Chapter 187 First Update
"Heir Zong, given the special circumstances today, I shall visit to express my gratitude another day." Prince Duan bowed, indisputably ushering Zheng Nianru into the carriage first before turning to Zong Yunqian to speak.
Zong Yunqian hurriedly clasped his fists in response; he certainly did not deserve such a gesture from Prince Duan.
"Prince Duan overstates the matter. We haven’t been of any real assistance," Zong Yunqian said solemnly.
"Yes, yes, we merely happened upon the Commandery Princess in a patch of reeds and the Princely Heir tasked us with delivering a message..." Gu Dao hastily interjected, some things only he could express.
Prince Duan was startled, the surprise was entirely unexpected, so that meant—?
"Oh, I see, even so, I thank the Princely Heir for the small effort." Prince Duan immediately had even less desire to linger, "Qi Zhu, let’s go."
The carriage quickly turned around to leave, leaving Zong Yunqian and his servant standing there.
"Princely Heir, this..." just like that, they left? They could at least have given them a ride for part of the way instead of just leaving them here.
Zong Yunqian didn’t know what to say, feeling somewhat confused, surprised, and ironically, as if nothing had happened. Wasn’t her manner of doing things—?
However, judging by the look on Prince Duan’s face, which resembled someone avoiding snakes, it was clear that he had no intentions whatsoever.
"Princely Heir, are we still going to attend the third round of—?"