After being reborn, he was doted on by his scumbag brother.

On the contrary, his elder brother has always taken his father as his goal and wanted to become an emperor as good as his father.

Later, Ye Hengjing's elder brother became the crown prince as he wished, but he was worried all day that Ye Hengjing's existence would become a stumbling block for him to sit on the throne.

Even though they are brothers from the same mother, family ties are relatively less important when it comes to the throne.

Although Ye Hengjing didn't think so, he could clearly feel his elder brother's guard against him, and his elder brother was not as nice to him as he was when they were children.

People are often like this. The more they want something, the more they care about it, and the more they care about it, the more suspicious they become.

So even though Ye Hengjing repeatedly expressed that he had no intention of doing this, the prince still could not feel safe and was still on guard everywhere.

Because of his "threat" to the position of crown prince and the fact that he always won the favor of his father, even his mother began to help his elder brother guard against him. As a result, Ye Hengjing has not felt the warmth of his family for a long time.

"I'm asking you a question, so hurry up and answer it."

Ye Hengjing had just fallen into deep thought. Seeing that he had not responded for a long time, Xiao Qingning asked again anxiously.

Xiao Qingning's voice brought Ye Hengjing back from his thoughts, and Ye Hengjing chuckled when he heard it.

"Princess, why do you think the king hasn't left yet?"

Ye Hengjing's words made Xiao Qingning a little confused again, "This... I was going to ask you, it's been a month since my father's birthday, why haven't you left yet? No, wasn't I talking about me just now? How did it get to you?"

Ye Hengjing smiled and said, "The reason why I say this is naturally because my continued stay here is related to the princess."

"It's related to me? Can't you just say it directly? Can you please stop making me guess?"

Seeing Xiao Qingning getting anxious, Ye Hengjing continued, "In fact, this time I came here with the mission of forming a marriage alliance between the two countries. It's just that Dongyuan Country got there first that day, so I didn't mention it for now. But the king has already talked to His Majesty about this a few days ago, and His Majesty promised to consider it."

Xiao Qingning was shocked when she heard this. "What? Your Weiyuan country also wants a marriage alliance? Then who is the marriage partner..."

Ye Hengjing did not speak in a hurry, but just looked at Xiao Qingning with a smile.

Xiao Qingning became more and more panicked as Ye Hengjing looked at her, and she gradually began to feel uneasy.

"You...what are you looking at me for? What does this matter have to do with me?"

Xiao Qingning's panicked look at the moment actually made Ye Hengjing feel very amused. He took a step forward, raised the corners of his lips and looked at Xiao Qingning.

"What do you think, Princess? We, the Weiyuan Kingdom, sent me here for marriage with sincerity. Even though your Great Qi Kingdom is more powerful, this concerns the friendship between the two countries. I don't think that His Majesty will just find someone to perfunctorily deal with me. The only one who can match me is naturally the princess of the Great Qi Kingdom. However, as far as I know, among the princesses of His Majesty, only you, the fifth princess, have not yet married. Princess, tell me, who else could this person be if not you?"

As soon as Ye Hengjing said this, Xiao Qingning's face immediately became very ugly, and the whole person froze in place.

"This... this is impossible. Stop talking nonsense. How could my father be willing to let me go to marry a foreign prince? Do you think I'm easy to fool?"

Ye Hengjing smiled when he heard this, "Princess, stop deceiving yourself. You clearly think that what I said just now makes sense. Although the princess has a bad temper, she is straightforward, and I think she is quite good. Don't worry, princess. Although Weiyuan is a little worse than Daqi, since the princess is going there to marry, we will definitely not treat her badly. In addition to moving to a new place to live, the princess will still receive the same treatment as before, so don't worry. By the way, aunt is your aunt, right? It's great to have her accompany you, isn't it?"

In fact, Ye Hengjing was not sure whether the person he would eventually marry was Xiao Qingning, but theoretically she was indeed the best candidate.

But Xiao Qingning is obviously Xiao Chenyu's most beloved youngest daughter. It is hard to say whether he will be willing to let Xiao Qingning go to marry in the end.

Moreover, judging from Xiao Qingning's current reaction, he is probably very resistant to this matter. It seems that there are still many variables in this matter.

In fact, their country just wanted a princess to marry, and no one cared who this "princess" was.

After all, there can be many princesses, and any woman can become a princess as long as the emperor grants the title.

In fact, Ye Hengjing doesn’t particularly care about who he marries.

After all, he had never had a girl he liked before. He had been in the Great Qi Kingdom for more than a month, and only Lin Qingyao was someone he admired, but unfortunately she was already married.

Ye Hengjing was not interested in other people and did not understand them, so to him, everyone was the same.

The reason why Ye Hengjing "scares" Xiao Qingning in this way is that he just thinks it's fun.

Although Ye Hengjing looks a bit cold on the surface, he is actually more like a child at heart. He likes interesting people and things, and he also likes to play tricks on others.

So the more nervous Xiao Qingning was, the more interesting Ye Hengjing found it, which is why he said what he said just now.

"What are you talking about? She is my second sister-in-law, stay away from her!"

Before Xiao Qingning could react, Li Yaxuan showed up out of nowhere.

Just now, she and Lin Qingyao listened for a while and heard the entire conversation between the two.

At first, Li Yaxuan breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Ye Hengjing just admired Lin Qingyao and was still very sensible.

Who would have thought that Lin Qingyao's matter was over, and Ye Hengjing said something even more shocking.

He actually came here for marriage alliance as well, and wanted Xiao Qingning to be the bride?

Lin Qingyao is already married, so Ye Hengjing doesn't care about her anymore.

But Xiao Qingning has not yet married the second brother, and the two of them have not even finalized their engagement. This would be too dangerous.

Now that she knows about this today, she must help her second brother protect her second sister-in-law and must not let the second prince of Weiyuan Kingdom succeed.

Seeing Xiao Qingning being forced into a desperate situation, Li Yaxuan hurriedly stepped forward to stand in front of her and said what she had just said to Ye Hengjing.

Li Yaxuan's sudden appearance startled Ye Hengjing, who looked carefully at the girl in front of him.

It was the first time Ye Hengjing met Li Yaxuan. His impression of her was that she was thin and small. At this moment, she looked defensive towards him, which was quite cute.

Ye Hengjing was not angry, he just smiled and asked: "Excuse me, young lady, who are you..."

Ye Hengjing's question made Li Yaxuan stunned for a moment. Then she remembered that she was too excited just now and had no time to introduce herself.

"I am Li Yaxuan, the daughter of Marquis Wu'an, and Princess Chen is my cousin."

Li Yaxuan first reported her father's name, and then realized that Ye Hengjing was not from their country and might not have heard of her father, so she added the second sentence.