Li Qianru was hit hard on her back and fell to the ground. Her face, which was rosy just now, turned pale in an instant, both in pain and in fear.
"I, I didn't. I just wanted to say a few words to the prince."
The personal maid beside her helped her up, and she explained haltingly, ignoring the pain.
She looked at Pei Yu again, suppressed the pain in her hand, and forced a smile. "Prince, do you still remember me? We met at the palace banquet. My daughter is Qianru, and my father is the Minister of Works."
Pei Yu didn't look at her, but looked at Chen Li and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know her. It would be bad if A Li misunderstood him because of this sudden misfortune.
But he wouldn't let that happen.
Li Qianru looked at Pei Yu expectantly. The last time, Prince Jingnan stared at her, so he must have some special feelings for her, right?
Pei Yu looked at the guards and said, "Stop them, don't spoil the fun."
He did not force anyone out of the restaurant in a domineering manner, because this restaurant was not owned by him. If it was his, he would have kicked them out directly.
The two turned around and walked a few steps, then heard the woman's slightly tentative voice coming from behind them again.
"Your Highness, don't you remember me? We met at the spring flower viewing banquet this year. I was standing under the pear tree, and you smiled at me. Don't you remember?"
Pei Yu immediately looked at Chen Li and shook his head to indicate that he was not smiling at her.
As for what she said about looking at her and laughing, that was even more nonsense.
Looking at the pear tree at the spring flower-viewing banquet, he thought of the sunken pear tree far away in Suzhou. As for whether it was smiling or not, he was not sure, and as for who was standing under the tree, he didn't notice it at all.
"Miss Li, your father is the Minister of Industry after all. Are you sure you want to continue yelling and embarrass him?"
"You are acting like this, which is really unbecoming of a lady from a noble family."
"I……"
Li Qianru was dumbfounded. The look in her eyes when she came in to play just now was no different from the look in her eyes when she was looking at a stranger. There was no trace of the tenderness and affection she had that day.
What had she come all this way for?
Ostensibly, it was to supervise the little bitch surnamed He. Although she didn't want to marry her cousin at all, her parents had already instructed her to do so, so she had to do it.
She used to think marrying her cousin was a good idea, but now...
Ever since I saw Prince Jingnan at the Spring Banquet, I have been mesmerized by his smile.
The reason why she listened to her parents and came here this time was partly because Prince Jingnan was here. But now the facts told her that she was just being sentimental and wishful thinking.
No, that's not the case!
"Your Highness, Your Highness..."
Seeing the person walking upstairs, she wanted to follow but was stopped by the guard, who scolded her in a delicate voice: "Get out of the way! Do you know who I am? How dare you stop me!"
"Miss Li, if you are following our prince, don't blame us for arresting you as an assassin."
Li Qianru twisted the handkerchief in her hands, her face full of unwillingness, and glared at the guard fiercely. After Chen Li and Pei Yu disappeared on the second floor, the guard turned around and followed them.
Noticing the gazes of the people around her, Li Qianru's face turned pale and blue. She flicked her handkerchief and called her personal maid to go upstairs.
It's obviously not the case, but she doesn't believe it today!
"Oh, I didn't expect our prince to be so lucky in love. He has romantic interests everywhere he goes!"
Shen Li leaned one hand on the table, a teasing smile on her face, staring at the man next to her and said.
Pei Yu didn't dare to agree with her. "No, I don't know her. As for what she said about seeing her smile, that's not true. Ah Li, don't wrongly accuse me."
"Oh, no, why are you still blaming me? When did I ever wrong you? That's called stating the facts, okay?"
Pei Yu held her hand and said, "Well, I was wrong. Ah Lihu is angry."
"Not angry."
"Ali, don't worry about any bad peach blossoms around me, and you don't have to cut them off. I will cut them off myself."
After saying that, he took Chen Li's hand and kissed her on the lips.
Outside the door, Li Qianru saw the guard who had just stopped her standing at the door of a private room, and she immediately understood that it was Prince Jingnan's private room.
She immediately hid in the corner. Just then, two waiters were preparing to serve the dishes. She followed behind them, while the maid continued to hide.
When the two waiters arrived at the door of the box, even the guards' attention was on the waiters. She pushed open the door of the box at the fastest speed in her life.
Then, the whole person was struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Seeing this, the two guards quickly knelt on the ground and apologized.
Li Qianru blinked her eyes to make sure that what she saw just now was not an illusion, because the hands of the two people on the table were still clasped together.
Pei Yu was very displeased at being interrupted. He looked at the person standing at the door and said, "Miss Li, what on earth do you want to do?"
Being stared at by him with cold eyes, Li Qianru slowly came back to her senses, suppressed the messy thoughts in her mind, and forced out an ugly smile.
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I walked into the wrong box. I'll leave now and won't disturb you anymore."
"etc."
She turned halfway and stopped, but she didn't turn back and just stood there in a daze.
Pei Yu saw that her expression was not right, then he looked at himself, Ali and what they were wearing, and he knew that she had misunderstood him, but he did not intend to explain anything.
"Miss Li, do you understand that words can cause trouble?"
Li Qianru glanced at the two people at the table, then quickly looked away and didn't look at them again.
"Your Highness, I understand. I will not say a single word about what happened today. Don't worry."
"Um."
Li Qianru hurried out of the box, as if there was a wolf chasing her.
Oh my god!
It’s incredible, that’s how it is!
No wonder Prince Jingnan has been so far away from women for so many years. People in the capital say that he is chaste, but they didn't expect that he doesn't like women and is a homosexual!
God knows how shocked she was when she saw this scene. She wanted to poke her eyes out right there and then.
Then she thought of something and kept muttering "It's over, it's over". She knew the biggest secret of King Jingnan, so he wouldn't kill her, right?
No, why is my hand so mean today!
Chen Li looked at Pei Yu, "What kind of evil taste do you have? Aren't you afraid that your reputation will be damaged if the rumors spread?"
Pei Yu leaned back in his chair, still holding one of Chen Li's hands, "I've lost my reputation a long time ago, why would I need that thing!"
"If you want to spread it, go ahead. I don't care. It's better if it's a misunderstanding. It saves everyone from worrying about my marriage and having to keep asking matchmakers to come to my house. It's troublesome."
Shen Li gave him a big thumbs up, Bullfrog!
What Pei Yu didn't know had already been spread to the capital by people with ulterior motives. Even some people who wanted to win him over were thinking about whether they should send a man to King Jingnan.
He had refused women offered to him before, but now that he knew the prince’s preferences, he should prepare according to his tastes.
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