Dress up as a sickly person to capture the villain princess!

"It's my fault."

"So I come here in person to apologize to you."

Zhao Changlin pressed his fingertips tenderly against Xia Zhiyuan's back and quickly admitted his mistake. It was not known whether His Majesty did it intentionally or unintentionally. Xia Zhiyuan sighed in his heart, he could not really argue with His Majesty.

"Since your majesty has said so, Zhiyuan will admit his fault to your majesty... ok?"

"Your Majesty...are you willing to accept it?"

Hearing her asking himself this question, Zhao Changlin couldn't help laughing. He showed a rare smile, patted her on the back, and motioned for her to sit next to him.

"Wrong, I am not admitting it now. Later, I will naturally ask Zhiyuan for it, but there is no need for it now."

Zhao Changlin leaned lazily on the carriage, his eyes filled with tenderness as he looked at Xia Zhiyuan's pair of beautiful autumn eyes.

Having not seen these eyes for a long time, she felt that her longing for them was like spring water encountering wild grass, which was growing wildly, endlessly, and occupying her heart.

Zhao Changlin stretched out her index finger and pressed it against Xia Zhiyuan's red lips. She used force as if on purpose, leaving some water stains.

Zhiyuan is really addictive.

"So this is what your Majesty is thinking... Then Zhiyuan has to think carefully about whether he should admit his mistake to your Majesty..."

Xia Zhiyuan simply sat on the prince's body. Today, the two of them spoke extremely politely, not knowing whether they were angry or not. It was no different from a morning court session in the Golden Palace.

"What's your idea?"

"What can I do..."

"I originally wanted you to have a good rest. After that, the imperial court will take over the issue of the water bandits. I will let General Sima be the commander-in-chief of the three armies and take charge of clearing out the water bandits."

"You don't have to work so hard..."

Zhao Changlin spoke softly and seriously. All of this was decided by her in the palace, including rebuilding the port, restoring the trade routes that had been broken during the reign of Emperor Wande, and reorganizing Xizhou City.

But if a small border town like this wants to develop, it must rely on a large number of troops stationed in the early stage. And if the imperial court... sends troops and sets up camp here, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the Daluo Kingdom.

Therefore, Zhao Changlin could only hand over Xizhou City to King Cheng and let King Cheng's army guard Xizhou City. The prince would stay in his own fiefdom and have his own soldiers under his command. This was in line with the etiquette of the Daliang Dynasty. Even if the Daluo Kingdom had any objections, they could only keep it in their hearts.

However, she would never hand over the trading port of Xizhou City, which was as important as her heart, to her uncle, even though King Cheng was Zhao Yihan's biological father.

She will not show mercy either.

If a person has not personally tasted the taste of money and power, he may still restrain himself. However, once he handed over the ownership of the Xizhou City Port to King Cheng, he was afraid that he would never be able to get it back in this lifetime.

"What about Your Highness?"

"Your Highness, do you want to go there in person?"

"Leave Zhiyuan here?"

Without careful speculation, Xia Zhiyuan could also know what Zhao Changlin was thinking at the moment, but Xia Zhiyuan did not intend to retreat and stay under the eaves, relying on the glory of His Highness.

"I personally led the army to fight against the rebels of the Loyal and Brave Marquis and the pirates who were causing trouble in Xizhou City."

"If we quit now, it would be a disgrace to the royal family and a breach of trust."

Zhao Changlin wanted to see what kind of charm it was that allowed him to occupy Xizhou City for many years and create a tough bone that even his uncle, who was as cunning as a fox, could not chew.

"But, Your Majesty, isn't this a breach of trust?"

"We clearly agreed to hand over the entire Xizhou City to Zhiyuan. How could Zhiyuan not go with such a big thing? Besides..."

Having said this, Xia Zhiyuan paused. She stretched out her fingers and grasped the back of Zhao Changlin's hand, but she did not dare to use too much force, for fear that it would touch the wound on the back of His Highness' hand and make the injury worse.

The wound was caused by a sharp weapon, so the wound was relatively neat and healed quickly. However, Xia Zhiyuan knew that the cut must have been very deep... otherwise, the back of His Highness's hand would have regained its rosy color long ago. Why was it still so pale and desolate?

"Ji Yuan is worried about His Highness..."

She spoke seriously, completely unlike the ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them just now. With the faint scent of medicine on her body, Zhao Changlin felt that Xia Zhiyuan's words were like the poisonous insect from Miaojiang, which made her follow Xia Zhiyuan's movements involuntarily, staring at her red lips, unable to move her eyes away.

"It has been raining heavily. Your Highness must have rushed all the way from the Imperial City and got wet in the rain. He must be exhausted. Now he has to go and kill the pirates... Zhiyuan, how can I not feel sorry for His Majesty?"

Although the heavy rain in Xizhou City had just passed, her eyes were shrouded in a layer of misty water vapor, which was like the continuous drizzle in spring, making people feel pity.

I don't know if she was pretending to want to go to the front line with me, or if she was really worried about me to this extent.

Zhao Changlin was certain of her own feelings, but she could never see what Zhiyuan was thinking. No matter how she guessed, Zhiyuan's thoughts were like a veil, shrouding her eyes.

"When a man has not been seen for three days, he should be looked at with new eyes. Zhiyuan's eloquence is even more powerful than before."

After hearing these words, what reason did she have to refuse? Zhao Changlin couldn't help but stroke Xia Zhiyuan's eyebrows with his fingertips. He always felt that for a delicate flower like her, being pampered by others was the best destination.

But such a dirty idea is so selfish, it confines her in a greenhouse, where there is a lack of heavy rain and naturally, a lack of gentle and bright spring breeze.

"Your Highness, you are too kind... I just learned a few words from those slick-tongued officials, so it's not useless."

She listened to the noisy sounds of thousands of lights outside the carriage, and her heart was filled with sweetness. The water bandits were naturally not as brave and skilled in fighting as Lu Boshan's army, but... with such a big battle today, they must have received the news at night, and now, they were probably running around in a hurry, discussing in the water stronghold how to deal with the encirclement and suppression by the imperial court.

As the saying goes, the three cobblers are even more powerful than Zhuge Liang.

Maybe they really have a way to deal with the reinforcements from the imperial court.

"You, you can talk."

"If you really want to follow me... then let the imperial physician take a look first. If the imperial physician says there is no problem, then follow me. I will arrange for Di Ping to stay by your side."

"She has always done her job well, I trust her."

Zhao Changlin finally made a concession.

Speaking of Di Ping, Xia Zhiyuan was no longer sleepy. Those two were like quails, refusing to say anything and refusing to reconcile.

I haven't been able to get any information out in the past few days, so... Xia Zhiyuan plans to help them get together and be a good person.

Of course, if we want to achieve this goal, we cannot do without the help of His Highness.