The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

The prince has always been low-key, and has been living in seclusion since returning from Qiangyi.

Gu Nianzhi entered the palace the next day, and the two of them studied military books and strategies together, and time passed quickly.

Gu Nianzhi had been learning opera from her grandfather since she was a child, and the war plays she inherited were mainly stories about war strategies. Therefore, she was always able to use the stories in the opera to explain the principles in the military books clearly, which was very helpful to the prince.

Shu Huaiyuan's vacation will be coming soon.

He was a man of his words. He had promised Gu Nianzhi to take her to the lake that day, so he would naturally not break his promise.

Gu Nianzhi came out of the East Palace and walked to the Duanmen Gate, where he saw Shu Huaiyuan from afar.

"Master!"

"Mr. Gu, tomorrow is my turn to take a day off. I promised you last time that I would go fishing by the lake as compensation for causing you to fall into the water accidentally last time. Are you willing to go?"

"Of course!" Gu Nianzhi smiled and moved closer: "However, since it is compensation, can Master please promise me that no matter what happens tomorrow, I will not lose my temper?"

"What? Mr. Gu, do you think I have a bad temper?" Shu Huaiyuan was a little surprised.

"That's not the case." Gu Nianzhi hesitated, "Anyway, can you please promise me?"

"no problem."

"A gentleman's word..."

"It's hard to chase a horse."

The two agreed that after Shu Huaiyuan finished his morning exercises with the guards at 5 a.m. tomorrow, he would go directly to the lake to build a grill, and Gu Nianzhi would go there on horseback after breakfast.

For some reason, Shu Huaiyuan was looking forward to the appointment tomorrow. Looking at Gu Nianzhi's back as she jumped out of Duanmen in the sunset, his mood suddenly became very good for no reason.

This was because he could feel that Gu Nianzhi was looking forward to the meeting tomorrow just like him.

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The next morning, Shu Huaiyuan arrived at the agreed location early, and in order to make the fish more delicious, he also brought salt.

This time there was enough time, so he carefully prepared the wood, leaves and wooden racks needed for grilling fish, and waited for Gu Nianzhi's arrival with great anticipation.

In the shallow grass by the lake, light-colored wild flowers are in full bloom.

For some reason, Shu Huaiyuan felt for the first time that even the small wild flowers were so beautiful.

He squatted down and picked some wild flowers, and soon he had a small handful in his hands.

There was the sound of horse hooves in the distance, but it seemed like it wasn't just one horse.

Shu Huaiyuan stood up and looked in the direction of the horse's hoof sounds.

At the fork in the road, Gu Nianzhi's figure riding a horse finally appeared, followed closely by two horses.

When Shu Huaiyuan saw that the person on the horse behind Gu Nianzhi was Princess Yun'an, he frowned slightly uncontrollably and subconsciously hid the bouquet in his hand behind his back.

"Brother Huaiyuan!"

Yun An, dressed in red, jumped off his horse and ran to Shu Huaiyuan like a ball of passionate flame.

Shu Huaiyuan said, "Hello, Princess Yun'an."

"We are outside, on a picnic! Can't you just call me Sister Yun'an?"

"I don't dare, my subordinates."

Shu Huaiyuan seems humble, but he is actually arrogant and doesn't give Yun An any chance at all.

Gu Nianzhi tied up several people's horses and walked slowly to the two of them, side by side with a girl.

"Captain Shu, I thought that it would be a waste of this beautiful scenery for two grown men to go on an outing, so I invited Princess Yun'an without consulting you. The one next to me is my good friend Miss Qiluo. Qiluo, this is the Captain Shu I mentioned to you, and he is also my master who taught me how to ride a horse."

Qi Luo bowed and saluted: "Greetings, Chief Guard Shu."

"Miss Qiluo doesn't look like someone from Dasheng..."

"Qiluo is from Qiangyi and currently makes a living by performing in Jiya Pavilion in the capital."

Qiluo was neither humble nor arrogant and was honest about her identity.

Although Shu Huaiyuan had never lived in the capital before, he knew a little about the fame of Jiya Pavilion. He was somewhat surprised to learn that Shu Huaiyuan had such a close relationship with a prostitute.

"Miss Qiluo is both beautiful and talented. She is the top star in Jiya Pavilion. I had a lot of trouble to invite her out." Gu Nianzhi said as she moved closer to Qiluo, her hand still stroking her shoulder. Qiluo looked at her with a smile. To anyone who didn't know Gu Nianzhi's real gender, these two people were a loving couple.

"Brother Huaiyuan, I heard from Mr. Gu that you are very good at spearing fish. Can we eat the grilled fish you made today?" Yun An pulled Shu Huaiyuan's sleeve without saying a word and walked towards the lake.

Shu Huaiyuan turned around, loosened his hands, and all the wild flowers in his hand fell to the ground.

Qiluo took in everything.

"When you made the appointment with Guard Captain Shu yesterday, you didn't know that the princess and I were coming, right?"

"Yes, he thought he and I were the only ones learning to spear fish."

Qi Luo smiled lightly without saying a word, took light steps, and followed Shu Huaiyuan and the other person forward.

"Master, there are four of us today, so your task of spearing the fish is very difficult!"

Gu Nianzhi shouted from behind.

"Don't worry, I won't let you go hungry."

Shu Huaiyuan packed his clothes and went down to the lake with the branches just like he did last time.

Yun'an was startled by the lake. It was obvious that Shu Huaiyuan's unique skill of being able to check and guess every time had conquered her again.

Gu Nianzhi imitated what Shu Huaiyuan did that day, and simply cleaned up the fish that Shu Huaiyuan threw ashore, forked it on a branch, and started grilling the fish with Qiluo by the fire.

"You insisted that I come with you just to see such a sight?"

Qi Luo looked at the two people by the lake and asked Gu Nianzhi.

"I can't help it. If I don't bring Princess Yun'an to see Master, the Lord will punish me with 20 blows. With my small body, I'm afraid I'll die before the beating is over."

"Princess Yun'an likes Guard Captain Shu, but Guard Captain Shu has no interest in her. You took the trouble to arrange this. I'm afraid the princess will be disappointed today."

Gu Nianzhi followed Qiluo's gaze and saw that even though Yun An was cheering beside him, there was not even a trace of a smile on Shu Huaiyuan's face.

"Brother Huaiyuan, I want to try it too."

"Please make yourself at your own convenience, my lady."

Yun An took off his shoes and socks, tidied his clothes like Shu Huaiyuan did, and went into the water. As expected, he tried several times but failed to catch the fish.

"Brother Huaiyuan, can you teach me?"

"I don't know how to teach others." Shu Huaiyuan refused and went ashore. "There are almost enough fish. I'm going to grill them first."

Yun An was left in the water, not knowing whether he should continue spearing fish or follow Shu Huaiyuan ashore.

"This idiot." Gu Nianzhi couldn't help but sigh: "How can you treat a girl like this?"

"He only does this to people he doesn't like." Qi Luo smiled and said confidently, "If you ask me, he should already have someone he likes."

"Impossible. He was guarding the imperial mausoleum before. Even the rats within a three-mile radius were male. Now he has just returned to the capital and is on patrol every day. Today is his first day off. How could he have the opportunity to meet a woman?"

"I didn't say he likes women." Qi Luo looked at the pile of wild flowers on the ground where the few people stood at first, then looked at Gu Nianzhi, and said slowly.

“No way?” Gu Nianzhi was stunned for a moment, then looked at Shu Huaiyuan who was walking over, and whispered to Qiluo: “After all, there has been no woman around for so many years, it is not impossible for her to turn into a male beauty…”