Chapter 211: Ways to Talk About Love (Part )

The laughter of the yamen runners finally stopped. Sun Zhaoan looked at Lady Hua and laughed, "Has this lady met our prince?"

Madam Hua couldn't help but smile with great emotion, "I haven't seen him, but... I have received a lot of favors from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before.

My husband has not returned since he was conscripted by the dog court of the previous dynasty. Everyone says... that he is gone. Even some malicious relatives of my husband's family wanted to take over our land on the grounds that we only have two women left in our family...

Fortunately, at this time, the imperial court issued a decree to encourage women to set up female households and give them the right to share land. Those scumbags no longer had any reason to bother us.

If it weren’t for this decree, Baoer and I would not have been able to hold out for so long.”

When Lady Hua said this, she couldn't help but shed tears, "I and many other women in the village who have had similar experiences as me are very grateful to His Royal Highness, but I never thought that I would have the honor of meeting His Royal Highness today.

I heard recently that the Crown Prince is going to get married. Is that woman the future Crown Princess?"

She had been rescued once before by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Now he was saved again by the future Crown Princess.

She was suddenly filled with hope and expectation for the new court. This was no longer the cold-blooded court that forced her husband to go to the battlefield and separated their family.

In this new dynasty, she will surely... be able to take care of Baoer until the day when the child's father returns, right?

On the other side, Su Liuyue was carried out by Zhou Yunke without any explanation. For the first time, she experienced what it felt like to have even her ears burning.

The room was filled with people from Jingzhao Prefecture. When they saw them come out, their faces were filled with stunned expressions.

Among them, Feng Dali was the worst at reading people's expressions. He was startled when he saw Su Liuyue's appearance and hurried over to her, "Miss Su San, are you okay? Oh my God, what did that bastard do to you that you can't even walk!"

Before he could finish his words, Feng Yang, who floated behind him like a ghost, covered his mouth.

Su Liuyue's shouting made Feng Dali feel less ashamed. Before being taken away, she turned around and said, "Feng Dali, take that diary! Zheng must have killed a lot of women before, and he must have written them down in his diary! All the sins he committed must be settled one by one!"

Feng Dali was previously sent by the route to trace the cloth line. Unexpectedly, that line turned out to have the most clues so far!

As expected, this guy went to several cloth shops to buy cloth. The owner of one of the cloth shops was from Xuzhou, southwest of Daqing. He immediately recognized that Zheng Chengming's accent was from Xuzhou, and the two of them started chatting.

The weaving industry in Xuzhou was very developed, and the largest weaving family there was surnamed Zheng. Although Zheng Chengming still refused to say anything more to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper was quick-witted and after knowing that his surname was also Zheng, he immediately guessed that he was from the Xuzhou Zheng family!

For a weaving family like that, if it would be beneficial for him to establish good relations with the people there, the shopkeeper was extremely enthusiastic. Not only did he not care about Zheng Chengming's cold face and talked to him, he was also very attentive and personally helped him deliver the cloth he purchased.

Therefore, through him, Feng Dali and his team easily found Zheng Chengming's temporary residence in Xinjing.

Normally, officials need a search warrant if they want to search a private home, but if the situation requires, a search warrant can be obtained later. Feng Dali and his men broke into the house without any hesitation.

In Zheng Chengming's room, they found a pile of unused bright red cloth, two bright red wedding dresses that were being sewn, and... a diary that completely recorded Zheng Chengming's mental journey.

Therefore, Su Liuyue knew Zheng Chengming's background.

Although Feng Dali only had time to tell her a small part, but combined with Su Liuyue's previous psychological analysis of Zheng Chengming, it was enough to scare him.

Seeing that Su Liuyue was still thinking about the case, Zhou Yunke, who was still extremely cold in his heart, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

He brought Su Liuyue directly to the carriage he had come to sit in, carefully placed her in it, and then he sat on it himself, saying in a cold voice, "Go back to my mansion outside the palace."

Su Liuyue finally freed herself from the socially dead posture she had just been in. All her rationality returned. Upon hearing this, she looked at Zhou Yunke with a vigilant look on her face, "Your Highness, it's getting late..."

Zhou Yunke frowned and looked at her right hand, his voice sinking slightly, "Are you sure you won't scare the Xue family if you return to them like this?"

Su Liuyue suddenly felt that her weak spot had been caught.

Zhou Yunke sighed secretly, and suddenly reached out and held her left hand, pulling her towards him, looking at her with his phoenix eyes without blinking, "I said before that I will give you time to adapt. Before you are willing, I will not do anything to you. But you also have to consider my feelings."

Su Liuyue couldn't help but blink, "How could I not care about your highness's feelings?"

Zhou Yunke was so angry that he laughed, and subconsciously wanted to tighten his grip on her hand, but at the critical moment he held back, unwilling to do so.

"You put yourself in danger and get yourself hurt so casually, didn't you ever think that I would worry?"

Su Liuyue was stunned.

"You've been hurt, but you still want to avoid me and are unwilling to accept my care and concern. Have you ever thought that... I might be hurt too?"

Su Liuyue suddenly didn't know how to answer.

It doesn't matter if she has to negotiate and fight with any vicious criminal.

But she really didn't know how to deal with the questioning and... emotional demands of a man who would be her future husband.

There's nothing I can do. I really am not used to it yet, and... I have no experience at all.

She pursed her lips subconsciously and said, "Will Your Highness be hurt?"

Zhou Yunke smiled helplessly, "Liu Yue, how cold-blooded am I in your heart? I would be hurt if I was rejected by the woman I care about."

Su Liuyue's eyelashes trembled slightly.

The woman in my heart...

She wanted to ask him if he was sincere in saying this or if it was just because she was engaged to him and he had no choice but to keep her in his heart due to the situation.

But she is an expert in psychological crimes after all. Although most of her studies are murderers, murderers are also human beings, and their psychology is similar to that of most ordinary people.

Certain facts that she had previously easily overlooked now inevitably appeared before her eyes - Zhou Yunke might, possibly... really had some kind of affection for her.

Although she didn't know when this kind of friendship of his appeared, she could not ignore his consideration for her in every aspect after they got engaged.

She couldn't help but feel an inexplicable emotion welling up in her heart, which made her forget how to speak for a moment. After a while, she whispered, "Your Highness, you don't look like this is your first time to talk about love with a woman."

Zhou Yunke was slightly stunned. When he saw her finally looking up at him and not avoiding him, his heart could not help but soften. He smiled faintly and said, "If you regard my speaking my mind as a love affair, then this is indeed my first time."

He just didn't want to keep those words in his heart anymore.

They will be husband and wife in the future, and she is the one he has chosen, so why should he keep hiding his feelings?

After a pause, he whispered, "This is the first time I've spoken my mind so directly."

Su Liuyue was confused by him again and didn't know what to say.

Indeed, this guy was definitely not such a frank person before.

He has always been a reserved person. When she was investigating the suicide case of a soldier in the army, he had been suppressing his emotions in the face of the death of Captain Shi, who could be considered his good brother. It was not until the murderer was finally caught that he let himself go.

Even though he was indulging himself, he avoided everyone and was unwilling to let others see his true emotions.

The two of them kept looking at each other unconsciously. Su Liuyue felt inexplicably that although the weather in the early autumn evening was still relatively cool, it was getting hotter and hotter in this small carriage.

Zhou Yunke's hand on her left arm was getting hotter and hotter, like a red-hot iron. Suddenly, it moved down her arm, slowly, and finally covered the back of her hand. He whispered, "Liu Yue..."

Zhou Yunke: How should I tell my wife? I was forced to become so smart all of a sudden [sigh]. There is no other way. I have to pamper my wife.