I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

After a long silence, Zhao Shiyan looked a little embarrassed. At the age of twenty-something, he really couldn't express such love words.

"My Lord, if you have nothing else to do, I will go back first."

Seeing that she turned around to leave, Zhao Shiyan was afraid that she would really close the door and refuse visitors, so he immediately grabbed her arm. The man was incredibly strong, and Cheng Yu was thrown directly into his arms.

Who would have thought this man was so strong.

"Cheng Yu, I want to ask you, what exactly do you dislike about me?"

Normally she would be very scared when she saw Zhao Shiyan, but today she felt braver after drinking some wine.

"Identity, family background, and height. You are too tall. I can't reach you."

Zhao Shiyan suddenly laughed.

I don’t know if it was the smell of alcohol on her body that stimulated my brain and made me dizzy.

He lifted Cheng Yu up with both hands, as if he was holding a child.

"Won't that make you taller?"

Cheng Yu never expected that the serious and old-fashioned Zhao Shiyan would have such a reckless side.

"You, put me down."

Cheng Yu was angry and anxious.

She took back her previous words that she thought the prince was a good person. Zhao Shiyan was simply too reckless.

Zhao Shiyan saw that her eyes were red. If he didn't let her go, she would cry. So he immediately let her go and said, "Don't cry. I was impulsive."

"To be honest with you, I felt a little impulsive when I saw you."

Cheng Yu had an angry face, stared blankly, and said nothing.

What could she say?

The prince was being amusing and teasing her a few times. If she said something unpleasant and hit his masculine ego, she would be the one who would suffer.

Cheng Yu suddenly understood something.

If you can't get rid of something, find a comfortable position and use it for your own benefit.

"Are you really angry? I'm just teasing you. If you're unhappy, hit me a few times and I'll take it."

Zhao Shiyan became anxious and was about to grab Cheng Yu's hand and beat him.

Cheng Yu looked up at Zhao Shiyan, "Does the prince really like me?"

"If I didn't like you, I wouldn't come here to see you so late at night."

He really felt like he was possessed by a demon, and couldn't get what he wanted, so he asked Changfeng to inquire about her. When he learned that she had been here for several days, Zhao Shiyan couldn't help but come to find her.

"I don't know if it's because the prince suddenly came to tease me."

"How about we make a little agreement?"

Zhao Shiyan didn't say anything, but just looked at Cheng Yu with a tentative look.

"What agreement?"

"Let's keep our relationship a secret for now. If you come to me, I won't reject you. When you get tired of me in the future, just don't bother me anymore. Of course, if the prince marries and has children in the future, the relationship between us will be automatically severed."

To put it bluntly, Cheng Yu was trying to find a way to stabilize Zhao Shiyan.

She doesn't want to marry him.

Marrying Zhao Shiyan is not just about marrying him as a person, but also his complicated network of relationships.

His biological father, with whom he has a rift, and his stepmother, who appears kind on the surface but secretly wishes he would die sooner.

And Zhao Shiyan's younger brothers and sisters, born to his stepmother, don't seem to be good people either.

More importantly, she used to be Zhao Rulan's maid, but now she is going to marry Zhao Shiyan. Doesn't that mean she will be her maid first and her sister-in-law in the future?

This relationship is too messy.

Moreover, there is no freedom.

After listening to Cheng Yu's analysis, Zhao Shiyan frowned, "You would rather be my mistress than marry me?"

In modern times it is called dating.

In ancient times, it meant a concubine.

"If you don't want to, forget it. I don't mean to force you."

"Cheng Yu, you don't take yourself seriously. A woman's chastity is the most important thing. If you become a concubine and give birth to a child in the future, what will happen to the child? Do you want your child to be looked down upon?"

Cheng Yu suddenly got angry, "Who wants to have a baby with you?"

"Are you sick? You just come up to me and say you like me and want to have a baby with me? Fine, if you want to force me, I'll let you. If you want to do something consensual, I'll tell you the truth, I don't want to."

"Walk slowly without sending."

Cheng Yu now said what he had not said just now.

She was sure that since Zhao Shiyan was willing to consider her chastity and not agree with what she said, it showed that he was a man who respected women.

This was really uncommon in ancient times.

But, the gap between her and Zhao Shiyan is too big, so she can't just say "I like you" casually.

She had just escaped from her lowly status as a maid.

Am I going to be a lady of a noble family again?

Moreover, she was from a poor family and had no wealth or power, so the pressure from the outside world was too great for her to bear.

She wasn't so in love with Zhao Shiyan that she would marry no one else.

***

The prince is sick.

This was after several young sisters from Yinlanyuan went back. In order to thank Zhao Rulan for her help, she specially made several new kinds of pastries.

I overheard it when I asked Taozi to deliver it.

"He said he was seriously ill and vomited blood."

"The eldest daughter passed away and went to the young master's house to take care of her. I heard from Sister Dingxiang that he has been taking care of her all night."

"The prince vomited blood?" Cheng Yu suddenly became worried.

Could it be that she was angry?

It shouldn't be like that.

She remembered that there was poison in Zhao Shiyan's body.

Oops, she really didn't think of this at the time, and she even said such harsh words to provoke him.

Cheng Yu couldn't sleep well at night these past few days. She always dreamed that Zhao Shiyan turned into an evil ghost and haunted her, and even insisted that she give birth to a child.

He said, if I can't give birth to a human baby with you while I'm alive, I will give birth to a ghost baby with you after I die.

Cheng Yu was so scared that he didn't dare to sleep.

After enduring for a few days, she felt restless and went to a temple outside the city to burn incense and pray for amulets.

Kneeling in front of the mat, she prayed earnestly and devoutly.

"I hope that the prince can find a good match and forget me completely."

"I hope that the prince will be healthy and have everything go well. As long as he doesn't bother me, I pray to the Buddha to bless him with a long life."

"Puchi, haha, your prayers as a pilgrim are so interesting. Others pray for a lover, but you are doing the opposite."

Hearing laughter behind him, Cheng Yu turned around to look.

The woman was dressed as a lady, looked young and beautiful, and was accompanied by a maid.

"I'm sorry, girl. I was too close to you and heard what you were saying."

Cheng Yu thought she was speaking in a very low voice, she just wanted to be sincere and hopefully it would be answered.

I didn't expect anyone to hear it.

Just hear it.

The lady even laughed at her.

"My lady, just pretend you didn't hear it. You don't have to apologize to me."

Cheng Yu stood up and was about to leave, and the maid beside the young lady.

But he stopped her and said, "Don't be rude. Do you know what my wife's status is?"

Cheng Yu was really confused.

The young lady was dressed in plain and simple clothes, and was accompanied by only a maid and nothing else.

I heard the lady laugh and was about to speak, but she started coughing.

"Ahem, it's okay, it's okay."

The maid stared at Cheng Yu and glared at her.

Cheng Yu said nothing, turned around and walked outside.