Chapter 34: There is no way to escape the marriage at this time!

Su Ci had just arrived at the horse market when she saw the message in the barrage that Zhao Shizhu was actually going to come back to find her.

She secretly cursed her bad luck, thinking that she didn't check the almanac before going out, so she still ran into Zhao Shizhu.

She had to put her plan of buying a horse on hold and went to the clothing store.

She casually picked a silk dress with ink-green brocade and cloud patterns and put it on, then bought a few more sets of clothes. After buying the clothes, she went to the Gold and Jade Shop to buy jewelry.

Zhao Shizhu was nearby monitoring Su Ci's every move. He saw his future princess consort shopping and eating all the time, and was simply a spendthrift.

After Su Ci spent a large sum of money, he was personally escorted out of the shop by the shopkeeper, who even prepared a carriage and bowed to him to see him off.

Looking at his future princess, she was wearing gold and silver, and looked like a nouveau riche, which made her look inexplicably festive...

It was not until Su Ci got on the carriage and disappeared from Zhao Shizhu's sight that Qi Xi asked, "Your Highness, do you want to catch up and see what's going on?"

"Find someone to follow her and see if she returns to Marquis Xuanping's Mansion." Zhao Shizhu ordered in a low voice.

Qi Xi immediately sent a guard to the Marquis Xuanping's mansion.

Half an hour later, the guard came back and said that he saw Su Ci enter the marquis's mansion with his own eyes.

Although he didn't find any fault with Su Ci, Qi Xi still felt something was wrong and firmly believed that Su Ci's behavior today was suspicious.

"The facts prove that Su Ci just went out to buy clothes and jewelry and then returned to the Marquis' Mansion. You think there is something wrong with her, so what exactly is her problem?"

Zhao Shizhu's words left Qi Xi speechless.

"I can't explain it. Maybe I'm overthinking it." Qi Xi replied angrily.

Zhao Shizhu got on the carriage and stopped discussing topics related to Su's poems.

After nightfall, Zhao Shizhu finished his work and went to sleep. However, he tossed and turned and could not fall asleep.

This went on for a while until midnight. He suddenly opened his eyes in a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness, and then sat up.

Qi Xi was still awake at this time. When he heard the noise inside, he immediately went in and asked, "Your Highness, can't you sleep?"

"There is indeed something wrong with Su Ci. If she went out of the Marquis' Mansion just to buy clothes and jewelry, she didn't have to dress up as a man." Zhao Shizhu said seriously.

Qi Xi was immediately overjoyed: "I knew there was something wrong with Miss Su! She must be trying to do something shameful, so she tried to cover it up, but it only made it more obvious!"

"Send someone tomorrow to find out where she went yesterday. After finding out clearly, report to me." After Zhao Shizhu finished giving the instructions, he could finally sleep peacefully.

Su Ci had gone to bed early at this time, and most of the viewers watching the live broadcast were also asleep, so when Su Ci got up the next day and looked at the barrage, no one had revealed any news in the barrage.

Qi Xi left the palace early in the morning, drew a picture of Su Ci wearing men's clothes and went to find someone to find out the truth.

Because there was only one Su Ci dressed as a man yesterday, and she was very generous, many people have an impression of Su Ci.

A passerby also revealed to Qixi that he had seen Su Ci in the northern suburbs. Qixi went to the northern suburbs to interrogate him, but he got nothing out of it and had to go back to Zhao Shizhu to report.

Unfortunately, Zhao Shizhu not only had to prepare for the wedding, but also because a warhorse suddenly fell ill on the ranch, Zhao Shizhu had not returned to the palace for a long time. However, before leaving the palace, Zhao Shizhu left a letter to Qixi, asking him to send someone to monitor Su Ci's recent movements and not to alert the enemy.

Su Ci has also read some articles recently from the pattern of barrages. Barrages usually only appear where the two protagonists appear. Sometimes the barrage will reveal Su Hua's recent situation, and sometimes it will reveal the news that Zhao Shizhu is at the ranch.

It seems that because Zhao Shizhu and Su Hua haven't seen each other recently, the barrage of comments suddenly became quiet. Only Zhao Shizhu's die-hard fans are watching Zhao Shizhu's live broadcast all day long, envying his body.

Hearing that Zhao Shizhu was busy at the ranch, Su Ci used this time to get the pass and spent one hundred taels to buy a carriage. She also prepared several sets of men's and women's clothing, which were temporarily placed in the backyard of the restaurant under her name.

By the time Zhao Shizhu had settled all the affairs of the ranch, it was already mid-April when he returned to the palace.

It was already midnight when he returned to the palace, exhausted.

After helping him take a bath, Qixi complained, "Usually, I am the one who serves His Highness. Why did His Highness leave without waiting for me that day?"

"I left a letter for you. Didn't you read it?" Zhao Shizhu raised his eyebrows. "Tell me, is there any unusual movement from Su Ci's side?"

Qi Xi then gave a general account of the situation during these days of monitoring Su Ci. He also described in detail the places Su Ci had been to, the people he had met, and the things he had bought.

After reviewing it, Zhao Shizhu asked, "What do you think she wants to do?"

"Maybe some relative is going to leave Liangzhou, otherwise why would he buy a carriage and a travel permit?" Qi Xi felt that this possibility was the most likely.

"If she needs a regular travel permit, why would she go to Lao Liu to buy a black market travel permit? Wouldn't it be more convenient to go to the government office? Besides, she can just go to Marquis Xuanping for matters like getting a travel permit. There's no need for her to do it herself." Zhao Shi pointed out the doubts one by one.

Qi Xi took a while to come to his senses: "Your Highness, do you mean that Miss Su is harboring a serious criminal of the imperial court?"

Zhao Shizhu looked at Qixi who was not very smart, and laughed and cried: "Why don't you think that maybe Su Ci himself needs a pass?"

"How is it possible? Miss Su is about to marry His Highness, how could she leave Liangzhou? Unless Miss Su doesn't want to marry His Highness..."

Qi Xi's voice gradually faded away, and he suddenly remembered that Su Ci really didn't want to be with His Highness before. Later, it was because His Highness drugged her and caught her in bed that she agreed to the marriage.

"Su Ci really didn't want to marry me. She compromised only after I ruined her reputation that night." Zhao Shizhu never thought that he would be disliked by a woman like this. It was a novel experience.

He thought everything was a foregone conclusion, but he never imagined that Su Ci was still making a last-ditch struggle!

"Shouldn't Miss Su be grateful for marrying a dragon among men like Your Highness? Besides, the wedding date has been set. It's impossible for Miss Su to escape before the wedding and leave a mess for Your Highness to deal with alone." Qi Xi became more and more angry as he spoke.

Zhao Shizhu looked at the moonlight outside the window, his eyes deep: "From today on, keep a close eye on the Xuanping Marquis's Mansion. Do it covertly. Xuanping Marquis is not ordinary, and Su Fu is not easy to deal with. Don't let them know that the palace is keeping an eye on Xuanping Marquis's Mansion."

Qi Xi quickly responded: "Miss Su wants to escape the marriage at this time, there is no way!"

"The marriage has been decided, and she cannot back out. I want to see how she escapes from the marriage under my nose." Zhao Shizhu did not sleep either, and personally deployed secret guards to monitor the movements in the Marquis' Mansion.

Only after making sure that there were no omissions did he go to sleep peacefully.

Thank you all for your support, my dearest ones, your heart is bigger than your fist!