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

Gu Nianzhi was practicing alone in the training ground.

Sima Yao walked behind her and raised his palm as if to launch a sneak attack.

Gu Nianzhi turned around and dodged Sima Yao's palm. Seeing that the person coming was Sima Yao, they smiled in tacit understanding.

Sima Yao then launched a few moves, and Gu Nianzhi was able to take them all.

The two exchanged several moves like this. When Gu Nianzhi attacked, Sima Yao suddenly retreated. Gu Nianzhi didn't have time to regain his balance and fell towards Sima Yao.

Sima Yao reached out and hugged her.

The initial fight ended with Gu Nianzhi blushing.

Gu Nianzhi gently pushed Sima Yao away.

After all, she is dressed as a man, and her relationship with Sima Yao is indeed a bit weird.

Because of alcohol that day, she could ignore everything, but now, she couldn't accept seeing two sober "big men" hugging each other.

"Do you know that your face is already red..." Sima Yao teased with a smile.

Sima Yao seemed to have accepted the fact that he loved the man.

Gu Nianzhi looked up and couldn't help but gently pinch Sima Yao's earlobe.

"Some people may not realize their ears are red and hot right now."

Gu Nianzhi turned around and put away the wooden man. Sima Yao helped and praised him.

"You have made great progress recently. Ordinary petty thieves can no longer get close to you. It seems that Huaiyuan is really good at teaching kung fu."

"He... is indeed powerful, but most of my current kung fu was taught by Lin Heng." Gu Nianzhi could not get over the fact that Shu Huaiyuan had thrown her into the Ministry of Punishment.

"Speaking of Huaiyuan, by the way, I went to see Huaiyuan last night."

"last night?"

Gu Nian was stunned. Adult princes must leave the palace after nightfall. Why did Sima Yao violate the rules and go to see Shu Huaiyuan so late at night?

"You didn't meet him during the day?"

"Well, because the guards are all from the Bai family, they don't allow Huaiyuan and I to meet, so we can only meet secretly in the middle of the night."

"As expected. They really did everything they could to make the Second Prince the Crown Prince."

Sima Yao could clearly feel Gu Nianzhi's dissatisfaction with the Bai family.

He absolutely did not believe that Gu Nianzhi would collude with the Bai family to deliberately mislead Shu Huaiyuan, but in order to find out the truth, he had to ask.

"Huaiyuan said that there are some details about this matter that he needs to ask you about."

Gu Nianzhi knew that this day would come sooner or later.

"It's not that I don't believe you, but Huaiyuan is in danger now. If we can't sort out the whole story, his situation will be very dangerous, and, frankly speaking, I will definitely be involved."

Sima Yao told Gu Nianzhi everything about the conversation between Bai Mo and Shu Huaiyuan last night.

The matter is now very clear.

Gu Nianzhi thought about it carefully and realized that the planning of the explosion must be related to the Bai family, but Cen Yu was likely involved in the specific implementation.

Otherwise, Cen Yu would not have deliberately designed to lure her out of the center of the explosion.

But Cen Yu's identity remains a mystery to this day.

What makes Gu Nianzhi even more worried is that the relationship between Cen Yu and Defei is obviously not that simple. If the investigation is really led to Cen Yu, Defei will inevitably be implicated.

Sima Yao waited for decades before getting the chance to reunite with his mother. Is he going to stand against Concubine De because of this?

"Think about it, think about it?"

Sima Yao waved his hand in front of Gu Nianzhi.

Gu Nianzhi came back to his senses and forced a smile.

"These past few days I have been thinking about the identity of the man in white and his relationship to the explosion. When Huaiyuan suspected me, I mentioned it to him, but even he had never heard of such a person in the underworld."

"If you want to see him, is there any way?"

Gu Nianzhi thought about it carefully.

Every meeting between her and Cen Yu was unexpected.

I have never taken the initiative to look for him, but he always seems to be able to find me easily.

"It seems that except for the first time we met, which was an accidental encounter, every time we met afterwards, it was him wanting to see me, not me looking for him. So, I had no way to find him."

"If we can know his identity and start with him, we may be able to find some evidence."

Gu Nianzhi recalled her meeting with Cen Yu in Concubine De's palace.

Cen Yu once said, "Actually, I'm willing to tell you everything about me as long as you ask," but at that time Gu Nianzhi refused to communicate with him.

Seeing that Cen Yu and Defei have a close relationship, perhaps Defei knows Cen Yu's true identity?

Gu Nianzhi was in a dilemma again.

It was already a bit strange for Concubine De to return to the palace, and now she is involved in the mysterious man Cen Yu, and then the bombing case...

It seems that I cannot tell Sima Yao this until the matter is clarified.

"Nianzhi, what are you thinking about? Are you daydreaming again?"

"I, I was thinking about going to the places where I've seen him before, maybe I can try my luck, just in case I bump into him..."

"me and you togather."

Gu Nianzhi looked at Sima Yao in panic and refused repeatedly.

"If he saw someone else around, I think he would be alert and would not show up."

"Can……"

"You just saw that my Kung Fu has improved a lot. What's more, Cen Yu has no hostility towards me at all, so you can rest assured."

Sima Yao still looked worried, and Gu Nianzhi continued to lobby.

"It's still uncertain whether he will show up, so just assume that I'm upset and want to go out and relax by myself."

After Gu Nianzhi came out of Prince Yao's Mansion, he first walked towards Tianzhu Street for a while. After making sure that no one was following him, he turned around and went directly to Suzaku Street.

The token of the Crown Prince's groom had not been taken back yet, so Gu Nianzhi successfully used the token to enter the palace.

She is going to see Concubine De.

Worried that Sima Yao would send someone to follow him, Gu Nianzhi was cautious along the way and kept looking back from time to time.

It really does look a bit sneaky.

After making sure that no one was following her, Gu Nianzhi was able to meet Concubine De smoothly with the help of a palace maid.

She wanted to ask Concubine De who this Cen Yu was.

If Concubine De insisted on hiding the truth, she would not care about anything else and would definitely tell Sima Yao everything about the relationship between Cen Yu and Concubine De.

Gu Nianzhi first informed Concubine De that Bai Mo had privately met with Shu Huaiyuan last night.

But Concubine De didn't seem to be very worried about the third prince's situation.

"My Lady Defei, I don't know what kind of relationship you have with Cen Yu, but the bombing was clearly a plot by the Second Prince and his gang to kill the First Prince and frame the Third Prince. Now, as long as Shu Huaiyuan confesses, the Third Prince will be doomed..."

"No." Defei's tone was flat, as if the person who was about to fall into danger was not her son.

"It's obvious that this is a trap. Now that you have suddenly returned to the palace, the Second Prince's party is wary and has temporarily slowed down the process. However, for the sake of the Crown Prince's position and the future throne, they will never let the Third Prince go."

Concubine De looked at Gu Nianzhi. It seemed that what she was interested in was not the facts that Gu Nianzhi said, but something else.

"You seem to care about Yao'er's life or death?"

Gu Nianzhi blushed. She didn't expect Concubine De to ask such a question.

"The Third Prince is a very kind person and takes good care of his subordinates. I am staying in his mansion temporarily. I am grateful for your care. Naturally, I don't want the Third Prince to be harmed by a traitor."

"If this happens, one of Cen Yu and Sima Yao will be injured. Who will you help?"