"It's you, isn't it?"

"......" Chu Yugu was speechless.

"Answer me, aren't you?"

"Princess, you recognize the wrong person......"

"Princess? You don't even see my face, you know who I am?! ”

Chu Yugu's "princess" made Xu Zhiyi feel like she was hit with a stick, making her feel an indescribable pain.

"I ......" fell into Xu Zhiyi's warm and soft embrace, Chu Yugu felt that the pores all over his body were open, and his brain was a little unconscious. He was so familiar with her voice, her taste, that the moment she asked, he forgot that he didn't see her face!

"I just want to know the truth."

“…… I can't say. ”

The hand around his waist slowly loosened. He was reluctant in his heart, but he didn't dare to act.

"I guess, Ling Zhao urgently needs a child in order to compete for the throne." Xu Zhiyi slowly walked in front of Chu Yugu and stared at him with staring eyes, "And you, because you look a little similar to him, ......"

Chu Yugu avoided her inquiring gaze, leaned over to pick up the silver hairpin on the ground, and handed it to him with both hands.

"I guessed right, didn't I?!"

Chu Yugu looked at her and was speechless.

"On the night of the Lotus Pond Water Pavilion, the peacock and epiphany brewing were all set up by Ling Zhao, right?" She didn't take the silver hairpin he handed her, but asked stubbornly.

“……”

"There was a problem with the incense that day, and there was a problem with the wine, right?!"

“……”

"You're coming in with a heavy brocade lantern, aren't you?! I felt something was wrong, but I was dizzy and weak......"

“……”

"After that, every time, Ling Zhao approached me first, quietly used incense to make me unconscious, and then replaced you in, right?"

Chu Yugu nodded helplessly. Now, he knew he couldn't fool him anymore.

Xu Zhiyi's eyes gradually turned red, snatched the silver hairpin in his hand, pointed at him and said angrily: "Ling Zhao treats me as a tool for giving birth to children, and you hide it from me with him?!" Are you blind and can't see clearly? You're just a tool he borrowed, a pig and a dog——! ”

"Princess, you ...... You're pregnant now, don't get excited! Seeing that Xu Zhiyi's emotions were becoming more and more angry, Chu Yugu hurriedly opened his mouth to appease.

It's okay not to mention pregnancy, as soon as she heard this, Xu Zhiyi immediately clenched her fists, and stabbed the silver hairpin into her abdomen with her backhand, "I don't want it, I don't want this wild seed in my stomach——! ”

"Zhiyi!" Chu Yugu stepped forward and hugged her, "You have a grudge, just beat me and scold me, the child is innocent......"

"You let go of me!"

"Don't let go."

"You let me go—"

Afraid that Xu Zhiyi would lose control of her emotions and have an accident, he wrapped his arms around her and held her firmly in his arms. In a hurry, Xu Zhiyi buried her head and bit down his wrist. Chu Yugu gritted his teeth, but he still refused to let go.

"Zhiyi, can you calm down? Even if you don't want this child, but it's about the emperor's heir, you have to think about it for the people up and down the Xu family, once this matter is exposed, do you know the consequences?! ”

Why didn't she know the consequences? If the matter was exposed, Ling Zhao took a bite back, saying that he borrowed a seed to have a child in order to invite pets, and this matter of confusing the dragon vein was a big sin of the nine clans! For the sake of imperial power, Ling Zhao can hire a murderer to assassinate his flesh and blood brothers, what is it in his eyes that he and the Xu family are up and down?!

"Although this temple is secluded, there are inevitably monks coming and going, I will take you to a safe place, and I will tell you everything, okay?" After Xu Zhiyi's mood gradually calmed down, Chu Yugu slowly let go of his arm and asked cautiously.

"Okay." Xu Zhiyi nodded.

Chu Yugu took Xu Zhiyi to another grotto in a secluded place in the back mountain, and told him the truth about the causes and consequences of Li Daitao's stiffness. Under Xu Zhiyi's pestering, he also told her that Ling Zhao had hated women the most since he was a child because of his nurse Mrs. Xin'an.

Xu Zhiyi was shocked when she heard this: it turned out that it was not that she was not good enough and did not deserve to be loved, but that Ling Zhao did not love women at all!!

Thinking back to the neglect and alienation she had received in front of Ling Zhao over the years, and the Ling Zhao she had encountered now. Humiliated and ashamed, Xu Zhiyi only hated that she was young and ignorant, and she was blinded and lost her soul by his splendid skin. She thought that her single-minded dedication would definitely be rewarded with his emotions, but she was just playing a one-man show that was doomed to tragedy!

The pain and resentment in her heart made her cry aggrieved.

Looking at Xu Zhiyi, who was crying with pear blossoms and rain, Chu Yugu was at a loss, and he comforted: "You...... Don't cry, it's all my fault, I shouldn't have appeared in front of you rashly, and I shouldn't have told you about the dirty things between these men......"

"Shouldn't have told me?! In your eyes, I'm just a stupid woman at the mercy of others, right? Xu Zhiyi asked with a crying voice.

"No, Zhiyi, you are the best woman in this world, I ...... Whether you believe it or not, you are in my heart...... is the most important person in the world...... "Whenever he is in a hurry, he calls her not "princess", but "Zhiyi". He didn't realize it himself, subconsciously, the princess was the woman of the same Shu Wang Lingzhao; And Zhiyi is the woman he likes.

Xu Zhiyi suppressed her crying, looked up at Chu Yugu and asked, "Are you telling the truth?" ”

“…… Nature is telling the truth. I used to think that I hated women, just like the prince. However, since the Lotus Pond Water Pavilion, you have appeared in my mind all the time...... If it weren't for the fact that the prince didn't allow me to get close to you again, I would ...... I ......"

"I'm sure you're telling the truth." Xu Zhiyi wiped the tears on her face with her sleeve, and suddenly changed the subject, "Since I am your most important person, can you help me do something?" ”

"What does Zhiyi want me to do?"

"Let go of the county lord of Hejing."

Chu Yugu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect her to mention Shumei as soon as she opened her mouth.

"I know her disappearance has something to do with you."

"Zhiyi, I can't do it." Chu Yugu shook his head.

Xu Zhiyi looked at Chu Yugu for a long time, and found that he showed no signs of letting go, so she smiled helplessly, "I also know that this matter is a bit difficult." After all, you can't be Ling Zhao's master. ”

"......" Chu Yugu pursed his lips.

"By the way, I'm curious, how did you know Ling Zhao?"

Compared with the requirement to let go of the eyebrows, this question can give a positive answer. After thinking about it, Chu Yugu opened his mouth and replied: "My father is in the fat powder business in Anyuan City, and he used to be the largest fat powder merchant in the western region. In the first month of the twenty-sixth year of Longhe, more than a dozen Xili people sneaked into my home, and my father and the old and young in the family struggled to resist, but they all encountered accidents, and only I was lucky to be rescued by the prince......"

After listening to Chu Yugu's story, Xu Zhiyi was silent for a while before asking again: "How old were you at that time?" ”

"Just turned fifteen."