Farewell Flower Festival

When Qianfeng came back from outside and was about to report to Mu Tianling, he was stopped by Eunuch Wu.

Eunuch Wu said that the princess was coming, Qian Feng understood immediately and did not go to disturb them. Last time he disturbed them, and then for the next two days, Mu Tianling seemed to have a lot of opinions about him. Although he didn't say it, his eyes could convey it.

In the room, Chaoyan nestled in Mu Tianling's arms. This feeling was better than she had imagined. Before, in college, her roommate would talk on the phone with her boyfriend every night. The two were simply inseparable. She couldn't understand it at the time, thinking that wouldn't she get bored with talking on the phone every day? Now she understands.

"Your Highness, I'm actually not Xiao Lian." Chao Yan looked up at him, wanting to tell him her real name. Mu Tianling looked at her tenderly and said softly, "I know you are not Xiao Lian, you are Shen Xue." Chao Yan raised her hand to her mouth and whispered in his ear, "My nickname is Yan Yan, Your Highness, don't tell anyone else." She took his hand and wrote the word Yan on his palm.

"Yanyan." Mu Tianling recited softly, gently lifted Chaoyan's chin, and said domineeringly and gently, "From now on, I will call you Yanyan, and only I can call you Yanyan." Chaoyan pecked him on the face lightly, and he lowered his head, but she raised her hand to block his gaze. She asked, "You didn't cheat on me behind my back when I was not around, did you?"

Mu Tianling smiled and said, "You, my flower, are not here, where can I go to flirt with other flowers?"

Chao Yan smiled and asked seriously, "Didn't you go to the brothel?"

Mu Tianling lowered his eyelashes sadly and said sadly: "You don't trust me so much?"

Chao Yan couldn't stand his hurt look and pecked him on the face lightly, then leaned her head back on his chest and looked up at him again, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. She wanted to ask him something but had some concerns. The current atmosphere was just right for her to open up and talk about her true feelings, but it was not a good idea to bring up the throne rashly. How should she prepare for this?

"Your Highness," Chao Yan paused, Mu Tianling hummed, she looked up at him again, and just as she was about to speak, she was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Your Highness, the young prince is here." Eunuch Wu reported outside the door.

Hearing that her brother was coming, Chao Yan told Mu Tianling to take care of himself and prepared to run away. Just as she raised her head, he hugged her again. At this time, Shen Cheng's anxious voice came from outside the door, "Xue'er, are you in there?" Then there was an anxious knock on the door. The door was knocked so loudly that Eunuch Wu couldn't stop it.

As soon as the door opened, Shen Cheng rushed in, his eyes scanning every corner of the room like a searchlight.

"What are you looking for, young prince?" Mu Tianling looked calm and not panicked at all.

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Cheng rushed to him, staring at him intently and asked, "Where is Xue'er? Where did you hide her?" Mu Tianling said, "She left." Shen Cheng didn't believe it, and searched the room again, checking all the possible places where people could be hidden. Mu Tianling sat aside and drank tea calmly. After Shen Cheng finished searching, he asked casually, "How did the young prince know that the princess was with me?"

Shen Cheng seemed a little guilty, and said, "Don't worry about how I know this. Anyway, you should stay away from Xue'er in the future. I know everything about you and Miss Liu."

Mu Tianling scraped the teacup and asked, "Who told you that, young prince?"

Shen Cheng said: "Don't worry about who told me this, just stay away from Xue'er."

Mu Tianling put down his teacup, stood up and walked over. Shen Cheng thought he was going to fight, so he put on a defensive look. Naturally, Mu Tianling would not fight with him. As the saying goes, one should look at the Buddha's face instead of the monk's. He still explained to Shen Cheng what happened between him and Miss Liu, saying that they had never done anything inappropriate and would not play two games at the same time.

Shen Cheng still didn't believe him and looked outside for a while before leaving.

Chaoyan sat by the window in the teahouse, staring at the alley entrance. What she didn't know was that this was exactly where Shen Cheng had sat before, and he was also sitting here observing the alley entrance.

In the afternoon, when Chao Yan sneaked out, she was spotted by Shen Cheng. He followed her all the way and saw her enter Prince Ling's Mansion. He hesitated for a while and decided to wait and see. He went into the teahouse nearby and chose a seat by the window to wait for someone to come out. After waiting for about an incense stick of time, no one came out. He couldn't sit still any longer and decided to go to her house to look for her. He ran into Han Lie as soon as he came out of the teahouse.

Han Lie chatted with him casually for a few words, and then Shen Cheng rushed to Prince Ling's Mansion to ask for someone.

Seeing Shen Cheng coming out of the alley, Chaoyan poked her head out of the window and called out to him while waving hello. Shen Cheng walked over quickly and asked, "The Fourth Prince didn't bully you, did he?" Chaoyan took the initiative, "Brother, are you following me?" Shen Cheng denied it and said that he saw her enter the palace, and asked, "You sneaked out alone just to see the Fourth Prince?" Chaoyan said that she came to visit Eunuch Wu, and mentioned that Eunuch Wu had taken good care of her before. Shen Cheng was half-believing and half-doubting. Chaoyan came out of the teahouse, said she was hungry, and took Shen Cheng to Xinghuazhai to buy snacks.

Along the way, Chao Yan was in a very good mood and couldn't help humming a song. Shen Cheng felt that her good mood was a little abnormal, and an outrageous thought popped up in his mind: Could it be that the Fourth Prince had given her some kind of magic potion?

After buying snacks from Xinghuazhai, Shen Cheng asked tentatively, "Xue'er, do you know about the Fourth Prince and Miss Liu?"

Chao Yan said, "I know." Her tone was light, as if it was a trivial matter.

Shen Cheng was a little surprised, "You knew you were still so close to the Fourth Prince, aren't you afraid that he might be cheating on you?"

"Brother, have a try." Chao Yan handed a piece of dessert to Shen Cheng, as if to stop him from eating. She also took a piece of dessert and ate it herself. She said, "When I first went to His Highness's side, His Highness was like a hedgehog and never smiled. I want His Highness to smile more and not keep anything in his heart. I want to share the burden with His Highness."

Shen Cheng was stunned when he heard the last sentence. When he realized what it meant, he was surprised. He hesitated for a long time before he could say a complete sentence, "Can you think about it again and look at others? There are many generals in the barracks who have not married yet. I will take you there tomorrow. There must be someone better than the Fourth Prince." At this point, he looked happy, "By the way, my brother is back."

Chaoyan didn't react at first to who the eldest brother was, then she remembered it was Shen Ming. She asked him when he came back. Shen Ming said it was in the morning, and he went out again not long after coming back. He should be back by now.

Chaoyan was thinking about whether she should give a gift when they met for the first time. She asked the other party whether he liked to drink tea or wine. Shen Cheng really didn't know the answer. He rarely saw the other party drink wine, nor had he seen him drink tea.

After some discussion, the two went to the wine shop and bought a jar of wine.