The young guard scoffed and said disdainfully, "Hmph! Do you think I'd be short of a meal from her? It's just that guy who's lustful and goes to her place all the time."

After saying that, he looked outside and muttered angrily in a low voice, "He has absolutely no sense of shame."

Upon hearing this, Yi Zexuan threw a calligraphy brush at him and muttered, "If you want to go, then get lost. Don't say such nonsense in front of me."

"Ouch, ouch!" The little guard caught the brush, but his hand was covered in ink.

She carefully put the brush back, then ran off, shouting as she ran, "Then I'll go ahead first, Your Highness, please take good care of yourself."

Yi Zexuan glanced at the ink stains on the pen, frowned as if disgusted, and then changed to another one.

He picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, but the ink blotted out in a black circle, rendering the entire piece of paper unusable.

Yi Zexuan wasn't angry. He picked up his pen, looked at the ruined paper, shook his head, chuckled softly, and then put the pen down.

"interesting."

Over there, the little guard excitedly ran to Su Lixia's residence, but he almost bumped into her as soon as he reached the palace gate.

I quickly dodged aside, apologized, and went inside. But when I looked up and saw that it was Lin Ziwen.

"Why did you come out? Where are you going?"

Lin Ziwen found it amusing and chuckled before asking, "Then I should ask you, what brings you here? Did the Regent send you to see the princess?"

The young guard pursed his lips and said, "What's it to you? Anyway, it wasn't the prince who sent me. I just happened to be passing by."

Lin Ziwen raised an eyebrow and nodded, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, it just so happened that I almost entered the princess's palace."

"You!" The young guard could tell he was being sarcastic.

"Alright, I won't say any more to you. I'm going back now, I'm all sleepy." With that, he pushed the guard aside and walked away slowly.

The young guard looked at his retreating figure with a puzzled expression: "Has he gone mad?"

He silently followed and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"uh-huh."

"Why so early?!"

"What's it to you?"

What a counterattack…

After all that commotion, we saw the person and brought them back, but we didn't get to eat. Sigh...

When they returned, they found that their prince was also gone. They asked the servants, but they all said they hadn't noticed. How could a living person not notice in broad daylight?!

The young guard was speechless. He searched around but found nothing, so he sat in the hall and waited boredly.

And at this moment...

"No way, no way? What's he doing here again?" Su Lixia was startled when she heard that Yi Zexuan was outside the palace and said he wanted to visit.

"Princess! What should we do?" Xiaolian asked.

"It's alright, don't panic. Let him go to the main hall and wait. You all prepare tea and snacks!"

"Yes," the palace maid replied and left.

Then Su Lixia tugged at Lian'er and said, "Quick, quick, go get that bright red dress and put it on!"

"Okay!" Lian'er quickly took out clothes and helped Su Lixia change.

Yi Zexuan looked around but couldn't find the two figures.

"They all went back so quickly?" Yi Zexuan sat down, feeling puzzled.

A moment later, Su Lixia came out. The latter was taken aback when he saw her, then realized, "It seems you only wear red when you see me. Could it be that you think I like red, and that you're just playing hard to get with Lin Ziwen? So you still have feelings for me?"

"Why did Your Highness come here at this time?" Su Lixia sat far away from him, so her voice was loud.

Yi Zexuan got up and sat closer to Su Lixia, instantly getting much closer. Seeing her flustered and evasive manner, he assumed she was just shy.