The prince is no longer a man

"It's not like I'm giving the prince a marriage, why are you in such a hurry?"

The emperor made fun of Pei Rong, causing the whole hall to chuckle.

And the emperor's words moved Pei Rong's mind, and he suddenly came up with an idea.

"Your Majesty, this is exactly what I want to say." Pei Rong said loudly, not paying attention to the laughter in the hall.

"Oh?" The emperor seemed a little interested: "I want to hear what you want to say."

"Your Majesty," Pei Rong said with a straight expression, "The thing that I said at the family banquet that day that I wanted to be the crown prince was a piece of nonsense. I want to use this to explain to the prince..."

There was a pause in the voice, Pei Rong ignored the gaze on his body, and continued: "I only have respect for the prince, please don't take that joke that day."

Pei Rong said and bowed to Duan Jingxun: "I have caused a lot of trouble to the prince in the past, please forgive me."

"My son doesn't have to be like this."

Duan Jingxun's expression was indifferent, it seemed that Pei Rong's words hadn't touched him in any way, but the words he said were extremely cold.

The chuckles and murmurs of the officials were endless, Pei Rong was tall and straight, with bright black and white eyes, and he didn't care about everyone's reaction at all.

"Hahaha--"

The emperor really didn't expect Pei Rong to say such a thing, and said with a smile: "Pei Rong, what made you suddenly enlightened?"

"Today when I heard that the emperor wanted to marry me, I thought, if I don't show that I have no other thoughts about the crown prince, I'm afraid I won't even be able to find the crown prince in the future."

Pei Rong made a rather shy expression, and in the eyes of everyone, he seemed to be in love for the first time.

All civil and military officials thought to themselves, it seems that this young man must have a woman in his heart, otherwise why would he be so anxious?

"It seems that the son wants to win this reward today?"

Although Pei Rong got ahead because of Huo Qin's resistance at first, and then he had a flash of inspiration, thinking that he could take this opportunity to get rid of himself, but if today's marriage really fell on him, Pei Rong would really not be happy. willing.

Pei Rong thought about it and said: "I want to keep this reward, and when I have someone in my heart, I must come and invite the emperor to marry me."

But the emperor asked Huo Qin: "Huo Qin, the prince asks you for this reward, are you willing?"

Huo Qin immediately replied: "Of course I am willing, but I also want to drink a cup of wedding wine with my son in the future."

Everyone laughed out loud after hearing the words, and the atmosphere became active again. The emperor waved his hands and ordered the two to sit down. Everyone knew that this matter was settled.

When Pei Rong relaxed and sat down, he realized that his hands were trembling slightly. Fear and nervousness came out belatedly. If what he said just now made the emperor dissatisfied, Pei Rong shuddered. Dare to think again.

Seeing Huo Qin raise his glass again, Pei Rong smiled slightly and also raised his glass in response, but Pei Rong always felt that Duan Jingxun's eyes fell on him intentionally or unintentionally.

Pei Rong couldn't help but look over, happened to meet Duan Jingxun's eyes, after a brief contact, Duan Jingxun coldly moved his eyes away.

Pei Rong: ...

Princess Shun was still talking to Pei Rong in a low voice, Pei Rong was a little absent-minded and just wanted to quickly end this pins and needles dinner.

After finally waiting for everyone to separate, Pei Rong carried the wooden box that Princess Shun brought from the palace, and when he was about to look for Duan Jingxun, Huo Qin stopped him.

Others thought that what Pei Rong said today was just nonsense, but Huo Qin saw the panic in Pei Rong's eyes the moment he spoke.

Sometimes there is no need for a reason to do many things, and Pei Rong stood up recklessly just based on wishful thinking.

Huo Qin has experienced many battlefields and has a meticulous mind. Even though there are many twists and turns in the palace that he can't fully understand, but Pei Rong, he can understand it at a glance.

Pei Rong just wanted to help him.

Huo Qin thought, if Pei Rong didn't make a sound to stop him at that time, would he have insisted on resisting to the end?

"Thank you, Mr. Rong, today." Huo Qin clasped his fists and said seriously.

Pei Rong didn't feel that he had helped much, not to mention that he also used this to clear up the past, so he just shook his head indifferently: "Actually, you don't need to thank me, I have also benefited."

"However, if it's possible," Pei Rong discussed in a low voice, "Can you avoid drawing the bow five hundred times a day?"

Huo Qin smiled brightly, and didn't say yes or no, but let it go: "Let's talk about it in Dongyuan."

After speaking, he strode away.

Pei Rong couldn't figure out the meaning of Huo Qin's words, looked at the wooden box in his hand, took a deep breath, and was fully prepared, when he looked around for Duan Jingxun, he found that the other party had disappeared.

Duan Jingxun must have returned to the East Palace at this time, Pei Rong looked at the wooden box in his hand, and thought that it would be better to deliver it as soon as possible, so he hurried to the East Palace.

Walking into the main hall, Duan Jingxun should have finished his bath. He was wearing regular clothes with his collar slightly open, and his hair was not tied up. He leaned lazily on the couch and raised his eyes casually.

"Why is the son here?"

Pei Rong has never seen Duan Jingxun look like this before, his phoenix eyes seem to be a bit steamy, the prince who is normally expensive and aggressive looks a lot more handsome than Duan Yueli, he can't help but be infatuated.

"Huh?" Duan Jingxun asked impatiently again without getting a response.

Pei Rong secretly scolded himself for not knowing the severity, and was almost seduced by the beauty, and quickly lowered his head and said: "I thank the prince for taking care of me in the East Palace these few days, I don't know how to thank him, last time I heard the prince mentioned the hibiscus cake in Shun Palace..."

Pei Rong couldn't help raising his eyes while talking, and found that those beautiful phoenix eyes were also looking at him indifferently, Pei Rong's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly moved his eyes away.

"So I asked my mother to bring a stack, and some cakes similar to Furong cakes, and give them to the prince."

"Furong Cake..." Duan Jingxun repeated in a low voice, "Your Majesty still remembers this."

Pei Rong said habitually: "Of course I can't understand what the prince likes."

"Oh? Really?" Duan Jingxun asked back.

As soon as Pei Rong finished speaking, he realized that he had said the wrong thing. Isn't this what he did before? He couldn't help feeling annoyed, so he could only find an excuse.

"The prince is honorable. Everyone, including me, naturally cares about the prince."

"Heh..." Duan Jingxun laughed lukewarmly: "I just discovered tonight that Shi Zi is so eloquent."

No matter how you listen to these words, they are not flattering words, and there is even a bit of gnashing of teeth. Pei Rong didn't know where to make Duan Jingxun unhappy, so he laughed awkwardly, trying to get away with it.

Duan Jingxun asked again: "The son specially sent hibiscus cake tonight to thank me?"

Pei Rong nodded: "Yes, and the crown prince also gave me good wound medicine."

Speaking of which, Pei Rong spread out his palms: "It only takes a day, and everything will be healed."

"Then what do you mean, you and I are clean?"

"That..." Pei Rong said with a dry smile: "The crown prince is honorable, and in the future it will be the relationship between the monarch and his ministers. Naturally, I am willing to serve the crown prince wholeheartedly."

Duan Jingxun sneered, Pei Rong didn't understand what Duan Jingxun was laughing at, but just hearing it made him feel hairy.

"I've accepted the things, my son, please return."

Fortunately, Duan Jingxun didn't say anything more, and issued the order to evict the guest indifferently.

Before leaving, Pei Rong resisted the urge to turn around and take a peek, and when he returned to Zhaohua Hall, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, I found a chance to clarify the matter about the Crown Princess. In the future, as long as I get along with Duan Jingxun with the courtesy of a monarch and minister, the predicted ending will definitely change.

Then thinking of Jing Xun's half-smile expression before leaving, Pei Rong shivered involuntarily while wrapped in a quilt.