Inside the cabin, in the Tianzi wing.
Chu Chi saw Zhao Jie with a sullen look on his face and was filled with worry. She didn't know how much he had just heard. When she heard Chu Che's voice coming from outside, Chu Chi looked outside with surprise.
I originally thought that I would not be able to see Chu Che during this trip to Yangzhou.
When Chu Chi was about to leave, Zhao Jie grabbed his wrist and said, "Those two beauties your parents arranged for you, let them get off the boat now and go back to where they came from. I don't need them."
Chu Chi replied, "Yes."
Zhao Jie hated it most when someone was playing tricks under his nose. She wanted to compete for favor with two beauties, but she would definitely be disliked by Zhao Jie.
What Chu Chi was even more afraid of was that Zhao Jie had just overheard all the conversations between her and her mother.
Chu Chi walked out of the cabin and asked the two beauties prepared by the Chu family to leave on a small boat.
Chu Chi went to the deck and saw Chu Che, who was a head taller than Lu Yiling. He chuckled and said, "Brother!"
"Sister!" Chu Che stepped forward and looked at Chu Chi and said, "Sister, it's been a long time."
Chu Chi smiled faintly and said, "Yes, it's been a long time since we last met. You've grown taller all of a sudden. I almost didn't recognize you."
Chu Che saw Zhao Jie coming out of the cabin and knelt down to greet him, "Your Majesty."
Zhao Jie only said to Chu Che, "Get up, no need to be polite. I just heard what you said. Are you going to Shengjing?"
Chu Che nodded and said, "I promised the little princess that I would be her bodyguard for life, and I can't break my promise."
Zhao Jie said, "You are now the emperor's uncle, so you can't be her bodyguard."
Lu Yiling was dissatisfied and said, "He was my bodyguard first and then the uncle of the emperor. Why can't the uncle of the emperor be my bodyguard?"
Zhao Jie didn't say much, but just followed Lu Yiling's wishes. Although she was an adult at the age of 15, she still had a child's mentality sometimes.
At nightfall, Chu Chi stayed with A Shi until late at night, when she had to return to Zhao Jie's room. She felt a little scared as soon as she entered.
Chu Chi said: "Your Majesty..."
Zhao Jie frowned and said, "Go to sleep."
Chu Chi breathed a sigh of relief and lay down beside Zhao Jie and fell asleep. She closed her eyes and couldn't fall asleep but could only pretend to be asleep.
"It's been five years, Chu Chi. Why do you still not like me? Are you still unhappy about entering the palace? I disregarded everything, even the important affairs of the court, to accompany you to Yangzhou, just so that you can be reunited with your family. But what about you?"
"Is marrying me painful for you?"
Zhao Jie gently stroked Chu Chi's face, faint scars still visible. "If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have taken you. This would have been better than you being unhappy every day in the palace. At least if you weren't in the palace, you could be free and not feel the pain anymore."
A tear fell from the corner of Chu Chi's eye.
Zhao Jie sighed softly and said, "What should I do to make you feel that being in the palace is not painful?"
Chu Chi reached out and gently stroked his belly, still pretending to be asleep.
…
On the way back to Shengjing City from Yangzhou, Lu Yiling was obviously much happier than when she came here, perhaps because her little guard had returned.
After five years, Chu Che hasn't changed much since he was a child. As for Lu Yiling, he still listens to her.
Qi Zhiyuan was jealous every day on the way, "Lu Yiling, although Chu Che is your guard, you should also pay attention to the difference between men and women. How can you be inseparable from him all the time?"
Lu Yiling said, "So what? He is my personal bodyguard, so naturally he has to stay with me and protect me."
"How could there be any danger on board? It's a royal ship, after all! There are guards all around, and there are many ships clearing the way."
Lu Yiling said, "We must be on guard against others. Who knows if there will be any danger."
Qi Zhiyuan was extremely angry. "Forget it, forget it. I won't marry you. If I marry someone with a sharp tongue, I'll be pissed off every day. It's better to marry that little mute. I'll have peace and quiet."
Lu Yiling snorted and said, "If you call me a little mute, will I still be willing to marry you?"
Qi Zhiyuan said, "She must be willing to marry me. You are the only one who is blind. You don't like me but only like that sickly Lu Han!"
Lu Yiling repeatedly said, "Qi Zhiyuan, shut up! Is this the upbringing you get as the young prince of the Qi family? Have you learned such vulgar language in five years in Beicheng? Do you still have the dignity of a Qi family member?"
Qi Zhiyuan continued, "I was wrong, I was wrong. I won't say a word against Lu Han again."
Lu Yiling snorted and said, "Get out!"
"Great!" Qi Zhiyuan somersaulted and rolled out.
Chu Che smiled softly and said, "This young prince Qi is quite humorous."
"What kind of humor is that? It's just a bad mouth. You have to persuade your third sister not to listen to your father and really marry my cousin."
Chu Che said, "I can't help it. My father wanted my third sister to marry the young prince Qi for my eldest sister's sake. My eldest sister has been married into the palace as empress for five years, but she still doesn't have a prince. Her situation in the palace is not very good. My father thought that since my third sister has a marriage with the Qi and Lu families, my eldest sister's position in the palace will be more stable in the future."
Lu Yiling frowned and said, "What's wrong with your sister's situation in the palace? My uncle has been very good to my aunt. She's the queen in the palace, so why should she worry about not having a high position?"
"After all, it's a multi-layered marriage with multiple layers of security. According to my father's wishes, Third Sister can even be the concubine of Young Prince Qi."
Lu Yiling looked at Chu Che and said, "Why didn't your father let you marry into someone else's concubine? How dare he bully his daughter like this?"
Chu Che said, "Everything is my father's idea. You can't take your anger out on me."
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