Cheng Shaoyuan slowly stopped walking. Gu Yunru looked at the two dark circles under his eyes and knew that he did not sleep well the night before.

"Brother Cheng, you're here." Gu Yunru smiled at him, with a hint of sadness on her beautiful face.

"Well, the identities of the deceased have been verified. They are two maids who served in the Millennium Palace, and one is a eunuch in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

It turned out that he came to tell her about the progress of the case, but today Gu Yunru didn't want to listen. She just wanted to hear what he thought about Gu Junyao's marriage.

"I heard that you are going to get married with my second sister soon. Congratulations." Gu Yunru looked at him with a fake smile. For some reason, she felt a sense of emptiness in her heart.

"What should I congratulate?" Cheng Shaoyuan looked at the birch tree on the side and lowered his head with a lonely look on his face.

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?" Gu Yunru sat on the old tree roots next to him, with a hint of unnatural expression quietly slipping across her eyes.

"You know, it's my parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. I can't do anything about it."

It was the first time that Gu Yunru heard what he was thinking. It turned out that Cheng Shaoyuan only wanted to find a woman he loved and live with her forever. She never thought that in this feudal ancient times, there would be a man who had such an idea.

"Well, actually, there's nothing wrong with my second sister except that she has a bit of a willful personality. You'll always have a lot of laughter when you're with her. There's no need to be so pessimistic." Gu Yunru forced a smile. At some point, Cheng Shaoyuan suddenly held her hand.

"you……"

"Yunru, I don't know what you think, but from the first time I saw you dressed as a woman, I fell in love with you."

Gu Yunru hesitated for a moment. It seemed that she had never dressed as a woman before. She was just wearing a veil, but people mistook her for a man.

"Brother Cheng, let go first. If others see this, they might misunderstand." Gu Yunru felt a little nervous and her face turned red as if it was burning. She really didn't want him to see her current appearance.

"Yun Ru, it's really a bit presumptuous to call you that, but I don't want to call you Miss Gu anymore. Can I call you that?"

"kindness."

What's the point of asking for her opinion after he has already called her? Gu Yunru muttered to herself, not knowing why. But she felt a little happy when she heard him say this.

Cheng Shaoyuan loosened his hand, and the smile on his lips disappeared quietly.

"What's wrong?" Gu Yunru looked at his expression and became as solemn as him.

"Yunru, I... want to ask you, have you ever had me in your heart?" Cheng Shaoyuan looked at Gu Yunru seriously. Gu Yunru's ears turned red due to his gaze and she lowered her eyelids.

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your acquiescence. I know you are engaged to King Zhao, but I also know that King Zhao is narrow-minded and has a bad temper. If you marry him, you don't know what kind of suffering you will have to endure. Are you willing to come with me?"

Cheng Shaoyuan was thinking about her wholeheartedly, and knowing that they were engaged, he naturally did not dare to expect anything. However, when he thought that his beloved woman was going to marry that unpredictable devil, he couldn't help feeling a little regretful, and he was determined to take her away no matter what the cost.

"I..." Gu Yunru was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer. His mind was extremely confused and complicated.

Rong Zhen's recent changes are obvious. Although he is sometimes unreasonable, he is much better than before when he was violent and moody.

"If you are willing, I will take you out of the palace tonight and you give me an answer." Cheng Shaoyuan said to her and left.

Gu Yunru returned to the yard in a daze. Did she like Cheng Shaoyuan? She didn't know. She just knew that her heart was in a mess and she didn't want to think about anything.

"Miss, why did you come back only now? The prince sent someone to visit just now."

"What is he here for?" Gu Yunru became nervous.

"Nothing, I just came to see you." Qingxing looked at the young lady, who seemed absent-minded again since she came back, and couldn't help but worry about her.

"Oh, by the way, Miss, the second young lady is going to get married soon. The master sent someone to tell you to go back and see her when you are free."

"I got it. I'll go back when I have time." Gu Yunru was confused and the worry on her face was like a gloomy cloud. Qingxing didn't know what she was worried about and walked out.

It's almost night, is she going to leave?

Cheng Shaoyuan's confession came too suddenly and she didn't know what to do.

Gu Yunru was thinking so much that she fell asleep without knowing when. When she looked up, it was already four o'clock in the morning.

I guess he has already become discouraged.

But it’s better this way, so as not to give him some unrealistic thoughts.

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Gu Yunru rubbed her sleepy eyelids and went back to bed.

On the other side, there was a figure at the foot of the palace gate. Cheng Shaoyuan had been waiting for her to appear, but he didn't expect her to not come. When he was about to leave in disappointment, he suddenly found a tall figure standing behind him.

“Your Majesty…”

When did Rong Zhen appear here? Cheng Shaoyuan took a step back with a guilty conscience, a hint of uneasiness flashing across his face. Could it be that the reason why Gu Yunru couldn't come here was entirely because of him?

"Your Highness, why are you here?" Cheng Shaoyuan looked at him and realized that no one else knew about the appointment tonight except them.

"Why do you think I'm here?" Rong Zhen looked as steady as a rock, and he slowly approached him, bringing him invisible pressure.

"Yunru...she..." Cheng Shaoyuan guessed that Rong Zhen might know what happened between them.

"Yes, she asked me to come here. She asked me to tell you not to have such wishful thinking anymore."

Cheng Shaoyuan's face froze instantly. Did she...really say that? Rong Zhen had already noticed that something was wrong with the two of them, so he used some aphrodisiac on Gu Yunru. He didn't expect that this infatuated boy was still waiting at the city gate, so he showed up in person to tell him everything.

"I know you are a high and mighty prince, and you can get whatever you want easily, but I want to tell you that the only true love in this world is not something you can get just by saying it."

Cheng Shaoyuan felt extremely angry when he thought about King Zhao forcing his parents to let him marry the second daughter of the Gu family, but due to the emperor's majesty, he could only be respectful to him.

"You can also rebel against this king." Rong Zhen's words made him sneer, with disdain and contempt in his eyes.

"Who dares to resist the majesty of the royal family? King Zhao has taken great pains to let me marry the second lady of the Gu family, so I will fulfill your wish." After saying these words, Cheng Shaoyuan took his bag and left.

Rong Zhen stood there expressionlessly, gradually disappearing into the night.