Lu Lan bowed deeply and said, "Miss, you can't come, so I asked my servant to bring you a message."

Hearing this, Xiao Junzhan's expression eased a little, and he asked slowly, "What?"

Lulan stood up straight, raised her head and repeated her daughter's words word for word in a serious voice: "The daughter said: The conditions I promised you in the forest that day have been fulfilled. No one owes anyone anything. From now on, you and my daughter will have nothing to do with each other..."

The rest of the words disappeared in the man's eyes which turned cold in an instant. It was the first time that Lu Lan met Xiao Junzhan and she had no idea who he was. But when she saw his gloomy face, she felt frightened and dared not say another word.

Xiao Junzhan lowered his eyes, his face showing no emotion. After a long silence, he slowly said, "What else did Ranran ask you to say? Go on."

The eunuchs and guards around him were all captivated by his aura, and there was a faint feeling of panic in the courtyard.

Lu Lan guessed that this young man might be someone special. She looked embarrassed and stammered, "The girl said that she would never come here again... Please repair the wall the same way you took it down, and she will..."

Xiao Junzhan clasped his hands in his sleeves and looked over: "Just treat it as what?"

Lu Lan closed her eyes and said loudly: "Just pretend she has never known you!"

After the words fell, the courtyard was dead silent.

Xiao Junzhan stood on the steps in a daze, his expression dazed, as if he had lost his soul. The servants and guards around him didn't dare to breathe, for fear that the slightest movement would attract attention.

Although Lu Lan felt that this young man was very dignified, she was still concerned about her daughter's instructions, so she continued, "The daughter also said that she has a jade pendant in your hand, and she hopes you can give it to me to take back."

Ning Hai wanted to rush forward and cover Lulan's mouth. He was so worried that he kept praying to Buddha in his heart. It was true that the bolder the master, the bolder the servants he would raise. Looking at the whole court, no one dared to lose his composure in front of His Highness until this moment and still did not restrain himself.

What on earth was that girl from the Wei family doing? Xiao Junzhan seemed to be brought back to his senses by the word "jade pendant". He walked down the stairs without looking at Lu Lan, and walked straight towards the wall connecting to the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion.

Ning Hai hurriedly followed behind, "Your Highness, you want to..."

"Didn't she want the jade pendant?" Xiao Junzhan paused and said softly, "I'll go ask her why she is so... ungrateful."

Ning Hai quite agreed with this in his heart. The Jiang family had just left the capital and his prince was no longer needed. But the girl from the Wei family did this... It was really too much of a traitor!

Poor prince, he was just beginning to fall in love, and he treated her with burning affection. He got up early every day and quietly came from the palace to this side courtyard to wait, just to make sure that no matter when the girl he loved came, she would not come empty-handed.

Such true feelings were actually abused by the girl from the Wei family! Ning Hai was actually very indignant about Wei Hanzhang's behavior, but he still had to advise her: "We don't know what the situation is like in Miss Wei's yard now. If we rush over and run into someone... Your Highness, do you think you should ask someone to scout the way first?"

If I really go there this way, what if Mrs. Wei is in her daughter's yard? Wouldn't I be caught red-handed?

How would the Wei family girl explain to her family that the Crown Prince had come to her room? Given her temper, she would probably get really angry, and the relationship that could have been eased would become even more fractured...

Ning Hai knew how much his Highness valued the girl from the Wei family, so he had to remind him when he was not thinking carefully.

Otherwise... In short, if the master is in a bad mood, his life will not be much better.

Lu Lan had already begun to daze when Ning Haikou called him "Your Highness". Looking around, in the entire capital, the only men who could be called Your Highness were the three princes of the current emperor.

The eldest prince is the current Crown Prince and the only prince who has reached adulthood.

The second prince is only fourteen years old this year, and the third prince is only twelve, so the identity of the prince in front of him is obvious.

After hearing him call himself "Gu", Lu Lan's shoulders trembled, and she knelt down in panic, her forehead touching the bottom, and said, "Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Hey, hey! Why don't you answer me? Where is Miss Wei now? Is she alone? Hurry up and lead the way!" Ning Hai was so anxious that he was about to smoke. How did such a tactless girl get the position of a personal maid? Couldn't she see that his highness's patience was running out? How could he understand how panicked Lu Lan was? He just found out that the man she had been meeting these days was actually the current crown prince, and now he wanted to sever his relationship with the crown prince. She was the one who said those words...

Thinking about what she had just said, Lu Lan realized it belatedly and was almost frightened to death.

Despite Ning Hai's anxious urging, she was still hesitant and refused to betray her master.

Ning Hai saw her concerns and sighed in his heart. He was not completely useless, so he reminded her: "Whether you lead the way or not, His Highness will go there anyway. If you are smart, you will know that things should not be made a big deal."

Lu Lan paused, and under Xiao Junzhan's increasingly cold gaze, she got up from the ground and whispered, "Miss, it's on the second floor of Tingfeng Pavilion. It's the coolest there, with wind on three sides, and it's a good place to escape the summer heat."

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Wei Hanzhang settled into the bedroom of Tingfeng Pavilion, where he finally found some coolness. He lazily sat on the couch by the window and flipped through a book, but his heart still couldn't calm down.

I don’t know how that ‘Prince Xiao’ would react after Lu Lan said those words.

Could you have imagined that your identity had been discovered by her?

Wei Hanzhang was upset. She picked up the still cool green plum soup and drank it. When her eyes inadvertently slid across the window, she saw a figure standing in front of the window, looking at her quietly.

"!!!" Because of the backlight, Wei Hanzhang didn't recognize who the person was at first. When a man suddenly appeared in the window of her boudoir, she was so scared that she almost jumped up. After taking a closer look, her face froze, and her panic expression slowly subsided. She pursed her lips and said nothing.

Xiao Junzhan's eyes stayed on the girl's face and he said, "Ranran, open the door."

Wei Hanzhang clenched the book in his hand, took a deep breath, calmed down, and said, "Didn't Lu Lan explain the matter to you clearly?"

"Ran Ran, if you want to have nothing to do with me anymore, you shouldn't send a maid to tell me and leave it at that." Xiao Junzhan's eyes trembled slightly, and he said softly: "Open the door, I want you to talk to me in person."

“……”Wei Hanzhang remained silent and refused to get up.

(End of this chapter)