"My Lord, please forgive me, it's all my fault. It's my negligence!"

Qin Niang knelt aside, trembling all over and lowering her head anxiously.

Gu Yunru suddenly felt that the cramps in her legs had improved a lot, and she walked in front of the crowd.

"That... has nothing to do with Qin Niang and the others." Gu Yunru was just about to defend and explain for these people, but he saw Xie Bingyan in his arms suddenly sobbing and crying.

"Princess, I was trying to help you out with good intentions. How could you push me?"

"Ah... I, I didn't." Gu Yunru had no way to defend himself. Everyone lowered their heads and remained silent. Only Qingxing raised her head. She was about to say a few words to defend Gu Yunru, but Rong Zhen gave the order and had her dragged away and beaten with ten boards.

"Why do you want to punish Qingxing?" Gu Yunru was dissatisfied with his behavior and rushed forward to question him rashly, while Xie Bingyan was still trembling in his arms, and their skin was almost sticking together.

Her clothes were wet and water droplets kept falling from them. Rong Zhen just looked at her silently and said coldly, "I'll settle the score with you later." After that, he carried her to Qiu Shui Pavilion.

"Your Highness, you should change into clean clothes first. You must not catch a cold." Xie Bingyan had already changed into clean clothes and was lying on the bed, but Rong Zhen was standing there, shaking off water droplets from his body.

"No problem. I will investigate what happened just now and give you justice."

"Your Highness, this matter is not my sister's fault..." Xie Bingyan's lips turned pale, and her body was still shaking. Rong Zhen looked at her and said, "You are still begging for her, but she doesn't think so. I thought hiring a nanny would make her restrain her temper, but I didn't expect her to be so stubborn."

Rong Zhen's temples throbbed, veins on his forehead became visible, and the coldness and depth in his eyes became obvious.

"Your Highness, could you please stay with me a little longer? I haven't spoken to you like this for a long time. Ever since that battle, I have been worried about Your Highness." Xie Bingyan saw that he didn't seem to want to stay here any longer, and she held his hand reluctantly, her eyes full of longing, but Rong Zhen swept her hand away with a determined look on his face.

"I still have some things to deal with in the army. You should take a good rest. Don't think about anything else."

After Rong Zhen finished speaking, he turned and left.

"Your Highness..." Xie Bingyan looked at his broad back, a hint of grievance flashing in her gentle eyes.

"Miss, the prince has gone far away..." Mingyue walked forward, took the dry handkerchief in her hand, and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"I know... Your Majesty, I don't have the heart to punish her." Xie Bingyan saw it all and hated her openly, but the one who punished was a little maidservant beside her.

"Miss... don't think too much." Mingyue looked at her worriedly and was speechless for a moment. Seeing that the young lady's eyes were red again, he felt extremely anxious.

"Don't talk so much, Mingyue, you go out first." Xie Bingyan slowly closed her eyes, not thinking about those troubles.

"yes."

On the other side, Gu Yunru was tragically locked up in Ginkgo Garden. She could only move around the garden and could not go out at all. Qin Niang came to supervise her every day to see how much etiquette she had learned. Qingxing was beaten so badly that she couldn't get out of bed and could only lie in the room crying and howling. Gu Yunru wanted to bring some medicine to see him but was stumped by Qin Niang.

Qin Niang simply waved her arms and stood in front of her, looking as if she was ready to die.

"Princess, the prince has instructed that if you don't learn etiquette well, you can't look at Qingxing again."

"Xie Bingyan is not well yet, how can I learn etiquette? Besides, going to see Qingxing won't interfere with my work." Gu Yunru twisted her neck disapprovingly and prepared to take the medicine to see her, but was repeatedly blocked by Qin Niang. Gu Yunru was a little angry and said to her, "Aren't you afraid that I will ask someone to punish you?"

"If the princess wants to punish me, I have nothing to say. It is the prince's order, and I have to obey it." Qin Niang is as stubborn as Rong Zhen. She will not change her mind easily once she makes up her mind.

"Okay, okay, I really admire you. I won't go in." Gu Yunru went back to the house obediently. After dinner, she listened quietly to the noise outside the door. Qin Niang should have gone back to sleep, so she quietly took the medicine and food to Qingxing's room.

"Qingxing, I'm here." Gu Yunru didn't dare to hold the candle in her hand, for fear of being seen by Qin Niang.

No one responded from inside. Gu Yunru frowned in frustration, groped his way to the table, put his things down, and then slowly reached the bed. "Qingxing, don't be afraid. I'll help you take a look. It shouldn't be too severe. Just ten boards."

She touched a leg with one hand. Could Qingxing have fallen asleep? She slowly touched upwards and suddenly felt something was wrong. The leg muscles were too obvious. They were not what a woman should have. The person lying on the bed was obviously a man! "Who are you?!" Gu Yunru hurried to the table and lit the candles. The room was instantly lit up with red candlelight.

Rong Zhen...

"It's you!" Gu Yunru looked at Rong Zhen, who was elusive. How could he have such a habit? He actually pretended to be a woman and lay on the bed without saying a word.

"Why are you here?" Gu Yunru walked up and asked angrily with her hands on her hips.

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"Can't I stay here?" Rong Zhen looked at her slowly, his expression still as gentle and indifferent as ever.

"No... the entire palace is yours, you can go wherever you want, but I'm curious why you pretended to be Qingxing to lie to me."

Gu Yunru curled her lips slightly and said contemptuously: "You don't have such a habit, do you?"

"What?"

"Stop interrupting me. Where did you hide Qingxing?" Gu Yunru asked with a frown.

"Killed by me." Rong Zhen's tone was cold and his eyes were casual. When Gu Yunru heard this, she walked up to him in a rage and stomped her feet fiercely.

"What?" Gu Yunru looked at his determined eyes and suddenly revealed an inexplicable smile. This smile on his face was really weird.

"What did you do to Qingxing?" Gu Yunru asked. He had to give an explanation.

"Don't worry, I sent her to a safe place. She will be back as soon as she recovers from her injuries. Didn't I tell you to learn the rules from Qin Niang during this period? Why did you cause trouble again?"

Fortunately, Rong Zhen returned in time on the day of the incident, otherwise it would have been terrible if the situation had become irreversible.

"How should I know?" Gu Yunru sat beside him with her cherry lips pouted in complaint, thinking about the accident that happened in the pavilion during the day.

Especially Rong Zhen, who was indiscriminate in front of Xie Bingyan.