He saw through her; she was just putting on a brave face.
Even though the scene of "severing ties with you" was just in her imagination, she still felt an unbearable pang of sorrow.
"When I made the bet with you, I knew you would lose, but I didn't ask anything of you," the Prince of Jin, his fingers intertwined with hers, his eyes gleaming as he looked at her. "Because I have no demands of you, yet I'm willing to grant you any request."
Who said a dog-like man is a stupid, straight man?
Tang Zhuyun felt that she wouldn't agree!
"A-Yun, leave the future to the future, and give your heart to me securely."
Doing is more important than saying.
Tang Zhuyun pulled her hand away from his. "You peeled the crab without washing your hands!"
Prince of Jin: "..."
After the two washed their hands, Prince of Jin still didn't leave. He picked up the wedding dress Tang Zhuyun had placed on the couch and said with satisfaction, "You're preparing your wedding dress?"
His fingers traced the phoenix embroidered with gold thread. "Where are the eyes?"
"Xiu'er embroidered it for me," Tang Zhuyun said. "Just embroider a pair of eyes."
"How lazy!" the Prince of Jin laughed and scolded. "He even has the nerve to ask someone else to do it for him."
Tang Zhuyun snorted, "Everyone else prepares their wedding dresses years in advance, should I prepare for another three years too?"
The Prince of Jin, "Your hands aren't for holding embroidery needles; they're for healing and saving lives."
Tang Zhuyun: That makes more sense.
As they were talking, the Prince of Jin suddenly began to unbutton his clothes.
Tang Zhuyun: "What do you intend to do, Your Highness?"
She's super fierce!
"I suddenly want to ask you, why did you stitch up my wound so badly back then!" the Prince of Jin said through gritted teeth.
She was clearly very skilled at treating this kind of wound.
Tang Zhuyun chuckled mischievously, "But didn't I still save the prince?"
Why make it so ugly?
"Because you always gave me a hard time before. Saving people is one thing, not saving them would be a disservice to our ancestors; but what about other things? I'm not a saint."
She's quite adept at holding grudges.
"Hehe, when women see your wound in the future, won't they be terrified?" Tang Zhuyun chuckled mischievously. "That's why I think I'm very farsighted!"
Aren't you afraid?
"What am I afraid of?" Tang Zhuyun said. "I sewed it! Let's see how you act all high and mighty in front of other women!"
A man's true strength doesn't lie in that.
Tang Zhuyun: Oh no, get off the bus!
For some reason, the Prince of Jin lingered, unwilling to leave.
Tang Zhuyun yawned until tears streamed down her face, and slumped over the table, urging him, "Aren't you leaving?"
She heard that Sister Yuan had cried twice and then been soothed to sleep by the wet nurse, so she could imagine how late it was.
"Originally, I intended to bring the things to you myself today." The Prince of Jin looked at her, his gaze lingering on her for a moment.
"And then?" Tang Zhuyun closed her eyes slightly.
"My father summoned me."
The Emperor's sleepiness lessened slightly.
I'm leaving Beijing tomorrow.
Ah? I'm wide awake now.
Tang Zhuyun stared wide-eyed at Prince of Jin: "Where are we going? How long will we be gone?"
Gannan.
Gannan? That's so far away...
"It will take a month to travel back and forth," said the Prince of Jin. "I will handle matters as quickly as possible, and I will be back for the wedding."
This time, it seems unlikely that I'll be able to see him even if I wanted to before the wedding.
What are you going to do?
"It's important."
Tang Zhuyun: "You actually have something important to do?"
The Prince of Jin said helplessly, "Otherwise what? Do you think I'm just going to sit around eating and waiting to die?"
"Pretty much..." Tang Zhuyun counted on her fingers, "You see, from the moment we met until now, you've been busy looking for a wife, haven't you?"
And I've always been disliked...
Then he pretended to be dead and went to the Northwest to deal with the Xiao Family's affairs. What serious business did he have to do?
Take the Golden Scale Guard he commands, for example; aside from using them to scare himself, they haven't done anything else.
Therefore, Tang Zhuyun always thought that Prince of Jin was just a lazy and idle prince.
Although he is ambitious.
The Prince of Jin teased her, "Now that you've found it, shouldn't you be thinking about doing something productive to support your family?"
Tang Zhuyun had a feeling this wouldn't be an easy task, and asked him, "Do you have to leave?"
Prince of Jin nodded. "Father's secret decree has been issued."
When are you leaving?
"After leaving you."
Will we not even be able to wait until dawn?
That's inhumane! They're finally about to get married, and you still have to send them away!
With so many sons, why does the emperor have to prioritize exploiting this one?
The Prince of Jin noticed the surprise and worry in her eyes and teased her, "Don't you want to be a widow now?"
Tang Zhuyun glared at him. "Are you stupid!"
Then, under the smug look in the Prince of Jin's eyes, she continued, "Linlin hasn't acknowledged his biological father yet, and he hasn't become the heir apparent!"
The implication was that if the Prince of Jin died, the Prince of Jin's Residence would not fall into her hands.
The Prince of Jin was so angry that he pinched her cheek.
Tang Zhuyun said in a low voice, "You'd better come back soon. I don't want to be bowing to my husband while holding a chicken."
The wedding date has been set and cannot be changed.
Whether the person comes back or not, she still has to go to the Prince's mansion.
"Then I'll definitely buy you the most Linlin chicken." The Prince of Jin laughed heartily.
Tang Zhuyun: "You're the most Linlin one."
The Prince of Jin burst into laughter again, "Then you're just an earthworm, completely at my mercy."
Reluctantly, we must part ways eventually.
"I went to Gannan because my father suspected the governor of Gannan of colluding with foreign enemies." Prince of Jin still told Tang Zhuyun the matter, "It's nothing serious."
Since he is in charge of the Golden Scale Guard, it is his duty to investigate these matters.
Fool, isn't this a big deal?
If this charge is confirmed, it will implicate nine generations of one's family.
In this situation, how could the other party not make a desperate struggle, grabbing as many people as possible to take down with them?
Tang Zhuyun wanted to prepare some medicine for him, but Prince of Jin said, "I already have what you gave me before."
He hugged her tightly, buried his head in her collarbone, and remained motionless for a long time.
Tang Zhuyun didn't move either.
"Wait for me to come back and marry you!"
After saying this, the Prince of Jin walked out without looking back.
He can't turn back; if he does, he might not want to leave anymore.
Tang Zhuyun: Why did I marry a salesman? He's always on business trips...
Although she was a little reluctant, she could understand that it was the Prince of Jin of Jin's job.
The next night, Tang Zhuyun was almost asleep when the door was suddenly opened.
"Xiu'er? Is that you?" Tang Zhuyun recognized the footsteps.
Xiu'er: "Your Majesty, are you asleep?"
"Go to sleep soon, what's wrong?"
"No, the Prince didn't come tonight?" Xiu'er asked in surprise.
Tang Zhuyun: "..."
This person, who always arrived in the middle of the night, suddenly stopped coming. She wasn't even bothered by it, but Xiu'er was?
"He didn't come."
"That's strange," Xiu'er muttered.
Didn't Song Jingyang tell you that the Prince was leaving the capital?
"Ah? The Prince has also left the capital? I thought it was just Song Jingyang going by himself!"
Tang Zhuyun said, "They should all have gone."
"This won't be very interesting anymore," Xiu'er muttered. "Alright, you should go to sleep now. I can finally get a good night's sleep."
Don't be so anxious, always listening intently inside, lest someone with ill intentions tries to board the train without a ticket.