For some reason, Zhao Youqing's words made Ji Zhen want to laugh and even cry.

How had he been forced into saying such things to himself?

Why did she have to endure such an injustice when she was so beautiful? Far away from her hometown, alone in a place surrounded by enemies, she had no choice but to do what she wanted and speak what she wanted, just to find a place to stand.

Ji Zhen pursed her lips, took two steps forward, and knelt in front of Zhao Youqing. She raised her head slightly and looked into his inkstone eyes. Her heart began to sour, and her eyes began to turn red, catching Zhao Youqing off guard.

He was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyelashes, turned his face away and sighed:

"Does marrying me make you so uncomfortable?"

"I'm not feeling bad! I'm feeling bad for you! Wuuwuwu!"

Ji Zhen threw herself into Zhao Youqing's arms with a bear hug, almost knocking him down. She sank into his arms, hugged his waist tightly, and began to cry:

"Don't be like this! Wuuwuwu! I know you're having a hard time right now. His Majesty asked me to go to the study and told me about you. Don't worry! I will never let that bastard Li Yuanying succeed! She won't even dare to touch a hair on your head! Wuuwuwu! I'm a prince after all, and you're my little brother. No one can bully you. Don't act on impulse! Wuuwuwu!"

"You're crying so hard for me, just because I'm your little brother?"

Zhao Youqing's faint sigh passed by her ears. Ji Zhen heard it, and she grabbed his collar, raised her head angrily, and said angrily:

"What do you mean by 'just my little brother'? In the whole capital, the people who want to be my little brother line up from the East Market to the West Market and have to make a detour! How can I not cry for them? I am really worried about you, how can you say such a thing!"

After saying that, Ji Zhen thought about the beating she received from the empress in the morning. She felt aggrieved and cried even harder, wiping all her tears on Zhao Youqing's clothes.

If it were in the past, Zhao Youqing would have pushed her away with disgust by pressing her head, but this time, instead of pushing Ji Zhen away, he embraced her, stroked her back with his hand, and comforted her softly:

"Your Highness, please stop crying. How are you going to see people when your eyes are swollen?"

"Hmm?" Ji Zhen was crying and hiccuping, but she was not confused. She raised her head from Zhao Youqing's arms, looked at him and asked, "What did you call me?"

"Your Highness." Zhao Youqing's gentle eyes looked into Ji Zhen's red eyes that were red from crying. They were as gentle as water and as indifferent as water.

Since Zhao Youqing moved in next door to Ji Zhendi at the age of eleven, he has never called her "Your Highness". Even after she became the Prince of Qingyan County after three years of separation from him, he only called her "Zhenzhen".

Now, in this carriage with no one else around, he calmly called her "Your Highness"?

Ji Zhen slowly sat up and wiped her face with her sleeves, leaving two red marks on her fair and delicate face. Zhao Youqing frowned when he saw this, and habitually reached out to wipe away her tears, but suddenly withdrew his hand halfway and lowered his eyes.

For a moment, you could hear a pin drop in the carriage. Silence spread and tore between the two of them bit by bit.

Ji Zhen's mood finally calmed down. She felt a little embarrassed by being called "Your Highness". She felt a little embarrassed. She sat back awkwardly, but heard the system prompt in her mind:

"Host, please note that the favorability value of the capture target Zhao Youqing has instantly reached a peak of 60%."

Um? What the hell?

"From 10% to 60%?" Ji Zhen was stunned.

"Yes, the instantaneous peak is 60%, and the current favorability value is 20%," the system responded in a very precise manner.

Huh? What's going on? A roller coaster? What did Zhao Youqing just experience?

Ji Zhen's eyes widened and her mouth slightly opened, not knowing whether she should be happy or sad.

She was happy that Zhao Youqing's favorability towards her increased by 50% all of a sudden! She deserved to be so good to him over the years! God knows how upset she was when she found out that his favorability towards her was only 10%. Her back teeth were almost broken!

But what made her sad was, how come the favorability value dropped so quickly? In a flash, only 20% was left? What on earth did she do to knock away the 40% favorability value?

Ji Zhen bit her lower lip, thinking about what she had just done...

I didn’t do anything… She just hugged him and cried, then grabbed his collar and wanted to hit him, but she didn’t have the heart to do it, and then she continued to cry…

Uh......

"707" Ji Zhen suddenly felt heavy-hearted: "You said, could it be that Zhao Youqing likes me beating him up that's why his favorability suddenly increased?"

The system went silent for a moment, refusing to answer the question and shutting down directly.

Ji Zhen thought about it seriously and felt that this answer was more and more true and credible. When he looked at Zhao Youqing, there was a hint of pity in his eyes.

He was fine before she left Beijing. How come he developed such a problem during the three years she was away from Beijing? This is not good! This problem is too easy to be taken advantage of!

When Ji Zhen thought of this, a hint of understanding suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he thought:

Could it be that he had known about this situation for a long time, so he came to her and asked her to marry him to avoid falling into the hands of others and being controlled and tortured?

But that's not right. Didn't the servant in his mansion say that he never let anyone get close to him? Hey? What's going on?

"Hey! 707! What's going on with Zhao Youqing? Does he like being beaten? This is very important. It's related to the angle and direction of my later strategy! Where are you?"

No matter how Ji Zhen called, no one answered. It seemed that the system also had a temper.

Ji Zhen had no choice but to give up. But her changing expression had a different meaning in Zhao Youqing's eyes.

Shocked, pitied, confused, dejected. Ji Zhen never feared others' prying eyes, and never hid her emotions. All her thoughts were written on her face, just like now.

Is all this just because of his distant "Your Highness"?

Zhao Youqing's eyes softened a little, but that was all. He couldn't indulge himself too much. Ji Zhen's sudden approach and her slurred confession had directly disturbed his heart. It almost caused the high wall he had spent years building to collapse completely.

Zhao Youqing felt a little annoyed. He had made up his mind long ago, but why did Ji Zhen's appearance always make him lose his defense? The man next to her made him unhappy, and the man who tried to get close to her made him lose control.

But what does it matter? What can I do?

Zhao Youqing's thick eyebrows were tightly pressed down, and his face was frighteningly gloomy. He grabbed Ji Zhen, holding her shoulders with one hand and her waist with the other, and laid her down on the carriage. He locked her tightly like a beast pouncing on its prey.

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