A short night is hard to please! A stunningly handsome prince dotes on her exclusively.

Yunxianglou

"Yun Zhaoyao, I'm warning you, don't follow me anymore. I'm going to find Yan Yan. You should go back to the envoy's post station right away."

"No, Sister Hua, I just want to be with you." He tugged at Hua Buyu's sleeve, pouting, looking increasingly aggrieved.

Hua Buyu was extremely impatient. She abruptly shook off his hand and said coldly, "Don't push your luck! I've been playing with you for several days now. You're going to be the Qiyun envoy from now on, so don't cause me any trouble."

Yun Zhaoyao's eyes were slightly red, and a pleading look appeared on her fair and pretty face. "Sister Hua, could you come with me to stay at the envoy's post station?"

"Are you crazy?! Everyone knows I'm Yan Yan's good friend, and I frequently visit the General's Mansion and the Imperial Palace. Do you want to frame me for treason?"

"You're not from Yuanqi, so how can you be accused of treason and collusion with the enemy?"

“I am no longer a Qiyun person. You have so many spies around you. You can only be safe in the public eye. I…” She sneered, “I am nothing but something that crawls in the shadows of a stinking ditch. I can’t be brought to the table.”

"Sister Hua, please don't say that about yourself."

"Alright!" Hua Buyu waved her hand, packed the ointment and several sets of peach-colored clothes into a bundle, and then handed it to him.

"Hurry downstairs. Tomorrow, when the envoys from various countries arrive in the capital, you can pretend you don't know me."

"..."

After waiting for a long time without receiving a reply from Yun Zhaoyao, Hua Buyu finally looked up and saw him staring intently at her with red eyes.

"Oh, Xiao Zhaoyao, I'm doing this all for your own good. Luckily, your elder sister didn't recognize me. I really can't continue to get involved with you. I only saved you two years ago. You can't keep clinging to me. I have my own life now. You should work harder to get the throne. From now on, we'll pretend we don't know each other..."

Before she could finish speaking, Yun Zhaoyao suddenly rushed forward and hugged her tightly, her voice slightly hoarse and low.

"Sister Hua, please don't say we don't know each other, and please don't leave me, okay?"

Hua Buyu pushed against his chest with both hands, but this time his strength was ridiculously great, and she couldn't budge him at all.

"Yun Zhaoyao, let go of me!"

"Sister Hua, I finally found you. After the court assembly, will you come back to Qiyun with me?"

"You're dreaming! I will never have anything to do with your Yun family again, and don't look for me, Yun Zhaoyao, let me go!" She became more and more agitated as she spoke, almost shouting.

Yun Zhaoyao still clung to her tightly, her crimson lips brushing against her earlobe intentionally or unintentionally, her tone extremely pitiful and helpless.

"Sister Hua, my mother passed away early, my father has been bedridden for a long time, my elder sister married far away, and I only have you left. Will you stay by my side?"

Hua Buyu pushed and shoved for a long time, panting heavily, but still couldn't get away. Helplessly, she said, "Now that you're almost an adult, you're becoming a greater threat to him. You must seize imperial power as soon as possible to prevent him from succeeding. If he launches another palace coup, even if you have a god with you, it won't help."

"Sister Hua, are you afraid that if you come back to the country with me, the Imperial Uncle will find out?"

"Yes! That's right! That's exactly it! I'm just afraid he'll find out I'm still alive, okay!"

"I will protect you."

"Ha! Yun Zhaoyao, I'm speechless. It seems all my words were wasted. Why did I give you the throne? You can't even guarantee your own safety, yet you're talking about protecting me? What kind of protection is that?!"

Hua Buyu rolled her eyes in his arms, feeling very worried about the future development of Qiyun Kingdom.

"If...if I become emperor and overthrow my uncle, then Sister Hua won't have to be afraid anymore. At that time, would Sister Hua be willing to live with me?"

"I don't want to!"

Hearing her decisive answer, Yun Zhaoyao subconsciously tightened her grip and asked in a muffled voice, "Why?"

"Damn it! Are you trying to strangle me? Yun Zhaoyao, let go of me!" She clenched her fists and pounded on Yun Zhaoyao's back several times, but it had no effect whatsoever.

"Sister Flower, why?"

"There's no reason why. We've only met by chance. Why should I be with you? I want my freedom, and I need to save face..."

What to raise?

Hua Buyu's eyes flickered a few times, and she replied perfunctorily, "This is an adult matter, children shouldn't interfere. Let go of me now, I'm going back to the General's Mansion."

"Sister Hua, I'm seventeen years old, not a child anymore."

Even if you're seventy years old, in my eyes you're still that crybaby, half-grown child.

"You..." He instantly released his embrace, seemingly deeply provoked by Hua Buyu's words. He bit his lower lip hard, his chest heaving, and his eyes reddening.

"Alright, I've said enough. I'm leaving."

Hua Buyu turned around, waved her hand behind her, and was about to walk out when Yun Zhaoyao took a step forward, wrapped her arms around her from behind, buried her face in the crook of her neck, and spoke in a lower, hoarse voice.

"Sister Flower, please stay by my side."

Her body stiffened. "Yun Zhaoyao, what's wrong with you? Let go!"

"You've been avoiding me for half a year, you have no idea how much I've missed you. I can't live without you, I love you~"

"Phew~" Hua Buyu exhaled a breath of stale air and rolled her eyes, seemingly already used to his words.

"You're so frivolous! You're still young. You should be studying court politics seriously, not talking about love all the time. And even if you do, you shouldn't be talking to me."

"No! I don't want anyone but you, Sister Hua. I really like you. Will you be with me?"

Yun Zhaoyao's eyes were bloodshot, and her fair face was flushed. Her voice was very humble, "I know that you fled to Yuanqi because of what I said half a year ago, but I really like you!"

Her red lips parted slightly, but there was no storm as expected. Hua Buyu's expression was calm, and her voice was as cold as the snow in the twelfth lunar month.

"Yun Zhaoyao, I don't like you."

"Are you... still thinking about your royal uncle?"

"Ha! Don't think of me as such a lowly person. Even if all the men in the world were dead, I wouldn't look back at them, including you."

"Why? If you no longer want your royal uncle, why include me? Just because he and I are uncle and nephew? Sister Hua, I don't mind. I've never minded your past. Please don't reject me, okay?"

"not good!"

She suddenly found the strength to shove Yun Zhaoyao away and ruthlessly roared, "Yun Zhaoyao, can't you be normal for once? I'm warning you, you're not allowed to come near me again. From this moment on, I'm cutting all ties with you and we'll never have anything to do with each other again."

"You...what did you say?"

"I'm saying we're breaking up. I never want to see you again!"

After saying that, she pushed open the door and coldly walked out, leaving Yun Zhaoyao alone, gazing sadly in the direction outside the door...