One side of the pavilion faced the green - hued water, while the other faced the mountain path they had come from. Chen Zhi saw from afar that someone was approaching her. When the person got closer, Chen Zhi couldn't recall who it was for a moment and quietly asked Rong Quan.

　　Rong Quan looked at her as if she were blind. Who had been saying that the Prince Regent was her backer, that apart from the Prince Regent, there was no one else on her side in the Dayan Dynasty? Her memory was really a bit of a mess. She must have damaged her brain in that previous accident.

　　Chen Zhi stuck out her tongue in embarrassment. She didn't do it on purpose. It had been almost a month since she last saw the person himself. It was not that strange to forget a bit. But she still had a vague sense of familiarity. Otherwise, why would she ask about a random passer - by in the mountains?

　　Yu Su wore a light fur coat with a loose sash, looking elegant and carefree. There was no trace of the killing intent from the battlefield. He was more like a refined young master raised in luxury since childhood. He was different from what she had seen that day. It was as if two different temperaments were perfectly combined in the same person. She had never seen such a handsome man with extraordinary bearing. The emperor in the palace was far inferior.

　　Chen Zhi was not the first to think that Yu Su was good - looking. However, those people didn't just appreciate him in a simple way. Their words carried a hint of sarcasm, which made him very annoyed.

　　One day, when he heard the palace servants whispering about him in secret, he gave them a mild punishment. Unexpectedly, one of the servants was so weak that he died before the caning was finished. Since then, a rumor spread in the palace that his appearance was a taboo, and those who touched on it would die. This rumor wasn't entirely bad. At least, there were fewer noisy voices around him.

　　"Prince Regent, you're really good - looking. You're more handsome than anyone I've ever seen," Chen Zhi said sincerely. It wasn't flattery, nor was it to ingratiate herself in gratitude. Every word she said was true.

　　Yu Su nodded slightly, acknowledging Chen Zhi's compliment. It was exactly the same as the shadow in his memory. He and Yue Chen had met at a palace banquet. The first words she said were identical to what she said now.

　　Chen Zhi said politely, "Prince Regent, I haven't thanked you for your help yet. Otherwise, I might have been in trouble last time." If the Prince Regent hadn't held the emperor back for her, it would have been difficult for her to get away. After all, she was the emperor's woman, and the imperial doctor wouldn't have dared to examine her too carefully. Moreover, once the emperor arrived, that imperial doctor would surely be a fence - sitter, siding with whoever was more advantageous. Compared to the emperor, she, as the empress, couldn't override him.

　　"It's just a small favor. There's no need to remember it," Whatever Yue Chen wanted to do, he would do it, no matter what.

　　"The Prince Regent is the benefactor. Whether you remember it or not doesn't matter. But I'm the one who received the favor, and the Prince Regent has helped me more than once. I'm not an ungrateful person. I should remember it." Besides, she was thinking about repaying the favor, but the Prince Regent was so powerful that he probably wouldn't need her help for the time being.

　　Suddenly, thinking of something, Chen Zhi leaned close to Yu Su and asked, "That day, when the Prince Regent held the emperor back and didn't let him leave, was his face very难看? If the frame - up was instigated by the emperor, and he heard the news but couldn't come over, he must have been very anxious. Yet, he had to pretend not to know. Just thinking about it is interesting."

　　"Besides me and the court officials, no one else entered the hall that day," Yu Su answered truthfully. He didn't want to spoil her little sense of delight, but he couldn't lie either.

　　Chen Zhi's face showed a look of sudden realization, and the hidden joy on her face couldn't be contained. So, the maid of He Jieyu couldn't even enter the door, and the emperor didn't get any news at all. Not knowing anything must be really frustrating.

　　"Yu Su, that's my name," Yu Su said. She always addressed him as Prince Regent. There was no need to be so distant. "But Yue Chen can also call me Ayin."

　　Chen Zhi was a bit stunned but quickly reacted. She seemed to have been calling him Prince Regent all the time just now, which indeed made their relationship seem distant. She had asked him for help several times, and he had even given her his capable guards. Their relationship wasn't that far - fetched.

　　"Then I'll call you Ayin," Yu Su was a well - known name throughout the world. If she got used to calling him that and blurted it out in front of others, it might cause trouble for him. As for the name Ayin, she hadn't heard anyone call the Prince Regent like that. It shouldn't be easy to reveal anything.

　　This time, Ayin left an even better impression on Chen Zhi, so good that she almost blurted out her real name. After returning to the quiet chamber, Chen Zhi sat in front of the bamboo desk in a daze, lost in thought. She was so absorbed that she didn't even hear Qingxi calling her.

　　Chen Zhi felt that she shouldn't deceive him. She thought that Ayin's kindness to her was something she stole from the original owner. She was stealing the kindness that should belong to Yue Chen. She was Chen Zhi, not Yue Chen! No matter how much she tried to justify it, from the beginning, she had been deceiving him by using Yue Chen's identity.

　　Their relationship started with a lie. If they continued to interact, her lies would only increase until she couldn't make them up anymore. After all, she wasn't Yue Chen, and she couldn't remember anything about Yue Chen's past. She couldn't even remember her own childhood clearly. Every time she tried to recall, she couldn't. It was as if she had lost an important part of her memory. Chen Zhi scratched her head in frustration.

　　Qingxi called her several times. Seeing that she finally reacted, but with a pained expression on her face, Qingxi couldn't help but feel a bit worried, yet also secretly hopeful. Yu Su was the young lady's childhood playmate. The young lady was even willing to risk her life to save him. At least, it proved that he was an important person in the young lady's heart. Today, they had talked a lot. Could the young lady have remembered something?

　　"Qingxi, I want to tell you something. Don't tell anyone else for now," Chen Zhi just wanted to pour out her thoughts at this moment. Otherwise, she would be very distressed.

　　"If Qingxi reveals what the young lady said today, may she die a horrible death, fall into the Avici Hell, and never be reborn," Chen Zhi just said it casually, but she was shocked to see Qingxi kneel down in front of her and swear such a vicious oath.

　　"Ayin is very kind to me. He's the first person in this world to be so kind to me. So, I don't want to deceive him," Chen Zhi said with a low mood and a muffled voice.

　　"But I'm not Yue Chen. Even if he doesn't know, how can I deceive myself and accept what should belong to Yue Chen with a clear conscience? I don't want our relationship to be full of lies. You know, once you tell one lie, more lies will follow unconsciously."

　　She had come to this dynasty unexpectedly. She didn't know if she would suddenly go back one day. Thinking of this, she felt even more confused. Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind. She didn't want to go back. She wanted to live in this world! She didn't know if it was an illusion. She didn't feel this strongly even in the Imperial Hospital.

　　Today, seeing Yu Su and talking to him a lot, he felt more and more familiar to her, even close. Her reflection was in his eyes, and there was a faint smile on his lips. Later, his name became more and more deeply engraved in her heart. This had never happened before!