Upon hearing this, Qin Shuhuai took out his diary from the alley beside the carriage. He recorded every move of Liu Shuyan and Qin Peng in detail, which was enough for Liu Shuyan to deal with Qin Peng in the future.

He threw the diary out, and Liu Shuyan caught it. Qin Shuhuai said coldly, "Today, the princess and I are going to go boating outside the moat. I will tell you the details another day. I have something urgent to do, so I have to leave first."

"Then the bet between you and me..."

"It's all written off."

"Okay." Liu Shuyan raised the book in his hand: "I won't owe you anything from now on. I have checked everything you asked me to check..."

"Leave it to Jiang Chun, get out of the way."

Liu Shuyan was somewhat helpless, but he also knew that Qin Shuhuai was anxious. He was somewhat curious about what Qin Shuhuai was so anxious about. But he was not so curious, so he turned around and went back to his own residence.

Jiang Chun accompanied Liu Shuyan back. After the two of them had completed the handover, Liu Shuyan smiled and said, "You didn't plant any hidden stakes in my house, did you?"

"You should trust the prince's character."

"I don't trust him normally," Liu Shuyan said directly, "but he should keep his promise. Jiang Chun," Liu Shuyan approached him, his eyes scrutinizing, "Tell me the truth, what does your master want to do?"

"We can't guess what the master is thinking."

Jiang Chun lowered his eyes, but after thinking for a while, Qin Shuhuai had already handed the booklet to Liu Shuyan, so he told the truth: "But I guess the master probably wants the princess to live."

"Is he crazy?!"

Liu Shuyan spoke subconsciously, but after he finished speaking, he immediately felt that it was not graceful to say so. After coughing lightly, he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you can go back."

Jiang Chun responded and retreated. Liu Shuyan first reviewed the recent government affairs. After confirming that Qin Shuhuai had indeed not caused any trouble for him, he took a shower and began to read Qin Shuhuai's book on the bed.

Qin Shuhuai recorded everything truthfully and in a serious manner, but Liu Shuyan felt as if he was reading a storybook and became more and more interested the more he read.

The character Qin Peng in the storybook came to life. Liu Shuyan thought back to Qin Peng's extremely beautiful face. Combined with the image described by Qin Shuhuai, he inexplicably thought of Dong Wanyi.

In fact, he and Dong Wanyi had only met a few times. The first time he remembered this name was when a poem she wrote fell into his hands. It was Dong Wanyi's younger brother Dong Qian who brought it to him and asked him to appreciate it, saying that it was written by a scholar he met, so he took a look at it.

The poem describes the person. The poem is not well-written, but it can reveal the open-minded and free-spirited person's heart.

He liked the artistic conception and was even interested in writing another poem. He asked Dong Qian to give it to the scholar and asked the scholar if he could continue.

The two of them exchanged poems and paintings with Dong Qian. He gradually realized that this person seemed not to be a scholar, but a girl.

That was the first time in his life that he felt heart-beating, and he told Dong Qian at that time that he wanted to marry this girl.

Dong Qian was stunned, then quickly shook his head and said, "She is not a girl, but a scholar. She is really a scholar."

Liu Shuyan didn't believe it at the time, and he interrogated Dong Qian under the influence of alcohol. Dong Qian finally said, "That is indeed a girl, but she can't be called a girl. She is my sister, Dong Wanyi."

"You know," Dong Qian said in a daze, "when she got married, she wanted to escape and fell down and became paralyzed. Now she stays in Qin Shuhuai's backyard every day with nothing to do. Communicating with you is one of her rare pleasures. Don't bother her. She's married."

Liu Shuyan didn't know what he was thinking at the time. He went to see her even though he knew she was married.

Although she was paralyzed, she would still go out occasionally, to buy rouge at the Suzhuang Pavilion and to drink tea at the teahouse.

She was indeed as he imagined. Although her appearance was not outstanding, she had an extra calm demeanor, as if she had seen through the relationship between life and death, and was completely different from those beautiful women.

When she is quiet, she makes people feel peaceful and calm.

However, on weekdays, he is also a lively person.

He followed her for a long time and saw her laughing, scolding and getting angry. At that time, he seemed to be addicted to this woman. Even though he knew she was married, he always thought that it would be best if he didn't disturb her and just watched her from a distance.

Later she died.

I heard that she died of illness, but along with Dong Wanyi's death, the Dong family fell into ruin. Anyone with a brain would understand that Dong Wanyi's death was definitely not due to illness.

On the day he learned the news of Dong Wanyi's death, he could no longer bear it and rushed to Qin Shuhuai to ask him if he could open the coffin so he could take a look.

Qin Shuhuai's face was calm: "What if I look at it? What if I don't look at it? I've been looking at it for so long, what do you think?"

He knew he was spying on his wife, yet he did nothing about it.

He, Liu Shuyan, treated it as a treasure, but he threw it away as a worn-out shoe.

But what's the point?

He looked into her life, a life like that of a rag doll.

It was his father who begged Qin Shuhuai to marry her. Even though she did not want to marry, it was still the Dong family who carried her to the Huai'an Palace.

At that time, Qin Shuhuai had already said - if you don't want to get married, then don't get married.

But the Dong family was determined to make this marriage, so Qin Shuhuai could treat her as his legal wife, never depriving her of any food, clothing and dignity over the years, not taking concubines or having affairs, and letting her be gracious and kind in the position of Princess Huaian. What else could she say?

But he was unwilling to give in, so he still attacked Qin Shuhuai.

Finally he agreed to Qin Shuhuai - I owe you a favor, please let me take a look at her.

Qin Shuhuai finally agreed to his request.

After the coffin was opened, she passed away peacefully, with a calm and steady face, as if she were still alive.

He knew about this poison, a secret medicine from the palace. He trembled as he touched her cheek and suddenly felt a little regretful.

It's time to marry her.

Even if she refuses, even if the world does not tolerate it, even if there are thousands of obstacles, at least you should tell her.

He liked her and was willing to risk everything to marry her.

But when that person left, the story ended. When a person dies, the light goes out and the dust settles.

He is a forgetful person, and he always thinks that one should move forward and look ahead in life. He loved this girl, and he kept her in his heart. When he gets old, he will recall her, and that will be a beautiful thing enough.

After hearing about the death of Qin Shuhuai's wife, he has never gotten over it, as if he wanted to bury himself in the ground together with Zhao Peng.

He is different from Qin Shuhuai. Qin Shuhuai can be a living dead, but he feels that he should either die cleanly or live well so as not to disappoint others' expectations and waste his life.

Originally, he would have to wait many more years to meet someone again, but as he read Qin Shuhuai's notes, he suddenly remembered the beautiful and joyful time he spent with Dong Wanyi.

For the first time, Liu Shuyan felt that Qin Shuhuai had done a good thing. At least the marriage he had arranged this time was not a bad one.

After Qin Shuhuai returned, he immediately asked someone to prepare a piano.

He bathed, burned incense, then put on the clothes he wore when he was a teenager and tied his hair with a headband, all dressed like a teenager.

He thought that six years had passed and he might have changed a lot. What if Zhao Peng came back but didn't recognize him and didn't dare to approach him?

He even asked Qianmian to put makeup on him so that he would look indistinguishable from his teenage self. After everything was done, he looked at his teenage self in the mirror, feeling both happy and worried.

He was a little afraid that Zhao Peng would not come, but he had to try. If he didn't try, he would never see Zhao Peng again.

So he took a deep breath, went to the yard, asked someone to prepare wine and Zhao Peng's favorite snacks, sat cross-legged, put his hands on the strings, and played her favorite song "Thinking of You".

The sound of the piano was melodious and gentle. He was afraid that the firelight would disturb the soul, so he asked someone to turn off the lights.

The whole yard was gloomy and filled with things that could summon ghosts. He sat alone in the pavilion, with the gauze curtains fluttering in the wind, revealing his handsome face, which looked like a demon under the moonlight.

Jiang Chun and the others watched from a distance, listening to the music. Jiang Chun leaned against a pillar, shuddered, and said, "Don't you think our Prince is getting more and more evil? Ever since he met Qin Peng, I always felt that Prince was going crazy."

Zhao Yi looked at Qin Shuhuai quietly, without moving his eyes away, and said calmly: "Don't talk nonsense."

"Really," Jiang Chun rubbed his arms. He suddenly remembered something and looked up at Zhao Yi: "Zhao Yi, do you think that Qin Peng really looks like our princess? I always feel there is a conspiracy..."

Zhao Yi didn't say anything. After a while, he patted Jiang Chun on the shoulder and said calmly, "Look after the prince."

Jiang Chun nodded, and Zhao Yi turned and left.

Qin Shuhuai was playing the piano in the pavilion. At first, he was still thinking about what he should say when Zhao Peng came.

But by midnight, a familiar feeling of panic came over me.

Will she come?

He began to worry, why hasn't he come yet?

He must not have played it well enough.

Not affectionate enough, or not long enough, or maybe she wasn't yet in a position where she could hear his piano.

The strings made his fingers hurt. Jiang Chun looked at the sky, walked forward and advised: "Prince, it's almost dawn, don't play anymore."

"go out."

Qin Shuhuai shouted coldly.

He can't stop.

He told himself that maybe Zhao Peng would hear it at some point.

Jiang Chun pursed his lips. He had argued with Qin Shuhuai many times over this matter, and Qin Shuhuai always won. He felt a little tired, so he simply retreated.

Then everyone could hear the song "Thinking of You" being played over and over again in the courtyard of Huai'an Prince's Mansion.

From the beginning, it was filled with anticipation and joy, but gradually it turned into howling and sorrow.

Qin Shuhuai did not stop and asked for leave from the morning court to watch the sun rise.

However, she did not come.

Except Qin Shuhuai, everyone thought that she would never come back.