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

Without Shu Huaiyuan in the lake, Yun An felt bored staying in the lake.

Seeing Shu Huaiyuan start to grill the fish, she quickly returned from the shore and sat next to Shu Huaiyuan.

The four of them sat opposite each other by the fire.

Qi Luo leaned on Gu Nianzhi's shoulder, and their intimacy made Yun An, who was sitting opposite her, very envious.

She tentatively moved her body towards Shu Huaiyuan, but Shu Huaiyuan quickly moved in another direction, keeping a certain distance between them.

Although she is a princess, she does not understand a man's heart as well as a prostitute.

Yun An couldn't help feeling a little lost.

There were countless young men in the capital who came to see her because of her title as a princess, but from the first day her father brought her back to the capital, there was only Shu Huaiyuan in her heart, and it had not changed for decades, but Shu Huaiyuan had always turned a blind eye to her feelings.

At that time, her father had just returned to Beijing from the frontier. Yun'an, who grew up in the frontier, had rough skin and a rustic look. When she attended the empress dowager's birthday celebration and was playing on the rockery, the children did not know her identity and took advantage of her because she was a stranger. They ganged up to bully her. Only Shu Huaiyuan, who was still being raised by the empress dowager at the time, pushed everyone away, helped her up, and comforted her.

He was like a ray of sunshine, shining into Yun'an's heart, dispelling the fog in his heart, and allowing Yun'an's most ignorant and immature love to sprout.

He is obviously such a warm person, but for some reason, he has become more and more indifferent to me over the years.

The more passionate she was, the more he avoided her.

The more proactive she was, the more he retreated.

When she heard the news that he had returned to Beijing to perform his duties, she was happier than anyone else. Even if she just saw his back from afar, she would be happy for the whole day. If she could say a few words to him, she would be excited for several days.

Now, looking at the two people opposite him who were so affectionate, Yun An not only did not feel any warmth by the fire, but instead felt the coldness from Shu Huaiyuan that was as solid as ice.

"It's ready, Mr. Gu, please try it."

Shu Huaiyuan handed the fish in his hand to Gu Nianzhi.

Gu Nianzhi did not reach out his hand, but looked at Yun An.

"Master, you and the princess caught this fish together. Give the first one to the princess first."

Shu Huaiyuan did not refute, and handed the fish to Yun An as Gu Nianzhi said.

"Princess, please use it."

Yun An took the fish. Even though Shu Huaiyuan gave it to her after Gu Nianzhi rejected her, she was very happy to eat the fish he had roasted himself.

"It's delicious. Brother Huaiyuan grilled it really well. I've never eaten such delicious fish before."

"Thank you, Princess."

The almost flattering compliments were met with only a routine expressionless response.

"It's really delicious!" Gu Nianzhi ate the second fish and tore off a piece to feed Qi Luo: "Try it quickly, it's delicious!"

"Yes, Not Bad."

"Master, you are so amazing."

Gu Nianzhi's casual praise could make Shu Huaiyuan smile.

Before, Yun An always thought that indifference was Shu Huaiyuan's characteristic, and he was like that to everyone, so she could accept Shu Huaiyuan's alienation from her.

But now seeing that he was so friendly to other people but just ignored her, the contrast between the two made her feel more heartbroken than ever before.

He came early in the morning with great enthusiasm, but left in the end feeling depressed.

The four said goodbye in the city.

"The princess looks very sad." Qi Luo leaned close to Gu Nianzhi's ear and said.

"Instead of worrying about her emotions, you should worry about my butt. No matter what, I have already fulfilled her request, and I won't be beaten." Gu Nianzhi looked at Yun An's lonely back. Although he felt reluctant, he was really powerless.

"What kind of punishment?"

Shu Huaiyuan, who had been walking away, suddenly appeared behind him, and Gu Nianzhi was startled.

"Oh, I told Qiluo that if someone did something wrong in the palace, they would be punished. By the way, didn't you go back?"

"I want to ask the Third Master for something..." Shu Huaiyuan thought of Qiluo beside him, and quickly changed his words: "I'll discuss it with the Third Master, and then I can go back with you."

The princess is just the daughter of a minister, and the captain of the guard is just an employee in the palace. There is nothing wrong with them using their identities to go out of the palace and make friends, but once the identity of the prince is involved, it must not be leaked to the outside world.

Gu Nianzhi said goodbye to Qiluo, and then walked slowly towards the Third Prince's residence with Shu Huaiyuan.

"Yesterday we just said we were going out together, why did you call Yun'an and Qiluo today?" Shu Huaiyuan finally couldn't help but ask.

"Since I came back from Qiangyi, I haven't had much time to meet Qiluo. I thought she didn't have many opportunities to go outings on weekdays, so I asked her to come along. As for Yun'an..."

"You want to bring us together, right?" Shu Huaiyuan asked directly without beating around the bush.

"She is pretty and cheerful, and most importantly, Princess Yun'an really likes you..."

"I hate the Bai family, including Bai Yun'an. Don't do such meaningless things in the future."

Shu Huaiyuan rarely spoke to Gu Nianzhi in such a tone. His sudden seriousness made Gu Nianzhi hold back everything he wanted to say. He could only weakly reply, "Okay. I'll remember that."

Perhaps feeling that he was being too unkind, Shu Huaiyuan resumed his usual tone.

"There are many things you don't know about. Princess Yun'an and I..."

"Mr. Gu!" Lin Heng's appearance in front interrupted Shu Huaiyuan's words.

The third prince appeared behind Lin Heng.

He looked at Shu Huaiyuan and Gu Nianzhi shopping together, obviously a little surprised.

"Why are you together? Shopping?" Lin Heng asked.

"Today is the first day off since Master became the head of the imperial guards. We agreed to go to the suburbs to grill fish, and we just came back from outside the city." Gu Nianzhi said, turning to look at Shu Huaiyuan: "By the way, didn't you just say you had something to do with the Third Prince? It's just right that we met."

Shu Huaiyuan's excuse was to have something to do with the Third Prince. He simply wanted to have a chance to walk alone with Gu Nianzhi and explain things to him after Yun An and Qi Luo left.

Now that Gu Nianzhi had said this, he could only go along with it.

"This is my first day off after returning to the capital to take up my post, and I thought I must have a drink with the Third Prince. That's it."

Sima Yao looked at Shu Huaiyuan, as if he could see through his thoughts, but did not expose them.

"If that's the case, let's find a restaurant nearby to get together."

"Why don't we go to Jiya Pavilion?" Gu Nianzhi suddenly remembered that his Indigo would not last long, so he could ask Qiluo to get him some new ones.

"I'm afraid this is not appropriate?" Although Shu Huaiyuan did not discriminate against Qiluo, he also knew that Jiya Pavilion was a place of fireworks.

"What's inappropriate about this? We are four grown men, and we just want to have a few girls to play the piano and drink with us. We don't have to do that kind of thing. What are you thinking?"

Gu Nianzhi's words made Shu Huaiyuan seem to be overthinking.

It was Sima Yao who spoke up and saved the day.

"I have something important to discuss with you today. It's inconvenient for you to have someone accompany you. Why don't you go to Guangjuxuan?"