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

After leaving the palace, Gu Nianzhi was thinking about her meeting with Cen Yu, but Sima Yao was always by her side, and she couldn't find an excuse to leave.

After dinner finally came, Gu Nianzhi pretended to be sleepy and went back to his room, but when Sima Yao was not paying attention, he quietly rode away on horseback.

Following the horse path at the back door of Prince Yao's Mansion, he was about to enter the main street from the mansion when he ran headlong into Lin Heng who had just returned from outside.

"Where are you going, Mr. Gu, so late at night?"

Gu Nianzhi couldn't tell the truth, so he could only say that he hadn't been to Jiya Pavilion for a long time and wanted to meet Miss Qiluo today.

"But you must not tell the Third Prince."

Gu Nianzhi thought in his heart that although Cen Yu’s identity was unknown, he was certain that he had no ill will towards him.

If I go there alone, at most there will be a few arguments, but there won't be any major conflicts.

But if we take Sima Yao with us, not only will Cen Yu be unhappy, but I'm afraid a fight will break out between the two of them. If we can't get the truth out of them, it won't be a big deal, but if both of them get injured, that would be a big loss.

Lin Heng looked a little embarrassed.

He felt that Mr. Gu was somewhat ungrateful.

The Third Prince cares so much about her, yet she still wants to linger in places of entertainment.

"Mr. Gu, I think it's better for you not to go to this elegant pavilion. I have never seen the Third Prince care so much about anyone. If he..."

"I know, I know. I will try to come back as soon as possible."

Gu Nianzhi didn't think too much about it. She just wanted to get away quickly, meet Cen Yu, and ask the truth in person.

As night fell, Gu Nianzhi didn't care that the road was dark and dangerous, and he sped all the way and soon reached the lake.

The evening breeze was cool, blowing Gu Nianzhi's hair into the air.

She looked around but found no trace of Cen Yu.

"Cen Yu, come out..."

"Cen Yu!"

It was not until she shouted loudly that she heard the sound of a flute coming from not far away.

Following the melodious flute sound, the candlelight slowly lit up.

Cen Yu was in the candlelight, wearing white clothes, playing the flute attentively.

Gu Nianzhi stood in front of him, and the flute music stopped abruptly.

"You came."

"Ah."

"Why don't you ask me how long I've been waiting?"

"How long have you been waiting?"

"I came here as soon as I received the news, and it's probably been two hours now. Didn't you say you had something urgent to see me about? It seems that you are not in that urgent state either." Cen Yu's tone was calm, but there was a hint of dissatisfaction in what he said.

“I just couldn’t find a chance to come out.”

"Did Sima Yao imprison you? No, right?"

"I don't want you to meet before things are clear and cause unnecessary conflicts."

"Are you worried about me or him?"

Cen Yu raised his eyes and looked at Gu Nianzhi, as if he was not joking when asking this question, but wanted to get a clear answer from Gu Nianzhi.

Gu Nianzhi thought that Concubine De had also asked a similar question.

At that time, she chose Sima Yao without hesitation.

Now the answer in her heart is still Sima Yao. She wants to use her meager strength to protect him, but she also knows that she cannot anger Cen Yu.

"I just want to avoid unnecessary fights, that's all."

"Sit down and have a drink with me? Tea or wine is fine."

Only then did Gu Nianzhi have the opportunity to take a closer look.

The small table in front of Cen Yu was filled with various snacks, and the dancing candlelight in the evening breeze made the surrounding area warm and cozy.

"You didn't use the wheelchair today?"

Gu Nianzhi noticed that Cen Yu was sitting cross-legged, and people who didn't know him probably didn't know that he had a disability in his legs.

Cen Yu seemed a little displeased, but still answered.

"In the future, I will try my best to wear prosthetic limbs in front of you, so that you will think that I am an ordinary and normal person."

"Why? I don't mind if you're disabled."

"No reason. It's just that I mind the way I look in front of you."

Gu Nianzhi took the teacup handed over by Cen Yu, but was too cautious to drink it.

Cen Yu's words seemed to have a deeper meaning, but Gu Nianzhi didn't dare to think too much about it.

Cen Yu knew it immediately. He took the teacup from Gu Nianzhi's hand and drank it all.

"We met by the lake last time. It was our first meeting, but we had a great conversation. Now I have saved you, but you are still so wary of me. If you don't want to drink, that's fine."

Gu Nianzhi was not provoked by this kind of provocation.

"Save me? Do you dare to say that this explosion has nothing to do with you?"

"Of course it does."

Cen Yu spoke calmly, not even a bit surprised by Gu Nianzhi's question.

This made Gu Nianzhi stunned.

"Do you know that I asked you to meet today to ask about the bombing?"

"I told you last time that I would tell you if you asked. It's just that you didn't ask me."

"Did someone from the Bai family really hire you to do this?"

"hire?"

Cen Yu smiled.

"Do you think the Bai family can hire me?"

The Bai family plays a very important role in the court, and no one can match them, but in Cen Yu's mouth they are insignificant.

"Who are you?"

Gu Nianzhi thought again and again. In this world, even the emperor would be somewhat wary of the Bai family. What kind of background does Cen Yu have that he could ignore the Bai family?

"I can tell you who I am, but..."

Cen Yu leaned forward and stopped very close to Gu Nianzhi, looking at her with a sharp look that Gu Nianzhi had never seen before.

"If I let you know my identity, you must stand on my side. Can you do that?"

That inexplicable fear appeared again in front of Cen Yu.

Cen Yu was just a disabled person with limited mobility, and he had never done anything extreme to her, but for some reason, Gu Nianzhi always had an inexplicable fear of him.

"On your side?"

Gu Nianzhi pondered.

One side? That means there is another side.

Cen Yu meant that he was in opposition to the other side.

Cen Yu was able to enter and leave the palace freely, making Concubine De obey his orders and look down on the Bai family.

Could it be that he was fighting against the greatest power in the world today - the imperial power?

Gu Nianzhi tentatively expressed what was on his mind.

"So, who is on the other side of you? Could it be - the Emperor?"

Cen Yu stared at Gu Nianzhi blankly, his eyes full of disbelief. Before he could reveal his feelings, Gu Nianzhi had seen through them clearly.

"You are a freak. I have never seen a woman as clever as you."

When they first met by the lake, it was indeed an accidental encounter caused by the fate of Cen Yu and Gu Nianzhi. After that, Cen Yu specially sent someone to check on Gu Nianzhi, but she seemed to have dropped from the sky, and no one could find her relatives or friends, and there was no information about where she was born or where she came from.

Cen Yu even knew the excuses that Gu Nianzhi had told Sima Yao, but the news he got from Concubine De was that she had no idea about the origins of this woman.

In order to prevent Gu Nianzhi from being suspected, he asked Concubine De to help him secretly and turned Gu Nianzhi's lies into truth.

He had never planned so much for any one person.

But because of this woman of unknown origin, he broke his own rules again and again.

"From what you said, I guessed right this time?"