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

"Miss…"

"Don't tease me, I am really worried..."

After saying that, Chunni's eyes welled up with tears. She raised her wet eyes to look at Xia Zhiyuan and sighed. Xia Zhiyuan had no choice but to gently stretch out his arms and hug Chunni.

"It's okay, Chunni, as long as you are by my side, I will definitely protect you."

"There's nothing to be afraid of."

Patting her shoulder, Xia Zhiyuan comforted her softly.

Chunni felt very awkward about the hug. She didn't dare to move her hands at all and just let the young lady comfort her.

The anxiety in her heart gradually subsided, and Chunni realized that she had lost her composure in front of the young lady. Her behavior was contrary to the education she had received since childhood.

So Chunni smiled.

"It's okay, young lady, you know, I was like this before... I didn't feel safe anywhere, and it was the same when I first started serving you..."

"It's just that... Miss has never called this servant stupid, unlike others."

"So even if there is protection to be done, it should be Chunni who protects Miss."

As expected, for people with simple minds, worries come and go quickly. Dark clouds gather in an instant, and the sky clears up in an instant.

However, as long as he could release the depressed emotions in his heart, it would be better than keeping it in himself all the time. At least Chunni was now the only person he could rely on.

"Oh right...Miss, that day I thought the master would scold me, but in the end, the master didn't say anything, just sighed a few times and left."

When Xia Zhiyuan heard Chunni bring up what happened that day, he remembered that he had not asked about the details. He just asked a few questions in a hurry that day, and then the matter was left unresolved due to various reasons.

"Then... who came here with Daddy?"

Xia Zhiyuan felt that what was certain now was that his cheap father had not taken sides, but it was not certain whether there would be a tail behind his father.

Especially when it's someone else's tail.

"He is a young eunuch in the palace, the one who often follows His Highness... Miss, you should have an impression of him."

Since Chunni had a deep impression of Xiao Liuzi, she remembered him immediately when she saw Xiao Liuzi was beside the master.

"You mean the skinny one..."

Chunni saw that the adjectives the young lady used were the same as what she remembered, and nodded, and immediately understood who the young lady knew.

"it's him!"

"He brought the master with him."

"But... that day, his expression was fine at first, but after he heard the noise in the distance, his face turned pale."

Originally, after hearing Chunni's description, Xia Zhiyuan thought that Xiao Liuzi was also one of them, but after hearing Chunni say this, he gradually withdrew his guess.

I'm afraid Xiao Liuzi probably doesn't know about this.

The carriage gradually stopped and the palace gate was slowly opened. According to the palace regulations, this long distance had to be walked back.

But Your Highness naturally doesn't need that.

Palace maids filed in, carrying sedan chairs. Zhao Changlin also dismounted. The wind in Jinzhou City was no longer so strong, but warm and serene.

But she couldn't feel any tenderness at all. Taking a deep breath, Zhao Changlin looked up and saw that several sentry posts on the city wall had been replaced by shadow guards.

The shadow guard, wearing black armor and a terrifying black iron mask on his face, held a long sword and stood at the sentry post like a sculpture.

This made Zhao Changlin feel a little relieved.

This at least proved that most of the situations in the palace had been controlled by the shadow guards, and he was no longer in a dilemma.

But don't be in a hurry. You have to pull out the nails one by one to minimize your bleeding and losses. The most important thing is to clean up your own nest first.

To prevent any bad people from coming in.

"Your Highness, this is the cloak you ordered. It was handed over by the Textile Bureau a few days ago. It is fumigated with herbs. It is all in accordance with your instructions, Your Highness."

"The recipe can't be wrong at all."

The nanny held a large cloak in both hands and handed it over respectfully. The black cloak was covered with soft fur. Zhao Changlin reached out and touched it, and it felt soft.

Her slender fingers fell on the black fluff, the scent of which she had carefully selected herself.

A rare smile appeared on her face, but it disappeared in a flash. Zhao Changlin moved his fingers away from the black fur and picked up the cloak with both hands.

"This color is a bit heavy...it doesn't suit her."

But this was taken out from her own warehouse and has excellent warmth retention, which is why Zhao Changlin finally compromised.

After all, health is the most important.

"Next time, I need some soft fur from the belly of a polar snow rabbit to keep warm."

"But this is a specialty of Liangzhou."

When the nanny heard His Highness's question, she groaned in her heart. The soft fur on the belly of the polar snow rabbit is a top-quality product. There are also some families in Liangzhou who rely on selling polar snow rabbits to support their entire families.

However, there is always a shortage of supply every year, because polar snow hares are particularly cunning. Every year, those supplied to the imperial court by Liangzhou are the best, but there are not many batches.

Production is sparse.

Basically, every time the goods arrived, except for the portion reserved for His Majesty the Emperor, they would be rewarded to His Majesty's ministers or concubines in the six palaces.

"Your Highness, that good thing is no longer available... You have to wait until next year..."

Zhao Changlin knew it, nodded, stretched out his hand to open the cloak, and held it in his arms. From the appearance, he knew that His Highness must be giving it to the legendary Miss Zhiyuan.

"It's okay. After I finish taking care of my father's burial, I will personally give the order."

The nanny had long known that the relationship between father and daughter was weak. Moreover, His Highness was so cold now, and His Majesty the Emperor was also wrong in leaving such a small child in such a huge palace.

It’s no wonder that His Highness is so emotionally indifferent now.

The nanny was sighing in her heart when she saw Zhao Changlin turn around, walk quickly to the slowly stopping carriage, stretch out his hand, and help the person in the carriage down.

Then, Zhao Changlin opened his cloak and wrapped Xia Zhiyuan tightly, tying the knot with his fingers familiarly. Zhao Changlin was afraid that he would be a step late.

The heat that Xia Zhiyuan had accumulated with great difficulty was blown away by the wind.

"Your Highness... Zhiyuan can do it himself."

"Why bother Your Highness?"

Xia Zhiyuan stood there in a daze watching Zhao Changlin bending down. Zhao Changlin even used his fingers to smooth out the wrinkles on his cloak.

"It's just a small matter. I don't have a broken arm - why can't I do it myself?"

"Besides, this is something I am willing to do."

Standing up straight, Zhao Changlin saw Xia Zhiyuan's face and smiled for the first time. Even the fatigue of many days seemed to have faded away.