Gu Jingchun's expression remained unchanged, his face conveying a single message.
There is absolutely no room for negotiation.
Shen Hechuan looked aggrieved, then sighed softly and said in a low voice:
"There are so many people here, can't you even give me some face? You can confiscate it when we get back!"
As he spoke, he handed over all the candy in his arms.
Gu Jingchun looked at the candy in his hand and was finally satisfied.
"If you secretly give Jinxi candy again in the future, you won't be allowed to eat it anymore, understand?"
Shen Hechuan nodded.
Ye Wenxi, watching this scene from behind, couldn't help but smile.
However, the smile eventually turned bitter.
For a prince like Shen Hechuan to go to such lengths for her, he must truly love her.
Then he can finally relax, right?
He looked at the family of three, then turned his gaze to Gu Jingchun, as if trying to deeply imprint her image in his mind.
After reading it, he turned around, and his lonely figure quickly disappeared into the crowd.
After Gu Jingchun finished scolding him, Shen Hechuan was overjoyed to find that Ye Wenxi had left. He finally had the opportunity to take Gu Jingchun to the place he had carefully prepared.
However, when the two of them got to the riverbank, they found that everything was gone.
The flowers, candlelight, and fireflies he had prepared all disappeared.
Why did you bring me here?
Shen Hechuan: ...
"Come... come and let's enjoy the breeze together..."
As the cold wind blew, Shen Hechuan looked at Tianji behind him with a sinister expression.
Tianji was almost in tears.
He had everything arranged perfectly, but he didn't know why things had turned out this way.
He glanced around and gave a coded signal, wanting to ask the people guarding the area what the situation was.
However, they still couldn't find the person.
This made him begin to suspect that something had happened.
He handed Gu Jinxi over to Xiaoman and Dezhi, and then began to search the surrounding area.
Finally, a clue was found in the corner.
...
Gu Jingchun stood by the river, enjoying the breeze, and his mood improved considerably.
However, when she turned her head to look at Shen Hechuan, who looked depressed, she couldn't help but smile.
Actually, she didn't even need Shen Hechuan to say it; she had already guessed that Shen Hechuan must have prepared some kind of surprise here.
Then there's the image of Gu Jinxi muttering things like "marriage proposal" to herself.
Shen Hechuan must have wanted to surprise her and propose.
However, perhaps due to some accident, there was nothing here.
This made Shen Hechuan look unhappy.
Seeing that the corners of his mouth were almost drooping, Gu Jingchun couldn't help but quietly take his hand.
"You chose a great spot. It's very comfortable. Standing here, I can see the calm river and the starry sky. I'm very satisfied."
Upon hearing this, Shen Hechuan's expression finally softened a bit.
"Oh, it could have been even better. I even prepared fireflies for you."
Gu Jingchun: "Although we no longer have fireflies, we now have a sky full of stars."
"Look at the stars in the sky, aren't they more beautiful than fireflies?"
Shen Hechuan nodded, "It is beautiful, but I want to show you something even better."
Gu Jingchun turned his head to look at Shen Hechuan and explained seriously.
"But in my eyes, as long as you are here, that's the best."
"I don't want the best of everything. After all, life isn't always perfect. It's enough to be content with what you have."
"Fireflies are beautiful, but since they've flown away, let's look at the stars instead. They're both scenery, both are beautiful, so it doesn't matter which one we look at."
"As long as the person by your side is the one in your heart, no matter where you are or what the scenery is like, it will be beautiful."
"Because beauty is never in the scenery, but in the people who see it."
After Gu Jingchun finished speaking, Shen Hechuan's face turned completely red, even the back of his ears turned crimson, which then spread down his neck.
"you……"
Shen Hechuan nervously gripped the hem of his clothes. The man who usually kept all the officials in the court at a loss for words was now as nervous as a child.
Why do you say that?
Gu Jingchun felt happy when he saw him like this.
Especially her bright red earlobes, which made her unable to resist reaching out and gently pinching them.
This one action caused Shen Hechuan to react strongly, his face turning even redder, like a boiled shrimp.
"You...how could you do this? These...these are all things I should have said, and you've already said them, so what...what am I supposed to say?"
Gu Jingchun chuckled, finding Shen Hechuan even more adorable.
She leaned closer, her red lips breathing into his ear.
"Say whatever you want!"
Shen Hechuan: ...
His mind went blank for a moment, his brain turning red and then turning completely blank. He could only instinctively grab Gu Jingchun's shoulders, his eyes filled with deep affection as he looked at her and instinctively tried to get closer to her.
Just then, Tianji rushed over, shouting as he went.
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened!"
When he got closer and met Shen Hechuan's cold gaze, he suddenly stopped, belatedly realizing that he had come at the wrong time.
He then fell silent, gave an awkward laugh, and took a step back.
Shen Hechuan: "You, you'd better have something serious happened."
Tianji swallowed hard.
"Your Highness, all our men have been killed."
A moment later, Shen Hechuan and Gu Jingchun looked at the corpse in front of them, lost in thought.
"Judging from the wounds, the opponents were all experts; they killed him with a single blow."
Tianji: "Who dares to kill our people?"
Shen Hechuan: "It's not certain yet. Take the person back and let the Dali Temple investigate thoroughly."
He sighed again after saying that.
"Don't forget to comfort his family."
Because of this incident, none of them had the heart to continue sightseeing, so they simply returned to the palace.
However, on her way back, Gu Jingchun always felt that someone was following her.
This made her look back several times, but there was no one behind her.
Moreover, she has various experts behind her, such as Tianji and Xiaoman. If there were really people behind her, they would definitely have noticed.
Thinking of this, Gu Jingchun felt relieved, but he still felt a little uneasy.
Even after she got back, she still felt vaguely uneasy.
Although her unusual behavior was very slight, Shen Hechuan still noticed it.
In the study.
Tianji informed Shen Hechuan of the latest information he had found.
"Your Highness, we've found out. Judging from the marks on their blades, they must be from the Great Qi."
Although the other party tried his best to conceal his techniques, clues were still found in his knife-handling habits.
"Da Qi?"
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