Moreover, from the looks of it, this was not the first time they had met. As for this courtyard … It was extremely familiar.
"Your Highness, do you have any ideas?" Su Jinruo asked softly. According to Shen Hancheng's words, the person who set this up should have been the one to come to this courtyard.
Besides... It's time to meet here.
With so many empty courtyards, he had chosen the place where the people who set up the trap were located … Was the arrival of the Crown Prince a coincidence, a coincidence, or a certainty?
Shen Hancheng's gaze slowly sank, "I naturally have my own thoughts."
Su Jinruo focused his eyes and listened attentively, yet Shen Hancheng smiled and walked out from behind the pillar. "At this moment, other than resting, can this king have any other thoughts?"
Su Jinruo, "..."
Seeing Shen Hancheng walking away, Su Jinruo turned his head to look at the bright room, and followed along.
After exiting the courtyard, Su Jinruo said: "Right now, the crown prince has suddenly appeared in the courtyard. Don't you think that the prince is suspicious?"
At that time, she had suspected the crown prince, but she had also doubted his ability to bring the two of them into the plot …
The presence of the Crown Prince here at such a special time made people suspicious.
Shen Hancheng's eyes turned slightly cold, and said indifferently: "It's suspicious, but the more suspicious it is, the more it fits, and so … The more outsiders there are. "
Shen Hancheng naturally had his reasons for saying these words.
His opponent wasn't weak, and his ability to guess people's intentions was even more so. Everyone said that it was possible that tonight would be a trap, but who knows …
Su Jinruo laughed softly in silence. Traces of coldness emerged within his sunken eyes.
The person who set the trap, she really wanted to meet him more and more …
Raising his eyes, Su Jinruo looked at Shen Hancheng and said: "My prince, are we supposed to remain so passive and wait for his movements?"
"Why?" Shen Hancheng stopped in his tracks, looked back at Su Jinruo, and asked, "Does City Lord Su want to take the initiative to attack?"
"Rather than passively being restricted by someone, it's better to lure the snake out of its cave. As long as we know who the person who set the trap is, we can consider everything else for a long time. Like this …" It's a good thing that Prince Yu is a subordinate. "
Su Jinruo stared into Shen Hancheng's eyes, "Your highness is truly intelligent, this official knows that Your Highness definitely has a way to lure a snake out of its cave."
It wasn't the first time he had been flattered, but the first time he felt a hint of sweetness when he was flattered.
A faint hint of happiness flashed through Mo Ye's eyes as Shen Hancheng said:
"This King does have a way to lure him out, but... I need you to pay the price, and this king in particular will have to pay a lot more than City Lord Su. "
Su Jinruo had always understood the principle that there would be a price to be paid for everything one did.
Su Jinruo slowly tightened her hands, and asked: "I wonder, what method does Your Highness have, can you tell me?"
As soon as Su Jinruo finished speaking, Shen Hancheng walked towards her.
He stared at her with a smile that was not a smile. Su Jinruo was confused by his stare, and her emotions raced.
Shen Hancheng stood in front of her, "As long as City Lord Su kisses this king in public, everything that City Lord Su wants to know about will naturally surface."
"…" Su Jinruo was slightly startled.
"Just like this …" Shen Hancheng curled his lips and leaned towards Su Jinruo.
Shen Hancheng stared at Su Jinruo's clear, cold and yet shocked eyes. Her lips, bit by bit, approached Su Jinruo's lips.
Her simple hand tightened even more, seeing that Shen Hancheng did not seem to be joking, Su Jinruo finally started to panic.
She retreated as if she was escaping, and Shen Hancheng approached her again, until …
Su Jinruo retreated to the side under the big tree, his body sticking closely to the tree trunk and unable to retreat.
Shen Hancheng pressed a hand against the side of Su Jinruo's ear, a smile on his lips as he slowly moved forward. In the blink of an eye, his thin lips had already covered hers …
Her heartbeat sped up, and Su Jinruo's hand clenched into a fist. She stared straight at Shen Hancheng, and suddenly remembered that when they first met, he had done nothing to her.
That day, when she was completely unprepared for his burning hot lips, he had fiercely pinched her lips.
No tossing and turning, no deep love, just rampaging on the warm tyranny.
And now …
A light breath came from the side of his ear, his lips were so close to each other that it was impossible for him to accept such contact. Su Jinruo could not help but open his mouth, "Your Highness …"
In the midst of all this, the cold voice was tinged with an intense resistance and slight panic. Shen Hancheng laughed madly and he carefully looked at the black-robed youth's tightly pursed lips.
Suddenly, her smiling lips stopped at the corner of Su Jinruo's lips.
Staring straight into Su Jinruo's eyes, he spat out a word, "This king's taste is not so heavy that even men do not dislike it."
Su Jinruo raised his eyes slightly, only to see Shen Hancheng's free hand slowly raising up, coming up to her delicate and pretty face, and gently caressing it.
That hand landed in his deep eyes and still did not have any reaction.
"Even though it's been countless times that this duke has guessed that City Lord Su was my daughter, how certain is that …"
In the end, however, he believed in his own body.
On the day that Su Jinruo was allowed to spend the night in the mansion, he had been probing in the bathroom. When Su Jinruo evaded his words and avoided his expression, he could see that the person in front of him was trying his best to maintain his identity.
He had always been proud and conceited, and had always been extremely confident in his guesses. He had never doubted himself.
Therefore, from that day onwards, he treated Su Jinruo as a woman.
But who would have thought …
The black-robed youth in front of him could actually touch him?
"This King admits that ever since This King was born, there has never been a woman in this world that This King could touch …" Shen Hancheng's eyes seemed to see through Su Jinruo's calm face.
"Until today, this king still had doubts towards the City Lord Su, but this king will no longer mistake the City Lord Su as my daughter. This king says this not because the City Lord Su is unworthy of others questioning, but because... This King believes that there will be no miracles in this world. "
There would be no miracles. In his life, he was destined not to be able to touch a woman.
"So …" City Lord Su was worried blindly. This king's taste has yet to become that strong. "
Su Jinruo lowered her eyes and hid all of her emotions under her long eyelashes, as a faint glimmer appeared in her eyes, "However, what this duke said is true. If this City Lord Su kissed this king in front of all these people, then … There is no need for City Lord Su to look for him himself, the person who set this up will naturally appear and look for City Lord Su. However, when the person who set this up came looking for City Lord Su, this king did not know whether the other party was going to take City Lord Su's life, or something else … "
Su Jinruo lowered his eyes and said: "Your Highness, don't talk about jokes, Your Highness is an extremely valuable person, even if this official has nine lives, I still wouldn't dare to go overboard with Your Highness. "Although I really want to meet the person who set this up, it is impossible for me to do so with the method that the king has given me …"
Regardless of whether or not he could do that to Shen Hancheng, even if he did, for an official of the imperial government to kiss such a grand duke, this would be …
If others were to see this kind of scene, then …
What kind of waves should it cause?
The black-robed youth withdrew his expression, and Shen Hancheng, who was watching the actions of the youth, a deep sense of unconcern flashed past his eyes.
The lazy voice that was stained with a low tone entered into Su Jinruo's ears.
"In that case, the City Lord Su will just wait obediently for him to make a move."
Hearing that, Su Jinruo raised her gaze to look at Shen Hancheng, she gazed at his incomparably handsome face, and in her heart, she felt that, in the Seventh Prince Shen Hancheng, there was a faint intention to not let her know, that the person who had set this up, was actually none other than …
Seeing Su Jinruo's barely discernible probing gaze, the big hand that was originally supporting the tree slowly withdrew.
Shen Hancheng suddenly smiled and said to Su Jinruo, "Deep in the night, when this king wants to rest, I won't send City Lord Su back to the manor. This king believes that with the intelligence of the City Lord Su, climbing a wall beyond it is not an issue, is this king right? "
Then, without waiting for Su Jinruo's response, the big red robe beside him moved, his long figure quietly turned, and stepped away.
Su Jinruo leaned on the tree trunk, and watched Shen Hancheng leave with a slightly confused expression.
If she was someone who did not know martial arts in Shen Hancheng's eyes, then …
Shen Hancheng should have known that she, a weak person, could not climb over the high wall of the Prime Minister's Estate.
And now, he said that he believed she could accomplish it?
This is... Was he teasing her?
Or … He knew her trump card, knew that she knew martial arts, so he wasn't worried about returning to the clan?
Su Jinruo looked at the sky, he finally calmed down and stood up, and slowly walked over.
congealing the high wall of the Prime Minister's Estate, Su Jinruo's eyes flashed.
If it was the fourth fragment of the night, it would not be a wise move to knock on the door.
However, if she were to leap over the high wall, how would she respond when Shen Hancheng asked her about it tomorrow …
While she was thinking, a glint flashed through her eyes, but then she froze in a certain place.
There was a hundred-year-old tree outside the high wall of the Prime Minister's Estate. Its thick branches extended and rested on the high wall.
However, this was not the reason why the light in Su Jinruo's eyes had frozen.
It was the branches on the high wall, the sparse green leaves hiding the slightly protruding pieces of wood.
From the shape, he could guess that it was the extra part of the ladder that was leaning against the wall.
The Prime Minister's residence had always paid attention to security and safety. This ladder was placed against the wall, especially when branches extended into the wall. In the Residence of Prime Minister, this was something that was impossible to happen.
And now …
A thin layer of mist slowly covered Su Jinruo's eyes as more of the ladder formed.
Inside the Prime Minister's residence, there were people from the Seventh Prince Shen Hancheng.
The next day.
After the next assembly, Prime Minister Su was left alone in the royal study to ask questions.
Old Emperor sat on the Dragon Throne and waved his hand. "Sit."
Eunuch Fu received the decree, but was stopped by the Prime Minister Su. "If Your Majesty has something to say, then please allow this old subject to stand."
The Old Emperor raised his eyebrows slightly but smiled: "Actually it's not that big of a deal. It's just that I heard that yesterday in the Prime Minister's Estate, we met an assassin. I wonder if the rumors were true or false?"
The expression in the Prime Minister Su's eyes did not change as he said indifferently, "The reply to the Emperor is indeed true."
Old Emperor frowned, as if he was worried. "Did that assassin hurt anyone?"