Quick Wear: The first person to love the host

Chapter 208: The Enemies in the Capital Have a Fall in Love with Each Other 25

The one who came to deliver the imperial edict was Xiao Qingzi. He thought his godfather had assigned him a good task, but he never expected that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would suddenly change his attitude.

He stared at the other person's receding back, stunned for a few seconds before coming to his senses. He immediately raised his foot to chase after him, "Your Highness, you haven't kowtowed yet to thank me!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his foot, his staff Xi Su stopped him in a wheelchair, "I hope you will forgive me, Your Highness, your emotions have been tense since the time of going to war. When you heard the imperial decree granting you marriage, you must be overly happy."

"Who are you?"

"I am just an aide to your majesty, and I am not worth your concern. You have already completed the task entrusted by your majesty, and this is the most important thing. What do you think?"

Xiao Qingzi understood the implication of his words and thought about it for a moment. He realized that it was true, so he no longer cared about the prince's disrespectful behavior just now. He nodded in agreement and prepared to return to the palace to report.

Seeing that the other party was so flexible, Xi Su curled his lips in satisfaction and handed over a jade pendant of excellent quality, "Thank you for taking this trip, eunuch. I hope you will accept this little gift."

Seeing the other party's action, Xiao Qingzi was stunned for a moment. Before coming here, his godfather reminded him not to touch any reward from the Prince's Mansion. But after what happened just now, if he didn't accept it, he might be misunderstood, so he had to accept it and express his gratitude.

Before leaving, Xiao Qingzi looked at the disabled but strong-willed man in the wheelchair and asked, "How should we address you, sir?"

Xi Su raised his eyebrows slightly, "My surname is Xi and my name is Su."

Xiao Qingzi nodded, "Xi Su, I'll remember it."

On the other side, Li Junze clutched the imperial edict tightly and tried to leave the house and enter the palace, but Pei Qingcheng chased him out and stopped him. He held Li Junze's shoulder and said, "Prince, calm down."

"I can't calm down."

Li Junze shook his shoulders, threw off the restraints on his shoulders, walked around him and ordered someone to bring the horse over. He could not accept this order of marriage.

Pei Qingcheng stood in front of him again, and appealed to his feelings and reason, "Your Highness, the war is imminent, and the overall situation should be given priority. If you disobey Your Majesty at this time, you will not have enough food and grass at the border..."

It is a principle that food and fodder must be sent before troops move out. Now time is running out, the army has to move out first, and food and fodder can be replenished later, which means there are many variables.

As the commander of an army, Li Junze knew this very well. He gritted his teeth, stared at the warhorse that was being led here, and said nothing.

After a long time, he turned around and went back to the main courtyard.

Pei Qingcheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. He was really worried just now that he would not be able to persuade Li Junze!

Ever since he moved to the Prince's Mansion, he discovered that in the five years of separation, not only had he changed, but his once gentle and kind cousin Li Junze had also become completely unrecognizable.

The sound of wheels slowly rolling down the road came from the side, "Have they stopped talking?"

"Yes, I have returned to the main courtyard."

Pei Qingcheng withdrew his gaze, turned around and nodded, then left without any intention of staying to talk.

He had no good feelings towards Xi Su. His dark eyes were like a poisonous snake ready to spit out its tongue at any time, as if to drag everyone into the bottomless abyss. This always reminded him of himself who complained about everything in Youlan Tower.

Fortunately, the other party is unable to join the army due to his disabled legs, and will stay in the mansion to secretly gather power for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. There should be no more interactions in the future.

At night, Li Junze stood at the table by the window, staring at the secret guard kneeling in front of him, with a hint of annoyance on his face, "What did you say, Su Ziyu is depressed?"

Does he care so much about Xin He?

He also calls her his adopted sister, which means she is basically his darling sister!

There was a faint gloom between Li Junze's brows. He never considered that Su Ziyu's sadness was caused by him. He just thought that she was sad because of losing Xin He.

The secret guard Sui Er lowered his head and remained silent.

He felt that his master was too emotional. Whenever he heard about Prince Su, he would lose control of his emotions, like a peacock with its feathers standing on end.

But he always orders him to spy on the other party's daily life. The last time he heard about Su Ziyu's ideal type, he had the same expression. I really don't know what the master is so excited about.

"From now on, you are responsible for protecting the fourth young lady of the Xin family. If she and Su Zi want to do anything beyond the rules, you must do everything you can to stop them in time."

Li Junze looked solemn and every word he spoke was sonorous.

Su Ziyu had many guards around him, both openly and secretly, so Li Junze's men could only follow him from a distance to avoid being exposed. Now that he and Xin He were engaged, it was only natural for him to send someone over.

Sui Er was upright and his strength was second to none among the secret guards. He always obeyed Li Junze's orders and carried them out strictly. He remembered what his master said and immediately went to carry out the new mission.

Li Junze himself was like a gentleman on the beam. He took great risks to sneak into the bedroom of the prince of the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion, kissed Su Ziyu heartily, sat beside the bed and lightly stroked his eyebrows with his fingers, and left reluctantly before dawn.

The next day, Li Junze sent Yuanbao to Xinhe's residence to deliver many items, all of which were jewelry and silks that women liked.

"Miss Xin, my prince will go to war tomorrow, so it will be inconvenient for him to come and see you. I have specially sent these things to you. I hope you like them."

Xin He couldn't sleep all night last night and was in great torment. Now she was glad that the prince had come, otherwise she had not figured out what attitude she should take so as not to offend the prince and not to make her brother sad.

She bowed slightly and said, "Please thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for me."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone to war, and it is difficult to determine when he will return. I am afraid that he will not have time to take care of you, so I have left the secret guard Sui Er with you. If you have any questions, you can tell him directly."

"But…"

Xin He frowned slightly, feeling that this was inappropriate, but before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Yuan Bao. He smiled and lowered his voice to remind her, "Miss Xin, the Crown Prince did this out of consideration for you. He is worried that someone might harm you after you go to war. I hope you will accept this kindness."

At this point, Yuanbao felt that the key message had been conveyed and all the things that needed to be delivered had been moved in, so he said goodbye.

After turning around and taking two steps, he heard Xin He's voice behind him saying, "Hey, eunuch, please stay."

Yuan Bao looked back and saw this. The future Crown Princess hesitated and said, "The Crown Prince will go to the battle tomorrow. I will go to the Eighteen Li Pavilion outside the city to see him off. Please convey this message, eunuch."

Yuan Bao replied, "I will report this to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." As for whether His Royal Highness would be willing to see her at that time, that would be up to fate.

After he and his men left, Xin He glanced at the objects piled up in the courtyard, and calmly asked Qing Luo to check them one by one and put them into the warehouse. She herself stared at the wall connecting to the next courtyard in a daze.

There was originally a ladder on the courtyard wall so that she could easily cross to the other side at any time. However, she received an imperial decree of marriage from the palace yesterday, and her grandparents' home, whom she had been avoiding, suddenly became enthusiastic about her.

From time to time, people in the courtyard came to her to congratulate her and get close to her, but the ladder was too conspicuous there, so she had to take it down and hide it.

She couldn't go look for her brother, and she didn't know what he was doing at the moment, or whether this arranged marriage would affect their relationship.

Qingluo checked the booklet. If it were the old her, she would have been extremely excited to see these exquisite objects.

However, with the scene of Prince Su sending gifts to the courtyard like a stream in recent days, she has seen the world and was not so surprised to see these things.

Seeing the young lady staring at the wall again, Qingluo sighed inwardly. As the young lady's personal maid, she guessed that she was worried that after the marriage was granted, she would no longer be able to climb the ladder to drink tea and chat with Prince Su.

Thinking of this, she still reminded: "Miss, the eunuch just mentioned the secret guard. Do you think that person is monitoring us somewhere right now?"

After saying this, she looked around.

Xin He had no time to think about the secret guards. She gritted her teeth and made up her mind. She turned around and ordered, "Qingluo, go tell my grandmother that I will go to Shibali Pavilion to see off the Crown Prince tomorrow. Please ask her to have someone prepare the carriage and horses in advance."