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

Gu Nianzhi avoided the topic and finally made it through the welcoming banquet.

Back in the room, she was in a dilemma.

It seems that I showed off too much today. Although it eliminated many of Sima Yao's doubts, it also added many unrealistic expectations to him.

I am just a "friendly guest star" who somehow traveled into the book with an unknown identity. If I help the third prince consolidate the eldest prince's position as crown prince, will the direction of the whole story really change, causing the world to collapse?

If the world of the entire book collapses, will I travel back in time or will I be trapped in the book?

You can't get yourself involved just because of a few random arguments on the Internet, right?

Gu Nianzhi walked back and forth, circling the room again and again.

How about trying to knock yourself out?

teapot?

Gu Nianzhi opened the door, poured all the tea in the teapot into the flower bed, and weighed it as he walked back.

This hollow teapot seems a little lighter.

After closing the door, Gu Nianzhi tried to hit the back of his head with the teapot. It hurt a little in the middle, but if he used more force, the teapot would probably break. He just wanted to faint, not die.

The teapot is not okay.

Gu Nianzhi continued to walk around the room.

There are pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table.

Inkstone?

No, if I smash it, the whole room will be covered with black ink. Even if I travel back in time, I won't be clean.

Paperweight?

This is a handy gadget.

The paperweight in the prince's mansion is actually made of genuine high-quality stone. It is long and wide, and feels heavy in the hand.

Gu Nianzhi lifted the paperweight up and down to get used to its weight, then got into position, gripped one end, and was about to smash it down, but was afraid that he would faint and fall on the hard ground, so he quickly walked to the bed, half-sitting on the edge of the bed, and swiftly and fiercely smashed the other end of the paperweight against the back of his head.

There was a buzzing in my head, and my eyes seemed to be stained with black ink, and my eyelids slowly drooped.

"It really hurts..." Just as the emotion in Gu Nianzhi's mind emerged, his whole body went limp and he fell on the bed.

Outside the window, Sima Yao and Lin Heng were hiding in the dark, looking confused.

Judging from the shadows on the window, Gu Nianzhi had been walking around the room after returning to it, and then came out to water the flowers. Then, he took out some weapon and practiced in the room, and ended the practice with a cool look and a muffled sound.

"Is Mr. Gu asleep?" Sima Yao saw that Gu Nianzhi had been silent for a long time after falling down, and couldn't help but ask Lin Heng.

"That should be it." Lin Heng had no idea what Gu Nianzhi was doing.

"Mr. Gu is truly unfathomable. Even his methods of keeping fit are different from those of ordinary people."

"That's right. Although Mr. Gu is thin, he is agile. Obviously, he is not as weak as I thought before."

The two of them observed outside Gu Nianzhi's house for another half an hour, and no suspicious people came to meet them, so they went back to their rooms to rest.

The next day.

It's already noon.

Gu Nianzhi did not stand up.

She had just woken up from a semi-comatose, semi-sleeping state.

The maid at the door followed Lin Heng's instructions and did not dare to disturb Gu Nianzhi's rest. Unexpectedly, Gu Nianzhi could actually sleep until noon.

Gu Nianzhi lay on the bed, looking at the large carved bed and couldn't help but sigh.

If this bed could be moved back, given its material and craftsmanship, it should be no problem to sell it for hundreds of thousands. With that much money, it could cover the theater's rent for most of the year.

I spent a day in the book, and I don't know how much time has passed in the real world...

If the two sides wait for a long time, and the landlord hasn't received the money, she will probably start throwing things away from the theater. I finally persuaded her to pay two months' rent yesterday...

How come this year's subsidy has been delayed for half a month and still hasn't been issued yet...

If I don't go back, what will happen to that place?

The paperweight I put on the back of my head yesterday was really a waste.

Even if I fainted all night, I would still be in this place when I woke up...

Gu Nianzhi yawned, got up lazily, and sat in front of the mirror.

The bronze mirror in this palace is really clear.

The ancient mirrors we usually see in museums are often rusty or not fine enough, which always makes people think that the mirrors of the ancients were just so blurry. However, this finely polished bronze mirror, apart from being more yellowish and gold in color, is not much different in clarity.

Gu Nianzhi in the mirror looked haggard, and when he touched his skin, it became dry.

I didn’t apply anything before going to bed last night, so it’s no wonder my skin felt dehydrated.

This is not a big problem. The most terrible thing is that a lot of the heroic eyebrows that Gu Nianzhi had drawn have fallen off.

Lin Heng had already said yesterday that Gu Nianzhi acted like a woman.

If the lines drawn by the eyebrow pencil were to disappear, revealing her originally thin and long willow-shaped eyebrows, wouldn't she soon be discovered to be a girl?

The first thing to do is to buy an eyebrow pencil.

She didn't have a penny on her, and the only valuable hairpin she had was given to the Third Prince yesterday.

"Mr. Gu hasn't gotten up yet?" Lin Heng's voice came from the door asking the maid.

Maybe, I can borrow some money from Lin Heng?

“Good morning!” Gu Nianzhi quickly opened the door, not caring about her dishevelled appearance, and came close to Lin Heng, “Brother Lin, good morning!”

"Brother Gu, it's getting late." Lin Heng smiled awkwardly and pointed at the sun in the sky.

"I've been traveling for many days, sleeping in the open air, and I'm really tired. I haven't slept in such a soft and comfortable bed for a long time. I couldn't help but oversleep... I hope Brother Lin will forgive me, forgive me."

"Brother Gu, you've worked hard, you deserve to take a rest. What are your plans for today, Brother Gu?"

"Planning?" Gu Nianzhi's eyes rolled around. She was thinking about buying eyebrow pencils to touch up her makeup, but she didn't know the way and couldn't go out on the street alone. If Lin Heng followed her, she couldn't take him to buy cosmetics for girls, right?

Where else can you get items like eyebrow pencils and facial oils quickly and easily?

"If Brother Gu doesn't have a definite plan, why don't I take Brother Gu around the capital to see the customs and people there, and then buy some things for Brother Gu. What do you think?"

"Of course!" Gu Nian was delighted. Although she was dressed as a man now, she was still a girl who loved shopping at heart. What's more, she had such a handsome and tall Lin Heng to accompany her. How wonderful it was!

"Brother Gu, please..." Lin Heng stretched out his hand to give instructions.

“Wait a minute!” Gu Nianzhi leaned close to Lin Heng’s ear with some embarrassment: “To be honest, Brother Lin, I am short of money, I am penniless, I am afraid…”

"Look at my memory." Lin Heng took out a purse from his waist. "His Highness specifically told me before leaving the mansion this morning that you didn't bring any luggage with you, so you probably don't have much money. He asked me to prepare some small change for your emergency needs. If it's not enough, you can always ask for it."

Gu Nianzhi's eyes lit up and he took the purse, "Wow, it's so heavy!"

If I could travel back in time with this much money, it would probably be enough to pay several months of rent.