Zheng Xiao Mistake: The Mistake of Rebirth Provoked the Cold Master

That night, in the Jinxiang Tower, glazed lamps were lit and birds were singing and dancing.

In the private room at the end, Gong Yihao was holding a small green-glazed cup and putting it to his mouth when something unknown hit him and knocked the cup to the ground with a sharp cracking sound.

Gong Yihao brushed off his wet sleeves and looked at the visitor outside the door.

Rong Yan's face was sunken in the shadow outside the door, dim and unclear. His body was covered in dew and exuded a chill.

"I thought it was my good brother coming to kill me..." Gong Yihao raised his eyebrows.

Rong Yan walked in and dismissed the servants in the room. His cold face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. He picked up the half-drunk Gong Yihao from the soft chair.

"Shouldn't it be? Why do you look like that?"

Gong Yihao was forced to sit up straight and asked curiously, "Could it be that Fourth Sister really didn't look for you?"

Then he said to himself, "No, you should go. Otherwise, you should be hiding somewhere crying by yourself now, and you won't come to settle the score with me at all..."

Rong Yan of course knew that it was Gong Yihao's doing. Now when he heard him indirectly admit that he had deliberately informed Zhu Zheng and tricked her into repaying him for saving his life, his eyes became even colder and more captivating.

He pushed Gong Yihao back to the soft seat, and after a while, he said in a cold voice, "I was careless and forgot that your Gong Yi family has always been the most shameless."

"Ayan..." Gong Yihao paused, "...be careful with your words."

This is a strong statement.

But what he said is correct.

The Great Yong Dynasty had been established for over three hundred years. The Gongyi family had been a royal family for generations, and they were born at the top of the world. They could get whatever they wanted without any burden at all.

Rong Yan said calmly, "Why? Are you going to punish me for my immorality?"

Gong Yihao saw that his words were getting more and more serious, so he deliberately smiled and said, "It's just a joke, is it worth getting so angry?"

"A joke?" Rong Yan raised his eyes and stared at him fiercely, "Who do you think she is?"

"As the fourth sister..." Gong Yihao stood up, "and I sincerely regard you as the fourth brother-in-law."

He picked up the teapot and poured a cup of heat-removing tea and handed it to her. "You haven't seen her for so long, and you won't see her for a long time in the future. I'm just being considerate of you and want you to meet and be affectionate with her."

Rong Yan didn't take it, and he would never accept anything he handed to him again.

Trust is like this, it starts from the smallest details, and a so-called "joke" can be jeopardized in an instant.

"Your Highness, have I not mentioned it for too long? You and I are people of different paths." Rong Yan said indifferently, "You shouldn't interfere in my affairs."

Gong Yihao's hand holding the teacup paused in the air for a while, the smile on his lips was a little hard to maintain. After a long time, he smiled again and said, "You two are obviously in love, but you make yourselves miserable all day long. I can't stand it, okay?"

Rong Yan: "Did I say it was bitter?"

Gong Yihao: "You didn't say that, but is it shameful for people to have desires and requests?"

Rong Yan remained silent.

Gong Yihao continued, "I think you are being taught by the temple and following the rules like a carpenter wearing a yoke. You deserve it. So you should try to indulge yourself. Maybe you will suddenly realize it and make your life worthwhile."

Rong Yan sneered silently when he heard this, and finally couldn't help but said, "Stop flattering your despicable methods."

Gong Yihao frowned, "What do you mean by despicable? How ugly it sounds."

"That incense is something with a serious purpose. It's made from the finest Uroba grass from Nanzi. It can make people temporarily confused. The more you care about something, the more you lose control of it."

"It's usually used to torture prisoners. It's very effective."

"However, when it comes to you, I call it..." Gong Yihao paused and pointed two fingers at his heart, "'Awakening from the maze, true love burning the heart'."

Rong Yan's eyes darkened. No wonder he felt that way last night... Before Zhu Zheng came, he just had some hallucinations, which he could still tolerate. It was not until he saw her in person that his mind began to break down and he was completely out of control...

Gong Yihao saw that Rong Yan remained silent for a long time and thought that he still didn't believe it.

"I was just joking. I just wanted to make you, who is too clear-headed, confused for a while."

"Of course it'll be fine. If Fourth Sister really doesn't come, you won't be implicated."

"You see, I smelled it too. It will be fine after you get some sleep." Gong Yihao defended himself, paused, and then deliberately asked, "Could it be that Fourth Sister was unwilling to let you sleep for a while?"

Rong Yan: “…”

Gong Yihao had a rough guess about what effect the medicine would have on Rong Yan, and patted his shoulder meaningfully.

"You and I are the only two people in the world who share the same suffering. Who can blame me for preferring the daughter of the Zhu family? They are both stubborn and have cold hearts that can't be warmed up."

"They live more freely than us, and they don't think that love and friendship are that important. They are able to take it and let it go. If we don't try to force it, how can we achieve the right result?"

Rong Yan closed his eyes.

He couldn't control Gong Yihao and Zhu Qing's affairs, but these words were too arrogant...

Besides, he was only half right.

It is true that Zhu Zheng is a person who can take things as they come, but good results cannot be achieved by forcing things.

Otherwise, after the misunderstanding at the poetry reading that night, I should have achieved the so-called "positive result" with him.

Gong Yihao's so-called "joke" that came out on a whim almost disrupted all his subsequent painstaking arrangements.

After a long while, Rong Yan calmed down and said to himself, "She will let it go. There's nothing wrong with that..."

Gong Yihao spent a lot of time talking, but it was like playing the lute to a cow. After a while, he sighed and recited a clichéd poem as a maxim.

"Forget it, if there are flowers to be plucked, just pluck them..."

Rong Yan frowned and said absentmindedly, "I just want her to be free on the branch."

"I'm not saying this to you. I'm saying this to my fourth sister." Gong Yihao brushed his sleeves. "If I don't pick this pure and innocent snow lotus, you'll turn yourself into a bitter gourd."

Unfortunately, Rong Yan was not in the mood to joke. His expression was always cold, and after listening to Gong Yihao's words without any remorse, his brows became even gloomier.

"Your Highness, remember this from now on. You and I do not have any comradeship. I owed your father a life, and Master has already paid it for me. Now I am only fulfilling Master's last wish. When you succeed, we will no longer be king and subject."

Gong Yihao was stunned, and his expression finally became serious.

Rong Yan had known him since he was a teenager. He was a steady person and they gradually became familiar with each other after ten years of companionship.

When he was young, he liked to call Rong Yan "Little Master" and never referred to himself as "King" in front of him.

Later, when the palace was in turmoil, it was Rong Yan who carried him out from the sea of ​​blood and corpses holding a long sword.

His father, the emperor, and his mother, the empress, left him one after another. He had long regarded Rong Yan as his only helper, his only support, and his only confidant who knew where he came from and would protect him where he would return.

"Are you going to break off all ties with me?" he said in disbelief.

Rong Yan said coldly, "As the late emperor promised, Your Highness will not keep me after he ascends the throne."

"Ayan!" Gong Yihao said anxiously, "Even for the sake of my fourth sister, you can't do that?"

Gong Yihao certainly knew that Rong Yan didn't like it here.

Since coming to Shengjing, I have never seen him truly happy.

When he learned how much Zhu Zheng meant to him, Gong Yihao heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that he finally had a bond with her, so that he wouldn't just leave without any worries.

But unexpectedly, after all the twists and turns, he still had this plan.

If the marriage had not been granted suddenly, Gong Yihao would not have thought of taking the radical approach and interfering in his and Zhu Zheng's affairs.

The method was a bit despicable, but compared to the tragic ending, this might give the two of them a glimmer of hope for recovery, and also allow him to stay in Shengjing.

But he didn't know which step he took wrongly, as even Zhu Zheng couldn't keep him.

Rong Yan didn't answer. He turned around, leaving him with his back, and walked straight out.

It is late autumn and the dew is heavy. There is no moon tonight.

Coming out of the noisy Jinxiang Tower, the long street outside seems so peaceful.

In this peaceful moment, Rong Yan arrived at the gate of Zhu Mansion.

He sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked at the closed door of the mansion.

If Gong Yihao hadn't caused this unexpected incident, he would have originally planned to meet Zhu Zheng secretly, just to fulfill his lifelong wish.

Now, I have finally seen it.

I just didn't expect it to be like this.

He was completely confused. This was the first time he felt so lost. He didn't know what to do next...

Just as Gong Yihao said, the so-called incense was not that effective. In the second half of last night, he was already mostly awake.

But he still used this poor excuse to not let go of her hand.

The night was so short and yet so long, even if he wanted to stay, daybreak would still come.

Although I meant to say those words, seeing that she was really angry, I still felt how despicable I was.

When I sent her back this morning, Zhu Zheng said nothing and didn't even look back when she got off the car. She was as cool as ever.

He didn't even say one or two hurtful words for him to remember.

In fact, he wanted to listen.

Even if it was the "we're clear" that she didn't finish.

Or call him "Sir" or something else, anything is fine...

But she was angry and naturally didn't want to say anything.

It's like looking for fish in a tree...

Rong Yan sat in the carriage for a long time, so long that he forgot why he was here again, until a dark shadow hurriedly broke through the night and came to the side of the carriage.

"Your Excellency, the one in the palace is about to wake up."