Shen Zhiyi took a deep breath, trying to control her emotions. "If you have nothing else to say, it is late, and I should go back now. You should also go back to your residence to rest."
Return home?
Zhou Xuance clenched his fists. "Aren't you taking me with you?"
"The Duke's mansion is too small to accommodate such a great figure as yourself."
When he tried to step forward again, Shen Zhiyi just stared at him, her gaze as if she were looking at a stranger. The moment their eyes met, his heart ached terribly.
"I will keep tonight's events a secret for you, as if..." Shen Zhiyi's throat tightened, "...we have never met before."
Zhou Xuance's already pale face instantly lost all color.
"It was indeed wrong of me to conceal my identity, and I did have other purposes in getting close to you, but in the course of our time together, I have never harmed or schemed against the Shen family."
Why did you approach me?
"I discovered that Shen Jingchuan was able to issue early warnings because I received your letter, in which you predicted the earthquake in western Sichuan."
Chen Zhiyi's breathing tightened slightly.
"You told me again that there was a problem with the deputy general in my army. I have investigated. The Duke dotes on you. Although you come from a military family, you have not learned any martial arts skills. Apart from accompanying the army when you were young, you have never been to the military camp again."
"You probably don't even know anything about the Northern Army, so how would you know about my army's affairs..."
"You're acting very strangely."
On the night of the victory celebration, Zhou Xuance won without bloodshed, and Shen Zhiyi had already witnessed his methods.
Planning, meticulous, and calculating at every step.
He realized that he was perfectly normal.
"So the prince personally infiltrated my side to investigate me?" Shen Zhiyi sneered.
Zhou Xuanze did not deny it.
"Your Highness, rest assured, whatever I do will not harm Daqian."
"I know."
"I beg Your Highness to keep my affairs a secret, and I will not tell anyone about yours either." Shen Zhiyi was naturally referring to his concealment of his disfigurement and physical condition.
After she finished speaking, she turned around, opened the door, and prepared to leave the waterside pavilion.
"Miss Yi... Miss Chen." The title was on the tip of Zhou Xuance's tongue, but he ended up calling her by a different name.
She is angry.
I can't afford to provoke her any further.
"Your Highness, rest assured, even though I have been infected by your Gu worm, I will not betray you for my own safety."
"No."
"Um?"
"I have never used any poison on you."
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhiyi stopped in her tracks, a strange light flashing in her eyes.
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