Chu Zhiyan had been lying in bed for over a quarter of an hour but still hadn't waited for Di Lanmo to come in. Finally, he couldn't hold it in anymore. "Chu Shisan, go and see where the princess is!"
This roar almost shook Chu Shisan off the tree. He staggered a step when he landed on the ground and then ran out like crazy.
After searching, he found the princess in her courtyard. "Greetings to the third prince and the princess." Without waiting for Di Lanmo to ask, he replied, "Princess, it's almost time for the prince to take his medicine."
Di Lanmo turned around and gave him a disdainful look. "Shisan, one should have a conscience. Isn't your prince good to you? Why are you cursing him?"
Chu Shisan was stunned for a moment and then realized that the princess had long seen through his prince's feigning illness.
He had previously thought that the princess, who boasted of her high - level medical skills, couldn't even tell that the prince was pretending to be ill. It turned out that the princess was just willing to play along with the prince's nonsense.
Chu Shisan slunk back to report. When Chu Zhiyan heard Di Lanmo's reply, his face froze for a moment but quickly returned to normal. He even let out an unusual dry laugh. "Cough, cough. The princess has taken good care of me these days. It's hard for her. Since my body has recovered, I should go and thank the princess."
Chu Shisan watched his prince acting as if for someone and then calmly got out of bed, put on his shoes, tidied his clothes, and walked out looking like a gentleman.
Before Chu Zhiyan even entered Di Lanmo's courtyard, he heard Chu Xiuqi's surprised and admiring voice. "Wow, you're so amazing!"
Di Lanmo pretended to be nonchalant but actually enjoyed it very much. She waved her hand. "This is just the beginning. There's more amazing stuff to come."
Chu Zhiyan pushed the door and walked in.
Chu Xiuqi seemed quite afraid of this imperial uncle. He stood up. "Imperial uncle, are you feeling better?"
Chu Zhiyan covered his chest and coughed a few times. Meeting Di Lanmo's "stop going too far" look, he stopped, took a couple of breaths, and then looked at Chu Xiuqi. "When did the third prince arrive?"
Chu Xiuqi was deceived by his imperial uncle's superb acting. "I came back with the ugly girl."
Ugly... girl?
Chu Zhiyan's face instantly darkened.
But Chu Xiuqi didn't have a chance to notice. While the uncle - nephew pair were talking, Di Lanmo had already ground out a part. She tugged at Chu Xiuqi's sleeve. "Take a look at this."
Chu Xiuqi immediately squatted beside Di Lanmo and looked at the wooden crossbow she had assembled with her hands. "This of yours looks really amazing!"
"Is this a crossbow?" Chu Zhiyan squatted beside Di Lanmo on the other side without caring about his image.
Di Lanmo handed the crossbow to Chu Xiuqi. "I promised to give this to you. What do you think? Do you like it?"
"Of course I like it!" Chu Xiuqi's eyes lit up. "You really know how to do everything!"
Chu Zhiyan glanced at Di Lanmo. "You can even make crossbows."
Di Lanmo smiled at Chu Xiuqi. "Sure. Do you want to consider becoming my disciple?"
After being ignored several times, Chu Zhiyan finally lost his patience. He stood up. "Third prince, just now there was a message from the palace asking you to return."
"Ah?" Chu Xiuqi looked disappointed. "But I just came out!"
Chu Zhiyan put on a helpless face and didn't say a word, but his meaning was very clear.
The palace has ordered you to return. I can't go against the people in the palace, right?
So, you'd better go back earlier. Don't get too close to my princess here!
Although Chu Xiuqi was a bit of a dandy because of his mother's doting, he was still innocent and well - behaved. He didn't dare to disobey the order from the palace and could only leave dejectedly.
Before leaving, he also took away the crossbow Di Lanmo had made for him.
Seeing this, Chu Zhiyan's eyes darkened a bit. He very obviously hinted, "I think that crossbow of yours is quite good."
"Yeah." Di Lanmo glanced at his feigning - indifference act, got up and went into the house. She took out a porcelain bottle and threw it to Chu Zhiyan. "I have some ideas and need to seclude myself for a few days. Don't bother me!" After saying that, she turned around and went into the house neatly.
After making the crossbow, she suddenly wanted to try making the Tianji Crossbow.
The crossbow evolved into the Zhuge Crossbow invented by Zhuge Liang. On the basis of the Zhuge Crossbow, if you further improve it by increasing the attack speed, attack power, and the single - time arrow capacity, you'll get the Tianji Crossbow.
However, to be honest, Di Lanmo had never tried making the Tianji Crossbow before. But since she was very familiar with mechanical disassembly and assembly, it shouldn't be too difficult to make it.
Chu Zhiyan held the porcelain bottle in his hand, looking blankly at the closed door and then at the pile of broken wood on the ground. He didn't come to his senses for a long time.
Seeing Chu Zhiyan come back clenching a porcelain bottle and grinding his teeth, Chu Shisan was on high alert and moved further up the tree.
For several days in a row, Chu Zhiyan locked himself in his room. The atmosphere in the courtyard was extremely cold. Even Qiao Yan wouldn't come into this courtyard except for necessary official reports.
But there was someone who thought this was a good opportunity and wanted to seize this once - in - a - lifetime chance to rise to power.
Lan Jiaoshu walked over gracefully with a bowl of ginseng soup. "Your Highness, this servant has cooked ginseng soup for you. Please drink it while it's hot."
Chu Zhiyan was sitting cross - legged on the arhat couch, cursing Di Lanmo, that heartless woman. When he was interrupted, his mood was imaginable.
He looked up with a cold look in his eyes at Lan Jiaoshu. "Who allowed you to enter this prince's study?"
Lan Jiaoshu was stunned. "Your Highness, this servant saw that the princess..."
It would have been okay if she hadn't mentioned Di Lanmo. But as soon as she did, Chu Zhiyan's eyes were filled with anger. "Shut up and get out!"
Lan Jiaoshu bit her lip to keep herself from crying. She put down the ginseng soup and turned to leave.
"Stop!"
Lan Jiaoshu thought Chu Zhiyan had changed his mind. She turned around and looked at him expectantly.
But she heard Chu Zhiyan say coldly, "Take that dirty thing out!"
Lan Jiaoshu looked at Chu Zhiyan in disbelief. "Your Highness, this servant has been with you for more than ten years!"
"Precisely because you've been with this prince for more than ten years, you should know your place better." Chu Zhiyan finally looked at her directly. "For the sake of our years of acquaintance, this prince won't pursue this matter this time. But if there's a next time, this prince's mansion will definitely not keep you!"
After being warned like this, Lan Jiaoshu felt embarrassed. She picked up the bowl of ginseng soup on the table and ran away.
She didn't stop until she reached the pavilion. She slammed the bowl of ginseng soup, which had spilled most of its contents, on the table.
"Why? Why can she do it but I can't?"
Previously, the maids in the prince's mansion were also not allowed to approach the prince's study. But recently, the prince clearly allowed Di Lanmo to enter freely. Why could Di Lanmo go in but she couldn't?
The prince actually didn't care about their old relationship and said such embarrassing things to her!
What propriety? She had observed propriety for more than ten years. Was it just to give him away to someone else?
No! It's impossible! "Di Lanmo, I will never give the prince to you!"