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When Bei Zhenting came in, he noticed that the person curled up in the quilt was trembling.

"Yaoyao?"

Luo Yao didn't move.

Bei Zhenting quickly took off his coat and shoes, went over and turned him over, and sighed when he saw his red eyes.

"Why are you crying again?"

Luo Yao turned his head away and ignored everyone.

Bei Zhenting turned his head back, looked at him seriously, and leaned over to kiss him.

Luo Yao suddenly exploded for some reason, pushed Bei Zhenting away, sat up and stood eight feet away from Bei Zhenting, looking at Bei Zhenting angrily with tears streaming down his face.

Bei Zhenting didn't expect him to react so violently. He stood up and walked towards him, "Yaoyao?"

Tears burst out, Luo Yao wiped them away fiercely, and looked at Bei Zhenting with bloodshot eyes.

"Yaoyao!" Bei Zhenting walked closer step by step.

Seeing Bei Zhenting approaching, Luo Yao kept backing away, looking at Bei Zhenting as if he was looking at something terrifying.

Seeing Luo Yao stepping on the ground barefoot without any scruples, Bei Zhenting's heart was in his throat, worried that he would accidentally step on some sharp stone or something and prick his foot. Fortunately, there was some soft green grass growing on the ground, which could at least provide some cushioning and protection.

The two men moved forward and backward. Bei Zhenting took a step forward and Luo Yao took a step back. Seeing Bei Zhenting take two steps forward, Luo Yao, with his back pressed against the tent and nowhere to retreat, suddenly collapsed and screamed.

"Get away... get away!"

"Your Highness, has something happened?" The guards outside the door surrounded the tent, listening to the crying and screaming inside, not knowing whether they should go in.

Luo Yao was attracted by the noise outside and his attention was distracted for a moment. Bei Zhenting took a step forward and hugged him, holding him in his arms.

The sudden outburst of screams was deafening. The guards outside looked at each other and prepared to lift the curtain to come in.

"Go guard somewhere else!" Bei Zhenting's voice was very stern. The guards were so scared that they quickly retracted their hands and ran away in a flash.

In the tent, Luo Yao struggled violently, crying and shouting.

Bei Zhenting didn't know what was wrong with him, nor did he know how to calm him down, so he could only force himself to kiss his trembling lips.

The person in his arms clenched his teeth, not giving him any chance, and whimpered like a little animal in his throat. Bei Zhenting felt so distressed.

A gentle kiss fell on the forehead. The person in my arms stopped struggling, trembling all over, raised his head and asked in a daze.

"why?"

Why... Bei Zhenting frowned, why?

"Yaoyao, are you asking about sending grandpa to Qingye Valley?" Bei Zhenting asked the person in his arms softly.

The person in my arms was crying uncontrollably, unable to express himself verbally, and when he didn't get an answer he kept repeating "why", becoming more and more agitated.

Bei Zhenting was at a loss, not understanding what Luo Yao was asking, and began to explain to himself the reason for sending the Duke to Qingye Valley.

The person in my arms was quiet for a while and then suddenly collapsed. He was so scared that his whole body was shaking, and his voice was leaky and trembling. Although the sound was very small, it was very clear, like a question coming from the depths of his soul.

"Why kiss me...why...why..."

Luo Yao talked to himself, his mind was very confused. Bei Zhenting had never told him, so he couldn't understand why or on what basis!

How could adults not know why? But how can those who lack love dare to dream of being loved? Before being firmly chosen, they dare not even think about it, fearing that they are thinking too much.

Bei Zhenting's attitude towards him was so strange. Before Bei Zhenting opened his mouth to tell him, could he, could he, think that he was loved?

He can't! He can't!

Bei Zhenting was a prince in ancient times, and his status was much more noble than his. He didn't even have the courage, identity or reason to question him. What he feared most was that his cocoon would be torn open and he would not be able to sew it back together decently.

Bei Zhenting's erratic behavior, hot and cold, terrifies him of any intimacy without reason!

Bei Zhenting frowned as he looked at Luo Yao, who was trembling and talking to himself in his arms, and his eyes were frighteningly dark.

Reaching out to cup the tearful face of the person in his arms, Bei Zhenting spoke in a solemn and majestic voice, leaving no room for doubt: "Luo Yao, remember this, I kissed you because I like you and love you. I haven't told you before. I'm sorry."

The person in his arms was sobbing and hiccuping, staring at Bei Zhenting's eyes with tearful eyes.

Bei Zhenting kissed the corner of his mouth, "Now I tell you that I like you, can I kiss you?"

He asked after they kissed, and Luo Yao was stunned by his question.

Luo Yao didn't know and wouldn't say whether he could kiss her if she liked him.

Bei Zhenting answered for him: "I like Yaoyao so I kissed Yaoyao, there's nothing wrong with that."

As he spoke, Bei Zhenting pecked him on the lips, picked him up, and placed him steadily on the blanket.

The simple straw bed was quite soft, and Bei Zhenting called the guards to bring in hot water.

There were a few guards who had been with the princess before. The princess had been howling for so long, and the guards had heard about her emotional instability. Although many of them had not seen it with their own eyes, they were all trembling with fear when they heard the princess crying and screaming just now.

The guard who brought in water was curious about what happened to the princess, but he didn't dare to look up. Of course, he couldn't see her even if he looked up, because the prince was holding her and blocking her view.

"Your Highness, hot water and towels are here."

"Go down."

"Yes."

The guards left, and Bei Zhenting wiped Luo Yao's face with a hot towel.

Luo Yao's eyes were dry, red and swollen from crying, and he was very sleepy because he hadn't slept well for several days.

Bei Zhenting applied a compress to his eyes to reduce the swelling, and while doing so he spoke to him incoherently for a long time.

From the time he entered the palace to the time he set fire to it and fled, the bad things that Bei Zhenting said had happened were very different from what Luo Yao thought.

Bei Zhenting never had his servants deduct his food, never drove him to live in the West Courtyard, and robbing him of his gold was just a little joke to tease him...

"The situation in the court is unclear, and there are too many dangers around Yaoyao. I have important matters to attend to, and I really don't trust you to be alone. Even if I ask the guards to protect you, I am afraid that they will not be able to protect you well. Only by keeping you by my side can I feel at ease. As for the others, Yaoyao leaving them is also a kind of protection for them."

"After careful consideration, I have decided to temporarily send the Duke and his entourage to Qingye Valley in secret. The northwest is too far from Zhejiang Province, and there is a risk of accidents. Qingye Valley is the best hiding place. I have ordered someone to disguise themselves as the Luo family and return to the Luo Mansion. I have also secretly sent the disguised Duke and his entourage to Qingye Valley."

"Everyone in the world believed that the Qingye Valley had been completely slaughtered, and they were unaware that there were still descendants of the Qingye Valley. The Qingye Valley is located in a rugged and isolated area, protected by the Hundred Diseases Forest, and even has dangerous mechanisms like the Thousand Medicine Formation to protect the valley. In addition, this king also..."

Bei Zhenting explained in detail, but Luo Yao was injured and exhausted, so he fell asleep before he could finish.

Seeing that he fell asleep, Bei Zhenting hugged him in his arms and kissed him on the forehead.