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After Zhu Guanliang left, only she and Zhao Shiqian were left in the house. Zhou Leping felt awkward, after hesitating for a moment, he wanted to take off the mask on his face, but Zhao Shiqian grabbed her hand and said, "Don't!"

"Your Majesty …"

"It's been a long time since I've seen you like this. It's been four years since we've seen each other, and I've almost forgotten how you looked before." He seemed to be infatuated with her, and couldn't stop himself from getting closer to her. "This looks good, I like it."

In the past, Zhao Shiqian used to look at her in this way. At that time, almost everyone, even she herself thought that she would be together with him, so she did not avoid him, but now it was different.

"Why?" Zhao Shiqian sat in front of the table and knocked on the table, telling her to sit down, "Sit, let's talk."

Zhou Leping cupped his hands and sat opposite of him. They looked at each other and didn't speak for a while.

Zhao Shiqian saw that her eyes were blazing with anticipation and lowered his head. He rubbed his hands on his knees, and felt as if a bucket of water was being poured over his head. He waited for him to say something, but was afraid that he wouldn't be able to take it.

Fortunately, after looking for a long time, Zhao Shiqian finally came back to his senses, took out something and passed it to her, "This is the birthday present we have prepared for you."

"Huh?" She looked up and saw him holding out a pouch. "What's this?"

"I really can't think of anything to give you. After thinking over and over again, what you lack the most right now is money. Here is some silver taels. About the military pay from before …" "It was I who let you down, and punished you with another year's salary. I expected that you would be in such a tight spot these days, and could be considered to be in a rush to save you."

The Emperor could not afford to pay her so much silver, but it was still enough to give her some to save her life.

The gift he sent her was a gift. Money was the most vulgar and also the most useful. However, if someone else were to gift it to her, she might have accepted it happily for a long time. Thus, he gifted it to her … It felt awkward no matter what.

If she did not accept, Zhao Shiqian would give it to her, "Don't be so polite with us."

Then, he conveniently grabbed her hand with a burning gaze. It was unknown if it was intentional or if he forgot to let go, but the warm feeling in his palm caused Zhou Leping to suddenly stand up. His knees went weak and he almost kneeled down, "This subject is terrified."

Zhao Shiqian's hands were empty, his heart was also empty, he grabbed her arm and pulled her up, "Privately, you don't have to be so courteous to us."

The atmosphere became even weirder. Zhou Leping stood up and immediately retreated two steps, "The emperor is the ruler and I am the subject. With the rules, it's better to keep some distance between us."

Zhao Shiqian's hands paused, "Are you really separating from us more and more just because of this level of identity between us?"

He walked to the window and stood with his hands behind his back, recalling the past, "I remember that you and I had the most intimate conversation in the past. When I was the crown prince, I had to be extra careful with every word and action, but I didn't have that many rules for you. Do you remember when you hit me?"

Of course she remembered that time, Zhao Deng was there as well, the three of them sneaked out of the palace and out of the palace, while the others sneaked out of the palace. They found a tavern to compete in alcohol, Zhao Deng was the one who got drunk first, her alcohol was bad, if she drank too much she started to go crazy, Zhao Shiqian wanted to send her back, but on the way, she punched him with her alcohol.

That time, he was not light at all. His face and nose were bruised and his arms were dislocated.

When she woke up on the second day, she was so scared that she was about to die. She was scared that if she wanted to rob a house, she would need to be beheaded. However, when Zhao Shiqian returned to the palace, he insisted that he fell down.

What kind of person was the crown prince? He was the future emperor, a man with golden branches and jade leaves, a man whose noble roots made people nervous. Yet, he practiced a set of drunken fist on the crown prince.

Many years had passed since this incident. Even now, when she thought about it, she was still holding her little heart and wiping her sweat, not knowing how to respond to these words.

"I've never seen you before. I know best what kind of person you are, so there's really no need to be so restrained in front of me."

She wiped her sweat away with her sleeve again and braced herself. "This subject understands."

The atmosphere seemed to have eased up, and at this moment, Chang Feng came over to bring tea and snacks, and as unceremoniously as if he was his own room, he invited Zhou Leping over to take a seat.

Zhou Leping waved his hand towards the shocked Chang Feng, telling him to go down first. Chang Feng closed the door and left, sighing with emotion the entire time.

Zhu Guanliang sat on the roof, with a tile on the side that had already been lifted, he could clearly see what the people in the house were doing.

Zhao Shiqian poured a cup of tea and passed it to her, "Is this hairpin on your head a gift as well?"

She raised her hand and stroked the hairpin, nodding, "Big brother gave it to me. He said that it was my dad who prepared it for me when I was with the manual."

At the mention of her father, Zhao Shiqian also fell silent.

Zhou Leping waited for him to speak, but he couldn't. He then laughed and changed the topic, "The emperor has left the palace alone again and again. If He Shibi can't find the emperor, he should be worried, right?"

"This Emperor sent his men over."

"Don't do that next time, it's too dangerous."

He laughed, "How could your General's Estate be dangerous? I am very safe with you. "

She was indeed a woman that made people feel secure easily. After so many years, his feelings still hadn't changed when facing her. When he was with her, he was still at ease and at ease.

A woman's charm lies not only in her looks, but also in the way she makes people feel about her.

If she could make a man feel a sense of belonging, then everything that mattered to her would be better than anything anyone else in the world could do.

Zhu Guanliang took a sip from the wine pot, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, the disdain in his heart towards Zhao Shiqian grew even more.

The night wind was bone-piercing cold, yet he drank until his entire body was dry. He was just about to lie down and rest for a while, when he caught a glimpse of Zhao Shiqian pulling Zhou Leping's hands over to his lips. was still in a state of shock, but it was probably out of his own free will that Zhao Shiqian decided to kiss him, and did not reject him.

The two people below him just stuck their mouths together.

Zhou Leping also didn't know how things turned out like this. She had clearly said it earlier, but Zhao Shiqian suddenly grabbed her hand and said, "Don't move."

Out of a soldier's instinct to obey orders, she really did not move.

Then, she saw Zhao Shiqian's face move closer and closer, until she couldn't see his face anymore, and her lips became soft and hot. Her soul and spirit flew out of her body, and her thoughts flew out of her head, causing her to be unable to react in any way.

Everything that was happening right now had exceeded Zhao Shiqian's expectations, but he still felt that it was not bad.