Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

Chapter 188 Tangled

King's Palace

Ran Qianxi chased after him relentlessly, but Shi Zhun did not turn back. The eunuch Baden slammed the door shut, and Ran Qianxi was trapped outside in shock.

"Speak some sense!"

Ran Qianxi knocked hard, but the door showed no sign of opening. She could only sit down on the steps helplessly.

"You can actually get out with the token."

It was past midnight, and Ran Qianxi simply sat in front of the door to plan her escape route. After an unknown amount of time, the palace door actually opened.

"What does it look like to be sitting at the door, Queen? Come in."

Ran Qianxi looked up in confusion; whatever step she had just taken in her plan was interrupted by Shi Zhun.

Seeing that she was indifferent, Shi Zhun directly carried her into the hall.

"that……"

Shi Zhun put her on the bed without responding. It was unclear whether he was angry or not.

"Can I go for a walk?"

Shi Zhun suddenly raised his eyes and saw Ran Qianxi's extremely serious expression.

"What's the implication?"

Ran Qianxi smiled guiltily, implying that she was preparing to escape again.

"The implication is that I will come back and marry you."

Shi Zhun looked at her silently and took off the pearl flowers for her.

After picking the pearl flowers one by one, he picked up the wooden comb and gently combed her hair.

"What you say is unfounded."

"What should I do? Should I give you a written agreement?"

"Okay, I'll have someone prepare paper and ink."

"Hey hey hey...I'll be back later..."

As soon as Shi Zhun turned around, he was pulled back by Ran Qianxi, which was obviously a sign of guilt.

"Don't we even have the most basic trust between us?"

"Ah Qian is adamant about not signing a written agreement. Doesn't that mean you can't convince others to believe you?"

The two looked at each other and Ran Qianxi blinked in embarrassment.

"If you don't trust me so much, why bother marrying me and wasting our lives together?"

Shi Zhun smiled gently and pulled her right hand away.

"I didn't make you my queen because I trusted you. You should understand that in your heart."

Shi Zhun's sharp words left Ran Qianxi speechless.

"Uh... that makes sense... but after I'm crowned queen, we'll be husband and wife... there should be some trust between husband and wife..."

"Okay, then tell me, do you choose me or Huan'er?"

She was at the end of her rope now. Ran Qianxi never expected that he would ask such a ridiculous question. It was obvious that he had feelings for her.

It seemed that Shi Zhun would never let her leave, and she faced the risk of being placed under house arrest again.

“Can we choose neither?”

Shi Zhun didn't know why he asked such a ridiculous and irrelevant question, but he now knew that his heart was moving closer to Ran Qianxi.

"You don't have to choose him, but you have to choose me. You are the Queen of Nanyue."

Ran Qianxi looked at him helplessly. Fleeing to Nanyue was the worst choice she had ever made in her life.

"Okay, okay, okay. I won't argue with you. You can think whatever you want."

This one sentence successfully angered Shi Zhun.

"What do you mean I can think whatever I want? Aren't you the Queen of Nanyue?"

"I can't help it if you insist on saying that. Just do as you like."

Shi Zhun frowned, and every word she said sounded unpleasant.

"Yes, the ceremony of crowning the queen has not yet taken place, but isn't it because you are in a bad mood and refuse to marry me?"

Ran Qianxi stood up reluctantly, her expression having dropped to the ground.

Thinking of an imperial decree in her previous life, which led to her committing suicide, she got angry again when she started over again and was forced to marry another man.

"Anyway, I told you, I'm unlucky in marriage, so if you're lucky, just marry me."

Ran Qianxi stood up and walked towards the door, but Shi Zhun pulled her back and turned her around.

"Hey, hey, hey... you're fighting again, huh? You can't win the argument, so you're fighting, huh?"

Shi Zhun looked at her sharply, but the slowly melting emotions in his eyes could not be hidden; the ice and snow had slowly turned into warm water.

"Good~"

Ran Qianxi raised the corner of her mouth in surprise, and was carried to the dragon bed by him.

"I'm telling you that I'm following you now because I'm under your tyranny. You'd better not be too proud of yourself."

Shi Zhun smiled lovingly and unzipped her collar.

"I know~"

Looking at Shi Zhun who was becoming more and more gentle, Ran Qianxi seemed to have found his shadow from his previous life.

The next day—

Shi Zhun got up in the morning to go to court. Ran Qianxi was trapped in the palace and could not escape. She had all the necessities of life, but the door of the king's bedroom was open, but she could not get out.

"Absolutely not. We can't go on like this. But the self-torture trick will definitely not work on him. How can we escape?"

When they were at a loss, Shi Huan walked in with a token.

"Yun Shuang?"

Shi Huan hurried forward and handed the token to her.

"A palace servant will come to serve the meal in a little while. Then you will pretend to be him and hold the token to leave the palace."

Ran Qianxi looked at the token with a frown on her face.

"If I run away, won't he beat you to death?"

Shi Huan pulled her into the inner hall and gave her earnest instructions.

"Don't worry about me. Father won't punish you severely. When you leave the palace, my brother will meet you outside the palace. Return to Chang quickly and don't come to Nanyue again."

Ran Qianxi knew that now was not the time to be indecisive, but at this critical juncture, she had unnecessary worries.

"No, if I run away he will definitely be angry with you. Absolutely not."

"What are you worried about? I'm his son, and the Crown Prince of Nanyue. Nothing will happen to my father."

After struggling for a moment, Ran Qianxi still felt that it was inappropriate. Having died once, she had become more compassionate.

"Don't take any chances. I'll talk to him again."

Facing the king of a country, she knew that she was nothing without an identity.

"Chuan~Shan~"

The meal has been served in the dining room. Eunuchs and palace maids are coming in and out. The delicious food is so overwhelming that it easily covers the dining table.

After the palace servants who brought the food left, a eunuch was left behind to serve the food.

Shi Huan slowly walked behind him, but was pulled back by Ran Qianxi.

"Haha, um, Your Highness, would you like to eat something with us?"

Shi Huan glanced at her, and quickly knocked the eunuch unconscious. Ran Qianxi covered her forehead helplessly.

"Hurry up."

There is no point in saying more at this point. All he can do is give it his all. Ran Qianxi stood up quickly, but unexpectedly Shi Zhun walked in quietly.

"I go."

Ran Qianxi was startled. Shi Zhun took a few steps forward with a dagger hidden in his smile, and she quickly protected Shi Huan.

"If you have something to say, please talk to me nicely. Don't use force all the time."

The atmosphere was so tense that one could hear the sound of the wind outside the hall. The two had been prepared for anything, but who would have thought that Shi Zhun would sit down calmly.

"You don't want to marry me because of Huan'er?"

Ran Qianxi hurriedly waved her hands and wanted to explain, but Shi Zhun didn't give her any room.

"That's fine. Huan'er is the crown prince, so it would be appropriate for you to be his queen."

Ran Qianxi felt awkward and didn't know what to do, so she could only tell the truth.

"I admit that Yun Shuang and I have a great relationship, but I will never enter the palace again in my life. This is not a question of who to marry."

The two of them looked up at the same time, as if Ran Qianxi had offended two people with just one sentence.

"Xi'er, why don't you want to marry me?"

Faced with Shi Huan's questioning, Ran Qianxi was so anxious that she was scratching her head. How could she face having a relationship with Shi Zhun and marrying his son? Conversely, she could not face having a relationship with Shi Huan and marrying Shi Zhun.

"I……"

Shi Zhun raised his eyes and glanced at Shi Huan, and the words from his previous life rang in his ears again.

"Since you like her, you can either impress her or hide her."

"Hey, hey, hey? Why are you hiding again?"

Shi Zhun stared at her silently for a moment, but still couldn't convince himself to give her up to someone else.

"Someone, help the queen to Zhufeng Palace to rest."

Ran Qianxi was taken away in a hurry in confusion, and the relationship between father and son in the palace had already begun to become problematic.