Chapter 201

Gu Ying smiled and glanced at his cold and handsome face for a moment. She didn't take her hand out of his palm and asked, "Prince, have you had dinner?"

"No," Zhao Changdu held her hand and walked to the flower hall, "Their side always spoils my appetite. What I enjoy the most is having meals with you."

Gu Ying obediently murmured, "Mm," and said, "There is the prince's favorite fish for dinner tonight."

Zhao Changdu covered the girl's cold little hand with his big hand, stared at her glowing white cheeks, recalled her charm last night in his mind, felt a little itchy in his heart, lowered his head, leaned to the little girl's ear, and gently breathed, "I love everything you prepare."

Gu Ying didn't say anything more and walked into the flower hall silently.

She didn't want to tear her face with the prince, but it was still a bit difficult for her to smile at him wholeheartedly as before.

The dishes were heating on the stove. Seeing the masters come in, several second-class maids immediately brought the warm dishes to the table.

Zhao Changdu took a look. Sure enough, they were all his favorites, spicy, sour, sweet, roasted lamb and steamed buns with beef soup. His mood instantly improved.

He had been busy in the palace for most of the day and had just managed to resolve the Yue Yan incident.

Prince Duan and Ning Si were implicated and infected with a cold. Now both of them were recuperating in Chifeng Palace.

After what happened last night, the marriage between Prince Shu and the Ning family was cancelled. On the contrary, the Empress reacted decisively and asked for an imperial decree from His Majesty. With the plea from Ning Da, the official from the Ministry of Personnel, the marriage between Prince Duan and Ning Si was mostly settled. The political situation in the court had subtle changes due to this marriage.

When he returned to the mansion, he originally wanted to catch Jiang Yin to get to the bottom of this. However, as if he had predicted it beforehand, that guy went straight into Shu Prince’s Mansion, leaving him empty-handed.

He ordered several elite soldiers from the Qilin Army to keep watch outside Shu Prince's Mansion before rushing back to accompany her.

Gu Ying sat at the table with indifferent eyes. She only thought of picking dishes for him while not eating anything herself.

He soon noticed the girl's abnormality, raised his brows, pulled her into his arms to sit, hugged her slender waist from behind with his long arm, kissed her earlobe lightly, and said, "Why don't you eat? Don't you like these dishes? I'll let them take them away and redo them."

He had always been generous with money.

Even casual actions could make people feel its enormity.

Gu Ying's earlobes flushed slightly. She moved her body stiffly and said, "No... I had lunch late today and sat in Wanli Pavilion with Princess Ning in the afternoon. I have no appetite now."

Unable to resist her alluring fragrance, Zhao Changdu only felt the girl in his arms was as soft as spring water. He rubbed her lower abdomen with his big hand and immediately had a different appetite.

The dishes in front of him were not as appetizing as the little girl.

His eyes darkened slightly, he breathed near her neck, his breathing seemed a little heavier, and his voice was hoarse and sexy, irresistibly ambiguous, "Hmm? What's wrong, tell your husband properly?"

Gu Ying could clearly feel the changes in him. At this moment, this action became even more embarrassing.

But she was really not in the mood. She got up from his arms with a red face and sat on a stool beside her, "Prince... really nothing."

This was an obvious rejection of him.

The man's eyes darkened instantly. He no longer touched her and just stared straight at her dodging eyes with his long lashes. He asked patiently, "We are husband and wife. If I did something wrong, you can tell me. Don't hide it in your heart. I will correct my mistakes."

As the Commander of the Imperial Guards, he actually said words of admitting mistakes to her, a trivial girl in the inner court. Gu Ying was stunned. He treated her so well that she felt even more complicated.

She didn't know what to say about Huo QiYun either, but Jiang Yin's matter could no longer be delayed. "Prince—"

"I said, call me A Du or husband. A Ying, I have corrected you many times." His phoenix eyes were deep and he looked at her earnestly and solemnly, "I don't want to say it a second time."

The man was powerful. With a cold face, he looked very intimidating. Gu Ying paused and barely smiled, "Okay, I will remember it from now on."

She answered too obediently that Zhao Changdu frowned uncomfortably, always feeling that the girl was hiding something from him.

It wasn't that he insisted on a form of address. He just had a feeling that the girl was always indifferent to him, keeping him at a distance. She didn't care about him, let alone loved him from the bottom of her heart.

Even if a form of address didn't mean much, he just wanted to hear his name from her cherry lips.

"It's just that I have something very important to tell my...husband now."

Zhao Changdu raised his eyebrows. Although she no longer called him A Du, he could reluctantly accept being called husband.

"Okay, go ahead."

"Husband, promise me to be careful of Jiang Yin recently."

"Oh?"

Gu Ying licked her lips, gauged the man's expression, and said hesitantly, "You may not believe it if I say it out. A few days ago, I had a dream that Prince Duan and Ning Si got married..."

She casually told the prince about Prince Duan and Ning Si’s past life in the form of a dream. Then she exaggerated that it was Jiang Yin who manipulated everything behind the scenes, which eventually led to Ning Si's affair with Prince Shu.

"I also dreamed of some very strange things... The heavy snow that covered the sky formed a snow disaster, burying half of the commoners' houses in less than half a month. Then somehow, the dream scene changed, and there was an earthquake and plague after the snow disaster. In the dream, I was infected with a serious illness in the plague and died after a few days... Husband... The dream really scared me to death... Woo woo woo."

After speaking, she red her eyes pitifully and weakly pulled his sleeve with her little hand.

Zhao Changdu's long eyebrows tightened as he listened intently to the girl's words with deep eyes. He tightly grasped her cold little hand in his palm, "Come over here and sit."