Ning Yunzhao did not stay any longer.

Actually, there is no need to come even this time.

How could she, who is so smart, not see the sinister intention behind rewarding De Sheng Chang?

It’s just that knowing is one thing, and how to do it is another. People’s reason and emotions will struggle throughout their lives.

"The prince is here, so I won't see you off," he said.

Miss Jun looked and saw Zhu Zan coming from somewhere.

"Yes, thank you very much." She said with a smile, "I hope you don't have any trouble."

Meeting her at this moment, that is, dealing with Duke Cheng, is not a good thing.

"Although I don't have much money and military power cannot keep the country in peace, I can still do it." Ning Yunzhao said after thinking for a while.

Although he couldn't help her as much as Fang Chengyu and Zhu Zan, he was not someone who was afraid of trouble.

Miss Jun smiled with her hands covering her mouth and nodded.

"Not only is it possible, it is very possible." She said, "If it weren't for you, with your money, people and merits, you still wouldn't be able to enter the Imperial City."

Is boasting a natural instinct? It is said that the prince is not like this. Zhu Zan twisted his toes on the ground, saying that he was too boastful.

Ning Yunzhao's laughter was heard.

Zhu Zan twisted his toes again, and the cracks in the bluestone under his feet became a little bigger.

Stupid or not, it's just talk, what's so funny about it.

"Your Highness."

Ning Yunzhao's voice came.

Zhu Zan raised his head, looked at him and smiled.

"Thank you very much." Ning Yunzhao bowed.

Zhu Zan briefly returned the greeting, and Ning Yunzhao walked away without saying anything else.

Zhu Zan stood there motionless.

"Are we leaving?" Miss Jun asked.

Zhu Zan said "oh", turned around and walked away. Miss Jun followed slowly behind him, just like she did in the past, moving among the crowd at a distance.

How can they be the same? They are completely different.

When they reached a secluded alley, where there were guards standing vigilantly in front and behind, Zhu Zan stopped and turned around.

"I think you're right," he said.

"Yes, of course what I said is right." Miss Jun said with a smile.

Zhu Zan no longer made a mocking sound like before, but turned away uncomfortably.

"I mean, you suggested that my father should not talk about the fake engagement now," he said. "I think it's too dangerous."

Miss Jun said "Oh".

Even with her head lowered, Zhu Zan seemed to see that she was smiling but not smiling.

First he was rushing to get the other party to announce the fake engagement, and now he suddenly disagrees. This is indeed not a good reaction.

"I'm not saying it wasn't dangerous originally, what I mean is... yes, you feel different inside..." he said, becoming more and more confused, not knowing what to say.

"You feel differently, right?" Miss Jun looked at him and said, blinking, "I'm not afraid of Jun Jiuling's danger, but Chu Jiuling is."

Zhu Zan's face turned red and a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"No, that's not what I meant," he stammered.

"What does that mean?" Miss Jun looked at him seriously and asked.

Zhu Zan looked at her and opened his mouth.

"You," he said, swallowing the word, "meaning nothing."

Having said that, he turned around and walked quickly forward.

Annoyed.

Miss Jun smiled and hurried after him.

"I know, I know what you mean." She smiled and reached out to grab Zhu Zan's sleeve.

Zhu Zan's body stiffened, but he did not scream or throw away as he did before.

"You mean you didn't know why I did these things before. You didn't know my thoughts, so you naturally didn't know how far I would go and what dangers I would face. Now you know who I am, so you also know what I want, so you also know how dangerous I am facing." Miss Jun said, "I'm not partial to one over the other."

These words sounded quite serious. Zhu Zan lowered his head, feeling slightly confused. Or maybe not at all. It was just that things and people had changed, and his feelings and thoughts had also changed.

Is this good or bad?

"I'm feeling very bad right now." He turned around, looked up and said bluntly.

Miss Jun nodded.

"I understand," she said. "It happened so suddenly."

Zhu Zan took a deep breath.

"I can't even explain why I feel bad." He let out another long breath, "Anyway..."

"Anyway, I haven't changed. I've always been me." Miss Jun took over and said, "Zhu Zan, you don't have to change either."

Zhu Zan glanced at her and looked away.

"How can it be the same?" he said.

"Why is it different?" Miss Jun said with a smile, pointing at herself, "It has always been me. Chu Jiuling is just so frivolous."

Zhu Zan's face turned red again.

"I said that, actually, just casually," he stammered.

"Not casually." Miss Jun said with a smile, "You didn't know me before, and you weren't familiar with me, so I'm actually like this."

Zhu Zan glanced at her.

Miss Jun looked at him and smiled.

"By the way, you didn't know me before, did you?" she asked.

Zhu Zan said "oh" and looked aside.

"Yes," he said.

"Besides the time when I was climbing over the wall and you scared me so much that I fell down, was it you who was at the city gate as well?" Miss Jun asked curiously, "Last time I heard you guys say that there was a Lu Yun flag at the city gate."

Zhu Zan said "oh".

"Yes," he said, still looking at the wall.

"I can't remember." Miss Jun smiled, with some nostalgia, "I don't have much impression. I was in a hurry to go home at that time, and you guys were covering my head."

Here he paused again.

"He, was he also acquainted with me at that time?"

Zhu Zan immediately knew who he was talking about, and he nodded again.

"Maybe," he said.

Miss Jun said "oh" and walked forward without saying anything else. Zhu Zan retracted his gaze, let out a breath, paused, and followed her. They walked out of the alley, and the two of them walked one after the other, neither fast nor slow, neither far nor close, just like before.

Watching them come in, Chen Qi greeted them warmly.

Miss Jun smiled and went in, Zhu Zan smiled at Chen Qi and followed her in.

Chen Qi looked at his back with a strange expression.

"Did you take the wrong medicine?" he said.

"What?" Fang Jinxiu asked.

"Look at the prince, he looks weird." Chen Qi said, while looking inside again.

"He has always been weird." Fang Jinxiu said, lowering her head and ignoring him.

Really? But today is particularly strange. Chen Qi looked inside and saw that the two had already entered the house.

"you."

Standing in the room, Zhu Zan suddenly said.

Miss Jun turned around and looked at him.

Zhu Zan paused again, as if he didn't know what to say.

Miss Jun smiled.

"Zhu Zan, don't be nervous, just get used to it." She said, "I was also nervous when I woke up and found this."

Zhu Zan glanced at her.

"Do Princess Jiuli and Prince Huai know?" he asked.

Miss Jun shook her head.

"How dare I tell you? If Xue'er's incident hadn't happened so suddenly, I wouldn't have told you." She said, smiling, "You are such a brave person, but you are so scared. They..."

Are you brave?

Zhu Zan said "oh" and rubbed his nose.

"It's not something that requires a lot of courage," he said. "Although it's absurd, it's all based on evidence and there's nothing unbelievable about it."

"Even if they know, there's nothing good about it," said Miss Jun.

"That's right, Lu Yunqi is still here." Zhu Zan said, and then glanced at Miss Jun again, "He, must have noticed something?"

Miss Jun nodded.

"Didn't you ask me that time?" she said, "How did I offend Lu Yunqi? Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone crazy."

Zhu Zan said "oh" and couldn't help rubbing his face as he thought about what happened at that time.

Lu Yunqi has discovered it, why am I so...

"What did you say?" Miss Jun asked, and heard him seem to mutter something.

Zhu Zan shook his head.

"Nothing." He said, lowered his head and shook hands, rubbing his feet on the ground, as if he wanted to turn away but didn't want to, "You..."

He raised his head and looked at Miss Jun again.

“Were those years difficult?”

Those years?

Miss Jun was slightly stunned. Those years probably refer to the years after her father and mother passed away.

She shook her head.

"I didn't know the truth then, so I wasn't miserable," she said, smiling. "If I knew the truth, I would die, and it wouldn't be miserable either."

Zhu Zan looked at her, pursed his lips tightly, his thin lips slightly purple.

"It must hurt a lot," he said.