"Thank you, Sister Tan'er."
Nanlingpeng responded to Xia Tan'er obediently, but his expression was still the same as before. His small, juicy face was as wrinkled as a bitter melon, and he was not happy at all.
But since she refused to say anything, Xia Tan'er didn't force herself. She turned her eyes and looked at Nan Lingmu.
"Your Highness, the Second Prince, can you accompany me for a walk? I haven't been out for a long time and want to go for a walk. You and I have no competition this afternoon."
"That's fine."
"Then Shaoqing, you must protect Pengpeng and don't let her get hurt at all."
"Yes, I obey!"
Xia Tan'er hurriedly pulled Nan Lingmu away, leaving the two of them walking on the street together.
Nan Lingpeng lowered his head and frowned without saying a word. He was completely different from his previous liveliness. Now, no matter how dull the young man was, he noticed something was wrong.
After struggling for a long time, he finally asked Nanlingpeng.
"Your Highness, Princess, are you unhappy about coming out today?"
"No...no...I'm happy."
"Your Highness the Princess is not as happy as usual, but is there something on your mind that you can't figure out?"
"I……"
Nanlingpeng raised his head and looked at Shaoqing. Just when he was about to say something, Shaoqing suddenly pulled him into his arms.
"Princess, be careful!"
The heartbeat in his ears was majestic and powerful, making Nanlingpeng's cheeks turn red, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hands to wrap around Shaoqing's waist.
"Princess, are you okay? The car almost hit the princess just now!"
"Princess? Princess?"
"Um?"
Shaoqing called Nanlingpeng for a long time before he came back to his senses, but his face had already been dyed red, and now Shaoqing couldn't even say a word.
"That's bad, princess, are you sick, so you're not in the mood to go out? Why is your face so red?"
"No, my subordinate will take you to Miss Tan'er right now!"
"No... no need... I'm not sick."
Nanlingpeng turned around shyly and murmured, not daring to look at Shaoqing.
But in his mind, he remembered the way Shaoqing frowned when he saw Nan Lingmu and Xia Tan'er getting along happily in the wing room, and a faint sadness flashed across her eyes again.
Nanlingpeng hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Shaoqing.
"Shaoqing, do you like sister Tan'er?"
"Miss Tan'er is kind-hearted, brave and resourceful, with superb medical skills and noble medical ethics. I am not the only one. We secret guards all admire her very much. But why did the princess suddenly ask this question to my subordinates?"
"Just admiration, no love at all between men and women?"
"Miss Tan'er, my subordinates are so different from each other. How dare I overstep my bounds?"
That was the person his master cared about most. Besides, Xia Tan'er was so powerful that he didn't dare to like her. He just admired her in his heart.
"Then if you and she were ordinary people with no difference in status, would you like Miss Tan'er?"
"Um……"
Shaoqing listened to Nan Lingpeng's question and thought carefully for a while before replying to Nan Lingpeng.
"I don't like her, but I just admire her. Miss Tan'er has her own opinions and is not very gentle. My subordinates like gentle and cute people, just like you, princess."
"Like this princess?"
Shaoqing panicked when he heard this and hurriedly apologized to Nanlingpeng.
"I hope the princess will spare her life. This subordinate is stupid and compared her to the princess. The princess is cute and gentle. I am afraid that not only my subordinates will like her, but all the men in the entire Kyushu Continent will like her like her."
Nanlingpeng stared at Shaoqing blankly for a long time, then burst out laughing, sweeping away the previous gloom.
