulled the delicate petals, she pursed her bright red lips and remained silent, which made people feel distressed for no reason.

Grandma Gao asked cautiously, "Young lady, are you going to wait for the prince to return in Shaoguang Courtyard?"

"Yeah." Yu Tanqi responded softly.

"It's getting late. We don't know when the prince will be back. Why don't you go back to Luqi Courtyard and take a bath? Maybe the prince will be back by the time you're done."

Yu Tanqi's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she was almost persuaded by Grandma Gao.

She finished plucking the petals of a purple pansy and whispered, "I'll go back after he comes back."

Grandma Gao said quickly, "That won't do. If the prince hasn't returned by midnight, are you going to wait until then? Staying up late is harmful to your health and appearance. You are a precious body, so you need to take care of yourself and your beautiful face. You'd better go back and take a bath and go to bed early. When you wake up tomorrow, the prince will definitely come to you to apologize first."

Yu Tanqi pursed her lips tightly and pulled the petals with a bit too much force, tearing some of the purple-blue iris petals.

She suddenly said, "Is he avoiding me on purpose?"

Grandma Gao's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly shook her head in denial, "How could that be? Young lady, you're overthinking it. Everyone knows that the prince loves you. Last night, after you fell asleep, he even went to see you before leaving. How could he deliberately avoid you?"

"Then why did he leave after getting up this morning without seeing me?"

"Because of an extremely urgent matter, the prince did not have time to see the young lady. I hope the young lady can understand."

Yu Tanqi couldn't help but take a deep breath and curled the corners of his mouth in self-mockery.

She is too obsessed with love now. In the eyes of others, she is probably a willful young lady who doesn't understand and care about Jiang Shi.

No, she can't become so ugly.

"I understand him. Never mind. I'm going back."

Yu Tanqi put down the flowers in her hand, stood up and turned to leave.

Grandma Gao breathed a sigh of relief.

That’s great! The young lady is finally willing to return to Luqiyuan, and the prince can also return to Shaoguangyuan to rest.

A quarter of an hour after Yu Tanqi and his group left Shaoguangyuan, Jiang Shi, wearing a veiled hat, walked into the gate of Shaoguangyuan.

Although he received the message the moment Yu Tanqi wanted to pick the flowers, he was still shocked by the scenery in front of him. For a moment, he was a little uncomfortable with the colorless flower garden.

Thinking of the girl holding a basket and picking the blooming flowers one by one and putting them into the basket, Jiang Shi curled his lips slightly. Not only was he not displeased, but he felt a little regretful. He even worried that her hands would hurt after picking so many flowers by herself.

He walked into the main room and saw a basket of flowers left by Yu Tanqi on the table. He carefully examined the flowers in the basket and found that all the flowers that bloomed in this season were in it, and the color combination was very beautiful.

Jiang Shi picked up a purple-blue iris petal and immediately noticed the torn marks on the petal.

She was still angry.

Jiang Shi sighed softly.

He touched the wound on his face and was very distressed.

Even with the best ointment, the scars on his face could not disappear within a day.

Xu Mubai said that it would take at least seven days for his face to recover.

Seven days.

If Jiang Shi couldn't see Yu Tanqi for one day, he would miss him for another seven days.

He almost couldn't help but want to go to Yu Tanqi with an ugly face.

But in the end I held back.

No, she can't see him like this.

It's so ugly.

She had only been hiding from her for one day, and she had already picked all the flowers in Shaoguang Courtyard. If she had hidden for two days, would she have picked all the flowers in the entire Wu'an Marquis Mansion?

The third day, the fourth day...what will she do in the remaining days?

Jiang Shi couldn't quite imagine it.

He will hide for as many days as he can and comfort her.

After midnight, the night is deep and quiet.

Jiang Shi gently opened the door of Yu Tanqi's boudoir and walked in quietly.

The room was quiet and dark. Relying on his memory, he walked accurately to Yu Tanqi's bed.

Although he couldn't see Yu Tanqi's face, he could feel that she was lying quietly on the bed and hear her steady breathing.

Jiang Shi slightly clenched his fingers, slowly stretched out a hand, and carefully tried to find the girl's face.

Soon, he touched her soft and warm cheek.

He stroked it gently, and when he was about to withdraw his hand, his palm was suddenly grabbed by two soft little hands.