"Princess, why are you standing here?" A questioning voice suddenly came from outside the study door, interrupting the conversation inside the room.

Xun Niannian was also stunned when she suddenly heard this question.

She glanced back.

Seeing that it was Su Wu, he smiled at him awkwardly.

"I came here to see the prince. It seems that the prince is talking to someone inside?"

Su Wu nodded and said with a smile, "It should be Duke Zhennan. After Duke Zhennan came to the palace, he and the prince have been discussing things in the study. I am afraid he has forgotten the time."

"Lord Zhennan is here?" Xun Niannian pretended to be surprised.

Then, she muttered, "Really? How come no one came to tell me that Lord Zhennan was coming? He is my elder, and I should come to greet him. But now that the prince is talking to him, I won't disturb them. I will come to greet Lord Zhennan later."

Having said that, Xun Niannian was about to leave.

However, just as she was about to turn around, the door of the study was opened with a creak.

The next moment, a tall and majestic man walked out.

The man was over fifty years old and had a scar on the left side of his forehead. It must have been there for a long time, but it was not scary.

After he came out, he looked in the direction of Xun Nian Nian. His eyes were not friendly.

When Zhennan Wang Chao looked over, Xun Niannian also looked up at him. When she met his gaze, she immediately felt the other party's ill will.

She couldn't help but feel surprised.

Did she offend the King of Zhennan?

Why was he looking at me with such an unfriendly look?

But, this was clearly their first meeting! Could it be because she was occupying Princess He's position?

Doesn’t he want Chen Lianhe to marry his niece?

After thinking about it, Xun Nian Nian felt that the reason why King Zhennan hated her could only be because of this reason.

Xun Nian Nian felt that it was a little bit unfair.

But there is nothing to refute right now.

After adjusting her mood, Xun Niannian stepped forward and saluted the Prince of Zhennan with a smile: "You are the Prince of Zhennan, right? Greetings, Prince of Zhennan."

Prince Zhennan stood at the door with his hands behind his back, continued to look down at her, then snorted coldly, raised his foot and walked to the side without saying a word!

Xun Nian Nian: “…….”

"Your Highness, the person just now is the Duke of Zhennan, right?" Xun Niannian opened her mouth and glanced at Chen Lianhe who walked out of the study.

Chen Lianhe nodded, "Yeah."

Xun Niannian: "Isn't this concubine being disrespectful just now?"

"No."

"Then Lord Zhennan...did he blame me because I interrupted your conversation?"

Chen Lianhe stepped forward and helped Xun Niannian, who was still crouching and making a salute gesture, up.

"Don't think too much. Grandpa is like this because he is probably angry with me."

"Angry with you? Why is he angry with you?" Xun Niannian blinked, pretending to be clueless and not having heard anything just now, and asked puzzledly.

Chen Lianhe knew she was pretending, but he didn't expose her. Instead, he explained to her seriously: "Grandpa wanted me to marry cousin Fangrong, but I refused, probably because this made him unhappy."

"Duke Zhennan wants you to marry your cousin Fangrong?" Xun Niannian was surprised at first, and then expressed her understanding.

"It can be seen that the fourth lady Li is very infatuated with you. Lord Zhennan must have suggested that you marry her into the palace for this reason. I think that although the fourth lady Li is a little too lively, she is not bad looking."

"I also heard that the Li family is a prominent family, rich enough to rival a country. If I marry her, I won't have to worry about money in the future... Prince, do you really have no idea?"

Before, Xun Niannian always thought that Chen Lianhe didn't want other women. When he was in Lingjun, he rejected Li Fangrong's confession so directly because he had Bai Yueguang in his heart.

Now she knows that there is no such thing as white moonlight.

That's all nonsense made up by that system guy.

Her mood became somewhat subtle and complicated.

Logically speaking, even if Chen Lianhe really didn't like his cousin Fang Rong, now that the Prince of Zhennan had come to "beg" him, he should have considered it, right?

But he didn't give it any thought at all and just refused it outright!

No wonder it made Prince Zhennan unhappy!

Chen Lianhe coughed lightly, lowered his eyes and looked at Xun Niannian seriously. There seemed to be a hint of anger hidden under his gloomy eyes.

"Do you think that this king would marry someone else just for money?"

Uh. Aren't you going to rebel? Doesn't rebellion require a lot of silver? If you have the help of the Li family, wouldn't it be a great help to your rebellion?

"Haha, of course not!" Xun Niannian met his dark eyes and denied it with a laugh.

"What is the matter that brought you here to see me?" Chen Lianhe changed the subject.

Xun Niannian looked up at the sky and shook her head: "Nothing much, it's getting late, so I came to call you to have dinner..."

She suddenly thought of something: "Well, since Lord Zhennan is here, you need to have dinner with him, right? Then I will go back to Quexiyuan by myself."

The King of Zhennan looked at her with such an unfriendly look just now, so he probably didn't need her to accompany him during the meal. And she didn't like to dine with strangers, especially a stranger who was very unfriendly to her.

Xun Nian Nian turned around and walked out of the yard. After taking a few steps, she found that something seemed wrong behind her, so she turned around subconsciously.

Sure enough, she saw Chen Lianhe following closely behind her.

"My Lord, what are you... doing following me?"

"Of course I'll go to Quexiyuan with you for dinner." Chen Lianhe answered seriously.

Xun Niannian was surprised: "You don't have to accompany Lord Zhennan?"

"No need." Chen Lianhe said briefly.

Hearing this, Xun Niannian was very confused, but she didn't ask any more questions.

Quexiyuan.

As usual, Lian He ate a lot for dinner this time out of respect.

Xun Nian Nian, on the contrary, didn't eat much. She spent most of her time secretly watching Chen Lianhe eat.

Chen Lianhe was no longer surprised by Xun Nian Nian's behavior.

He picked up a piece of fish meat that had been deboned and put it in Xun Nian Nian's bowl.

"Can you feel full just by looking at me? Let's eat."

"Oh." Xun Niannian came back to her senses from his teasing voice.

She quickly retracted her gaze, lowered her head and took two mouthfuls of rice with the piece of fish that Chen Lianhe had picked up for her.

Soon she raised her face again, "Your Majesty, I have a question."

"If Lord Zhennan insists on you marrying cousin Fangrong into the mansion, what are you going to do?"