Qin Zhen had never seen Lou Yan like this before. The unfamiliar emotions filled her chest, leaving her speechless for a moment.
Seeing her silence, Lou Yan pursed his lips, seeming to feel a little uncomfortable.
He coughed lightly, reached out and touched Qin Zhen's cheek gently, and asked again: "Is it cold?"
Qin Zhen finally came to her senses. She subconsciously stepped back a little and said dryly: "It's not cold."
Lou Yan saw her retreating action, his eyes dimmed for a moment, and then quickly returned to normal.
He did not move forward, but moved his wrist and tilted the umbrella in Qin Zhen's direction.
Lou Yan said softly: "Let's take a walk?"
Qin Zhen looked away and looked at the large field of blooming red plums in front of her, with uncontrollable amazement in her eyes.
After all, she put aside everything else just for the beautiful scenery in front of her. She said softly: "Okay."
The two stepped into Merlin side by side.
The snow was still falling, and in the vast whiteness, the red plum trees stood proudly on the branches, and their beauty was breathtaking. The tip of Qin Zhen's nose was filled with the fragrance of red plum trees.
She walked and looked all the way, completely conquered by the scenery in front of her, and her eyes were full of obsession.
Qin Zhen looked at Hongmei, but Lou Yan next to her kept looking at Qin Zhen.
The two of them walked in for a while, but the plum forest didn't even end.
Qin Zhen was a little shocked and couldn't help but stop and asked: "How big is this plum forest?"
Lou Yan said a number, and Qin Zhen was so shocked that her jaw almost dropped.
She turned her head and glanced at the endless plum forest, thinking that she wouldn't be able to finish it if she walked for half an hour.
"Where did this pile come from?" Qin Zhen said, "Why don't I remember that you still have such a pile?"
There was a bit of a smile in Lou Yan's eyes and he said: "I just got it a few days ago. It happened that the red plum blossoms were blooming here and it was snowing. Such a scenery is rare, so I thought I would let you take a look.
good."
Qin Zhen: "..."
I don't know if it was her misunderstanding, but she always felt that something was wrong with the way Lou Yan looked at her, and she also felt that something was wrong with what Lou Yan said.
I thought of sharing it with her as soon as I found something good. She should have been happy, but now she only felt uneasy.
Normally, she would have been able to joke casually, "You know what I mean," but today she couldn't say it.
She was tortured by this strange atmosphere and felt irritable. Finally, she changed the subject and broke the suffocating atmosphere with her own hands: "You came to me just to see the red plums?"
When Lou Yan heard this, the smile on his face actually faded a little.
Qin Zhen seemed not to notice and continued to ruin the atmosphere: "When did the Third Prince become so idle?"
Qin Zhen thought, if she spoke like this, Lou Yan should be angry, right?
But no.
Lou Yan just looked at her quietly for a moment and then said, "I came to you today not just to see the white snow and red plum blossoms."
Qin Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and said lazily: "Come on, why are you looking for me?"
Lou Yan looked into Qin Zhen's eyes and asked, "What do you think... of me?"
Qin Zhen: "...what do you mean?"
Soon, Qin Zhen regretted asking this question.
Lou Yan stood in front of her, dressed in white, with picturesque features. He held an oil-paper umbrella in his hand, looked at her with gentle eyes, and said word by word: "It means, I like you. If you think I'm not bad,
Can you like me too?"
After Lou Yan finished speaking, the hand holding the oil-paper umbrella moved slightly, and then quickly held it on again.
He looked at Qin Zhen steadily, waiting for her answer.
Qin Zhen was stunned.
After a long time, she gradually regained her consciousness, frowned and said, "Are you kidding me?"
"I never joke!" Lou Yan said softly.
Qin Zhen stopped talking. She frowned, and her face showed no trace of shyness after being confessed.
Looking at her expression, Lou Yan's heart felt cold, but he still refused to give up.
He thought about it for a long time and weighed it again and again before deciding to take this step.
No matter what Qin Zhen thinks, he has to let Qin Zhen know his feelings.
Lou Yan took a deep breath and said, "Although I don't know what the conflict is between you and the prince, I can swear that I will not help the prince deal with you. In this way, can you consider me?"
Qin Zhen's eyes flashed and she quickly glanced at Lou Yan.
She opened her mouth, but still nothing came out.
How could a saint like Lou Yan, who was full of poems and books about repaying his kindness, not help the prince? The prince was a benefactor who came to him in the most difficult time, and he would never be able to repay this kindness until his death.
In the last life, no matter how much Xiao Jue targeted him, he was still loyal to Xiao Jue.
But now, Lou Yan said this easily.
While Qin Zhen was racking her brains to think of how to drive a wedge between them, Lou Yan's barrier was broken.
This made Qin Zhen feel unreal.
Her long silence finally made Lou Yan unable to maintain his peace.
He took a step forward and looked down at Qin Zhen: "I know, this is too sudden, but I swear, every word I said is sincere."
With that said, he took out a roll of yellow stuff from his sleeve and handed it to Qin Zhen, and said softly: "You... take a look?"
Qin Zhen hesitated for a moment and reached out to take it.
When she opened it and saw what was on it, Qin Zhen's face suddenly changed.
This is an imperial edict, an imperial edict granting marriage to her and Lou Yan.
Qin Zhen clenched the imperial edict in her hand, suddenly raised her head to look at Lou Yan, and said in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"
When she asked this question, Qin Zhen's heart was not as calm as it appeared on the surface. It could be described as a stormy sea.
Xiao Jue wanted to marry her, but he was afraid of the emperor's suppression and didn't even dare to get close to her. Xiao Yao wanted to marry her, but the queen tried her best to persuade her, but the emperor didn't let go.
However, this imperial edict appeared in Lou Yan's hands.
I have to say that everyone underestimated Lou Yan.
Lou Yan is probably the person who knows Qin Zhen best in the world. He can tell what she is thinking just by looking at her eyes.
He was a little hurt, but he still explained patiently: "My original intention of asking for this imperial edict is not what you think. I have absolutely no intention of taking advantage of you or your Qin family. I am going to ask for this imperial edict.
, just because I like you, that’s all.”
Qin Zhen frowned and said nothing.
Lou Yan and her looked at each other for a long time, and their hearts that had been hanging slowly sank.
He did everything he could, but the result was still unsatisfactory.
He finally took two steps back and opened the distance between the two. Then he reached out and took the imperial edict from Qin Zhen's hand, slowly rolled it up and put it away carefully.
After doing all that, Lou Yan looked up at Qin Zhen again and said word by word: "If one day you like me and agree, this imperial edict will be sent to you. If you don't like me,
If you don’t want to...then this imperial edict will never see the light of day."