The eldest daughter's scheming, the crown prince's exclusive favor to the venomous concubi

Chu Tian was silent for a long time before saying, "I believe that since I wrongly arrested the young lady, I should take full responsibility."

Jian Yue: ...

Why does it feel like I'm encountering someone with hysteria?

She suppressed the urge to beat the other person up and said, "Taking responsibility means knocking me unconscious and continuing to take me away? Your responsibility should be to apologize to me when I wake up and then let me go home."

Chu Tianyi pursed his lips and looked at Jian Yue. Jian Yue's face turned red with anger. She glanced at Chu Tianyi and saw him looking at her. She immediately said coldly, "Why are you looking at me?"

Chu Tianyi's face immediately turned red again. He lowered his head slightly and after a long while, he said shyly, "My father said that disrespecting a girl is a capital offense, and if you have physical intimacy with a girl but do not take responsibility, you deserve to die even more."

So, I thought to myself, not only have I been disrespectful to the girl, but I have also had physical intimacy with her. I really deserve to die. Therefore, I must take full responsibility. Don't worry, girl, Father said that a man should be responsible for his actions. I will never break my promise.

In a few days, when my parents arrive, I will definitely introduce you to them, and then we will choose an auspicious day to hold our wedding.

As he spoke, Chu Tianyi handed the dagger over again, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

Jian Yue was completely dumbfounded. Skin-to-skin contact? This guy carried her all the way back. To be honest, he didn't even touch her hand. How could there be any skin-to-skin contact?

If being carried along counts as physical intimacy, then what about her relationship with that damned Qilin Pavilion Master? And that young master is even more like Yao Ming—shouldn't they all have to repay each other with their bodies? She doesn't have enough of those two to go around.

Is this marriage really happening? Isn't this a bit of a big deal?

Jian Yue remained silent. She didn't dare to take the dagger. Even if she were stupid, she would understand by now that the dagger was some kind of token. If she took it, she would probably be in trouble from then on.

Looking at the shyly smiling silly child in front of her, she sighed, got out of bed, and Chu Tian quickly stepped forward to put shoes on Jian Yue.

Jian Yue: ...

"Um, sir, there's no need for such formalities. I can dress myself."

Chu Tian frowned immediately: "No, no, my father said that one should be gentle with one's wife. My father even puts shoes on my mother."

Jian Yueren.

"Young master, please don't talk nonsense. There is nothing between us, so we have no relationship. Please respect yourself and don't ruin my reputation. Otherwise, I will die in vain and I will not escape blame."

Chu Tian was taken aback, then felt wronged: "Does this mean you dislike me? Why? Tell me what's wrong with me and I'll change!"

Jian Yue rubbed her temples and forced herself to speak softly, "It's not that you're not good enough, young master, but I'm not worthy of this honor. My parents have already arranged my marriage, and we'll be married in a few months. I can't disobey the orders of my parents and the words of the matchmaker. Please don't force me, young master, and let me go."

Upon hearing this, Chu Tianyi said unhappily, "We are about to get married, but we are not already married. That is not the problem. However, I have had intimate relations with the young lady, and I must take responsibility."

Jian Yue found it funny. Looking at Chu Tianyi's serious face, she thought she was hallucinating. Did this child lose his brain when he was a child and never find it again?

She retorted, "Then let me ask you, where did you touch me?"

Chu Tian stammered, "I, I, I touched your waist! And I carried you to the bed."

Jian Yue then asked, "Did you touch my hand?"

No, no, never.

"Did you kiss me?"

"Neither, nor ever."

"So you took off my clothes?"

“Even more, never.”

The more she asked, the redder Chu Tianyi's face became. Jian Yue smiled, shrugged, and said to Chu Tianyi, "In that case, how could we have any physical intimacy? We were just helping each other up through our clothes."

Upon hearing this, Chu Tian looked up, his face full of disbelief: "But, but that's what Father said."

Jian Yue sighed again and said, "What your father said is all true, but it must involve actual physical intimacy. Tell me, did your father tell you exactly what physical intimacy meant?"

Chu Tian shook his head, and Jian Yue clapped her hands: "Isn't that settled then? I meant physical intimacy, so we didn't have any physical intimacy, and nothing happened between us. You should let me leave now, I need to go home."

As Jian Yue spoke, she got up to leave the room, but Chu Tian pulled her back just as her hand touched the door. Jian Yue frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I, I, I, anyway, you can't leave."

Jian Yue was immediately exhausted, and said plaintively, "Brother, we have no past grievances or recent feuds, why won't you let me go?"

Chu Tian pursed his lips and after a long while said, "You can't leave. You have to wait for my father and mother to come."

Jian Yue tilted her head: "On what grounds? Just because you're the son of a king of a different surname?"

Chu Tianyi was taken aback. Jian Yue sneered and brushed his hand away, saying, "If anyone could use this four-clawed azure dragon, there would be no such thing as a king of a different surname. So, young prince, stop acting. We are not on the same side."

Chu Tian frowned: "I wasn't acting."

Jian Yue sighed, "Even if you weren't acting, isn't it still the same thing? I don't care what you want to do, Your Highness. I just ask that you release me. I have no use to you."

Chu Tian pursed his lips: "Couldn't it be that I really want to marry you? The men of our Northwest are all so straightforward, we don't lie. I touched you, and I don't feel disgusted by you. On the contrary, I have feelings for you too. Wouldn't it be better to just marry me like this?"

Upon hearing this, Jian Yue raised an eyebrow: "Young Prince, your status is so noble that many women naturally flock to you. But have you ever considered my status? Am I worthy of your status?"

Chu Tian opened his mouth to speak, but Jian Yue stopped him and continued, "Yes, Your Highness, you may say you don't care about your status, but have you ever thought about this? I'm about to get married. Being kidnapped by you has already greatly affected my innocence. Now you want to have an affair with you and break off my engagement with my future husband's family. I want to ask Your Highness, what will others think of me? What kind of person do you think I am?"

Chu Tianyi remained silent, his deep eyes fixed on Jian Yue. Jian Yue let him look at her. In fact, Chu Tianyi was also very good-looking. His appearance was not quite the same as that of people from the Central Plains. He had a deep look and his features appeared more resolute.

But she absolutely did not think that this young prince would be her catch.

She smiled and continued, "Young Prince, please have mercy and let me go. After all, there's really nothing between us. You wouldn't ruin me completely just for your own selfish reasons, would you?"

Chu Tian's face remained expressionless. He stared at Jian Yue for a long time before finally asking, "You really don't like me?"

Jian Yue smiled and shook her head: "Young Prince, don't forget, I'm getting married."

Chu Tian paused for a moment before saying, "Alright, I'll see you out."

Chu Tianyi led Jian Yue out of the house, and it took Jian Yue a long time to realize where she was. Finally, Jian Yue had to rub her temples and look at Chu Tianyi: "Have you brought me into the palace?"

"Yes, the palace of a king of a different surname."

Jian Yue: ...

Is this guy stupid? He actually brought the palace to her without her noticing? Jian Yue felt her anger rising, but looking at Chu Tianyi's expressionless face, she didn't know how to vent her anger.

She was speechless and said, "Young Prince, you are really surprising. Aren't you afraid that people will say that you are bullying men and women and that your behavior is strange? This is the capital. What you are doing is a provocation to the Emperor's face."

Kidnapping people right under their noses and bringing them to the palace—this is an act that no ordinary person could pull off. This young prince is truly an extraordinary individual.

Chu Tian nodded, a little shyly saying, "I was just thinking that since we're getting married anyway, I brought you back so we could get married sooner. Who would have thought you wouldn't want to!"

Me? I don't want to?

Jian Yue was completely convinced, so she simply stopped talking to Chu Tianyi and silently followed behind him. Then, Chu Tianyi carried her and jumped over the palace wall.

Jian Yue felt that since her rebirth, the things she encountered had become increasingly bizarre. The Qilin Pavilion, the heir of Qingyan Marquis, and this so-called little prince of the Northwest, which she had no knowledge of in her previous life, all appeared in front of her, and in all strange ways.

However, at this moment, the Qiu family must be in complete chaos. Qiu Zhenzhou must be in a real bind. He had just finalized the marriage arrangements with the princess's family and was about to hold the betrothal ceremony, but now his bride-to-be had been snatched away. Would the young master take advantage of this incident to extort money from him again?

Jian Yue thought mischievously. Then, Chu Tian took her out of the palace and back to the street where she had been robbed. Feeling the familiar cold wind, Jian Yue felt much more comfortable.

"I'll take you home. Where do you live?"

As soon as Chu Tian stepped forward, Jian Yue shook her head and said, "No need, I can manage on my own. Thank you for bringing me back, young master. I am very grateful."

Chu Tian shook his head, his eyes dark: "I said I was going to marry you, so naturally I'll send you back and then go to propose marriage."

Jian Yue was taken aback, not understanding why the young prince was still so adamant after she had finished speaking. Could it be that he was still concerned about their physical intimacy?

Thinking of this, Jian Yue was about to explain to him again when Chu Tian suddenly pulled her behind him. Then, more than thirty men in black appeared in front of her, all with golden unicorns embroidered on their belts.

They are from the Qilin Pavilion.

Chu Tianyi's face remained unchanged as he stood in front of Jian Yue and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll protect you."

Jian Yue glanced at him silently, then walked past him toward the people from Qilin Pavilion. Chu Tian frowned, wanting to stop her, but Jian Yue turned back and smiled, saying, "Thank you, young master. Don't worry, they're here to find me, and they'll naturally protect me. Please go back, young master. I will repay your life-saving grace in the future."