At this moment, Gu Yunjin was holding the Third Prince's arm, looking very affectionate.
Gu Jingchun frowned slightly upon seeing this, and subconsciously took a step back to distance himself from the two before saying, "Of course I'm going to the banquet."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yunjin said, "Perfect timing, we're going too, why don't we go together?"
Gu Jingchun wanted to refuse a thousand times over.
However, Gu Yunjin didn't give her a chance to refuse at all, and directly stepped forward and pulled her away.
Gu Jingchun tried to dodge, but it was too late; Gu Yunjin grabbed his arm.
She quickly tried to pull it back, and in the struggle, there was a "crack" sound, and a jade pendant fell to the ground and shattered in two.
Upon seeing this, Gu Yunjin looked up in disbelief.
"Sister, I can understand why you don't want to travel with your younger sister."
But why did you smash my things for no reason?
As Gu Yunjin spoke, two lines of tears fell down her cheeks, looking as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Upon seeing this, the Third Prince immediately moved his round, chubby body over.
He glanced at Gu Yunjin, then at the broken puppy pendant on the ground, his face instantly filled with anger.
Gu Yunjin immediately looked up, and said with a wronged expression:
"Your Highness, that was our token of love! My sister actually smashed it! What are we going to do?"
The Third Prince was to Gu Yunjin's right at the time, and with Gu Yunjin's body blocking his view, he didn't see how the thing fell down at all.
Hearing Gu Yunjin's words, only one thought came to mind.
His puppy broke.
His puppy died.
She broke her puppy.
So he wanted to kill her to avenge his dog.
Kill her.
The Third Prince roared with rage, letting out a furious shout.
"Guards, drag this man who broke my things away and beat him to death with sticks."
As Gu Jingchun looked at the Third Prince's angry face, scenes from his previous life subconsciously surfaced in his mind.
She was pinned to the ground and repeatedly whipped by the Third Prince.
The spiked whip lashed her body repeatedly, tearing away layers of skin and flesh.
And the hook that pierced through her shoulder blade caused her excruciating pain, yet she was unable to move.
The memories of her past life still make her tremble.
This was a fear etched into her very bones, the most profound memory she had of dying in her previous life.
It is an insurmountable chasm for her all these years.
Even though she now has enough confidence, enough strength, and enough maturity.
However, at this moment, she still lost her composure in an instant.
She suppressed the urge to go weak in the knees and forced herself to look directly at the Third Prince's face, which resembled a steamed bun.
He firmly stated, "I didn't break it; she broke it on purpose."
Gu Jingchun pointed at Gu Yunjin and explained.
But Gu Yunjin immediately stepped forward, grabbed the Third Prince's arm, and shook it, saying:
"Third Prince, don't listen to her nonsense. That was my favorite thing. Why would I deliberately break it? She was the one who broke it."
Gu Yunjin suppressed the churning in her stomach and tried her best to make her expression look sincere.
"You may not know, but I love puppies the most. I used to have one, but unfortunately, she died young."
That's why I made this little dog pendant; wearing it feels like it's still with me.
Although the Third Prince was foolish, he still had a little bit of intelligence, though not much, but enough to make her understand Gu Yunjin's words.
This reminded him of his little dog.
So he reaffirmed his decision and prepared to take the man away and beat him to death with sticks.
At that moment, Gu Jingchun took out several identical puppy pendants from the bag that Lanxin was hanging in.
Red, white, green, brown, black, all kinds of colors, they have it all.
This was specially prepared by Gu Jingchun for this day.
Gu Yunjin thought that a small dog pendant would be enough to control the Third Prince and allow him to do whatever he wanted.
Little did they know, there could be countless such puppy pendants.
In this way, her position will also be in jeopardy, and anyone could replace her.
Sure enough, the pendants caught the Third Prince's eye. He immediately stepped forward, picked them up, and carefully examined them, clearly delighted with them.
Seeing this, Gu Jingchun spoke up.
"In that case, Your Highness, why don't you and Miss Gu each choose another pendant to wear around your neck?"
That way, your puppy can stay with you forever.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yunjin's face turned green.
She hadn't expected that Gu Jingchun would carry so many pendants with him.
Now all I could do was forcefully say, "How can this be the same? This isn't mine at all."
Without further ado, she turned directly to the Third Prince and said, "Your Highness, don't you intend to punish her?"
The Third Prince, with only the pendant in his eyes, casually said upon hearing this, "Guards, take this person away."
"Let's see who dares!"
At that moment, Shen Hechuan's voice came.
He strode over, shielding Gu Jingchun behind him, and spoke sternly:
"I'd like to see who dares to lay a finger on her."
Upon hearing this, the Third Prince instinctively took a step back.
Upon seeing Shen Hechuan, Gu Yunjin immediately released the Third Prince and stepped forward joyfully, saying, "Crown Prince, brother."
Perhaps her joy at seeing Shen Hechuan made her overlook Shen Hechuan's protectiveness towards Gu Jingchun, and she immediately followed suit:
“Brother Crown Prince, it was my sister who broke my puppy pendant first, that’s why Your Highness got angry.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she unexpectedly met Shen Hechuan's icy eyes.
"Take back your little schemes. I know exactly what you're thinking and what you're planning."
"I thought what happened that night would teach you a lesson."
Shen Hechuan's words revealed the truth behind Gu Yunjin's danger that night, leaving Gu Yunjin feeling as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
"If you behave yourself now, you can still marry the Third Prince and become a princess in name only."
"However, if you are restless and still thinking of dealing with others, then don't blame me for being impolite and dealing with you directly."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yunjin took a step back in disbelief.
So, so that day, Shen Hechuan did it on purpose!
She looked at Shen Hechuan, then at Gu Jingchun, as if she had discovered some huge secret and suddenly realized something.
"You...you all..."
Seeing that Gu Yunjin was about to reveal the relationship between the two, Gu Jingchun immediately interrupted her.
"His Highness the Crown Prince only came to help me because he saw you bullying me and couldn't stand it. Now, in front of His Highness the Crown Prince, you should stop making veiled accusations and slanders."
Gu Jingchun directly cut off Gu Yunjin's words and explained why the Crown Prince was there.
Although the Third Prince was simple-minded, he had a natural fear of Shen Hechuan because he had been beaten by him when he was young and had almost been killed by him.
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