3 Second Prince

"Ah, right," Peng Mingzhu exclaimed.

"What is it?" the man asked.

"Sorry, but what is your name?" she asked. "I just remembered that I have not introduced myself. Hello, my name is Peng Mingzhu."

"My name is Mo Yuanjun," he introduced himself. "I am the deputy commander for His Highness. It is nice to meet you."

"Likewise!" Peng Mingzhu excitedly responded.

Although they were just strangers beforehand, she was sure they would become good friends later on. He did not seem like someone who was a bad person. This was something that her gut feelings was telling her.

"Despite losing your memories, you still remember your name, huh?" Mo Yuanjun questioned as he crossed his arms.

"Well, it seems that I still retained my identity," she told him. "I even remember my birthday and age!"

"Is that so? Then, tell me," he ordered.

"The 11th month, 17th day...ah...wait," Peng Mingzhu stopped herself. "That's wrong. Sorry, I forgot…"

Since she was in the ancient times, they used the lunar calendar. They did not know about the modern calendar. However, it had been such a long time since she last used the calendar that she did not remember her birthday anymore.

Secretly, she entered her system to ask for help by typing instead of using her voice since another person was by her side, her typing disguised as her just tapping on her arm instead.

"What is my lunar birthday?" she searched on the system.

CURRENT CALENDAR BIRTHDAY: 17 NOVEMBER 1998

LUNAR CALENDAR BIRTHDAY: 29 SEPTEMBER 1998

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAVE DATA? YES OR NO

"Yes," she entered.

NAME DATA ENTRY

"Lunar Calendar Birthday," she typed on the slot.

DATA ENTRY SAVED.

Then, turning to Mo Yuanjun, she said, "Sorry about that, I just remembered something. My birthday is on the 9th month, 29th day...I don't remember the year, but that doesn't matter. At least I know how old I am, which is 24 years old."

"If you're 24 years old, then you would have been in 4080 considering that you were born late in the year," he calculated.

'4080? This is the ancient era is it not? How can...what?!'

"Ah, can you answer my previous question about the dynasty and whatnot?" Peng Mingzhu asked the moment that she remembered about it.

"The year is currently 4104. We're on the 1st day of the 2nd month, and this is the Donghua continent," Mo Yuanjun informed her. "In this continent, there exist five countries, the Wei Dynasty, the Hao Dynasty, the Kingdom of Luo, the Kingdom of Xiong, and the Kingdom of Yao. Currently, you're in the Wei Dynasty. I'd suspect you're an immigrant, however, you're so far inland that you should be a native."

"...I see…" Peng Mingzhu mumbled with a wry face.

At the sight of a camp that was quite similar to ones in the historical dramas, she heard Mo Yuanjun announce, "Well, we're here. I'll bring you to see the prince. It's better to inform him of strangers, in case he kills you by accident."

'Yah...your threats are so lowly…'

Despite her thoughts, she showed a sincere face of happiness and nodded along with his statements and the rules he was telling her to be wary of, especially when she was near the prince.

After walking for another five minutes or so, they finally reached what she could tell to be the main tent seeing how there was even a gold rim for the door flaps.

Kneeling down in the floor hall, Mo Yuanjun respectfully reported, "Your Highness, I have identified the intruder. It is this woman."

At first, Peng Mingzhu could tell that the prince did not care about what the soldier was reporting, but after 'woman' was announced, she could see the prince flinch though it could not be seen by any ordinary person.

It was also at that moment that the prince also turned around. The moment that he did so, she appreciated his looks. Just like she expected to see in an ancient person, the prince was a man with beautiful silky long black hair and a pair of phoenix brown eyes.

However, she did not stare for long, only looking for a second before staring at Mo Yuanjun again. Peng Mingzhu found that this soldier kneeling on the ground looked more interesting than the prince.

Maybe she had been surrounded by too many handsome men in her time or maybe she had faced too many double-edged men in her time, she did not care for someone like the handsome prince. Instead, she appreciated the gruffness of Mo Yuanjun.

Mo Yuanjun could not be identified as ordinary or as handsome. He was...what you called in the middle of the two borders.

Perhaps her indifference towards the prince was noticed because the prince decided to stare at her for a while before shifting his eyes to glance at the map again.

"Alright, you can leave now," the prince told Mo Yuanjun. "Leave the woman here."

"Understood," Mo Yuanjun bowed respectfully despite being surprised at the prince's orders.

Once Mo Yuanjun left, the prince turned back to look at Peng Mingzhu.

"What's your name?" the prince asked.

"Peng Mingzhu," she answered shortly as she could tell that even though the prince emitted a warm aura, his voice was strangely cold. "What's yours?"

"You speak informally towards me as though you don't who I am," the prince stated.

"Because I don't," she admitted with no shame.

There was one thing Peng Mingzhu was always glad about; her ability to adapt to the environment.

"Well, then, I shall introduce myself," the prince announced as he walked up to her step by step, word by word. "I am Wei Kangnuan, the second prince of the Wei Dynasty."

"It is nice to meet you," she greeted.

"You're not bowing?" Wei Kangnuan asked with a raised brow when he reached just a foot away from her.

"I only bow to the people I respect," she honestly told the prince. "As for who I respect, that is the people that are in my memories. Since I have no memories of you, I naturally will not bow for you."

Hearing her answer, Wei Kangnuan laughed gleefully, "Do you know you are the first woman to look at me for less than a minute? To disrespect me and to even honestly express yourself?"

"Your Highness, please take it as though I am an uneducated fool who has only lived an honest life before," Peng Mingzhu calmly pleaded as she stood still. "I only wish to live a normal life, so…"

"So?" he repeated with a question.

"So, please take away those eyes of yours that hold intrigue and interest," she said.

"What if I don't?" he countered.

"Then, I can only leave," she immediately responded.

"You are in my territory," he instantly hit back at her. "As long as you are in my territory, you can never leave, do you know that?"

"You are living a double life," Peng Mingzhu stated with confidence.

"You are keeping secrets," Wei Kangnuan responded with a grin.

"Has anyone ever told you that your grin is ugly?" she asked him with a tilt of her head.

Hearing her inquiry, Wei Kangnuan immediately got rid of his grin and the light in his eyes as he told her with dark eyes, "No, you are the first person to dare disrespect this prince."

Putting her hand on her chin, she questioned, "Hm… That's weird. Mo Yuanjun clearly told me that the second prince was a warm and kind person who smiled at everyone."

"I am only like that towards idiots," he quickly retorted her question. "You are a smart person, though behave quite idiotically."

Hearing his statement, she nodded in agreement, "You're quite right about that. I do behave quite idiotically."

Not expecting her to nod along with his words, he paused the words that were about to leak from his mouth. Wei Kangnuan was truly surprised. This was his first time meeting such an interesting woman, and such a tall one, too.

"Has anyone ever told you that you're incredibly tall?" he asked with interest.

"Many people have," she answered. "It's exactly because of that I have such a hard time finding a marriage partner."

Truthfully...she was telling the truth. This was called a "tall person's struggles." How she wished to be born with an average height instead.

Even if she was blessed with such huge jugs...she did not mind sacrificing them for an average height of 160 centimeters or 170 centimeters.

"By the way, I've been meaning to ask, but what's that river out front called?" Peng Mingzhu asked upon remembering that she had named her data entry Unknown River Data.

"Jiang River," he curtly answered. "It's the main river for many towns and cities, and also the main water source for this camp."

"I see," she mumbled as she changed the name.

"Change data entry name for Unknown River Data."

RENAME DATA ENTRY.

"Jiang River Data."

DATA ENTRY RENAMED.

After entering the new name for the river, she thought, 'Well, since I'm already doing this, might as well add the new information."

"Enter new data entry."

NAME DATA ENTRY.

"World."

DATA ENTRY INFORMATION

Tapping on her arms once again, she entered the information quickly while pretending to look lost in thought.

CONTINENT: DONGHUA

COUNTRIES: WEI DYNASTY, HAO DYNASTY, KINGDOM OF LUO, KINGDOM OF XIONG, KINGDOM OF YAO

At the bottom of the screen, she clicked on the button to save the data entry. Then, with another click, she went to the system bot.

SET REMINDER TO RING A NOTIFICATION WHEN JIANGGING AND SHIZUISHI IS HEARD.

After typing that in for the system bot, a notification appeared.

REMINDER SET SUCCESSFULLY.

"What's the matter with the river?" he asked when he saw her stance.