Chapter 220 The prince was so sneaky, I thought he was a flower thief
Although he was only a novice in martial arts, something as simple as climbing over a wall was not enough to stump him.
The moon was at its zenith, and the moonlight like silver gauze enveloped the prime minister's residence. Taking advantage of the night, Bai Ziyu easily found Gu Siqing's residence.
He had been to the Prime Minister's Mansion before to treat Madam Zhen, so he knew where Gu Siqing lived.
Gu Siqing couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so she had someone put a low couch in the corridor so that Guihua and Huasheng didn't have to serve her. She just wanted to read a book quietly in the evening breeze, and go to sleep when she was sleepy.
In the Prime Minister's residence, Osmanthus Fragrance and Peanuts thought that nothing would happen. Knowing that their master was upset, they withdrew. Unexpectedly, this gave Bai Ziyu an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Bai Ziyu quietly avoided the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion and came to the outside of Gu Siqing's yard. Through the hollow plum blossom window, he saw that the lanterns in the yard were on, illuminating the woman lying on a low couch under the corridor.
She was lying on the outside of the corridor, reading a book in her hand. The candlelight illuminated her face clearly. Seeing the person he had been thinking about day and night, Bai Ziyu's longing for her surged, and he even felt a little homesick.
Her face was clearly outlined by the candlelight. She didn't lose weight, but looked rounder. I felt relieved.
After standing outside the courtyard wall for a long time, he heard footsteps not far away. It was the patrollers. Bai Ziyu came to his senses and sneakily climbed over the courtyard wall to avoid the patrollers outside.
The wall he climbed over was right next to the corridor, and in the darkness, any movement was amplified. Gu Siqing heard the noise and quickly closed the book in his hand and sat up.
As soon as she sat up, she saw a dark shadow standing at the end of the corridor. Judging from his figure, he was not a servant in her yard. There was no door there, so the person had obviously climbed over the wall!
The person who came was tall and slender, and it could be seen that he was a man. Gu Siqing's breathing stagnated. She had only seen the flower-stealing thief in novels or heard the rumors outside, but she didn't expect to meet him.
"Come..." Gu Siqing took a deep breath and was about to call for help.
Just as he started, the man spoke hurriedly: "Siqing, it's me."
Gu Siqing was about to start talking, but when he recognized Bai Ziyu's voice, he immediately stopped.
She glanced at the courtyard and the servants' quarters, put the storybook on the low table beside her, stood up and walked towards Bai Ziyu: "So it's an old friend. The prince was so sneaky, I thought he was a flower thief."
She was wearing a crescent-white nightgown. As she walked towards him step by step under the moonlight, Bai Ziyu could hear his breathing becoming lighter.
"I am sorry for being rude, my lady. I would like to apologize to you." Bai Ziyu looked at her, unwilling to look away.
The person he had been thinking about was right in front of him, and Bai Ziyu couldn't help but look at him. When he was in Qi State, the person he wanted to see every day finally saw him.
The moonlight was like a refining furnace. It seemed as if it was made for Gu Siqing tonight. Bai Ziyu recalled the first time they met. Gu Siqing was wearing a crescent-white dress. She walked towards him hesitantly, squatted in front of him and asked him "what's wrong?"
She is still willing to talk to him and walk towards him. Does this mean that Gu Siqing is no longer angry with him?
Bai Ziyu was just thinking this when Gu Siqing turned around and pushed open the door of the study when he was only a few steps away from him.
Bai Ziyu: "..."
Gu Siqing saw his frustrated look and as she stepped into the study, a triumphant smile flashed across her face. She asked him to keep it a secret from her!
"When did you return to the capital? You visited the Prime Minister's residence in the middle of the night. I wonder what your Highness wants to do? If your Highness is here to be a lobbyist and want me to help you with something, then I can't do that. I will not put the Prime Minister's residence in a situation where it would be accused of treason and collusion with the enemy."
Gu Siqing motioned Bai Ziyu to go into the study and then closed the door. Otherwise, if Guihua came out later and saw a man in the yard, she would definitely start yelling, and she didn't want to have the headache of explaining anything.
As for what she said, it was just to annoy Bai Ziyu. As Bai Ziyu was a person, he would certainly not put her in an unjust position. Moreover, if he knew her well, he would know that she would never damage the statement that Prime Minister Yin and her uncle had worked so hard to build because of anything.
"Siqing, when I come back, I will never go back to Qi. I am here just Bai Ziyu, not the prince of Qi."
Bai Ziyu knew that Gu Siqing's words were meant to hurt him, but he didn't have the face to ask Gu Siqing to stop calling him "Prince" in such a sarcastic tone.
Originally, Gu Siqing was sulking, but her anger had subsided over the past few days. But when she suddenly saw this man, her anger was aroused again.
Hearing this, she leaned on the table with one hand and couldn't help laughing, but her laughter was full of sarcasm.
After laughing enough, Gu Siqing turned around and looked directly at Bai Ziyu: "Your Majesty has traveled a long way back to Qi State and stabilized the situation. He is so majestic. Who doesn't know the name of the King of Freedom? Your Majesty, if you don't continue to be the King of Freedom who can call the wind and rain in Qi State, and live a carefree life..."
She deliberately dragged out the ending of the sentence until Bai Ziyu looked unhappy, then she asked, "Why are you coming to Yue State again?"
The news of the new king of Qi ascending the throne has already spread to the capital of Yue. Gu Siqing did not expect that they would act so quickly.
Bai Ziyu recommended Xuanyuan Yu to the throne as King Xiaoyao, and Xuanyuan Yu himself was also very competitive, convincing all the civil and military officials with his own abilities. What Gu Siqing could not have expected was that Bai Ziyu would appear here tonight.
Bai Ziyu, who felt like he was being stabbed in the back by Gu Siqing, coughed lightly in embarrassment and stammered, "Actually, I'm not free and easy. King Free and Easy is just a title. When I went back, not only did I not have a moment of leisure, but I was troubled by a bunch of trivial matters."
Before returning to Qi, Bai Ziyu had already had a mental preconception of the chaos in Qi, but the actual situation was worse than he thought.
The crown prince died unexpectedly, the king died of an acute illness, and one thing after another threw the court of Qi into chaos.
If Bai Ziyu returns later, Xuanyuan Yu can actually cut off the source of the problem, but that will cause more deaths, and the lifeline of Qi will be seriously damaged. It may be even worse, and there will be a risk of the country being destroyed.
"No matter how much of a headache it is, Your Highness will still go back and take over this mess with pleasure, right?" Gu Siqing said with a wry smile.
"Siqing is right. Isn't it too late for me to regret? So after what happened over there is settled, I packed my bags and came back."
Bai Ziyu came close to Gu Siqing, squinted his eyes and smiled, "You see, it's better for me to be my miracle doctor by your side."
Knowing that he was just joking, Gu Siqing sneered, too lazy to pay attention to him, and picked up a book from the table and started reading.
There was not much wind tonight, and the weather was a bit dry, which inevitably made people feel a little restless, and Gu Siqing's face looked even worse.
When this man left, he only said goodbye to her hurriedly, dealt with the affairs of Qi State, and returned to Yue State quietly. He did whatever he wanted to do, and it seemed that she could only passively accept it, even when he climbed over the wall to enter the prime minister's residence today.
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