Chapter 10 (1/2)

Your Highness Crown Princess. That was true.

This little lady in his arms was the crown princess, the official wife of his elder brother Crown Prince Bipaan. He was hurt when he mentioned her official title casually, and he was about to put her down when she said, “Shush!”

She held her index finger and put it before her lips. She narrowed her eyes and said, “You should keep it as a secret from the Crown Prince.”

“Secret?”

“I am not supposed to do anything that could stand in his way. He might scold me severely. He lets me do whatever I want to, but he told me never to stand in the way of his career. He told me twice.”

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“I see.”

Ruhae thought it was exactly like Bipaan to give her such an order. Obviously, his elder brother told this little tender-hearted lady in a cold voice, which Ruhae could imagine vividly. Without knowing how pitiful Ruhae thought her, she still grumbled about Bipaan.

“He told me to do whatever I wanted to but ordered me not to stand in the way of his career. If that’s true, he isn’t allowing me to do anything I wanted to do, right? Even now, I would like to climb a tree, but my behavior will cause trouble to the Crown Prince if someone notices me climbing a tree and reports it to the Crown Prince, right?”

“I agree. It’s dangerous, and your behavior is problematic.”

“That’s why I want to ask you to keep it to yourself. Never, ever tell the Crown Prince. I’m scared of his scolding.”

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“Sure, let me just keep it to myself.”

Ruhae answered with difficulty. Though it was not a difficult promise, he got excited when he heard the word ‘secret’. He had never realized how sweet this word was. He wanted to keep piling up new secrets with her, secrets only he and she knew.

Instead of letting him get lost in his thoughts, she changed the topic quickly.

“By the way, why is it so hard to see you? I’ve come to the back garden every day to see you in vain, and only today I have met you.”

“Are you sure you want to meet me?” Ruhae asked with a pain in his heart.

He gazed at her with a surprised expression. Instead of avoiding his eyes, she looked him in the eye honestly. She didn’t hesitate to open her adorable lips.

“Yes, I really felt it a regret that I couldn’t see you here.”

His heart throbbed with joy because of her too candid reply. “Oh, I didn’t know that.”

“Though I got pretty used to playing alone, I felt bored and lonely when I came here alone every day, so I missed you.”

Maybe that was the main reason, he thought. He felt she missed his face sometimes simply because he treated her kindly in this lonely palace.

“Because you’re my first friend here in the imperial palace,” she said.

“Friend.”

Yes, that’s what he expected. What could she expect of him? He fell into low spirits at that moment, but he wanted to venture on a guess about her straightforward expression. Controlling his desire, he replied casually.

“I don’t come here for a walk often because I’m busy carrying out my official duties. But I always come to this hill when I feel like visiting the back garden.”

“Oh, can I see you if I wait here?”

“Yes, though I can’t promise you.”

He took pains to repeat in his head that she was not the woman he could make a promise to.

Staring at her, he then looked up at the sky.

“If the heavens allow me.”

Though he wanted to see her, he always relied on an accidental encounter like this. That’s why he blamed the heaven for his disrespectful longing for her.