Gu Junyue couldn't help but reveal a smile with an ambiguous meaning, and Miaoxin frowned in confusion.

The next day, Gu Yunru entered the palace as an honored guest, accompanied by Rong Zhen. Although the two did not speak of the wedding date, they both knew it.

The two walked side by side. When the other palace maids and eunuchs saw them, they bowed and greeted them. When the two met, they didn't know what to say to ease the awkward atmosphere.

"Your face is healed. It seems that those people have good medical skills." Rong Zhen looked at Gu Yunru's face with satisfaction. After many days, Gu Yunru also experienced what carelessness meant.

"Thank you for your care, Your Highness. Otherwise, Yunru's face wouldn't have recovered so quickly."

Rong Zhen frowned, not wanting her to call him Prince. They had agreed to call him Ah Zhao, but she had forgotten again.

"You two are finally here. The emperor has been waiting for a long time in the Yangxin Palace." Xiaodengzi came hurriedly and looked at the two with a flattering face. They smiled radiantly and looked full of energy.

"Ahem, thank you for the little stool." Gu Yunru wondered why the emperor had invited them to the Yangxin Palace. It seemed that he had only invited two of them. Was there something secret that needed instructions? Observing from the side, Rong Zhen's expression was still as calm as usual. It was hard to tell what was hidden in his thick eyebrows.

Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The emperor turned around and watched the two of them walk into the hall almost at the same time, a gratified smile appeared on his face. Gu Yunru observed the layout inside the hall, which was almost extremely luxurious. The famous Yangxin Palace was indeed worthy of its reputation.

The stairs leading to the hall are made of marble and green jade. On the walls of the hall, there are golden ring carvings that look like dragon whiskers, inlaid on two large pillars and embedded with Lantian jade. The hall is solemn and awe-inspiring.

"I know a lot about your affairs. It's a good thing that you can come back!"

Gu Yunru looked at the emperor with a smile in his eyes, which showed how much he doted on Rong Zhen. Logically speaking, Rong Zhen's heart shouldn't be so dark and perverted, but sometimes when he got angry he could be quite scary, which was somewhat different from the gentle and wise emperor.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

Gu Yunru bowed towards the emperor, her beautiful eyes filled with smiles, and she sat in her seat motionless.

Rong Zhen coughed lightly, and Gu Yunru's heart trembled. Was he still not well? Why did he cough for no reason? "Royal brother, last time you sent so many doctors from the palace, didn't they cure you?"

The emperor looked at Rong Zhen with some concern, but Rong Zhen didn't say anything. He only said two or three words of thanks and nothing more.

On the other side, Gu Yunru was a little nervous. It turned out that Rong Zhen had called all the imperial doctors to treat her, but he didn't have any decent imperial doctors left by his side.

For some reason, I suddenly felt a surge of sympathy.

"The envoys from outside the Great Wall will soon come to the palace to discuss the marriage, but for some reason the princess has become reveling all day and night recently, and doesn't act like a princess at all."

Gu Yunru raised her eyes in surprise when she heard this. She didn't expect that the princess would actually do what she said.

"The Queen Mother was furious when she heard about this and wanted to find someone to persuade the princess to at least be more restrained. The envoys from outside the Great Wall will be here soon. I wonder what they will do if they know that the princess is so unruly."

The emperor was also quite troubled by the eldest princess's affairs. Recently, he seemed like a different person. Not only did he invite handsome male musicians into the palace at night, but he also drank and wrote poetry with them.

"Your Majesty, don't worry too much about the princess. I think the princess, at her age, should know what she is doing."

Gu Yunru stood up and said a few words for Tingya. The emperor's face darkened. He had heard this sentence countless times, but it was still difficult to change the princess's habits.

"Royal brother, it's a rare opportunity for you to come to the palace today. Take Miss Gu and stay in the air for two more days. Also, the Queen Mother has always wanted to see you..."

The emperor mentioned the empress dowager again, but Rong Zhen's expression was as cold as usual, as if she was an irrelevant person.

Gu Yunru knew that there must have been subtle changes in Rong Zhen's heart at this moment, but he just didn't show it in front of others. The emperor hoped that their relationship could repair everything, so he would find ways to find opportunities for them to be alone together.

"I still have military matters to deal with. The incident with Sorob has alerted me. If there are people with evil intentions on the border, they should be killed without mercy. We must not allow them to remain as the source of evil."

Looking at Rong Zhen's confident look, it seemed that he had already thought of an excuse in advance. He was so calm and composed that he didn't even blink when he spoke.

As soon as he finished speaking, Rong Zhen stood up and said goodbye, leaving Gu Yunru alone in the Yangxin Palace. It was neither right nor wrong to leave. Seeing the emperor's lost expression, she stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder what happened between the prince and the queen mother?"

Looking at Rong Zhen's expression, Gu Yunru was even more certain that the matter of the Queen Mother must be a knot in his heart.

"Forget it. Since you are going to marry into the palace soon, there is no need to hide this from you. The Queen Mother has been looking for an opportunity to get close to him, but she didn't expect that he kept avoiding her. For seven years, the Queen Mother has not seen him."

Speaking of this matter, the emperor's face was full of regret and helplessness.

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"So that's how it is. No wonder the prince's reaction is not like usual."

Gu Yunru lowered her eyebrows slightly. On the other side, Rong Zhen was walking alone in the air. He had no military duties and didn't know what to do, so he had to walk around. Somehow he ended up at Chuxiu Palace. Just as he was about to leave, he heard a silver bell-like laughter.

"It's you."

When Yingpin saw Rong Zhen, her eyes lit up and she hurriedly walked towards him.

"Meet Yingpin."

Rong Zhen leaned over and bowed to her. Yingpin looked much better than before. Her face was rosy and she looked much more energetic. She was wearing a blue palace dress, which made her skin look white and rosy. Her eyes were more lively than before. She had a smile in her beautiful eyes and a charming smile with dimples. Especially after seeing him, her face blossomed even more unscrupulously.

"Why do you have to salute me?"

Yingpin didn't want the two of them to seem too unfamiliar, so she wanted to invite him to have a drink in the air.

"If you don't mind, please come to the palace and sit down. I will prepare some delicious wine for you."

Yingpin looked at him with joy, and there was even a hint of expectation in her eyes.

"No need for that. If outsiders knew about it, it would be bad for your reputation."

Rong Zhen knew how to keep this distance. The words came out of his mouth so calmly that Yingpin's eyes dimmed instantly. She said sadly, "I still remember that you saved me at the frontier a few years ago. After that, I entered the palace as a concubine and never saw you again."

When Yingpin saw him, it was like seeing an old friend. Her heart was filled with emotions. She just wanted to have a drink with him, but she didn't expect that this would become a luxury.