Both of them were startled by the other.
Li Hua had heard Gan Qiongying's voice long ago, but in the end, she still didn't have the courage to face Gan Qiongying in her true form. So she was frantically putting on clothes and a mask.
At that moment, Gan Qiongying suddenly jumped onto the carriage and lifted the curtain. Li Hua was so startled that the mask in his hand rolled down to his knees.
The reason Gan Qiongying cried out was because when she lifted the curtain of the carriage, she did not see the God of Wealth she had been longing for, but instead saw "Zhongli Zhengzhen"!
This is no less than a horror story!
"Zhongli Zhengzhen?"
Therefore, after Gan Qiongying finished shouting, before Li Hua could even get up from the ground, she directly yelled towards the outside of the carriage, "Where are Shadow One and Shadow Two! Come in and seize this thief!"
Two dark figures flashed by in a flash. Before Chen Wa could even see where they came from, Shadow One and Shadow Two rushed into the carriage and pressed Li Hua down from the left and right, still in a supine position. Li Hua's head hit the carriage wall with a "bang".
Li Hua's vision blurred for a moment, and the "It's me" she wanted to say was knocked away.
He was in so much pain that he couldn't speak for a while, but Gan Qiongying reacted quickly and rushed to his side, pulling a gleaming dagger from Yingyi's waist and pressing it against Lihua's neck.
The cold dagger against his skin roused some of Li Hua's consciousness.
Gan Qiongying glared at him fiercely and asked, "Why were you in the princess's carriage?"
Gan Qiongying's tone was extremely harsh. During this period, she had been in a state of stress due to dealing with Kou Ning'an in the palace.
She can show a fierce demeanor anytime, anywhere, and Gan Qiongying's thoughts and reactions have become much quicker. Upon seeing "Zhongli Zhengzhen," her first reaction was to quickly capture this person.
The fact that Zhongli Zhengzhen has appeared means that Li Hua's side may have been exposed. Li Hua is just a merchant, and Gan Qiongying cannot imagine that if Zhongli Zhengzhen really wanted to deal with Li Hua, Li Hua would not even have the ability to resist.
"Where is my prince consort? Where have you taken him?!"
Gan Qiongying used considerable force, almost slashing Zhongli Zhengzhen's neck.
"Speak quickly!"
With a knife pressed against his neck, Li Hua was somewhat dazed, but hearing Gan Qiongying's fierce and menacing manner, he finally mistook her for Zhongli Zhengzhen and realized that her actions were to coerce Zhongli Zhengzhen into inquiring about his whereabouts.
Li Hua suddenly stopped struggling.
He lay there, ignoring the two shadow guards holding him down on either side, and looked up at Gan Qiongying with his eyes full of longing and love.
Gan Qiongying held the dagger in her hand, extremely anxious, but when she met Zhongli Zhengzhen's eyes and was completely captivated by them, the grip on the dagger gradually loosened.
Gan Qiongying's heart was in turmoil, but she kept looking into Zhongli Zhengzhen's eyes until the pressure on her dagger completely disappeared. Instinctively, she took a step back, her knees ached, and she collapsed next to the carriage.
The dagger rolled right next to her.
Gan Qiongying's expression was somewhat indescribable, her gaze fixed on Zhongli Zhengzhen's face.
Li Hua had prepared a lot to say, but when the time came, his throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton, and he couldn't utter a single word.
The two people stared at each other, separated by two shadow guards.
She didn't know how much time had passed, but Gan Qiongying felt the air was getting thinner, and the two shadow guards were kneeling there, not knowing what to do. Only then did Gan Qiongying wave her hand and speak in a very tense voice, like a taut bowstring.
She said to the two shadow guards, "You...cough...you should release him."
"Let's go out first. Stay outside and keep watch. Don't let anyone come near or in."
The two shadow guards were still somewhat worried about Gan Qiongying's safety, but they would never disobey her orders. They quickly got out of the carriage and stood guard beside it like two black demons, even pushing Chen Wa and Manyue aside.
Chen Wa and Manyue had no idea what was going on. They looked at each other, wanting to get closer to the carriage but unable to.
This time, only Sweetie, who was standing beside the carriage, was the only one who was sober in a world of drunks. She looked at the carriage with a worried expression and bit her lip.
She was also a little worried... what if her master couldn't speak clearly and the princess misunderstood him?
His master, who was a formidable force in the business world like an invincible general, became confused and lost his composure whenever it came to matters concerning the princess.
Judging from how much effort she put into tidying up the clothes this morning, if the princess even frowned slightly, her master would probably start overthinking.
The carriage being parked at the palace gate for so long was not a good idea. After sending the two shadow guards away, Gan Qiongying looked away from Li Hua's face, hurriedly picked up the dagger beside her, looked at it for a moment, and then threw it away.
Then he knocked on the side of the carriage and said to the outside, "Let's set off back home."
Li Hua slowly got up from the ground, his eyes fixed on Gan Qiongying.
Although he gets confused when it comes to Gan Qiongying, Li Hua is incredibly intelligent. If Gan Qiongying continues to believe that he is Zhongli Zhengzhen, then that reaction is the right one.
But Gan Qiongying suddenly had him released halfway through the journey... Even if Li Hua was stupid, he now understood that, just as Zhong Li Zhengzhen said, Princess Duanrong probably already knew his true appearance.
Li Hua was unsure whether she should be happy or worried.
What delighted her was that even though she had never met him, she could easily distinguish him from Zhongli Zhengzhen just by looking into his eyes.
This is something Li Hua desperately desires.
What is worrying is that if Princess Duanrong already knew her identity, then all her... all her likes and preferences, were they, as Zhongli Zhengzhen said, part of a scheme?
Is it a scheme to deceive a spy from an enemy country?
The carriage turned around and slowly headed back towards the princess's residence. Inside, the carriage swayed and rocked. The two people were less than a step apart, yet it was as if a transparent barrier had been set up between them, and neither of them could get close to the other.
Li Hua kept looking at Gan Qiongying. He was dressed exceptionally handsomely today. He wore a simple, wide robe, and his hair was not decorated much except for a white jade hair crown that tied his hair up halfway. The rest of his black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, spreading over his shoulders.
His features are exactly the same as Zhongli Zhengzhen's, but Zhongli Zhengzhen's handsomeness is aggressive, while when Li Hua is not playing him... his features are like mountains and still water, distant and calm.
He was like a prince from a painting brought to life, exquisite and unparalleled in the world.
But at this moment, he was clutching his robes tightly, his heart pounding violently, pounding painfully in his chest, as if if he opened his mouth, his heart would escape from his mouth and fly out of the carriage.
Because he simply didn't want to know... He instinctively ran away, running away from the second possibility.
If it really is the second case, then Li Hua's revelation of her true self today is tantamount to self-destruction, turning all the love and affection between the two of them into ashes.
In this way, Li Hua could no longer change back to his original form or hold onto this false "affection".
He even hated himself. Why was he in such a hurry? Why did he have to show his true face to Gan Qiongying today?
If it really is the second possibility... then it's all over between them.
Then everything would be over.
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