Qi Chuchu felt that Mu Chenduan was confused because this was something given to him by the second green tea lady!

"Isn't this bad?" Qi Chuchu said with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Mu Chenduan shook his head, looked at the princess on one side with a smile and said, "No, since the princess is attending the banquet with the king, and someone gives a gift to the king, naturally the princess should see it first."

Yun Luoran's hands hidden in her sleeves were clenched tightly, and her face was pale and ugly.

Why does brother Chenduan treat that broken flower and willow so favorably? Is it just because of that face?

Qi Chuchu was speechless for a moment. She looked at Mu Chenduan and then at Yun Luoran's expression. In her heart, she almost wanted to tear Mu Chenduan to pieces until his flesh and blood were blurred.

What a shameless bitch! You've already offended Miss Yun Er for me!

What else can I do? Just offend me to the end. Anyway, Yun Er was quite hostile to me during the banquet.

With this in mind, Qi Chuchu smiled and took the fan from the maid behind Yun Luoran.

"The second lady's Konggu Orchid is elegant in color and lifelike in shape. It is indeed exquisite, but not excellent."

"Oh? Where do you start talking about this?" Mu Chen answered.

Qi Chuchu looked at it again, closed the fan and gave it back to Yun Luoran's maid Xia'er.

"It's really tangible but lifeless, and lacks vividness and interest. I'm afraid it's because the second lady only copies and doesn't think too much about her daily paintings. Since you choose orchid grass for painting, you should pursue the quietness of the artistic conception to complement the indifferent elegance of orchids.

He is worthy of a gentleman like the prince." Qi Chuchu said lightly, with a faint smile on his face.

"Thank you, Princess, for your advice!" Yun Luoran said vigorously, his back molars almost chewed out.

Knowing that Prince Duan would not accept the gift, she hurriedly bowed and left with her sleeves rolled up.

Just now, many noble people had passed by and returned home from the banquet, all of them had good reputations. Now, Miss Yun Er was in great disgrace.

"The princess really taught me a lesson. It's getting late, so let's go back to the house." Mu Chen held out a hand to Qi Chuchu with a very determined smile.

"Your Majesty, you are joking." Qi Chuchu replied, putting his hand on Mu Chenduan's, and the two of them boarded the carriage and left together.

As soon as the door of the carriage was closed, Qi Chuchu immediately took out his hand and deliberately opened some distance between the two of them.

The car was not moving very fast, but very gently. After a while, Mu Chenduan started talking, "I heard that the princess performed a dance at the birthday banquet of Princess Qingyang and made a picture of green mountains and pine cranes."

"Yes, it spreads really fast."

"There are many problems with Miss Yun Er's fan just now. It would be better for the princess to draw a fan herself and give it to the king."

What the hell? Give him a fan?

Qi Chuchu stared at Mu Chenduan for a long time, and then tentatively said, "My lord, you are very strange."

"What's weird?" Mu Chen asked, moving closer to Qi Chuchu.

"Miss Yun Er must be interested in you. Her sister is a noble concubine and her family must be quite powerful. However, you didn't accept her fan and instead pursued me for gifts."

"In front of outsiders, the prince should be very disgusted with me, the princess given to you by the emperor, but you don't." Qi Chuchu looked into Mu Chenduan's eyes and spoke firmly.

Mu Chenduan nodded slightly, agreeing very much with Qi Chuchu's words, and got closer to her.

Qi Chuchu felt nervous and uneasy, so she blurted out, "My lord, you don't like me, do you?"

The difference between the two was just a hair. When he heard Qi Chuchu ask this, Mu Chen laughed out loud, straightened his sitting posture, and said, "It doesn't matter whether it is yes or no. What matters is that others think so too."

Others? Qi Chuchu suddenly realized that Mu Chenduan had such an idea!

He treats me affectionately outside and refuses gifts from admirers. Is this to make outsiders think that we are in love? It can also be said to ignore the emperor's insult?

Qi Chuchu also sat upright and laughed a few times in agreement, "Your Majesty is really smart."

After returning to the palace, Mu Chenduan and Qi Chuchu went directly back to her dormitory. This time she did not make any struggle and was calm enough.

Before going to bed, Qi Chuchu asked Qian Yu to cook two bowls of soothing soup. She asked Qian Yu to add some ingredients to the bowl she brought to Mu Chen.

Originally, Mu Chenduan was about to drink it, but when he saw Qi Chuchu's expectant look, he felt that things were not simple, so he secretly sealed the acupuncture points and pretended to swallow it.

Sure enough, as Mu Chenduan expected, after he lay down and fell asleep, he felt Qi Chuchu pat his cheek.

"Since you are just pretending to be seen by outsiders, why do you still sleep here with me every day?! Humph, what kind of thoughts does a man have..."

After saying that, Qi Chuchu stood up and prepared to leave the dormitory to sleep outside. Before she could take a few steps, Mu Chenduan opened his eyes and spit out the soothing soup, and suppressed her on the bed.

"Ah! You...! Didn't you swallow it?"

Seeing Qi Chuchu's frightened expression at this moment, Mu Chenduan felt an itch in his heart for some reason. He swallowed involuntarily and reminded, "Before you do something bad next time, the princess must remember not to show any emotions."

"The king has one more concern and wants to ask the princess."

Haha, Qi Chuchu smiled awkwardly, and after struggling to no avail, he had to accept his fate and let Mu Chenduan continue talking.

"I heard that the new emperor of Xixia only has two daughters. The new emperor values ​​the princess especially. Why does the new emperor not care about so many things that happened to Princess Qingcheng?"

"My father has just ascended the throne, so he naturally puts state affairs first. What's the point of doubting this?" Qi Chuchu said with a smile, trying her best to pretend to be calm, but the cold sweat on her forehead betrayed her.

Mu Chenduan had already made up his mind, so he let go of Qi Chuchu and stood up straight.
Chapter completed!