I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 805: Tryst with the Princess.

The voices of discussion were very low, but they fell clearly into Li Mu's ears.

For some reason, Li Mu's heart trembled. Such slander made him inexplicably angry.

Li Mu turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound with his deep eyes.

The gossiping woman met Li Mu's gaze, her face turned pale, her legs went weak and she fell to the ground.

"Qingyi?"

The queen noticed something was wrong with Li Mu and asked softly.

Li Mu turned around, his expression relaxed, and withdrew his hand somewhat awkwardly, explaining,

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I..."

"You kid, what are you talking about?"

The Queen gave Li Mu a reproachful look and smiled softly,

"I will not be surprised if you do anything out of the ordinary."

"hehe."

Li Mu took two steps back, clasped his hands together, and spoke in a very respectful tone.

The familiar feeling of intimacy from before gradually subsided.

He seemed to treat the queen as someone else.

"Alright, I'm not used to you being like this anymore."

The queen felt Li Mu's distance. This was a natural courtesy, but she felt uncomfortable.

Compared to the respectful and polite Li Mu, the warm-hearted boy before made her feel more warm.

Several people walked towards the pavilion.

At this time, Nanny Xian reached out to stop Cang Zhi who was following behind her, and said expressionlessly,

"Mr. Mu, please wait. This is the seat for women."

Hearing this, Li Mu also stopped.

He remembered that men and women usually sat at separate tables on such occasions.

He glanced at Cang Zhi, nodded and smiled.

"The teacher is over there, go there first, I will be there soon."

Cangzhi nodded, then left without saying a word.

When everyone saw Li Mu being treated so specially, they didn't know what to say.

Several wives of officials who were originally chatting with the queen in the pavilion were tactful enough not to follow.

The position was left to Li Mu and his group.

...

The atmosphere of the tea party was much more relaxed than Li Mu had imagined.

The Imperial Garden was filled with groups of young men and women, enjoying the flowers, drinking tea, and reciting poems and songs.

But for Li Mu, these are indeed a bit boring.

Li Mu looked around and found several familiar faces.

Liu Mingzhe from the Liu family, Prime Minister Lu and his wife, and Lu Sangtuo who always calls him brother-in-law when they meet.

The queen chatted with Li Mu casually for a few words. She seemed to notice that Li Mu was absent-minded, so she smiled helplessly and said,

"Well, it's really hard for you to stay here with me. Go ahead. There are many people here today. You can go and get to know them."

Li Mu naturally would not refuse.

He would not directly reject the queen's "preference" for him, but he would not become arrogant because of her favor.

He stood up and apologized, then took Xiao Zhao to find a quiet little garden.

"Sir, what are we doing here?"

Xiao Zhao was a little hesitant. Even she understood that today was a good opportunity to make friends with the powerful people in the city, but Li Mu hid himself.

"Wait someone."

Li Mu opened his mouth, and just as he finished speaking, there was a sound of light footsteps coming from behind the flower garden.

Shanshan grinned, revealing two rows of small white teeth, and smiled while stroking the back of her head.

"Master, Xiao Zhao, what a coincidence."

"What a coincidence?"

Li Mu glanced at her and instructed Xiao Zhao,

"Xiao Zhao, you and Shanshan go walk around."

"what?"

Before Xiao Zhao could react, Shan Shan grabbed his wrist and pulled him out.

"Xiao Zhao, let me tell you, this Imperial Garden is really fun..."

Xiao Zhao looked back every few steps as she left, as if she was afraid that Li Mu would do something treasonous in the palace.

Before leaving, Yin Huanping reminded her to keep an eye on Li Mu.

Next to the Imperial Garden is the palace where the concubines lived.

Given Li Mu's personality, it would be fine if he fell in love with a young lady from a powerful family in the city, but if he offended a concubine, it would be a bad ending.

Faintly, Xiao Zhao seemed to see a beautiful woman in palace dress walking towards Li Mu.

My heart trembled, thinking to myself, could it be that the young master came here specifically to have a tryst with the beautiful woman?

However, it is impossible for her to break free from Shanshan's control now.

She pursed her lips and looked around again, confirming that there was indeed no one else here, then she breathed a sigh of relief.

In the small garden.

Li Mu looked at the girl who was walking towards him with her head lowered and frowned slightly.

I’m afraid what I said that day really hurt this silly girl.

Zhao Chuyi stopped about ten feet in front of Li Mu, holding the hem of her clothes with both hands. She no longer had the demeanor of her usual Princess Yunhe style, but looked completely pitiful.

"Mr. Gongzi."

She spoke softly, and the words she had been pondering over for days suddenly came out in one sentence:

"Chuyi, Chuyi misses you so much."

She pursed her lips tightly, as if she was trying too hard, and her originally pink and tender red lips now looked slightly pale.

"call---"

Li Mu let out a light breath and strode forward.

When Zhao Chuyi heard Li Mu's sigh, her heart trembled. Just as she was about to speak again, a pair of men's boots appeared in front of her.

The next moment, the body fell into a familiar embrace.

"I miss you as well."

Li Mu's voice was very soft. He rested his chin on the top of the girl's head and sniffed the fragrance between her hair.

Zhao Chuyi's body trembled, and then she wrapped her arms around the man's waist, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Sir, I regret it on the first day of my first month, on the first day of my first month... woo~"

Li Mu leaned down and stopped the girl from crying.

Zhao Chuyi was not wrong, and Li Mu had never really been angry with her.

Li Mu felt more pity and guilt towards this girl whom he met when he was most confused.

That night, Lu Jianjia explained to her all of Zhao Chuyi's behavior in recent days.

Only then did he realize that this silly girl had done all this for him.

Li Mu blamed Zhao Chuyi for not believing her and wanted to teach the girl a lesson to let her know what it meant to "chase the husband to the crematorium."

But he forgot and he himself said nothing.

He didn't even give the girl a "cheap" verbal promise.

It would be strange to say that Zhao Chuyi's silent contribution is a bit awkward.

But Li Mu himself was the same. He was clearly planning for the little girl, yet he still made her so worried.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault."

Li Mu reached out and wiped away the girl's tears. His movements were gentle, as if he was caressing a rare treasure.

Zhao Chuyi shook her head vigorously, her eyes firm and stubborn.

"No, it's Chuyi's fault. Chuyi regrets it and doesn't want anything anymore. Can you please take Chuyi away, sir?"

"Silly girl, you don't even want the throne anymore?"

Li Mu stroked her hair gently, his tone doting and his eyes full of pity.

"As long as you don't give up Chuyi, Chuyi can give up anything."

Zhao Chuyi shook her head desperately. It was not until she really realized that she was about to lose him that she realized that nothing was more important than the man in front of her.

"Do you believe me?" Li Mu asked, staring at Zhao Chuyi seriously.

"Yes, Chuyi believes it. I believe whatever the young master says." Zhao Chuyi nodded, grabbing Li Mu's clothes tightly with both hands, as if she was afraid that he would run away.

"That's enough."

Li Mu hugged the girl tightly and whispered slowly in her ear.

Of course, Li Mu did not tell the whole plan.

Li Mu did not doubt Zhao Chuyi's sincerity, and he believed that at this moment she was really willing to give up the throne for him.

But Li Mu also saw her ambition. Those secret agents who were placed in important positions at various places at some point in time were enough to show that his little princess was not a person who would settle down at heart.

Li Mu didn't dislike Zhao Chuyi like this. On the contrary, if he hadn't discovered these things by accident, Li Mu might have just let her be a canary in a cage.

Li Mu was very moved and felt guilty that the 20-year-old Zhao Chuyi was willing to give up the throne just because he loved her.

Therefore, Li Mu was willing to give his well-considered response.

He would make Zhao Chuyi, who was thirty or even forty years old..., love him because of the stability of the royal family.

Don't let any external factors affect the relationship between the two.

"Don't worry, I will give you whatever you want."

Li Mu whispered in the girl's ear, his voice low and hoarse but full of affection.