After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

By the time Nian Susu realized she had said the wrong thing, it was too late. The words had already been spoken, and her denial would only make them more obvious.

She subconsciously didn't want Qin Junyu to misunderstand her, so she explained with a mixture of truth and lies: "He's a friend of mine."

She turned her back to pour tea to prevent her guilty expression from being seen. "He is a gangster. He came to me after being injured. I took him in for one night."

I wonder if Qin Junyu can accept this?

"Friend..." Qin Junyu murmured again, "Is your friend very important?"

Nian Susu sat down on the table with the help of her hands, holding one of the two cups of tea at hand and pushing the other one forward. Qin Junyu understood and sat down opposite her.

"Well... he's a very important friend to me, but I don't know what he thinks."

After all, she didn't know many people in this world. Although she and Xuan Ji each had their own purposes and calculations when they first met, after getting along for so long, she had long regarded Xuan Ji as her friend.

Nian Susu was a little surprised. Qin Junyu was not the kind of person who would get to the bottom of things, so why was he talking so much today?

She looked up and for some reason, she felt that there was a hint of loss on his face.

Qin Junyu lowered his eyes and wanted to ask her: Are we just friends?

Only when he appeared as Xuan Ji did he dare to reveal his true emotions and show her his unknown side, but she only said "he is a very important friend."

Although she hid it well, Qin Junyu could feel that she was obviously much more restrained when she was with the "Prince". When she was with "Xuan Ji", she could laugh heartily, speak freely, be petty, and lose her temper. This was how she was alive.

If this is how she gets along with her friends, then is "Crown Prince Qin Junyu" not even her friend?

Qin Junyu tightly gripped the white porcelain cup, trying his best to control his emotions.

Seeing that he was silent and the atmosphere was a little awkward, Nian Susu took the initiative to bring up the topic, "Is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

Hearing this, Qin Junyu pulled himself out of his emotions, took a sip of tea to cover up his loss of composure, and said calmly: "I'm here to see the Prime Minister."

Years: ...

So she misunderstood?

Qin Junyu didn't come to see me specifically, but just came to discuss something with Nian Chengyun, and then came to the East Wing on the way?

Then she just asked someone to climb through the window! It was like an affair!

What a shame! ! !

The blush on Nian Susu's face, which had finally faded away, spread again.

"Oh...ah...Is that so, hahaha..." She laughed awkwardly, picked up the teacup and took a gulp, trying to calm down her anger, but ended up choking, "cough cough cough..."

Qin Junyu didn't know what he had said wrong that caused her to react so strongly. He wanted to pat her on the back in a panic, but felt that it was not appropriate, so he quickly withdrew his outstretched hand.

"Miss Nian, you..."

"I'm fine, I'm fine!" Nian Susu blushed so much that her heart beat faster when he came closer. She straightened up quickly, wiped the tea off her chin, and smiled at him, "I'm fine..."

Qin Junyu was half-believing and half-doubting.

Her face was red and she didn't look like she was alright.

Nian Susu was annoyed. When did she become so timid?

Is it because being alone with the opposite sex will cause a change in mentality? This statement is not accurate, because she did not feel this way when she was with Qin Fengtian, Xuan Ji, and Jing Zhe.

Nervous, awkward, heartbeat accelerated, worried about losing composure, afraid of saying something wrong and making him unhappy...

Nian Susu rubbed his handkerchief and suddenly realized a problem...

Could it be that she likes Qin Junyu?

Thinking of this possibility, she looked at him with wide eyes.

The thought "She likes Qin Junyu" kept lingering in my mind and couldn't be shaken off.

As soon as Qin Junyu raised his eyes, his gaze met hers. It was a very strange look. He had never seen such complicated emotions in anyone's eyes.

It seemed like doubt, shock, but also a little guilty and uneasy. Beneath this, there was something he couldn't see.

Nian Susu took a deep breath and comforted herself, maybe it was an illusion, maybe she was just afraid of Qin Junyu, so she felt nervous and uneasy when being alone with him.

After finding a reason to comfort herself, she felt much better.

But the look she gave Qin Junyu just now was too straightforward, and she was afraid of causing him to be suspicious, so she deliberately led the topic elsewhere, "By the way, Your Highness, you came to see father so openly, aren't you afraid of being misunderstood?"

Everyone knew that Nian Chengyun was a stubborn neutral. Qin Junyu came to see Nian Chengyun in person, and those who didn't know would only say that Qin Junyu wanted to win over the Xiangfu and lowered his status to ask for help.

If someone with ulterior motives exaggerated the story and it got to the emperor's ears, it would become a case of forming a clique for personal gain.

Forming a clique for personal gain is a behavior that no emperor can tolerate, even if this person is the crown prince, his son.

Qin Junyu smiled, this smile was very light and disappeared quickly, "No defense, the Prime Minister helped me in the court today, I should go up to thank him, they dare not say anything."

Nian Susu was even more confused. Would Nian Chengyun help Qin Junyu?

Seeing her confusion, Qin Junyu briefly explained the case of embezzlement of public funds.

Nian Susu suddenly understood, but there was still one thing she didn't understand, "Why would father speak for His Highness?"

Nian Chengyun is an old fox. If he doesn't want to help, no matter how you ask him, he can talk to you eight hundred times but won't tell you a single truth.

A smile appeared on the corner of Qin Junyu's mouth. He looked at her meaningfully, and even his eyes were filled with tenderness.

A pair of narrow and gloomy phoenix eyes, rarely filled with spring breeze.

He opened his thin lips and said, "Because of you."

"I?"

"Yes."

Nian Susu frowned, unable to figure out the twists and turns. She didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the court, and didn't understand the factional struggles among them. She only knew that as the daughter of the prime minister, her marriage played a key role.

But she and Qin Junyu were not married, so why did Nian Chengyun do this...

"A while ago, rumors about you and me were flying all over the capital. The Prime Minister once talked to me outside the West Gate." Qin Junyu said in a flat tone, looking at one place quietly, recalling the scene at that time.

"The Prime Minister thought that I was deeply in love with Miss Nian and kept pestering her, so he warned me not to get too close to her."

The more Nian Susu listened, the hotter her ears became. His tone was apparently normal, but why did she hear a hint of teasing?

Qin Junyu added: "Although the rumors have been clarified, the two incidents happened close together. The Prime Minister must be afraid that something bad will happen to me and it will implicate the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he said something fair.

Besides, I am innocent.”

If the wise king had not set up this trap, how could he have been caught up in this turmoil?

Every night of the year is clear.

I didn't expect that Nian Chengyun, who always prided himself on being noble, would actually stop Qin Junyu from saying such things. It really made it difficult for him.

Perhaps he was afraid that the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion would be ruined. The most important thing for aristocratic families is their reputation.

It was very funny when she thought of her old-fashioned father who was so angry at Qin Junyu that he was snorting and looking upset.