Her hair was cloud-like and beautiful! She opened her eyes and found herself back in the third year

Chapter 96 Uncle, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid I'll talk about Xie Zhan?

What's so good about it?

Xie Zhan paused, glanced at the bright moon in the sky, and then turned to leave.

Princess Huizhen went to so much trouble to get him to come out, how could she just let him leave like that?

So she blocked his way and pressed him, "Tell me, why do you all like her so much? What's so good about her? You're not leaving until you explain yourself clearly today."

Xie Zhan frowned, clearly impatient with this entanglement, but since Princess Huizhen was Empress Dowager Cheng's own daughter, he couldn't make a scene. He could only ignore her and walk past her.

"Stop!" Princess Huizhen called out to him again. "Xie Zhan, if you don't explain yourself clearly, I will have someone write you letters in her handwriting every day. If others misunderstand, don't blame me."

Xie Zhan's gaze toward Princess Huizhen suddenly sharpened.

Princess Huizhen was startled by his gaze and took a step back.

"The princess asked me why I like her, and I would also like to ask the princess what is it about her that I like?" Xie Zhan found it ridiculous. "The princess has taken a liking to me, so she tries every means to pester me. How is she any different from Marquis Cheng, whom I hate the most?"

"Moreover, in order to achieve her goal, the princess doesn't even care about the reputation of her own sister, and she doesn't worry about what will happen if Marquis Cheng misunderstands and the two of them start arguing?"

Princess Huizhen would never dare to have someone write a letter to him in Qin Yizhen's handwriting, inviting him to a meeting!

In the end, it was just that Princess Huizhen was a bit selfish, only thinking about herself and never considering the people around her.

Princess Yizhen was gentle and beautiful. However, after marrying Cheng Yan, she became sensitive and thoughtful, and was not as soft and lovely as before. But she was still gentle and kind, just like that pure and gentle little girl under the peach tree back then.

It's perfectly normal for a man to like a gentle, beautiful, kind, and lovely girl.

In that fleeting glimpse back then, he seemed to see their entire life unfold before him: a young couple, inseparable, spending their leisure time enjoying tea, playing chess, reciting poetry, and painting, then having two children, living a peaceful and carefree life.

However, all of this was taken away by Cheng Yan.

Princess Huizhen and Cheng Yan are so alike, how could he possibly like Princess Huizhen?

"Princess Huizhen, please don't do such things again in the future."

After saying these words, Xie Zhan turned and went downstairs.

Two days later, he would set off for Lanzhou, hoping only for a safe journey and for the Xie family to live in peace and longevity.

He is not Xie Qu; he won't let romantic love cloud his judgment.

Princess Huizhen stood there stunned for a while after seeing him leave like that. When she came to her senses, she was so angry that she smashed a teacup.

"What does he mean? Is he saying that Yizhen is kind and that my methods are dishonest?"

"Ugh! I'm so angry! I'm so angry!"

......

Princess Huizhen, in a fit of anger, stormed off to find Cheng Yan and Qin Yizhen, her main message being: "If I'm not happy, neither are you."

Qin Yizhen was eating a string of candied hawthorns when she saw her rushing over with a dark face. She was a little surprised: "Your Majesty...Second Sister, who made you angry?"

Princess Huizhen glared at her, snatched the candied hawthorn from her hand, took a bite, and thought it tasted pretty good, so she didn't give it back.

Qin Yizhen: "......"

Is she crazy? There's a candied hawthorn vendor right there. Why would she try to steal hers?

The couple's trip was interrupted, and Cheng Yan was a little annoyed: "Why are you here?"

"What, am I not allowed to come? Did I disturb your loving relationship?" Princess Huizhen retorted.

Cheng Yan didn't tolerate her and said directly, "Since you know it's a disturbance, why don't you leave?"

Princess Huizhen: "???"

She looked at Cheng Yan suspiciously, then reached out to pull off the tiger mask on his face.

Cheng Yan reached out and pressed down, his tone already carrying a hint of warning: "Huizhen."

This really is Cheng Yan. Princess Huizhen felt even more aggrieved: "Are you still my uncle? Xie Zhan is ignoring me, so are you ignoring me too?"

Xie Zhan?

Cheng Yan took off his mask and looked around. Seeing that Xie Zhan was not there, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did you come out with Xie Zhan? Where is he?"

Perhaps it was because the scene under the peach tree back then was too glaring and remained a thorn in his side, coupled with the fact that his methods of stealing her away were not honorable, that Cheng Yan immediately became wary whenever Xie Zhan was mentioned, fearing that this person would appear in front of Qin Yizhen and tell her about those things from back then.

Princess Huizhen snorted coldly: "Don't bother looking, they're already gone."

Cheng Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but looked at Princess Huizhen with some suspicion: "I remember Xie Zhan has never wanted to talk to you. What method did you use to get him to come out with you?"

The last time Princess Huizhen met Xie Zhan at the princess's residence, she used a handwritten letter from Qin Yizhen.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yan frowned. Since Qin Yizhen was right beside him, he didn't want to ask any more questions, so he told her to go back first: "Go back first, I'll ask you again when I have some free time tomorrow."

Princess Huizhen was furious when she heard that he wanted to send her away: "Uncle, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will talk about Xie Zhan?"

"Why are you all protecting her? You don't want her to see Xie Zhan, afraid that she'll find out how Xie Zhan feels about her and then leave you. But Xie Zhan, who clearly likes her, why doesn't he fight for her? He's willing to just look at her from afar and leave without a sound!"

Xie Zhan?!

Qin Yizhen blinked, then froze.

“Huizhen.” Cheng Yan’s face darkened. “Stop talking nonsense.”

"Whether I'm lying or not, you know best, Uncle." Princess Huizhen's eyes reddened with anger. "Uncle, you like her too, don't you? You liked her from the very beginning!"

The whole "princess marrying down" thing, supposedly to forge a bond between the Qin and Cheng families for the sake of peace and tranquility, was actually just for Cheng Yan's own selfish motives.

Seeing that she was so angry that she had lost her mind, Cheng Yan didn't want to argue with her anymore. He directly ordered the guard next to him, "Send the princess back to her residence and let her wake up and know what she should and shouldn't say."

After saying that, Cheng Yan pulled Qin Yizhen to leave, but noticing that Qin Yizhen was still standing there, he turned back to look at her and called out to her, "Let's go."

Qin Yizhen snapped out of her daze, nodded somewhat blankly, and let him pull her forward.

However, for the rest of the journey, she seemed preoccupied. She didn't want to look at the lights or buy anything. She seemed absent-minded and nearly bumped into pedestrians several times.

Seeing her like this, Cheng Yan felt a surge of anger and lost all interest in continuing to shop.

"Go home."

He had the coachman bring the carriage to a nearby location, and then helped her into the carriage.

As soon as the carriage curtain fell, Qin Yizhen was pulled into his arms by a hand, and the gasp she was about to utter was swallowed back down.