“Oh, so she’s trying to raise her status.”

Yuan Mo leaned against the side, “You said she was scheming before, and I didn’t think so.  Looking at it this way, she’s quite clever.”

“Let’s watch here and see when your brother coaxes her and brings her out.”

After saying this, the girls in the pavilion giggled, looking at the bamboo forest, waiting for the rabbit.

At this point, everyone understood that the longer it took to coax her, the more likely it was that something was happening inside.

Deng Miaoqin proudly curled her lips.

Once her brother brought Luo Sheng out, no matter how many mouths Luo Sheng had, no one would believe her innocence.

The shadows of the trees by the bamboo forest swayed.

Someone in the pavilion suddenly said, “They seem to be coming out.”

Everyone looked over with interest.  The moment they saw Xiao Chuhuai, they were all stunned!

And Luo Sheng was behind Xiao Chuhuai.

Luo Sheng still looked as she did when she left, her eyes red, looking pitiful and weak, following behind Xiao Chuhuai with some difficulty, occasionally jogging to catch up.

Yuan Mo’s watching smile suddenly disappeared, her eyes instantly becoming sharp, and she sat up straight.

Someone else added inappropriately, “That person… looks a bit like the Fifth Prince.”

“What? That’s the Fifth Prince.”

“It can’t be the Fifth Prince, I haven’t seen him with girls. Miaoqin, wasn’t it your brother who was coaxing her? Why did it become the Fifth Prince?”

“I, I don’t know.” Deng Miaoqin frowned, and she hadn’t seen Deng Yu at all.

Yuan Mo’s face got worse and worse.

Seeing this, Yuan Jiaying quickly smoothed things over, coaxing Yuan Mo, “Maybe he just passed by? They don’t seem to be very close.”

Yuan Mo didn’t want to listen anymore, she stood up directly and sneered, “I really thought there would be a show to watch.”

She warned Deng Miaoqin, “In the future, don’t bring out things you’re unsure about, it’s embarrassing enough.”

Yuan Jiaying quickly got up with Yuan Mo, “Sister, don’t be angry.”

Once Yuan Mo left, the other girls in the pavilion also left.

In the blink of an eye, only Deng Miaoqin was left sitting in the pavilion, looking rather embarrassed.

Deng Miaoqin got up to find Deng Yu in the bamboo forest and happened to meet Deng Yu coming out.  She angrily chased after him, “What’s the deal with the Fifth Prince?”

“How would I know?” Deng Yu looked at Xiao Chuhuai and Luo Sheng, who had already walked away, his face gloomy, “When did they become so close?”

On the path with dense flowers, Luo Sheng didn’t think they were close. She couldn’t keep up with Xiao Chuhuai’s pace.

So annoying, why are his legs so long.

Luo Sheng timidly called out to him, “Your Highness…”

Xiao Chuhuai didn’t react.

“Your Highness,” Luo Sheng jogged to catch up and gently tugged at his sleeve, “Can you walk slower? I can’t keep up.”

Xiao Chuhuai paused, but didn’t speak, but slowed his pace a little.

To prevent him from speeding up again, Luo Sheng held his sleeve tightly, tugging him whenever he walked too fast.

Along the way, the speed was very satisfying to Luo Sheng.

But Xiao Chuhuai couldn’t help but say, “If you keep pulling, my clothes will be torn.”

Luo Sheng looked up and realized that half of Xiao Chuhuai’s outer garment had been pulled open. She apologized and let go, “I’m sorry.”

She reached out to help Xiao Chuhuai pull his outer garment back, and her fingers touched his as they both reached for the garment.  Xiao Chuhuai suddenly looked at her.

Luo Sheng quickly withdrew her hand, avoiding his gaze.

As she avoided his gaze, she caught sight of the sachet hanging on Xiao Chuhuai’s waist. She still felt unreal, “Your Highness, did you really keep it?  Won’t you throw it away when you get back?”

Xiao Chuhuai paused.

He did want to throw it away when he got back. He didn’t like wearing these things, and he only said it casually to get rid of Deng Yu.

Xiao Chuhuai lowered his eyes and looked at the young girl eagerly looking at him, and took a deep breath.

Forget it, as long as she doesn’t cry.

“I won’t.”

Luo Sheng nodded, thinking that today’s plan was surprisingly successful.

Not only did she give away the sachet, but he also helped her get rid of that annoying guy who wanted to take advantage of her.

Heh, men, he must already be coveting her.

He’s still pretending to be so serious, should she press her advantage?

Luo Sheng secretly looked at the sachet again. In two days, when the fragrance takes effect, it might be twice the result with half the effort.

Thinking this, she was in a good mood, and her steps became lighter.

They hadn’t gone far when Xiao Chuhuai took Luo Sheng to the Qu Shui Liu Shang banquet.

Luo Qingyan was drinking and reciting poems with others in the Qu Shui Liu Shang pavilion.  He saw Luo Sheng coming from afar. Her eyes were still red, clearly showing that she had just cried, but she didn’t seem that sad.

Luo Qingyan frowned, put down his wine cup, and said a few words to his friend before leaving, hurrying towards them.

Luo Qingyan bowed to Xiao Chuhuai, “Your Highness, this is…”

Xiao Chuhuai said concisely, “She was arguing with someone, and she didn’t win.”

Luo Sheng whispered in rebuttal, “I did win.”

Xiao Chuhuai unceremoniously replied, “Yes, she won by crying.”

Luo Sheng: “…”

Why is he like this?

“I see,” Luo Qingyan understood and brought Luo Sheng over.  Just as he was about to thank Xiao Chuhuai, he suddenly saw the flamboyant and familiar sachet on Xiao Chuhuai’s waist.

Luo Qingyan stopped. His amber eyes reflected the extremely bright colors of the pattern, his gaze unusually sharp.

He looked up at Xiao Chuhuai, his voice extremely soft, “Thank you, Your Highness.”

Xiao Chuhuai was naturally perceptive.

He remained calm, calmly receiving Luo Qingyan’s gaze.

His dark eyes closed slightly, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Luo Sheng and Luo Qingyan. The moment of doubt quickly turned into amusement, “Young Master Luo, your thanks aren’t sincere.”

Luo Sheng didn’t notice the strangeness between the two, but at one moment, she felt that they were both looking at her.

Luo Sheng looked up, but didn’t see anyone looking at her, and they were just having a normal conversation.

It must have been an illusion.

Xiao Chuhuai didn’t talk much, and he left after a few words.

Luo Qingyan stood there, his gaze returning from Xiao Chuhuai, asking her, “Were you wronged? Who bullied you?”

Luo Sheng didn’t want them to worry, “It was just a normal argument, I’m fine, brother.”

Seeing that she wouldn’t say, Luo Qingyan knew he might as well ask Han Shuang, “Father and Mother are accompanying the Emperor, Shengsheng, follow me today. There’s a royal chef grilling food, I’ll take you to eat.”

“Really?” Luo Sheng was excited, then remembered something and looked at the Qu Shui Liu Shang pavilion, “Will I delay your banquet with your friends?”

“I often have banquets with them in the study, it doesn’t matter if it’s a day or two.”

Perhaps because she had been jogging all the way, Luo Sheng felt that her brother’s walking speed was very comfortable as she walked beside him, and she sincerely exclaimed, “Brother is still the best.”

But Luo Qingyan didn’t joke around with her as usual.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, “That sachet, you originally wanted to give it to him.”

Luo Sheng’s heart skipped a beat, and she felt inexplicably guilty, “Not really, I accidentally overheard the Fifth Prince’s conversation a while ago, and I was afraid he would blame me, so I wanted to make amends.”

She pursed her lips, carefully observing Luo Qingyan’s expression.

She was hiding the fact that she was seducing Xiao Chuhuai from her family because she was afraid they would worry.

She was still afraid that he would see through her and tell her father and mother.

If her mother knew, she would definitely be angry.

It would be better to tell them after she found out something.

“What did you overhear?”

Luo Sheng omitted some important information, “Just some things about the court, I didn’t understand, but I was discovered.”

Luo Qingyan knew that Luo Sheng didn’t understand court affairs, so he didn’t doubt her, “I thought you liked him.”

Luo Sheng was still feeling guilty, “That’s impossible, we’ve only met a few times.”

That was true.

She had met Xiao Chuhuai only a handful of times.

She would occasionally go to the Eastern Palace to see her sister and would happen to meet him.

She remembered her first meeting with Xiao Chuhuai. That was her first time in the Eastern Palace, and she had gotten lost and gone to the wrong courtyard.

As she entered the courtyard gate, a bloody corpse was carried out.

Luo Sheng saw such a bloody and cruel scene for the first time and was immediately stunned.

Xiao Chuhuai was sitting under the eaves, the red wood-carved golden throne under him, along with the red patterns on his clothes, exuded a cold and murderous aura.

It was fine if she didn’t look, but at a glance, she saw three corpses on the ground, and two more were being tortured and begging for mercy.

Luo Sheng turned to leave, and suddenly the man’s sinister voice came from behind, “Stop.”

“Where did you come from?”

“Who allowed you to come in?”

“Bring her over.”

One after another, suffocating questions were thrown at her, and Luo Sheng’s tearful constitution struck again.

She had nightmares for three days, all about Xiao Chuhuai torturing her.

Later, she learned that at that time, the Third Uncle, Prince Dunqin, had attempted a rebellion and was suppressed.  Xiao Chuhuai was clearing out the spies planted in the palace for the Crown Prince.

He had also treated her as a spy.