After the concubine ran away, the cold prince lost control

Chapter 505: Love without a clue (9)

The Chinese Valentine's Day is here in a blink of an eye.

The Chinese Valentine's Day is a very lively festival among the people. On this day, the streets are decorated with lights and when night falls, many young men and women will go out for shopping and release lanterns by the river.

Gu Meng'er is the only daughter in the family and has no sisters to accompany her. On this day, she went out to play with a few of her girlfriends.

The center of the long street is filled with colorful lanterns. In order to attract young people, the owner of the lantern shop has made lantern riddles. If you guess 749 of the riddles correctly, you can get an exquisite crystal lotus lantern.

Gu Meng'er and several of her girlfriends also started guessing with everyone else. The girls racked their brains but still couldn't guess it completely.

"These riddles are so difficult, it seems as if they are deliberately designed to prevent people from guessing them."

"If it's so easy to guess, then the business owner will lose a lot of money."

In the end, the girls had to leave with regret.

A few people found a small stall to eat supper while watching fireworks. Just when they had forgotten about the lantern riddles, a well-dressed woman came over with a lotus lantern. She bowed slightly to Gu Meng'er and said, "This lantern is what my master mentioned when he was guessing the lantern riddles. He ordered me to give this lantern to Miss Gu."

Gu Meng'er was stunned when she heard this: "Who is your young master?"

The woman smiled and said, "Anyway, the young lady recognizes my young master."

As she spoke, she placed the lantern in front of Gu Meng'er and slowly left.

"Meng'er, who gave you the lantern?"

"Looking at the maid's good manners, I think the young master behind her must also be a person of extraordinary status."

"Meng'er, that person must like you, and he is confessing to you quietly."

Facing the little sisters' whispering jokes, Gu Meng'er's fair face flushed: "Don't talk nonsense."

As she spoke, she held the lantern in her hand and said to her girlfriends, "Before I left, I told my parents that I would not stay outside for long. It's getting late, so I have to go home first."

Gu Meng'er said goodbye to a few friends and walked out of the long street with her maids and servants, when she saw a familiar figure in the alley ahead.

"Your Highness..." She called softly, then asked, "Why is it you?"

Lu Chengyun was dressed in casual clothes, like an ordinary young master from an aristocratic family. Hearing this, he walked towards Gu Meng'er and said with a smile, "Didn't you guess it was me a long time ago? Why are you still asking?"

His tone was clear, yet it carried a hint of doting tenderness, which made people's heart beat faster.

"How could I know it was His Highness?" The little girl half lowered her head, "I don't have the ability to predict the future."

The voice became lower and lower, and in the end, it became like the hum of a mosquito, with a hint of coquettishness and complaint.

The boy laughed. He was not a person who liked to laugh, but this sudden laugh looked particularly good.

"Just now I asked someone to send you a lantern, and you already guessed it was me," he said confidently.

This person is so annoying. Every time he speaks, it seems like he can see through people's hearts, but he doesn't leave anyone a way out.

Gu Meng'er no longer denied it, but she didn't admit it either. She just stood there with her head down and didn't say anything.

The two of them were silent for a while, and finally Lu Chengyun spoke again: "Have you given the calligraphy I gave you to your friend who is studying in the Imperial College?"

He pronounced the word "friend" very clearly, which made it sound strange.

Gu Meng'er raised her head, looked directly at Lu Chengyun, and asked, "Your Highness seems to be prejudiced against my friend."

It's more than just prejudice.

Lu Chengyun said frankly: "I don't have prejudice against him, I have hostility towards him."

This statement was very clear. The prince had always been reserved and introverted, and Gu Meng'er had never dreamed that he would say such words to her so directly.

The little girl's heart was beating fast and her face was as red as the clouds in the sky.

Lu Chengyun's hands were clenched tightly under his wide sleeves, and they were full of hot sweat. However, he was worthy of being a well-seasoned crown prince. Even though his heart was filled with a huge army, his face remained calm.

He continued, "Don't blame me for being stingy. No man would be willing to give gifts to other men when seeing a girl he likes."

That's how he confessed his feelings to her.

This caught the little girl off guard.

She didn't know what to say.

After a long while, he finally calmed down and replied in a joking tone: "Your Highness gave me the calligraphy, but you didn't intend for me to give it away."

The word "Fu" was written with the words "calmness". No matter whether she had any romantic feelings for the male friend, it was not a good idea to give this word to others.

It seems like he is trying to cover up his mistake.

After hearing what the girl said, the young man showed a little pride on his handsome face, and replied: "Isn't your friend studying in the Imperial College? He must be an ambitious person. I gave him this calligraphy just to encourage him to concentrate on his studies and not be distracted."

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The little girl smiled and tilted her head to look at the boy: "Do you believe this, Your Highness?"

Lu Chengyun also laughed.

Gu Meng'er said, "Actually, Your Highness, you are overthinking. My friend in the Imperial College is my father's adopted son. He and I are just ordinary friends, nothing more."

After hearing this, the smile on Lu Chengyun's face reached his eyes.

He said to her, "So, you promised me?"

The little girl was confused: "What do you mean, Your Highness? What did I promise you?"

He said directly: "Promise to marry me."

The little girl's mind, which had just calmed down, immediately started beating wildly again. Her eyebrows were deeply furrowed, and she looked at Lu Chengyun with her wide-open eyes.

He added: "If you don't want to accept me, why do you explain it to me like this?"

"I--"

The little girl didn't know what to say, so she simply turned her head away, her eyes moistening slightly: "Your Highness, why are you bullying me like this?"

Did he bully her?
Seeing this, Lu Chengyun panicked: "So, you don't plan to accept me?"

The little girl turned her head and looked at him: "When did I say I would accept you? Why should I marry into the palace?"

"Isn't it good to marry into the palace?" There was a hint of panic in the young man's voice.

"Not good." She said simply, "Not good at all."

Seeing her like this, Lu Chengyun pulled himself away and blocked in front of her, lowered his eyes to glance at the little girl, and asked: "What's wrong? Are you afraid that I can't be loyal?"

The little girl was completely annoyed. She rolled her eyes at Lu Chengyun and replied with a wooden face, "Let's not talk about marriage. It's all decided by parents and matchmakers. Even if my parents respect my wishes on marriage, I've only met His Highness a few times, and His Highness suddenly came over and said he wanted to marry me. How can you be so sure that I will agree if you want to? You're really too conceited."

She said all this in one breath, then turned away angrily.

After a long while, Lu Chengyun asked, "Do you think I'm being abrupt?"

"Isn't it?" she asked back.

After saying this, Gu Meng'er left without waiting for Lu Chengyun to explain.