Brother Huang, he has been planning for a long time

"But you have a choice that time!" He whispered angrily, with endless hatred in his voice.

Qingchen held his breath, suppressed the fear that came up in him, and stared at the person in front of him.

The handsome face of the person in front of him was no longer as gentle as before, replaced by a cold and stern look.

She didn't dare to say anything else to irritate him, so she could only say softly: "Ling Yu, it's really time for me to go back. If my father finds out that I sneaked out of the palace, something big will happen."

She hoped that with such a subtle hint, he would let her go.

"Did you sneak out today to find that guard?" A look of cruelty flashed across his eyes, and he grabbed her wrist harder.

Qingchen frowned in pain, "I didn't..."

"I've seen it all. You're standing at the door of Prince Zhai's Mansion but you don't dare to go in. You still say you don't want to go find the guard?"

His words made Qing Chen's heart tremble suddenly.

It turned out that he had been following me all along?

Then if she saw Yue Qinghe, wouldn't it be...

At this moment, Qingchen felt inexplicably grateful for his cowardice.

If not, he might have discovered her affair with Yue Qinghe.

She lowered her eyes and sighed softly, "Ling Yu, thank you very much for today..."

Ling Yu was slightly stunned. The person beneath her had a pale face, and her long eyelashes covered up the emotion in her eyes.

But the slight trembling in her body told herself that she was very afraid of herself at this time.

Since he was in Shangshu's mansion, he has tried his best to protect his people.

Now, she is afraid of herself.

Ling Yu let go of her, turned around and walked to the other side with his back to her, "Let's go."

Qingchen straightened his clothes and left the box without looking back.

As soon as she walked out of the inn, she saw Aoki standing opposite the inn.

She looked back at the inn and walked back to the palace.

Aoki followed her and made a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Princess, please go back with your subordinates."

Qingchen turned around and glanced at him, "Go back? Where? Back to the palace?"

Besides returning to the palace, where else could she go?

"Your Highness is waiting for you."

Qingchen closed his eyes and swallowed his sigh.

Then he followed Qingmu back to Prince Zhai's Mansion.

The moment she saw Yue Qinghe in the study room of Prince Zhai's mansion, her tears could no longer hold back and burst out of the embankment.

The study door was closed, and Yue Qinghe looked at her in a state of embarrassment, with tears constantly overflowing from her eyes.

My heart softened, but I still couldn't help but said coldly: "You are so brave now that you dare to leave the palace alone."

Qingchen sniffed, wiped away tears, and said in a hoarse voice, "It has nothing to do with you."

"Yue Qingchen!" He stood up and walked towards her, his eyes instantly turned cold, "Do you know what would have happened to you if he hadn't appeared in time?"

He said the word 'he' with great reluctance.

Even though he didn't want to admit it, he had to accept the reality.

It was Ling Yu who showed up and saved her.

"The worst case scenario is death..." She stubbornly refused to bow her head.

Because a few days ago, in the Mingyi Palace, his cold eyes stung her heart severely.

And what he said...

He was blaming himself for pushing his mother into the lotus pond.

"How dare you say that you put life and death at risk." He grabbed her arm and wanted to scold her.

But when he saw her grabbing her arm, she frowned and looked slightly pained.

"Is your arm injured?" A trace of worry flashed across his eyes, and he was about to lift up her sleeve.

Qingchen shrank back, her eyes still full of tears, "It has nothing to do with you, you don't want me anymore anyway..."

"..." Yue Qinghe paused, and Jun Yan showed an expression of disbelief for the first time. He was silent for a long time before saying: "Yue Qingchen, please be reasonable. You are the one who said the beginning, and you are also the one who said the end. Now you actually beat me up?"

He was really going to laugh out loud.

Qingchen bit her lower lip, clenched her hands into fists, and tears slid down her face.

The watery eyes were also filled with grievances, and it looked as if she had been bullied by him.

Yue Qinghe was unable to express his anger at this time, and his tone softened, "That's it, let me see your hands."

Qingchen turned her back to him, not wanting to pay attention to him.

Seeing this, Yue Qinghe took her little hand and found that her hands were clenched into fists and felt cold.

"What? With your hands like this, you still want to hit me?"

"I don't dare." She muttered these two words.

He hummed: "Why don't you dare? You can leave the palace alone and still dare to go to a restaurant to drink. Don't you know how much you can drink?"

When Qingchen heard this, thinking of the terrible scene just now, his body still trembled consciously.

"I know now that I'm afraid. Why did you go there so early?" He lowered his eyes, his words were full of blame, but his tone was no longer cold.

He lifted her sleeves, revealing her smooth, white arms.

Only a circle of bruises was visible on his upper arm. His eyes dimmed and he asked softly: "Does it hurt?"

Qingchen shook his head, then nodded again after thinking about it.

Yue Qinghe took a deep breath, unable to be angry anymore, and got some medicine to help her apply it.

Seeing his gentle movements, his fingertips gently rubbed back and forth on the bruises on her arms.

The clear inner lake is like a feather sliding down, causing ripples in circles.

She felt an inexplicable itching in her chest, so she raised her eyes slightly, stared at his handsome face, and asked hoarsely: "Brother, do you hate me?"

Yue Qinghe's long eyelashes trembled slightly, then lifted up, and the light of a pair of dark eyes under the eyelashes fell on her pink face, "Yes..."

I hate it when you control my heart like this.

I hate it when you act so impulsively.

Hating you always makes people worry...

Her voice suddenly turned into a cry, and her eyes turned red again, "Is it because I pushed your mother into the lotus pond?"

Yue Qinghe guessed that she would be struggling with this matter, so he applied more force to her smearing bruises.

She immediately wanted to withdraw her hand in pain.

But she was grabbed by his big hand, and she couldn't break away at all.

Seeing him suddenly exerting so much force, she cried out aggrievedly, "It was your mother who slandered my mother first. She said that my mother was unwilling to enter the palace with my father because of her guilty conscience. She said that my mother was living with another man. Give birth to me together..."

Yue Qinghe let go of her wrist and took her into his arms, "I apologize to you on her behalf."

His own mother, he knew what she was like.

She could indeed say these words. It's just that sometimes he really wishes those words were true...

She pressed her face against his chest and clearly felt him sighing heavily.

Her voice also gradually weakened, "Your mother didn't like me when I entered the palace at the age of seven."

"It doesn't matter, it's enough that I like you." He gently rubbed her head, feeling the reality of her at this moment and the faint fragrance of her body.

It calmed the restlessness in his heart during those days.

Hearing his sudden confession, her heart trembled inexplicably, and she could clearly hear his accelerated heartbeat close to his chest.

"Yue Qinghe..." She whispered his full name.

"Huh?" He responded, his warm hand caressing her ear.

"Shall we make peace?" She thought, she was destined to live up to her father's love.