After returning to the palace, he asked the servants to clean the yard. He saw Xiao Dengzi coming towards him from a distance with a bundle in his hand. He smiled at him and said, "Xiao Dengzi, what delicious food have you brought me again?"

Xiaodiaozi smiled shyly, placed the bundle on the stone table and opened it.

"This is the eldest lady's favorite pear blossom cake and egg roll pastry. I saw that the imperial kitchen made some extra, so I sent it over. I heard that the prince will be returning to the palace soon, and the matters in the military camp have just been dealt with."

Xiao Dengzi came over, seemingly wanting to tell her about Rong Zhen, and even pretended to send her a bunch of pastries. Gu Yunru raised her eyebrows arrogantly, sat on the stool and looked at him and said, "Xiao Dengzi, why are you so attentive to me? I'm not sure whether I can become a princess in the future. Isn't it a little too early for you to be so attentive?"

Gu Yunru looked at Xiaodeng seriously, but Xiaodeng's eyes became more and more vague, until Qingxing walked to his side and said to Gu Yunru: "Miss, the bed has been made. You can go see the Queen Mother later."

"I understand. You should take a rest first." Gu Yunru sensitively discovered that the moment Xiaodengzi saw Qingxing, her expression became more and more shy. This was a discovery she had never made before.

Thinking of this, he quickly spat out the pastry in his mouth, looked at the small stool in front of him and lowered his voice and said: "No way, you, a eunuch, are tempted?" The small stool looked around nervously. Fortunately, Qingxing went into the house to rest, otherwise he would be embarrassed if someone heard it.

"Shh, Miss, how did you know that?" Xiaodengzi's face felt like it was on fire. He was so diligent in delivering pastries to Gu Yunru, of course he also wanted to use this opportunity to please Qingxing, but he didn't expect that she saw through him at a glance. He had no place to put his old face.

“It’s not easy to figure this out.”

Gu Yunru swallowed several mouthfuls of cakes in one gulp, sat back, and suddenly choked. Xiaodengzi was considerate and quickly poured a pot of hot tea, smiling flatteringly, "Miss, please... keep this a secret for me."

"Well, don't worry, I won't care about this matter." Gu Yunru patted his chest.

After accompanying the Queen Mother to finish reading Buddhist scriptures, they returned to the palace. It was already dark. Gu Yunru rubbed his aching back and said to Qingxing with a look of despair: "I've been sitting there for the whole afternoon. I'm so tired. The Queen Mother doesn't feel tired at all."

Qing Xing wrung out the towel, walked over to wipe the sweat off her forehead and said softly, "Miss, can't you communicate with the Buddha? Why didn't you persuade the Buddha and the Queen Mother to let you rest for a while?"

Seeing that she was still making sarcastic remarks, Gu Yunru pretended to pinch her waist. Qingxing giggled, and the room was filled with laughter.

At this time, Rong Zhen appeared at the door. He came from nowhere like a gust of cold wind. He was wearing a blue brocade robe with a golden belt around his waist. He was wearing a pair of black boots and walked towards the house.

Seeing the master and servant fighting, Rong Zhen stood aside quietly and watched with a leisurely attitude.

“Your Majesty…”

Qingxing was the first to react. Her face turned pale. She knelt before him servilely, fearing that the prince would punish her for her frivolous behavior. However, Gu Yunru was not afraid of him. She stood in front of Qingxing and raised her chin proudly, saying, "Why are you here again? Who told you to enter my boudoir without my permission? We haven't even gotten married yet!"

Rong Zhen didn't say anything, but there was a faint glow flowing on his skin.

Gu Yunru was afraid that this moody guy would come to cause trouble for Qingxing again, so she turned around and gave Qingxing a wink, asking her to leave the house first.

Then she looked at him with an unhappy face and said, "Are you laughing or crying? Tell me what you want from me."

After saying that, he sat down at the table with a swagger, and politely poured him a cup of oolong tea. Rong Zhen sat down in front of him.

"I haven't seen you for a while, but you haven't changed much."

"Of course. Why, did you come here just to see me?"

Gu Yunru chatted with him in random topics, looking at him with his hair tied up high and a stern face, but the corners of his mouth would occasionally rise, revealing a charming smile.

"no."

Rong Zhen took a sip of the tea in the cup, then put it down and looked at her calmly.

“…Then why did you come to see me?” Gu Yunru’s ears turned red from his stare. For some reason, her heart would start beating fast whenever she met his gaze. But she would never fall in love with this pervert. In her heart, she felt nothing but awe and fear.

"To discuss marriage."

Sure enough, what is meant to come will always come.

Gu Yunru looked as if he was ready to die bravely and closed his eyes in despair.

"I see. Please tell me a date."

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"Why are you so nervous? I just want to postpone the wedding."

Gu Yunru opened her eyes in surprise, looked at him excitedly and said, "Really? Don't lie to me!" Postponing the marriage means that her chances of having a free future will be doubled.

"yes."

Rong Zhen told her the news with a heavy heart, but he didn't expect that she was so happy that she almost jumped up. It was just that the border was in turmoil, and he was going to lead troops to quell the rebellion, so he discussed this matter with her. If he didn't die in the battlefield, she would not be a princess yet, and she still had the right to marry someone else.

But seeing her like this, he suddenly felt a little regretful.

"Ahem, I'm so sorry to hear the news. It's a pity, such a pity that I didn't become a princess earlier!" It was hard to tell whether Gu Yunru's face was crying or laughing. She raised the tea in the cup as if it were wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Rong Zhen's thin sword-like eyebrows were deep in his temples, and his expression was sometimes bright and sometimes dark. He slowly said, "The hands and feet dug out in the backyard of the Millennium Palace that day have been sent to the Dali Temple for further investigation. It was found that the bodies were all from palace maids and eunuchs. As for why they were dismembered, it is still unknown."

"I've known about this for a long time." Gu Yunru entered the palace just for this matter. Although the masters in the palace could send servants away at will with just a word, the discovery of so many corpses in a small mound also attracted the emperor's attention. The emperor also asked people from the Dali Temple to investigate the matter, which meant that she could also join in the fun.

"It seems that you have been very close to Master Cheng recently." Rong Zhen's deep gaze slowly moved to Gu Yunru's face. Her face turned pale and she coughed awkwardly twice and said, "No, he recently married my third sister. He is also my brother-in-law in name. I am just concerned about those dismembered bodies."

Rong Zhen has been with her for a long time, and he can tell from what kind of expression a person has when they are lying. Their eyes will be wandering and their nose will be arched.

"You're lying again."