Minister of Works: I was completely redundant!
However, Chuanwen quickly realized something. "Wait a minute! Zhang Qing didn't embezzle anything! Just after Zhou Dong placed the tea leaves on the table and left, before Zhang Qing could even put them away, the Chaoyang County Princess, who came to see her, threw them away. How could someone she, the Chaoyang County Princess, who had taken a liking to drink such inferior tea? She immediately had someone bring Zhang Qing top-quality Tieguanyin, personally brewed it for him, and even fed him herself..."
Chuanwen's focus was increasingly veerging off course, and the Crown Prince, who had gradually stopped coughing, looked at Zhang Qing with a thoughtful gaze.
These past few days, he's frequently visited Zhang Qing, and has often seen Chaoyang at Zhang Qing's place. Chaoyang is very attentive to Zhang Qing, seemingly showing affection, but is Zhang Qing's affections indifferent?
He felt it must have been unintentional, as Zhang Qing rejected any of Chaoyang's advances and, after failing to persuade Chaoyang to leave, almost never dared to go home.
The Crown Prince was speechless at Chaoyang's behavior. Maybe he should tell Chaoyang about Zhang Qing's true identity as a woman someday? He wondered what the consequences would be if Chaoyang found out that Zhang Qing was a woman.
Chaoyang inherited her personality from her mother. When she likes someone, she's as docile as a lamb, but when she doesn't, her claws immediately show. Her decisive dumping of the disfigured Zhou Yong is a prime example.
Zhang Qing didn't tell Chaoyang directly that she was actually a woman, probably because of this concern.
The Crown Prince became increasingly conflicted, wondering how he could help Zhang Qing escape Chaoyang.
In the entire hall, only Chuanwen and the Crown Prince were distracted. The others were just momentarily speechless at Chaoyang's offensive towards Zhang Qing before snapping back to reality—so Zhang Qing had no idea that Zhou Dong had given her gold bars!
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