Every time the prince opens his eyes, he sees

"Protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The leader of the Imperial Guards, He Zhang, drew the sword at his waist and led the Imperial Guards into the battle.

With their participation, the situation of the battle was quickly reversed.

After seven or eight men in black died, the leader of the men in black looked stern, looked at each other, and then began to retreat in an organized manner with the remaining men in black.

However, Qingfeng still managed to capture a lone man in black alive.

"Greetings, Your Highness. Your Highness, are you okay?" He Zhang retracted the tip of his sword, walked quickly towards Xie Qingchen, and saluted with his fists.

Xie Qingchen shook his head and walked straight to Lu Yaoyao.

Catching up with Xie Qingchen's deep and dark eyes, Lu Yaoyao bit her lower lip and said shyly, "Your Highness, you have an injury on your shoulder. Why don't you go to my house to treat it? The Lu Mansion is not far away."

"Sorry to bother you." Xie Qingchen's tone was gloomy, and his dangerous look was the same as it was five years ago.

"Don't bother me. It is the highest honor for the Lu Mansion that Your Highness can visit." Lu Yaoyao flattered him and led Xie Qingchen to the Lu Mansion.

Lu Jinglin's eyes widened when he saw his daughter bringing the prince home.

My daughter, I underestimated you. I thought your limit was to marry Gu Huai, but now you have married the prince.

Lu Jinglin was so shocked that he forgot to greet the master for a moment.

Finally, Lu Yaoyao's cough reminded him and he knelt down hurriedly to pay his respects. "Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"Get up!" Xie Qingchen said indifferently, looking at Lu Yaoyao, "Is it convenient for me to visit Miss Lu's boudoir?"

The prince still wants to go to Yaoyao’s boudoir?

Lu Jinglin was stimulated again.

He now deeply regretted not realizing earlier that his third daughter was a real gem.

"Of course. Yaoyao, why don't you take His Royal Highness the Crown Prince there quickly." Without waiting for Lu Yaoyao's consent, Lu Jinglin had already made the decision for her on his own initiative.

Lu Yaoyao rolled her eyes at Lu Jinglin, but was very gentle and friendly to Xie Qingchen, "Your Highness, this way."

Under Lu Yaoyao's guidance, Xie Qingchen came to her boudoir.

The decoration and layout have a familiar feeling.

Xie Qingchen sat down calmly. One of Lu Yaoyao's maids immediately found a medicine box, while another maid brought a basin of hot water and a clean towel.

Lu Yaoyao looked at Xie Qingchen and said tenderly, "Your Highness, I have some knowledge of medicine. Let me bandage your wound."

"Yeah." Xie Qingchen stared at Lu Yaoyao's face without moving his eyes.

Lu Yaoyao felt dead silent inside, but she pretended to be shy as she took out gauze, wound medicine and other medicines from the medicine box and began to treat Xie Qingchen's shoulder injury.

She first used scissors to cut open the cloth on Xie Qingchen's shoulder, then wiped the blood around the wound with a hot towel, and finally disinfected it, poured medicine, spread it evenly with her hands, blew on it, and wrapped it with gauze, all in one go.

"Your Highness, it's been taken care of." Lu Yaoyao also tied a beautiful bow.

Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, Lu Yaoyao's fair wrist was grasped by a strong force. Xie Qingchen, who had just been treated for his wound by her and was still tense, was unable to control himself due to her teasing and tenderness. Suddenly, he regained his cold and indifferent attitude.

His words were as cold as ice and could cut people apart.

"Miss Lu, you were able to call in the Imperial Guards as reinforcements because of the token given to you by your mother, right?"

He opened his hand, and a black token fell out from his palm, with the small rope at the other end of the token still hanging on his middle finger.

Lu Yaoyao's face, which had been full of joy just now, turned pale in an instant.

After a long while, she asked anxiously, still in shock, "When did Your Highness take the token from me?"

Xie Qingchen didn't answer, but said, "I will return this token to Mother for you. I won't hold it against you. Just consider it as repayment for saving my life today. But if you do it again, I will kill you."

Lu Yaoyao fell silent instantly.

Based on her understanding of Xie Qingchen, she guessed that he must be able to imagine how she invited reinforcements, so she pretended to tease him, giving him the illusion that she was fickle, making him dislike her, so that he could take the token from her and return it to Concubine Shu through him.

However, the overwhelming imperial power emanating from Xie Qingchen still made her feel fearful.

It turned out that Xie Qingchen had been lenient with her before.

That's why she dared to act like that. Now that he treated her indiscriminately, she realized how cruel he was.

Xie Qingchen led everyone out of Lu Yaoyao's boudoir. Only after everyone had gone far away did Lu Jinglin dare to walk in.

Seeing Lu Yaoyao's shocked look, he didn't dare to ask.

Fortunately, Yaoyao returned to normal the next day.

After Lu Yaoyao paid her respects to the old lady from Cixi Courtyard, she asked the maid to prepare the carriage.

……

When Gu Huai came out of the Gu family military camp after training, he saw Lu Yaoyao standing under a big tree outside the camp with an exquisite food box in her hand.

When their eyes met, he knew that she had come to see him on purpose.

Gu Huai's face was filled with unconcealable joy. He ran to Lu Yaoyao in two steps, "Miss Lu, why are you here?"

"Why, you don't welcome to see me?"

Lu Yaoyao pretended to be angry and was about to leave. Gu Huai was anxious and didn't care about the discrepancy between etiquette and quickly grabbed her wrist. "Don't go. I'm of course very happy that you can come to see me."

"Is this for me?" He pointed with his other hand at the food box in Lu Yaoyao's hand.

Lu Yaoyao put on a smile again, "Well, I said I wanted to pursue you, how can I not take action? Try it and see if it tastes good."

They found a quiet place and sat down. Gu Huai couldn't wait to open the food box. Inside was a variety of exquisite snacks, the aroma was fragrant and mouth-watering.

He picked up a piece, took a bite, and praised it highly, "Miss Lu, your cooking skills are really good!"

Lu Yaoyao looked at Gu Huai's satisfied expression and felt a sense of guilt for some reason.

"If you like it, I will make it for you often in the future."

"Okay." Gu Huai smiled sincerely, revealing two rows of white teeth.

After Gu Huai had eaten his fill, Lu Yaoyao closed the lunch box and prepared to leave. This man was pursuing her with a "hot and cold" and "teasing" style, so she couldn't be so reckless as to pay him back.

"Are you ready to leave?" Gu Huai stuffed the remaining half of the cake into his mouth and put his hand on the food box.

"Yes, General Gu is so busy, do you think he has time to go shopping with me?"

There was some charm in Lu Yaoyao's eyes.

"Yes, as long as Miss Lu needs him, Gu Huai is always available."

He snatched the food box from Lu Yaoyao's hand and said, "I'll take these uneaten pastries back with me. I'll ask Gu Cong to send the food box back to you later."

Lu Yaoyao gently released her hand and smiled brightly, "Okay."

……

Gu Huai walked into the general's mansion with brisk steps and in a good mood.

As soon as he entered Qinghe Courtyard, Gu Cong ran out. Seeing him, he quickly walked to his side and said in a low voice, "General, the prince is in Changqing Pavilion."

"Why is the prince here?" Gu Huai quickened his pace and walked in.

When I went up to the second floor of Changqing Pavilion, I saw the prince leaning on the railing, drinking a bottle of wine in his hand. At his feet, there were several bottles of wine scattered around.