After her luck was taken away, she fell in love with the woman who traveled through time.

"I don't understand..." Dengzhi replied to Liang Tan truthfully, "There is only one princess in Zhaowang Mansion. Even though the princess has been childless for many years, there is no other woman in the mansion. Even the people in the mansion are all served by men..."

"Also, His Royal Highness Prince Zhao is the future crown prince."

Dengzhi told Liang Tan everything he knew.

Liang Tan listened to Dengzhi's words and took a sip of wine with some feeling.

Liang Tan said: "Our Prince Zhao has a secret."

"What secret?" Dengzhi asked Liang Tan with a very gossipy heart. After all, royal secrets are big melons.

"What does it mean that there are only men in the mansion?"

Dengzhi put his finger in his mouth and tilted his head to think: "That's because His Royal Highness Prince Zhao loves the princess so deeply!"

Liang Tan knew that Dengzhi couldn't guess it. After all, a normal person would only think in this direction about such a thing.

She added mysteriously, "Think about it again."

Dengzhi looked into Liang Tan's eyes, she really couldn't think of any other reason except his deep affection for the princess.

It can't be that King Zhao has a habit of breaking off things...

This inappropriate thought popped up in his mind, and Dengzhi shook his head, trying to get rid of this bad idea from his mind.

Dengzhi: "Miss, I really can't think of it, just tell me..."

"You've already figured out the answer, haven't you?"

"what is the answer?"

"It's what you think."

Dengzhi's temples twitched and her body froze.

how come?

How could His Royal Highness Prince Zhao have ****?

Deng Zhi was so frightened that she was dumbfounded. She reacted very slowly and asked Liang Tan word by word: "Miss, is there any misunderstanding?"

"Prince Zhao has always flaunted himself as the leader of all the princes. He has coveted the position of crown prince for a long time, but he is naturally introverted and awkward, which makes him somewhat inferior to the other two princes."

"He took a different approach in order to impress His Majesty. Everyone said that His Royal Highness Prince Zhao was just like His Majesty, only loving one person, and was a strong contender for the future crown prince position."

"So, he naturally wanted to establish his affectionate image, so he dismissed all the female servants and only used male servants, creating the illusion that he was only affectionate to the princess."

After listening to Liang Tan's words, Dengzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

fine……

Not what she thought.

Dengzhi patted her chest, her face was relieved, but then, Dengzhi grasped the key point again, she asked: "But, if His Royal Highness Prince Zhao wants to establish an image of deep affection, he should be loyal to one person from beginning to end, so how could he be involved with Xu Shengsheng for no reason?"

"Also, he and Xu Shengsheng have never met before, so why is he more anxious about Xu Shengsheng than we are?"

Dengzhi asked two questions in succession.

As soon as he asked the question, Dengzhi answered it again by talking to himself: "Could it be that because Xu Shengsheng's evil deeds at the Spring Festival during the day were too serious... His Royal Highness Prince Zhao couldn't stand it and wanted to vent his anger?"

"Or maybe His Royal Highness Prince Zhao wants to show off his integrity in front of the Imperial Concubine?"

After listening to Dengzhi's speculation, Liang Tan felt somewhat relieved about this little girl.

When Dengzhi looked at him with a puzzled look, Liang Tan asked her again: "Do you think King Zhao met Xu Shengsheng intentionally or unintentionally?"

Dengzhi was confused.

But soon, she had the answer in her mind: "Xu Shengsheng was detained in the palace by the imperial concubine during the day. No one would have thought that Xu Shengsheng could escape from such a strict place."

"Her meeting with King Zhao must have been accidental."

Liang Tan smiled and said nonchalantly, "Really?"

According to normal thinking, it was of course unintentional.

But when the young lady asked this question, Dengzhi immediately became unsure: "Of course... that's it."

Dengzhi looked at Liang Tan. Her face was calm, yet her calmness seemed unfathomable, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.

Liang Tan's cool voice sounded: "If I say that their meeting was deliberately arranged by King Zhao, would you believe it?"

"what?"

Now Dengzhi was really confused.

Why would His Royal Highness Prince Zhao deliberately meet Xu Shengsheng?

"Miss……"

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Xu Shengsheng looked at the man standing in front of her with an extremely vigilant gaze, but her tone of voice was unusually gentle. After all, the man in front of her was not dressed like an ordinary person, and he might be a prince or noble. Xu Shengsheng asked, "Who are you? Where is this?"

King Zhao loved cleanliness, so the first thing he did after bringing Xu Shengsheng back to his palace was to ask someone to wash her thoroughly. However, Xu Shengsheng was injured by lightning, so King Zhao was very kind and asked someone to apply medicine to her.

King Zhao stood beside her bed. The room was a little hot and humid, so he took off his cloak.

When Xu Shengsheng saw his actions, she became even more panicked.

Did she accidentally encounter some side plot?

The servant behind him took the cloak that King Zhao had taken off and brought him a stool. King Zhao sat down, supporting his hands on his legs, and looked at Xu Shengsheng's face meaningfully.

Xu Shengsheng felt frightened by his look. She swallowed and said, "What...what are you going to do?"

Seeing how nervous she was, King Zhao showed a creepy smile on his face.

His eyes were fixed on Xu Shengsheng's face. She had been washed and her face was no longer covered with pearl powder. The scar under her eye was particularly conspicuous. Xu Shengsheng thought he was looking at her scar, so she awkwardly covered the area under her eye with her hand to avoid his gaze.

King Zhao took in all her actions. After a long while, he slowly said, "My last name is Zhao."

Xu Shengsheng's ears moved.

Your surname is Zhao?

Now the royal family also has the surname Zhao, so he is a member of the royal family?

Looking at his appearance and dress, Xu Shengsheng identified his identity.

After confirming with the "Heroine's Halo" in her heart, the "Heroine's Halo" automatically transmitted all of Zhao Chenguang's information to her mind.

Xu Shengsheng absorbed the information about Zhao Chenguang in her mind, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Zhao Chenguang gradually became less vigilant.

Xu Shengsheng let go of most of her vigilance. A smile appeared on her face, and her tone was still gentle: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness Prince Zhao."

King Zhao looked at Xu Shengsheng and saw that his expression suddenly became relaxed. He looked a little surprised and asked, "Do you know me?"

Nonsense, she's not stupid.

But as the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person, Xu Shengsheng began to flatter him: "Of course I know His Royal Highness Prince Zhao. His Royal Highness Prince Zhao is kind, upright and smart, and he only loves the princess. Everyone says that His Royal Highness Prince Zhao is the future Crown Prince and the future Emperor!"

In fact, there was not much information about Zhao Chenguang, and she knew very little.

But it was enough to know that he was one of his admirers.

Xu Shengsheng's confidence suddenly increased a hundred and eighty times.

The tone of her voice also became more cheerful: "Seeing is believing. I am lucky to see the true appearance of His Royal Highness Prince Zhao today."

Prince Zhao listened to Xu Shengsheng's flattering words silently, but there was no special fluctuation on his face, but the corners of his lips slightly raised a few points, and Prince Zhao said: "I am so lucky?"

Xu Shengsheng didn't know why King Zhao suddenly recalled what she had just said. Did she say something wrong? But after thinking about it, she realized that there was nothing wrong with what she said.

Then why did King Zhao repeat himself neurotically?

Xu Shengsheng looked at King Zhao secretly, but just by looking at his face, she couldn't tell what King Zhao was thinking.

Xu Shengsheng quietly asked the "Heroine Halo" again, and the halo replied that there was nothing unusual about His Royal Highness Prince Zhao, and that His Royal Highness Prince Zhao still had 5 points of favorability towards her.

After hearing its answer, Xu Shengsheng felt relieved.

Xu Shengsheng responded to King Zhao's words, and she said obediently: "Yes, it is a great honor."

Then, Xu Shengsheng asked King Zhao again: "May I dare to ask why His Royal Highness King Zhao helped me?"

She asked on purpose.

Because she knew the answer.

According to the original plot, King Zhao would be fascinated by her charm at the Spring Banquet and fall deeply in love with her from then on.

Although there was a small mistake now and their meeting happened much earlier, but the chance encounter tonight should not have changed the assumption that King Zhao fell in love with her at first sight.

King Zhao listened to her question and asked calmly, "Why do you think I saved you?"

"Of course, it's because His Royal Highness Prince Zhao is kindhearted and couldn't bear to see a little girl die tragically on the roadside."

Xu Shengsheng put on a grateful expression, and she looked at King Zhao's face blatantly: "Your Highness, I have no way to repay your kindness in saving me."

As soon as he finished speaking, King Zhao, who was sitting on the stool, suddenly sneered and said coldly: "I am not trying to save you."

Now Xu Shengsheng was confused.

She didn't understand why King Zhao said that.

"Your Highness, this is..."

"I saved you because I want to know one thing."

"What's the matter?" Xu Shengsheng blinked. She didn't know what the situation was.

Could it be that the character appeared early, causing unexpected plot changes?

Probably... not.

Xu Shengsheng's mind was in a state of confusion.

Finally, she comforted herself that people in the royal family were used to playing tricks to scare people, just to make them lose their composure.

Xu Shengsheng calmed herself down, waiting for King Zhao's next words with an innocent look on her face.

King Zhao saw her calm expression and he suddenly sneered again.

His smile made Xu Shengsheng uncomfortable again.

King Zhao said, "I want to ask you, what is your relationship with the Queen?"

King Zhao continued, "Yuhuayuan, you have repeatedly caused trouble and even used other people's poetry collections to deceive people. Why would the queen protect you?"

Xu Shengsheng can’t do this anymore.

Prince Zhao is the son of the imperial concubine, why did he ask about the relationship between the queen and her?

A question mark slowly formed in Xu Shengsheng's mind.

She looked at King Zhao with blank eyes.

Xu Shengsheng didn't know how to explain this to King Zhao.

You can't say that she has the "halo of a heroine" and attracted the Queen's favor.

"The Queen couldn't bear to see me being bullied, so she helped me." Xu Shengsheng was still thinking of making up an excuse, but suddenly a very sarcastic "Haha" sound came from her ears.

Xu Shengsheng looked at King Zhao, wondering what he was going to say.

King Zhao also looked at Xu Shengsheng.

When their eyes met, King Zhao suddenly laughed: "Do you think I am a fool?"

After King Zhao finished speaking, he stood up from the stool and took something out of his arms. Xu Shengsheng couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart as she watched his movements.

Although she knew in her heart that King Zhao loved her.

But she couldn't help but become alert.

Xu Shengsheng watched his movements intently, watching King Zhao take out a handkerchief from his arms and unfold it bit by bit...

After Xu Shengsheng saw what was wrapped in the handkerchief, she was stunned.

What was wrapped in the handkerchief was nothing else but a long, thin silver needle.

Her body went limp and she instinctively tried to retreat back into the bed.

No way, this King Zhao looks harmless, but is he so perverted?

It's not like she hasn't read some melodramatic ancient novels. In these novels, the male supporting character, who appears kind but is actually very violent, will do whatever it takes to get the female lead, even if he can't get her heart.

...hiss.

This King Zhao wouldn't be trying to play some puppet game to force love on her, would he?

For example, using a silver needle to control her mind so that she only has eyes for him.

Or perhaps use silver needles to seal her meridians to control her freedom of movement.

Countless versions flashed through Xu Shengsheng's mind, but none of them had a good outcome.

She watched as King Zhao raised the long, thin silver needle in his hand and moved it closer and closer to her.

Xu Shengsheng instinctively retreated to the innermost part of the bed. She curled up in a corner, hugging her knees with her hands and hugging herself.

Her mind was full of thoughts of King Zhao trying to attack her. She nervously shouted to the approaching King Zhao, "What are you going to do? Even if you use any more schemes and tricks, I will never fall in love with you! Never!"

Hearing her voice, King Zhao suddenly stopped holding the silver needle in the air.

He looked at Xu Shengsheng deeply.

Xu Shengsheng felt uncomfortable when he looked at her.

Xu Shengsheng pouted: "What are you looking at me for?"

King Zhao looked at her and suddenly smiled again: "Will I fall in love with you?"

Xu Shengsheng didn't understand.

Isn't that the case.

Wasn't he going to play some ancient story of a prince's domineering love with me?

King Zhao sneered. He called the servant outside and whispered a few words in his ear. Then the servant ran out. Not long after, several smaller servants came in carrying a huge mirror.

King Zhao moved his fingers and the servants carried the mirror to Xu Shengsheng's bedside.

King Zhao waved at Xu Shengsheng with a smile in his eyes and said, "Miss, why don't you take a look at yourself in the mirror."

Xu Shengsheng was also afraid of the silver needles in his hand, fearing that he would attack her when she wasn't paying attention.

Even if it's not something that confuses the mind or controls the body.

It's not okay to just stab her unconscious and then have something unspeakable happen!

Xu Shengsheng rejected King Zhao's words: "I won't watch it."

King Zhao clicked his tongue and signaled to the servants in the room with his eyes.

The two little servants understood what she meant. They walked up and pulled Xu Shengsheng to the bed, forcing her to look at herself in the mirror.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

Xu Shengsheng was almost scared silly by the person in the mirror.

She originally thought... after she was cleansed, only a blemish under her eye would make her feel inferior.

But what I didn't expect was that... her skin was still so smooth and delicate, except for her face...

His face was several shades darker than his body, almost as dark as an African, but his teeth were still bright white.