I traveled through the Cretaceous period and farmed with the ever-changing dog egg.

"Your Majesty, this old minister humbly requests that Miss Lin stay at your residence for two days."

"No!"

"Stay here?" Ying Zheng looked at Lin Chaoyan, who was playing with lotus leaves beside him, and refused without even thinking.

The father and son thought the king would be reluctant to part with her, but they didn't expect him to refuse so decisively. They immediately made a move to kneel down. "Your Majesty, this old minister guarantees with his life that Miss Lin will absolutely not suffer the slightest grievance in the manor."

"That's absolutely impossible! Send that child to the palace to get him treated and then bring him back. Ayan cannot leave my sight." If she runs away, he'll have nowhere to turn to cry. He's not naive enough to think she's given up on escaping.

It is not necessarily a good thing for a king to value his personal feelings too much. Meng Ao earnestly advised, "Your Majesty, do you value your personal feelings too much?"

"You don't understand, you don't understand anything. She doesn't want to marry me at all. She wants to run away. Last night, she actually ran away while I was asleep. I absolutely cannot let her get away..." Before he could finish speaking, Ying Zheng realized that Lin Chaoyan had disappeared from his sight. He subconsciously looked around and saw that beautiful figure as if she had never been there.

"Ayan? Ayan~"

She ran away, she ran away! Ying Zheng couldn't believe that she had run away in the blink of an eye.

"Men, find her! Find her at all costs!" He vowed in his heart that he would make her pay once he caught her. His anxious appearance terrified the Meng father and son.

She really ran away? There's someone who doesn't want to be queen? Meng Ao quickly reassured her. "Your Majesty, don't worry, perhaps Miss Lin was simply attracted by some scenery."

Lin Chaoyan did indeed escape; she had already left the city, but she was blocked by Ying Zheng's secret guards. More than a dozen men held knives to her neck, forcing her to return.

They even told her that if she dared to leave, all the palace servants who served her would die.

"You're no relation to me, do you think I care?" A bunch of bastards, actually sending so many people to keep an eye on me.

"Young lady, do you really not care about those palace servants who serve you? You can choose to leave by stepping on their corpses at any time." Ying Zheng had told them that she was kind, so he chose to use her kindness to force her at this moment.

Lin Chaoyan refused to believe it and gritted her teeth, walking forward. The next second, blood began to flow from their necks simultaneously, as if they would die on the spot if she really left them. "Bastard! Waaah!! Aci would never do this to me. Ying Zheng, you big bastard."

“Young lady, if you come back with me now, I promise you I will not report your escape to the King. I will just say you got lost while taking a walk.”

Lin Chaoyan walked back dejectedly. This was a rare opportunity; returning to the palace wouldn't be so easy. She couldn't bear the responsibility of losing over a dozen lives if she didn't go back. The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she became, wishing she could smash that bastard Ying Zheng into a wall and pin him down.

"Boss, are you really not going to report this?"

"Hmm! A gentleman's word is as good as his bond. So you shall go and report this."

"Boss, you're really something."

The underling looked shocked. "So this is what kind of boss you are, sir."

"That's because girls are easy to please!"

Lin Chaoyan heard everything the people whispering behind her back, and when she turned around, she looked at them with the eyes of someone who had already died.

"I can hear you! Why don't you just die?"

The group was so frightened that they immediately shut up and forced a smile. When they arrived near the General's Mansion, they were run into by Meng Wu and his men.

My goodness, she really ran away? No wonder the King was watching her so closely. "Miss Lin, you've gone a bit too far for a stroll! The King is waiting for you to go boating on the lake together!" He's eager to make sure everyone who wasn't watching you properly is caught.

The anxious young man in the main hall had thought about capturing Lin Chaoyan and punishing her in countless ways, but as time went by, he only wished for Lin Chaoyan to come back. As long as she could come back, that would be enough!

When that figure appeared, Ying Zheng immediately rushed over and pulled the person into his arms.

"Your Majesty, I have brought back the lost Miss Lin."

"That scenery attracted my Ayan? How did she get lost? We agreed to go boating on the lake together!" It's good that you're back, Ayan, I finally won my bet on your kindness!

"It's my first time here, so I'm just looking around. The General's Mansion is quite big. I don't know the way back!" They were all trying to save face, including the young man who was clinging to them tightly at that moment.

"Yes, Father! Our General's Mansion is quite large! Hahaha!!"

"Isn't this a lake tour? This old minister has prepared the boat! Your Majesty, please take Miss Lin to see her." Who would have thought that a general who had fought on the battlefield for many years would be playing matchmaker for his king in his old age?

"Ayan, shall we go boating on the lake?"

The boy's smile was bitter, making Lin Chaoyan unable to face him. She truly didn't know what she had that made him so persistent.

"Ok!"

"Have you not seen the eastward flowing water?"

They came without a trace, and now they are gone forever.

Have you not seen the sun rising over the city wall?

It disappears into the mountains tonight, and reappears tomorrow.

Why ask about the fleeting nature of life? We already know that life is but a dream.

Why ask? Life's emotions are but a dream.

Her melodious, clear, and beautiful voice floated across the lake, moving the listener deeply. Her performance, ethereal yet intoxicating, captivated and enchanted, transporting them to a wondrous world.

"Ayan, what's the name of this piece?"

The ornately decorated boat glided through the lotus leaves, the two of them nestled together at the bow. Lin Chaoyan dipped her feet in the lake, wading through the water, and played with a lotus flower in her hand.

"What do you mean?!"

Her singing voice was beautiful and melodious, but the underlying sadness made Ying Zheng feel increasingly insecure. He gently pulled her close, his large hand encircling her slender waist. "Ayan," he said, "you said happiness with him was simple, and isn't our happiness simple too?"

"Lotus flower porridge, fried lotus flowers, lotus leaf chicken..."

She didn't want to hear these disturbing words, so she changed the subject on her own. Lin Chaoyan broke off a petal in her hand and put a tender one into her mouth.

It smells good, but it doesn't taste good. "It doesn't taste good,"

"If Ayan wants to eat, I'll have the imperial chef make it for you when we get back." Eating flowers? Is my Ayan really planning to live a life of abstinence from worldly food? We'll have to find some cooks when we get back; if she can't eat, her body won't be able to take it in the long run.

“They can’t, and neither can I. In the past, it was always Aci who did the cooking. I told him that the most charming men are those who can cook, and he really did cook for me for so many years.”

Aci, have you missed me? Look, it's almost lotus season again.

The sudden increase in pressure on her arms pulled her back to reality. "Ouch!"

Upon hearing this, his arms loosened considerably. "Don't think about him. If you don't know how to cook, I can teach you. I can't cook for you, but I can find all the chefs in the entire Qin Dynasty for you. Even if we live in seclusion later, you can still learn." Ying Zheng was now thinking that he had to find a good chef, otherwise Lin Chaoyan would think of Wen Ci with every meal.

"Ah Zheng, you're so domineering and greedy. You want everything and can't let go of anything." How could I possibly control Ah Ci? Knowing I have someone else in my heart, you still force me to have her. Thinking of this, Lin Chaoyan got angry and grabbed a lotus flower from the side, hitting him on the head.

This scene startled the Meng family army guarding the lake and the secret protectors hiding in the shadows. They exclaimed inwardly that the future queen was incredibly bold.

"I can be even more domineering, even more greedy~" But that would hurt you, Ayan, and make you sad. As for Ying Zheng, whose head was now neither sore nor itchy, he just considered it a bit of fun, not as severe as the spanking he used to receive.

Shameless! Lin Chaoyan tapped him on the head twice more, then, thinking that was enough, she pulled her foot back. She was terrified to find an uninvited guest on her slender, fair calf, and her face paled instantly.

"Ahhhh..."

She lunged into Ying Zheng's arms, kicking her legs in a desperate attempt to shake the leech off. Unexpectedly, the leech, as thick as a finger, was incredibly sturdy. Ying Zheng swiftly slapped it down and tossed it away.

"Don't be afraid, Ayan! It's gone, see, it's gone. I'm here! I'm here!"

Lin Chaoyan felt uncomfortable all over, as if she was surrounded by leeches, and her mind was filled with images of leeches wriggling.

"I'm not playing anymore, I'm not playing anymore, I'm not playing anymore. They're everywhere, do I still have some on me? I'm sure I still have some."

"Okay, okay! We're done playing! Don't be afraid, Ayan." Seeing his beloved woman so uncomfortable that she didn't even want to put her feet on the ground, Ying Zheng lovingly carried her back to the cabin and comforted her.

"Ayan, Ayan, Ayan, don't be afraid, it's gone! It's really gone!..." But no matter how he comforted Lin Chaoyan, her mind was filled with leeches, leeches everywhere, wriggling towards her with their claws outstretched.

She curled up into a ball in Ying Zheng's arms. Seeing his beloved so frightened, Ying Zheng didn't dare to delay any longer and carried her directly to the carriage back to the palace.