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Lu Yi furrowed his brows, contemplating for a moment before they relaxed again, "I have understood Zhao's intention, Zhao wants me to bide my time and then secretly amass strength."

Zhao Wenhan continued, "That is indeed what I meant. If the North Prince agrees to support Your Highness, Great Sum can also exploit the fact that North Country is a feudal state of Great Sum, constantly sending people to infiltrate North Country and locate the blueprints for those mysterious weapons of North Country.

If Great Sum obtained the blueprints for those weapons, Great Sum may not necessarily be weaker than North Country."

Lu Yi immediately felt that Zhao Wenhan made a lot of sense, and said with a smile, "With Zhao by my side, I can settle the whole world!"

Zhao Wenhan promptly bowed and said, "Thank Your Highness for the compliment!"

Lu Yi then said, "Following that, I will send an envoy to North Country, striving to divert the North Prince's attention."

The crowd uniformly exclaimed, "Your Highness is wise!"

Zhao Wenhan's rise to the position of Prime Minister in Great Sum wasn't only due to his minor cleverness and talent for flattery but also some intelligence.

He saw that the North Prince's first move to unify the major dynasties would be to march south to vie for the throne, but his solution was overly simplistic.

His idea was that since the North Prince's purpose in going south was for the resources of Great Sum, why not simply let Great Sum kneel down and proactively offer everything North Country needed? That way, the North Prince temporarily wouldn't need to head south.

A few days later.

North Country.

Inside the courtyard, a little bridge spanned flowing water where carp swam to and fro.

Wu Junwan sat alone in the pavilion, looking somewhat lonely and desolate.

Now, there were no one from her side in the entire North Prince Mansion. Even the maids were from the North Prince Mansion, and she couldn't even find someone to talk to.

Wu Junwan sighed softly.

Ever since Lu Chen spent two nights with her a few days ago, that man hadn't come to see her again, leading Wu Junwan to suspect whether Lu Chen had already forgotten about their bet.

At that moment, a maid approached Wu Junwan and brewed a pot of Dragon and Phoenix Tea for her. Wu Junwan curiously asked, "What has your Prince been doing these past few days?"

Upon hearing Wu Junwan's question, the maid immediately replied, "Reporting to Princess Junwan, the Prince has been dealing with state affairs in his study for the past few days."

This wasn't something that needed to be kept secret, after all, Lu Chen was always in his study and didn't go anywhere special.

If Lu Chen had visited the armory or gone to a distant place, perhaps secrecy would have been necessary.

Hearing the maid's response, Wu Junwan couldn't help but wonder if there had been some major event or operation in North Country recently that had kept Lu Chen especially busy, so much so that he didn't even have time to come to her room?

While Wu Junwan was contemplating this, she suddenly heard the voice of a maid at the courtyard gate, "Greeting the Prince!"

The next moment, a familiar voice reached Wu Junwan's ears, "At ease."

Shortly after, the figure of that petty man appeared at the entrance of the courtyard. Seeing Lu Chen enter, Wu Junwan immediately dismissed her speculations.

With so many women, this man had no need to come to her room every day. His absence was normal, and she was overthinking it.

After entering the courtyard, Lu Chen glanced at Wu Junwan, who was drinking tea in the pavilion, and asked with a smile, "Is Princess Junwan getting accustomed to living here?"

Hearing this, Wu Junwan replied expressionlessly, "Thanks to the Prince, I am quite accustomed to it."

Lu Chen then directly walked into the pavilion, sitting down on the stone bench next to Wu Junwan after arriving at the stone table and pouring a cup of tea for himself.

After taking a sip of tea, Wu Junwan then asked, "Does the Prince have any business with me?"

Lu Chen put down the teacup in his hand, turned his head, and gazed into Wu Junwan's eyes, "Why can't I come to see you if there's nothing important?"

Wu Junwan replied, "The Prince is a very busy man, why would you come to see me if there's nothing?"

At that moment, Lu Chen reached out his hand and wrapped an arm around Wu Junwan's slender waist. Wu Junwan tried to struggle as they were in the courtyard, not in her room, and she didn't want anyone to see her struggling with this petty man, even if only the maids of the North Prince Mansion were present.

However, as soon as Wu Junwan tried to resist, she realized her skill had once again been sealed.

This...

Wu Junwan could hardly believe it.

Last time she had contact with Lu Chen, it was the same, her skill had been sealed in an instant. She had thought it was something in the room that affected her, such as a problem with the scent of the bath she took.

But now she was in the pavilion; surely there was nothing here that could affect her body, right?

Could it be the tea?

At this point, Wu Junwan's eyes involuntarily fell on the teacup on the stone table, and she thought to herself that she had always been drinking this tea, and these past few days were no exception. It hadn't had any bad effects on her body.

Far from having a bad effect, it had actually helped with her training and even had the effect of refreshing her mind and clearing her head; how could there be a problem with it?

Most importantly, this was not the first time she had drunk this tea. She had had this tea during her last mission to North Country, and Lu Chen had even gifted her a lot of it. Upon her return, she often drank this tea, and after drinking it for so long, she had never seen any issues with her body.

So it probably wasn't the tea...