"My gift..."

Zhao Youqing's eyes shifted to Ji Zhen, biting each word lightly, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Ji Zhen's eyes met his, and she felt that his eyes were real, burning the wound on her neck that was almost healed.

It's terrifying!

Ji Zhen subconsciously covered the teeth marks on his neck, feeling extremely annoyed.

That night at Tingyu Pavilion, she couldn't stand Zhao Youqing's madness and passion, so she knocked him unconscious with a knife and sent him back to the next door. Then she ran to Dongdaying as if she was escaping for her life, and stayed there for several days.

For the first time in my life, I didn’t dare to look at Zhao Youqing’s face.

What did he mean? Asking to marry her, kissing her, liking her?

When Ji Zhen thought of the kiss marks on her collarbone and the teeth marks on her neck, her face became so hot that she could fry an egg on it.

The favorability is already 80%, does that mean she likes him? But Zhao Youqing is not very enthusiastic towards her on weekdays, and his words are not very nice, and he is just a little clingy sometimes, is this love?

Ji Zhen suddenly felt a little bit elated, and secretly happy. Unexpectedly, she traveled through the book to do a mission, and there was even a matchmaker to tie a red string for her. Will the husband bound by the mission turn out to be the one who really loves her?

Ji Zhen secretly glanced at Zhao Youqing again, and even her neck turned red.

The wind, carrying the sweet scent of roses, blew through the huge carved windows of the flower hall. Ji Zhen and Zhao Youqing looked at each other in silence. However, Yu Bojun and Yu Jingxi felt as if there was an invisible space between them, and they could neither get close nor spy.

This feeling was very unpleasant, and Yu Bojun's displeasure spread further. Just as he was about to explode, he saw Yu Jingxi calmly take the teapot from the maid's hand, add tea to Ji Zhen, and whispered:

"Is His Highness' birthday in three days? Jing Xi didn't even know about it and didn't even have time to prepare a gift."

Yu Jingxi's words distracted Ji Zhen. She turned her eyes away, took the tea from Yu Jingxi, and waved her hand embarrassedly:

"Don't worry about it, it's just a little birthday."

Yu Bojun coldly watched his younger brother diligently pouring tea and handing out towels to Ji Zhen, which frightened the maid behind him so much that she dared not intervene. She could not help but snorted heavily and said:

"Even for a small birthday, Princess Xian Yao sent twenty male favorites to celebrate. When did the relationship between Your Highness and Princess Xian Yao become so good?"

Ji Zhen looked at Yu Bojun with great disdain, thinking:

This guy definitely doesn't like her! Although I don't know what went wrong with him that day in Fuchunlou, he forced her to get married and hit her with his head, making her think he was going to kiss her and she ran away in fear.

Later, she shamelessly asked him out of a responsible attitude, but he replied, "I don't want you to get yourself killed."

Really righteous!

Ji Zhen rolled his eyes and glanced at Yu Bojun:

"Are you blind? Which eye saw that Li Yuanying and I were in a good relationship? Are those twenty male favorites what I want?"

"Of course, my gift cannot make Your Highness as happy as those twenty male favorites." Zhao Youqing's cold voice sounded again. He lowered his eyelashes and sighed softly as if his heart was sour: "It's just a small gift to show my sincere love for Your Highness. I hope Your Highness will not despise it."

Hmm? What's that? Is she a pervert? Is she happy when she sees a male lover?

Ji Zhen frowned, and a hint of sadness welled up in her eyes. She had no expectations for the gift, but she felt very uncomfortable with what Zhao Youqing said.

Would you talk like this to someone you like?

Ji Zhen actually didn't understand men. She had zero experience in love in her two lifetimes combined. She also didn't have much experience in secretly loving someone, so she really didn't know the twists and turns involved.

But Zhao Youqing was different. He was her target and the husband she had to marry. He never said he liked her, but he kissed her. In Ji Zhen's opinion, if this was not love, then it was outright hooliganism.

But, is the red string let down by Yue Lao reliable?

"What do you mean? Why should I be happy for those twenty male favorites?"

One of Ji Zhen’s strengths is that if she can’t figure something out, she will just ask.

Sure enough, Zhao Youqing was slightly stunned by Ji Zhen's question. Even Yu Bojun was stunned for a moment. He looked at Ji Zhen uncertainly with a complicated look in his eyes.

"Everyone knows that His Highness loves men." Zhao Youqing was stunned for just a moment.

"Yes, I like men. But that doesn't mean I will like any man." Ji Zhen raised her eyebrows, looking like she was going to argue with Zhao Youqing.

"Really? Every woman in Nanyue has three husbands and six servants. Your Highness is a rare talent among men, and is admired by the world. It is nothing wrong for your backyard to be full." Zhao Youqing's eyes lightly swept over the Yu brothers.

Ji Zhen snorted disdainfully, then slowly walked to Zhao Youqing's side, tilted his head to look at him, and said:

"Don't use these South Vietnamese rules and regulations to frame me. What about three husbands and six maids? Do you think I'm a seed drill?"

At this point, Ji Zhen suddenly remembered that Zhao Youqing was a guest official of Princess Xianyao's mansion, eating the emperor's salary and planning the emperor's affairs. He came to the East Camp in official uniform to pass on a message to her, and she was afraid that Li Yuanying was behind it again. Thinking of this, her eyes turned colder, and she continued to say to Zhao Youqing:

"Go back and tell Li Yuanying that I'm not as shameless as her. I've heard of a saying, 'I wish to win the heart of one person and stay together till old age.' What I, Ji Zhen, want is to be with one person for the rest of my life. I will not accept those twenty male favorites."

"A lifetime, a pair of people..." Zhao Youqing repeated these words silently, with a hint of tenderness in his eyes. He looked at Ji Zhen with a more lingering gaze: "I will bring you here for Your Highness..."

Yu Bojun lowered his eyes. Every word Ji Zhen said hit his heart, making his heart thump.

Zhao Youqing was right. Three husbands and six maids was the marriage custom for women in Nanyue. Even women from poor families at least had one husband and one maid. If there was only one wife and one husband, it must be because the family was too poor or the moral character was too bad that no one was willing to marry her, and she would be criticized.

Yu Bojun had never heard the words "a lifetime of love". Now that Ji Zhen said this, it seemed like a beautiful future that was out of reach, which made him yearn for it. What kind of life would it be if he was alone with her?

However, Yu Jingxi had a completely different reaction to Ji Zhen's words. He felt as if he was struck by lightning.

A couple for life? How can this be possible?

Yu Jingxi was the son of the concubine of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery. His father was of humble origin, but he was favored by the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery because of his appearance and was taken in as a concubine. Yu Bojun's father was the son of the Minister of Rites, from a family of scholars and a noble status. Although he was the second son of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, his status was far inferior to that of his legitimate brother.

How could he possibly be the husband of the Prince of Qingyan County with his status? But once his heart was moved, his body and mind longed for that unattainable person. Even if he could not be her husband, but only a concubine's husband, as long as he could be by her side, it would be fine.

But she said she wanted to be together “for life”?

"Absolutely not!"

Yu Jingxi couldn't help but shout out loud, alarming the three people in the hall.

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