"You are honest."

You couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry, but there was a gentle smile on his face.

Liu Qiyue lowered her eyes to the prince's hand holding hers. It was slender and white, with light calluses on the palm. It could hold a pen or a sword.

"Are you here to question me?"

Liu Qiuyue broke free from his hand and knelt upright at his feet. The servants serving in the room knelt down together.

"What crime did Liang Di commit? Why don't you tell me?" The prince glanced at everyone in the room and said, "Everyone, go out."

"promise."

After the servants left the room, only Liu Qiuyue was left kneeling on the ground.

The prince's eyes fell on Liu Qiyue, "Go ahead."

"Today, I scolded the woman you love most, and disrespectfully encouraged her to kick your vitals. I have failed in my virtue as a woman, and I beg you to forgive me."

"Alright, I'll forgive you." The prince pulled Liu Qiuyue up, "I have to thank you for helping Aria to change her mind."

"I dare not."

"Did you go to Wannian Restaurant today?"

Liu Qiyue's heart stagnated, she lowered her eyes and said, "I am interested in doing business, but I am afraid of tarnishing the reputation of the Prince's Mansion, so I pretended to go there."

The prince's long fingers dropped on the collar of Liu Qiyue's clothes and he let out a light laugh.

He tore off her coat, threw it on the carved wooden stool beside her, and smiled at her.

"Liangdi is a talented person."

Liu Qiuyue's brows raised with joy as the prince's lips brushed her earlobe.

"Liang Di is charming but not coquettish tonight, very good."

The corners of Liu Qiuyue's eyes were flushed as she lay on the brocade quilt.

I was in a daze as if I was in a fairyland, and completely forgot all the trivial things in the past.

As the night deepened, the clouds over Wushan disappeared.

The prince closed his eyes and lay on the pillow. Liu Qiuyue opened her eyes sleepily and reached into his arms.

"Master, there is something I have not discussed with you yet."

The gentle voice, filled with boundless spring beauty, is heart-warming.

"I have to attend court early tomorrow, so if you have anything to say, just speak up."

The prince lowered his voice slightly, suppressing the aura that he could not suppress during the day.

Liu Qiyue raised her head and stared at the prince's jaw, "Master, I went out today and met a group of Western merchants. They--"

The prince interrupted Liu Qiyue, opened his cold eyes, and fell on Liu Qiyue's expectant face: "There is no queen in the mansion for the time being, and the concubine should focus on the affairs of the mansion."

Disappointment flashed across Liu Qiyue's eyes, and she responded in a low voice: "Yes, I understand."

After the prince closed his eyes, Liu Qiuyue spoke again in a low voice.

"Master, when you have a queen in the mansion in the future, I want to..."

The prince turned sideways and looked at Liu Qiyue's panicked eyes: "Want to do business?"

"To answer your question, yes."

Liu Qiuyue mustered up her courage, raised her head and kissed the prince on the lips, shyly and timidly. It was the age for picking plum blossoms.

The prince smiled faintly with his phoenix eyes, and tapped her delicate collarbone with his fingertips, "Dear Concubine, where do you put my words?"

Liu Qiuyue lowered her eyes and avoided the question, not daring to answer.

The prince's tone and actions became more intimate, and he brushed her hair behind her ears, "Lady Liang may not be sleepy, but I am tired. I think Yihuatang will sleep late tonight. I came at an inopportune time, so I will not stay longer."

Liu Qiuyue was stunned. She watched the man who had been so passionate with her just now put on his clothes and left without a trace of attachment.

She sat naked under the quilt, unable to open her mouth to say a word to ask him to stay.

Biyun sent the prince away and hurried to see Liu Qiyue with tears in her eyes: "Liang Di, are you okay? Is the prince dissatisfied with you in some way?"

Liu Qiuyuexin fell to the bottom of a cliff. Relying on her "specialness" and the different education from ordinary girls, she mistakenly thought that she could thrive in this era.

At the beginning, she was ambitious and unwilling to enter the palace to participate in the selection. She racked her brains to bribe the eunuchs in the palace in order to be eliminated, but she was lightly given to the prince.

After entering the palace, she thought it was an honor to be by the side of the bright and handsome prince, and she regarded him as the moon in the sky.

Now, she seemed to have broken through the hazy mist of the moon in the sky.

What she saw was the living prince.

He drank water and ate like ordinary people, and moved around with beautiful women like ordinary men.

The history books describe his beauty like the bright moon, which was directed to the emperor, court officials, and common people, not to the women in the backyard.

Liu Qiuyue's cheeks were cold, and Biyun gently wiped her tears.

"Master, don't be sad. The prince treats you differently from others. If you show your meekness tomorrow, he will surely change his mind."

"I just inquired and found out that the prince went back to the main courtyard and did not go to Liang Yuan's place."

Liu Qiyue cried even harder and hugged Biyun's neck: "He obviously didn't want to wake Aria!"

"Master, please don't be sad. If your eyes are swollen from crying, the prince will feel bad tomorrow."

"He won't feel sorry for them! There are so many women in his courtyard, how can he feel sorry for them?" Liu Qiuyue wiped away her tears, "Biyun, I'm fine."

Biyun looked at her worriedly a few times, "My dear, I have good news for you. Your sister, now Lady Liu, has gained the emperor's favor a few days ago. If the favor is solid, even if the main wife enters the mansion in the future, she will not dare to do anything to you."

Liu Qiuyue felt sad. She had only been in charge for a month and her authority in the palace had not yet been established. Now the emperor intended to choose a wife for the prince. Her situation could be imagined.

"Biyun, please go out first."

Liu Qiuyue's mind was in a mess. Everything now was contrary to the goal she had set when she first came here.

She didn't make a name for herself, and she couldn't live freely on her own.

After Biyun left, Liu Qiuyue hugged the quilt and sighed.

If only she were a man.

It's just time travel, why can't you change your gender?

Why did God play such a trick on her?

Liu Qiuyue sighed and fell asleep.

The spring wind in March blows the white clouds in the sky, and the long streets of the capital are bustling with a few young men riding horses. In the wine shops and teahouses, there are groups of scholars in long gowns, looking very happy.

Shangyang Tower, above the flying bridge.

"Why did your Royal Brother suddenly ask me to meet him? Are you not busy with government affairs today?"

Helian Sheng wore a large hat with a cymbal pattern on it, the front brim of which covered his eyes, making it difficult to see his expression. He also wore a white robe embroidered with gold, which did not seem to be in keeping with his status as a prince.

The prince turned to look at him, "Have you cried and your eyes are swollen?"

Helian Sheng immediately got angry and retorted loudly: "Nonsense! I am a prince, how can I cry for a woman? Am I a childish and ignorant man? No matter how cruel a woman is, I will not shed a single tear! I will only bleed!"

Prince: “…”

After Helian Sheng finished speaking, he pushed the brim of his hat down again. Under the warm sunshine, there were two crystal drops on his chin, which made people's eyes hurt.

The prince leaned on the railing and took in all the men and women in the distance and even at his feet. "Second brother, I am not looking for you for a romantic chat, but for the affairs of Tianxing City. You don't have to think too much."

Helian Sheng couldn't hold back after hearing this, he simply squatted on the ground, sobbing: "Brother, I was abandoned, and you didn't comfort me, you are so cruel! Even more cruel than that stinky woman!"

The prince lowered his eyes, his expression was full of mixed emotions, "Is it worth it?"

Helian Sheng was stunned, looking up with a pair of red and swollen eyes, "Brother, have you forgotten how many times you were kicked by our father in order to get Aria? Can't I just cry and be alone?"

The prince's eyelids trembled slightly, he knelt down, wiped the tears from Helian Sheng's face, and pulled his lips lightly, "In fact, I only realized after I got it that the person I really wanted was no longer here."

Helian Sheng was confused: "What?"

Isn't Aliya still alive?