boyutpedia Chapter 1986 is too similar
Chapter 1986 is too similar
Because of the delay on the road, it was already dark when Zhou Shiyue returned to the Prince's Mansion.
Uncle Yun was pacing around in the front yard, looking somewhat worried.
Upon seeing him return, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went to greet him.
"Your Highness, why are you back so late?"
It's already a quarter of an hour past their usual dinner time.
The prince said he would be back in the afternoon when he left this morning, so he's already much later than expected.
"Some things."
Zhou Shiyue was about to ask where Lu Zhaoling was after replying with that, but he changed his question to, "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"
"No, the princess waited for you in the front yard for almost half an hour. I noticed she was getting a little worried."
Yunbo quickly said to Zhou Shiyue, "But Your Highness, don't worry. I asked the Princess Consort, and she said she didn't have anything urgent to ask you for. She's probably just worried about you because you haven't come back yet."
At this point, Uncle Yun clapped his hands and laughed again, "Although it's a bit inappropriate to say this, the fact that the Princess is so worried about you shows that you have a very good relationship."
He was in a pretty good mood.
If the prince and princess have a good relationship, won't they soon have a little prince?
I've heard that couples need to be very affectionate to have children quickly. I don't know if there's any truth to this, but he believes it anyway.
Zhou Shiyue's expression softened.
"It's my fault today. I'll go explain to Ah Ling. Has she eaten yet?"
"Of course not, the princess has been waiting for you."
"Then let them prepare the meal."
"Yes."
Uncle Yun quickly got to work.
Zhou Shiyue found Lu Zhaoling in the front hall. In fact, Lu Zhaoling had already heard his voice, but she was somewhat annoyed and did not come out to greet him. Instead, she sat in the hall drinking tea and waiting for him to come in.
Seeing him step in, Lu Zhaoling felt again—
Oh my, whose house is this? Even the way she steps over the threshold looks so graceful.
It has a powerful presence.
Qinglin and Qingfeng followed Zhou Shiyue in.
"Why are you back so late? Doesn't the new emperor want you to leave?" Lu Zhaoling couldn't help but speak first, but as she asked this question, her gaze passed over Zhou Shiyue and landed on Qinglin and Qingfeng behind her.
Qinglin and Qingfeng both froze at the same time.
Qinglin had just lifted one foot, but at that moment he didn't dare to put it down, and just met Lu Zhaoling's gaze.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, that look in your eyes is giving me the creeps. Is something perched on my shoulder, or is someone following me?"
Qingfeng couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, is there some kind of dark energy on us?"
"you......"
Lu Zhaoling slowly opened her mouth, and after saying just two words, Qinglin cried out with a mournful face.
"No way? Your Highness, we were already very careful this time, and we didn't let that girl climb onto the carriage. Could we have fallen for a trick?"
Lu Zhaoling raised an eyebrow. "Miss? What miss?"
Do we still have to climb onto Zhou Shiyue's carriage?
This sounds somewhat familiar to her.
Zhou Shiyue glanced at Qinglin.
This guy really talks a lot.
He could have said it himself, but after the meal, when he talked about it in detail, it felt the same as Qinglin shouting it out so loudly.
Moreover, Qinglin spoke first, making it seem as if he had originally intended to keep this matter a secret.
Qinglin belatedly realized and added, "Your Highness, we didn't even bump into that girl, and the Prince didn't say a single word to her."
Is that right? The prince was talking to those two thugs, not to that girl.
So, there's nothing wrong with that, right?
“Actually,” Lu Zhaoling began, “what I was going to say was that you don’t need to come in. Go and get ready to eat first.”
"what?"
Qinglin and Qingfeng were both dumbfounded.
Is this what the princess is trying to say?
But the way she looked at them just now seemed a little unusual. Or maybe they were feeling guilty and overthinking because they had encountered something on the way and kept thinking about the princess from back then.
That's exactly what I wanted to say.
Lu Zhaoling looked at them casually. "There's nothing wrong with you. How about we go eat?"
"Go, I'll go right away."
"Your Highness, Your Highness, we shall take our leave now!"
Qinglin and Qingfeng quickly turned around and left, walking away in a hurry.
"Qingyin and Qingbao, please make His Highness a cup of tea." Lu Zhaoling then said to Qingyin and Qingbao, "I'm afraid His Highness will get thirsty from talking for a while."
The way she said it made it sound like she was waiting for the prince to confess honestly.
Qingyin and Qingbao knew that the princess wanted her to step back for a while so that the prince could have a proper talk. The two smiled at each other and then left.
Zhou Shiyue walked to Lu Zhaoling's side.
Lu Zhaoling immediately stood up and hugged him with open arms.
"Oh, Zhou Shiyue, you probably won't believe it, but I miss you so much today. You've only been gone for a day, and I've been thinking about you the whole time."
Zhou Shiyue thought she was going to interrogate him, but he didn't expect her to react like this. Moreover, it was rare for her to be so direct and enthusiastic.
He was a little taken aback for a moment, but he immediately hugged her back.
"There were indeed too many things to do in the palace today. Zhou Ze didn't stop me from leaving, but there were just too many things to handle. They had been piling up for a long time, and many of them were related to the lives of ordinary people..."
Zhou Shiyue realized what was happening and began to explain.
Lu Zhaoling lifted her head in his arms and said, "I know that's how it is."
"However, something happened on the way back to the Prince's Mansion just now."
Zhou Shiyue pulled her to sit down and told her everything that had just happened.
He also described the girl's appearance and condition.
“I didn’t mean to look so closely, but I just felt something was strange, so I observed it more carefully and wanted to tell you about it. Maybe you’ll be able to find something amiss.”
He glanced at the girl and roughly remembered what she looked like.
Lu Zhaoling didn't tease him about it anymore. After listening to his story, she rested her chin on her hand and thought about it carefully.
"This is indeed a bit strange."
Zhou Shiyue said, "Yeah, I think they're imitating and recreating what you were like back then."
Because the situation was so similar.
He didn't think he was the kind of person who would easily encounter such things, so why did it happen again, almost the same thing?
“Even the scar on her forehead is somewhat similar to the one you had back then,” Zhou Shiyue said.
"You said she fainted in the end. When she fell, with your hearing, could you tell whether she really fainted unconsciously or just pretended to fall?"
Because if someone doesn't actually faint, they will subconsciously control their strength and posture when they fall to avoid actually getting injured.
"You can tell from her voice that she really fainted," Zhou Shiyue said.
"What a coincidence that Lord Chen went there?"