You have asked for permission to marry, why should I restrain myself?

When Lin Zhaoyue heard Chu Bai's words, she replied almost subconsciously:

"No."

"Why?"

He looked at her persistently and said anxiously:

"I can really do anything. This time I mean it, miss. I won't run away again..."

Lin Zhaoyue interrupted Chu Bai before he finished speaking. Her red outfit made her beautiful features look a little cold and ruthless:

"I'm not suitable for you. You can leave after you have rested. There are better places for you in Beijing."

Chu Bai's sexy Adam's apple moved, knowing that she had made up her mind. He lowered his eyes, a dark light flashed in his eyes, and he pursed his pale lips.

How can I stay with her for a long time?

He had a hunch that as long as he followed her, he would be able to find out his own origins.

After saying this, Lin Zhaoyue walked out.

When Lin Zhaoyue came back from practicing sword, she just heard rustling sounds in the house when she arrived outside the yard. When she entered the house, she saw Chu Bai sweeping the floor with a broom. His tall and thin figure looked lonely.

"Have you rested well? Who asked you to sweep the floor?"

Chu Bai held the broom and lowered his eyes:

"No one asked me to clean, I did it myself, miss, I can really do anything."

Lin Zhaoyue took a deep breath, afraid that she would be soft-hearted and turn away:

"Now that you've rested, let's go!"

"Miss, did I do something wrong? It was my fault for running away yesterday, but I am really willing to do anything. Please keep me."

"you……"

Before Lin Zhaoyue could say anything, a powerful voice rang out from outside the yard:

"Zhao Zhao, after all, you bought him for two hundred taels. Since he is willing to do anything, you should keep him! We in the Lin Mansion don't need him to eat."

Duke Lin walked in with a smile on his face, followed by two servants holding a carving plate covered with a carved iron lid.

You can tell he's happy just by looking at him.

When he saw Duke Lin, Chu Bai bowed to him in a proper manner:

"Meet Duke Lin."

Duke Lin waved his hand and said:

"You first……"

When Duke Lin's words touched Chu Bai's face, his smiling eyes paused for a moment, and a hint of sharpness flashed across his eyes, but in an instant, he returned to his previous happy look.

He took the plate from the servant and said:

"Okay, all of you go down first!"

After everyone left, Duke Lin said mysteriously:

"Zhao Zhao, guess what daddy brought you?"

Lin Zhaoyue answered without hesitation:

"food."

Duke Lin: "...Aren't you talking nonsense? If you put it on a plate and put it on the table, what else can you eat?"

Then he said:

"Guess again."

It was placed on a jade plate, so it must be something that needed to be cooled. And judging by the way her father treasured it, it must have been a gift from the emperor.

It is spring again. Every year at this time, the various feudal states would pay tribute to the emperor with many fruits and vegetables. Among them, my father's favorite is watermelon.

and so……

“It’s watermelon.”

"No, it's not watermelon." Duke Lin shook his head with a hint of pride in his eyes.

"It's a watermelon. Dad, don't try to fool me. Zhao Zhao guessed it right, right? It's a watermelon."

Lin Zhaoyue said this and reached out to take away the lid.

She’s already grown up, she doesn’t want to play this kind of guessing game!

When the lid was opened, one could see the plate filled with bright red fruits, embedded in the green leaves like rubies, with a layer of shaved ice underneath.

It looks delicious just by looking at it!

"Dad, what is this? Why have I never seen it before?"

"These are lychees. They were presented as tribute by the vassal states today. Your Majesty gave several boxes as a reward, but that old bastard Xuanping Hou got nothing."

As he spoke, the smile in Duke Lin's eyes deepened.

He took out a litchi and peeled it carefully, revealing the tender white flesh.

"Here, Zhao Zhao, how about trying it."

Lin Zhaoyue took the lychee from her father's hand and took a bite. The juice overflowed and her mouth was filled with sweet fragrance. Lin Zhaoyue's eyes lit up:

"good to eat."

Seeing that his daughter liked it, Duke Lin peeled another one for her.

"Dad, you can eat too! Do mom and sis have any?"

"They were eating. Dad came here because he saw you were not practicing sword skills."

As the father and daughter ate lychees, Lord Lin asked casually:

"That boy you just bought from the black market?"

Lin Zhaoyue nodded.

"Father, he looks extraordinary. He doesn't look like someone from the black market. Does Zhao Zhao know anything about his background?"

Lin Zhaoyue shook her head and said firmly:

"Anyway, he's not a bad guy. Did Dad find anything wrong?"

"No, Dad just wants to talk to you."

After eating the lychee in his hand, Duke Lin wiped his hands with a handkerchief and said:

"Okay, when you're done, come to the front hall to eat. The food is ready in the kitchen."

"Okay, Dad."

Duke Lin left Lin Zhaoyue's courtyard and stopped on a path. He said in a deep voice:

"Lin San."

There seemed to be a breeze blowing, but in the blink of an eye, a man in black appeared behind Duke Lin.

"Go check the young man that Zhao Zhao bought from the black market and find out his connection with the Ninth Prince of Chiyan."

"Yes."

Another gust of wind blew by, and when I looked up again, the man in black had disappeared...

……

Although Daddy said that giving Chu Bai an extra bowl of rice was nothing, Lin Zhaoyue still felt that it was too dangerous for him to stay with her.

In his previous life, he had already sacrificed a life for her. If he took her another life, she really wouldn't know how to repay him.

Knowing that he was still going to be kicked out of the Duke's Mansion, Chu Bai's clear eyes flashed with sadness, and his voice was low and somewhat lacking in confidence:

"But my injury hasn't healed yet."

After hearing Chun He's retelling, Lin Zhaoyue paused holding the comb, then said expressionlessly:

"Let him go when his injury heals!"

……

royal palace.

Xiao Yun, who was wearing a dark yellow dragon robe with gold edges, had just come out of the imperial study. She remembered something, pursed her pink lips slightly, and asked someone to bring two plates of lychees to Qingyao Palace.

Xiao Ran had just finished eating the last lychee. Just as she was still unsatisfied and wanted to ask the imperial kitchen to bring some more, she heard the deep and pleasant voice of her third brother:

"But you haven't eaten yet?"

"Brother Prince, why are you here?"

Xiao Ran's eyes were filled with surprise. Although the Crown Prince came to court every day, she had never seen him since the last coming-of-age ceremony.

"Come and see if our Ranran has done his homework well. I heard from the female teacher that Ranran has been very naughty these days."

When Xiao Ran heard Xiao Yan's words, a hint of discomfort flashed across his eyes. He then put his hands on his waist, raised his head and chest, and said as a matter of course:

"What the female tutor taught me is very boring. Ranran gets a headache just by listening to it. Besides, as a princess, I can neither govern the country nor be an official. I can just find a third place winner to be my consort. Besides, I have the support of my father and the crown prince. Can he take advantage of me just because I am not well educated?"

"You! That's all you can do. But you should learn..."

As soon as Xiao Ran heard this, he knew that Xiao Yan wanted to recite scriptures, so he quickly changed the subject:

"Brother Prince brought lychees here."

As Xiao Ran spoke, he opened the lid of the jade plate and saw the chilled lychees.

She quickly took it and brought it to the table to eat.

Seeing Xiao Ran's look, Xiao Yun sighed slightly.

Never mind, he will just protect her from now on.

The brother and sister ate sweet lychees while chatting about family matters.

"This lychee is really delicious. I wonder if Zhao Zhao has eaten it. I will have someone send it to her tomorrow."

I heard that Zhaozhao has been very diligent recently. I don’t know what motivated her to work so hard.

When Xiao Yun heard Xiao Ran mention Lin Zhaoyue, he paused in peeling lychees.

Ever since he dreamt about Lin Zhaoyue's death last night, he had been feeling uneasy. He inexplicably had a strong desire to see her, and he couldn't suppress this thought no matter what he did.

His black eyes flickered slightly, and Xiao Yan said in a calm voice:

"Ran Ran can't leave the palace, why not let Miss Lin come to the palace to accompany you? The vassal state has paid tribute to you with a lot of fruits today, you can share them with her."

After listening to this, Xiao Ran thought it made sense, so he nodded. But when he had just nodded halfway, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Why do I feel that the Crown Prince's last words were said because he was afraid that she would not invite Zhao Zhao to the palace.

Did Prince take the wrong medicine?

Or is it that Zhao Zhao's heart, which had been hidden for two years, has finally warmed up?

"Brother Crown Prince, don't tell me you want to see Zhao Zhao?"