Volume Two, Chapter 38

"..."What kind of plot is this? It hadn't been long since he last saw her, yet this woman seemed to have experienced all the vicissitudes of life, inexplicably gained a fiancé, been rejected by him, and then been chased all over the streets by the reigning emperor...

Most importantly—the emperor's gaze at her was a little—no, not a little. It was extremely strange!

He was a man, so he understood how men looked at women. But he couldn't understand the way the emperor looked at her. It wasn't merely a man being interested in a woman's body; the emperor's eyes were practically glowing...

"Your father's been imprisoned, and you have no one to marry, leaving you all alone and helpless, so... you'll have to stay at the Long Household for the time being, right?" It wasn't only the emperor's gaze that was strange. Even his smile was becoming more and more lecherous, and he slyly raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, yes! Because he's my cousin, he'll definitely take me in, right?"

"...Are you stupid?" She had actually jumped into such an obvious trap? And dragged him in with her? If she didn't want her identity exposed, she could have simply said, I'm leaving the Capital. Goodbye—no, farewell forever! Wouldn't that have been enough? Her brain had worked perfectly well when she was dressed as a man, hadn't it? He was beginning to regret letting her flaunt herself around in women's clothes. Not only had she thrown caution to the wind, but she had also...

Longyang raised his eyes and glanced at Zhao Huangpu.

She had also caught the attention of a fox they absolutely couldn't afford to provoke...

Only after being cursed by Longyang did Zhu Bafu suddenly realize what a stupid thing she had done. One lie had to be