I'm in trouble again! My best friend, the princess in the group, please save me!

"Hi! Second brother! Good evening!" An Huanyan greeted him with a red face, then closed the door pretending nothing had happened.

The second prince stared at her in amazement, "...Good evening..."

Jiang Xingkuo looked at her flushed face, messy hair, and flustered expression, and cried out in his heart, "Oh my God! You look like you've done something bad!"

An Huanyan didn't care about anything else, she pushed the two of them apart and rushed out. "Goodbye, second brother! I'll play with you another day!" Her voice floated in the air.

Only Jiang Xingkuo and the Second Prince were left, disheveled in the wind.

"She, she, she...I...I'm leaving first!" Jiang Xingkuo ran away with a sad face.

"Oh, I forgot. Here's a peach for you. It's delicious!"

She turned around again and stuffed the half-eaten peach into his...right hand.

His stunned expression faded away, leaving only a look of indifference, as if nothing had happened.

He slowly opened his right hand, revealing a half-bitten peach and... his six fingers.

Wherever his eyes saw, he felt as if he was stabbed. He turned his face away compulsively, and seemed to struggle for a while before turning it back again.

He held the peach in his hand as he pondered, then pushed the door open again, only to be met with a cold, world-weary face.

"Get up, they've left." The second prince put his right hand behind his back.

"I know." The blush on Hai Yanqing's face had not yet completely faded, and coupled with such a world-weary face, it looked extremely funny.

The second prince couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"What are you laughing at?" Hai Yanqing got off the bed, the clothes hanging on his body fell to the ground, and his entire upper body was naked, looking extremely handsome.

"Where did you see me smile?" The second prince tried hard to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth. He looked as if he knew everything as he watched him pick up the clothes and throw them back on the bed.

"If their goal isn't you, then what is it?"

Hai Yanqing hesitated for a moment, and answered in frustration: "...It's a bracelet. A black bracelet."

The Second Prince burst out laughing, but Hai Yanqing blushed even more and said, "Stop laughing!"

"Should I say it or not..."

"Hmm?" Hai Yanqing saw that he seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Were you beaten?" The second prince pointed at the red marks on his body.

Hai Yanqing's face turned red and white, "Get out!" he growled.

The second prince shrugged, "I am a prince! Be polite to me!"

"I'm still your uncle! I've never seen you being polite to me!" Hai Yanqing replied unhappily.

The cool breeze outside the house blows away the heat and stuffiness of the day.

Hai Yanqing did not leave the palace until the second half of the night. The second prince was staring at the half peach that had turned yellow and black, in deep thought.

In the Piyun Palace, the two were lying on a bed, comparing the bracelets that had been lost and found.

"It turns out that our bet was right!" Jiang Xingkuo excitedly picked up the bracelet and looked at it again and again, feeling extremely happy.

"That's right! I was very upset because you didn't get the Xuelian. Now that you have your bracelet back, it's great. I feel much better!" An Huanyan smiled as she looked at her happy expression.

"Now that the bracelets and everyone are together, does that mean... we can go back after a thunderstorm?!" Jiang Xingkuo said with a smile.

"Go back?" An Huanyan was stunned, and then smiled and said, "Yes! There is hope to go back..."

"What's wrong? Don't you want to go back?" The moment of hesitation was caught by the sharp-eyed Jiang Xingkuo.

"No! How can that be! Of course I want to go back! I don't know when I will die here, or when I will get married." An Huanyan tried to smile, hiding the loneliness in her eyes.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Jiang Xingkuo changed the subject and joked, "Boy, are you interested in that boy Hai Yanqing?!"

"What are you doing!" An Huanyan stretched out her leg and kicked Jiang Xingkuo. Her face was so hot that she turned away embarrassedly.

Jiang Xingkuo looked at her shyly as if struck by a bolt from the blue. He pushed her over in disbelief, and when he saw her blushing face, he became more certain of his guess.

"What... did you do with him in the room?" Jiang Xingkuo was as if facing a great enemy. He grabbed her clothes and prevented her from hiding.

"Oh! No! What else can I do in such a short time?!" An Huanyan clapped her hands guiltily.

"What?! You think the time is not long enough?!" Jiang Xingkuo's jaw dropped to the ground.

"Oh! Stars!" An Huanyan sat up angrily, "There really aren't any!"

Jiang Xingkuo looked at her evasive eyes with mixed feelings, his restless hands tugging at the corner of his clothes. It's over.

"You...you know that he has hurt you." Jiang Xingkuo became serious.

"...I know," An Huanyan bit her lip and stammered, "I...I'm not...I didn't..."

"My old swan! What kind of silly girl are you? People want to harm you, and you fall in love with them?" Jiang Xingkuo howled to the sky.

"No! I didn't! Keep your voice down!" An Huanyan covered her mouth in panic.

It was another sunny day. The summer was hot, the wind was light and the clouds were clear. The lotus flowers in the imperial garden were tiptoeing and raising their necks to grow upwards and bloom.

Yan Buwan was walking bored under the shade of the willow trees by the pond.

"Your Highness, Concubine Yan has arrived at the lotus pond in the Imperial Garden." The personal bodyguard Wu Ye walked in quickly, knelt down, and reported in a low voice.

The prince stopped writing, put it down, stood up and patted his clothes, "Let's go. The weather is hot, let's go to the imperial garden to cool off."

After passing through numerous corridors and walking along several winding paths, what comes into view is a sad and gentle beauty sitting by the pond admiring the lotus.

"Zhaoyi Yan is well."

Yan Buwan suddenly raised her head, and the hairpin on her head hit her face, causing pain, but she kept smiling.

"His Royal Highness is well!"

"I didn't know that Your Majesty is admiring the lotus here. I'm sorry for the offense." The prince smiled slightly, and it seemed that the surroundings became brighter.

Yan Buwan was surprised and delighted. She tried to calm down, suppressed the excessive smile on her face and said, "Your Highness, please be polite. This Imperial Garden does not belong to me alone. It is my blessing to be able to enjoy the lotus pond with Your Highness. I am so happy!"

"Your Majesty, you are too polite. I have just ordered people to pick some lotus seeds and am about to return to the palace. Please do as you please, Your Majesty." The prince turned around and was about to leave.

"Your Highness, please stay!" Yan Buwan regretted it as soon as she shouted it out, after all, she was in public.

She had no choice but to think of an excuse: "Forgive me for being so rude, but these lotus seeds look very fresh, could you give me some to try?"

The prince's eyes, as dark as the abyss, shone with a mysterious light, "It's not difficult. You two, go get some tools, you two, go wash these lotus seeds, and you two peel some for the queen to taste first."

"Yes." All the servants retreated.

Yan Buwan looked at his handsome face in a trance and couldn't help but say, "You must have come to see me, right..."

The prince lowered his eyes and stopped looking at her. "Can you give up your Majesty's Tianshan Snow Lotus?"

Yan Buwan suspected that he had heard it wrong and looked at him in surprise.