The prince is no longer a man

Duan Yueli in Pei Rong's heart has always been delicate and fragile, but the gloomy questioning of the young man in front of him made Pei Rong feel strange.

Pei Rong took a step back subconsciously, and said in surprise, "You..."

Duan Yueli tilted his head: "Is it a question that cannot be raised?"

It seems that the completely ignorant and ignorant appearance is not as cold and persuasive as Pei Rong imagined.

"no……"

Pei Rong thought that there was nothing to shy away from, but it was a bit weird to be asked by Duan Yueli like this.

If other people see him and Duan Jingxun like that, no matter what they think, it shouldn't be Duan Yueli's reaction.

"Why are you asking this?" Pei Rong asked.

Duan Yueli took a step forward and looked at him steadily: "So, you don't want to say it."

Even if there was no one around, Pei Rong was still the same as before, unwilling to explain at all, even unwilling to mention it.

Pei Rong turned his head and murmured: "There is nothing to say."

"Really?" Duan Yueli didn't change his face, not surprised at Pei Rong's dodge, and laughed lowly.

I couldn't tell whether the laughter was ridicule or self-deprecation. In short, it was not a happy laughter.

Smiling and laughing, Duan Yueli suddenly coughed again and again.

He coughed urgently and quickly, his body bent down, and when he raised his head again, his face was already flushed abnormally.

Pei Rong also didn't care about the weirdness just now, and patted his back repeatedly, muttering: "Since you are not in good health, you shouldn't come to Ganquan Palace to have a shower, it's better to go back earlier."

Duan Yueli sat down on the dusty stone bench, and after he calmed down a bit, he said in a low voice: "To me, there is not much difference between Ganquan Palace and Chonghua Palace."

"But...the emperor and the queen love you very much. If you hurt your body, they will be worried."

"What about you?" Duan Yueli asked, "Are you worried?"

"Of course I will."

Pei Rong thought it was because he was too worried about his illness, and persuaded him: "It's time to go back to Chonghua Palace, this time you can't point the wrong way again."

Duan Yueli nodded, stood up slowly, Pei Rong supported him, and the two walked out of Ganquan Palace together.

As soon as he walked to the corridor, he saw Duan Jingxun walking towards him.

Holding Duan Yueli's hand subconsciously, Pei Rong lowered his head and said, "I've seen the prince."

Sensing Pei Rong's nervousness, Duan Yueli looked calm, and nodded to Duan Jingxun, "Prince."

Duan Jingxun also paused, looked at the two and frowned and asked, "You...why are you here?"

Without waiting for an answer, he said coldly to the people behind him: "Why are you still standing there, Fifth Brother is not in good health, hurry up and help him."

During the period of time when someone helped her, Pei Rong naturally stood aside and explained in a low voice: "Today, I came to the palace with my mother to pay my respects."

"Then why don't you see Princess Shun?" Duan Jingxun asked.

"The empress invited my mother to talk. I was waiting for her in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. I just met the fifth prince, so I came out with him."

Listening to Pei Rong's explanation, Duan Yueli's eyes became more gloomy.

Explain everything to Duan Jingxun in detail, not as if he was facing himself, and he didn't want to say a word.

"Prince, I'm going back to the palace first." Duan Yueli said in a cold voice, no longer looking at the reaction of the two of them, she shook off the palace people around her, and left without looking back.

Pei Rong was still at a loss as to why his complexion suddenly changed in Duan Yueli.

But Duan Jingxun asked him solemnly: "The Queen and Concubine Shun have never been close, how could you invite Concubine Shun to Kunning Palace so warmly?"

Hearing that Duan Jingxun didn't call the queen his mother, Pei Rong was surprised and didn't ask, but answered Duan Jingxun's question honestly: "I don't know either."

"Then has the queen invited Princess Shun to Kunning Palace a few times recently?"

"No."

"Pei Rong, listen to me," Duan Jingxun said seriously, "When Concubine Shun comes back, you can ask the queen what she said to her, the more detailed the better, if you do, come to the East Palace and tell me, understand?"

"Ah?" Pei Rong asked stupidly, "Why?"

Duan Jingxun didn't want to tell Pei Rong about these dirty things in the palace, if he wanted Pei Rong to be obedient, there was only one way.

"Last time at Prince Shun's Mansion..."

Duan Jingxun mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally, but he didn't say it clearly, which made Pei Rong immediately look at him anxiously, for fear that he would settle accounts with him.

Duan Jingxun couldn't help laughing softly at Pei Rong's reaction, he made a straight face on purpose, half threatening and half coaxing: "If you want me to ignore the incident last time, don't ask me about the 'why'. "

Pei Rong immediately nodded in response: "Understood, after asking, come to the East Palace and tell the prince, don't ask 'why'."

Duan Jingxun rubbed Pei Rong's head with a smile: "That's good."

Then he paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and walked away calmly.

After Duan Jingxun left, Pei Rong raised his hand and dazedly touched his face, which was very hot.

"Chang Bin, send someone to pass on what I just said to Pei Rong to Fifth Brother's ears."

As soon as he walked away, the smile on Duan Jingxun's face disappeared, and his face was filled with coldness.

"The fifth prince belongs to the empress, prince, if you do this, doesn't it mean you have told the empress?"

Duan Jingxun said in a deep voice: "It's true that the fifth younger brother belongs to the empress, but in my opinion, even if he knew, he would keep it a secret. If he really told the empress, he would just lead this matter to my head." Come up, I have my own way to deal with it."

"But... why does the prince do this?" Chang Bin asked.

"I want to know, Fifth Brother's attitude towards this matter...no, towards Prince Shun's Mansion, or rather, towards Pei Rong."

Back at Prince Shun's Mansion, Pei Rong remembered Duan Jingxun's words, and asked casually, "Mother, what does the Queen want from you today?"

"Just chatting, Pei Rong," Princess Shun said with a smile, "The queen likes you very much, and keeps asking about you."

"Ah?" Pei Rong opened his eyes wide and asked, "The Queen asked me? What did you say?"

Princess Shun smiled softly and asked: "Pei Rong, tell mother that the reason why you don't like the prince anymore is because you have someone else?"

Pei Rong: "?"

"Fifth prince! Isn't it?"

"Of course not! Mom, don't think about it!"

"It's not that I was thinking about it. If the queen hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known."

"That's not it..." Pei Rong muttered, with a small expression on his face, he still looked a little unhappy, he didn't know if he was wronged or he mentioned the crown prince.

"Really? But what the queen said sounds like you are very close to the fifth prince. I listened and thought you were keeping me in the dark."

Seeing that Pei Rong frowned, Princess Shun smiled: "It's fine, it's better."

Pei Rong didn't understand even more, when he was arguing about liking Duan Jingxun before, he didn't see Princess Shun so emotional, why is she sighing now.

"Mom, why haven't I heard you say it before?"

"Pei Rong, you keep saying that you want to find someone you like, and my mother never said anything. When Duan Jingxun was in the past, my mother didn't take this matter to heart, but when the empress mentioned the fifth prince, she really didn't care. I'm a little worried."

"You are your father's child, do you know what you will inherit in the future? That is a power that no one has to fear."

"Mother doesn't want you to be involved in these struggles, as long as it's not a member of the royal family, anyone is fine."

"The names of those princes and concubines are not as good as your happy life."

When Pei Rong forwarded these words to Duan Jingxun, Duan Jingxun fell silent.

Duan Jingxun could understand Princess Shun's concerns, and he felt the same way himself.

Maybe he needs to be faster.

Seeing that Duan Jingxun was silent, Pei Rong asked aloud, "Prince?"

Duan Jingxun raised his eyes and looked at him: "Huh?"

"That..." Pei Rong said: "I've finished talking, I'll go back first..."

"Wait a minute," Duan Jingxun pressed Pei Rong's shoulder, pushed him down again, and said with a smile, "You're done talking, I haven't said it yet."

"What are you going to say?" Pei Rong asked nervously, feeling that something was wrong.

"I'm a little curious," Duan Jingxun rubbed his chin, "What did you and fifth brother do to make the queen have such a big misunderstanding."

"The fifth prince and I are just friends, prince, you can't wrong me." Pei Rong frowned, a little unhappy.

"Then what do you mean, the queen guessed out of thin air that you have a close relationship with the fifth prince?"

Duan Jingxun took a sip of tea unhurriedly, and said: "Speaking of which, the last time I met you and fifth younger brother in the palace, you two walked together closely. It's no wonder that when I saw it, I couldn't help but think about what kind of relationship you are. relation."

Pei Rong asked back: "The prince cares so much about what the fifth prince and I do?"

"Who said I care about you and fifth brother?"

Seeing that Duan Jingxun didn't admit it, Pei Rong became angry: "Then why did you say that just now?"

"I'm just telling you what I saw."

Duan Jingxun lowered his eyes and turned to say: "Inside the palace is no different than outside the palace, everything has to be done carefully, otherwise, this time the queen misunderstood, and the next time I don't know what it is."

Duan Jingxun's words were for the good of Pei Rong after all. Although he was lectured, Pei Rong just curled his lips and agreed: "Thank you, Prince, for your guidance."

"It's rare to hear you say thank you once." Duan Jingxun looked over and raised his eyebrows.

"But I really have nothing to do with the Fifth Prince..." At the end, Pei Rong explained in a low voice.

Duan Jingxun raised his lips and smiled: "Yes, I know."

Hearing Duan Jingxun's response, Pei Rongfang's suppressed thoughts overflowed, he puffed his face and said dissatisfied: "Besides, I can't care what others think, if this is the case, I have kissed you before, isn't it More misleading?"

Duan Jingxun raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"

Pei Rong: "..."

Quickly, I said the wrong thing.

"So you still remember, the few times I saw you, I almost thought you forgot what we did between you."

Pei Rong pursed her lips and remained silent.

"Why don't you talk?" Duan Jingxun asked with a strong smile in his eyes.

Pei Rong said sullenly: "The fact of what happened, what the crown prince wants me to say."

"Then you might as well make an evaluation."

Pei Rong: "?"

"For example, how do you feel, is it comfortable, do you want to do it again..."

Pei Rong wanted to cover Duan Jingxun's mouth, so as not to babble any more, but his face was flushed with naked eyes: "Prince! How can you say such a thing!"

"I'm frank, why can't I say it?"

Pei Rong: "..."

Is it wrong to use it frankly here?

"If you don't speak, then I'll answer." Duan Jingxun tilted his head, breathing on Pei Rong's earlobe: "I think."