Rong Zhen raised his eyebrows, looking somewhat displeased.

"...There's nothing I can do about it." Gu Yunru pursed her lips and looked at Rong Zhen with eyes full of grievance.

"Forget it. This matter is simple and difficult at the same time. The envoys from outside the Great Wall want to come to the marriage alliance just to see the sincerity of Da Qi. If Da Qi's sincerity is proven, they will not ask for anything more."

"It seems that you have had a plan long ago!" Gu Yunru looked at him with sparkling eyes. It turned out that he was not as cold-blooded as she thought. He was just cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

"Alright, I will discuss this matter with my brother. We must not hide it from them."

"good."

Rong Zhen's image in Gu Yunru's heart became a little more prestigious. This guy was finally not so annoying anymore.

The day for the envoys from outside the Great Wall to enter the palace was getting closer, and the emperor specially held a banquet in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and invited them to join him. Only a few concubines and trusted ministers in the palace were present.

The envoys also presented many gifts when they came here, including some natural carved handicrafts and some rare treasures.

Gu Yunru sat obediently beside Rong Zhen, staring ahead without blinking. The princess had not appeared yet, but she found that Concubine Ying, who was sitting not far away, had been looking at Rong Zhen with affectionate eyes, as if she was looking at her old lover in front of her.

For some reason, she felt uncomfortable when she saw the look in Yingpin's eyes. This was her future husband, and he dared to look at him so unscrupulously? Gu Yunru was not someone to be trifled with. She peeled a grape and fed it into Rong Zhen's mouth. Rong Zhen was deceived by her gentle and virtuous appearance.

"I didn't expect you to be so unrestrained." Rong Zhen lowered his voice and looked at Gu Yunru with a smile in his eyes. Could it be that she has been eager to marry him for a long time? "Stop talking nonsense and eat quickly." Gu Yunru smiled and had affection between her eyebrows, but her voice was a bit oppressive and rude. Yingpin looked at the two people's actions, and she felt a little empty in her heart.

"………" Rong Zhen was like an emotionless eating machine. He would eat whatever she fed him obediently, although she didn't know what was wrong with this girl today.

"I feel a little unwell, Luyun, please accompany me for a walk."

"yes."

Before leaving, Lu Yun glanced at Gu Yunru. Seeing that he had successfully repelled the enemy, Gu Yunru simply put down the banana. He didn't know when a layer of grape peels and banana peels, as well as some fruit cores and the like, had piled up on the table.

Rong Zhen's face had turned ugly, while Gu Yunru watched the singing and dancing performance brought by the envoys from outside the Great Wall as if nothing had happened. A group of dancers in seductive clothes began to dance barefoot in the hall, their eyes full of exotic charm, and their every frown and smile was charming.

Look at the emperor's expression, one full of admiration, and then look at Rong Zhen's expression. Alas, where did he go?

Gu Yunru looked at the hall, Rong Zhen had long disappeared. And Concubine Shu was talking to Zi Luo beside her. The master and servant seemed to be plotting something. Such a flattering and triumphant expression seemed to have been seen somewhere before.

At this time, a young eunuch was whispering something in the emperor's ear. After hearing it, the emperor quickly left the Palace of Tranquil Longevity. Gu Yunru felt that something big was happening, so she also chased after him.

In another pavilion, Rong Zhen vomited for a long time, and finally vomited out all the messy fruits. After a while, his face looked much better. Just when he was worried about having nothing to wipe his mouth, someone handed him a handkerchief.

"My lady?"

Rong Zhen was a little surprised. When did Concubine Ying appear here?

Yingpin had been observing him for a long time, and said shyly, "I've never seen you before. You must be feeling sick in your stomach after eating so much in one go, right?"

"Nothing... Thank you for your concern, madam."

"Hey, are you leaving right after I said I care? We still have a lot to say to each other."

Yingpin looked at him reluctantly. She was happy to see him come to the palace once in a while and to talk to him for a few more words.

Luyun was watching not far away, and when he saw the two people start chatting unscrupulously, he left first.

"Why did the Queen come out? Is it because the singing and dancing in the hall were not good?"

Rong Zhen said indifferently that he had never had any improper thoughts about Concubine Ying, but he saved her in the desert outside the Great Wall a few years ago, and she fell in love with him at first sight. Later, by accident, she entered the palace and became a concubine, and she had always been obsessed with him.

"Have you forgotten? I came from beyond the Great Wall. What's the point of such singing and dancing? I get tired of it after watching it for too long."

Yingpin always showed a gentle smile, especially when she saw him.

"I almost forgot." Rong Zhen said as he sat aside and admired the moonlight in the lake. The reflection of the moon in the lake seemed extremely unreal, making people want to touch it but unable to do so.

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Yingpin's eyes shone with hope and joy. She stared at his back and said, "I still remember that you saved me outside the Great Wall. You carried me on the back of a camel for several days and nights. At that time, you risked your life without caring about anything. But later, I lost contact with you and I felt a little lost..."

"My queen, please don't misunderstand me. I would save anyone, let alone a powerless woman in the desert. It must be very dangerous."

Rong Zhen had long forgotten what happened a few years ago, but he didn't expect that Yingpin would remember this incident for a long time.

"But you left something before you left..." Yingpin took out the brocade bag she was carrying. The embroidery on the bag was very delicate.

Rong Zhen tilted his head, raised his eyebrows and said, "I dropped this. I didn't expect it to be here with you."

When Concubine Ying heard these words, she felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.

"Do you know that I have been carrying this sachet close to my body, and no matter where I go, I always hope that you will come back one day. Now that you have finally come back, you don't acknowledge the relationship between us..."

There was a look of pain on Concubine Ying's pretty face, and her eyes had turned red at some point, making her look so pitiful. The Emperor also approached the pavilion at this time, but the two did not notice.

Gu Yunru stood beside the emperor, watching the two of them, feeling mixed emotions.

"Your Majesty, please respect yourself. Now that you have become the emperor's sister-in-law, you shouldn't think about unrealistic things. It will do no good for you or me." Rong Zhen said this with a firm face and wanted to leave, but he didn't expect that she would grab his hand and he couldn't get rid of it no matter how hard he struggled.

"Please don't leave, okay? Even if you can just talk to me for a few minutes, I'll be happy. You don't know how I've been in the palace for so many years."