By the time the queen was buried, it was already the twelfth lunar month.
After Laba Festival comes the New Year, and people in the city have begun to stock up on New Year's goods, preparing to celebrate the New Year lively.
Usually, the palace gets ready early. But this year, because the queen was newly mourned, the whole palace seemed to be still immersed in sadness, so everything was kept simple and it seemed a lot more deserted.
On Laba day, Qin Zhen, who had been ill for a long time, finally went out.
A carriage stopped at the corner gate of Hulong Mansion. After Qin Zhen got on the carriage, she went straight to the Third Prince's Mansion.
Linglong sat opposite her, with a smile on her face, and said attentively: "The Third Highness wanted to come to pick up the princess in person, but suddenly someone came in the palace and couldn't leave, so he asked the servants to come."
Qin Zhen half-closed her eyes and looked very calm, saying, "It doesn't matter whether he comes or not."
Linglong looked at Qin Zhen's face and did not dare to say any more.
In fact, she really wanted to say that His Highness misses the Princess very much. It has been more than three months since the Princess reported illness, and His Highness has not seen the Princess once in these three months.
Now that the Queen's matter has come to an end, His Highness is finally free. The first thing he does is to arrange for someone to come to Hulong Mansion to pick up the Princess. This shows how urgently he wants to see the Princess.
But looking at Qin Zhen's face, Linglong didn't dare to say anything more.
The relationship between the two is complicated and confusing, and Linglong is afraid that she might say the wrong thing and make the other person unhappy.
The carriage arrived at the gate of the Third Prince's Mansion. Qin Zhen got off the carriage and entered the gate as she was familiar with the way.
It's been a long time since I came here, and the Third Prince's Mansion is still the same.
She went to the room where she lived, and the things in it were still as she had seen them before. No one had touched them in the past three months.
Qin Zhen suddenly felt a sense of belonging and felt a little more comfortable.
Just as he was about to ask about Lou Yan's whereabouts, footsteps came from the door.
Qin Zhen turned around and saw Lou Yan walking in from outside.
He was wearing a black python robe and a cloak of the same color. He was already tall, but now that he has not been seen for three months, he seems to be a little stronger. When he walked in from the outside, he was very imposing, and he looked like he was the same as the emperor.
Xiao Chengye is indistinguishable.
When he walked to the door and stood in front of Qin Zhen, Lou Yan's aura had subsided and his whole person had become much gentler.
He looked Qin Zhen up and down, then couldn't help but frown: "Why have you lost weight?"
"Where's Manman?" Lou Yan turned to look outside, his eyes a little cold, "How does she take care of people? She..."
"You train people as soon as you come. Your Highness is so majestic." Qin Zhen interrupted Lou Yan and said with a half-smile.
Lou Yan paused, turned back to Qin Zhen, stared at her for a moment, and softened his tone: "I'm just worried about you."
Qin Zhen's heart softened uncontrollably. She looked away and said, "Manman took good care of me. It's my own problem. Don't blame her."
Lou Yan frowned: "What's going on?"
Qin Zhen walked over and sat down at the table, and said casually: "Who can be happy after being detained for three months like a prisoner?"
"Is this why you lost weight?" Lou Yan walked to Qin Zhen and sat down. After thinking for a while, he suddenly said, "I'm sorry, I didn't consider this before. I just thought that you could rest at home and
It never occurred to me that you didn't like being locked up at home."
Qin Zhen was confused: "What does it have to do with you?"
"It was my idea to ask you to pretend to be sick and not go out."
"But it happened to me, and you just helped me. And this is indeed a good way, helping me avoid all trouble."
"But you don't like being locked up," Lou Yan was inexplicably stubborn on this matter and said, "I didn't consider this. If I had known, I would have thought of other ways."
After a pause, he added: "And I solved it too slowly. If I had solved it earlier, you wouldn't have been locked up for so long."
Qin Zhen fell silent and looked at Lou Yan intently.
After a long time, Qin Zhen couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Lou Yan, you..."
Lou Yan looked at her calmly, waiting for her next words.
Qin Zhen wanted to ask, why did you do this to me? Why did you do this for me?
Do you... like me?
Qin Zhen is just a little emotionally slow, but she is not a fool. She can still feel whoever treats her well.
Lou Yan was obviously too nice to her.
But looking at Lou Yan's face and eyes, Qin Zhen couldn't ask any questions.
What answer does she hope to get?
Lou Yan denied it, saying that it was not the case, which showed that she was very conceited, which eventually led to her feeling ashamed and no longer having any contact with Lou Yan.
Lou Yan was sure. If she said yes, how would she respond to Lou Yan? If she didn't agree, she would stay away from Lou Yan and not have any contact with Lou Yan. If she agreed... she had never thought about this.
After thinking about it, Qin Zhen decided to be a fool and planned to be confused for once.
She shook her head and said, "Forget it."
Lou Yan's eyes flashed, he seemed relieved, but also seemed a little disappointed.
However, he quickly adjusted himself and said softly: "I have asked people to prepare Laba rice. You can eat more later. You are too thin."
Qin Zhen was a little absent-minded and responded casually.
When the Laba rice arrived, Qin Zhen finally felt refreshed when she smelled the tempting aroma.
She picked up the spoon and took a sip. Lou Yan immediately asked, "How does it taste?"
Qin Zhen nodded: "It's delicious."
The smile in Lou Yan's eyes deepened, and he turned to Linglong outside and said, "Reward."
Linglong immediately agreed, with a smile on her eyes and brows.
Qin Zhen's hand holding the spoon paused, and then she continued eating as if nothing had happened.
Lou Yan took the jug on the side, poured a jug of wine for Qin Zhen with his own hands, and said softly: "Try it?"
Qin Zhen looked at Lou Yan in surprise: "You don't want me to drink?"
Lou Yan said: "I just don't let you drink outside. You can drink when I'm here."
Qin Zhen rolled her eyes, but her eyes were shining as she stared at the glass of wine.
She hadn't had a drink for a long time and was a little greedy.
She is a typical person who is addicted to food. She obviously doesn't have a good drinking capacity. She likes to make trouble when she is drunk, but she just can't control her desire to drink.
Seeing how greedy she was, Lou Yan suppressed a smile and pushed the wine glass in front of Qin Zhen.
Qin Zhen couldn't help but picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. Then she wiped her mouth, looked at Lou Yan and said, "You seem to be very happy?"
Lou Yan had a smile in his eyes from the moment he saw her.
Qin Zhen could clearly feel that Lou Yan was in a good mood.
Not only that, Lou Yan's attitude towards him has also changed a lot.
In the past, she was kind to her when she was nosy, but she was always a little bit awkward, and she would be a bit yin and yang when she spoke, and she would be fierce from time to time.
But today, Lou Yan, whether he looked at her or spoke to her in a tone of voice, was somewhat inexplicable... doting.