After the prince was reborn, he forced me to marry him and took me into the East Palace

Nan Yuan locked the door of the inner room and then went to look at the dress.

It was a moon-white embroidered silk skirt with exquisite cloud patterns embroidered on the hem with silver thread.

The cuffs and neckline were made of gauze of the same color, which just covered the marks on her neck.

These are nothing, except that there is a set of smaller clothes underneath the clothes.

Nan Yuan's face started to turn red again, but she couldn't care less now. Wearing this wet clothes was not a good thing.

She changed her clothes swiftly and tidied up her wet clothes before walking out of the inner room.

Gu Jingheng had his back to her.

He hasn't left yet?

Nan Yuan felt a little strange, but still bowed to him according to the rules: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Hearing Nan Yuan's voice, Gu Jingheng turned around and looked at her with a smile: "Miss Nan Yuan is really a noble person who forgets things easily."

"What?" Nan Yuan frowned, not quite understanding what he meant.

Gu Jingheng walked over, half bent over, staring at her with his peach blossom eyes: "I don't like verbal thanks, it's better to do something practical."

Practical?

Nan Yuan's thoughts instantly returned to his previous life. The actual reward he wanted was always...

Nan Yuan didn't know what she was thinking about, and hurriedly took a few steps back, as if there were jackals, tigers and leopards in front of her.

"Look how scared you are. What have you thought of?" Gu Jingheng had a decent smile on his face, as if Nan Yuan was making a fuss out of nothing.

Nan Yuan took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and then answered, "When I get home, I will have someone wash the clothes and return them to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"What makes you think I would want the clothes you've worn?"

Facing Gu Jingheng's relentless pressure, Nan Yuan gritted her teeth and said, "What does His Royal Highness want?"

"A set of clothes in exchange for you agreeing to one of my requests." Gu Jingheng approached Nan Yuan, sniffing her scent greedily.

Nan Yuan remained silent. She had a hunch that this would definitely not be a good thing.

Gu Jingheng seemed to have expected Nan Yuan to do this, and said slowly: "We can also continue to be in a stalemate. Guess how long it will take for your cousin to realize that something is wrong?"

Nan Yuan trembled all over and her face turned pale.

Gu Jingheng is simply despicable!

"Anyway, I'm not in a hurry."

Nan Yuan clenched her back teeth and thought, "Forget it, forget it. Just agree to him first. Whether she can do it or not is another matter."

"Okay, I agree."

Hearing Nan Yuan's words, Gu Jingheng raised the corners of his lips in satisfaction.

Nan Yuan let out a breath and raised her foot to leave, but unexpectedly Gu Jingheng stood in front of her.

If she went left, he would go left; if she went right, he would also go right, blocking her way and not letting her go.

Nan Yuan was so angry that her eyes widened and she asked, "What else do you want to do?"

"If you leave like this, how can I be sure that you will do what I ask?"

Gu Jingheng had so accurately predicted that she would deny and play dead. Nan Yuan didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Why don't I take a token of my love?" Gu Jingheng looked at Nan Yuan with great interest. He picked up a piece of clothing from the clothes Nan Yuan was holding and held it in his hand.

When Nan Yuan saw clearly what Gu Jingheng was holding, her face suddenly changed.

That was her bellyband with her name embroidered on it. If outsiders saw it, she would never be able to wash it off even if she jumped into the Yellow River.

"No!" Nan Yuan said and was about to snatch it.

Gu Jingheng was not willing to give her a chance and just retracted his hand and dodged.

"I'm just taking a token of my love. If you listen to me and do what I ask, I will naturally return it to you." Gu Jingheng stuffed the bellyband into his arms.

Nan Yuan's eyes turned red with anger, but she could do nothing about it.

Gu Jingheng was just trying to make things difficult for her. No matter how she talked, she couldn't convince him, and she couldn't beat him either!

Gu Jingheng raised the corners of his lips and smiled: "Your good cousin must be waiting anxiously."

Nan Yuan was about to go out, but was stopped by him again. He held a clean handkerchief.

"Your hair is still wet, be careful of catching a cold."

He stuffed the handkerchief into Nan Yuan's arms, his eyes deep.

Nan Yuan looked at Gu Jingheng with mixed feelings. There was really no need for her to harm her body just because she was angry with Gu Jingheng.

So she continued to twist her wet hair with the handkerchief, and Gu Jingheng watched her intently.

Nan Yuan felt very uncomfortable, and her hands' movements became more and more chaotic. Unable to wait for her hair to dry, Nan Yuan immediately stood up and said goodbye.

"If you are bullied in the future, don't be as impulsive as you were just now." Gu Jingheng said.

He would not take the initiative to help Nan Yuan deal with these chores. He would rather Nan Yuan handle it herself, so that if one day he was not by her side, she would not be able to protect herself.

Of course, if she really can't handle it, Gu Jingheng will teach her little by little until she can handle it.

"Luckily, the person you met today was Lin Yitang, who acted on impulse, and she was stupid, so you were lucky enough to win. If she had arranged a killer underwater, you would have lost your life."

"You have the upper hand now, but have you ever thought about what Lord Lin would do if he knew what happened to his beloved daughter today? Can you afford to offend the Lin family? Nan Yuan, what you did today was too ruthless. You must understand the principle of forgiving others when you can."

Before she grew stronger, she could not touch the Lin family.

It's just some bullying, it's okay to avoid it. When you have the strength, revenge will be a matter of a word, right?

As the saying goes, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

Gu Jingheng looked at Nan Yuan with some helplessness in his eyes. Fortunately, he was there to support Nan Yuan, and the Lin family didn't dare to do anything to her. What if he was not there?

Nan Yuan’s life is in danger!

Nan Yuan couldn't see through this, so he would tell her.

"Ah!"

Hearing this, Nan Yuan was so angry that her whole body was shaking.

If he hadn't been in the way underwater, she would have rescued the princess long ago. How could he have said those untrue things?

Oh, I remembered it.

She asked why Gu Jingheng suddenly went into the water to pull her and stop her from going to save the princess.

It feels like I’m helping Lin Yitang!

He was afraid that she would gain face in front of the princess and steal Lin Yitang's limelight, right?

It was like this in his previous life. He could tolerate Lin Yitang hanging around him. Could he really not see what Lin Yitang felt for him?

How could he not see it? It was just because Lin Yitang was the daughter of a second-rank official, and he just wanted to win over Lord Lin, so he allowed Lin Yitang to do whatever she wanted.

Even when Lin Yitang repeatedly tried to sow discord between him and her, and even tried to frame her, Gu Jingheng turned a blind eye.

It was so in the previous life, and it is so in this life.

Did he know that it was Nan Yuan who was bullied?

Everything Lin Yitang did, was it not pushing her to death?

It has come to this, so why shouldn't she be allowed to resist?

But when Gu Jingheng saw what happened to Lin Yitang in this life, he still felt heartbroken.

He even humiliated me at one moment and spoke softly to me at another, just to tell me to "forgive others when you can" and let me let Lin Yitang go.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could actually do this for Lin Yitang.

Nan Yuan's breathing was a little unstable and her heart ached. She had done so much in her previous life and had been so self-degrading, but she couldn't even get a word of protection from Gu Jingheng!