Baby, don't be afraid, I'll accompany you to the heavens and the seas!

"Hey~ What time is it outside Xuanwu Gate?"

"When did it become fashionable for extras to wail at funerals?!"

"Something's not right. Should I join in too?!"

Qianqian had just finished drinking at the Prime Minister's residence and was rushing back to the East Palace in the dark before curfew.

She leaped over the palace wall of Xuanwu Gate, only to suddenly spot this vast expanse of white!

She smiled wryly, intending to blend into the crowd of mourning extras under the cover of night.

"Hey! You really think we're blind?!"

“We used to turn a blind eye when you climbed over the wall, but we didn’t completely turn a blind eye!”

"At least we still have one eye open! Quickly go back to the East Palace and stop meddling!"

The soldiers on the city wall stared at Young Master Luo's cautious and tentative manner, and helplessly tried to dissuade him.

"Hahaha! Hahaha!"

As soon as the soldier spoke, all the students taking the imperial examination turned their gazes to her, and she smiled awkwardly.

Qianqian Luo was crouching down as she climbed down from the city wall.

She had intended to remain hidden in the darkness, but the lanterns thoughtfully lit by the soldiers revealed her identity.

Qianqianlu scratched her head awkwardly amidst the glimmer of humanity, forcing a smile: "Hello, everyone!"

The students taking the imperial examinations had cold, expressionless faces.

"Hahaha!" Seeing that they ignored him.

Qianqianluo spoke again: "Have you eaten dinner yet?!"

Yin Fengtu, the leader of the students taking the imperial examination, pondered the soldier's words for a while. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he immediately recognized the young man in front of him as the famous Luo Gongzi of the capital.

"Young Master Luo, it's midnight and you should go back to the palace and sleep! Don't follow you and get implicated for no reason!"

Upon hearing the leader speak, the other candidates for the imperial examinations also bowed and clasped their hands in greeting.

"Yes! Young Master Luo, hurry back to the palace. Don't needlessly catch the chill, it would be bad for your health!"

Qianqian listened calmly to the unspoken meanings of these candidates for the imperial examination, smacking her lips:

They're just playing the victim! On the surface, they're showing concern for me, but in reality, they're implying how much they've suffered and want me to report this to His Highness the Crown Prince!

These kids are rushing things. I haven't even thought about improving myself, and you're already thinking about it?!

Look! It's urgent again!!

Before Qianqian could finish pondering, Yin Fengtu, seeing her blank expression, immediately probed indirectly:

"Young Master Luo, hurry back to the East Palace! Don't keep His Highness the Crown Prince waiting!"

The other underlings chimed in, "Yes! You should hurry back to the palace! Don't keep His Highness the Crown Prince waiting!"

Qianqian had no intention of going back to be cannon fodder. She straightened up, shook her shirt, and knelt down with a thud, looking righteous and awe-inspiring.

"His Highness the Crown Prince is kind-hearted and detached from worldly affairs, and never wishes to get involved in court matters!"

"Today, as the nation faces a perilous moment and the people are in dire need of salvation, I dare to disobey His Highness the Crown Prince's earnest teachings!"

In his heart, Young Master Luo thought: First, I'll clear the Crown Prince's name, then I'll put on an act myself, hoping to make progress!

The students preparing for the imperial examinations exchanged knowing glances as they watched the young master, who had suddenly knelt down, think tonight: "Did we run into a gentleman who can pretend to be even better than us tonight?"

Yin Fengtu's face turned green with anger as he looked at the unpredictable Young Master Luo.

"Young Master Luo's righteousness is truly a blessing to the people of our dynasty!"

"His Highness the Crown Prince will surely understand your good intentions. Then, Young Master Luo, please join us lowly commoners in offering your advice!"

Yin Fengtu looked at the young master Luo kneeling in front of him, silently shifted his position, blending his originally prominent figure into the examination students behind him, deliberately making the young master Luo, who was in front, stand out even more.

Qianqianluo naturally caught a glimpse of the actions of the student from Yin University out of the corner of her eye, and she could only sigh: "This child is teachable!"

The soldiers upstairs panicked and began writing secret reports to the Zhang brothers, asking them how to handle this emergency!

In the East Palace Star Gazing Pavilion, the Crown Prince, suffering from insomnia at midnight, propped up a telescope and watched one poorly acted drama after another with utter boredom.

His Highness the Crown Prince, with his bare, pink-toed feet, stepped on a soft, gold-threaded carpet that had been scented with sandalwood for a long time.

He leaned lazily against the corridor of the Star Gazing Pavilion, his gaze piercingly fixed on the robe and trousers on the low table, which Qianqian had just inhaled several times.

Just one glance was enough to make the little tyrant feel a surge of heat within him. He took off his boots and walked barefoot on the cold, damp ground of the palace path for a long time, but the heat still wouldn't subside.

Qing Tingyu habitually glanced at his feet. The lackey wasn't kneeling beside him; instead, he was brazenly kneeling outside the Xuanwu Gate.

Daring to kneel before a group of strange men, his attendant was once again openly seducing people.

Thinking of this, His Highness the Crown Prince crushed the teacup he was holding with his bare hands.

Bang! Upon hearing the sound, the guards hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Your Highness, please calm down and take care of your health!"

"Your Highness, let this servant bandage your wounds!" Upon seeing this, the imperial maid Zhi'er hurriedly stepped forward and knelt beside the little tyrant.

"Hmph, Zhi'er is so thoughtful! Come here! Let me see if the red marks from last night's mosquito bites are still there?"

Qing Tingyu propped his head up, letting Zhi'er wipe the blood off his hands with a silk handkerchief.

He pinched Zhi'er's delicate, peach-blossom face, and then, following the veins and skin along her neck, ripped off her outer spring dress.

On the right side of Zhi'er's neck, there was a red mark left by a mosquito bite last night, with blood still seeping from the mark, making it very conspicuous.

"Your Highness, you're still here! You're still here!!"

Zhi'er trembled all over from the Crown Prince's sinister face, biting her teeth in fear.

"Hmph, you can't even handle this?!"

"Then why?"

"Why is it that that dog of a servant, who sleeps in the same bed with me every night, shows absolutely no reaction?!"

The young tyrant got up in a huff, pulled his hand back, and stood with his hands behind his back on the high platform of the Star Gazing Tower, staring meaningfully in the direction of Xuanwu Gate.

Outside Xuanwu Gate, Qianqian had only been kneeling for an hour when she felt she was about to faint.

She felt she had really overdone it tonight, and her attempt to show off had backfired, making her a laughingstock instead.

In order not to become the second person in the history of the Qingting Dynasty to kneel and kowtow until she fainted, she bit her lower lip hard to steady herself.

The guards upstairs, munching on sunflower seeds, watched as the young master Luo swayed and gritted his teeth to persevere downstairs, and burst into laughter!

"Hahaha~ Young Master Luo, it's been an hour already, tsk tsk tsk~ If you can't kneel anymore, you should go back to the East Palace to rest!"

"Indeed! Young Master Luo! Your body is even more frail than a woman's; I'm afraid you can't withstand such punishment!"

"Hahaha~ This skin is so delicate and tender~ Tsk tsk tsk~ It looks really unappealing!!"

The soldiers chattered amongst themselves about Qianqianluo, their lewd glances fixed on the naturally alluring young man.

The soldiers, with their yellowed teeth and smiles, spat downstairs.

They thought it didn't matter if they couldn't get it; as long as they had stained it with their dirtiest saliva, it was as if they had gotten it.

"How dare you! You bunch of bastards raised by the Zhang family, how dare you be so disrespectful to this noble lady of the Eastern Palace?!"

Yin Fengtu couldn't bear to watch any longer, so he quickly got up, took off his outer robe, and carefully protected the trembling young master Luo.

"Brother! It would be alright if I were to perish tonight. I am like a mayfly adrift in the vastness of the universe, having long been wandering with no way home!"

"I'm tired, I want to leave!!"

Qianqian patted the shoulder of the boy who was protecting her clothes beside her, her pale and beautiful face filled with sorrow!