What Chu Yi saw was an ordinary face, with a complexion darker than average and a height shorter than that of an average man; it was hardly considered good-looking.
But those eyes were truly interesting.
When we grinned at each other, our teeth were very white.
Spare his dog's life?
She is the first person in the world to dare say such a thing about him.
"Then thank you, hero." He thanked him with trepidation and went to untie the sachet at his waist, but perhaps because he was too scared, his hands kept trembling and he couldn't untie it.
"Coward, let me do it." Nanzhi couldn't stand it anymore, so she walked over to him, pulled his hand away, and started to untie it.
She just remembered that the knot used to be a slipknot, but somehow it had become a dead knot.
Unable to untangle it, her temper flared, and she suddenly increased her strength, hearing the sound of tearing silk.
The sachet had already reached Nan Zhi's hands, along with the clothes Chu Yi was wearing.
Looking at the large tear in Chu Yi's crown prince robe at the waist, and then at the python tail in her hand, Nan Zhi frowned slightly.
"What kind of lousy clothes are these? The quality is so poor!"
Chu Yi: ...
However, to be fair, this python tail is embroidered with gold thread, so it will definitely fetch a good price.
Even if she couldn't sell it, she could use it as a patch on her senior's clothes. The more she thought about it, the happier she became, and she casually stuffed it into her clothes.
She looked at Chu Yi, still wanting to strip his clothes off, but saw that his cheeks were slightly flushed, and his originally pale lips were somehow stained with a bit of bright color.
Judging from his appearance, it seemed as if he had been harassed.
That look of being unwilling to submit yet powerless to resist is truly captivating.
Nanzhi couldn't resist reaching out and scratching his chin, like teasing a dog, and smiled at him: "Take off your clothes."
Chu Yi, who was already feeling humiliated by having his chin touched, now had red ears and looked at her in horror: "What do you want to do?"
He seemed afraid of being overheard by outsiders, which would be too embarrassing for the Crown Prince, so he deliberately lowered his voice.
The more he did this, the more excited Nanzhi became.
She pressed the sword against his neck, threatening viciously, "What else can you do? Hurry up and take your clothes off. I'll count to five, and if you don't, I'll kill you!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Yi's body trembled slightly, perhaps out of fear.
"You're such a coward, Crown Prince." Nan Zhi smirked and began counting down, "One, two..."
Just as she was about to count to five, he finally closed his eyes briefly, as if he had made up his mind, and slowly began to take off his clothes.
First, the fluffy cloak gently fell to the ground.
Nanzhi narrowed her eyes and saw his broad shoulders and narrow waist under his cloak.
Her waist was so thin it looked like she could pinch it with one hand. Although she looked frail, she was very tall and slender, and was more than half a head taller than her.
Nanzhi watched as his long, slender, fair fingers gently untied the sash around his waist. As the sash fell into his hand, Nanzhi felt her heart skip a beat.
This guy, how come every move he makes is so alluring?
Especially when she takes off her clothes, her brows furrow, her eyes redden, her thin lips pursed, and she looks humiliated yet alluring—it's simply unfair.
She was getting excited watching it, and her nose started to hurt, as if it was about to bleed.
How can this be?
She could only bleed from her nose for her senior brother.
Just as I was about to stop him, I saw that he had already pulled open his shirt, revealing a large expanse of fair and beautiful collarbone, and the faint outline of his pectoral muscles below...
Nanzhi felt some liquid slide down her nose.
Realizing what was happening, she quickly tilted her head back, trying to make the blood flow back down, but it was no use.
She covered her nose and glared at Chu Yi, "Give me the handkerchief."
Chu Yi didn't know why she was like this, so he quickly handed her a handkerchief.
Nanzhi treated it for a while before the nosebleed stopped.
She didn't look at Chu Yi again, but picked up the cloak from the ground, draped it over herself, then wrapped the screen on the table around her neck, tied a few knots, and slung it over her shoulder, intending to walk towards the window.
So many porcelain pieces were clanging and rattling inside, yet they weren't afraid of being discovered.
The person outside seemed to hear the noise and was about to knock on the door.
Then Chu Yi opened the door.
"You may all leave. I do not wish to be disturbed by anyone for the next hour."
"Yes, ma'am." The guards were about to leave when they heard him say, "I want to eat pomegranates. Go tell the guards at the south gate to go to the orchard and pick a few for me."
The guards were stunned. "Your Highness, you can have someone else pick the fruit..."
Chu Yi said calmly, "I only want to eat what they picked."
Chu Yi had never made such a strange request before, and even if the guards had doubts, they dared not ask anything and could only do as they were told.
Nan Zhi, who had already slipped out the window, had no idea what Chu Yi and the guards were talking about. She thought they were coming to arrest her and was just getting ready to find out what was going on when all the guards left.
She hid her way to the south gate, which was the least guarded, expecting to go through a lot of trouble. But to her surprise, there was no one there, and she easily climbed over the wall.
Why not use the door?
It's because Nam Gyi was afraid that someone outside might be lying in wait for her.
But after she climbed over and walked a distance, she looked back at the door and found that there was no one there either.
How did Chu Yi become the crown prince?
With the guards at the Eastern Palace so lax, isn't he afraid of being assassinated?
Forget it, she doesn't care anyway; it's a good thing that she's out.
She happily carried the precious porcelain that could make her rich, and escaped by leaping across rooftops and scaling walls.
Chu Yi guessed that Nan Zhi had already left, and looked at the torn python robe on the rack.
He gently stroked the severed python tail, a cryptic smile playing on his lips.
A man in a black robe appeared silently behind them and asked, puzzled, "Why did you let her go, Master?"
Chu Yi maintained a gentle smile throughout, making it impossible for anyone to discern his true thoughts. "Compared to your skills, who is superior?"
The man pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know."
Watching her kill that palace maid outside, her movements were swift and decisive, far surpassing those of ordinary people.
He had kept his distance from her earlier, afraid she would notice, but if it weren't for the noise outside and her focus on stealing, she probably would have discovered him already.
"Since it's unclear, then it proves it's not bad." Chu Yi raised his eyes slightly, a determined glint in them. "She will come back."
"Does Master intend to... groom her?"
"Nightblade, you talk too much." Chu Yi turned around and looked at him calmly.
Nightblade immediately realized his mistake, dared not say anything more, and hurriedly knelt down.
"Go down."
Nightblade once again retreated silently.
Chu Yi coughed a few times, making a fist to his lips. He calmed his breathing, pressed a button, and a moment later, a hidden door slowly opened.
He carried the robe in front of him inside, folded it neatly, put it in a box, and locked it.
*
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