Seeing Zi Yuan like this, Zi Yan almost couldn't help but exclaim and was swallowed. She wanted to ask with her eyes, but saw Zi Yuan glaring at her from an angle that others couldn't see.

The three of them grew up together. Although they were masters and servants, they were more familiar with each other than their own sisters. Zi Yuan's meaning was very clear, which made Zi Yan's heart tighten and she lowered her head in cooperation.

Zi Yuan had already filled the wine cup in front of Xiao Xu and walked to Chu Junlan again.

Chu Junlan pursed his lips and lowered his eyes slightly, and while Zi Yuan bent down to pour wine, the others were not careful and then they faced Zi Yuan's eyes.

In just a moment, both of them saw surprises in each other's eyes, but they also tacitly restrained their emotions.

The second prince was staring in Chu Junlan's direction all the time. Seeing Zi Yuan staying in front of Chu Junlan while pouring wine, he couldn't help but chuckled: "It seems that beauty also loves to see beauty."

This sentence is extremely frivolous and rude. Comparing a Kabuki with Prince Kyo's future daughter-in-law is originally a humiliation.

Chu Junlan himself did not look down on Zi Yuan, so he was not angry, but Xiao Xu frowned and said, "The Second Highness invites you today, I don't know what's the point of doing? I have other important things to do."

If it weren't for all the people present, Xiao Xu wouldn't want to reveal the royal affairs, so he would have to question the second prince in person what it meant.

The emperor was seriously ill, but the second prince had the intention to drink with a group of brothers on the road here, which was really against filial piety.

The second prince seemed not to hear Xiao Xu's implicit voice, and just smiled and said, "We came today mainly to celebrate the achievement of our common purpose. Didn't the second prince of Huai'an run away in shame? Don't you think it's so satisfying?"

"Of course I'm happy!"

"That shitty young man, who helped the evildoer, nodded his head these days to suppress the business of the Second Prince!"

"That's right, if the Second Highness hadn't stopped him, we would have had a white knife in and a red knife!"

...

The room was full of people talking.

The second prince looked at Xiao Xu with a smile and said, "These brothers have spent a lot of effort in helping me protect the industry in recent days. Moreover, the relatives of Miss Chu's family have also been disturbed by Xiao Yunchang. Now that Lao Liu's accomplices have left, they are going to hold a celebration banquet, so naturally they are invited to have fun together."

Chu Junlan lowered her eyes and said nothing. She was now full of joy in seeing Ziyuan. She was thinking about how to save Ziyuan out, and she didn't care what the second prince said at all.

Xiao Xu said: "The Second Highness is too polite. We have no grudges and no grudges with the Sixth Highness and Xiao Yunchang. If we say we have fun together, it is really impossible. However, it is our honor to be invited by the Second Highness."

The second prince narrowed his eyes, and he couldn't stand Xiao Xu's tone of speaking, as if Chu Junlan had passed by now and became his prince's concubine. Such an attitude was really disgusting.

But the second prince still kept a smile on his face and looked at Chu Junlan and said, "You can't say that, you are not touched, but Miss Chu may not be touched. You should know that Xiao Yunchang has always had many disturbances to the Chu family. Why? Shouldn't you, as a fiancé, be happy for Miss Chu's joy or for her anger?

Is this accusing Xiao Xu of not caring enough about Chu Junlan?

Chu Junlan said: "The Second Highness is too worried. We unmarried couples never distinguish between each other. It is normal for them to be happy and sad. Do you need to publicize everywhere to prove that we have such a tacit understanding?"

The second prince rolled his eyes at Chu Junlan's words, and his disappointment and resentment towards Chu Junlan had reached the peak.

Even if she refused to agree to his pursuit, he had given sincerity. Why did she stand on Xiao Xu's side and oppose him several times now?

Now is the most important time to compete for the throne. Xiao Xu is just a prince. With her intelligence, she still doesn’t know how to tie Xiao Xu to the side in advance?

But Chu Junlan refused to stand in a row, and he also wanted to humiliate and confront him verbally.

"Miss Chu, it's fine to talk to us rough people, but I'll forgive you," the second prince picked up the wine glass and looked around and said, "Miss Chu is a heroine. She has always spoken quickly. I also admire her straightforward temperament. Everyone is a fellow disciple and I don't think so."

"Of course not. The Second Prince said this well. We are all bloody men who have been living in the world for many years. How could we care about a little girl?" It seems that the girl is not as big as their daughter and niece.

Everyone was talking and talking, and in the blink of an eye, Chu Junlan was held by them and became the core figure of the second prince.

Chu Junlan rarely spoke, thinking about Ziyuan while listening to the nonsense. Xiao Xu cooperated to nod and greeted him at first, but later he completely regarded the second prince's words as a warning until the banquet dispersed. They didn't make any clear comments. Why did the second prince invite them today?

Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Xu and Chu Junlan planned to say goodbye. The second prince rebelled against the secret hostility and contempt when the two entered the door just now, and showed great enthusiasm and friendship. He met Xiao Xu and called him brothers, and he was almost invited Xiao Xu to the palace for a drink.

After getting on the carriage, Chu Junlan whispered until the carriage turned the corner, "Find a place to talk, I have something to say."

Xiao Xu nodded immediately and knocked on the wall of the carriage.

Someone outside responded and soon drove the carriage to a desolate place, surrounded by deserted fields in winter. The guards and the carriage of the Prince Gong's Mansion and Xiao Xu's confidants all stood farther away.

Chu Junlan then said, "The second prince is not good at coming. He is obviously trying to pull us into his sect."

"That's true. Although he couldn't win over it in essence, the intimacy he showed seemed to have been win over it. I think he was the purpose today." Xiao Xu also said.

Chu Junlan laughed sarcastically: "He is too impatient, I am the only one and used to being domineering. Therefore, when he saw us at first, he did not restrain his emotions at all. He only reacted later and made the topic come back."

Xiao Xu nodded, "Don't worry, I will investigate this matter."

"I know, I have one more important thing to say. Do you remember the Ziyuan I asked you to help find?"

Xiao Xu nodded: "I have ordered people to inquire along the way."

"No need to inquire, I've seen Ziyuan just now."

"What?" Xiao Xu recalled the situation just now and said, "Is it the wine-filling Yuaner?"

"Yes." Chu Junlan said, "I didn't expect that she has fallen into the Yunlou of the Second Prince. I plan to find her in the late night and when it's quiet, as long as she wants to come back, I must find a way to regain her freedom!"
Chapter completed!