Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

“What happened?” Xiaoming asked her.

“It’s closed from the outside,” Liu Jin Yu stated, and looked at him in worry.

“Great! What will I answer in the palace? Who even told you to push me here? I asked you to bring information and you did this to me,” Xiaoming was irked.

“It wasn’t my fault. All I wanted was to help the Crown Prince,” Liu Jin Yu said.

“Will you stop calling me that?” Xiaoming scolded her.

Liu Jin Yu made a face at him. “I should not have helped you. I never met such an arrogant person in my life!” She remarked.

“Have you gone insane? Why are you talking that way to me?” Xiaoming asked and gritted his teeth.

“Why? “Didn’t you say I shouldn’t call you the Crown Prince?” She asked, pausing as Xiaoming’s finger rested on her lips.

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“Stay quiet, Jin Yu. Do something to open this door. I need to go back,” Xiaoming told her, and lowered his hand.

“Why did you come here when you knew it was risky for you? You always create trouble,” Liu Jin Yu scolded him. Xiaoming didn’t like the way she spoke with him, but then he remained quiet.

It was his mistake to even think of meeting her once. However, if he had not come to this place, he would not have found out Kang Huijuan’s true intentions. He was curious to find out why Kang Huijuan was so scared of Lóng Wei that he had to hide his valuable things in a place like this.

“Come here,” Liu Jin Yu said.

Xiaoming came out of his thoughts and looked at her. He walked up to her.

“Get down on your knees,” Liu Jin Yu said.

“What? Why?” Xiaoming asked her in bewilderment.

Liu Jin Yu pointed her hand up and said, “It’s a window through which I will go and free you from this place. So, get down on your knees. I will stand on your back and then leap out of this window.

Xiaoming refused. “I am the Crown Prince, Jin Yu. How could you expect me to do this? You should get on your knees and I will go out of this window,” he opined while rejecting her idea.

“What if you get caught?” Liu Jin Yu questioned her. “If you haven’t done it yet, now is the time you must do it. Get on your knees. I need to reach the window. Do it quickly if you don’t want to get caught,” she urged him.

Xiaoming reluctantly got on the floor and asked her to remove her shoes. But she didn’t listen to him and stood on his back.

“Ahh! You are heavy, Jin Yu!” Xiaoming objected when Liu Jin told him to keep quiet.

“You are such a weakling,” she remarked, and asked him to lift his body. She had to reach the window. Xiaoming lifted his body and Jin Yu caught the window’s platform. She raised herself and banged her hand on the window several times.

Xiaoming looked up and quickly got up. He caught her legs to lift her, and it startled her. She lost her balance and fell back. His foot slipped, and with a loud thud, he fell on the dusty floor while Liu Jin Yu fell above him.

With that sudden fall, their lips connected. Liu Jin Yu’s heart suddenly raced and she immediately moved away. “Forgive me,” she said, and turned her face away from him.

Xiaoming wiped his lips and sat up. “You are unbelievable,” he said, and stood up. Liu Jin Yu also rose on her feet and dusted off her dress.

“Why did His Highness hold my legs? I-if h-he hadn’t done that, then it would not h-have happened.” She found herself stuttering for the first time and she patted her cheek.

She was stunned when Xiaoming lifted her while holding her legs. She looked down at him.

“Don’t stare at me. Reach for the window and quickly go out. I need to return to the palace.”

Liu Jin Yu nodded, and again her hands reached the window. She banged on it, and after several attempts, she succeeded in opening the window.

Xiaoming used more strength and moved her up. Liu Jin Yu got out of the window and jumped down. Xiaoming took a deep breath and went towards the door, waiting for her to open it.

In a minute, it was open and he finally took a deep breath of relief.

“I am leaving,” Xiaoming told her when Liu Jin Yu told him that she would check first if everything was clear at the front. Xiaoming hummed and followed her silently. She made sure no one would see them and decided to escort Xiaoming to the palace.

“Why are you accompanying me?” He asked.

“Because I don’t want you to fall into danger. I mean this disguise should not be exposed,” she asserted, and saw his entire back was covered in dust. She asked him to stand straight and dusted off the dust from his robes.

“Forgive me about that. I didn’t mean to do that,” she whispered.

“Forget about it,” Xiaoming told her, and she came in front of him. Because she brought him through the forest route, no one was around.

“Jin Yu, don’t work there anymore,” Xiaoming advised her.

“Why?” She asked. “I won’t be harmed. My master took care of me as his daughter,” she stated. She did not want him to punish Wu Jin for accepting bribes from Kang Huijuan.

“Jin Yu, if in the future your master is caught, I may not step forward to save you. That’s why I want you to quit working for him. You can meet him, but find another place for him. If you are unable to find the place, then come to the palace. After I fired Eunuch Lishi, there is no one I can put my trust in except you,” Xiaoming again offered her the job at the palace for him.

“His Royal Highness is forgetting what the Sixth Prince said that day. If I stay around you, then I may die. I don’t want that. Forgive me,” she bowed, “but I love my life. Also, I don’t think that I can survive in the palace. If I raise my voice to correct the wrong, then I may get punished. Her Majesty already dislikes me. So, it is better for me to stay away from the Crown Prince.”

She lifted her head and looked into his eyes. Xiaoming agreed with her words.

“Stay away from the sight of Kang Huijuan. He is the son of the Prime Minister. Also, I think Brother Lóng Wei knows something about him that no one knows. That’s why he was terrified,” Xiaoming deduced.

“Prince Lóng Wei doesn’t get scared to fight against evil people. That’s great.” She smiled. He felt odd hearing a compliment from her mouth about Lóng Wei. He felt jealousy, but he had no idea behind that feeling.

“You never praise me,” Xiaoming said. Liu Jin Yu glanced at him in amusement. “I want to hear my praise from your mouth. I will feel accomplished,” he said while staring into her eyes.